[The story is complete. Check out my upcoming novel, *The Fake Heiress Helps Me Win at Life [Metaphysics]*, and my ongoing novel, "When the Xuanmen Prodigy Is Forced to Join a Murder-Mystery Plot"]
Lin Zhong is about to inherit the Taoist temple, but her master kicks her down the mountain with the words, "You still have unfinished business in the mortal world."
The consequence of not leaving the mountain for ten years is that she's sent straight to a psychiatric hospital as soon as she reaches the city.
But before she can even warm the hospital bed, she catches the stench of an evil spirit.
The mortal world really is livelier than the mountain!
A celebrity in a VIP room is about to have her soul sucked away, but Lin Zhong steps in just in time.
She pokes the doctor beside her, who's wearing a white coat.
", Has the feng shui in your hospital always been this intense?"
Gu Jiangchen stares at the hand that just crushed a vengeful spirit bare-handed. After a moment, his eyes flicker.
"Are you a Taoist priest?"
Thanks to the young Dr. Gu, Lin Zhong is discharged that very day and even gets to stay in a suite on the top floor of a downtown hotel.
Sitting cross-legged on the sofa, she slurps the plain noodles he cooked and asks through a mouthful,
"You're being so nice to me. Is there something you want from me?"
"May I ask..."
Gu Jiangchen's ears turn red, but he looks at her with burning eyes.
"Taoist Master, are you still taking disciples?"
[Sandalwood Bead, First Petal: Divine Healer]
The name of the "Divine Healer" Wei Zhe resounds throughout the city.
But he plays both sides, using his left hand to trick the hospital director's daughter into marrying him, while his right hand binds the fate of a volunteer teacher and uses her as a lifeblood supply.
Two marriages and two lives become sacrifices for him to prolong his own life.
Lin Zhong grins and taps his forehead with a fingertip.
"You like sucking other people's lives, huh?"
", Why not see how it feels to suffer the backlash yourself?"
[Sandalwood Bead, Second Petal: Ghost Town]
Are the "NPCs" at this influencer hotspot all real evil spirits?
Lin Zhong sells ghost-repelling talismans while swindling college students.
"A 998-yuan life-saving package! You can't lose, and you can't get ripped off!"
Gu Jiangchen quietly takes her hand.
"Wait, is someone licking my neck...?"
[Sandalwood Bead, Third Petal: Puppet]
The owner of an entertainment company keeps a spirit that steals people's fortune, feeding on the luck of his artists.
Lin Zhong pretends to read the feng shui and enters a haunted house, then deliberately acts weak to lure the evil spirit out.
"Heh heh, a young girl's flesh and blood is the most nourishing..."
The evil spirit opens its huge mouth
Right as Gu Jiangchen bursts through the door with a livestream camera.
"Viewers, don't believe rumors or spread them! Let's put an end to feudal superstition!"
[Sandalwood Bead, Fourth Petal: Final Chapter]
Every clue leads Lin Zhong back to where it all began... the old Lin family home.
The place where her parents died tragically all those years ago.
Lin Zhong swallows the complete sandalwood bead and kills the evil spirit from back then.
Then she slowly sheaths her sword.
From this day on, all debts are settled!
Half a year later, Lin Zhong is brought back to the Taoist temple by her master, but a visitor comes to see her.
Knock, knock.
A handsome man in a green robe knocks on her half-open door.
Lin Zhong closes her eyes without even looking at him.
"Don't come looking for me. My business in the mortal world is done! I'm not going down the mountain again!"
"Not quite."
Gu Jiangchen smiles faintly.
", There's still one romantic debt to settle."
Theme: Follow your heart wherever it leads.
Woohoo, the teachers really love her.
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