Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 450 Ghost Catcher 11

Lin Chao lay on the cold ground, watching Yun Chu disappear into the night, listening to the low voices of the people around him:

"Comrade Yun is really capable!"

"It's really gone!"

"That's what a master is!"

The jealousy, shock, shame and indignation in Lin Chao's heart, as well as his suspicion about Yun Chu's identity and purpose, were intertwined and almost swallowed him up!

He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.

This female Taoist priest who suddenly appeared had unfathomable strength, and acted quickly and ruthlessly. Every time she attacked, she precisely hit the interests and reputation of the Lin Dynasty!

Stealing business?

She was going to completely destroy his job!

On the way back, Yun Chu felt the system prompt updating the progress of the task (the count of ghosts killed), and planned the next step in his mind - to find a more suitable commission, accumulate fame and resources, and at the same time... began to take the initiative to pay attention to those "key connections" and "nobles" in the book who should have belonged to Lin Chao.

Her goal is clear: to make sure that "Master Lin" has no place to stand in the ghost-hunting world of City B!

Lin Chao had never experienced such a cold summer.

The ghost hunting market in City B seemed to have changed overnight.

The "Master Lin" who once could easily quote high prices and attract customers with his eloquence and demeanor is now struggling.

Yun Chu was like an ice-cold scalpel, cutting his living space precisely and ruthlessly.

Yun Chu's Qixia Residence seemed to have become the "central intelligence station" for haunted incidents in City B.

She collected information for a very low price (sometimes even just a pot of tea) from well-informed neighbors, tabloid reporters' informants, and even the frightened relatives of the whistleblowers.

Then, her figure often appears on the scene first.

Is there a ghost crying in the middle of the night in the old house behind Chenghuang Temple?

While Lin Chao was still meticulously calculating the location and preparing to open the altar, Yun Chu had already gone in, walked around, and came out to tell the residents, "A few chicks have died in the old swallow nest in the attic. Their resentment has taken the form of small spirits, and their cries are shrill and disturbing. Clean up the bird carcasses and burn them. Then place half a bowl of freshly milled glutinous rice in the corner of the attic to calm them overnight."

The solution is simple, effective and costs nothing.

The elevator in the department store runs on its own in the middle of the night?

Lin Chao took out the compass to determine the feng shui impact, but Yun Chu had already opened the elevator pit with the building security: "Years of accumulated sewage have formed the embryonic form of a water ghost, which likes to attach itself to metal and move.

Drain the accumulated water, clean the well thoroughly, and sprinkle quicklime.” The property management immediately complied and resolved the issue that same day.

The driver of the last bus of the night shift saw a "white figure"?

Lin Chao began to exaggerate the "unjust death of the driver's soul", but Yun Chu found the driver who was still in shock, handed him a soul-solidifying and calming talisman (free) and pointed out:

"There's a section of the route that goes around the newly widened road at the edge of Xishan Cemetery. A lot of rotten coffins have been dug up under the new soil, and there's a lot of wood energy mixed with yin energy floating around. We'll need to wait for a while until the soil stabilizes, or we can take a longer detour."

One sentence pointed out the physical root cause and the panic dissipated.

Every time, Yun Chu used a fast, accurate and cheap solution to instantly resolve the seemingly "weird" but actually not serious incidents, strangling Lin Chao's upcoming business in the cradle.

All that was left for Lin Chao were the complaints from customers: "Master Yun always said that small things don't cost money", "Master Lin, you say so much, but you can't see through it as well as others."

As for incidents that truly involved ghosts and required real skills, Yun Chu demonstrated technical proficiency far beyond Lin Chao's understanding, completely cutting off Lin Chao's chance of asking a high price.

A newly purchased antique screen at a wealthy businessman's home started to leak blood in the middle of the night?

Lin Chao judged that it was "possessed by a wronged spirit" and prepared to organize a grand ritual to save the soul and offered a price of several thousand.

Yun Chu only glanced at the laminated wood on the back of the screen. "This 'blood vine wood' from Southeast Asia, when exposed to water and moonlight at certain times of the year, will exude a red sap that contains trace amounts of hallucinogens. Move it out of the bedroom and place it in a dry place for a few days, or fumigate it with fine sandalwood day and night to block out its scent and affect your mind."

After the rich businessman tested it, he found that it was true. He was grateful to Yun Chu and looked at Lin Chao with only contempt.

Are residents of a newly built residential building somewhere experiencing continuous nightmares and physical weakness?

Lin Chao said seriously that "the foundation was pressing on the old tomb" and demanded that the tomb be moved or the feng shui be changed.

Yun Chu circled the building with a compass and examined the geological survey map (borrowed from the design institute through connections). He pointed out a small crack in a nearby abandoned underground lead mine. "The mine is emitting trace amounts of decay gases through geological activity, causing hallucinations and disturbing thoughts. Improving the basement ventilation or sealing the crack could solve the problem."

After official intervention and verification, the case was confirmed to be true, and Lin Chao’s “foundation theory” became a laughing stock.

She no longer sticks to the appearance of talismans, but cleverly combines the essence of Taoism (energy manipulation, material identification, and qi perception) with modern knowledge (physics, chemistry, and geology). The solutions she comes up with are both effective and logically clear, with reasons and evidence, making Lin Chao's model of making a living by being mysterious completely lose its market competitiveness.

Yun Chu knew that Lin Chao's success in the book, in addition to his Yin-Yang vision and magic, was due to the beautiful women and noble people who surrounded him and provided him with important resources and assistance. She began to purposefully intervene at the points where these people appeared.

Connection 1: Zhou Ji Silk Zhuang Zhou Yazhi (the beautiful widow who provided funds and information in the early stages of the book)

The book records that Lin Chao won Zhou Yazhi's favor because he solved a "painted skin ghost" that was causing trouble for Zhouji Silk Shop.

This time, Yun Chu appeared directly in the backyard warehouse of Zhouji Silk Shop.

Inside the warehouse, a strong cold smell mixed with the fragrance of cosmetics. In the shadow of a corner, a human skin as thin as a cicada's wing, with delicate and strange features, was slightly undulating.

Yun Chu didn't even wait for the frightened Zhou Yazhi to ask for help.

"break!"

Yun Chu pointed his sword into the void, and there was no talisman paper. Only an extremely condensed ice-blue sword energy shot out and accurately pierced through the core of the human skin!

The human skin instantly shrank, became charred, and turned into ashes like thin paper burned by flames!

The process happened so fast that Zhou Yazhi only had time to let out a short scream.

"The evil has been removed. The warehouse needs to be ventilated and exposed to sunlight for a few days." Yun Chu withdrew his hand calmly, as if he was just brushing off a little dust.

The beautiful proprietress looked at the young female Taoist priest's clean and spotless method of exorcising ghosts, then looked at the black ash remaining on the ground, and compared it with what she had heard before about Lin Chao's "elaborate efforts" in catching ghosts. The vague goodwill in her heart caused by the "hero saving the beauty" had not yet sprouted before she was shocked and replaced by the "destruction" that was almost artistic in front of her.

She attentively served tea and snacks, her attitude toward Yun Chu filled with awe and eagerness to befriend him. She promised, "If Master Yun needs any silk or fabric in City B, Zhou Ji will not charge a penny." And that so-called "Master Lin"? She had forgotten about it.

Contact 2: Newspaper reporter Sun Lei (a key figure in exposing Lin Chao's deeds and expanding his influence in the book)

In the book, Lin Chao's handling of the Red Star Textile Factory incident (the one where Yun Chu intercepted him) was originally his "famous work," and was reported by Sun Lei. Now, Yun Chu is the protagonist of the report.

Sun Lei developed a strong interest in Yun Chu, a young Taoist priest who suddenly appeared, had mysterious techniques and achieved amazing results.

He tried to track down Yun Chu for an interview. Yun Chu didn't refuse, but she didn't cooperate much either.

After witnessing Yun Chu once again quietly resolve a small evil energy node in a public area (she only needed to take a look and say "disperse", and the cold energy dissipated on its own), Sun Lei was completely impressed.

He gave up on tracking Lin Chao's "showy" set, and instead began to consciously dig into Yun Chu's deeds, preparing to write an in-depth report on the "Scientific Master of the New Era" (this is safer than metaphysics and can attract more mainstream attention).

The major coverage that Lin Chao had been expecting was dashed, and he lost an important opportunity to become famous.