"Go ten meters to the left, then five meters to the right... hey, hey, hey, this way, this way, you went the wrong way."
"Yes, yes, yes, ten more meters forward from here and we'll reach Huakai Road...???"
The Money-Throwing Ghost was being dragged by Nie Jiu, serving as a guide.
However, as they were being guided.
When Nie Jiu stopped, it looked at the square in front of it, a big question mark appearing on its forehead.
Money-Throwing Ghost: "...Where, where is this?"
Nie Jiu smiled and said, "You're guiding the way, and you're asking me where this is?"
He raised his fist.
Bang!
A lump appeared on the Money-Throwing Ghost's head.
The Money-Throwing Ghost cradled its head, silently shedding tears, "I remember walking like this..."
Nie Jiu: "I'll give you another chance."
The Money-Throwing Ghost looked left and right, pointed at the fountain in the square, and said:
"I have a friend who lives inside, I'll go ask."
"Okay."
Nie Jiu nodded and directly pulled the ghost out from above the fountain.
One ghost in each hand.
The Fountain Ghost, which had been hiding well: "???"
What's going on? Wasn't it slacking off?
Where's the fish?
And what about the ghost messengers behind it?
Nie Jiu: "Which way is Huakai Road? If you point incorrectly, I'll beat both of you."
Fountain Ghost: (｀ﾟДﾟ´)!!?
What did it do wrong? It was just slacking off!
...
As it turned out, Jiang Lin had underestimated the severity of Nie Jiu's directional deficiency.
Look at this, even the Money-Throwing Ghost, which knew the way, got lost because of him.
If Jiang Lin were here, he would surely sigh:
It turns out getting lost is contagious.
As for the spirit carriage...
Nie Jiu and the ghost driver initially cooperated well.
They set off from the underworld together and headed for their destination.
Then, the spirit carriage would wait outside for Nie Jiu to pick up the souls or deal with the ghosts, and then they would head to the next destination together.
Everything was going smoothly.
Until one time, Nie Jiu entered a tall building to pick up a soul.
When he came out again, the spirit carriage was gone.
There were tall buildings on all sides. Nie Jiu searched for half an hour before finding the spirit carriage.
He couldn't help but ask the question from his soul: "Where were you just now?"
He hadn't even encountered any ghosts yet, so why did it run off?
"???"
Ghost Driver: "Sir, we've been here the whole time."
It had been waiting outside for a full half hour.
Inside the carriage, all the passengers nodded in unison, they hadn't moved!
Nie Jiu: "..." Really?
He clearly returned the same way after picking up the soul.
He looked at the tall buildings behind him and then at the ground where the spirit carriage was located.
Every time this happened, Nie Jiu would have a deep doubt.
He always had a guess...
Actually, these buildings and the ground are alive, right?!
Just like a moving maze, constantly changing paths.
...
Another time.
Nie Jiu was sitting on the roof of the spirit carriage, looking at the route and the surroundings.
Along the way, he suddenly sensed a ghostly aura.
He immediately rushed over.
He quickly dealt with the troublesome ghost.
When he remembered the spirit carriage and prepared to continue on his way, he found...
The spirit carriage was gone, and he couldn't find the road either.
These 'moving' buildings had trapped him again.
Nie Jiu scratched his head and stood there, turning in a circle.
Finally, he chose a direction that looked pleasing and flew towards it.
The ghost driver, whose ghost messenger master kept disappearing: "..."
It finally understood why its master wanted it to partner with this lord.
Even with its ten years of driving experience, it couldn't compare to this ghost messenger's ability to get lost!
This skill must be at least a hundred years old.
...
After discovering their respective 'levels', Nie Jiu and the spirit carriage changed their cooperation strategy.
They would still set off from the underworld passage together and then head to the destination together.
If they accidentally separated, they would decide based on the situation.
Either they would go their separate ways, or they would meet at the next destination.
Because besides guiding Nie Jiu, the spirit carriage itself also had the task of patrolling within District 18.
After making these arrangements, the probability of the two ghosts meeting actually increased.
The spirit carriage's task was to patrol.
Sometimes Nie Jiu would get lost, and while lost, he would bump into the spirit carriage.
Then they would head to the destination together.
Just like this time.
Nie Jiu, with the Money-Throwing Ghost in one hand and the wet Fountain Ghost in the other.
He was searching for Huakai Road back and forth, left and right.
Both ghosts had two or three lumps on their heads.
On the other side.
The spirit carriage had just picked up a wandering soul by the roadside. As it turned, it saw Nie Jiu dragging two ghosts.
"Ghost Messenger Lord, this way." The ghost driver quickly greeted him.
"Coming."
Nie Jiu quickly flew onto the roof of the spirit carriage, then stuffed the two ghosts in his hands into the ghost storage bag.
All done.
The two ghosts: "???" Hey, hey, hey?
They don't need to guide the way anymore, so they won't be released?
Inside the ghost storage bag.
The Fountain Ghost grabbed the Money-Throwing Ghost by the neck, shouting "Ahhh ahhh ahhh" while shaking it.
"You're truly my good friend, you sold me out!"
The Money-Throwing Ghost, while being shaken, said with difficulty, "I-I didn't expect this either ahhh ahhh ahhh..."
"What do you mean you didn't expect it, you just wanted to harm me!"
"I didn't! Stop shaking me!"
"If you compensate me for my emotional distress, I'll stop shaking you!"
"I have no money!"
"I don't believe you! You compensate me!"
As the two ghosts were fighting back and forth.
Nie Jiu raised his hand and slapped the ghost storage bag from the outside, "Be quiet."
With that slap, both ghosts inside the storage bag were dazed.
They only felt the world spinning non-stop.
"Money... compensate me..."
"It's really gone..."
...
...
In the human world, within District 18.
A female White Impermanence had just finished dealing with a ghost incident.
Looking at the new soul reception information that appeared on her work log, Hong Ya immediately rushed to the next destination.
"Sunshine Community next to Huakai Road..."
Looking at it, she knew where it was.
She had been to that community before.
More than once.
After finding the person to be received, Hong Ya checked the time. There were about twenty minutes left.
She went around the area and found no ghostly aura.
Thinking about it, she looked at the person being received, who was still playing games, and decided to go to another place first.
Hong Ya flew out of the room, passed through a few walls, and found a room on the 22nd floor.
The most memorable thing about Sunshine Community for Hong Ya was a very famous comic author.
The manga she drew, both in style and plot, suited her taste.
Those things might seem a bit scary to humans, but from her perspective...
They were quite amusing.
Ghost messengers reading horror manga?
She would only find it amusing, not scary.
It felt like an adult human watching a three or four-year-old child make a funny face to scare someone.
Suddenly, Hong Ya looked confused.
"What is this..."
She had just arrived below the floor of the comic author and was about to enter.
But she carefully noticed that the room above seemed to be wrapped in something.
This barrier didn't seem very strong, it just seemed to be trying to shield external perception of this place.
Hong Ya: Ghost messengers at work?
...
(PS: Hong Ya, female White Impermanence, member of the 18th team. Likes various manga, novels, and TV shows from the human world...)