So Lǐ Shìqīng slowly explained: "The Thirteenth Bureau is also known as the Special Affairs Management Office. It is divided into two parts: one internal and one external. The internal part mainly ha...Chapter 159: The Writing Ghost

When Xiao Yu heard this, he was taken aback. He didn't expect the Umbrella of Gathered Yin to have such a function. Smiling bitterly to himself, he realized that Zhong Kui hadn’t even left behind these memories. It seemed like Zhong Kui had not retained any recollections related to the Five Ghosts' origins.

Xiao Yu opened the door to the consultation room and entered. The woman was lying on her side, fast asleep. He didn't expect a simplified version of the Spirit-Calming Talisman to be so effective. It seemed that this woman hadn’t rested properly in quite some time. Coupled with the loss of vitality and flesh essence, she appeared extremely exhausted.

She should have already been unable to hold on, but for whatever reason, she had managed to last until now.

Xiao Yu's fingers danced lightly as he murmured incantations. As his fingers moved, a complex and profound talisman gradually took shape in his hand. With the accompanying secret incantation, the moment the talisman formed on his palm, it emitted dazzling golden light.

Xiao Yu controlled the talisman to hit the woman's abdomen. Upon contact with her corpse qi, her corpse qi rapidly dissolved, separating it from her body and isolating the two ghost fetuses.

The two ghost fetuses sensed something was amiss and started trembling violently in mid-air, their umbilical cords made of corpse qi flailing around as if seeking something.

Xiao Yu lightly raised his hands in the air, and the two masses of corpse qi seemed to be held by someone's hands, detaching from the mother’s body and floating into mid-air. Xiao Yu then carried them out to the waiting room outside.

As the two masses of corpse qi trembled violently, they were also brought to the waiting room outside as if being supported.

"Young Master, leave the rest to me!" When the Earth Ghost saw Xiao Yu come out from inside and noticed the two masses of corpse qi trembling in mid-air, it hurriedly stepped forward, its eyes shining with fervor.

“Mm.” Xiao Yu nodded and handed the two masses of corpse qi over to the Earth Ghost.

The Earth Ghost took the two masses of corpse qi. Seeing them tremble violently, it released a thread of its essence towards the two masses.

The moment the two masses of corpse qi touched the Earth Ghost's essence, they stopped trembling and greedily absorbed it. After some time, as if having eaten their fill, they ceased absorbing and lay still in the Earth Ghost’s hands, as though stretching out.

With a low chant from its lips, the Earth Ghost flew towards the Umbrella of Gathered Yin. As it approached the umbrella, it transformed into pure yin qi essence and flew inside, disappearing without a trace.

Xiao Yu walked to the table, put away the Umbrella of Gathered Yin in the medicine cabinet, then sat at the consultation desk, closing his eyes in deep thought.

The sky gradually brightened, and the door to the resting room was opened from inside. A woman, her body completely covered, walked out.

The woman had her head down, looking like a zombie with no vitality at all. She approached Xiao Yu and looked up at him.

Her eyes were lifeless, though no tears flowed out, but Xiao Yu could feel the sadness in her heart. With her body lacking even its essence, how could she still produce tears

"They're going to a faraway place, and they said they won't come back!" The woman looked at Xiao Yu and spoke with a hoarse voice.

"Sss... Sss..." After speaking, the woman covered her mouth, emitting a shrill sound. Xiao Yu knew she was crying; he had no idea how to console her as he watched her sobbing on the table.

Cry then! Cry! Next year's Ghost Festival will be a surprise for you!

Xiao Yu thought to himself as he looked at this woman weeping.

After some time, the woman gradually calmed down. Xiao Yu walked over to the medicine cabinet and took out the wrapped-up medicine from yesterday. He said to her, "Come on, I'll take you to your place."

He then left the clinic with the woman, hailed a taxi, and arrived at the basement. On the way, Xiao Yu found a pharmacy that could decoct his prescription for her and bought some essential daily necessities and food.

"Here are two thousand dollars; take it first. Later on, you should buy more meat to eat so your body can recover faster!" After settling this woman in the basement, Xiao Yu took out two thousand dollars from his bag and gave them to her.

“No, doctor, having a place to stay is already great enough. I can't take any more of your money. As for money matters, I'll figure out a way myself; besides, I still have some savings.” The woman quickly declined when she saw Xiao Yu handing over the cash.

"Just keep it and use it first! When you've recovered from your illness and earn enough money, then pay me back." Despite not knowing how much money this woman had, Xiao Yu assumed that there wouldn't be a lot of it.

The woman hesitated for a moment before finally accepting the money. She knelt down with a thud in front of Xiao Yu and said, "Doctor, thank you very much! I’ll work hard to repay your kindness in the future!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yu hurriedly helped her up and told her to rest well before leaving the basement.

As he walked back to the clinic, thinking about that woman's appearance, a bitter smile appeared on Xiao Yu's face. Although these little spirits were taken in by him instead of being sent off to the underworld, he did help them out somehow; yet he still felt like he was deceiving someone else’s children.

Strolling along the streets at dawn, breathing in fresh air, when passing a snack stall, Xiao Yu suddenly felt very hungry.

Thinking about it now, I didn't eat much last night and didn't get any rest either. It's no wonder I'm hungry!

"Boss, six fried dough sticks, two bowls of soy milk, and two tea eggs!" Xiao Yu shouted to the busy boss.

"Sure thing! Just a moment!"

Soon after, the boss brought over what Xiao Yu ordered. However, upon seeing that Xiao Yu was alone, he looked puzzled and asked: "Um... excuse me sir, I forgot to pack this for you. It must have been due to my preoccupation; sorry! I'll go get it packed up for you right away!"

"Well... boss, actually, I didn't ask for them to be packed because these are all for me..." Xiao Yu felt embarrassed when he heard the boss's words. He could sense that people around him were looking at him oddly.

"Oh... Oh! Sorry about that!" The boss was momentarily taken aback but quickly said, then put down the food and left.

As the boss walked away, he looked back thinking to himself: People say those who get rich eat soy milk by pouring a bowl after another. Could it be I encountered such an individual today

Xiao Yu didn't care about what others thought; he was ravenously hungry and quickly started eating without restraint. In less than ten minutes, the table was cleared of everything.

Everyone at the breakfast stall stared at Xiao Yu with odd looks on their faces. Particularly two young girls in their twenties, who were still holding unchewed fried dough sticks but looked wide-eyed at him.

"Cough... cough..." When Xiao Yu left his seat and noticed everyone staring at him, he cleared his throat awkwardly; people then realized their rudeness and quickly averted their gazes.

Xiao Yu walked up to the boss and asked: "Boss, how much do I owe you"

"Total is 14 yuan!" The boss hurriedly replied. He had thought Xiao Yu would pour out one bowl after another but was surprised that he ate everything.

"Young man, what an appetite! Eating well is a blessing! Unlike my son... Sigh!" When finding change for Xiao Yu, the boss sighed and said this in admiration.

"Oh Boss, why do you say your son is different" Hearing these words, Xiao Yu looked up at the boss with curiosity and asked.

The breakfast stall's owner was a man in his fifties. Although he appeared to be around fifty years old, Xiao Yu noticed his graying hair mixed with black strands, deep wrinkles on his face, dark complexion, and a troubled expression, revealing much inner worry.

"Heh heh... It's okay, it's okay, never mind..." The boss dabbed at his reddened eye with a finger and spoke in an attempt to sound carefree.

Xiao Yu saw that the boss was unwilling to talk about it, so he looked at the boss’s face. Xiao Yu knew something about physiognomy because of Zhong Kui's memories, and this old man had a distinct black line crossing through his central palace area, which indicated an ominous sign. Seeing this, Xiao Yu realized that there should be someone sick in the boss’s family. Combined with what the boss said, it seemed like the patient was his son.

"Boss, I’m a doctor. That clinic over there is mine. If you believe me, I can take a look at your son for you; if not, forget it!"

Since he knew that there was someone sick in the boss’s family, Xiao Yu pointed to his clinic and told him.

"Thank you! When I need something, I’ll find you!" The boss nodded.

Xiao Yu could tell from the boss's tone of voice that he was being evasive. He probably thought that Xiao Yu was a fraud. So Xiao Yu shook his head and walked towards his seat without saying anything. After all, he still had his belongings there.

"XiaoXiao, I heard you guys played with the Ouija board last night" As Xiao Yu passed by two girls who were staring at him dumbfounded earlier, one of them asked another girl nearby.

"Haha... Yes… Yes…. Wang Fang! You didn’t see that It was so interesting. The pen not only moved on its own, but we also heard the sound of horses' hooves!"

When XiaoXiao—the younger girl—heard this, she gave a quiet smile and said in an excited voice.

Xiao Yu froze when he overheard their conversation. He looked at them curiously and saw that they weren't carrying any Yin energy. Sighing with relief, he walked past the two girls while holding his belongings.

"Listen to me: Don’t play with things like a Ouija board in the future. Be careful of picking up some dirty stuff; you might regret it later!"

The girl named XiaoXiao rolled her eyes and said, "Who are you What’s it to you if there is something unclean"

"Uh…" Hearing what she had said, Xiao Yu was speechless.

Xiao Yu helplessly shook his head. He thought to himself, “What a headache! Trying to be nice and being treated like a fool”

"XiaoXiao, don’t talk like that. The uncle is only trying to be helpful!tter further."Damn, even a petty district chief has eaten lion’s heart and tiger liver" Upon hanging up from Wan Hongguang's call, Song Shanshan said resentfully."Hello, Brother Chu, this is Tiger Mou...