Chapter 24: Looking Back

“Killed low-level ghost creature, Dismemberment Ghost. Gained 98 soul points.”

A piece of information appeared in Li Si’s mind, making him suddenly feel as if he had become rich overnight. These were the most soul points he had obtained in this world.

“Ah!!!” The young boy standing in front of him turned around, his eyes blood-red as he stared at the murderer who had killed his mother, as though he were about to pounce at any moment.

“Restrain him.” Li Si was still thinking about what the Dismemberment Ghost had just said to him. Seeing the young boy staring at him so fiercely, he had the Decapitated Ghost restrain him to avoid any further trouble.

As soon as his command was given, a deathly bluish shadow swiftly wrapped around the young boy, leaving only his head exposed as he roared at the man and the ghost.

Li Si looked at the young boy who kept roaring, walked closer, and reached out to stroke the top of the boy’s head. With a stir of his thoughts, a piece of information appeared in his mind.

Womb Ghost [Half-human, half-ghost, half-demon]

Ghost Creature Rank: Low-Level Ghost Creature

Abilities: Humanity; Intangibility; Spiritual Light;

Current Relationship: Uncontracted.

Soul Strength: 5

Womb Ghost: In a state between death and life, protected by his mother with Deception, and with soul power invading him, he became a half-human, half-ghost, half-demon form.

Humanity: Possesses humanity. His intelligence will not be eroded by soul power, preserving his mind.

Intangibility: A basic ability of ghostly ghost creatures. Mundane weapons cannot attack him.

Spiritual Light: People who stay with him will think faster, learn things easily, and their intelligence will slowly grow.

What surprised Li Si was that this young boy was actually something half-human, half-ghost, and half-demon, and among his abilities, Spiritual Light was actually an ability that could increase other people’s intelligence.

Seeing this, Li Si did not hesitate inwardly and immediately contracted the Womb Ghost.

After signing the contract, the young boy’s gaze toward him immediately softened. He no longer cried or made trouble, and even took the initiative to rub his head against Li Si’s palm.

“Obtained the Dismemberment Ghost’s memories. Query or not?” A piece of information entered Li Si’s mind. With a stir of his thoughts, he chose to query. He also wanted to know the whole sequence of events behind the Zhang Residence incident.

After choosing to query, Li Si’s vision went black, and he appeared before the main gate of the Zhang Residence.

At this moment, a middle-aged burly man was dragging a young woman toward the Zhang Residence.

“Wife, Squire Zhang is generous with money. As long as you give yourself to him, we will be able to live good days.” The burly man spoke gently to the woman, comforting her.

This woman’s appearance was extremely similar to Madam Zhang Guo’s appearance, except her skin was not as good as Madam Zhang Guo’s, and compared with Madam Zhang Guo, she looked much more ordinary.

But Li Si knew that this person was precisely Madam Zhang Guo, because only at this moment were her eyes so bright.

Li Si also recognized that burly man. He was Butcher Gao. In the past, the butcher business in Fengmen County had not belonged only to Yu San’s family, but to both Butcher Gao and Yu San’s families.

Only, Butcher Gao’s business had not been as good as Yu San’s. Later, he committed a crime and was arrested, which led to Yu San’s family becoming the sole dominant one.

At this moment, as Li Si listened to Butcher Gao’s words, he clenched his fists hard, wishing he could immediately rush up and beat him. He had never seen such a disgusting person before, someone who would actually force his wife to give herself to another man.

But reason told him that these were all things that had already happened. Right now, he had no power to change any of it.

“Ah!” Butcher Gao suddenly cried out in pain, and his hand loosened from Madam Zhang Guo’s mouth.

Butcher Gao looked at his bloody palm in disbelief and flew into a rage. “You cheap slut, you actually dared to bite me.”

“Ptui.” Madam Zhang Guo spat a mouthful of bloody foam onto Butcher Gao’s face, her fine brows raised as she glared at him. Gritting her silver teeth, she said, “You ball-less thing, what ability is there in making money by selling your wife? If you dare take me inside, I will definitely kill you afterward.”

Hearing Madam Zhang Guo say this, Butcher Gao grew even angrier. He slapped Madam Zhang Guo across the face and cursed in thunderous fury, “What’s wrong with you earning some silver for our family? You’re nothing but a cheap whore, aren’t you?”

“I was the one who redeemed you from the brothel. Now I’m merely asking you to return to your old trade, and the silver is more than ten times what it was before. You should be happy.”

Hearing Butcher Gao’s words, Madam Zhang Guo’s face instantly turned deathly pale. Tears slowly flowed from her eyes, and those eyes that had originally been bright immediately began to grow dim.

“Heh, let’s go. Let go of me. I’ll go in myself.” Madam Zhang Guo gave a cold laugh, her voice without the slightest emotion. She broke free from the somewhat panicked Butcher Gao’s arms and walked toward the Zhang Residence.

“Qian’er, I said the wrong thing. This filthy mouth of mine.” Butcher Gao followed behind Madam Zhang Guo with an apologetic smile. At the same time, he lightly slapped his own face and said, “Just treat it as me letting out a fart. Don’t take this filthy mouth of mine to heart.”

“Gao Shan.” Madam Zhang Guo turned her head and said lukewarmly, “What you said was not wrong. I, Guo Qian, am a cheap woman who was born in a brothel since childhood. This flesh body of mine has long since been filthy, and I do not mind this one more time. But think carefully about yourself. What kind of man do you count as?”

At this moment, the world began to turn chaotic, and everything began to become illusory and indistinct.

“You killed her! You actually killed her!!!” A terrified cry rang out, and the world before Li Si’s eyes slowly became clear again.

Li Si turned his head and saw that the one who had just shouted was precisely Butcher Gao from before. At this moment, he was like a timid young wife, pointing in terror at Squire Zhang, who was sitting beside the stone table and leisurely drinking tea.

At this moment, Madam Zhang Guo’s corpse lay to the side, her complexion bluish white, with obvious bruising from handprints on her neck.

“Why are you panicking?” Squire Zhang seemed somewhat impatient and said lazily, “The one who died is merely a prostitute. What are you afraid of?”

“Then... then what should we do?” Butcher Gao was drenched in sweat, utterly at a loss.

“Aren’t you a butcher? Sell her as pork, then afterward report to the yamen that she ran off with another man. Naturally, it will be treated as if nothing happened.” Squire Zhang chuckled and gave an extremely cruel solution.

“And the money for me?” Butcher Gao glared angrily at Squire Zhang, his body hunched, his hands and feet trembling slightly.

“I’ll give you double.” Squire Zhang lightly sipped a mouthful of tea and smiled disdainfully.

When Butcher Gao heard Squire Zhang say this, his hands and feet immediately stopped trembling. His eyes shone, and he laughed loudly. “Then it’s settled. I wanted to kill this cheap woman long ago.”

After saying this, he was about to pick up Zhang Qian, but at this moment, Squire Zhang suddenly said, “Remember to cut off some and leave it before you take her away. My dog still hasn’t eaten.”

“All right... all right...” Hearing this, Butcher Gao hurriedly agreed.

Li Si’s brows furrowed tightly. He also suddenly remembered what crime Butcher Gao had committed back then. Back then, this fellow had been arrested for selling white meat.

Fortunately, he had been discovered just as he had started selling it, and Zhang Qian’s corpse had also been preserved and buried.

He had heard that after Butcher Gao was arrested, he could not endure the environment in prison. His wounds became infected, and he died from a serious illness.

At this moment, Li Si’s vision went black, and he appeared in a graveyard.