Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 332: Chapter 332 Heavenly Master 39

Situ Shuangshuang swiftly grabbed Boss Tian, preventing him from rushing forward. She could sense that the entity was watching the stage and the audience below. As long as everyone remained silent, her talismans could obscure them from its sight. If Boss Tian tried to grab his son and attracted its attention, they would undoubtedly be discovered immediately.

Situ Shuangshuang wasn’t afraid of fighting that entity. However, she felt that there were more than just one person’s Life Soul present. Amidst the wandering souls, there were also Life Souls whose bodies were still alive.

Situ Shuangshuang planned to wait until the opera ended and the audience left, when the entity’s attention on the place would be at its lowest, to first collect these Life Souls. Otherwise, if a fight started and the opponent used these Life Souls as leverage, she would be at a disadvantage, unable to act freely. Already burdened with several nuisances, if the opponent gained more hostages, what could she do? Run away right then!

Although Boss Tian was anxious, he feared that his impulsive actions might disrupt Situ Shuangshuang’s plan and cause trouble, so he suppressed his impatience, quietly standing by Situ Shuangshuang’s side, patiently waiting for the right moment.

The opera continued for two hours straight. Situ Shuangshuang didn’t understand this operatic culture, but the melodious and winding tunes were not boring even to her, showcasing the skill of these opera ghosts!

Indeed, as soon as the opera ended and the audience began to leave, Situ Shuangshuang felt the strong gaze that had been on them vanish!

This was the moment! Situ Shuangshuang took off a small gourd hanging around her neck, and with the fastest speed, formed a handprint, pulled the stopper from the gourd, and threw it into the air!

Once again, Situ Shuangshuang rapidly formed two handprints. A golden light rose from her hand, landing on the small gourd. The gourd immediately opened, growing larger in the wind to the size of a room! Situ Shuangshuang shouted, ”Ghosts disperse! Life Souls enter! Collect!”

With Situ Shuangshuang’s shout, seven or eight confused Life Souls among the ghosts were collected! Boss Tian’s son was the only one not collected into Situ Shuangshuang’s gourd!

Situ Shuangshuang frowned. As expected, most of these Life Souls didn’t know they were Life Souls, thinking they were ghosts. So they didn’t resist when collected, but Boss Tian’s son knew he was a Life Soul and chose to stay voluntarily, so he wasn’t collected by the gourd!

Life Souls are not like ghosts. Ghosts, free from their physical bodies, are strong and can be easily controlled by a Heavenly Master. Life Souls are fragile because they are still tied to their bodies. Forcing intervention might damage the child’s Life Soul.

Damaging a Life Soul is damaging a spirit, potentially affecting reincarnation—a grave sin! Even Heavenly Masters who make a living catching ghosts avoid such things easily! It’s too delicate, can’t be hit or touched, only coaxed gently, which is frustrating!

But Situ Shuangshuang clearly had no intention of coaxing a brat with pleasantries. She directly raised her hand, using a Soul Stabilizing Talisman to immobilize Boss Tian’s son running amok with a bunch of ghosts.

Then she bit her fingertip, drew a talisman in Boss Tian’s palm, and summoned Boss Tian’s son’s Life Soul to her. She grabbed Boss Tian’s talisman-marked hand, pressing it on his son’s forehead, trapping the brat into the talisman in Boss Tian’s palm.

Situ Shuangshuang couldn’t use a talisman to collect Boss Tian’s son, but since Boss Tian and his son were father and son, with the same bloodline, she used Boss Tian’s hand to draw a talisman to collect his son’s Life Soul. A parent’s natural aura would protect the child from harm.

Situ Shuangshuang moved quickly. The most troublesome part was just a brief pause with Boss Tian, and the rest of the Life Souls were swiftly collected into Situ Shuangshuang’s gourd. Once all Life Souls were gathered, Situ Shuangshuang put the shrunken gourd back around her neck. With the Life Souls gone, all that remained were the ghosts in the opera house!

As soon as Situ Shuangshuang acted, the talisman concealing their presence lost its effect. The ghosts, seeing four living humans suddenly appear, were initially stunned, then let out ear-piercing howls! They revealed ghastly deathly images, screeching as they lunged at Situ Shuangshuang!

The ghosts’ unsightly, indescribable illusions were obviously meant to disgust rather than frighten them!

Situ Shuangshuang, however, was unfazed by these ghosts’ appearances. With a cold expression, she waved a hand, and nine talismans appeared before her, unfurling in the wind into massive three-meter-high talismans! The talismans formed a protective circle around Situ Shuangshuang, Boss Tian, Duan Chenghai, and Duan Chengming.

Situ Shuangshuang formed a seal with her hands, reciting the True Words Spell, ”Rin, Pyo, Tō, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen,” a Taoist Nine-character Mantra. Similar to the Buddhist Nine-character Mantra, differing only by the last two characters, both have the power to drive away evil and subdue demons, each character representing a power!

Situ Shuangshuang wasn’t proficient enough to harness the power of any single True Word Spell independently, so she recited all nine characters in unison, each corresponding to a talisman.

When the Nine-character True Words were finished, the nine massive talismans emitted a myriad of golden lights! All the ghosts that lunged were repelled by the golden light on the talismans!

Luckily, Situ Shuangshuang’s main goal wasn’t these ghosts, so even though the talismans attacked, the ghosts weren’t truly harmed—only frightened by the talismans’ power, stopping any further attacks on Situ Shuangshuang.

Because Situ Shuangshuang’s talismans didn’t harm them, the ghosts realized this powerful Heavenly Master had no intention of killing them. Sensibly, the ghosts ceased their terrifying illusions, quickly huddling together in a corner, putting on an innocent act, pleading with Situ Shuangshuang for mercy!

Situ Shuangshuang’s purpose wasn’t these ghosts. She used the Nine-character True Words Spell to break the Barrier. After observing for a while, Situ Shuangshuang understood the nature of this place pretty well!

What she encountered wasn’t a demon ghost but a house nightmare that had gained sentience! To be precise, it was a house spirit!

Spirits are unique beings, neither demons nor devils, nor inherently malevolent. They are generally born from human emotions or obsessions with an object. Because they derive from human emotions, spirits are naturally fond of people.