Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Before they could even get close, the group of tourists who rushed out suddenly changed their expressions, looked at their friends and burst into laughter, their fear vanishing completely.
The Taoist priests who were running around: “???”
The group began to laugh at each other.
“Wow, you were yelling way too loudly just now!”
“You’re the one yelling the loudest! You were deafening me!”
“Wow, this is so much fun! No wonder it’s a popular haunted house. How about we go back in and play it again later?!”
Amidst laughter and chatter, the Taoist priests gradually slowed their pace, their expressions turning puzzled—
So… so those were just screams during the ride? Could it be that the spirits summoned by the Xiusheng Cult didn’t actually enter this haunted house?
Just as they were hesitating, the exit door of the haunted house opened again, and this time a short, thin man with a pale face walked out. He walked slowly with a stiff smile on his face towards the group of tourists.
The Taoist priests, who had been hesitating just a second ago, suddenly became serious again—”This is bad!”
The man’s muscles were stiff, his eyes were dull, and although he was taking steps, his feet were clearly not touching the ground. His whole body was emanating a chilling death aura that he tried to conceal but could still be discerned!
The experienced Taoist priests immediately recognized it as a drowned ghost!
Their slowed pace quickened again; the drowned ghost was approaching the group of tourists with ill intentions!
However, something seemed amiss afterward. The group of laughing tourists, upon seeing the drowned ghost, didn’t show any fear. Instead, they smiled and spoke up, saying, “Manager, the online recommendations are absolutely true! Your haunted house’s equipment is truly superb!”
Upon hearing this, the drowned ghost slowly spread an even more terrifying smile across his face, then pulled out several folded pieces of paper from his pocket, unfolded them, and handed them over: “Is that so? Customer satisfaction is our greatest goal, and this is the best evaluation for us. Would you gentlemen be interested in filling out our feedback form? If our suggestions regarding the haunted house equipment and game setup are adopted, you can enjoy a 10% discount when purchasing an annual pass.”
The Taoist priests: “…???”
Everyone started to feel a bit lost, standing there holding their magical implements, wondering what was going on.
At this moment, Wei Xi, who was at the back of the group, slowly caught up, walked past the stunned crowd, and went straight towards the drowned ghost.
Upon seeing Wei Xi, the drowned ghost blurted out, “Boss, what brings you here?”
Taoist priests: “…”
The chubby boy who was brought along: “…”
Kuang Zhiming, who vaguely recognized the drowned ghost’s appearance, fell speechless.
Kuang Zhiming stared blankly at the drowned ghost: “…How is it you?”
The two had met when Tan Fu was asked to take his place and later bumped into each other at the Xiangnang Building. The drowned ghost recognized him and was quite surprised: “Master Kuang, what brings you here? It’s been so long!”
Kuang Zhiming asked blankly, “…How did you get here?”
“If I’m not here, where would I be?” the drowned ghost said. “I work here! My boss has promoted me to head of the haunted house’s customer service department!”
Customer Service Manager…
Kuang Zhiming’s lips trembled as he looked at Wei Xi in disbelief: “Wei… Fellow Daoist Wei, is this true?!”
Wei Xi nodded: “It worked hard, performed well in employee training, and studied hotel management before it died. Its major was relevant to its job, so the promotion decision was the result of a collective vote by the sect’s employees.”
Kuang Zhiming: “…That’s not what I’m asking you!!!”
He knew that Wei Xi had taken in more than 700 ghosts, and he had even witnessed their recruitment on-site, knowing that he treated the ghosts very well and generously. But before this, he hadn’t thought much of it except for being speechless. After all, taking in ghosts for oneself was not uncommon in the Taoist sect, and there had often been rumors of some extraordinary people keeping hundreds or even thousands of ghosts at their disposal.
But the reason these spirits were called “yin soldiers” by the Taoist sects was because their role was that of henchmen! Henchmen!!
It’s what Taoist priests use when they fight and use magic!
Just like in the last incident with the abandoned Xiangnang Building, they brought them out to fight with the original inhabitants. Although the scene was quite absurd, it was the right thing to do!
He thought that the so-called top-tier mediators who assisted Taoist priests with their rituals were the limit, but why was this ghost soldier recruited by the Taicang Sect working as a customer service manager in a haunted house catering to ordinary people?! Just now, he was so naturally promoting annual memberships to customers?! Inviting customers to fill out feedback forms?!
Wei Xi didn’t understand his shock, so he simply ignored it and asked the drowned ghost, “Did anything happen in the haunted house today?”
The drowned ghost was stunned for a moment, then immediately said admiringly, “Boss, how come you’re so well-informed? We had a new theme today, and there were quite a few visitors. The staff on site were a bit overwhelmed this afternoon, and then a bunch of wild ghosts appeared out of nowhere and volunteered to help. They were behaving really well, rushing right up to the customers as soon as they came in. After this round of work was finished, Manager Shen took them to the second floor for training.”
Kuang Zhiming: “…”
The other fellow Daoists gathered around, asking him in bewilderment, “Fellow Daoist Kuang, what’s going on?”
Kuang Zhiming muttered to himself, “Don’t ask me, don’t ask me, I don’t know anything, ask Taicang Sect.”
As they were talking, another group of customers screamed and ran out of the haunted house. Just like the previous group, the Drowned Ghost quickly greeted them and took out a proposal form for them to fill out. The customers all said it was impeccable, and two even expressed their desire to purchase an annual membership. The Drowned Ghost’s stiff smile immediately became more attentive, and he went inside to bring out a colleague with a face covered in blood: “This is our sales manager. He will take care of your membership application.”
This is a ghost too!!! Don’t think that just because your face is covered in blood and we can’t see your features, we won’t recognize that you jumped off a building and died!!!
The Taoist priests on site roared in shock, but the humans and ghosts in front of them got along harmoniously. The two young men who offered to buy a membership card even joked with a smile, “Your haunted house is really meticulous in its details. Even the managers of the customer service and sales departments have to wear such creepy makeup.”
The ghost who jumped off the building let out a sinister laugh: “It’s all for the experience of our esteemed customers.”
The customer immediately praised, “I can tell! You’re so sincere! That customer service manager’s smile just now must have been specially trained, right? Most people can’t smile that stiffly! It’s like a real ghost! And the projection equipment inside is so well-designed that it can interact with customers! When that ghost head was thrown at my feet, it was even blinking, it was like it was really staring at me. I’ll definitely promote you on Weibo when I get back! These days, you don’t see many companies with such a conscience!”
The humans and the ghosts were exchanging compliments, creating an atmosphere of pure joy!
Taoist priests: “…”
At that moment, everyone suddenly understood that these were… the job positions provided by the Taicang Sect for the laborers of the Underworld.
Although the chubby boy didn’t understand what was going on, he was still a fellow professional and was stunned by the bizarre operation before him. Handcuffed and huddled among the Taoist priests, he watched Wei Xi, who was already reviewing customer feedback forms from the drowned ghost, and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration—
“The Taicang Sect is too awesome, they’re even more like a cult than us!”
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