Former Imperial Preceptor, New Job: Pay Up, Fast!

Big Eyes @ Jinjiang - Chi Chen Ben Zhen [Spiritual qi revival + feng shui and the supernatural + mildly scary adventures + dual rebirth] [My other novel, Global Famine, I Have Unlimited Territory, is currently serializing. It’s about a great cataclysm and dual rebirth. Please add it to your collection and show me some love! QMQ] Former imperial preceptor Lin Lang could read the secrets of heaven, understand yin and yang, and locate dragon veins and determine their auspicious alignments. He was second only to the emperor, The Outcast, and above everyone else. Reborn in a modern city during the spiritual qi revival, he finds himself with just one business: a psychological clinic on the verge of bankruptcy. To survive, the former imperial preceptor has no choice but to return to his old line of work: reading feng shui, predicting good and bad fortune, and driving away evil spirits… Pay up promptly, thanks. His psychological counseling clients are all people of considerable standing The hotel and guesthouse livestreamer who encounters ghosts while testing out accommodations is the only son of a billionaire; The little old man nearly used as a human target and thrown into a pig cage is a real estate tycoon; After a shovel at a construction site turns up brickwork and mud stained with blood, Lin Lang gets a job as an outside consultant for a government agency after seeking advice about a workplace injury: [High salary, high danger, high insurance!!!] Headless bodies, severed hands and feet, dismembered torsos… corpses buried in separate pits at different feng shui power spots. Lin Lang: I quit! I’m done! Even an imperial preceptor shouldn’t have to work like a drudge! The agency says nothing and simply keeps paying him: [One-time disability benefit: 4.07 million] [Disability allowance: 90,000/month (for twelve months)] [Wages during leave for medical treatment: 100,000/month (for twelve months)] [Mission completion pay: 2.08 million (mission difficulty rating: S)] [Mission subsidy: 3,000/day (calculated by calendar day from the start to the end of the mission; any fraction of a day counts as a full day)] Lin Lang: I’m not disabled, thanks. I can still work. Then a popular star born under an ill-fated sign openly invites him onto a variety show, and he gets stuck with an unlucky partner. Lin Lang glares at Yan Chuan through gritted teeth. With this guy around, even his easy return to work is going to be a nightmare Eleven lives beneath the most luxurious villa district in the capital cry out for vengeance every night (completed) Yin soldiers cross the reservoir at Longwu Mountain, while a terrifyingly vast pit of human heads is discovered deep in a desolate mountain wilderness (completed) Deep beneath the subway in Luocheng, a mystery involving a thousand corpse-filled niches and a bronze chain that locks a dragon away turns out to conceal an ancient imperial tomb hidden from the light of day (completed) Amid the raging waves of the South China Sea, a deserted island tomb for sacrificial victims appears and disappears beneath the surface (completed) A mountain vision of nine strange, many-headed children, followed by the mysterious deaths of their companions (completed) A road of ghost lanterns beneath Immortal Lake, and a folk deity who twists people’s luck (ongoing) … Ever since Yan Chuan could remember, a spirit-walker had kept him in a lightless cavern and raised him as a yin child. But because he was defective, he was abandoned. He joined the National Bureau of Paranormal Research and Investigation, using his celebrity identity as a cover while searching everywhere for spirit-walkers and investigating his origins. Apart from revenge, he had no other anchor connecting him to this world. That was, until the man appeared. From that moment on, his world had an anchor that could make him stay. “Breaking news: Earthquakes are occurring frequently around the world, accompanied by abnormal energy readings. The authorities have determined that we have officially entered the era of spiritual qi revival.” PS: Everything in this novel is fictional, so please don’t try to match it to reality! The protagonist’s modern abilities recover slowly, and he gradually reaches his peak. He isn’t the strongest from the start, though his information advantage lets him crush his opponents. The main story is about exploring mysteries and uncovering the truth, not face-slapping. PPS: The scriptures and incantations are quoted or adapted from the original texts. There’s no need to fact-check the timelines for the settings, including spells and incantations. - Please add my upcoming novel to your collection, QAQ! Who Says This Is a Haunted House? It’s Clearly an Auspicious One! [Blurb] Su Nian transmigrates into the body of a 280-jin real estate agent, saddled with a mortgage and with no sales for two consecutive months. The original owner died from working late and missed the golden age of the property market completely, leaving Su Nian with a body covered in fat and the threat of being fired. If he can’t close a deal soon, he might as well go haul bricks at a construction site! “Ding! You have a real estate fortune-making System, ” At the end of his rope, Su Nian’s eyes fill with tears of joy: A golden finger! It’s finally here! Bind to me, now! “Binding successful! Welcome, Host, to your new role as a [Haunted House Purification Specialist], dedicated to solving all kinds of troublesome property problems!” Su Nian: ??? The System panel coldly displays the first list of “sick properties”: Luxury Home A: An old Western-style mansion worth 150 million. Condition: The cracks between the floorboards are full of hair that never stops growing. If you pull it out and it breaks, a woman shrieks from underground. Riverside View B: A duplex worth 88 million. Condition: Every female tenant feels a cold “third hand” while combing her hair. Apartment C: A loft with an average price of 4.88 million. Condition: Every night, a set of intact fingernails covered in wall dust appears in the wardrobe, as if someone has just clawed them out of the wall… System notice: Successfully purify a property to earn a commission of 1% of its sale price and unlock one spin of the [Mysterious Prize Wheel]! Su Nian looks at 1% of 150 million and swallows. “How much? Maybe I’ll give it a shot!” In the shadows, the System interface quietly flickers: [Hidden reward unlocked: Appearance evolution starting at the same time! Next-stage objective: Become the world’s strongest “haunted house hunter.” Your legend has only just begun…] And so, a legend gradually spreads through the real estate world of Lindu City: Su Nian, the ugly, fat, round agent who was once mocked, now only takes on the most sinister haunted-house listings. Every time he clears a property, its price soars, and he himself seems to have been reborn: his weight drops dramatically, his physique transforms, and even his features grow more and more striking! Su Nian: Who says this is a haunted house? It’s clearly an auspicious one! Finished novels I recommend: Adventure and survival, Wilderness Survival: Start with an Amusement Park as a Reward / Stirring Up My Ex’s Uncle on a Survival Variety Show / My Wilderness Survival Livestream Takes the Interstellar World by Storm / Ancient Invasion Urban feng shui and the supernatural, Former Imperial Preceptor, Back at Work, Pay Up Promptly / Don’t Livestream, or You’ll Go to Heaven / The Second-Generation Rich Catching Monsters in Showbiz / Talking About Supernatural Affairs / Interstellar Feng Shui Master Theme: There is warmth in the world, and faith in survival.