The girls' dormitory, room 2533.
At this moment.
Qiu Xiaolin and the others were anxiously watching the door, while Lin Ping paced back and forth.
Some time had passed since the knocking ghost arrived and Zhang Wei went out. Due to the sound-dampening yellow talisman, they had no idea what was happening outside, nor did they dare to go out. Zhang Wei had told them to stay in the dormitory.
"Will Zhang Wei be okay? Why is there no sound outside at all."
Lin Ping spoke hesitantly, glancing at the dormitory door that Zhang Wei had closed. They didn't know about the sound-dampening yellow talisman.
"What if we go out and take a look?" Zhou Xiaoqian suggested.
Qiu Xiaolin stopped them: "No, Xiao... Zhang Wei said for us to stay in the dorm and not go out. He said the dorm is protected by his talismans, so we'll be fine. If we go out now, it will affect him."
Creak.
The dormitory door opened as they were talking.
Qiu Xiaolin and the others didn't bother to speak and all looked towards the dormitory door. When they saw Zhang Wei standing in front of the door, they were overjoyed.
"Zhang Wei!"
Qiu Xiaolin was the first to rush forward. She wasn't as calm as she appeared and was more worried than anyone.
"Huh? Why aren't you asleep yet?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.
Before he left, he had told them, "The ghost is here, I'm going out to deal with it. You should sleep quickly, it's late, and not sleeping will give you wrinkles."
Zhang Ya and the others gave him a playful glare.
"How can we sleep at a time like this?"
"Exactly, exactly."
"Right, Zhang Wei, where is that ghost? How did you deal with it?"
As Zhang Ya asked, she nervously glanced at the open dormitory door behind Zhang Wei. The dim light outside the corridor created a stark contrast with the bright lights inside the dorm. Knowing there was a ghost outside made it inexplicably creepy, and they were afraid the ghost would suddenly rush in.
Seeing their nervous expressions, Zhang Wei smiled and said:
"I've killed the ghost."
"Wow!!"
They all exclaimed with excitement upon hearing this, but quickly covered their mouths, afraid of disturbing the other dormitories. However, the excited expressions on their faces were hard to conceal.
Just then.
Zhang Wei sighed: "It's just a bit of a pity."
"A pity for what?" Qiu Xiaolin and the others perked up.
"It's a pity that I can only sleep here for one night."
*Pfft.*
Zhang Ya and the others were amused by Zhang Wei, their previous tension completely gone, and they relaxed completely.
Lin Ping flashed a mischievous smile and teased:
"Zhang Wei, if you want to continue sleeping here, you can. We don't mind, we can even let Xiaolin sleep with you."
Zhang Ya also chimed in:
"Hehe, that's right. After all, you helped us get rid of the ghost. We don't have money to give you, so we can only repay you with our bodies."
Saying this, Zhang Ya pointed to her mouth:
"As a small token of my gratitude, I can only repay you with my mouth. I'll eat with you, but you're not allowed to look at our mouths when they're open, just sneak in between bites. Of course, Xiaolin is an exception."
Zhou Xiaoqing giggled at Zhang Ya's words and raised her hand to tease:
"And me too. I can also repay you with my body. Can I choose to repay you with my hands? I can give you a massage and knead your shoulders, but don't let us get too handsy. Of course, Xiaolin is an exception~"
Qiu Xiaolin's face instantly turned red.
As soon as these roommates learned that the ghost was dealt with, they immediately became playful.
She pinched the three of them on the waist: "You're going to get me killed, what nonsense are you talking about."
While pinching them.
Qiu Xiaolin retaliated:
"Zhang Wei, just stay here, live here as long as you want. After all, Ya Ya and the others said... they'll take turns repaying you."
After some playful banter.
Once Qiu Xiaolin and the others calmed down.
Qiu Xiaolin said: "Zhang Wei, are you going back tomorrow? Ya Ya and I will go to Luxia City with you. Our student union activities are almost done, and we can go together to participate in the comic convention."
"Alright."
Zhang Wei nodded, sat on a chair, and opened Qiu Xiaolin's computer. Then he added:
"It's getting late, ladies, go to sleep quickly. While I'm still here tomorrow morning, I'll treat you to something delicious."
Qiu Xiaolin was slightly puzzled: "Aren't you sleeping?"
Even as she asked, she knew Zhang Wei didn't want to share a bed with her. After all, even if she agreed, they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend, but ex-boyfriend and girlfriend.
Zhang Wei smiled and casually made an excuse:
"I'm not sleepy yet. It's because Zhang Ya and the others stimulated me, how can I sleep? I'll just play Genshin Impact, I haven't done my daily quests yet."
"Alright then, if you get sleepy, come up and sleep. It's just for one night, it doesn't matter," Qiu Xiaolin patted the bed and replied.
That night.
Perhaps it was because they encountered ghosts for the past two days, Qiu Xiaolin and the others had been mentally tense and couldn't sleep well.
Now that the ghost was gone.
Their spirits relaxed.
They all fell asleep shortly after, and even Lin Ping started snoring.
Zhang Wei opened his computer and logged into the Wei Dao Si forum.
Then.
In the forum's search bar, he typed in keywords such as 'Luxia City Haunted House'.
Since yesterday, while investigating the ghost encounter of Qiu Xiaolin and the others, Zhang Wei had incidentally learned from Lu Lianxue that there was a powerful ghost residing in Luxia City.
That ghost.
Was different from other ghosts.
It wasn't a ghost formed after a person's death, but an old willow tree that had become a spirit, died, and coincidentally turned into a ghost.
One had to know that spirits were already rare, and spirits turning into ghosts after death was even rarer. What's more, it was a willow tree, and since ancient times, willow trees had the effect of warding off evil and expelling spirits.
Because of this.
Even though the old willow tree ghost had nothing to do with Qiu Xiaolin's incident, it had piqued Zhang Wei's interest.
He decided to try his luck and see if the Wei Dao Si forum had any information about the old willow tree.
"Huh, there really is?"
As he clicked the search button.
The Wei Dao Si forum page displayed some posts, some of which were related to the old willow tree.
Zhang Wei looked at one of the posts.
[Luxia City is full of hidden talents, I almost lost my life playing a haunted house, gao le ge gao]
Clicking to enter the post:
I finally understand now what it means to be low-key when you're out and about, don't get cocky just because you have some skills.
To get to the point.
Let me first talk about my strength. I am a barber by profession, and according to the standards of Wei Dao Si, my strength has reached the level of Tiger Guard, and I can be a captain.
I'm not bragging.
I can indeed be a captain. Wei Dao Si had invited me before.
And because of the invitation, even though I refused, it made me quite arrogant. I felt like I was amazing, and I would usually make a big fuss in every city I went to, contacting the local Wei Dao Si and helping them exorcise ghosts for some money.
You know, many of us freelance ghost exorcists like to travel around, and our way of making money is by exorcising ghosts. So, if there are no customers, we will look for Wei Dao Si to take on some ghost exorcism tasks to earn some money.
And I am no exception.
As I mentioned above, my strength is great, so when I look for ghost exorcism tasks from Wei Dao Si, I always ask for tasks that deal with powerful ghosts, at least at the level of Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirits.
After all, you understand.
The stronger the ghost you deal with, the more generous the reward.
And the reason I'm posting this is to talk about my experience going to Luxia City and asking Wei Dao Si for ghost exorcism tasks, where I almost lost my life.
Really.
Before I talk about my experience in Luxia City,
Let me first advise everyone: when you go to Luxia City, absolutely do not show off, or you will die!!
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