Chapter 7: Ghost Grandpa Landa

  This is a very large mansion, similar to the ancient buildings of our human world. The interior design is also roughly the same, except that the flowers, grass, and trees here are all low-level demons with weak magical powers. Generally, they do not manifest themselves, and are simply for people's appreciation. They live in the strongholds of powerful beings seeking refuge. Life here is also very orderly, with everyone having their own duties. This place relies on the strength of one's power, where some souls with weak powers can only end up like this, no matter how hard they cultivate. It's actually a bit similar to our world, where money is king.

  I followed the prisoner and the ghost servant, turning left and right until we arrived at the front hall. The ghost servant looked like a middle-aged man in his 50s with no difference from humans, except for his pale skin and lack of vitality. He was very respectful to us, always bowing and lowering his back as if he was afraid of us. To be honest, I was actually more afraid of him, after all, this was my first time dealing with a ghost, and the yin energy emanating from his body made me feel cold and eerie.

  "Master, young lady, sir is right here, please wait a moment." He then bowed again.

  "Master, the prisoner has arrived."

  All I could hear was a series of "ding ding dong" sounds and then the sound of rapid footsteps. Suddenly, the door opened, revealing a large face, probably around 60 years old, with a big round face and large features, except for those big eyes that were now narrowed into lines from smiling.

  "Hehe, Master Prisoner, how did you come here? You didn't even tell me in advance and I could have gone to pick you up. This time, stay for a few more days and let me treat you well." This ghost burst into laughter as soon as he appeared, it's the first time I've seen a ghost with such a humanized expression, looking almost like a human, with a kind and likable face. My impression of him is very good, just like my grandfather.

  "Langda, it's been a long time. This time I brought someone here to cultivate and entrust her to you." Chou's response seemed not so enthusiastic.

  "Alright, alright, Master Huan, you can trust me. I, Lang Da, will take good care of this young lady even if it means going bankrupt. You can rest assured." Lang Da responded very succinctly, then turned his head and saw me standing beside him, smiling at me in a friendly manner. I quickly returned him a smile.

  "Alright, I'll leave first and not stay here any longer. Xi Meng, if you have anything, just tell Lang Da, he will help you, remember what I told you before." The prisoner looked at me and bid farewell.

  "Right, miss, don't be afraid here, if there's anything just find Lang Da."

  "Thank you, Grandpa Landa. I'm sorry to trouble you. Prison, I definitely won't let you and Great-grandfather down. I'll cultivate as soon as possible and wait for you to come pick me up."

  "Good." The prisoner hugged me briefly and turned to disappear.

  Watching the disappearing prisoner, I also felt like going back. Grandpa Langda patted my shoulder and said: "Xi Meng is right? Don't worry, no one dares to bully you here in Langda's place, you can rest assured to cultivate. I can feel the strength of your soul, believe it won't take long for you to succeed." After finishing, he proudly puffed out his chest. I couldn't help but let out a "heh" and laughed.

  Most of the ghosts and demons in the mansion I had seen before, they were all very polite to me, a few even kept sneaking glances at me, they were curious about humans for the first time. "Jian, Mu, come here." Langda said to a group of ghost servants.

  At this time, two figures walked towards us. The first girl was dressed in a white long dress with golden silk embroidered snow lotus on it, and her silver-white hair fell down without any hair accessories. She had a kind of pure beauty, not having the slightest bit of yin energy like ghosts do. The second woman looked more mature than the first one, she wore a plum-red dress, a branch of plum blossom from her chest to the right knee, with an ancient-style plum blossom button at the collar, and her black long hair was tied up in a bun with a jade pin inserted. There was a beauty mole under her left eye, which added some intellectual beauty to her charming appearance.

  "Xi Meng, this one is called Jian. She's a Snow Lotus I met during my cultivation journey. I once saved her life, and now she's the top expert in my manor. You'll be safer when you go out to cultivate," said Grandfather Lang Da, pointing at the first girl.

  "This is Qiong, she's a female ghost from the underworld, very familiar with it. If you have any questions, just ask her and don't worry, she'll definitely be right." Grandpa Langda said, pointing to the second woman.

  "Also, Shun, Shi, Jie, Sha, listen up! You must absolutely protect her for the entire day, not a single scratch. All ghost servants, obey orders, as long as Miss needs it, all of you will follow Shun's command, and put your lives on the line to protect her. Got it?!"

  "Yes, I obey your orders." After finishing speaking, all the ghost servants knelt down.

  "Thank you, Grandpa Landa. I'm really sorry to trouble you so much. There's no need for so many people, I just came here to cultivate." Although I knew that Grandpa Landa did this to protect me, but I came here to cultivate, not to fight a war. Whether it's ghosts, demons or humans, they all have only one chance at survival.

  "Listen, Xi Meng, Lord Yin has shown me kindness, he entrusted you to me with peace of mind, I must not let him down. Normally, Jian and Cui will stay by your side to take care of you, the four dark guards will only appear in times of danger, such situations should be rare. The situation that requires mobilizing all the ghost servants is even rarer, I'm just making thorough preparations, don't worry, it won't be troublesome." Lang Da grandfather smiled and waved his hand casually.

  "Alright then, thank you Grandpa Landa." I still thanked him.

  "Don't mention it, come on, I'll take you for a walk around there."

  After chatting and turning around, Jian and Zhu brought me to my room. It's very beautiful, completely the kind of antique beauty I like, I've been wanting to buy this kind of furniture for a long time. Right, there's one more thing I haven't done yet.

  "Jian, can you ask those four bodyguards to come over? I have something to say to all of you."

  "Miss, they are your bodyguards, at your beck and call." Jian's voice was pleasant to hear, very ethereal.

  "Alright, I know." I tried shouting towards the outside of the house: "Cì, Shì, Hè, Jiǎo."

  Good heavens, 1 second? It suddenly appeared in front of me, and I was still a bit at a loss. "Ah, hello, my name is Xi Meng, it's nice to meet you all, please take care of me from now on, may I get to know you?" My voice seemed to be shaking slightly, after all, they weren't human, I clearly felt the chill in the air increase.

  "Hehe, miss, don't be afraid of us. My name is Shun, I'm a thousand-year-old white carp transformed into human form. I'll take good care of you." The one called Shun said with a wink, he looked very much like a Chinese person, with black hair and eyes, and delicate features. I had a pretty good impression of him, like an older brother.

  "Miss Xi Meng, I am Shi, my original form is a crane." After finishing speaking, he also smiled at me. His blue hair and blue eyes, especially his eyes, were very deep and beautiful. He gave me the feeling of being a foreign gentleman, very elegant.

  "I am afraid of him, the snake." He has a very cold feeling, green hair and yellow eyes, his facial features are three-dimensional, but he exudes an aura of coldness, I couldn't help but want to keep my distance from him.

  "Evil spirit, ghost." Oh my god, he's emitting an extremely strong aura of death, the chill I felt earlier must have been mostly because of him. He has white hair and red eyes, his eyes are bloodshot, and I have a very strange feeling about him, he's colder than Jie but I don't want to stay away from him, I'm staring blankly at his eyes, it's hatred, why is the hatred so strong, what did he go through. Xia frowned, "Cough."

  I suddenly came back to my senses and smiled awkwardly. Ah, right, I still have something to say. "Well, what I mainly want to tell you is that I'm a Dreamweaver, my duty is to protect humans. I came here to train myself, so I can be more qualified to guard everyone. You may not understand me, but I'm actually very timid because of being confined, and it's only recently that I've started accepting reality. Today, I met all of you, and I think each of you can protect yourselves. If your lives are really in danger, please leave for your own sake. I came here to protect more people, not to rely on more sacrifices to achieve my goals. That's it, you can leave now. I hope you understand." After finishing speaking, I hastily turned around and ran back into the house.

  Outside the door, six figures stood face to face, and suddenly smiled again. "What an interesting little guy, haha." Yi also nodded with a smile. "Jie, Sha, what do you think?" Jie forced a stiff smile, he hadn't laughed in hundreds of years. Sha thought for a moment, looking at the door, then turned and left.

  "Xie is indeed unbearable in every way." Sighed Yun, looking at Xie's departing back with a sense of helplessness.

  "Alright, it seems that Landa attaches great importance to her since she wants the four of us to protect her together. Be more careful, let's return."