Volume 1: Spirit Marriage Chapter 43: The Four-Person Ghost-Catching Team

  In the rearview mirror, I saw Zhong Ling'er driving a beautiful women's motorcycle over. I was secretly surprised, how did Zhong Ling'er get here?

  Wu Lele let out a discontented hum and asked in feigned surprise, "Huh? Whose goddess?"

  Zhang Yunhao replied casually, "Of course it's a knife—" Suddenly remembering something, he hastily changed his words: "Of course it's my goddess, Gege." Wu Lele let out a snort and spoke bluntly, "You think you're worthy? A toad wanting to eat swan meat." Zhang Yunhao didn't get angry, instead retorting, "Right, I want to eat swan meat, but if an ugly duckling like you is served to me, I won't eat it either." Wu Lele's eyes widened in anger, staring at Zhang Yunhao and shouting, "You ugly freak, who said I'm an ugly duckling? Try saying that again..."

  It was too noisy, I pushed open the car door and jumped out.

  Zhong Ling'er drove up to me and stopped, I asked her how she came, she looked at me and asked if anything happened last night. I nodded towards the water pool and said I rushed in to take a bath, almost losing my life. Zhong Ling'er saw that I was safe now and didn't ask more questions. I asked her where she was going, she said to Huang Shi's house. She thought about it for a whole night and felt that what I said was right, rather than letting Shui Shengzi harm people, it's better to risk everything to subdue him.

  I'm glad that Zhong Ling'er is finally willing to take action, but I don't understand why she's calling it a desperate gamble. Zhong Ling'er says that this Water Saint child has too much resentment, and provoking him will make him do something extreme, even harming the villagers. I say that if that's the case, then let's just solve the problem once and for all.

  Zhang Yunhao and Wu Lele also got out of the car, Wu Lele said originally you were dealing with Shuishengzi, such an important thing why didn't you tell her, and not saying it when meeting Shuishengzi several times... Zhang Yunhao suddenly asked: "Why should we tell you?" Wu Lele suddenly kicked out, right on Zhang Yunhao's **.

  "Ah yo!" A miserable cry, Zhang Yunhao covered his ** and pointed at Wu Lele, scolding: "Shameless!"

  Wu Lele hummed and ignored him, then turned to me and said: "Next time something like this happens, you must tell me." I said what's the use of telling you, you can't catch ghosts either. Zhong Ling'er glanced at us, started the car and left, and I also jumped on the car and said: "Get in, let's go catch ghosts!"

  "Great, we're the Ghost-Catching Trio!" Zhang Yunhao also forgot his pain and happily jumped onto the car. Wu Lele said aren't we four people? Don't count the goddess? Zhang Yunhao pointed to Zhong Ling'er in front, then pointed at me, and finally pointed at himself saying: "One two three, three people." Wu Lele stared with wide eyes asking: "What about me?" Zhang Yunhao shrugged his shoulders, chuckled lightly and started the car. Wu Lele pushed him hard again and asked: "What about me? Why don't you count me in?" The car swayed violently, Zhang Yunhao had to say: "Alright alright, let's count you in, we're the Ghost-Catching Quartet." Then he whispered to me: "Dage, I really pity you." I said pity or not, the car still needs to be driven carefully.

  We arrived at Huangshi's house, and we got off the car one after another. I said that if you plan for everything, you'll succeed, but if you don't plan, you'll fail. Before eliminating Shuǐ Shèng Zǐ, we need to make a plan, otherwise, once Shuǐ Shèng Zǐ strikes, it will catch us off guard and things won't go well. Zhang Jūn Hào immediately called out: "Dāo Gē, your yīn-yáng knife..." I immediately interrupted his words saying: "Right, I need to go get my yīn-yáng knife."

  Huang Shi's uncle came out of the house upon hearing the noise, his face didn't look too good but he was very polite to us, inviting us in to sit down. I told Zhong Ling'er and Wu Lele to stay here while Zhang Junhao drove me back to get the knife. The two girls looked at me simultaneously, Zhong Ling'er asked: "Do you have a yin-yang knife?" I said yes, you guys wait here, then I gave Zhang Junhao a signal with my eyes and he understood implicitly, we both jumped into the car together.

  After the car started, I reminded Zhang Yunhao not to mention the yin-yang knife in front of others again. I don't want too many people to know that I have this knife, because it's too dangerous and the more people who know, the worse it is.

  After returning home, I put the iron box into my pocket and found a large axe. I held it in my hand and said to Zhang Yunhao, "This is my yin-yang knife." As I spoke, I picked up the axe and started walking. My mother came out of the house and asked us where we were going. I said we were going to chop firewood. Mother said that in two days you will go to school, so don't chop firewood anymore. Pack your things for school. Zhang Yunhao and I looked at each other. I said that everything had been packed long ago. Actually, my friend wanted to come and experience our rural life. He was a city boy who wanted to experience the original ecology and health. Zhang Yunhao immediately picked up the conversation, "Yes, I want to experience life in its original form, healthy!" My mother believed it and said, "Then you can go, but be careful, there are snakes on the mountain." Zhang Yunhao stopped and looked at me, asking, "Are there snakes?" I whispered, "You're not even afraid of ghosts, why are you afraid of snakes?" Zhang Yunhao thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. Anyway, we won't be going up the mountain."

  As soon as we arrived at Huangshi's house, Zhong Ling'er and Wu Lele came to greet us. Wu Lele asked, "Where is the yin-yang knife?" I took out my large chopper and said, "This is the real yin-yang knife!" Wu Lele looked at the chopper with disdain and said, "Yin-yang knife? You're kidding me! I'm talking about that other yin-yang knife." Zhong Ling'er was also staring at the chopper, clearly very curious about it. I said, "I didn't bring that other yin-yang knife. Let's have a meeting first."

  Huang Shi Shu invited us into the house, and I went to see Huang Shu first. She was lying in bed, her face pale and her body very weak. I asked her a few questions, and Huang Shi Shu said that last night, Huang Shu had another nightmare. In the dream, a boy about our age called her "mom" and cried in front of her. The crying sounded like a cat's meow, but if you listened carefully, it was different from a cat's cry - it was clearly a baby's cry. The crying was heart-wrenching, even making people feel a pang in their hearts... I said that must be Shui Sheng Zi, who dragged me into the water last night and almost drowned me! Tonight we have to get rid of him!

  After all that, Huang Shi Shu also believed us and sincerely asked for our help. Zhang Yun Hao raised his head and asked, "Aren't you afraid we'll deceive you again?" Huang Shi Shu forced a smile and said, "I'm not afraid, I didn't know before, did I?"

  Now that Huangshi Shu has trusted us, we feel more at ease. Everyone is eager to take action, and with our Ghost-Catching Quartet, I don't believe we can't catch that Water Saint Child. I think that Water Saint Child is too ferocious, it needs to be taken down with strategy, not brute force. Just as I was about to reveal my plan, I heard Zhong Ling'er say: "This Water Saint Child has already taken shape, it's extremely powerful and ferocious, not something to be trifled with. You three should not get involved in this matter, lest you bring trouble upon yourselves." I said how can that be, I won't let you take risks alone, Zhang Junhao also chimed in, saying that when there's a task, everyone works together, and we absolutely will not be afraid of death.

  Wu Lele sneered from the side.

  Zhong Ling'er said: "I'm worried that you don't know the danger, and if you rush in blindly, you'll end up making a big mistake."

  Wu Lele snickered and asked: "Tell me, how did you subdue this Water Saint Child?"

  Zhong Ling'er said: "The Water Saint is also called the Infant Spirit, there are hundreds of kinds of people, and spirits are formed after a person's death. Of course, spirits are also different, and infant spirits are even more so. To subdue this Water Saint, one must first understand his background, only then can they come up with a countermeasure."

  "Wu Lele asked again: 'Then you say, which kind does this Water Saint Child belong to? And how should we deal with him?'"

  Zhong Ling'er looked at Wu Lele for a moment, but didn't respond.

  I feel like a war is about to break out between these two, with their sharp tongues and swords. Zhang Yunhao raised an eyebrow at me, hinting that I should be ready for the show. But after a while, Zhong Ling'er still didn't say a word. Wu Lele asked, "What, don't you know what kind of Water Saint this is either?"

  I glared at Wu Lele, warning her not to be too arrogant. Wu Lele pretended not to notice and continued to say, "If you don't know, then just say you don't know."

  "The ones with great blessings and merits, Amitabha Buddha will directly bring them to the Western Pure Land, and they won't fall into the six paths of reincarnation again, so they definitely won't become vengeful spirits. Those with some blessings will be reborn in the human realm, and if they unfortunately become vengeful spirits, they might quickly be reborn again due to their sufficient blessings and wisdom, and won't wander in the spiritual realm. If one is an ordinary person without cultivation or blessings, it's already a bit difficult for them to be reborn in the human realm. At this time, if they become a vengeful spirit, they would have lost the ancestral offerings from their previous life's children, so they will wander in the spiritual realm and can only follow their parents with blood ties, especially their mother. The most frightening thing is that the spirits of those who didn't cultivate or created karma while alive will go to the eighteen layers of hell for punishment after death. After finally finishing their punishment, they can be reborn, but if they're not given a chance to be born, this kind of vengeful spirit will carry deep resentment and will have a very bad influence on their living relatives. Usually, not all vengeful spirits will affect people, but if it's the last two kinds of vengeful spirits, their family members should quickly come to guide them through the transition! Because the bad influence will definitely occur, it's just that the time hasn't arrived yet."

  By this time, Zhong Ling'er looked at Wu Lele and asked: "I said all these things, did you understand?"