Chapter 17 The Supernatural World

Feng Bujue followed Gu Chen silently. This process took a minute. In that minute, Brother Jue thought about many things, such as... how the chair was shredded, what Director Gu was going to do next, and... what exactly were the settings for so-called spiritual sense, ghosts, and the ghost realm?

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

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

"Sit." Gu Chen said this word and took a seat himself.

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

"Don't worry." Gu Chen replied, "The test is over. You've... barely passed."

"What test?" Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively, "Ghostbusters recruitment test? Or your Ninth Division's admission test?" He put forward two possible hypotheses.

"Neither." Gu Chen calmly continued, "This was just a test I personally did out of curiosity, to see if you could pass it alive."

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

"Then it proves..." Gu Chen replied in a deep voice, "... you're nothing more than that."

"Hahahaha..." Feng Bujue laughed. 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 makes so much damn sense!"

Gu Chen saw Brother Jue's reaction, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he said, "Okay... now that you've passed the test, everything is easy to talk about." As he said that, he took out a mobile phone from his jacket pocket and put it in front of Brother Jue. "This is your phone."

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

"Let me put it this way..." Gu Chen leaned back in his chair, "You secretly investigating our Ninth Division is illegal; our Ninth Division blatantly ransacking your home is legal."

"Oh ho~" Feng Bujue retorted, "Only the magistrate is allowed to set fires, but the common people aren't allowed to light lamps?"

"Yeah... right." Gu Chen thought for half a second, then gave an affirmative answer, "This has been the tradition since ancient times. Do you have any objections?"

"Well... never mind I said anything..." Feng Bujue also thought for half a second and found himself speechless.

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

"Director 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 added, "I just think... since you're so interested in the supernatural things in this world, then I might as well give you a hand and let you take fewer detours."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue immediately cast a suspicious look at the other party, "Director Gu... we're not relatives, we don't know each other, and I'm 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, "Old Gu ah..." His address for Gu Chen changed inexplicably, "We are not possible..." And he said something that made people's balls ache.

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

"Yeah..." Feng Bujue squinted at the other party and recited, "I noticed your 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 this level of feigned madness can get me to retort, you are very wrong." His tone was still so leisurely, "I'm long past the age of trading barbs with people, and... compared to my partner back in the day, the things you provide to retort are still slightly lacking."

"Your life is simply a life of being a straight man in a comedy duo..." After Brother Jue's conspiracy was exposed by the other party, he simply retorted himself.

"Alright... don't bother trying to get information out of me." Gu Chen stretched 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 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 not let anyone see through it. Second... now that your spiritual sense has been opened, you may see ghosts at certain times... Of course, there aren't actually that many wandering spirits and wild ghosts in this world. Even if there are, they all gather in places with heavy yin energy. If you go to cemeteries, mortuaries, and other places like that less, you might not encounter one for several years."

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

"You hardly ever leave your house, where are you going to run into one?" Gu Chen lazily continued, "Ghosts are very afraid of the yang energy on living people. Even at night, there is a kind of aura-like thing in crowded places. In residential areas like where you live... unless some kind of injustice has occurred and a land-bound spirit has been created on the spot, there won't be any ghosts." He took a deep breath. "To take ten thousand steps back... 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 with one paw."

"No, I'm still not at ease." Feng Bujue continued shamelessly, "It's better to ask yourself than to ask others. You should still teach me a few self-defense moves..." His real purpose was finally revealed, "The move you used to shred the metal chair just now seemed pretty good. It must be the legendary 'Raging Wind Saber Technique,' right? Do you have any secret manuals or something? Bring them over for me to study and comprehend, how about it?"

"First of all, the Raging Wind Saber Technique 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 do 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 take the opportunity to advise you, don't do dangerous experiments, such as using 'Spiritual Sense Gathering Technique' in reality based on your experience in 'Thrilling 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 at all times...

"My department can access Dream Company's database at any time... Although we can't see some encrypted data, it's still very easy to check the basic data of a certain game character, as well as their action records in the script." Speaking of this, Gu Chen seemed to suddenly remember something, "Oh, speaking of which... half an hour ago, I saw some interesting things in the latest report..." As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and swiped a few times on the touch screen. "Um... you used a move called... 'Storm Leg - Eight Gates Kay Bird,' right?"

"Yeah... what's the problem?" Feng Bujue asked.

Gu Chen didn't answer, but continued to ask, "Are you interested in the Eight Trigrams?"

"I... have also studied it a bit~" Brother Jue answered reluctantly.

"Oh." Gu Chen responded casually, then pressed a few times on his mobile phone. "I'll send you a copy of the *Dun Jia Tian Shu* via Bluetooth. Accept it and you can flip through it whenever 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 to speak as if nothing had happened: "Once you've learned the entire book, you'll naturally be able to deal with ghosts..."