Chapter 113: Consultation

“You actually have a real artifact.”
“This wooden fish probably wasn’t used by a high monk before.”
“Chanting scriptures while striking it can amplify the effect of the scriptures, but you probably don’t know any Buddhist scriptures,” Yi Zhiqiu said, looking at the wooden fish.

“I don’t know anything about Buddhist scriptures, but striking this wooden fish can make one feel calm and focused, and emotionally stable.”
“According to the master from Mingwang Temple, it can dispel evil spirits and sweep away bad luck, so I want to use it to exorcise evil for the students,” Mo Qingyan said, trying her best to pretend she was just an ordinary supernatural enthusiast who had an artifact but didn’t know how to use it, and that everything was taught to her by others.

Yi Zhiqiu nodded after hearing this and said, “Alright, this can indeed eliminate ominous aura and reduce nightmares.”
“Your club activity is quite meaningful.”
“Then what about consultation?”
“If a student encounters a supernatural event and asks you, how would you answer?”

“Teacher Yi, don’t underestimate us.”
“We are experts when it comes to ghost stories.”
“Look at the folklore and story collections on that bookshelf.”
“I have read about all kinds of supernatural events and can definitely give reasonable advice tailored to the situation,” Bai Shi stood up and said confidently.

Seeing her confident look, Yi Zhiqiu smiled.
She was clearly not an expert, and any advice she gave would just be based on experience from books.
Although it might not be effective, it probably wouldn’t be too bad either.

“Then be more specific.”
“If a student says he has seen a ghost, or is being haunted by a ghost, how would you help him?”
“Student Bai Yue, what would you say?” Yi Zhiqiu looked at Bai Yue, the person he had marked as a priority.

Bai Yue had been sitting乖乖in the corner from the beginning, not saying a word, like a doll.
Only when Yi Zhiqiu called her name and asked her did she open her mouth and say, “Advise him not to be afraid, to go to a temple to pray for divine protection, or to seek help from the police.”

“Mm, correct advice,” Yi Zhiqiu nodded, remembering that when Xia Yubing was being chased by the Painted Skin Ghost, they had also accompanied her to the police station.
It seemed that the Supernatural Events Department still knew some common sense and bottom lines, so he could rest assured.

Yi Zhiqiu did not forget the reason he had come.
He asked again, “I heard from Xia Yubing that she learned about the rumors concerning the former Safety Consultant from you?”

“Ah, that.”
“Actually, we don’t know anything about any Safety Consultant.”
“It’s just that when Xia Yubing came to ask the day before yesterday if there were any similar rumors, we remembered this rumor circulating among the students, about a man with a scar on his face walking on the playground,” Mo Qingyan said.

“Do you remember which students said it?” Yi Zhiqiu asked.
Mo Qingyan shook her head, “I don’t remember.”
“I heard the rumor at least a year ago, how could I remember which student said it?”
“Teacher Yi could go and ask the ordinary students and see if they have seen him.”

She said this because she had heard the information I had disclosed.
Yi Zhiqiu had just started his job at the school and was not a real teacher.
He was not familiar with the other students and would find it difficult to strike up a conversation and ask them directly.
And even if he did go and ask those students, he would not get any results.

After all, if the students answered that they didn’t know, Mo Qingyan could also say that they were students who hadn’t heard this rumor.
This rumor would certainly only circulate among a small number of students, so it was very normal not to be able to find out anything.

“Alright, thank you for the information anyway.”
“Mm, if any students come to you with very troublesome and difficult-to-solve problems, you can come to me.”
“Perhaps I can help,” Yi Zhiqiu said.

Then Yi Zhiqiu came to my side and stuffed a small porcelain bottle into my hand, “This is the promised reward, three Miasma Dispelling Pills.”
“They can resolve curses, poisons, ominous aura, and so on.”
“I refined them myself, so I don’t know how effective they are.”
“Maybe you can use them.”

I looked up at Yi Zhiqiu in surprise.
He could even refine pills.
I felt that these pills would be quite valuable if sold on the market.
I was in need of more ways to resist ghosts and monsters, so I accepted the Miasma Dispelling Pills and said, “Thank you.”

“Then I won’t disturb your club activities any longer,” Yi Zhiqiu said and walked out.
I noticed that Mo Qingyan only breathed a sigh of relief now.

“Wow, that Teacher Yi is so handsome.”
“And he asked such questions, and even said that if we run into trouble, we can go to him.”
“Could he be an expert in this field?”
Bai Shi looked at Yi Zhiqiu’s back, her eyes sparkling with hearts.

To be fair, Yi Zhiqiu’s appearance could not be said to be extremely handsome, but his temperament was潇洒and otherworldly.
His every move had a kind of ethereal feeling, which combined made him feel dashing and elegant, truly worthy of being a cultivator.

And he had said these things in front of us, so he was not pretending at all.
He was clearly an expert in the supernatural, and of course, a Safety Consultant in the aspect of evil and baleful influences.

“Xia Yubing, those Miasma Dispelling Pills would cost four to five thousand yuan each on the market, and there’s no guarantee of quality.”
“He actually gave you three of them directly.”
“You’ve made a big profit.”
“Didn’t I say it was a good thing for you to get close to him?” Mo Qingyan said.

“Mm, I know.”
“I’ll try to get close to him in the future,” I said.
To get three pills just by providing such a piece of information, only a fool would refuse such benefits.

“That’s all for today’s meeting.”
“Remember to write about the new business and post a notice on the bulletin board after the principal’s meeting.”
“I wish you all the best in the future.”
“And Bai Yue, I’ll have to trouble you with some small matters in the future,” Mo Qingyan said.

“Mm,” Bai Yue nodded乖巧.
Xiao Qing leaned over to my ear and told me, “Xiao Yue used to accept commissions from many students for a fee, using Gu insects to help them solve some troubles.”

“What kind of troubles?” I asked.
Xiao Qing had mentioned before that Bai Yue helped people with some things for a few hundred yuan at a time.
Could it be things like exorcising evil and dispelling filth?

“Uh, generally it’s making a classmate they don’t like fall seriously ill and lie in bed for a few days, or pretending to be sick when they don’t want to go to class, and also temporarily enhancing their physical strength, making a boy or girl they have a crush on fall in love with them, and so on,” Ou Zhiqin said, recalling.

This didn’t sound like anything good.
It felt like raising Gu and raising ghosts were not too different.
No wonder Mo Qingyan would ask Bai Yue to help with some of the requests that students might have.

“By the way, Yue’er, after school, I’m going to Xia Yubing’s house to see her parents.”
“Xiao Qing will be there too.”
“Do you want to come along?” Mo Qingyan’s words were very tactful.
Because Zhuang Liangcai and Bai Shi were still there, she only said that she was going to see Xia Yubing’s parents.

“Then I’ll go and take a look too,” Bai Yue nodded乖巧, looking too cute.
But with her, the acknowledged number one expert of the Supernatural Events Department, present, I felt much more at ease.

“Ah, to be able to go to the school beauty’s house, and it’s a party of four beautiful girls, I’m so envious,” Xu Shan said with a laugh.
But he was just joking and did not tactlessly suggest going along.

So after school, the four of us took the bus together and headed towards Willow Cypress Garden.