At the rundown temple on Green Ox Mountain, Chen Fan had just seen off his master, who had spent his whole life bragging, when a jade pendant among his belongings triggered the “Troublemaker System.”
System missions: catch ghosts, break feng shui formations, swindle people out of money!
System rewards: secret feng shui techniques, mysterious medical arts, and bizarre items!
Failure penalty: eat dirt and call ghosts “Dad,” suffering enough public humiliation to disgrace himself throughout the Three Realms!
Other people relied on magic to fight ghosts head-on. Chen Fan relied on tricks:
He used a reversed wealth-attracting formation to drain the greedy ghosts' hidden stashes, tricked malicious spirits into walking right into his trap with his phony diagnostic method, and even left the proper Daoist Su Qingyao questioning reality with a stench charm.
“Master, why do I keep getting poorer the more I arrange this feng shui formation?”
Chen Fan: “Don't worry. This is a new ‘poor first, rich later’ arrangement. The money's all going into my pocket!”
“Master, why does your treatment make me want to hit someone even more?”
Chen Fan: “That's normal. You're detoxing! Pay another five taels of silver, and I'll give you the ‘Ultimate Detox Package’ (which is actually a laxative)!”
From then on, a legend spread throughout the Three Realms:
There was a Daoist who behaved like anything but a decent person. His feng shui tricks could swindle ghosts, his medical skills could swindle people, and the System forced him to be a troublemaker. He caught ghosts just to earn troublemaking points.
Ghosts went out of their way to avoid him, his fellow practitioners cursed him out, and Su Qingyao chased after him yelling “Fraud!” Yet the more she scolded him, the less she could bear to leave him.
Chen Fan shrugged. “Can't be helped. The System wants me to cause trouble, and making money means scamming people. What can I say? I'm a master of both feng shui and medicine. Being a shameless scoundrel feels great!”
[Tags] Comedy, System, Trickster, Ghost-Hunting, Feng Shui, Medicine, Power Fantasy, Bickering Couple
[One-line synopsis] A shameless Daoist catches ghosts by making them miserable, and uses feng shui and medicine to make money!
