Chapter 1 The Beginning

Feng Bujue followed Gu Chen in silence. This process took a minute. In that minute, Brother Jue thought about many things, such as... how the chair was cut to pieces, what this Section Chief Gu was going to do next, and... what exactly were the settings for the so-called spiritual sense, ghosts, and ghost realms?

A minute later, Gu Chen led Feng Bujue to the end of the corridor, casually opened a metal door in front of them, and led Brother Jue into another room.

The environment in this room was much better than the previous one. At least there were no graffiti-like scribbles on the walls here; and the area was also larger, about forty square meters; the most important thing was... there were two fluorescent tubes installed on the ceiling, providing ample lighting.

As soon as Feng Bujue entered, he noticed... in the center of the room, there was still a four-legged wooden table and two metal folding chairs, and the only difference from the previous room was that there was no desk lamp on the table.

"Sit." Gu Chen said this word, and he had already chosen a seat.

Brother Jue didn't stand on ceremony with him, walked quickly to the table, and sat across from him: "Let me ask first... there are no evil spirits in this room, right?"

"Don't worry." Gu Chen replied, "The test is over, you are... barely qualified."

"What test?" Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes, tentatively asking, "Ghostbusters entry test? Or your Ninth Division's recruitment test?" He proposed two possible hypotheses.

"Neither." Gu Chen calmly replied, "This is just a test I did out of personal curiosity, to see if you can survive it."

"Heh..." Feng Bujue sneered, "Then what if I died in the test?"

"Then it would prove..." Gu Chen replied in a deep voice, "...that you are nothing more than this."

"Hahahaha..." Feng Bujue laughed loudly. He didn't say anything about Gu Chen's unreasonable explanation. On the contrary, he was very satisfied with the other party's answer. "That's so damn right!"

Gu Chen saw Brother Jue's reaction, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then he said: "Okay... now that you have passed the test, everything is easy to say." As he said that, he took out a mobile phone from his coat pocket and placed it in front of Brother Jue, "This is your phone."

"I say... is it really okay for you to search other people's residences without permission?" Feng Bujue was still wearing the blood-stained pajamas he was wearing when he was arrested, and the sneakers on his feet were given to him by Bao Qing before he put on the hood, so... this phone in front of him was undoubtedly found in his home by the people of the Ninth Division.

"Let's put it this way..." Gu Chen leaned back on the chair, "You secretly investigating our Ninth Division is illegal; our Ninth Division blatantly raiding your home is legal."

"Yah heh~" Feng Bujue retorted, "Are you only allowed to set fires, but not allow the people to light lamps?"

"Hmm... yes." Gu Chen thought for half a second, then gave an affirmative answer, "This is a tradition since ancient times, do you have any complaints?"

"Hmm... never mind what I said..." Feng Bujue also thought for half a second, and found himself speechless.

"In short, I left a number in your phone, and someone will contact you through that number if there is a situation." Gu Chen quickly brought the topic back to the right track, "Also... you don't need to continue investigating us anymore. I have compiled practical knowledge about the Ninth Division, the Hunting Realm, and Heaven and Hell into a document and saved it on your phone."

"Section Chief Gu..." Feng Bujue's expression changed slightly, "What do you mean by this... do you also want to develop me as an informant?"

"No." Gu Chen gave a negative answer, "I don't need it." He paused, and then said, "I just think... since you are so interested in supernatural things in this world, then I might as well help you a little, so you can avoid some detours."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue immediately cast a suspicious look at the other party, "Section Chief Gu... we are not relatives or friends, we don't know each other, and I am still on your surveillance list... why do you want to help me?"

"Personal reasons." Gu Chen replied with these four words.

"Uh..." Feng Bujue pondered, "Lao Gu ah..." His address to Gu Chen changed inexplicably, "We are impossible..." and said something that made people's balls ache.

"Do you think I'm going to have an unforgettable, love-at-first-sight, twilight, extramarital, homosexual relationship with you?" Gu Chen continued.

"Yeah..." Feng Bujue squinted at the other party and said, "I noticed that you were wearing a wedding ring a long time ago... and the way you look at me is malicious..."

"Feng Bujue." Gu Chen's expression was as usual, "If you think that this level of acting crazy and selling stupid can make me complain, then you are very wrong." His tone was still so leisurely, "I have long passed the age of complaining with others, and... compared to my partner back then, the points you provide are still slightly lacking."

"Your whole life is simply a life of comedy..." After Brother Jue's conspiracy was exposed by the other party, he simply complained himself.

"Okay... don't keep thinking about getting information from me." Gu Chen moved his shoulders, "What you should know, you will naturally know, what you shouldn't know... is mostly something that won't do you any good even if you know it." His expression became serious, "After you go back today, pay attention to two things. First, you have to help cover up Bao Qing's identity, and you can't let anyone see it. Second... now that your spiritual sense has been opened, you may see ghosts at certain times... of course, there are not many wandering souls and wild ghosts in this world. Even if there are, they are all gathered in places with heavy Yin energy. If you go to cemeteries, morgues, and other places less often, you may not encounter one for several years."

"Hey hey..." When Feng Bujue heard this, he said in a very unhappy tone, "What if, by chance, I run into one?"

"You hardly leave your house, where are you going to run into one?" Gu Chen lazily replied, "Ghosts are very afraid of the Yang energy on living people. Even at night, there will be a kind of aura-like thing in crowded places. In residential areas like where you live... unless there is some kind of injustice and a J缚灵 (Di Fu Ling, earthbound spirit) is created on the spot, there will be no ghosts." He took a deep breath, "To put it another way... even if a fierce ghost comes to your door, and that ghost's cultivation can reach the level of a horror movie boss... your cat can slap it to death."

"No, I'm still not at ease." Feng Bujue said shamelessly, "It's better to ask for yourself than to ask for others, you should teach me a few self-defense moves..." His real purpose was finally exposed, "The move you used to shred the metal chair just now seemed pretty good. It must be the legendary 'Kuang Feng Dao Fa (Wild Wind Saber Technique)'? Do you have any secret manuals or something? How about you give them to me to study?"

"First of all, Kuang Feng Dao Fa is Tian Boguang's martial art, and it has nothing to do with me." Gu Chen also narrowed his eyes and looked at Feng Bujue, "Secondly, with your current level of spiritual sense, you can only achieve the most basic 'spiritual vision' and 'touching spirits'. If you want to learn moves... your spiritual power is far from enough." He reminded him in a more serious tone, "So I also advise you, don't do any dangerous experiments, such as using the 'Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu (Spirit Gathering Technique)' in reality based on your experience in 'Thriller Paradise'... that's basically suicide."

"You even know my skills in the game..." At this moment, Feng Bujue only felt a chill down his spine. Communicating with Gu Chen made him feel like he was walking on thin ice all the time...

"My department can access Dream Corporation's database at any time... Although we can't see some encrypted data, it's still easy to find the basic data of a certain game character, as well as their actions in the script, and so on." Speaking of this, Gu Chen seemed to suddenly remember something, "Oh, speaking of which... half an hour ago, I saw something interesting in the latest report..." As he said that, he took out his mobile phone from his arms and swiped a few times on the touch screen, "Hmm... you used a move called... 'Lan Jiao-Ba Men Kai Niao (Tempest Kick - Eight Gates Sky Bird)', right?"

"Yeah... is there any problem?" Feng Bujue asked.

Gu Chen did not answer, but continued to ask, "Are you interested in Qimen Bagua (The Eight Trigrams)?"

"I... have also studied it~" Brother Jue replied reluctantly.

"Oh." Gu Chen responded casually, then pressed a few times on his mobile phone, "I'll send you a copy of *Dunjia Tianshu (Book of Escaping Techniques)* via Bluetooth. You can receive it and flip through it when you have nothing to do."

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned and didn't know how to respond, but he quickly picked up his phone and turned on Bluetooth.

Gu Chen continued nonchalantly, "Once you have learned the entire book, you will naturally be able to deal with ghosts..."