UCS Chapter 84

Gao Shi instinctively glanced at the door—Ying Bujie hadn’t come out yet.

 

His voice was hoarse, “That’s impossible, right?”

 

Kongmiao gave a dry laugh, “How could it be? You’re a living person…”

 

The two stared at each other for a moment. Kongmiao raised two fingers toward his eyes, but Gao Shi quickly grabbed his arm, “Old man, you’re using your Heavenly Eye again? Don’t you want your eyes anymore!”

 

Kongmiao was like a howling husky, “No! If I don’t open my Heavenly Eye today, this old Daoist won’t be able to eat or sleep!”

 

“How can a living person’s soul lodge in another living person’s body? And without rejection? Without being devoured? And even if taken away, there are no side effects???”

 

“Most importantly, when this old Daoist used his Heavenly Eye to look at you back then, I didn’t see my disciple’s soul!”

 

Gao Shi held Kongmiao tightly, “If you couldn’t see it then, you can see it now? Besides, whether it’s possession or not isn’t certain yet. At least go check other objects first!”

 

Kongmiao stopped. His eyes, which had been stimulated by Ying Bujie earlier, still hadn’t fully recovered, but he still turned to look at Gao Shi, “Then little Gao Shi, think about it. My disciple’s improved appetite should have had a gradual process. Were there any stages with relatively large jumps?”

 

Actually, Kongmiao wanted to ask if his unlucky disciple had made any physical moves on little Gao Shi, but his old face really couldn’t be pulled down that far. He could only sigh toward heaven, wailing inwardly—children are debts, troublesome disciple!

 

Gao Shi thought carefully and really did notice something different, though it was somewhat difficult to speak about.

 

Gao Shi hesitated for a moment, then truthfully said, “The few times I had prophetic dreams before, Ying Bujie stayed by my side. He used spiritual power to help me control the dreams. After waking up, I don’t know if it was my imagination, but I felt like he was more active than before and more natural in his interactions with me.”

 

“Every time I woke up, he was eating. I thought it was because he had consumed too much spiritual power and was replenishing energy.”

 

Upon hearing this, Kongmiao’s expression became even more certain, “That’s right. The closer your contact became, the faster his missing soul returned to his body.”

 

“When a soul leaves a magical artifact where it’s stored, the artifact’s luster becomes dim. So logically, when the soul is completely extracted from your body, you should have felt something. Think back—did you?”

 

Gao Shi was stunned.

 

He remembered when he was searching for a way to slay the evil god, Ying Bujie had asked if he could taste his blood.

 

A tongue tip kissed his fingertip, licking the tiny wound. A small electric current surged from the depths of his soul. In that instant, it felt as if something was being extracted from within his body.

 

Gao Shi’s expression cracked inch by inch, then returned to blankness.

 

Wait, so his physical reaction at that time… was actually caused by the soul attached to his body being extracted?

 

Regarding this matter, Gao Shi could only quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

 

Good thing. He had thought he was a beast, having his body betray his reason when his son’s life and death were unknown.

 

Kongmiao looked at Gao Shi’s expression.

 

Good, now he didn’t need to ask. It seemed little Gao Shi had indeed had such an experience.

 

With the matter basically confirmed, Kongmiao became even more anxious and restless. He couldn’t understand how a living person’s remnant soul could be stored in another person’s body.

 

No one could stop him now. Ignoring Gao Shi’s obstruction, Kongmiao forcibly opened his Heavenly Eye again.

 

“Infinite Celestial Worthy! Little Gao Shi, it’s been a while since we’ve met. How has the golden light of merit on your body gotten even stronger? This old Daoist’s eyes are about to be blinded!”

 

“…Isn’t that because you insisted on opening your Heavenly Eye? How is it? Can you see anything?”

 

“It’s all golden, like it’s been blessed with holy light. I can’t see anything… hey hey hey! I see it! I see it!”

 

A faint trace of energy flashed by, separating from Gao Shi’s body and drifting to the side. Kongmiao, enduring the unbearable pain in his eyes, looked to the side and saw a glimpse of white clothing, then couldn’t see anything else.

 

Gao Shi supported Kongmiao, using a warm towel to wipe the blood from his face. Looking up, he saw Ying Bujie walking over.

 

Kongmiao let Gao Shi wipe his blood while murmuring in disbelief, “How could this be? No wonder this old Daoist couldn’t find it after searching for so many years. So that’s how it was!”

 

“No wonder the divination said that little Ying should descend the mountain alone this time—the opportunity lies with the Gao family.”

 

Gao Shi asked worriedly, “Old man, will your eyes be unable to see for several months again this time?”

 

Kongmiao waved his hand, “Spying on heavenly secrets—just five or six months.”

 

Kongmiao pulled out a black cloth strip from his wide sleeves with movements so practiced it was heartbreaking.

 

However, Ying Bujie’s fingertips emanated a faint white light. He waved it in front of Kongmiao’s eyes, and Kongmiao felt a cool sensation, followed by blurry shadows appearing.

 

Though still not clear, it was much better than before.

 

Kongmiao was stunned, “Little Ying? Your spiritual power can be projected externally now?”

 

“Mm.”

 

Kongmiao couldn’t care about his eyes anymore, his face blooming like a chrysanthemum with joy, “Good! Good! Good! Your opportunity truly lies with the Gao family!”

 

He patted Gao Shi’s arm with a beaming smile, “Little Gao Shi, I’ll have to trouble you for this period of time.”

 

Of course Gao Shi had no objections. If nothing unexpected happened, his son would still have to face imprisonment by a Celestial Master later. With Ying Bujie’s protection, what was there to fear?

 

Besides, having just understood his own feelings, even if he couldn’t confess yet, being able to see Daoist Ying every day was good too.

 

However, hadn’t this old man been very angry about his confession before? Wasn’t he afraid that he might lose control and do something irrational to Daoist Ying? The old man wasn’t the type to send his disciple into a tiger’s den for the sake of passing on his legacy. Or rather, did he actually trust him this much?

 

Gao Shi looked at Kongmiao suspiciously. Kongmiao guiltily looked away, “Well, this old Daoist will stay at your place for this period.”

 

“Alright, your room has been kept clean for you.”

 

So he was coming to supervise in person.

 

Though he definitely wouldn’t take advantage of Daoist Ying’s vulnerability before his soul was fully restored, having a “parent” supervising was still more reassuring.

 

Kongmiao looked at Gao Shi, who was secretly relieved, then at his own disciple, and sighed inwardly.

 

Little Gao Shi, you two have mutual feelings for each other. This old Daoist can’t be a stumbling block, but my disciple really isn’t as innocent as he appears on the surface. To prevent you from being taken advantage of, this old Daoist can only interfere first.

 

Gao Shi asked again, “Old man, you said Daoist Ying’s opportunity lies with the Gao family. So isn’t his soul also in my body?”

 

Kongmiao waved his hand, “Though this old Daoist still can’t see clearly this time, I can be certain that little Ying’s soul is not in your body. If it were, it would have returned together with his earthly soul long ago.”

 

While Gao Shi and Kongmiao were talking, Ying Bujie sat obediently on the sofa nearby, watching them and listening to them speak, but not like someone listening to matters concerning himself.

 

That made sense. Ying Bujie’s soul was incomplete. When he first came down from the mountain, he couldn’t even dress himself. Whether it was dressing, eating, or using a phone, everything had been taught to him by Gao Shi.

 

Gao Shi thought he must help the Daoist find his soul as soon as possible.

 

Because love and desire were different. Love was a mixture of emotion and reason. With only earthly soul but no heavenly soul, Ying Bujie might be close to him, but could never fall in love with him.

 

…

 

Gao Shi arrived at the Anomaly Management Bureau. Unusual incidents had been increasing during this period, and the Spirit Management Office had officially issued documents confirming that spiritual energy was beginning to revive on a large scale.

 

Previously, due to sparse spiritual energy, everyone’s cultivation levels were actually similar, so there were no realm divisions in the supernatural world—only ability classifications. Now that spiritual energy was reviving, the gaps were gradually widening, so the Spirit Management Office began classifying realms for those who could cultivate.

 

Realms were divided from low to high into first through ninth tier. Currently announced, the highest realm was the Spirit Management Office’s chief administrator at eighth tier.

 

With spiritual energy revival, the spirit police’s realms advanced rapidly. Their foundations were solid, so even with rapid advancement, they experienced no side effects. However, quite a few disciples from various metaphysical sects had problems.

 

“Honestly, I always thought the monks at Xuanjin Temple weren’t quite proper. Aren’t monks supposed to practice the six sense purifications and not wear gold or jade? I once saw a monk there wearing monk robes with a watch, limited edition sneakers on his feet, holding prayer beads that barely looked like he was a proper monk. But on closer inspection, they were made of black jade!”

 

“Just because Xuanjin Temple has a long heritage and big reputation, many worshippers go there to burn incense. Since their abbot does have some spiritual power and is registered with the Spirit Management Office, they barely count as legitimate.”

 

“But who would have thought—this spiritual energy revival really choked up Xuanjin Temple! The monks there are basically all there to make money. Few truly devote themselves to Buddhism. The better ones just have no sensitivity to spiritual energy. The worse ones have impure six senses yet forcibly raise their realms with external aids.”

 

“The most outrageous one among them was a monk from Xuanjin Temple who actually grew cauliflower!”

 

Ran Qiu let out a “holy shit” and, forgetting about his leg still in a cast, quickly pushed against the table to slide closer, “What what? The cauliflower I’m thinking of?”

 

Chang Yang made two “tsk tsk” sounds, “Exactly the cauliflower you’re thinking of.”

 

“This guy’s six senses were way too impure. Relying on his good looks, he thought he was Tang Sanzang venturing into the Women’s Kingdom. He had six girlfriends and regularly visited that nightclub that Team Lü shut down. His genital warts had been suppressed by spiritual power before, but now with the external spiritual energy explosion—he had forcibly raised his realm with drugs to begin with, so now he couldn’t control the spiritual energy in his body, and those genital warts exploded along with it.”

 

Chang Yang spread his hands, “When this happened, there were many ordinary tourists around, so I went to handle it. Let me put it this way—I probably won’t want to eat cauliflower for a year.”

 

Ran Qiu made a retching expression, his face contorting, “Is that why you sent us dried cauliflower to eat today?”

 

Chang Yang scratched his head with a grin, “I really couldn’t eat it myself. Spent so much money on it—would be such a waste not to eat it.”

 

Ran Qiu threw a pillow at him. Chang Yang relied on his good legs to play a dodging game.

 

Gao Shi watched these two comedic treasures roughhousing. Chang Yang saw him arrive and greeted him, not forgetting to fawningly offer newly bought snacks.

 

“Captain, look what I discovered? A new flavor lollipop!”

 

Gao Shi curiously took it for a look—

 

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This lollipop was as big as Gao Shi’s fist. Under the transparent wrapper was white, green, and yellow candy that looked exactly like a huge cauliflower, inevitably making one think of the monk from earlier.

 

Looking at the flavor on the wrapper—milk, durian, wasabi flavor.

 

Gao Shi suddenly became very worried about his team member’s mental state when buying this candy.

 

The husky-like Chang Yang was still trying to claim credit, “Captain, this is the newest lollipop. I thought of you the moment I saw it. How about it, not bad, right?”

 

Gao Shi was silent for a moment. For the first time, he saw a lollipop without the immediate urge to unwrap it.

 

“Good purchase. Don’t buy them again next time.”

 

Ran Qiu’s computer made a series of “beeping” sounds. Chang Yang smoothly pushed Ran Qiu over there, “Hey, little Qiu, why are you so lively with one broken leg? Don’t I still have to push you back?”

 

Ran Qiu was like an angry seal, slapping his leg with “clap clap” sounds.

 

“Once my leg heals, I’m definitely going to change my weak constitution and become a strong, burly man!”

 

Gao Shi couldn’t help but laugh, “Alright, I’ll make note of that. From now on, we’ll train you at half of Brother Huang’s intensity.”

 

Ran Qiu felt his self-esteem was wounded, “Boss, I’m at least a man. Even if you don’t train me at Brother Huang’s level, at least train me at Xiuxiu’s intensity, right?”

 

Huang Shan laughed, “Little Zhuang has been on field duty these past few days, so you don’t know. Just last night, probably due to the spiritual energy revival, her strength became even greater. Now my training intensity can’t match little Zhuang’s.”

 

Don’t let Zhuang Xiuxiu’s slender appearance as a small girl who looks like she does clerical work fool you—her strength had always been astonishingly great, and now due to the spiritual energy revival, her strength had become even greater.

 

Gao Shi suppressed his laughter, “Even before, you couldn’t handle Xiuxiu’s training intensity.”

 

While grabbing the mouse, Ran Qiu tried to argue, “I think I still have some potential. I… Holy shit!”

 

He leaned closer to the screen, “What the Wu family did… this is really…”

 

“Beastly!”

 

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