Ghost Catching System

Jiang Junjie walked over, smiling politely and gentlemanly, and said, ”Miss Guo Xin, who is this?”

Guo Xin introduced him, ”Zhang Han, an expert my grandfather invited. Zhang Han will help my grandfather appraise a piece of stone he has his eye on.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Junjie’s face immediately turned dark.

What does this mean?

Besides inviting my master, you also called in another outsider from the same trade. Isn’t this disrespectful?

Jiang Junjie felt disgruntled internally, but outwardly he still looked at Chu Hao and said, ”May I ask, which sect are you from?”

Chu Hao sipped his juice and replied, ”No sect. Self-taught and accomplished.”

Jiang Junjie sneered and said, ”Self-taught? You better not be a fraud.”

Guo Xin was also embarrassed, not expecting Jiang Junjie to say such a thing.

Chu Hao glanced sideways at the other party and said, ”Did I cheat you out of money? What’s it to you?”

Jiang Junjie was rendered speechless. Indeed! Even if money were cheated, it would be Old Guo’s money, not his own.

However, Jiang Junjie sneered again and said, ”Miss Guo, we’ve seen plenty of frauds like him, claiming to be amazing at stone betting. You mustn’t let him deceive you.”

Chu Hao replied indifferently, ”Are you suggesting Old Guo is blind?”

Guo Xin glared at Chu Hao, who dared to speak like that about her grandfather.

However, Jiang Junjie really was annoying; what he said indeed implied that her grandfather was blind if he were deceived.

Confronted with Chu Hao’s response, Jiang Junjie nearly bit his tongue. This kid is not easy to deal with.

Chu Hao said sideways, ”Anything else? If not, step aside. Didn’t you see I’m chatting with Miss Guo Xin?”

My goodness!

This kid is so arrogant.

Jiang Junjie couldn’t help but say, ”Miss Guo, I’ve seen too many people like this. You should be cautious.”

Chu Hao remained indifferent and said, ”Miss Guo, his meaning is very clear: stay away from me in case I cheat you out of money and your heart.”

Guo Xin couldn’t help rolling her eyes, saying, ”Can I still be deceived by you? I’m not a three-year-old child.”

After speaking, Guo Xin looked at Jiang Junjie and said, ”Mr. Jiang, you’re involving yourself too much. We’ve known each other for less than two hours; you’re not considering our guest?”

Jiang Junjie felt awkward and quickly said, ”Miss Guo, I didn’t mean that.”

Guo Xin said, ”Please, Mr. Jiang, return to your seat. My matters have nothing to do with you, right?”

Jiang Junjie’s face darkened; staying here any longer would really be embarrassing.

He returned to the distance, and Shi Ming said, ”What’s the situation?”

Jiang Junjie clenched his fists and said, ”My goodness, that kid was invited by Old Guo to look at the stones. He’s from the same trade as us.”

Hearing this, Shi Ming angrily said, ”What? This is happening?”

They originally thought Chu Hao was merely tagging along to see the sights, but he was in the same trade and invited to appraise the stones.

Shi Ming said, ”I’ll go tell the master.”

Jiang Junjie nodded. At this moment, he saw the girl he liked still chatting with Chu Hao, seemingly quite happy.

”My goodness, you wait for me,” Jiang Junjie was really angry.

Guo Xin found Chu Hao interesting, and although not discussing his stone betting skills, he seemed to enjoy chatting with her, playfully teasing occasionally.

However, Guo Xin noticed his gaze never lingered on her for long, unlike Jiang Junjie and Shi Ming.

Could it be that her charm couldn’t attract him?

Guo Xin is a girl very confident in her appearance and figure.

This guy couldn’t be pretending, could he?

Guo Xin said, ”You’re really good at making girls happy. You have many girlfriends, don’t you?”

Chu Hao replied, ”Yes, quite a few.”

Guo Xin was speechless.

Guo Xin snorted, ”Philanderer.”

Chu Hao said, ”That’s not correct. It’s rare to traverse this world, so living with constraints is not my style. Whether girls like me or not means little; what’s crucial for me is the connection. Without it, it’s all futile.”

Guo Xin snorted, ”Even a philanderer has excuses. I give up on you.”

Chu Hao lazily leaned back in his chair, saying, ”So don’t fall for me; you’ll get hurt.”

Guo Xin was speechless.

Fall for you and see a ghost.

After half a day’s journey, they finally arrived at Luoyang Mountain.

From the Flying Boat, they could see mountain ranges meandering. The rocks here were generally dark, resembling coal mines.

Many people were also seen coming in and out of the mountains, excavating the stone and minerals inside.

Luoyang Mountain had a big city called Luoxia City.

This city is a well-known stone city in the Shanhai Realm and Wanqiong State; most of the stones are transported out from this city.

From the Flying Boat, behind Luoyang Mountain lay winding mountain ranges stretching as far as the eye could see, mostly devoid of vegetation.

Barren mountains gleamed black in the sunlight.

Chu Hao knew what the gleaming black on those mountains was.

It was coal.

Chu Hao was somewhat shocked at such wide coal mountains stretching endlessly; how much energy could this be?

Chu Hao asked, ”Is that Luoyang Mountain far away?”

Guo Xin shook her head and said, ”Luoyang Mountain is just part of what we can see; deeper regions are known as the Tianqiong Vein, almost the largest resource area in Tianqiong Province.”

Chu Hao praised, ”So much coal energy, how long would it take to use it all?”

Guo Xin brushed her long hair back from her face and laughed charmingly, ”Don’t think too much; it’s not easy to enter the Tianqiong Vein. Although it’s the energy source of Tianqiong Province, it’s filled with endless dangers. No one ever dares to delve too deep inside.”

Chu Hao asked, ”What kind of danger?”

Guo Xin looked at Chu Hao, strangely, ”Don’t you know? Are you not from Tianqiong Province?”

Chu Hao smiled without speaking.

Guo Xin still answered, ”The Tianqiong Vein is one of the life-forbidden zones; it’s said to have a vast area of billions of kilometers, and legends claim a Stone Spirit’s realm is hidden deep within.”

A billion kilometers?

Really?

The Yanhuang World has an area of only 51,000 kilometers; isn’t a billion kilometers too exaggerated?

Guo Xin said, ”It’s too vast, making Tianqiong Province the largest energy resource area in the Shanhai Realm. However, it also poses threats; it’s said that Heavenly Ghosts have been sighted within the Tianqiong Vein.”

”Not just Heavenly Ghosts, some have seen Divine Deity-like existences, but most likely it’s a powerful adult Holy Stone Spirit.”

Finally, the Flying Boat arrived within Luoxia City.

This period, the city was far too crowded because of the grand exhibition, attracting countless visitors from all over.

”Ice candied hawthorns, tasty and affordable.”

”Buns, meat-stuffed buns, buy two get one free.”

”Freshly mined stones, come take a look.”

Luoxia City was bustling, attracting people from all corners, filling the streets with vibrancy and various unique snacks.

Walking through, one could personally feel this city’s popularity, especially with the vendors, where entire streets were filled with various types of stones, odd-shaped and peculiar.