"How about we go get some instant noodles?" Han Ran suggested.
As they stood at the entrance of the campus supermarket, squatting by the roadside eating instant noodles with ham sausages, Han Ran couldn't help but think of Han Baobao.
For a period of time, they really enjoyed eating instant noodles.
This was Lu Shi's first time trying this "junk food" that Ye Bugui had mentioned. After tasting it, Lu Shi had to give it a thumbs up and praise it highly:
"It tastes really great! It would be even better if it were a bit spicier."
At this moment, the supermarket owner glanced at Lu Shi and said with a smile, "Young man, you look so clean and fair. I didn't expect you to like spicy food so much?"
Lu Shi hummed in agreement, then stood up, wiped his mouth, and walked over to the proprietress.
Wei Jin had taught Lu Shi social etiquette beforehand, so when Lu Shi addressed the landlady as "sister," the landlady immediately smiled happily.
"Oh my, I didn't expect you to have such a sweet tongue." The proprietress raised an eyebrow and continued, "So, is there something you want to ask me?"
"Hmm." Lu Shi nodded directly: "Sister, have you heard any of the ghost stories at school?"
The proprietress, who had just been all smiles, suddenly changed her expression and was practically ready to kick them out. But out of consideration for Lu Shi's handsome face, her tone was still relatively mild:
"Young man, why are you asking this?"
"Sister, I accidentally found a ball today," Lu Shi said in a serious tone. His face was quite convincing when he said such a slightly fearful thing.
The proprietress was heartbroken to hear this.
"I heard that this ball is unlucky and is related to a strange tale. Sister, do you know what it is? Maybe this will give me a chance to get rid of it."
At this moment, Han Ran glanced at Ye Bugui and whispered, "We haven't even seen him in one dungeon. How did you corrupt the Demon Lord?"
Ye Bugui felt wronged, as he absolutely had not taught Lu Shi any of these things: "His behavior is self-destructive and has nothing to do with me. However, I think there is a chance this time, and it might work out."
The proprietress glanced at Lu Shi across from her and finally spoke up: "Sigh, these ghost stories are just legends, no one can say for sure whether they're true or not."
"These?" Ye Bugui caught the key words.
Before he could speak, the proprietress's face turned cold: "Don't even think about trying to get information out of me."
When the proprietress looked at Lu Shi, her expression was incredibly amiable; she was so good at changing her face. "I've heard of your strange tale about the ball."
"The protagonist of the story is named Xiaohong."
“Xiaohong is the child of a teacher at the school. But our school is a boarding school, and teachers can't go out, so he has to keep the child with him.”
"Xiao Hong was only a few years old, so she was bound to be restless. One day, she ran out of the office with a ball and went looking for someone to play with."
"It was during class time, and those wandering around the teaching building were all students skipping class. One of them was Xiaohong's mother's student."
"That student had been harboring resentment towards Xiaohong's mother for a long time, so he deliberately agreed to play ball with the other child, and then pushed her down the stairs."
"Later, a rumor spread that students who wandered around the hallways during class time and skipped class would see a ball rolling down."
"If you hear a little girl asking you if you want to play ball, you're going to get arrested." After saying this, the landlady, fearing Lu Shi might be stunned, quickly added:
"I've always thought this ghost story was deliberately made up by the school teachers to prevent you students from skipping class."
After they left the supermarket, Zeng Fugui walked beside Lu Shi and Ye Bugui and asked curiously:
"What should we do next? Skip class as a group?"
Ye Bugui and Lu Shi exchanged a glance before he said, "We don't know the purpose of the credits yet, so we still need to avoid losing points. According to the landlady's description, if there's only one ghost, it should be easy for the few of us to deal with. So this time, Lao Lu and I will skip class."
No one else objected, but Han Ran added, "Let me do it next time, and you can't deduct too many points."
"Okay, you guys should go back and figure out which class you're less likely to get punished for skipping," Wei Jin reminded him, since he and Ye Bugui weren't in the same class.
Back in the classroom, everyone took out their timetables and quickly discovered that the second period in the afternoon was history class.
They were in a science class, so history wasn't considered important, and escaping punishment probably wouldn't be too severe.
Lu Shi was so sleepy during the first English class that the Demon Lord realized how difficult it was for students in this world.
After class, he glanced at Ye Bugui and said seriously, "No wonder you don't like studying. I would feel the same way if I were in your shoes."
Ye Bugui laughed: "No way, Lao Lu, you're going to be a top student!"
The two of them went to the toilet and squatted there until the class bell rang, then slowly came out.
Unfortunately, they went up and down the stairs three times but didn't encounter anything unusual.
"What's going on?" Ye Bugui frowned. "Is this going to depend on luck? I hate it when a game has events where the rewards are also related to luck!"
Lu Shi did not respond to Ye Bugui, but decided to come up alone.
This time, as soon as he reached the second floor, he felt a subtle change in the atmosphere around him, as if the temperature had dropped a few degrees.
However, Lu Shi was the Demon Lord, so he was naturally not afraid of ghosts and walked forward with some excitement.
A ball rolled down the stairs.
Lu Shi stared intently at the ball and then noticed that its skin was covered in blood.
But when Wei Jin showed them the ball, it was actually a slightly old ball.
Could it really be related to luck, and that he won the jackpot this time?
Lu Shi bent down, but when he was about to pick up the ball, he found that his hand had passed right through it.
Ye Bugui, on the other side, had already come to his senses. When he realized that Lu Shi was missing, he guessed what he was planning to do.
Ye Bugui did not blame Lu Shi. In fact, given Lu Shi's strength, there would not be much risk in him acting alone.
And why didn't he think of that? If there were more people, maybe the ghosts wouldn't come looking for them anymore; ghosts aren't stupid.
When Ye Bugui arrived on the second floor, he finally saw Lu Shi's back.
"Old Lu..."
Before Ye Bugui could finish speaking, he discovered that Lu Shi had vanished right in front of him.
Along with that blood-stained ball.
...
Lu Shi looked around again. He was still in the teaching building, and the ball was still at his feet.
The only change is that the yin energy here is extremely heavy, making it a place where demons and monsters roam.
He seemed to have arrived in the underworld.
But he only touched the ball. Could it be a mechanism?
After Lu Shi disappeared, Ye Bugui felt uneasy.
He clearly knew that with Lu Shi's strength, it would be easy for him to survive.
When Ye Bugui returned to the classroom, he was immediately taken to the homeroom teacher's office.
Han Ran frowned. Why did Ye Bugui come back alone? Where was Lu Shi?
...
Lu Shi, whom everyone was eagerly anticipating, was carrying a ball as he walked through the teaching building.
This place is exactly the same as the outside world, except that it has a stronger yin energy, dimmer lighting, and the classroom is empty.
Until the innocent little girl appeared at the end of the corridor: "Brother, do you want to play ball together?"
Chapter 75
☪ Ghost Story Academy 3
"Can't."
Lu Shi's answer greatly displeased the little girl at the end of the corridor.
"We have to play!"
As expected of a demon, it is indeed extremely domineering!
She suddenly opened her mouth wide, revealing her blood-red teeth, and behind her, a cloud of black energy grew even more abundant.
Lu Shi stretched, his eyes narrowed into slits, and walked towards the little girl without fear.
As a cultivator, Lu Shi was quite sensitive to ghosts and monsters.
The girl standing in front of him at this moment clearly harbored a lot of resentment, and her spiritual power was already quite strong compared to that of an ordinary ghost.
But if you compare it to yourself, it's not that Lu Shi is arrogant, but rather that it's a perfect match for his expertise, and dealing with vengeful spirits is too easy for him.
It can be said that when Lu Shi confirmed that the dungeons they were facing this time were all ghosts and monsters from campus legends, he knew that it was possible for them to take first place.
Because that's what he's best at dealing with ghosts and monsters!
“But I won’t.” Lu Shi walked up to the little girl without flinching at her threatening gaze. “You always do this to hurt people, don’t you? You trick them into playing ball with you, and then push them down the stairs when they’re not looking.”
When the little girl got closer to Lu Shi, she smelled an unpleasant odor emanating from the man.
She could sense that this man was very strong, definitely not one of those ordinary people who had stumbled in and could be manipulated at will.
"What's it to you! I'm not playing with you anymore!"
The little girl suddenly backed away; in this standoff between her and Lu Shi, she actually chose to run away.
Lu Shi curled the corners of his mouth; he now looked like a mischievous older brother who liked to tease children.
However, he felt no worry at all as he watched the girl walk away.
His finger twitched, and two paper generals, each two meters tall, suddenly blocked the girl's escape route.
The little girl's expression changed. If these two were living people, she could easily pass through their bodies.
Unfortunately, as a tool for communicating between the living and the dead, paper figures are essentially no different from ghosts in the underworld.
The little girl couldn't get the better of them.
Moreover, all its methods of killing were rendered useless when facing this paper figure, which was far more powerful than itself.
Thinking of this, the little girl sighed almost helplessly, lowered her head, and walked back as if resigned to her fate.
At this moment, Lu Shi had his hands in his pockets, waiting for the little girl to approach him.
Looking at it this way, Lu Shi seems more like a villain.