“Ghost?!”
Li Hai exclaimed, “The ghost didn’t harm you, but instead became your relative?”
“Uh…” Zheng Dashan nodded, “That’s right.”
“Well, I’ll be.” Li Hai shook his head in amazement, “This is truly… rare in the world.”
Then he asked again, “What about your brother-in-law? Where is he? Is he in this cave?”
As he spoke, Li Hai looked around at his surroundings.
Although this deep mountain cave was vast, complex in terrain, and lacked light, under his extremely sharp perception, everything was still clearly visible.
But after looking three circles to the left and three circles to the right, he failed to detect even a trace of pure ghost aura.
In this cave, only Zheng Dashan’s family’s murky Ghost Folk Qi drifted about.
“Interesting.”
Li Hai muttered to himself, “To be able to evade my perception, this ghost… is unusual.”
Under the investigation of the three arts: Seeking Ghosts and Tracking Monsters, Qi Observation Art, and Yin Yang Eyes, it could leave no trace at all. This ghost must possess some extremely powerful ability to hide its form and conceal its presence.
Good, coming here was the right choice.
“My brother-in-law doesn’t come out during the day.”
Zheng Dashan honestly said, “Only after the sun sets will my brother-in-law appear from who knows where.”
“Is that so.” Li Hai said, “Then I’ll wait until night.”
Since coming to this world, he hadn’t had a good rest, so he could take advantage of this time to nap for a while.
“Take this money.”
Li Hai took ten silver dollars from his pocket and handed them to Zheng Dashan, “If you have time, you can go down the mountain to find a place to exchange for some cooked food and buy some new clothes to improve your wife and children’s lives.”
Zheng Dashan took the money and bowed repeatedly, “Thank you, Master, thank you, Master, uh… new clothes won’t be necessary.”
He hesitated, “My brother-in-law… can’t stand people who are well-dressed; he will go mad.”
“?”
Li Hai chuckled, “Your brother-in-law has such a taboo? Haha, he’s quite an interesting person… no, an interesting ghost.”
“Master, your…”
Zheng Dashan looked at Li Hai’s clothes, “Your clothes might violate my brother-in-law’s taboo.”
“It’s fine.” Li Hai said indifferently, “This is his taboo, not mine.”
“But…”
Zheng Dashan wanted to say more, but saw that Li Hai had already closed his eyes and lay down on the ground, clearly not wanting to listen further.
So, Zheng Dashan swallowed his words and said no more, only silently walking towards his family.
And Li Hai was happy for the quiet, and began to sleep soundly.
As a Steel Grade martial artist, there was no such thing as insomnia.
As long as Li Hai wanted to sleep, he could fall asleep at any time.
But that also didn’t mean outsiders could take the opportunity to sneak attack him; that would be seeking death.
Time flowed slowly as Li Hai fell asleep.
During this time, Li Hai, in his deep sleep, could clearly feel three small figures quietly sneaking over to secretly watch him.
These should be Zheng Dashan’s three children; they were quite bold.
However, Li Hai did not suddenly wake up and scare these three children, but let them watch.
Just like that, six hours passed quickly.
The daylight cast down from the opening in the rock layer above the cave gradually disappeared, and Zheng Dashan’s family also lit oil lamps in the cave.
It was at this moment that a wisp of faint, sinister ghostly Qi suddenly emerged from the deep pool.
At the same time, a dripping wet, eerie figure also walked out of the pool step by step, head bowed.
“Finally, he’s here, Zheng Dashan’s sworn brother-in-law.”
Li Hai suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, turning his head to look at the sinister figure standing silently by the pool, covered in blood.
Character Name: Unknown
Rank: Ghost Dao → Wandering Soul, Bloodline Divine Power → Low Grade
Skills: Ghost Body Soul Remains, Yin Accumulating
Attribute Tags: 【Ethereal Level 1】 【Strange Phenomenon Level 1】 【Yin Absorption Level 1】 【Breath Concealment Level 1】
Fragment of the Strong: None
“Bloodline Divine Power?”
Li Hai exclaimed in surprise, “He’s already dead, and he can still possess Divine Ability?!”
As he was surprised, the ghost by the pool suddenly got down on all fours and quickly crawled towards him, leaving a bloody imprint with each step.
An ordinary person seeing this terrifying scene would surely be scared to Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, but what kind of person was Li Hai? He was not a person.
In an instant, Li Hai switched himself into ghost state.
Buzz~
Immediately, a sinister and ferocious ghost aura, extremely malevolent, swept across dozens of feet around him, centered on him.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Some weeds and tree roots immediately withered and died, Zheng Dashan’s family not far away also trembled in fear, and the ghost by the pool immediately stopped its frantic crawl and froze completely in place.
The Ghost Dao lineage has always been strictly hierarchical and clearly defined in order. A higher-Rank ghost can even command a lower-Rank ghost to work like a bull or horse. So when Li Hai revealed his fierce aura as a Fierce Soul-level ghost, Zheng Dashan’s brother-in-law could naturally only be suppressed on the spot, unable to move.
However, after suppressing this ghost, Li Hai did not immediately strike it down.
Because not all ghosts must be destroyed; on the contrary, many people are more detestable than ghosts, and they are the ones who need to be completely eliminated.
Since Zheng Dashan’s family were pitiful people who were persecuted, then could this ghost brother-in-law, who lived with them, also be a pitiful ghost?
Extremely curious about this, Li Hai waved to the ghost brother-in-law: “Come, come up, let’s talk.”
The ghost Qi that enveloped all sides disappeared instantly, Zheng Dashan’s terrified family relaxed, and the ghost brother-in-law was also released from his ‘confinement’, slowly crawling up from the ground.
This time, he dared not walk in the terrifying four-legged manner, but instead walked step by step like a human onto the rock slope.
“Come.” Li Hai pointed in front of him, “Sit here.”
Following the instruction, the ghost brother-in-law silently sat cross-legged in front of him.
Li Hai didn’t waste words and asked directly:
“What’s your name?”
The ghost brother-in-law slowly raised his head, revealing a skeletal face completely devoid of flesh and blood, and his completely rotted jawbone opened and closed, saying eerily:
“Sir, my name is Qiu Fangzheng.”
Zheng Dashan’s family not far away almost dropped their jaws at this scene.
“Uncle is so well-behaved today.”
One of Zheng Dashan’s children innocently said, “He doesn’t even seem like Uncle anymore.”
His mother heard this and quickly covered his mouth, softly instructing, “Don’t talk too much, just stay put.”
After instructing, the woman and her husband looked at Li Hai from afar with eyes full of reverence, and both exclaimed in their hearts:
“This Master is truly amazing. He didn’t do anything and subdued Big Brother, and Big Brother tells him whatever he asks, so obediently.”
And as they marveled, the conversation between Li Hai and the ghost brother-in-law continued.
“You said you also came from Niujiao Town?”
Li Hai asked in surprise, “Then why didn’t you know Zheng Dashan’s family before?”
“Niujiao Town… is very big.”
Qiu Fangzheng spoke with difficulty, “Two hundred li in circumference… the largest.”
“Let’s not talk about these.”
Li Hai said directly, “Tell me how you became a ghost. Why did you die a violent death in the deep mountains and old forests?”
“My death…”
Qiu Fangzheng said with a hollow voice, “is related to the Zhou Family.”