Chapter 7: Enemies Gather

  "Ghost, you've eaten so much braised pork, be careful not to get fat, no girl will like you." The ghost's eyes were fixed on the last piece of braised pork being snatched away, staring at Ghost in anger.

  "I was born with a natural beauty, how can I abandon myself...?" The ghost glanced at him with a huff, staring at his own ghostly eyes, and then shook his head, sighing again.

  "Hmph, when your master was young, he was a handsome man who made countless girls fall in love with him. Unfortunately, for the sake of this great cause of catching ghosts and bringing peace to the world, I had to remain single all my life... This is sacrificing the small me for the greater good..."

  "Enough!" Guisheng said with disdain, "Master, I've memorized this section, let's move on to something else."

  "What did you say!" The ghostly eyes stood loudly on the chair without any image.

  "Hmph, Master, even I, who am not that clever, have memorized it from a young age to adulthood. What more can be said about my junior sister? I reckon she can recite it backwards." Guisheng continued to look down on him.

  "Oh dear, I'm getting old, it wasn't easy raising you all... Ah, you, you... *sigh*..." The ghost suddenly slumped into the chair, wailing with a mix of snot and tears.

  The demon king looked at the demon eye and suddenly changed his expression, speechless.

  "Knock knock knock", a series of knocks on the door sounded, and Gui's strange past opened the door. "You?"

  "This is the two portions of braised pork you wanted to add." The waiter said with a smile as he handed over the two portions of braised pork.

  "Oh, okay." Qiu took it blankly and put it on the table. His companion understood the hint and closed the door as he left.

  "One each, stop arguing." The ghost said helplessly, every time they had to make a fuss like this, sigh... He lowered his head and ignored the two of them. A white hand moved to the edge of the page, gently lifted a corner, and flipped it over.

  "Soul, it's already page four?" The ghost's eyes were shocked.

  "En." The ghost replied faintly. Eyes staring at the left page, fingers paused on the right page, slowly sliding.

  Not only did he possess the Wheel of Reincarnation, but he was also a once-in-a-century genius. The ghostly eyes narrowed slightly as they gazed at the focused ghost, and a faint smile appeared on his face. "You little brat, don't snatch my share."

  "Master, you're old and eating too much meat isn't good for you." Guī Shēng said, then got up to grab it, but still couldn't beat the speed of Guǐ Yǎn, could only stare blankly as Guǐ Yǎn quickly devoured that serving of braised pork.

  "Soul, stay for two days first, after two days we will have business." The ghost-eyed man suddenly said while staring out the window.

  Upon hearing this, the ghost's soul slightly paused, lifted its head and looked out of the window. So that's how it was. "Yes, Master."

  "What's wrong? What's going on outside the window?" The ghost leaned against the windowsill, gazing at the sky with a strange expression.

  "Didn't you see it?" Such an obvious omen, yet! The ghostly eyes shook its head in dismay.

  "Oh, I see," Ghost Birth suddenly exclaimed.

  The demon's eyes immediately looked at Qī Shēng with anticipation, even the ghostly spirits temporarily moved away from reading books to look at Qī Shēng.

  "It's going to rain, so we'll have to stay for two days." Gui Sheng said with a smile, "Junior sister, let's come to Zui Xian Lou every day."

  Guiyan sighed helplessly, how could he have high hopes for Gui Sheng?

  The ghost's eyes twitched, took a deep breath, and continued reading the book without saying another word.

  The meal ended in a noisy atmosphere, and the three of them checked into an inn closest to Zui Xian Lou, each occupying one room. As soon as Gui Yan entered his room, he instructed the servant to prepare hot water. It had been many days since he last had a good bath, so this was a great opportunity for him to relax thoroughly.

  The ghost dipped its hand into the water to test the temperature, then began to undress and soak in the bathtub. The leaves floating on the surface of the water were not the usual flower petals that a housewife would put there, but rather a special type of leaf. The leaves were as big as a palm, and after being soaked in water, they looked even more vibrant and emitted a refreshing fragrance. These leaves were called "Bosha" leaves, and in the ghost-catching world, there was an unwritten rule that after solving a ghost problem, one needed to take a bath with Bosha leaves to ward off evil spirits and bad luck. However, the ghost didn't believe in these superstitions, and it only used the Bosha leaves because they could calm its mind and were good for its body. As a result, every time the ghost took a bath, it would add some Bosha leaves, so that its body always emitted this refreshing fragrance. At this moment, the ghost's head was leaning against the edge of the bathtub, with its eyes closed, as if it had fallen asleep. But in its mind, it kept replaying the scene it saw outside the window that afternoon.

  The originally fine weather, with white clouds dotting the sky, suddenly turned somewhat dark. Although this situation only lasted for a short while, ordinary people would just think that the sunlight was being blocked by the clouds. However, for ghost hunters like him, this scene held extraordinary significance. It meant that business was about to come knocking on his door.

  At this time, the ghost suddenly opened its eyes and got up directly. After dressing up, the ghost had just opened the door when it saw Gui Sheng rushing towards itself.

  "Shi Mei?" Although Gui Sheng was surprised by the ghost's foresight, he quickly explained his intention: "Master said that we should set off now and go to the Upper Official's Mansion."

  The ghost didn't ask for the reason, just nodded and went back to pack his luggage.

  ……

  "Master Guiyan, please," a middle-aged man said respectfully.

  "En." The ghost's eyes slightly nodded, hinting at Ghost Birth and Ghost Soul, the three of them got on the official carriage together.

  Just as the ghosts were leaving, an unexpected person appeared here.

  "The shopkeeper wants a room upstairs, and all three meals will be delivered to the house without disturbing." A man said coldly.

  "Oh, yes, yes." The shopkeeper looked at the man and saw that he was very handsome with a pale complexion, so he asked: "Sir, would you like me to call a doctor for you?"

  "It's fine." The man still spoke lightly, tossed a silver ingot to the shopkeeper, and followed the young servant upstairs.

  ……

  "Let's stay here, young master."

  "Good."

  "Landlord, two upstairs rooms, three meals delivered to the door, no one is allowed to disturb."

  "Oh, great." The shopkeeper looked at the two of them and said with a smile all over his face. "You two are lucky, three people just checked out, one young master took one room, now there are two rooms left upstairs."

  "Three people?" Mu Ya asked curiously.

  "Ah, an old man, and a young couple. The old gentleman has a kind face, very gentle." The shopkeeper smiled and said, the man was also handsome, but the woman kept her head down, her appearance couldn't be seen clearly.

  "Oh, I wonder if the landlord knows why they're moving out. It's not easy to find a place to live these days." Chang Qingzi asked with apparent curiosity.

  "It was someone from the Upper Official's household who came to take them away," said the shopkeeper, not expecting that these three people's identities were not simple, and it turned out that they were actually taken away by the Upper Official's steward himself.

  "Let's go up first, young master." Muyao said, looking at Changqingzi.

  "Good." Chang Qingzi replied, but his mind had already wandered off somewhere.

  Who would have thought that we'd meet again so soon after parting ways? Chang Qingzi's mouth curled up slightly, and his mood was great. With his hands behind his back, his pace also became lighter.