Chapter 78: The Problem of Grades

Yi Zhiqiu’s words were also very strange.
An abnormal situation?
What exactly qualified as an abnormal situation?
And as for not feeling well, shouldn’t you go to the school nurse for that?
Why come find him, the Safety Consultant?

In any case, most of the students didn’t understand.
Yi Zhiqiu didn’t offer any further explanation and simply left the stage.
The morning assembly continued, and the principal specially mentioned that a Safety Consultant’s office had been set up for him in the administration building.

After returning to Class A, Xiao Qing came to find me.
“That Safety Consultant, he’s the exorcist you mentioned before, the one who saved you and eliminated the Painted Skin Ghost, right?”
“I saw him at the Dharma Assembly, and he even spoke with you.”

“Yes, that’s him, but I don’t know why he’s come to the school.”
“Could he be here to investigate the Painted Skin Ghost matter?”
I couldn’t quite figure it out either.

After the first period, which I still couldn’t understand at all, I went out to the corridor to rest during the break.
I saw Yi Zhiqiu standing at the top of the stairs, waving at me.
I sighed and walked over.

“I heard you moved out of the hotel and have already found a new home?” Yi Zhiqiu asked first.

“Yeah, I can’t live in a hotel forever, right?”
“I do have a few properties to my name, after all,” I said casually, unsure of what he wanted.

“Mm, I see that the ominous aura around you is gone now.”
“You should be completely free from the influence of the resentful energy.”
“The Dharma Assembly was truly effective.”
“Every time I saw you a few days ago, you were carrying a trace of ominous aura.”
“I was afraid you would never be able to escape the shadow of the ghouls,” Yi Zhiqiu said.

“That’s right, I have to keep looking forward,” I said with a smile.
Although the images of those demons and ghosts still terrified me when I thought back on them, I also considered what Mo Qingyan had taught me.
Fear only makes it easier for ghosts to take advantage of you.
I had to overcome it and step out of the shadows.

“I came to find you this time because I heard that the first time you were attacked by the Painted Skin Ghost was at night, right here in this school.”
“After you were attacked, your classmate, Ou Zhiqin, came to pick you up, and then you went back to her place to take shelter together, is that right?” Yi Zhiqiu suddenly asked.

My heart jumped again.
A lot had happened that night.
I had encountered a ghost wall, seen a female ghost jump off the building, and was even attacked by the Painted Skin Ghost a second time at Xiao Qing’s house.
None of this was mentioned when I gave my statement before.

I hesitated, wondering if I should tell Yi Zhiqiu.
But if I told him these things, he would soon realize I had hidden something.
From there, it was very possible he could deduce things that were unfavorable to me, like the fact that I wasn’t Xia Yubing.

So, I could only say, “Yes, but I was so scared that night that I can’t remember many things clearly.”
“I only remember running out of the school and then hiding at Xiao Qing’s house.”

At that time, I hadn’t known that Xia Yubing’s entire family had been killed by the Painted Skin Ghost.
To logically explain why I didn’t go back to the Xia family home that night, I had mentioned taking refuge at Xiao Qing’s.
I never expected that no explanation was needed at all.

Fortunately, Yi Zhiqiu’s focus wasn’t on Xiao Qing.
Nor was it on why the Painted Skin Ghost had killed Xia Yubing’s entire family but left her to be attacked at school later.

Instead, he said, “Your luck is quite good.”
“This school isn’t simple.”
“There must have been a huge hidden danger left behind when it was built.”
“It’s very dangerous at night.”
“You were really lucky to be able to run out of here.”

“Eh?”
“I, I don’t remember clearly either.”
“I just felt that it was really gloomy and cold, and then I desperately ran outside.”
“I somehow made it out of the school grounds in a daze, I didn’t know there was any danger,” was all I could say.

“Mm, it’s a good thing you can’t see ghosts, otherwise you might have been in danger.”
“In the future, don’t linger at school at night.”
“Go home as soon as school ends,” Yi Zhiqiu said.

“I understand,” I nodded.
It seemed he had discovered that something was wrong with this school.
At night, this middle school would transform into a ghostly domain, teeming with all sorts of demons and monsters.

And I knew the reason.
It was rumored that this school was built on a former mass grave.
Moreover, to quell the haunting spirits at the time, they had used the method of “living sacrifice pillars,” suppressing the resentful energy with live sacrifices.
But such a wicked method only treated the symptoms, not the root cause, allowing the resentful energy to accumulate continuously.

“You can go back to your class now.”
“If you encounter anything else, remember to ask me for help,” Yi Zhiqiu said to me.

“Okay,” I nodded and started walking back to class.
I saw Yi Zhiqiu approach other students.
It seemed he wanted to ask them about the school’s past and its rumors.

After enduring the torturous classes, I once again went to the Supernatural Events Department.
I saw Mo Qingyan frowning and biting her finger.
Xiao Qing was sitting next to her.
It looked like she had already told Mo Qingyan about Yi Zhiqiu’s identity.

Seeing me come in, Mo Qingyan’s first words were, “That Yi Zhiqiu, is he here for you?”

“No, he seems to be here for Jianlong Middle School.”
“He already knows what this school becomes at night and might have even gone to ask other students about its history,” I said.

“Tsk! This is troublesome,” Mo Qingyan muttered.
I overheard her and asked in confusion, “Why is it troublesome?”
“He’s here to resolve the hidden danger of the ghostly domain, isn’t that a good thing?”

“Er, haha, well, it’s like this…”
“Did you tell him about me and Xiao Qing helping you fight the Painted Skin Ghost?” Mo Qingyan’s smile seemed a bit forced.

“No, I didn’t mention it to him at all.”
“Why, is that something I can’t talk about?” I asked back.

“It’s not that you absolutely can’t, but it’s better if you don’t.”
“After all, we study the supernatural, and an exorcist like him would definitely come to inspect us.”
“Especially now that he’s a teacher.”
“From now on, don’t tell him anything about our private research and studies, remember that,” Mo Qingyan said.

“Okay, I won’t say a word,” I nodded obediently.
I could actually guess the reason.
Mo Qingyan had established two Supernatural Events Departments, one yin and one yang, with one even hidden within the ghostly domain, accessible only by a special method.
It was certainly something that had to be kept hidden and out of sight.

Compared to Yi Zhiqiu, who had tested me several times, Mo Qingyan, who had saved my life and helped me on multiple occasions, was definitely someone I felt closer to.
Therefore, I promised her I wouldn’t tell anyone else about the Supernatural Events Department.

“That’s good.”
“Hmm, we should also prepare some more normal club activities.”
“At the very least, we need to make the Supernatural Events Department look like a normal gathering of supernatural enthusiasts on the surface,” Mo Qingyan began to rack her brain.

Meanwhile, I started chatting with Xiao Qing.
Xiao Qing asked if I was adapting to the studies in Class A.
I immediately started pouring out my grievances, “I can’t understand anything at all, it’s like listening to gibberish.”
“I’m doomed.”
“I don’t know what I’m going to do about homework and exams.”

“There’s no other way, I’ll let you copy my homework.”
“But what about the exams?”
Xiao Qing seemed to have a sudden thought.
“Right! Maybe we can ask Xiao Yue for help?”

“Who’s Xiao Yue?”
I was certain I had never heard that name before.