But now my goal is still to study hard, and a big part of the reason is because my master wants me to graduate from college. In his eyes, college students have high academic qualifications. He has no idea how difficult it is for college graduates to find jobs nowadays.
I remember reading a report about a Tsinghua University graduate who went out to look for a job but was unsuccessful. Finally he started polishing shoes himself. Although he eventually opened dozens of chain stores, not everyone can do that.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh at myself. My goal now is to just hang out in school and then find a job. I remember chatting with my classmates in high school and saying that after graduating from college, if they offer us a job as a manager or supervisor, we would just do it first and not be picky. It's ridiculous to think about it now.
Forget it. I got a headache just thinking about it. There are still two years before graduation. Why think about that? I came back to my senses from my thoughts, chatted with Li Mingyao for a few more words, and then turned back to school.
It was already nine o'clock when I returned to the dormitory. The smell of the dormitory was still so familiar. As soon as I entered, I smelled the familiar smell of stinky socks and instant noodles. As soon as I entered, I saw Kaizi, Fatty Cao, and the man with glasses watching an adult-rated restricted movie. I said why they were so obscene, and then I went over to study it with them.
Speaking of adult-restricted movies, I remember a funny thing. It happened when Kaizi and I were sophomores. We played a game called "Rainbow Island" together. When we first started playing the game, we were so poor that we had to count the bottles when buying potions.
Later, Kaizi thought of a trick. He used fair bidding and sold the complete works of Mr. Cang for three million game coins. This guy also had a good business sense. Three million was neither a lot nor a little at that time. He sold more than 100 million game coins in one day.
Of course this is off topic.
After that, my life returned to normal. To be honest, I feel like Kaizi and I are from two completely different worlds. Their world is quiet and peaceful, but my world is full of ghosts.
A year passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the Chinese New Year. My freshman year was over. To sum it up, it was not bad, but I was too wasted. I spent all day playing games online. After the incident with Wutongshen, Director Wang really started to protect me. I went online every day and didn't lose a single credit. It was also a benefit. After all, that night was pretty dangerous. Without me and Li Mingyao, he would have been crippled if not dead.
During this period, I also tried to attend a few classes, but I felt that the only difference from high school was that university professors were better at chanting than high school professors, and there was no other difference.
When I returned home, I still felt comfortable at home. When I had nothing to do, I would accompany the master to sort out the business of the underworld shop. The master basically left the "business" to me. Although my Taoist magic was not very good, I had no problem dealing with ordinary ghosts.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but my master started to teach me everything he knew. In fact, catching ghosts doesn’t require much fighting skills, what’s most important is broad knowledge.
You may ask, what's the point of catching ghosts? But there are so many ghosts in the world, and many of them have their own special ways to be eliminated. Of course, if you insist on killing the ghosts directly, that is also a method. However, from ancient times to the present, unless the ghosts are extremely vicious, it is advocated to save the ghosts.
The so-called knowledge is the method of eliminating ghosts. This is what a Yin-Yang master should learn. So during this holiday I listened to the master telling some ghost stories every day. If I don’t listen carefully, he will get angry.
But I am quite interested in these things, so I take them quite seriously. For example, the Five Gods and the like can only be seen by people who are born with the ability to see Yin and Yang. Ordinary people cannot see them even if they touch cow's tears.
The two-month summer vacation passed quickly, and soon it was time to go back to school. Although I was reluctant to leave my master, I turned around and walked towards the train station. This time my master did not come to see me off, because he said that I had grown up and could do many things on my own, so he didn't need to worry about me anymore.
I also shook my head and got on the train. Suddenly, Li Mingyao called me.
I have to say that my relationship with Li Mingyao improved very quickly during my freshman year. He seemed to want to be friends with me very much. He would drag me out to stay up all night every day. Even when I had no money, he would say he had money and asked me to go out. But I was too embarrassed to go out.
After more contact with him, I found that this guy is simply a ghost catcher. To be honest, I still admire him very much. He is so capable at such a young age. At least he is much better than me. His little ghost is indeed very useful and helps him catch ghosts.
He is also very kind. Later, when we were drinking, he told me that the reason why he cut off the arm of the non-mainstream person when they first met was because someone wanted to buy his hand. This was also the task given to him by the owner of the Zhongshan Buddha Statue Shop.
Li Mingyao on the other side seemed to be in a good mood. He said with a smile: "Hey, you bastard, where are you? It's time for you to come back. I'll treat you to a drink when you come back."
I smiled. This guy has called me no less than 20 times during the summer vacation: "I'm back. I'm in the car. Think of something to treat me when I come back. Haha."
"Okay, when you come back, accompany me to visit a school first, and then you can eat whatever you want." Li Mingyao said generously from the opposite side.
I frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Why did you ask me to join you this time?" Normally, Li Mingyao would not ask me to go with him when he goes to catch ghosts, so this time he asked me to do it for special reasons.
"Yes, this school is quite evil this time. It should be a fierce ghost. Because I focus on practicing the hexagrams, although I can catch ghosts, your talismans are much better this time." Li Mingyao said easily. I know it shouldn't be that easy, otherwise, with his arrogance, why would he ask me to go with him
"Okay, it will take me about six hours to get back now, wait for me at the train station." He hung up the phone. There is no need to think too much about this matter, it's just catching a few ghosts, and this time when I go back, I can use what my master taught me.
Listening to the friction between the train wheels and the rails, I gradually fell asleep on the train, and when I woke up, I had arrived in Chengdu.
As soon as I got off the train, I saw countless school banners and new student reception desks. I watched some freshmen hazily looking for their schools, and then followed their seniors away. Then I thought about myself, I was also a sophomore, and it felt like time had passed really quickly. After searching for a while, I saw Li Mingyao waiting for me at our school's new student reception desk.
I also knew the people at the freshman reception desk, as they were all from the dormitory next to mine. I greeted them, then took Li Mingyao and left.
After talking with Li Mingyao, I learned that the accident happened in a medical school. It seemed that a corpse used for research there had resurrected. However, Li Mingyao told me that it was not that simple. That was just superficial talk. In fact, someone had already been killed, and several colleagues had gone to see it before.
But they were all scared back. You have to know that there are some really capable people among them, and the ghosts that could scare them back must not be simple creatures.
I nodded after hearing this, but it should be no problem for Li Mingyao and I to go. Unfortunately, although Li Mingyao is proficient in the art of hexagrams, people who are proficient in this art cannot calculate their own destiny, otherwise Li Mingyao would be able to directly calculate what is inside.
Li Mingyao and I did not go directly to the medical school. Instead, we went back to prepare our things. I have made a lot of progress this time compared to the last time I met Wutong Shen. I know more kinds of talismans, but they are all other strange talismans.
For example, there are memory charms that can improve one's memory in one day. If I have this thing, I will swear to my master that I will not use it to take exams. Otherwise, if I go back to senior high school again, I can choose between Tsinghua University and Peking University.
There are many other strange talismans, but they are of no help in catching ghosts. The one that I use to cause the most damage to ghosts is the 'Five Thunders Strike Back Talisman', which draws thunder from the sky to attack ghosts. It is more than twice as powerful as the 'Talisman to Suppress Evil Spirits'. However, my master told me not to use this talisman indiscriminately, because when using this to attack ghosts, the ghosts will basically be reduced to ashes and their souls will be scattered. So unless you encounter extremely vicious ghosts, you cannot use it indiscriminately.
Li Mingyao also went back to prepare some things, mainly a compass, some magical tools and talismans.
However, he can use talismans but not draw them. These are the stock brought down from Maoshan, and every time one is used, one is less, so he often comes to me to borrow talismans.
After some preparation, I didn't report to school. There were still five days before the school officially started, so there was still plenty of time.
Following Li Mingyao to this school, we were dumbfounded as soon as we entered. It was full of beautiful girls. It suddenly occurred to me that, wouldn’t graduates from a medical school become nurses? This school is considered a high school. Our university will start a few days later than theirs, so they have already started their classes.
This gave Li Mingyao and I a chance to see the beautiful scenery. However, not long after we entered, an old man who looked to be in his sixties and wearing glasses came over. When he saw Li Mingyao, he immediately came up to shake hands with him and said, "Mr. Li, right? I am the principal of this school. My name is Pan Jie. You can just call me Principal Pan."
"Well, hello, Principal Pan, I am Li Mingyao. I learned about the specific incident in your school before I came here. I think there was a problem with the corpse." Li Mingyao said with a smile.
Principal Pan seemed to be quite sensitive about these things. When he heard Li Mingyao say this, he looked around nervously. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, let's talk about the details in my office."
After that, he took me to his office. It was worthy of being the principal's office. I don't know about the principal's office of the university, but this Principal Pan's office was very large, probably more than 20 square meters, and it was decorated very luxuriously.
Principal Pan sat on the sofa in the office and motioned for Li Mingyao and I to sit down as well.