Abused Female Lead And Beautiful Villainess (Quick Transmigration)

Yu Shuang heard Shen Wan say that Ruan Xue was a malevolent ghost who had likely gained some opportunity to significantly increase her power. If she were still as weak as before, Ruan Xue wouldn’t dare target Yu Shuang and the others, let alone wander around freely.

She had been residing in Mu Yuan’s jade pendant. If Mu Yuan hadn’t accidentally activated the pendant and formed a contract with her, Ruan Xue would have struggled to even maintain her form in her weakened state.

Yu Shuang asked what exactly a malevolent ghost was. Despite being a ghost for several years, he still hadn’t figured out the different types of ghosts. It was rather ironic that even as a ghost, he was still dealing with human affairs. Other ghosts would probably die laughing if they knew.

“Malevolent ghosts feed on spiritual entities. The more powerful they are, the stronger their malevolent aura becomes, posing a significant threat to both spirits and humans. If a malevolent ghost becomes a ghost king, it will surely bring great calamity to the human world.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Shuang grew anxious. “Can’t you just kill her then? She hasn’t become a ghost king yet, right? If we kill her now, wouldn’t that solve everything?”

“Ruan Xue has a life-and-death contract with Mu Yuan,” Qin Ying floated in front of Yu Shuang, answering on Shen Wan’s behalf. “If we kill Ruan Xue, Mu Yuan will die too. Now that you know the truth, you probably won’t ask Wan Wan to kill the malevolent ghost anymore, will you?”

Yu Shuang indeed hesitated. As a righteous ghost police officer, even if he detested evil, he couldn’t justify taking an innocent life just to eliminate a malevolent ghost. But if they didn’t kill the malevolent ghost, trouble seemed inevitable. This dilemma deeply troubled Yu Shuang.

“I originally planned to finish off Ruan Xue, but at first, she had the jade pendant’s protection, so neither Wan Wan nor I could touch her. Now that she’s formed a life-and-death contract with Mu Yuan – that brainless fool who’s been played like a fiddle by a malevolent ghost – things have gotten more complicated,” Qin Ying furrowed her brow slightly, then remembered something and her expression softened. “But Wan Wan told me earlier not to worry about the malevolent ghost’s growth. She’s already come up with a solution.”

After saying this, both Qin Ying and Yu Shuang turned their gazes to Shen Wan, as if urging her to reveal her plan for dealing with the malevolent ghost.

“There is a solution,” Shen Wan yawned again, clearly exhausted. “I was planning to do this in a couple of days, but I didn’t expect Ruan Xue to be so impatient in seeking you out. It seems your three pure spiritual bodies are indeed very attractive to this malevolent ghost. She’s even willing to sacrifice her dignity to seduce you.”

Seeing how tired Shen Wan was, Qin Ying suggested, “Wan Wan looks really sleepy. Why don’t we sleep first and deal with this tomorrow? Ruan Xue can’t do much in such a short time anyway.”

“Never mind, since you’re all here, I might as well tell you the plan. You ghosts don’t know fatigue, so why don’t you take care of this for me while I rest?”

Yu Shuang nodded eagerly, more than willing to help.

If they could resolve the malevolent ghost situation without harming an innocent life, that would be ideal.

Shen Wan turned and walked into the bedroom, retrieving a bag from the wardrobe.

The two ghosts watched curiously as she pulled out a large black plastic bag, wondering what was inside.

“These are safety talismans,” Shen Wan opened the bag slightly, looking at Yu Shuang. “They’re like the ones I gave you three. One for each ghost, merged with their spiritual body, to prevent Ruan Xue from devouring you when she gets the chance. You’ll be busy for a while. Gather all the ghosts lingering in the human world. I think with your achievements over the past few months, this shouldn’t be difficult. Distribute these safety talismans and encourage them to stay together in groups. As for those wandering souls, tell them to avoid roaming outside and report to the underworld as soon as possible.”

“Don’t worry about those unwilling evil spirits. Their abilities are naturally stronger than ordinary ghosts, so it’s uncertain who would devour whom before Ruan Xue becomes a ghost king.”

With that, Shen Wan carried a fire basin into the bathroom and began burning the entire bag of safety talismans, all addressed to Yu Shuang.

To avoid drawing attention, she burned them bit by bit, ensuring the flames and smoke weren’t too large. As she burned them, she added, “Don’t give these safety talismans away for free. Charge a reasonable price – we’re not running a charity here.”

“I understand. I know how this works,” Yu Shuang watched as the safety talismans in his hands multiplied, quickly grabbing a bag to hold them. Ever since meeting Shen Wan, he felt his ghostly existence had newfound hope.

Shen Wan noticed that the light of merit around Yu Shuang was much more intense than a few months ago, and his spiritual body was incredibly pure.

Given the current behavior of Yu Shuang and his two companions, their accumulated merit would only increase. By the time they reported to the underworld, they might even have the privilege of an excellent reincarnation. Of course, Shen Wan thought it more likely that, given their abilities, they would be recruited by the underworld with generous offers.

The underworld’s ghost population had exploded, while the number of civil servants remained low, lazy, and arrogant. Take the Old Lady Meng, for example – she had a few days each month when she was in a bad mood and refused to work or brew her soup. Ghosts wanting to reincarnate couldn’t cross the bridge during those times. Diligent individuals like Yu Shuang and his friends were as rare as panda blood.

They continued burning safety talismans until late into the night. Yu Shuang left in high spirits, carrying a large bag full of talismans.

His first stop was outside the police station, where he told the ghosts that these were safety talismans made by Shen Wan, capable of protecting their spiritual bodies from being devoured by other ghosts. Hearing they were made by Shen Wan, even though they weren’t free, the small ghosts outside all planned to buy one for protection.

Yu Shuang then found Chen Darong and the others, explaining the situation to them. As a result, the three of them temporarily set aside other matters and focused on gathering all the ghosts in the country.

Shen Wan’s guess was correct. After several months of progress, they had gotten to know many small ghosts, and numerous ghosts relied on them. Even some powerful ghosts who controlled certain areas had good relationships with the three of them. So, these ghosts were very cooperative with Yu Shuang and his friends.

As for those wandering lonely souls, with Chen Darong and the others around, they no longer roamed aimlessly but gathered in sparsely populated areas. To keep them from getting bored and scaring people, Chen Darong asked Shen Wan to make some playing cards and mahjong sets.

Ghosts don’t need to eat, so in these ghost-gathering places, you could see groups of three to five huddled together. Upon closer inspection, they were actually playing cards. Especially those who loved mahjong in life – now that they didn’t need to eat or fear fatigue after death, they played with reckless abandon.

Midway through, Yu Shuang came back to Shen Wan, asking for more safety talismans.

These weren’t given away for free, and Shen Wan was more than happy to make more for him to sell.

Ruan Xue returned to Mu Yuan’s home with a gloomy expression, finally drifting into Mu Yuan’s room. At this time, Mu Yuan was fast asleep, unaware that Ruan Xue went out alone every night to hunt for ghosts.

The first couple of days had gone smoothly; with her abilities, devouring a weaker small ghost was effortless.

But from some point on, she encountered small ghosts that her power couldn’t restrain. It was as if they were protected by something, making it impossible for her to devour them. This made Ruan Xue feel very uneasy. Without being able to devour small ghosts, she had no way to enhance her own strength.

How could she become a ghost king or ghost emperor without improving her abilities?

If she became a ghost king, the human world would be powerless against her, and she wouldn’t be confined to a mere jade pendant.

If she became a ghost emperor, she could easily dispose of underworld ghost officials. Even if the Judge of the Dead or the King of Hell came personally, they wouldn’t be able to deal with her.

Of course, above ghost emperors were ghost saints. If she truly attained the power of a ghost saint, she would transcend the three realms, essentially becoming immortal – no one could harm her then.

But now, just as she was starting out, she encountered obstacles. Her path of cultivation relied on devouring ghosts.

If she couldn’t eat ghosts, she had no way to increase her power.

She had planned to go out tonight to catch a couple of small ghosts and ask what was going on, but she discovered that these ghosts no longer walked alone and had even started living in groups.

She went to desolate mountains and wilderness areas, only to find that even the lonely wandering souls had gathered together. What amazed her most was that they were playing cards! She floated over, intending to gather some information, but those ghosts seemed to know nothing.

It wasn’t entirely fruitless though – at least she found out who made those playing cards, mahjong sets, and various entertainment items. Later, she secretly drifted to Yu Shuang’s police station and discovered Yu Shuang setting up a stall outside to sell things.

The stall had a bright sign that read: “Master Shen Wan’s creations – guaranteed quality!”

She watched from afar and saw all sorts of items on the stall. She also understood why she couldn’t eat those small ghosts – the stall was selling safety talismans.

The advertisement read: “Afraid of walking alone as a ghost? Worried about being devoured by your own kind on the road? Fear no more! With Master Shen Wan’s safety talismans, you can travel the world without worry. Mom no longer needs to fear you being eaten by ghosts.”

Ruan Xue nearly coughed up blood in anger.

Especially when she later secretly saw Shen Wan and Yu Shuang discussing how to split the money, she felt her chest would explode with rage!

Shen Wan was the most unprincipled ghost hunter she had ever seen.

What happened to ghost hunting? Why was she on such good terms with ghosts and selling them those things?

Shouldn’t ghost hunters and ghosts be mortal enemies, like fire and water?

In just one month, the ghosts of the country had established a complete system. Almost every one of them had something from Shen Wan, and everyone loved the safety talismans – each ghost had one.

As Xu Cheng’s team continued to solve cases, those ghosts lingering in the human world, after dividing their money, took what they needed and reported to the underworld.

The underworld recently noticed that the ghosts coming to report from the human world were all filthy rich, carrying either houses or villas. Even if they didn’t reincarnate immediately, they were living quite comfortably.

The King of Hell sent someone to investigate the situation in the human world. After the ghost official clarified the situation, he returned to report.

“You’re saying all this is related to a ghost hunter and three ghost police officers?”

“Yes.”

The King of Hell pondered for a moment. “So there are no more ghosts causing trouble in the human world now?”

“Those who didn’t want to cause trouble in the first place aren’t causing any now. They’re living together, playing mahjong every day, having a great time. Where would they find time to do bad things? As for those who wanted to cause trouble, they were caught by Shen Wan before they could do anything and became food for her ghost king. The rest don’t dare to do anything bad now. Your Majesty, haven’t you noticed that quite a few evil spirits have come to report to the underworld recently?”

“It seems so.”

“Those evil spirits said when they arrived that being an evil spirit is too difficult, especially in the human world. They simply can’t survive there anymore. Rather than being eaten as supplements by the ghost king, they’d rather come to the underworld and suffer a bit.”

The King of Hell waved his hand, and a scene appeared beside him. The ghost official looked and saw it was those evil spirits, currently screaming in a vat of boiling oil.

Listening carefully, they were shouting, “Being an evil spirit these days is too hard! We can’t survive in the human world, and now we have to roll in boiling oil in the underworld. We really don’t want to live anymore.”

One night, Shen Wan and Qin Ying woke up simultaneously, opening their eyes to find two ghost officials standing by their bed.

Shen Wan blinked. “In the middle of the night – are you here to take my soul?”

At these words, Qin Ying’s eyes flashed with a fierce light. If they dared say yes, she would swallow them in one gulp.

“No, no, no…” The two ghost officials, feeling the pressure from the ghost king, trembled as they denied it. They weren’t here to take souls, how could they dare? Besides, Shen Wan had a long life ahead, many more years to live, and… His Majesty had said Shen Wan wasn’t under their jurisdiction, though they didn’t know what that meant.