#Possibly accidentally starting an rpg group in a corner of the gambler's den

[oneiriad]

Crossover where the late Shen Qingqiu gets lost on his way to the mushroom body and ends up in Ghost City instead.

Years later Luo Binghe finds his way to Ghost City. But he'll only gamble with the Ghost King Crimson Rain Sought Flower himself, as befits an emperor, and the Ghost King is on his bi-monthly honeymoon, and so he must wait.

The snarky croupier ghost attendant assigned to him by the Waning Moon officer is decent enough company. Showing him the sights as he waits, arranging for him to receive private lessons from a ghost chef or two, being helpful, even if he does seem to have some odd preconceptions of what Binghe might like or dislike.

And then Hua Cheng returns and Luo Binghe makes his bet: to win the return of his Shizun's spirit.

He does not notice his ghost attendant squeaking and hiding behind a cultivator in white Daoist robes, a ghost that entirely misses Luo Binghe's reply to Hua Cheng asking what he'll bet. What does he have to offer of the same value.

"My life."

#the scum villain's self saving system #heaven official's blessing #It's always wangxian that goes to ghost city #But this time it's shen yuan #Who has been living a nice death free of the system #Possibly accidentally starting an rpg group in a corner of the gambler's den #And asking every new ghost about the demon emperor #And then binghe shows up and shen yuan presumes there's a wife plot #And then lbh makes his bet and poor sy panics too hard to hear anything else #And hides behind the only person who might make hc not cheerfully hand over a junior ghost