Chapter 19 (2/2)

“Alright, you’re not worried now? Let’s continue,” Chen Hao suppressed the joy in his heart and said calmly.

The startled Bai Ru asked, “Didn’t we injure the water ghost? Continue what?”

Chen Hao glanced at Bai Ru. “Did I say I’m here to injure the water ghost? Since you’ve run a check on me, didn’t you find out Zhou Gang gave me some information?”

Bai Ru confessed. “I checked a little. But what has that got to do with this place?”

Chen Hao said, “A great deal. I have been cultivating hard for more than ten years and recently, I finally had a small breakthrough, with a possibility to improve myself. Naturally, I have to accumulate merit and continue to make progress. I didn’t come here to subdue a water ghost. It’s entirely because the evil energy on that water ghost is too intense and clashes with me, so I couldn’t resist attacking it. It was just something I did on the way. I came here for another water ghost. I’m here to help it.”

Bai Ru was dumbfounded.

Does it work like this? Why didn’t you say so earlier? Moreover, attack a water ghost? You sure sound bold and assured! Why didn’t you do it yourself and instead made me do it? I’m just a normal and frail woman! You scoundrel.

Bai Ru felt so aggrieved. She nearly wanted to pin Chen Hao beneath her and give him continuous tight slaps across the face.

But after some thought, Bai Ru decided to hold back her urge. After all, she had already offended the water ghost and it was too late for regrets. Now, she could only rely on this genuine master to protect her.

Chen Hao didn’t say anything else and simply walked to the water and grass.

What happened earlier not only made that evil water ghost severely injured, but it also gave the other two water ghosts quite a good scare. They were curled up even deeper now.

But ghosts were bound by certain restrictions. If they died there, their yin bodies could only be hidden there. Unless their corpses were dealt with properly and they transformed into wandering ghosts. Or at nighttime, borrowing the dark energy at night, they could then leave the place where they died and roam about. But if they wished to harm people or something, that would depend on their capabilities.

Chen Hao spoke, “Li Meng, I know you can hear me. Don’t be scared, I’m here to help you. I think you can’t rest in peace dying this way, right? You must have rage in your heart, have obsessions. But life is like that, no one can do anything about it. One can’t possibly come back to life. If you’re thinking of turning into a ferocious ghost, think again. That water ghost earlier is a perfect example. But obsessions can be eliminated. When the time comes, you can be reincarnated and reborn as a human. I have here with me a coin that has my aura. I’ll leave it here. When you sort out your thinking, you can come and look for me. I’ll help you. If not, it’s okay as well. Unless you turn into a ferocious ghost, else I won’t come after you. That’s all, bye.”

After saying all those words and leaving behind a coin, Chen Hao turned to leave crisply.

Bai Ru watched with a dazed expression, then involuntarily caught up with him, still looking dazed.

After leaving the riverside, Bai Ru finally snapped out of her dazed state. “Master Chen, is that what you meant by helping?”

Chen Hao glanced at her. “Why? Surely you didn’t expect it to show itself in broad daylight? I would like that too. But would it dare to? Moreover, isn’t doing business the same? You need both parties to consent. Else, how would I know what obsessions it has? Surely I can’t randomly help? How the hell am I supposed to accumulate merit that way?”

Bai Ru was speechless.

Your words sound so logical. To think I have no words to refute.

But these words gave Bai Ru a new understanding of Chen Hao.

This fellow was regarding cultivation as a business. Would doing this really help him accumulate merit? But honestly speaking, as the saying goes “if one does good deeds in the expectation of being rewarded, he would not be rewarded despite his good deed; if one commits evil deeds unintentionally, he would not be punished despite his evil deed.” Would the heavens acknowledge the good deeds done by bargaining?

Bai Ru felt a curiosity towards the mysterious world.

After entering the village, Chen Hao took another look at the vermillion red door and said with a sigh, “If disasters come from nature, something can be done to counter them. But if they are of one’s own making, one is done for.”

He then continued walking.

Bai Ru curiously stared at the vermillion red door before quickly catching up.

After they got into the car, the chauffeur cleverly drove back into the city.

Bai Ru, who finally couldn’t contain her curiosity, asked, “That Li Meng, is that the child from the house with a red door? I have heard about his incident. I think he’s a junior high student who drowned when he went swimming in the river. There were even reports on it in the city.”

Chen Hao nodded and sighed, upset. “That’s right. The child is innocent. But it’s not without reason. The owner of that house isn’t a good person. There was deep resentment in the house. This is a sin committed by the previous generation, and the next generation is paying for it. It’s retribution.”