Senior sister, stop working and go home for dinner.

Chapter 14 Post-Event Arrangements

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaolu's big eyes darted around, and her mind raced with calculations: The chairman of the group? That's a real big shot! The reward is already five times the original amount, and the chairman himself is coming to express his gratitude... Hehehe! She suppressed the smile on her lips and looked at Chen Anran with feigned modesty, as if leaving everything to her junior brother.

Chen Anran's heart stirred slightly. Being able to know the chairman of a large corporation was not a bad thing for their Yunyin Sect.

Once the spiritual energy has fully recovered, we'll need a lot of external help. We can't just keep letting our two senior sisters work for us forever, can we?

After a moment's thought, Chen Anran nodded in agreement: "Since the chairman is so kind, we'll stay for a couple more days."

"That's wonderful! That's wonderful!" Wang Anxi exclaimed with delight. "I'll arrange the best hotel in the city for you two right away! Just let me know if you need anything!"

That evening, Wang Anxi arranged for Chen Anran and Feng Xiaolu to stay in the most luxurious five-star hotel suite in Lincheng.

Looking at the spacious, luxurious, and fully equipped room, Feng Xiaolu was like a little mouse that had entered a rice granary, touching and looking at everything with great excitement.

"Wow! Junior brother! This room is amazing!" She plopped down on the soft bed, rolled around a couple of times, and exclaimed, "This is what life is all about!"

Chen Anran remained quite calm. He carefully placed the soul-gathering urn wrapped in yellow cloth on the coffee table in the corner of the room, feeling the faint chilling aura still emanating from it, and pondered how to use the Museum of Evolution to "purify" it.

"Senior sister, don't forget the important matter," Chen Anran reminded her. "We need to deal with this Soul Gathering Jar and Corpse Nourishing Jade as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications."

Feng Xiaolu sat up in bed, straightened her slightly disheveled Taoist robe, and asked curiously, "Junior Brother, how do you plan to 'convert' the vengeful ghosts here? Do you need me to help prepare anything? Incense, candles, and paper money? Or should I recite the 'Scripture of Salvation'?"

Chen Anran smiled slightly, feigning profundity: "I have my own secret method, and I don't need any external aids. Senior Sister, you can stay in the inner room tonight, and I will meditate in the outer room. Dealing with this requires a calm and focused mind, and I cannot be disturbed."

Although Feng Xiaolu was as curious as if a kitten was scratching her heart, seeing Chen Anran's serious expression, she suppressed her curiosity and simply told him, "Then be careful, call me if anything happens... although I probably can't be of much help." She stuck out her tongue.

That night, after Feng Xiaolu finished washing up and returned to the inner room to rest, Chen Anran sat cross-legged on the sofa, his consciousness sinking into the Museum of Evolution.

Inside the spacious museum, the pebble in the third display case was more than halfway through its evolution process, faintly radiating spiritual light. Chen Anran didn't plan to evolve it into a Soul Gathering Urn right now, because the evolution time was too long. His museum only had three display spaces, and the pebble, which would take a month to evolve, had already occupied one. He needed to carefully consider how to maximize the use of the remaining two.

Chen Anran carefully planned the use of the three famous display cases.

It will take quite some time for the pebbles to evolve into "Spirit Gathering Stones," so we'll leave them for now. Of the remaining two display cases, one must be reserved for necessities like rice, which can be produced quickly and directly improve the cultivation or living conditions of everyone in the sect. The other can be used to evolve some more promising or urgently needed magical artifacts and materials.

The most suitable item to put in the display case right now is the Corpse-Nourishing Jade.

With a thought, Chen Anran placed the icy-cold Yin Sha Corpse-Nourishing Jade into the empty display case.

A faint light flashed in the display case, and information appeared:

Item: Yin Sha Nourishing Corpse Jade

Status: Evolving

"Evolution Path: Soul-Soothing Jade (Estimated Time: 36 hours)"

"Effect: Wearing it can calm the mind and protect against common evil influences."

"Thirty-six hours, three days," Chen Anran calculated in his mind, "just enough time to complete the evolution before leaving Lin City."

After dealing with the corpse-nurturing jade, his attention returned to the soul-gathering urn in reality. The museum couldn't handle it for the time being, but they couldn't allow the vengeful spirits within to fester.

So Chen Anran thought about it and decided to ask his half-baked third senior sister, a cultivator, for help.

Chen Anran left the museum, then walked to the door of the inner room and gently knocked on it.

"Senior sister, are you asleep?"

"No, no!" Feng Xiaolu's voice came immediately, accompanied by rustling footsteps. The door was pulled open a crack, and she poked her head out, her face still covered by a face mask. "What's wrong, Junior Brother? Do you still need your senior sister to protect you?"

Chen Anran smiled at her comical and adorable appearance: "There's no need for a protector. However, before dealing with this Soul Gathering Jar, we need to stabilize its seal for a period of time to dissipate some of its malevolent energy before I can begin the 'conversion' process. This task will require your help, Senior Sister."

"Me?" Feng Xiaolu pointed to her nose, her face mask almost falling off. "What can I use to seal it? With my meager spiritual power, the talismans I draw will have limited effect. I'm afraid they won't be able to seal this vengeful ghost for long."

"It won't take too long," Chen Anran explained. "A temporary seal is enough to stabilize it for about twenty days. After that, I'll have my own way to completely purify it. Senior Sister, you are, after all, a proper Qi Refiner. Although your spiritual power is weak, it is pure in nature. The talismans you draw are perfect for short-term sealing."

Hearing the words "orthodox Qi Refiner," Feng Xiaolu's vanity was greatly satisfied. She removed her face mask, puffed out her chest, and said, "That's true! After all, I'm a Qi Refining Stage 1 cultivator! I've been a Taoist priest for four years, and drawing talismans is a basic skill for me! You just wait!"

She turned and ran back to her room, quickly returning with her treasure bag. From it, she took out yellow talisman paper, cinnabar ink, and a brush that looked quite old.

Feng Xiaolu placed the items on the desk in the outer room, rolled up her sleeves, and became serious. "Which kind of talisman should I draw? The Soul-Soothing Talisman is more about calming, while the Spirit-Suppressing Talisman focuses on suppression."

"Let's combine them," Chen Anran suggested. "Focus on suppressing the spirit, supplemented by calming the soul. We need to prevent it from becoming agitated, and also gradually dissolve its resentment."

"Understood!" Feng Xiaolu took a deep breath, held her breath, and channeled the meager spiritual power within her body, slowly channeling it into the tip of her brush. Dipping the brush in cinnabar, she wielded the brush with fluid strokes, creating a graceful design on the yellow talisman paper. Although her spiritual power was limited, her talisman-making skills were indeed solid; each stroke was well-structured, with a faint spiritual light flowing from the tip of her brush.

A moment later, a talisman with intricate runes and a faint aura of spiritual power was completed. Feng Xiaolu's forehead was slightly sweaty, clearly indicating that she had expended considerable energy.

"Done!" She picked up the talisman, blowing away the still-wet cinnabar with a hint of pride. "Don't underestimate me just because my cultivation isn't high; the quality of this talisman is widely recognized among my peers as solid!"

Chen Anran took the talisman and could feel the gentle yet firm sealing power contained within it. Although it wasn't strong, it was enough to bind a low-level vengeful ghost in the short term.

"Senior sister is amazing." Chen Anran sincerely praised her, then walked to the coffee table and carefully lifted the yellow cloth covering the Soul Gathering Urn.

The Soul-Gathering Jar seemed to sense the threat and trembled slightly.

Chen Anran precisely slapped the talisman in his hand onto the mouth of the Soul Gathering Jar.

"Buzz..."

The moment the talisman was affixed, a flash of light appeared, as if an invisible shackle had been placed over the mouth of the jar. The vibrations of the Soul-Gathering Jar immediately ceased.

"It worked!" Feng Xiaolu leaned over to take a look, then breathed a sigh of relief. "It should be well-behaved for a while now. But Junior Brother, can you really handle it in over twenty days? This vengeful ghost is quite powerful."

"Don't worry, senior sister, I'm confident."