Ghost King 013

The man, already scared stiff, remained dazed. He couldn't see, but he could imagine it.

His own sister had invited their dead sister home?

"Get out of my way! Don't try to stop me!" The woman shoved Liu Xiaohua aside, a hint of hatred in her eyes.

Liu Xiaohua was shocked. "You can't..."

The woman ignored Liu Xiaohua and, as if carrying something on her back, walked out the door step by step. After a moment's hesitation, the man followed her out.

"Boss, why didn't you make a move?" Liu Xiaohua asked.

Fang Zhiyi glanced at her anxious face. "In our line of work, we have to follow principles. You using your talents to do these things is normally accumulating virtue, but you also have to remember: don't meddle in other people's karma. If she's looking for death, I can't stop her."

"But this..."

Seeing Fang Zhiyi's expression, Liu Xiaohua ultimately didn't say anything more.

"This is also her fate," Fang Zhiyi said, looking at the distressed young girl. "If I hadn't captured that ghost beforehand, it would have eventually killed an innocent person anyway. In other words, that ghost was bound to have a life on its hands. Compared to some innocent bystander, her sister is actually quite fitting."

Che Lei, who had followed his sister home, found her eerie movements utterly hair-raising. She kept talking to Che Xiaohong—as if she could actually see her.

And her appearance was also kind of creepy.

In Che Lei's view, Che Xiaohong's death was entirely her own fault. From childhood, their eldest sister had doted on her, and because of that, Che Xiaohong's personality had grown increasingly spoiled. The day she died, their eldest sister had simply said she didn't have much money lately, and Che Xiaohong started smashing things and throwing a tantrum. He wanted to teach her a lesson but was stopped by their eldest sister, and he ended up watching her run out of the house.

"Big Sis... like this, Xiaohong won't be able to reincarnate," Che Lei said cautiously.

But Che Dɑhong suddenly turned her head, her eyes utterly venomous.

"You want to tear me and my sister apart too? Don't you know she's your sister too? Mom and Dad said we had to take care of her—have you forgotten?"

Seeing his eldest sister's twisted face, Che Lei shrunk back.

For the rest of the time, Che Lei felt nothing but dread. His sister set an extra set of chopsticks on the table, smiling at the empty seat, and ignored him when he spoke to her. Late at night, he got up to use the bathroom and was startled by the sight of his sister sitting in the living room, staring at the TV filled with static.

She was actually laughing at a screen showing nothing at all?

Che Lei was completely terrified.

Luckily, neither his dead sister nor his now-unhinged sister paid him any attention. Che Lei opened the door and ran straight out.

With nowhere to go, he ended up squatting by the roadside until a female voice spoke up.

"Excuse me... are you okay?"

Che Lei looked up and saw a man and a woman staring at him. The man had striking brows and piercing eyes, his brow slightly furrowed.

"Don't be afraid. We are Taoist masters. My name is Li Chenxue," the woman said gently. "I can see some... ghostly aura on you. Did something happen at your house?"

Che Lei suddenly became excited. "You... you can help me?"

"Yes, we can help you!" Li Chenxue smiled. Even though she had been inexplicably targeted lately and even scolded severely by a fellow practitioner a few days ago, she remained kind-hearted.

When he led the two Taoist masters into the house, pushing the door open, they saw his sister holding a pair of scissors, slashing at her own wrist. Blood dripped from the scissors onto the floor, but she seemed not to feel it, her face twisted in a eerie grin.

"Wicked creature!" The man named Qin Shaoqing, who had been silent, shouted. He was about to step forward but was stopped by Li Chenxue.

"Senior brother, let me handle this."

Li Chenxue stepped forward and grabbed the woman's wrist.

She could naturally see the red-dressed female ghost lying on the woman's back. The ghost looked at her, and she looked back.

"It must have hurt a lot when you died, right?"

"Your sister loves you so much. How could you hurt her?"

"Such a lovely girl couldn't be a bad ghost, right? Give me the scissors. Get off of her..."

Qin Shaoqing frowned. "Junior sister, step aside."

"Why do you always have to be so extreme? She's just a girl who died unjustly!" Li Chenxue was discontent. Lately, she had been constantly targeted, forcing her to stay only with her senior brother. But the longer they stayed together, the more she found him utterly unreasonable!

Under what seemed to be her influence, the female ghost's face gradually softened, even taking on her living appearance.

"See? She has humanity too! Senior brother, you can't always..."

Li Chenxue was a bit smug, but in the moment she turned her head, the ghost lunged at her!

Fortunately, Qin Shaoqing had been paying close attention. Just as the ghost moved, his ritual implement shot toward her. The ghost took a hit just before reaching Li Chenxue and let out a piercing scream.

"Senior brother! What are you doing!" Li Chenxue was furious.

"It was clearly afraid of us and feigned weakness to ambush you. Junior sister, stop being so naive!" Qin Shaoqing drew his peachwood sword.

"No! How can you still be like this!"

As they argued, the ghost realized its chance was lost. It shot a hateful glance at the unconscious sister and, clenching its teeth, leaped out the window.

It would be back.

And because Li Chenxue blocked him, Qin Shaoqing couldn't give chase.

But the moment the ghost shot outside, someone grabbed it by the hair. Several vicious ghosts tackled it and quickly carried it away.

Inside the house, Qin Shaoqing seemed to sense something. His brow furrowed. "Get out of the way!"

His voice was so loud that even Li Chenxue was startled. Her senior brother had never spoken to her so harshly before.

"You... you're yelling at me?"

Qin Shaoqing had clearly sensed the ghostly aura from that moment—there was more than one fierce ghost outside the window! Without explaining, he shoved Li Chenxue aside and rushed to the window, but by the time he looked out, Liu Sandao and his crew had already fled far away.

"You think I'm a burden, don't you!" Li Chenxue shouted, ignoring the outsider present. "I knew it! Ever since I started messing up lately, you must be disgusted with me! Fine, I'm leaving! I don't want to be a Taoist master with someone as cold-hearted as you!"

She turned and walked away. Qin Shaoqing, who had wanted to ask about the situation, weighed his options, sighed, and quickly chased after her.

Che Lei stared at his unconscious sister and the chaotic mess of a home, then sat down hard on the floor.

These so-called experts—why were they all so crazy?

"Whoa, did you see that? That Taoist master inside was pretty fierce!"

"Didn't even need to see him—just his aura was terrifying."

"Like the kind who'd beat ghosts into oblivion."

"Yeah, yeah."

"Think we should report back to the boss?"

"Move it! Behave, or you're done for!" A ghost found time to kick the uncooperative red-dressed female ghost.