"That's all for today, see you tomorrow."
After touring the house with his viewers, Jiang Lin ended his live stream for the day.
At the same time, in the human world.
The moment the screen went black, countless viewers collapsed onto their beds like starfish.
They shouted into the night.
"Ah—"
If only building a house could make a real house appear.
If only building a car could grant a real car.
If only sleeping could make dreams come true...?
Ah!
It couldn't.
A viewer rolled over, looked at his sleeping girlfriend, thought for a moment, and then kissed her.
Never mind, no more envy. What you can see and touch is good enough.
"Goodnight."
...
Night fell upon the human world.
However, the underworld remained as usual.
There was no day or night, and no need to sleep.
Jiang Lin sat down on the sofa and placed the Seven-Colored Egg on the coffee table in front of him.
As soon as the Seven-Colored Egg appeared, it shimmered with golden light.
So happy (/≧▽≦)/~
Good evening, Master~
Eggie was very well-behaved today!
Looking at the bouncing Seven-Colored Egg, Jiang Lin was silent for a moment and said,
"How long have you been with me?"
Seven-Colored Egg: ? How long?
One, two, three, four... it seemed like a very long time.
"It's good that you want to learn, it means you're starting to grow."
Jiang Lin said calmly, "The first step of growth is to learn to solve problems."
The Seven-Colored Egg tilted its body and then nodded up and down.
That's right!
Master is right!
Solving problems! That's exactly it!
Jiang Lin: "School requires tuition fees, and it will be the same even when you return to the Eastern Palace in the future."
"So, the first problem you need to solve is to earn your tuition fees."
Tuition fees?
Oh, yes, learning requires tuition fees!
That's exactly right!
The Seven-Colored Egg flew up and down, but how should it earn money?
It's just an egg!?
Jiang Lin pressed down the bouncing Seven-Colored Egg, "Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Mission Center to find suitable tasks. You can start with the simplest ones."
"Once you find one, I'll help you accept it. When you complete it and return, it will be recorded in your tuition fee deposit."
In the underworld, if one is not a ghost messenger but wishes to accept missions and travel between the Yin and Yang realms, they must either be a ghost soldier under a ghost messenger or have their name registered with a ghost messenger and be temporarily permitted.
However, similarly, if a ghost who goes out causes trouble, their ghost messenger will receive double the punishment.
Seven-Colored Egg: Accept missions?
Mission Center?
Oh, it knew about that. Master often accepted missions to do!
Earn fees!
That's right, it also needs to earn its own tuition fees!
It can't always freeload off Master!
It's a capable egg! It will become even more powerful in the future!
The Seven-Colored Egg's seven colors flashed continuously.
Like a colorful light bulb.
Jiang Lin: "..."
Blinding.
However, it seemed the persuasion... ahem, communication was successful.
...
The next day,
Jiang Lin went to the campus early to study the art of paper effigy making, and the Seven-Colored Egg also set off for the Northern Hall's Mission Center.
However, before setting off, Jiang Lin left a mark on the Seven-Colored Egg.
The aura emanating from it would let other ghosts and monsters know that it had an owner.
At the same time, a small live stream ball followed.
"Huh? The streamer started so early today?"
A group of viewers who were still in bed and habitually opened the live stream room were somewhat surprised.
Looking around, they couldn't see the streamer.
"Look over there, it's the streamer's egg!"
As soon as this was said, the viewer felt something was wrong.
"No, that's your egg."
"Holy crap, at this early hour, there are tires rolling over my face."
"You guys can even make jokes about this... Is it really the time when everything awakens? ┗(▔,▔)┛"
"What is Eggie trying to do? Did it sneak out?"
While the viewers were cracking jokes, they all propped themselves up in their beds.
They were somewhat curious.
What was an egg doing out?
And it ran out on its own.
Afterward, the viewers saw the Seven-Colored Egg flying along the road, and the ghosts and monsters on the road all looked at it curiously.
Upon sensing the aura on it, they withdrew their gazes.
Finally, the Seven-Colored Egg stopped in front of a building.
On the building hung an exquisite signboard – Mission Center!
...
The viewers were confused: "Is it here to check missions for the streamer, or is the streamer inside?"
"Is there a possibility, I mean... this egg wants to earn money to support itself and support the streamer?"
"That can't be, it's just an egg, even an underworld egg..."
Before the viewer could finish, they saw the Seven-Colored Egg heading straight for the mission board in the Mission Center.
At this time, there weren't many ghosts and monsters in the Mission Center.
However, there were many paper effigies and paper monsters.
The Seven-Colored Egg darted among the paper figures.
Then it ran to the front of the mission board.
It looked from top to bottom, and from bottom to top.
Then a cloud with a question mark appeared on the Seven-Colored Egg's forehead.
?
What kind of mission is considered simple?
What can it do?
As a growing egg, it also needed to think.
...
So,
A group of viewers in their beds watched an egg among a pile of paper figures,
Sometimes the egg tilted to the left, sometimes to the right.
At times, as if it had thought of something, it darted to a section of the mission board and stared.
"This egg... could it really be trying to take on missions to earn money?"
The viewers thought uncertainly.
They had seen cats and dogs in the human world buy ham sausages at stores and bring foot basins to their owners.
But seeing an egg accept missions was a first for them.
As expected of the streamer's egg?
Cough cough!
They weren't making any inappropriate jokes, they were being serious.
Just then, the Seven-Colored Egg moved, flying directly towards the staff of the Mission Center.
Master said to seek help from nearby creatures when encountering problems.
This was also a step towards growth.
'What is the simplest mission?'
The Seven-Colored Egg attempted to convey its thoughts directly.
"..."
On the other side, the paper effigy looked at it quietly.
The Seven-Colored Egg also looked at it quietly.
After a long while, the paper effigy spoke first, "Is there anything you need help with?"
"What kind of mission do you want to accept?"
The Seven-Colored Egg tried for a while and finally had to accept a fact.
This thing in front of it seemed unable to receive its information.
The Seven-Colored Egg circled the Mission Center once, then again.
Finally, it spotted a living ghost on a lounge chair in the corner!
It was a ghost!
'Are there any simple missions?' it conveyed its message again.
"Hmm??"
The ghost on the lounge chair was still trying to process the information in its mind and was a bit slow to react.
It looked around, there was no ghost, nor any paper effigies.
Was it hallucinating?
He picked up the tea beside him and took a sip, then lay back down, fanning himself with a folding fan.
'Hey? Are there any suitable missions for me?' The Seven-Colored Egg flew directly in front of him.
"Pfft—!"
The ghost on the lounge chair spat out a mouthful of tea.
His eyes widened, and he quickly scanned the Seven-Colored Egg up and down.
He said uncertainly, "You, want to accept missions?"
Whose is this...
They're too lazy to even direct the paper effigies and sent an egg instead?
...