Metaphysics Live Stream, Going Viral Across the Internet Ch. 52

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He didn't even realize how much he resembled a peacock flaunting its beautiful feathers to attract a mate.

Yin Jiuxuan sat back down on the sofa. Listening to the young man chatter away didn't annoy him—in fact, he found this kind of down-to-earth lifestyle... kinda nice.

He was actually starting to look forward to the days ahead with the young man.

Just then, he sensed a surge of dark energy near the outer door.

A dangerous glint flashed in Yin Jiuxuan's eyes as he stared at the woman who had appeared in the room.

As soon as Yang Yiyi walked in, she was hit by a crushing, overwhelming force. When she saw the man sitting on the sofa, the resentment inside her almost erupted.

Yin Jiuxuan waved his hand, and the resentment on Yang Yiyi instantly recoiled like a mouse seeing a cat—trembling and disappearing without a trace.

"You..."

Yin Jiuxuan gave her a single look, and Yang Yiyi's voice got stuck in her throat.

"Yang Yiyi. Died in the year XXX. A wrongful death. Speak! Why are you following Shen Huo?"

Only then did Yang Yiyi realize she could speak again.

She quickly explained, "My lord, this girl only wanted to repay Shen Huo, my little benefactor, for saving my life. That's why I've stayed by his side to protect him—until the day he no longer needs me."

"You're a vengeful spirit. The resentment in your body can slowly seep into ordinary people and shorten their lifespan. Since you're not lying, I'll grant you permission to protect him for three years. After that, you must return to the underworld."

Yang Yiyi lit up with joy. "Thank you, my lord."

"My identity..."

"Don't worry, my lord. I won't breathe a single word of what happened today to my little benefactor!" Yang Yiyi said quickly.

Only then did Yin Jiuxuan signal for her to leave.

After Yang Yiyi left, Yin Jiuxuan finally withdrew the dark energy that had been surrounding the room.

Shen Huo came out carrying the dishes and glanced around the living room.

"That's weird. I thought I just heard Sister Yiyi's voice?"

He was a little puzzled, but when he saw Yin Jiuxuan sitting properly on the couch, it suddenly clicked.

Yang Yiyi was a vengeful ghost, and Yin Jiuxuan was an underworld official.

The difference in their power was way too big. Yang Yiyi must've sensed his presence and immediately ran off.

Thinking that, Shen Huo let out a quiet sigh of relief. As long as they didn't run into each other, that was for the best.

"Come on, try the food I made."

Shen Huo had made three dishes—stir-fried tomatoes and eggs, garlic pork slices, and a bowl of seaweed soup.

It looked pretty simple, and he was worried Yin Jiuxuan wouldn't eat it.

But it turned out he was dead wrong.

Yin Jiuxuan not only ate—it, but he also had two bowls of rice, double Shen Huo's portion.

"So? Pretty good, right?"

Shen Huo winked and smiled.

Yin Jiuxuan stayed expressionless. "Not bad."

Shen Huo couldn't help but snicker. Looked like his skills hadn't gotten rusty at all.

"How about this—if you teach me stuff, I'll cook for you. Deal?"

Yin Jiuxuan nodded, agreeing to Shen Huo's offer.

Shen Huo silently gave himself a little victory cheer.

"So, when are you usually gonna teach me?"

Yin Jiuxuan thought for a second and said, "Seven in the evening."

"Got it!"

After dinner, Yin Jiuxuan left.

When he returned to Fengdu, he saw King Chujiang already waiting inside the main hall.

"Whoa, boss, you skipping work too?!"

Suddenly, he caught a whiff of something on Yin Jiuxuan—it was the scent of the human world, of cooking and daily life—and he froze.

"Boss, you...?"

Yin Jiuxuan looked at King Chujiang. "There's a shortage of judges in the Hungry Ghost Realm. Go help them out."

King Chujiang looked totally dumbfounded. "But boss, I've still got a bunch of projects waiting for me to schedule—"

"Really? You seem pretty free to me. I don't think a few more tasks will kill you. And take the City God of Nanli with you."

King Chujiang felt like crying for himself—and he spared a half-second of silence for the City God of Nanli, too.

The new City God had only just taken office, and the mess left behind by the last guy was already bad enough. Now he had to do overtime too? Tragic.

"What, you think I'm not assigning enough?"

"No no, it's perfect. I'll get right on it!"

King Chujiang zipped off like his butt was on fire.

The great hall went quiet again.

Only one man remained, seated at the head of the palace, going through stacks of official scrolls.

After Yin Jiuxuan had been gone for a long while, Yang Yiyi finally poked her head around the window, looking cautious.

Shen Huo had just come out of the shower, and he nearly had a heart attack.

He clutched his chest and said to Yang Yiyi outside the window, "Sister Yiyi, could you maybe use the front door? A few more of these, and I might actually get scared to death one day."

Yang Yiyi looked a little embarrassed. "It's just habit, that's all. I'll change, I promise. Your partner's not around?"

"Sister Yiyi, did you run into him earlier? He didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Yang Yiyi shook her head. "I'm fine. You know how we vengeful ghosts are terrified of underworld enforcers like him. But he didn't seem like he wanted to make things hard for me, so I took the chance and slipped away."

"Good. Oh, right—did you find anything weird when you chased after Li Ge just now? Ah Jiu said he's got blood on his hands and won't live much longer."

Yang Yiyi suddenly remembered what she had come here for.

"I followed Li Ge back to his house and saw that he had a Buddha statue set up. But that thing didn't look like any good Buddha. Its face was twisted and creepy, covered in ghost skulls, and it had a huge belly. Also, Li Ge definitely had a vengeful ghost mark on him, but once he got back home, that resentment was sucked away by the statue."

"That statue sounds sketchy as hell—it's definitely not some righteous Buddha. Wait, did it attack you or anything?"

"I was outside and didn't get attacked. Its energy seemed like it only worked inside the room. If you got just a bit farther away, it stopped having any effect.

"That ghost didn't kill Li Ge because he's wearing some kind of protective talisman. That's probably why the ghost keeps marking him over and over."

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