I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 177 - 150: Sang Que’s Diary

[October 20, Sunday, Clear]

The Deceit Dynasty has no weekends off, clocking in at seven in the morning—here they call it "point battle"—and clocking out at six in the evening—here it’s called "releasing the station."

After day travel duty ends, night travel is supposed to handle the night shift, but they’re short-staffed.

Recently, strange cases have been occurring frequently outside the area. He Buning came back yesterday morning and left again at noon.

Then, they wanted me and Qin Ze to cover the night shift, saying that since we’re still in the internship period and don’t have to go out on duty, it was just right.

Are they treating people like livestock? I just got off work!

At the time, I was thinking about how to refuse, and then Xue Er’s day travelers came looking for trouble, wanting me to practice with them in the training field.

After stretching my bones, Xue Er and his group ’volunteered’ to cover the night shift for me.

Actually, those day travelers like Xue Er have pretty decent martial skills, without much useless flair, all practical moves for facing enemies.

It’s just a pity that modern martial arts have studied all the various sect techniques thoroughly. As long as one isn’t a brute like the big-bearded guy we encountered last time in Ming Mansion, who was rough and excessively strong, impervious to pain and with overwhelming power, I can find a flaw.

Before it got dark, I even went to see Xiao Liu; he’s always easier to talk to. I found out about the Yin Child’s eye recovery status and learned that the other eyeball is currently not in the Wangshan Town Evil Suppression Bureau warehouse and is in Tianliang City Evil Suppression Bureau, near the Qinzhou and Southwest border with Yunzhou.

The two eyeballs have been stored separately from the start, and the tongue is in Jinzhou next to Qinzhou, while the heart is in Shengjing’s Evil Suppression Bureau. All the files regarding the Yin Child are currently in Shengjing.

Looks like I’ll need to find an opportunity to go on official business to Tianliang City.

Xiao Liu said the Yin Child’s Ghost Eye can only be borrowed using merit points by Golden Travelers and Captains. He Buning lost the Ghost Eye this time and had all his merit points wiped, and got a major warning recorded. One more mistake and he’ll lose his position.

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[October 21, Monday, Overcast]

Little Chan cried this morning, saying she didn’t want to go to school anymore, claiming she couldn’t read what’s in the books. The master punished her by making her transcribe books, and she didn’t finish the task. She was afraid to go to school, scared of being punished by the master.

Little Chan even called me a liar, saying school wasn’t fun at all.

No choice, today I could only take Little Chan and Xuan Yu to patrol the streets with Old Yu. Old Yu is very accommodating. When we ate together, he praised Little Chan for having good fortune when he saw how well she ate.

Over the past two days, Old Yu taught me all sorts of basic witchcraft knowledge. Today, we began tackling the backlog of strange cases.

In the city, some peculiar cases weren’t causing much harm and couldn’t find their source, so they were just left alone.

For example, the ’Thousand-faced God case’ we’ve been investigating has been left unsolved for over a year now, with no leads.

In Wangshan City, no one is allowed to worship those chaotic and unclear ghosts and gods. This ’Thousand-faced God’ somehow gained popularity in the city.

It’s said that from catching ghosts to finding dogs, as long as one prays sincerely to the ’Thousand-faced God,’ it can fulfill people’s wishes.

Moreover, there’s no need to repay your vows, and even if one doesn’t believe in the Thousand-faced God, it won’t get angry for having other beliefs and will still help fulfill wishes.

Old Yu believes there must be a Yin Walker behind this Thousand-faced God, absorbing incense from the public.

So far, the Thousand-faced God has been helping folks with small tasks like finding things, expelling evil spirits, avenging grudges, upholding justice, and even writing letters for them.

But the Thousand-faced God has principles and won’t do bad things.

A scholar who spent all day chasing women got interested in a newlywed lady of a household. He prayed to the Thousand-faced God to connect him with her, but the next morning, the scholar was found stark naked, tied up in the alleyways, with two bloody characters on his face—shameless!

Truth be told, Old Yu isn’t very keen on investigating this case. It’s just that due to the rules of the Evil Bureau, once in a while, we have to ask for any leads, thickening the file, and then leave the case aside.

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At night, the Records Officer in Qinzhou had a baby, and they called me up to the Military Advisor Mansion for night duty. Does this fall under the Night Traveler’s responsibility?

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[October 22, Tuesday, Clear]

The food in the Evil Suppression Bureau’s cafeteria is truly awful.

Old Yu and Little Chan are like they have known each other forever, a real father-daughter relationship, while complaining about the bad food of the Evil Bureau, they clean their bowls completely citing not to waste.

Old Yu’s obesity can’t be entirely blamed on Old Ma’s pastries.

Nothing major happened today.

Bought snacks from De Mao Xuan and took Little Chan to visit Granny Zhuang. I pretended to read up on the ’Thousand-faced God case’ files, while Little Chan and Granny Zhuang chatted outside over snacks.

Little Chan is becoming more cheerful and less afraid of people. Both Old Yu and Granny Zhuang really like her.

With her around, I should quickly garner enough goodwill from Granny Zhuang to unlock the dialogue options regarding the Yin Child.

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[October 23, Wednesday, Rainy]

Because of the rain, we didn’t patrol and had another brawl with the day travelers.

No patrol means learning. Old Yu asked me to memorize chants used in various witchcraft and review previously learned spells. He plans to test me?

Studying all morning wasn’t enough; in the afternoon, he even took me to learn the witch dance performed during a witch’s sacrifice with Wei Ziyan.

I’m going crazy! I can handle sword dancing and wielding knives, but dancing that crazy witch dance while shouting ’hey! hey! hey!’ is just too bizarre.

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I’m really fed up!

How come even draining the sewer in the middle of the night is part of my job?

In the night, while I was sleeping soundly, there was a loud knocking on my door. I thought some big event had happened.

The result is clearing the sewer, and poor Qin Ze was called in too.

The drainage ditch at the South City Gate was blocked, causing water to accumulate in the city. It needed clearing, otherwise, if the water level rose, water ghosts would invade the city.

We agreed that the Night Traveler was only needed to guard against the appearance of water ghosts, but in the end, it was me and Qin Ze who went into the water to scoop out leaves and silt.

Day Travel Captain Cui Cheng was present, and when he spoke, no one dared to refute. Qin Ze quickly jumped into the sewage channel, not showing a bit of the Night Traveler’s backbone!

I suddenly understand the saying ’angry but unable to speak out’ more!

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[October 24th, Thursday, Clear]

Last night was busy, and this morning I still had to get up early for roll call, just in time for a tricky supernatural case. Qin Ze and I were reassigned. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Riding on horseback this morning, I almost fell off because I was dozing off, nearly becoming the first Yin Walker to die from falling off a horse.

Luckily, the supernatural case in the neighboring village wasn’t too tricky, except the evil spirits were good at hiding. None of us present could find the source of the evil spirits.

Later, using the method Old Yu taught me, I chewed raw rice and passed the Yin to ask a Yin for help, finally finding the source of the evil spirits, then teamed up with Qin Ze to suppress it. The Day Travel people used the Eight Diagrams Mirror to seal it.

So sleepy, won’t write anymore, going to sleep first.

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[October 25th, Friday, Clear]

Today’s patrol, no big events.

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[October 26th, Saturday, Clear]

During today’s patrol, encountered someone possessed by an evil spirit.

The person was swinging a vegetable knife wildly in the market. Old Yu, being slow, didn’t dodge in time and got cut.

In a hurry, I went up to subdue the person and used the Night Traveler’s official seal on their forehead to dispel the evil spirits.

When everyone found out I was the Night Traveler, they suddenly became very wary of me.

Old Yu said I was foolish, saying these days he’s taken me on patrols, handling various small affairs without wearing a mask. The incense collected could be credited to me.

Now that people know I’m the Night Traveler, they won’t consider my personal ability; they’ll just think I can exorcise because I’m a Night Traveler.

By then, the incense will be absorbed by the Night Traveler’s mask and won’t fall on me.

Let’s just say Old Yu makes sense, he knows how to exploit loopholes.

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[October 27th, Sunday, Overcast]

Do interns have no rights? Why haven’t I got a day off yet?

I still had weekends when I was studying!

The first day of the tenth lunar month is the Cold Clothing Festival, a time for offerings and remembering deceased relatives, sending cold weather clothes. There’ll be festivals in the city, and all Day Travel and Night Travel have to work overtime.

I’m clearly a Night Traveler, but He Buning didn’t come to oversee me. Why does Day Travel Captain Cui Cheng think he can make me write the Cold Clothing Festival night patrol precautions? And he wants me to hand it over before dusk tomorrow.

I’ve never written such a thing, nor is there a template for me to copy. If I can’t write it well, he’ll deduct a hundred merit points, and last time I unclogged a smelly drainage, I was only rewarded five merit points.

Getting up earlier than a chicken every day, sleeping later than a dog, eating worse than a pig, working harder than an ox!

Working is so hard!

Suddenly feeling going to school was better, no need to watch the boss’s face, no worries about getting points deducted or getting fired.

When you’re tired, you can nap during class, no need to worry about promotion issues, and the food at the school cafeteria was tastier than here.

Why isn’t this month over yet? Has it only been ten days?

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[October 28th, Monday, Overcast]

Stayed up late last night, finally finished writing that crappy thing.

Cui Cheng said the content was good, but the handwriting was too ugly, told me to practice more.

I really want to take him outside to practice.

Today was still patrolling with Old Yu, luckily nothing much happened, Wangshan City is indeed much more peaceful than outside.

So sleepy, sleep time.

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[October 29th, Tuesday, Overcast]

The fake Bell Doctor from the Purple Cloud Mountain bandit camp has appeared, he’s found another bandit lair to continue cultivating corpses.

He Buning has been investigating this recently and has already determined the target location, deployed me and Qin Ze to go over.

Looks like I’ll miss the hustle and bustle of the Cold Clothing Festival, feels like I wrote those patrol precautions for nothing!

Couldn’t He Buning have called me away two days earlier?

Not writing anymore, packing up and heading out!