Ghost Catching System

The toad was extremely dissatisfied. Having busied itself for so long, it had merely intended to absorb the Ghost Qi from the Ghost Sutras, but its owner was the Heavenly Bone Woman, which frustrated the toad deeply.

Therefore, the toad went straight to Chu Hao and said, ”Kiddo Chu, you compensate this King for the losses!”

Chu Hao looked at it and asked, ”What losses?”

With a pitiful look, the toad said, ”Is it easy for this King? Risking my life to go to Ghost King Valley, and in the end, I didn’t even get a whiff! You need to compensate me for my losses.”

Chu Hao rolled his eyes and said, ”What’s that got to do with me? If you have the guts, go absorb the Ghost Qi from the Ghost Sutras. I didn’t drag you along.”

After hearing this, the toad got even more agitated and said, ”No way! We had an agreement. You need to compensate me for my losses. This King wants a hundred Transformation Talismans!”

Chu Hao, with his arms crossed, replied, ”You should be compensating me! I planned to devour the Ghost King, but you were so disgusting, spewing all that saliva. Who am I supposed to complain to about that?”

Immediately, the toad refused and said, ”You never said you wanted to devour the Ghost King in the first place! The situation was so urgent at the time. If this King hadn’t trapped it, could you have killed it so easily? You must compensate me!”

Impatiently, Chu Hao said, ”Then go complain to the Ghost Sutras, don’t bother me.”

The toad felt dejected.

Chu Hao was charging his phone. He tried calling Bai Ling but couldn’t get through. After setting down his phone, it immediately rang.

He had disappeared for half a month, losing contact with the outside world. Many people must have been looking for him during this time, right?

The call was from Dong Qi. Chu Hao answered.

”My Lord, I... I deserve to die,” Dong Qi said with shame.

Chu Hao frowned and asked, ”What happened?”

Dong Qi’s voice trembled a bit as he said, ”The children from the orphanage... they were taken by people from the Nine Gates of Huaxia.”

”What?”

Upon hearing this news, Chu Hao’s mind buzzed. He momentarily lost the ability to think as rage surged in his heart.

Chu Hao had made many enemies. He hadn’t expected someone would dare to target the orphanage. Such audacity!

Chu Hao’s voice turned icy. ”Who took them?”

Dong Qi was about to speak when the phone was snatched from him. All Chu Hao could hear was the choked voice of the old director on the other end, ”Little Maozi, what have you done out there? Little Xin and Wang Pang were taken, and so was your Grandpa Zhang.”

When Chu Hao realized it was the old director, his heart strangely warmed. He said, ”Director Grandpa, are you alright?”

The old director, his voice breaking, replied, ”What exactly are you doing out there?! We couldn’t reach you by phone! Because of this, your Grandma Ji has been unconscious for half a month. You must come over and see her immediately.”

Chu Hao’s heart trembled. ”I... I’m coming right now.”

Chu Hao drove to the hospital at top speed.

Grandma Ji, please be alright, he silently prayed. He felt a heavy weight in his chest and wished he could be by her side immediately.

When he arrived at the hospital, he saw many people guarding the area around the ward. These were bodyguards from the Ritian Group, brought in by Dong Qi. The old director and others were there too.

Seeing Chu Hao, the old director finally breathed a sigh of relief. Holding Grandma Ji’s hand as she lay on the hospital bed, he said, ”Old Ji, Little Maozi is here. He’s fine.”

Before falling unconscious, Grandma Ji’s last concern had been whether he was alright.

Seeing Grandma Ji on the hospital bed, Chu Hao felt his heart clench. He walked over and took her hand to check her pulse.

”Who are you!” a doctor by her side demanded.

Chu Hao’s mind was solely on Grandma Ji, so he completely ignored the doctor. Dong Qi quickly pulled the doctor aside.

Chu Hao’s expression tensed. Grandma Ji had merely lost consciousness and was generally alright, but her pulse was erratic. Clearly, she had been frightened.

Chu Hao took out an Ice Needle and quickly inserted it into several of Grandma Ji’s acupoints. After a full Shichen, Grandma Ji moved her hand slightly and slowly opened her eyes.

Chu Hao heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

”Old Ji, you’ve finally awoken,” the old director said, tears of joy streaming down his face upon seeing Grandma Ji regain consciousness.

The doctor was dumbfounded. The patient had been preliminarily diagnosed as vegetative but was unexpectedly revived by this young man!

”A miracle! It’s truly a miracle,” the doctor muttered.

Chu Hao stepped back and fell to his knees with a THUD, kowtowing to the two elders.

”Director Grandpa, I’ve let everyone down.”

In Chu Hao’s life, besides his parents, the ones who most deserved his kowtows were these two elders. Without them, he wouldn’t have survived on his own, let alone had a childhood.

It was my carelessness, my naivety. If I had been more alert, this tragedy at the orphanage could have been avoided.

He blamed no one but himself. His heart was filled with regret.

THUD. THUD. THUD.

Chu Hao performed three heavy kowtows.

Grandma Ji couldn’t speak, but she could see, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

The old director helped Chu Hao up, saying, ”Get up quickly.”

Chu Hao stood and earnestly said, ”Director Grandpa, Grandma Ji, rest assured. I will surely find Little Xin, Wang Pang, and Grandpa Zhang. I stake my life on it.”

The old director, being an ordinary person, comforted him, ”We’ve already called the police. They will surely find the two children and your Grandpa Zhang.”

Chu Hao nodded and comforted the old director. He then attended to Grandma Ji, using the Ghost Doctor Technique. This technique could treat ghostly illnesses and even the Three Souls and Seven Spirits, so treating a human was certainly within its capabilities.

Chu Hao massaged Grandma Ji. Her pulse stabilized considerably, and she finally fell into a deep sleep.

「An hour later.」

Chu Hao finally left the ward.

When Chu Hao emerged, he seemed like a different person. His face had darkened to an extreme.

Dong Qi saw the look in Chu Hao’s eyes and felt an incredibly terrifying aura emanating from him. It was as if Chu Hao were surrounded by sharp blades in a piercingly cold wind.

Chu Hao asked, ”What happened?”

Dong Qi hurriedly explained, ”We went to pick up the children and elders from the orphanage and had already entered Anli City when something unexpected happened. A master claiming to be from the Nine Gates of Huaxia kidnapped two children and Old Master Zhang. It is my incompetence.”

Chu Hao asked, ”What about Chan’er?”

Dong Qi replied, ”After they were taken, Miss Ling Chan was heartbroken. She said she was too ashamed to face you, My Lord, so she and the Ghost Princess went to investigate their whereabouts.”

Chu Hao nodded. He asked the old director to bring the personal clothing of the two children, intending to use the Three-Nine Heaven and Earth Technique to divine their location.

However, he found only a blank void. Someone must have interfered with the children.

”Nine Gates of Huaxia!” Chu Hao’s inner rage intensified.

He then checked Grandpa Zhang’s clothes but couldn’t divine his location either.

Grandpa Zhang was an elder at the orphanage, now sixty-five years old, and like a brother to the old director.

Chu Hao’s mind raced as he considered who might have taken them. His enemies within the Nine Gates of Huaxia—the Yan Family, the He Family, and the Zuo Family—were all possibilities.

The Zuo Family shouldn’t know that I killed Zuo Lingyun; after all, Zuo Lingyun died in the ancient tomb.

That leaves only the He Family and the Yan Family.