Chapter 1 Alright, according to you, if I don't check the weather at my destination before I leave, I deserve to die. So, you're just here to correct your own mistake. Why should I be grateful to you?" I slowly poured tea with the teapot, not planning to give this woman any pleasantries.

Ling Dang clenched her fist and watched me pour tea until I filled the cup.

"That's not right, I only told you that there's a blood moon over Daqing Mountain, but I didn't tell you the temple was on Xiaoqing Mountain. How did you know the address for Daqing Mountain was wrong? You already knew where the temple was?" Ling Dang's mind wasn't muddled.

"If he knew, he wouldn't have asked you," Ding Kan strolled back in. "Besides, he's been too busy pining away these past few days to bother investigating this."

"Fortunately, there's still me in the shop. Even though I can't go out, I have friends, and they're all over the place. It's easy to get information."

"Also, I've been bored lately and spending a lot of time on my phone, so even though someone didn't see the news about the blood moon, I did."

"I see," Ling Dang gripped her teacup tightly. "So, the fact that I arrived just before you got on the bus wasn't fate, but because you were deliberately stalling for time. Even if I hadn't come, you wouldn't have gotten on the bus, and even if you had, you wouldn't have gone to Daqing Mountain."

"That's right," Ding Kan said. "So, if Wan Qian needs to thank someone for saving his life, he can thank me. As for you, he's already being polite by not hating you for almost killing him."

"You came all the way here, and we didn't let you come for nothing. We offered you a cup of tea. Now that you've finished your tea, you should go back where you came from."

Ling Dang was speechless, her face alternating between green and red, but she still didn't leave.

"Wan Qian, I did give you the wrong location and concealed the blood moon, but I didn't mean to kill you."

"Think about it, my father put a love Gu (a type of voodoo curse) on you. If there hadn't been an accident, you would have already fallen in love with me. How could I let you die? I wanted you to be with me and rule the Corpse Control Sect with me."

I chuckled in anger. "So, should I thank you for putting a love Gu (a type of voodoo curse) on me? Being controlled by a love Gu (a type of voodoo curse), becoming a slave without my own thoughts, isn't any better than dying at the hands of the Fox God."

"Besides, the blood moon appeared after Shi Tu was judged."

"According to your original plan, by the time the blood moon appeared, you would have already successfully taken over the Corpse Control Sect. As for me, this chess piece that had lost its value, I would have been sent to Daqing Mountain to be destroyed."

"Isn't that right?"

Ling Dang was silent again.

I stood up, ready to see her out. "If you like the tea here, you can sit here and drink more, but I can't keep you company. I have my own business to attend to."

As I said that, I prepared to leave with Ding Kan.

"Shopkeeper, wait," Miss Ba's voice appeared in my ears again.

"What is it, Miss Ba?" I looked up at the second floor.

"Shopkeeper, you can't go to Xiaoqing Mountain for now. Although the blood moon appeared on Daqing Mountain, it's still the day the Fox God descends. Just in case, you should wait until after the blood moon to investigate the talisman."

"Shopkeeper, you have to believe me. The Fox God's terror is beyond your imagination. There's no need for you to take such a risk."

Miss Ba's voice was still anxious, and she didn't relax just because I was going to Xiaoqing Mountain instead.

"Alright."

I didn't argue with Miss Ba. She was so afraid of the Fox God, she must have her reasons. And human power is indeed insignificant in the face of gods.

I might be considered an expert in this mortal world, but in front of Zhulong and Wu Tianzi, I'm just dust.

Ling Dang was overjoyed when she saw me return to the shop. "Shopkeeper Wan, you're not leaving? You're willing to stay and help me?"

"I'm sorry, you may have misunderstood. I do plan to postpone going to Xiaoqing Mountain for now, but I don't intend to help someone who has repeatedly tried to harm me."

Ling Dang bit her lip and said, "Since we can't talk about personal relationships, let's talk business."

"Last time I came, your shop's evil spirit was busy with Ding Kan's situation and couldn't take my business. Now that Ding Kan has recovered, your indiscriminate funeral shop wouldn't discriminate against me, would it?"

"Alright," I slammed the abacus on the table. "Tell me what you need."

"I want to investigate the cause of my father's death, help his soul pass into the underworld for reincarnation, and bury his body in an ordinary place."

"That's all?" I looked at Ling Dang with some surprise.

Ling Dang is a scheming and ambitious woman. She came to my funeral shop just to bury her father?

"You don't need to worry about whether I have other ideas. That's my request for your funeral shop," Ling Dang said, word by word.

"Alright," I quickly moved the beads on the abacus and soon calculated the price she would have to pay.

"Withdraw from the Corpse Control Sect, cremate all the corpses in your and your father's possession, bury the ashes with your father's corpse, perform a ritual for those corpses even if their souls are no longer there. Disperse your cultivation and never refine or control corpses again. Also, you have to pay me 20,000 yuan for my trouble."

"What?" Ling Dang stood up abruptly. "Wan Qian, are you kidding me?"

I calmly told her, "I, Wan Qian, may joke sometimes, but my abacus never jokes."

Ling Dang's chest heaved with anger. Clearly, she didn't just want to investigate her father's death. She had many other things she wanted to do. She had been building momentum for so long, she couldn't let her efforts go to waste.

"Do all the things the abacus requires have to be completed in advance?"

"Not all of them, except for the money. The others can be done after the matter is completed, but I advise you not to plan on reneging."

"If you renege, Bai Tingting is the example, and you're not likely to meet a Half-Fox like she did."

When I mentioned Bai Tingting, Ling Dang flinched subconsciously. And when I mentioned the Half-Fox, the color drained from Ling Dang's face.

Bai Tingting regained her appearance and legs because of the Half-Fox. Shouldn't Ling Dang be happy for her? Why did Ling Dang feel even greater fear?

Could it be that after Bai Tingting regained her appearance and legs, her situation became even worse than before?

Ling Dang sat at the table, her hands trembling non-stop, even knocking over the teacup on the table.

Finally, Ling Dang stood up. "Wan Qian, one day, I'll make you regret this. I'll make you regret everything you've done today."

I smiled and said, "That's a very nice line. I'll return it to you as it is. Miss Shi, please accept my condolences. Miss Shi, please leave."

I formally saw her out.