"Starting today, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor is expanding its services to include an 'Out-of-Body Experience' and a 'Moving Service.'"
"For the Out-of-Body Experience, Director Hu Tao of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor will personally summon your soul, allowing you to experience what it feels like to leave your body. There is no harm involved, and you will return to your body very quickly."
"If someone in your family has passed away without a chance to say goodbye, you can bring the deceased here. Director Hu Tao will personally summon the soul of the departed, allowing you to communicate. Specific arrangements can be discussed inside."
"In addition, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor now offers unloading and moving services. If anyone needs to move house or transport something heavy, you can also come to us. Director Hu Tao will personally help you. The fees are reasonable—cheaper and more affordable than hiring a group of laborers. You can sign up at the front desk for details."
...
At the entrance of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Old Meng, an employee, held a large loudspeaker and shouted to the passersby, advertising the newly expanded business.
Two signs stood at the door, labeled "Out-of-Body Experience" and "Moving & Unloading," respectively.
"What? Out-of-Body Experience? Is that real? Isn't that a magic art only legendary adepti can perform?"
"Yeah, how can an ordinary person have an out-of-body experience? You only have a soul when you die."
"When a person dies, the soul goes to the border of life and death. If you want to find someone, you usually have to trouble Director Hu Tao to make a trip personally. How can she summon a soul out now?"
"Didn't you listen closely? Summon the soul, experience the feeling of leaving the body, and then return to your own body."
"Holy crap, when did Wangsheng Funeral Parlor become this powerful? If Director Hu had this method, she should have brought it out long ago."
"Wangsheng Funeral Parlor has always been a gold-standard brand in Liyue. Although Director Hu is eccentric, she never makes empty boasts. Old Meng is out here with a loudspeaker early in the morning; he's obviously serious."
"It's ridiculous. Has Director Hu become so powerful that she can summon a soul out of a living body? I've only heard that legendary adepti can project their own souls. That's based on doing it oneself, not helping others do it."
"Wait, did you guys notice something important? Wangsheng Funeral Parlor is open during the day."
"Uh, right. Doesn't Wangsheng usually open at night? Why is it open during the day today?"
...
Hearing Old Meng's announcement, pedestrians stopped one by one, their faces filled with shock as they stared at him in disbelief.
The new service—Out-of-Body Experience—sounded completely incredible.
Could Director Hu Tao actually separate a person's soul from their body now?
everyone was dumbfounded.
"It has to be fake, right? How can an ordinary living person leave their body? If a normal person's soul leaves, can they still live?"
"But Director Hu wouldn't lie to people, right? Since Wangsheng launched this service, they must have the means. Otherwise, why launch it? Wouldn't that be smashing their own reputation?"
"That's true, but Wangsheng has always handled funeral rites, dedicated to sending people off and maintaining the balance of yin and yang. We've never heard of Director Hu knocking someone's soul out before."
"If I remember correctly, in the past, when someone died too suddenly without leaving a will, the family would beg Director Hu, and she would personally travel to the border of life and death to bring back the message. If this service is real, Director Hu won't need to go to the border anymore. She can just let the soul of the deceased talk to the living directly."
...
While people discussed this, a curious man stepped forward. He looked at the signs covered in writing, then looked at Old Meng with suspicion. "Old Meng, you aren't joking, are you? I heard business has been slow at Wangsheng lately."
"Why would I joke?"
Hearing this, Old Meng replied grumpily, "Wangsheng's gold-standard sign is hanging right here, and the name 'Director Hu Tao' is a brand in itself. Do you think Director Hu would destroy her own reputation?"
"My Director Hu can now let living people experience an out-of-body state and then safely return to their bodies. Plus, you experience it first and pay later."
"Experience first, pay later?"
Hearing this, the man realized it must be legitimate and nodded immediately. "Alright then. I trust Director Hu's ability. I want to try this Out-of-Body Experience. What preparations do I need to make?"
As he spoke, a look of interest appeared on his face.
A living out-of-body experience with no danger—he felt it was worth a try.
"Sure."
Old Meng smiled brightly. "Sign your name first, and wait while I go get Director Hu."
What a great start! A customer so early in the day.
"It's that simple?"
The man looked puzzled.
That simple?
Shouldn't I need to make all sorts of preparations?
But I don't need to do anything?
"It's that simple."
Old Meng nodded. "Wait here. I'll go in and find Director Hu."
With that, Old Meng turned and entered the parlor.
"Director! Director! We have business!"
Old Meng ran to the back of the parlor, shouting excitedly. "Someone wants to buy the Out-of-Body Experience service!"
"Someone wants to try it so soon?"
Hu Tao, who was fiddling with things in the back, looked surprised.
Wangsheng usually only opened at night. But because of this new service, she had decided to try opening during the day and had sent Old Meng out to advertise.
She had been prepared for no one to come for a while.
Usually, when they opened at night, almost no one came.
Yet Old Meng had only been out for a short while, and someone already wanted to try it?
"Looks like this Out-of-Body service is very popular."
Hu Tao stood up with a satisfied look, grabbed the Soul Staff next to her, and walked out.
The reason Wangsheng didn't open during the day was that almost no one came in, so they stuck to night hours. Plus, Hu Tao herself was a night owl.
Now that business had come to the door during the day, it was great news for her.
Lately, she had been worried about the lack of business.
Now, it was solved. Business came so quickly.
Thank you, Soul Staff.
Hu Tao looked at the staff in her hand with emotion.
If she hadn't pulled this thing from that magical Jar Shop, she wouldn't be able to make people's souls leave their bodies.
Thank you, Shopkeeper.
"Director Hu is coming out!"
When Hu Tao walked out of the parlor, she immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Usually, Director Hu was only active in the streets and alleys of Liyue at night.
"Hehe, are you the one who wants to experience leaving your body?"
Hu Tao walked out, glanced at the man standing at the door, then looked at the crowd in the distance. She immediately knew who the customer was.
Seeing Director Hu walk out with a beaming smile, the man instinctively swallowed, feeling a bit flustered.
But thinking that Director Hu wouldn't harm him, he shook his head and quickly said, "Yes, it's me. I want to try the Out-of-Body Experience service."
Although Director Hu was usually a bit eccentric, she was always serious about Wangsheng's business. Everyone in Liyue knew that.
"Alright then. Here, sign this payment agreement first."
Hu Tao smiled and handed him a sheet of white paper. "If there are no issues, sign it, and you can experience it immediately."
Wangsheng needed order forms too. This was the form Old Meng had stayed up all night to draft.
The man scanned the black-and-white text. It was just a bill for the service upon completion.
Without hesitation, he picked up the pen on the table and signed his name.
Seeing the signature, Hu Tao's smile turned brilliant. "Are you ready now?"
At this moment, the surrounding crowd craned their necks to get a closer look.
They really wanted to see how Director Hu summoned a human soul.
"I don't know why, but I'm inexplicably nervous."
"Why are you nervous? You're not the one leaving your body."
"So, next, do they go inside Wangsheng to do it?"
...
The onlookers whispered among themselves.
They were looking forward to seeing Hu Tao's method.
They had never seen a soul leave a body before.
Meanwhile, the man who had just signed the paper looked at Hu Tao hesitantly. "Director Hu, do I really not need to make any preparations?"
Something as high-level and adepti-like as an out-of-body experience seemed like such a trivial matter to Director Hu.
He felt he should at least prepare mentally or physically.
"No preparation needed."
Hu Tao waved her hand casually. "Since you're ready, I'll let your soul out right now!"
As she spoke, she raised the Soul Staff and tapped the man directly on the head.
The speed was so fast that the man didn't even have time to react.
"Bang!"
When the Soul Staff hit the man's forehead, he instantly collapsed to the ground.
At the same time, the man's soul drifted out from the top of his head, appearing right in front of everyone.
"Holy crap, it really came out."
"It... it was that simple???"
"Director Hu really knocked a person's soul out with one stick!"
...
The onlookers were dumbfounded by the sudden scene.
Seeing the man's soul floating in the air, their eyes widened as big as copper bells, looking as if they had seen a ghost.
Soul projection is that simple?
Isn't this a legendary adepti art?
How can it be this easy?
Just one hit with a stick, and the soul is knocked out???
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