“I’ll be right there.”
After hanging up, Lin Hai was completely stunned.
The person was dead. How was he supposed to break the Peach Blossom Death Curse now? Would Hou Xianpin never wake up again?
He quickly opened WeChat and sent a message to Iron Crutch Li.
Little Confused Immortal: The one with the Peach Blossom Curse is dead. What do I do? Is there still a way to break the Peach Blossom Death Curse?
Iron Crutch Li: Dead? (followed by a row of shocked emojis)
Dang it! Lin Hai was so sick of seeing that shocked emoji right now.
Little Confused Immortal: So can it be broken or not?
Iron Crutch Li: That’s tricky. If she’s dead, the Peach Blossom Death Curse will follow her soul. The only way is to find her soul and splash the Pool of Immortality water onto it. But that’s basically impossible. Never mind finding the soul—even if you did, most people can’t even touch a soul. So… tough, really tough!
Tough my foot! Haha, others can’t, but your big brother here can!
A soul? No problem. There’s a ghost princess living in his room. Finding a soul would take no time at all.
Lin Hai planned to go back and ask Chu Lin’er for help.
Just as he was about to leave, WeChat chimed again.
“Huh?” Lin Hai opened it and saw it was from Horse Face.
What the heck does he want? Lin Hai didn’t like Horse Face one bit.
Horse Face (Chu): I have a task for you. A new ghost has appeared in Jiangnan City. Go bring it back. Don’t say I never looked out for you. The coordinates are (s, b).
After sending the message, Horse Face let out a sinister grin.
So you have connections, do you? Think you can look down on me? Fine. I won’t assign you any easy tasks so you can’t earn any underworld merit points. Instead, I’ll give you all the dangerous ones and run you ragged!
This new ghost has a Peach Blossom Death Curse hanging over its head. Someone like you, a second-rank underworld inspector only because of your connections, will never be able to handle it. Just wait and see how badly things go for you.
Lin Hai looked at Horse Face’s message and felt frustrated.
What the heck? Didn’t we agree you wouldn’t assign me any tasks?
“Oh? This location?” Lin Hai suddenly realized that the coordinates Horse Face sent him matched almost exactly where Peng Tao said Tao Tao had died.
“No way. What are the odds?”
“Ah, whatever. I’ll go check it out. Big brother’s never reaped a soul before. Let’s see how it feels.”
Lin Hai left the dorm, got into his car, and opened WeChat’s Qiankun Pouch.
“The standard reaper’s uniform comes in white and black. That should be what people call Black and White Impermanence.” Lin Hai thought for a moment and extracted the white one.
Every reaper he’d ever seen was Black Impermanence. Lin Hai thought that was boring. He’d wear the white one himself.
As soon as he extracted it, the white uniform appeared in his palm—but it was invisible. Lin Hai had to activate his Heavenly Eye ability just to see it.
Wear it?
Yes!
The next moment, Lin Hai’s appearance completely changed.
He was now wearing a long white robe that nearly touched the floor, a tall, pointed, rolled-up hat on his head, and the soul-reaping chain in his right hand.
Lin Hai looked at himself in the car’s mirror.
Dang. When a guy’s this handsome, he looks good in anything. Lin Hai flashed a peace sign at the mirror. He was actually pretty pleased with this look.
Time to go!
Lin Hai reached for the car door.
Whoa!
His arm went right through the door. He lost his balance and fell flat on his face.
Oh, come on!
Lin Hai scrambled up off the ground, brushed off his clothes, and felt more frustrated than words could say.
Man, what a lousy start!
“Wait a minute?” Lin Hai paused. “Holy crap, I can walk through cars now?”
He’d just realized that the reason he fell was because he never actually touched the car door. With nothing to brace against, he’d tumbled right out.
Curious, Lin Hai walked toward the car step by step.
When his body passed right through the car without the slightest resistance, he jumped for joy!
“Wow, haha! I never expected that wearing this outfit would let me go through obstacles. Looks like this so-called second-rank underworld inspector isn’t totally useless after all.”
“Nice. Let’s go!” Lin Hai’s inner child took over. Instead of taking the road, he walked straight through a wall.
“This is so much fun, haha.” Lin Hai was overjoyed.
“Huh? Even my walking speed seems a lot faster.” Lin Hai made another surprising discovery—he was now walking faster than the cars on the street.
In less than five minutes, Lin Hai arrived at the destination.
As soon as he entered, he felt a gust of eerie wind.
“Huh?” He looked ahead and saw Peng Tao with a few police officers gathered around a female corpse, talking about something.
Lin Hai moved closer. Hey, it’s Xu Tian?
Lin Hai found that strange. Wasn’t Xu Tian a traffic cop? What was she doing here?
That girl really shows up everywhere, doesn’t she?
“Chief, why don’t we let the forensic examiner take a look first? We don’t have to wait for that Lin Hai. He’s just an unreliable jerk,” Xu Tian said, scrunching up her little nose.
“Oh, really?” Lin Hai wasn’t happy about that. “You little girl, talking behind my back like that. You think I don’t know?”
Lin Hai floated right over until his face was practically touching Xu Tian’s cheek, then stopped.
“Can you see me? Can you see me?” Lin Hai wobbled his head back and forth obnoxiously in front of her.
Xu Tian had no idea Lin Hai was there. She kept making suggestions to Peng Tao.
“Chief, this woman’s cause of death is really strange. It doesn’t look like suicide, but there’s no sign of murder either.”
“Let’s wait until Mr. Lin gets here. He’s an extraordinary man. I’m sure he’ll have a way,” Peng Tao said with a frown.
“See, see? That’s how a bureau chief talks. Now that’s what I like to hear!” Lin Hai was busy admiring himself.
Ding dong!
Right as he was laughing, WeChat suddenly chimed.
Whoa! Lin Hai jumped and quickly checked everyone’s reactions.
Huh? Lin Hai noticed that the officers’ expressions hadn’t changed at all. None of them had heard the sound.
“Haha, that’s amazing.” Lin Hai was relieved.
He pulled out his phone and saw it was a message from Horse Face.
Horse Face (Chu): What on earth are you doing? (followed by a long string of angry emojis)
Doing your sister! What am I doing?
Lin Hai was annoyed just seeing Horse Face’s name.
Little Confused Immortal: What’s the matter? Just say it!
Horse Face was nearly driven crazy by Lin Hai’s tone.
Horse Face (Chu): What did I tell you to do?! (another string of angry emojis)
Little Confused Immortal: You forgetful or something? Got Alzheimer’s? You don’t remember what you told me to do? Let me tell you, that’s a disease. Needs treatment!
Down in the underworld, Horse Face was about to have a seizure.
What forgetful? What Alzheimer’s? This new guy, just because he’s got connections, is way too arrogant and disrespectful.
Horse Face (Chu): Where is the soul I told you to reap!!!
“Soul? Oh, crap!” Lin Hai was startled.
Dang it. He’d been so busy having fun with his new White Impermanence uniform that he’d completely forgotten the actual task.
He quickly looked toward the female corpse on the ground.
Huh? No soul? What’s going on?
Lin Hai activated his Heavenly Eye ability again and took a closer look.
Still no soul?
That’s weird.
Lin Hai couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
After a moment’s thought, he sent a message to Horse Face.
Little Confused Immortal: Are you sure you didn’t make a mistake? The person’s dead, alright, but I don’t see any soul.
Horse Face felt like he was about to cough up blood.
Horse Face (Chu): When exactly did I tell you to get there?
Lin Hai rolled his eyes.
Little Confused Immortal: I seriously suggest you go get checked for forgetfulness and Alzheimer’s. It really is a disease. Needs treatment!
“This is infuriating! Absolutely infuriating!” Down in the underworld, Horse Face clutched his chest, so angry he could barely breathe.
Horse Face (Chu): Let me tell you very clearly right now—that soul has turned into a vengeful ghost and escaped! If you don’t catch it and something happens, you can look forward to descending into the eighteenth level of hell!
“What the heck! Escaped?” Lin Hai was shocked. Dang it. Looks like he’d had too much fun messing around on the way and arrived too late.
And what did Horse Face say? If he doesn’t catch it and something goes wrong, he’ll go to the eighteenth level of hell?
Oh, man. This is no joke. Time to seriously look for it.
Now Lin Hai was panicking. He quickly scanned his surroundings.
“Are you looking for me?” Suddenly, a cold, eerie woman’s voice came from behind him.
Lin Hai spun around.
“Oh my god! A ghost!!!”
