Metaphysics Live Stream, Going Viral Across the Internet Ch. 70

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Without Bai Mudan possessing him, Bai Pengxuan collapsed straight to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.

Shen Huo raised his voice. "Someone help hold him up!"

The others rushed over to lift Bai Pengxuan, now covered in blood.

"Wipe his hands clean."

They quickly used dry cloths to wipe the blood off both his hands.

Shen Huo grabbed them, then pricked his fingertip with a silver needle. A drop of blood landed on a cinnabar-dipped brush he'd prepared, and he began drawing symbols on Bai Pengxuan's fingers.

At first glance, it looked like random squiggles. But looking closer, every stroke was smooth and precise.

The group stared at Shen Huo's mysterious technique, their admiration growing by the second. Suddenly, "Actor Shen" sounded so warm and respectful coming from their mouths.

"Actor Shen, what's that?"

"Zhu You—blessing and exorcism."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

"Can you draw one for me too?"

"Yeah, me too!"

"I want one!"

Director Wang scolded, "You think Zhu You grows on trees or something? Alright, enough gawking—go do what you're supposed to!"

Shen Huo echoed, "Director Wang's right. But let me say this real quick: if you hear voices tonight—ignore them. Especially if they call your name. Don't look back. Got it?"

Everyone nodded like pecking chickens.

Once the group dispersed, Wu Tong came over to ask quietly, "That Bai Mudan just now..."

Shen Huo said, "She wanted to borrow Bai Pengxuan's body. Ghost talk—don't believe it. If you let a ghost take over your body, you'll end up a wandering spirit yourself."

Wu Tong rubbed the goosebumps on her arms. "Do you think we'll make it out?"

"No. We've already entered a ghost domain. Unless it opens on its own, we can't leave."

"You seem like you've gotten way more knowledgeable about all this lately."

Shen Huo grinned. "I took on a second master. He's been teaching me a lot."

"Then give me a few of those Zhu You symbols too."

"Hey, you think I'm running a wholesale business here? That stuff drains a ton of energy! But... I can give you something else."

"What?"

"Give me two hundred bucks."

Wu Tong's curiosity got the better of her. She quickly pulled out 200 in cash and handed it over.

Shen Huo took one of the paper bills and started folding it over and over. As he folded, he said to Wu Tong, "Paper money carries belief. There's an old saying, 'Money makes the ghosts grind the mill.'"

"That kinda sounds like total nonsense," Wu Tong said, "but weirdly, I feel like it makes sense when you say it. Seems like our dear Actor Shen's picked up some glib-tongue skills."

"Now that's uncalled for. What do you mean 'some glib-tongue skills'? When it really matters, you still gotta rely on the real stuff passed down from our ancestors."

He handed Wu Tong the triangle-folded bill and casually slipped the other one into his own pocket.

"Hey! I gave you two bills, didn't I? Why are you pocketing one for yourself?"

Putting the money away, Shen Huo said with a straight face, "Labor fee. Gotta charge something at least."

Wu Tong was instantly speechless.
"You really are all about the money now."

"Totally. I gotta pay off my penalty fees and support a household."

"What household? You're single."

"Who says I don't have one? The Great Emperor of Fengdu counts, and there's my ghost buddy, and I've got a sister. They're all waiting for me to make money and burn spirit money for them."

"Yeah, right." Wu Tong rolled her eyes. She didn't buy a word of it.

And it wasn't just Wu Tong—viewers in the livestream weren't buying it either.

[I was actually expecting a huge revelation, and this is what I got?]

[I was crying at first, thinking some fox spirit had seduced my Huo-baby. Turns out—I was just dumb.]

[Nobody else noticed how stingy Shen Huo is? Charging 100 bucks just for folding a paper talisman? Kinda petty, honestly.]

[LOL, paper money can ward off ghosts? Yeah right.]

[This feels like something you'd use to trick kids. I mean, I sorta believed in the talisman stuff earlier, but this paper money thing is just nonsense.]

[Has no one called the cops yet? They're literally dealing with supernatural stuff!]

[You must be new here. Keep watching—you'll see the stuff Shen Huo runs into is far from normal.]

[Replying to the "nonsense" commenter: actually, folding paper money can drive off spirits. It's imprinted with a country's belief and power, kinda like how ancient coins like the Five Emperor Coins work. They hold symbolic authority and deterrent power.]

[I get it now. The end of science is... metaphysics.]

Meanwhile, in the pine woods on the edge of Shijia Plaza, a pair of brothers sat under a big tree eating instant noodles.

Zhai Hongyun glanced at the username "Daoist Who Doesn't Tell Fortunes" and eyed his senior.

"Senior brother, I thought you didn't like the sect leader. Why are you defending him online?"

"Cough! Who's defending who?"

Meng Jingtong, mid-noodle-slurp, choked a little, pretending nothing was up, even as his face turned red.

Zhai Hongyun held up his phone.
"This username, it's totally you. Did you forget? I'm using the secondary SIM card linked to your ID."

Meng Jingtong's face flushed deeper, and he gave a forced cough to cover his embarrassment.

"Well, he is our sect leader. It's only right for me to stand up for him."

Zhai Hongyun muttered under his breath, "Tsundere."

Which got him a sharp ear pinch from his senior brother.

"Ow ow ow!"

After making Zhai Hongyun squat in a horse stance, Meng Jingtong turned back to the livestream, watching Shen Huo and the others.

"Didn't think they'd actually fall into a mirrored space..."

"It's all your fault, senior brother. If we'd warned the sect leader in time, this wouldn't have happened."

Meng Jingtong gave a fake smile and said, "Still got energy, huh? Half an hour more."

Zhai Hongyun: "QAQ"

When Meng Jingtong saw the ghost-possession incident with Bai Mudan being forced out by some technique Shen Huo used, he nodded in approval.

"I spent half a year just to draw proper Zhu You blessing symbols. Can't believe he's already learned it in just a month. What a genius."

"Master Shen can even recite the I Ching, but the original version's way too hard. I've been memorizing it for three years and still haven't finished!"

Meng Jingtong: "...Did it ever occur to you that maybe you're just dumb?"

Zhai Hongyun: Hey! That's a personal attack!

"This whole mirror space situation is going to be trouble."

"If they got in, can't we just follow them in too?"

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