Chapter 68: The Master of Mysticism is an Internet Celebrity 7

Although she thought this way, Mu Yin still needed to be cautious. If the protagonist showed any signs of rising, she would have to suppress her immediately. Therefore, studying was essential, and Mu Yin also wanted to learn other skills to increase her bargaining chips, as it was unclear how long this situation would last.

“I’ll go check it out first. Even if I can’t handle it, I can still retreat safely. If it turns out to be powerful, we can call for help,” Mu Yin guessed the person at the company was Hong Bo, yet spoke calmly to reassure them.

“But you’ve only just started learning—how could you possibly deal with it?” Father Liu was still uneasy.

“Well, even if my reaction isn’t fast enough, you can rest assured now, right?” Mu Yin pulled out a stack of talismans, showing she would carry them all.

Father and Mother Liu remained worried, but ultimately couldn’t dissuade Mu Yin and agreed to her request. After dinner, Father Liu drove her to the company—yes, it was a flying car. Flying cars had been developed five years ago, and in just a few short years, the aerial highways were already constructed, winding between skyscrapers.

These channels allowed four vehicles to travel side by side, and thanks to intelligent navigation, there was no need to worry about accidents. Though current AI was quite basic, it could still prevent crashes—for example, when your car entered or exited, if another vehicle approached, the AI would alert you and slow down.

Mu Yin remarked that these were more advanced than those in their future, where flying cars only hovered above the ground. Soon, they arrived at the Liu family’s small company—a modest snack manufacturer, neither thriving nor struggling, earning just enough to support the household.

It was a large office building housing many companies. Their own occupied several floors—five through nine—but the flying car landing pad was on the twentieth floor. Nowadays, every building had at least fifty floors; the lower levels near the ground were hardly prime locations.

It wasn’t that the ground itself was problematic, but with buildings so tall, the lower floors received little sunlight, resulting in gloom and fostering the growth of ghosts. That’s why ground-level floors weren’t considered desirable.

Because the flying car channels ran high above, descending was easy by taking the external elevator from the parking platform. Mu Yin asked Father Liu to wait there and gave him some safety talismans before heading down alone.

Arriving with the key at the Liu family’s company, she opened the door and immediately sensed a heavy aura of darkness. She thought for a moment and guided energy into her eyes. Since she hadn’t cultivated powers in her body, she hadn’t awakened the spiritual sight, but this was sufficient.

She scanned the surroundings and found the entire place shrouded in dark energy, but couldn’t pinpoint the source. Frowning, she noticed no area was particularly concentrated. So she decided to check downstairs, but after wandering up and down, she still couldn’t locate it. The other floors were locked and inaccessible.

Thinking it over, she took out a cleansing talisman. From previous experience, she knew that talismans drawn with her abilities were highly effective, able to purify even these unclean things. Unable to find the source, she resolved to just cleanse everything at once.

Infusing the talisman with energy activated it. There were several activation methods—injecting energy, burning, or tearing it—but energy infusion unleashed its full power.

An invisible light swept through, purifying all filth and grime. This time, she deliberately increased the energy, ensuring the coverage radius reached a hundred meters. Suddenly, a shriek echoed from below the fifth floor, indicating the entity was hiding on the fourth.

Mu Yin left the company and went to the external elevator, where she saw the expelled ghost. Unexpectedly, it wasn’t Hong Bo. Raising her brows, she picked up a spirit-capturing talisman and formed a hand seal. Her repertoire was limited to the publicly known beginner methods, but her true essence was powerful. Soon, she had subdued this ghost of unknown origin.

Holding the talisman, now slightly heavier and altered in color, she took the elevator back to the twentieth floor. “How was it? Are you alright?” Father Liu hurried forward as she returned.

“It’s fine, it’s resolved. Let’s go home,” Mu Yin replied with a smile.

“Oh, that’s good,” Father Liu breathed a sigh of relief at his daughter’s ease.

After returning home, Mu Yin searched online for how to handle captured ghosts and found they should be handed over to the Mystic Sect, which had branches in every city. She checked the address and decided to visit the next day, hoping to inquire further. She suspected the ghost’s appearance at her company wasn’t mere coincidence.

The next day, Mu Yin took a cab to the place called the Zhenjiang Mystic Sect Branch. Taking a cab was convenient now, and the smart cars didn’t even need drivers. Clearly, this world’s technology was more advanced than the future she had experienced—though just beginning to explore the cosmos, unable to leave the so-called Yuanyang star system (the solar system), let alone the Yun Guang River (the galaxy).

She wondered what the interstellar worlds in novels were like. If they hadn’t encountered those pests, perhaps they could have advanced into space. The thought deepened her loathing for those bugs—she hadn’t seen them in many worlds lately. Had they finally been wiped out?

Mu Yin doubted they had left so easily, but didn’t know where they had gone. Lost in thought, she soon arrived at her destination. She checked the information about the Mystic Sect branch’s floor and chose to go upstairs. There were eight elevators in a row—understandable, given the traffic.

She found the thirty-third floor, where the doors stood open. Mu Yin stepped inside. The receptionist greeted her, “Hello, this is the Zhenjiang branch of the Mystic Sect. How can I assist you?”

“This is the situation,” Mu Yin began, repeating her earlier explanation. “I haven’t yet obtained certification, but my talisman drawing meets the standards. I used a detector to verify. Then…” she recounted the company incident and produced her spirit-capturing talisman—though its proper name was the Ghost Sealing Talisman.

“There’s a ghost inside, which was lingering in my family’s company. I suspect it was sent by Hong Bo, but I currently lack the ability to investigate, so I brought it here to ask.”

“Understood. You can go to the thirty-fifth floor and see Master Yun,” the receptionist nodded, indicating the direction.

“Thank you,” Mu Yin replied, and headed up the stairs. There was an internal elevator, stopping only at the company’s floors, but Mu Yin thought climbing two flights was just fine.