When a Xuanmen Prodigy Is Forced to Bind to a Murder-Mystery Plot

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[Mysticism | Solving Cases | Ghost Hunting | Spiritual Qi Revival | Two Powerful Leads]

#What do you do when you wake up to find the master who raised you is missing?

#You go down the mountain to search, only to get caught up in a bizarre cold case. How do you solve it?

Wen Zhiyi, a prodigy of the mystic arts and the current head of Qianyuan Temple, has something to say.

The good news: As a genius, Wen Zhiyi has mastered everything from divination and astrology to fortune-telling. Her skill tree is fully unlocked.

The bad news: Her luck seems to be as terrible as ever.

In a dusty antique shop, a bronze bell rings on its own, though there's no breeze. A yellowed note slowly drifts down...

[Huaian Road, Tingxiang Residence]

But it doesn't matter. In the face of absolute strength, every obstacle is a paper tiger. She wants it all: a ten-billion-yuan prize, a well-paid government job, fame, and fortune.

After all, might makes right wherever you go.

[Case One: The Imperial University Daredevil Murder]

A boy hangs upside down in an elevator shaft, his bones exposed. A death note records the crimes, yet desire and greed know no end.

Driven by a ten-billion-yuan prize, the group sets out on a great adventure.

Then, in a suddenly warped and otherworldly space,

everyone is randomly thrown into an escape room, and a deadly game begins with a thirty-minute countdown.

But the instant fingerprints rise on the neck of the final boss, the company president, Wen Zhiyi joins two fingers and cuts through the resentment.

She shatters the ghost's obsession with the Three Purities Bell and sends its soul back to the underworld. Afterward, the Paranormal Incident Bureau offers her a job.

[Case Two: Trapped Spirits in the Midnight Apartment]

When Wen Zhiyi receives a request for help, she happens to run into Lu Sui, a team leader from the Paranormal Incident Bureau who's come to recruit her.

On a dark and windy night, an apartment's keypad lock suddenly opens by itself.

A young man blocks the entrance, looking troubled. “Lulu moved out half a month ago.”

“But she said she was trapped in...”

Wen Zhiyi looks up at the living soul drifting behind the man.

She smiles knowingly. “Did she?”

In the midnight soul-summoning array, the young man suddenly lashes out and bites at the talismans.

Wen Zhiyi flings cinnabar at the center of the array, while Lu Sui crushes an attacking evil spirit with his bare hands.

“Remember to leave a way out next time you set up an array.”

As soon as the words fall, gleaming flashes of cold light weave into a net.

Hordes of ghosts crumble into a pile of sand amid the faint hum of magical artifacts.

A murder and robbery case sparked by a pawned jade pendant, a soul-swapping human sacrifice in Wuyin Town, a man-eating ghost hiding in the internet cables of a hospital ruin...

Before long, Wanbaoxuan on Anle Lane in the Imperial Capital has a new owner.

The streets outside teem with traffic, dignitaries flock to the shop, and visitors arrive one after another to pay their respects.

Meanwhile, the antique shop's wooden cabinets steadily fill with bizarre case files.

This game of chess spanning the worlds of the living and dead seems to point, at every turn, toward the crumbling cracks in the Heavenly Dao.

Even Lord Bai Ze Lu Sui, high above the rest, comes to call. Leaning against the blackwood doorframe, he looks at the woman in blue standing behind the counter. “Shall we join forces?”

Wen Zhiyi smiles as she draws her sword. “Why not?”

#Also known as

#Has Lord Bai Ze Finally Won His Lady's Heart Today?

#She's a Celestial Master, but read that as his wife

#Come on, this Celestial Master is so cool!

Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations and keep striving forward.