Ghost Catching System

”Mercy incarnate! They couldn’t kill the evil demon, so they sealed it instead, right?”

Chu Hao had encountered Ghost Prisoners, whose strength was terrifying. He wouldn’t believe for a second that Zhang Daoling had spared an evil demon out of compassion.

He spoke softly, yet many heard him. The disciples of Longhu Mountain turned their heads, glaring at Chu Hao with anger flaring in their eyes.

A young disciple shouted angrily, ”Who are you? What right do you have to question our ancestor?”

Chu Hao snorted coldly, ”You’ve been after the True Word Brush for so long, and you don’t know who I am? Sigh... it seems my reputation isn’t loud enough.”

Upon hearing this, the faces of the crowd changed slightly—it was Chu Hao! Zhang Genshu looked him up and down and said, ”So it’s Young friend Chu.”

Chu Hao nodded slightly. Even facing a Taoist patriarch over a century old, he wouldn’t feel inferior; Brother Hao was the King of Show-offs.

Yue Qinghong barked, ”Chu Hao, you’re so arrogant and rude even in the presence of the Taoist patriarch; do you really think no one can handle you?”

Chu Hao looked at Yue Qinghong and said indifferently, ”I remember you. I saved your life last time. Is this how you speak to your savior? Who is being arrogant and rude?”

His words infuriated Yue Qinghong.

It was true that if it hadn’t been for Chu Hao, she would’ve been devoured by the European and American Spider Spirit.

Suddenly remembering something, Chu Hao said, ”Right, you still haven’t given me the Endless Ruler. Tell me, are you trying to default on your debt?”

Yue Qinghong’s face turned green.

She had lost a bet with Chu Hao last time, and the stake was the Endless Ruler.

Zhang Genshu asked, ”Qinghong, is this true?”

Yue Qinghong didn’t hide it, replying, ”Ancestor Master, it’s true, but...”

Zhang Genshu waved his hand and said, ”A loss is a loss.”

Grinding her teeth, Yue Qinghong took out the Endless Ruler, handed it to Chu Hao, and snorted coldly without saying anything more.

In fact, she still couldn’t accept the loss. If only she hadn’t been so careless, she wouldn’t have lost to Chu Hao.

”System, exchanged,” said Chu Hao.

”Ding... Host has exchanged for the Endless Ruler, receiving 5,000 Pretentiousness Points.”

Not bad. Now he had 21,000 Pretentiousness Points. With another 9,000, he could destroy the Ghost Prisoner.

Before their eyes, the Endless Ruler disappeared from Chu Hao’s hands, leaving the crowd stunned.

Those with keen eyes could see that it was no mere magic trick, but a true disappearance.

”Ding... Host made a dazzlingly pretentious display, earning 900 Pretentiousness Points.”

Chu Hao pondered why he had earned points for a dazzlingly pretentious display this time. He had taken many things out of the System Space before without gaining any Pretentiousness Points. After a thought, he understood. Insiders can recognize the nuances of their own, while outsiders are clueless. These were insiders, and Chu Hao’s move just now amazed them.

An eighty-year-old Mao Mountain Taoist, Qing Ming, asked, ”Young friend Chu, is this space magic you used?”

Space magic was considered a highly sophisticated technique. It was something Taoists dreamed of mastering, and here Chu Hao was, a young man, capable of space magic—an incredible feat.

The others were also dazzled and envious.

Chu Hao nodded slightly, and said dismissively, ”Just a minor space spell. I usually store some miscellaneous items in it; it’s not worth mentioning.”

”Ding... Host’s crushing display of pretentiousness earned 900 Pretentiousness Points.”

Chu Hao’s words were a real blow to everyone’s pride—space magic, something so many yearned for, was being trivialized by him as not worth mentioning, only used to store miscellaneous items. Could you be any more hurtful?

Having long heard of Chu Hao’s reputation, seeing him today, I realized I had truly underestimated him once again.

Chu Hao looked at Zhang Genshu and said, ”Taoist Master, please continue. What else is there to know about this Seal Devil Altar?”

Zhang Genshu pondered for a moment before continuing, ”Young friend Chu said earlier that our ancestor only sealed the Greater Demon because he could not kill it, which is not unreasonable. However, we should not dismiss other possibilities.”

The crowd was astonished. Was the ancestor Zhang Daoling, so powerful, yet unable to kill a demon?

Perhaps there were other reasons.

Zhang Genshu continued, ”It is rumored that after our ancestor sealed the Greater Demon with the Seal Devil Altar, he did not bury it in the Central Plains. Instead, he buried it in the neighboring country of Wo during the Eastern Han Dynasty.”

Wo Country is now known as Yamato Country.

The era of Emperor Wu of Han was over two thousand years ago. At that time, Wo Country was a vassal state of Huaxia. During that period, Wo Country survived by paying tribute to the Western Han Dynasty.

Zhang Genshu’s words affirmed this theory, and Chu Hao said, ”No wonder the Seal Devil Altar is in the Dwarf Kingdom.”

Zhang Genshu added, ”There are countless evil demons and ghosts in the world. Even the great patriarch could not subjugate some of them. As for the demon of the Seal Devil Altar, I’m not able to clarify what it is unless we see it with our own eyes.”

Qing Ming nodded and said, ”There are too many demons in the world. If we could meet this one, perhaps we could actually identify it.”

As everyone looked worried, Chu Hao nonchalantly said, ”I’ve seen it before. It’s a woman with dead fish-like blank eyes and grey-white hair.”

The crowd was startled once again.

Had Chu Hao actually seen the demon of the Seal Devil Altar?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Genshu thought for a moment and then suddenly exclaimed, ”Young friend Chu, are you... are you telling the truth?”

Chu Hao said, ”I’ve crossed hands with her. Her pupils are very strange, with two comma-shaped jewels, and just one glance from her caused my body to freeze.”

Zhang Genshu gasped, his body nearly buckling.

Yue Qinghong supported him in haste, asking worriedly, ”Ancestor Master, what’s wrong?”

Zhang Genshu said gravely, ”If what Young friend Chu said is true, then the demon of the Seal Devil Altar might be the Heavenly Bone Woman.”

So it was the Heavenly Bone Woman. According to legend, she was transformed from the first human bone between heaven and earth. Her bones were as hard as diamonds, and after transforming into a woman, she acquired a Pupil Technique that could bewitch people’s hearts.

Chu Hao hadn’t guessed it before because of her Pupil Technique; a single glance could immobilize a person. After so many years, the Heavenly Bone Woman’s Pupil Technique had also changed.

No wonder the Heavenly Bone Woman was so powerful that even Zhang Daoling could only seal her.

Legend had it that the Heavenly Court once dispatched Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to capture the Heavenly Bone Woman, but she eluded them all with ease.

Chu Hao’s breathing became rapid. If she was really the Heavenly Bone Woman, wouldn’t confronting her with his current strength be suicidal? This was an existence that even Master Zhang could not kill.

Chu Hao asked, ”System, if the opponent is the Heavenly Bone Woman, then isn’t this S-class mission unreasonable?”

System: ”System tasks are refreshed according to the actual situation.”

Damn it, no wonder the rating for the Seal Devil Altar jumped from AA-class to S-class upon seeing the Heavenly Bone Woman. If the Heavenly Bone Woman’s power gradually recovers, wouldn’t that make it SS-class? Thinking this, Chu Hao considered retreating.

Qing Ming was also very anxious, saying, ”If the opponent is the Heavenly Bone Woman, this is going to be a big problem.”

Zhang Genshu sighed; after so many years, the Heavenly Bone Woman had appeared once again.

Zhang Genshu furrowed his brows, saying, ”We are not without a chance of victory.”

Qing Ming quickly asked, ”Uncle-Master, what do you mean by that?”

Zhang Genshu replied, ”The Heavenly Bone Woman has been sealed for such a long time, so her strength must have been weakened. The patriarch’s scriptures record that the best time to kill her is when she breaks the seal. After so many years sealed away without the nourishment of heaven and earth’s essence, her bones won’t be as strong as before.”

The crowd nodded in agreement.

All of a sudden, Zhang Genshu asked, ”Young friend Chu, where are you off to?”

Chu Hao, who was planning to escape, felt a wave of frustration upon hearing Zhang Genshu calling out to him.