Chapter 45: Chapter 43: The Little Ghost Searches for Someone
"I’m complimenting you! Why don’t you appreciate it?"
Feng Mingyu complained to Mo Lin, "You have no emotional intelligence at all."
"Complimenting me? Sorry, I didn’t feel any compliment at all," Mo Lin retorted sincerely.
From Mo Lin’s perspective, mentioning he had two ghosts showed a lack of respect for his Yin Department profession.
Mo Lin asked Liu Feng on the side, "Do you have any of your daughter’s belongings?"
"What kind of items do you need?"
"Anything personal of your daughter’s, like a hair tie or clothing," Mo Lin explained to Liu Feng.
Liu Feng thought for a moment and then took out a photo of his daughter, "Does this photo work?"
The photo showed his daughter with an oval face, smiling happily, with cute little pigtails.
"Yes, it works."
Mo Lin handed the photo to the little ghost, "Can you find this person?"
"Yes, I can."
The little ghost held the photo, closed its eyes, then suddenly opened them wide.
"Master, I found her."
"Where? Where is my daughter?" Liu Feng asked excitedly, stepping forward to grab the little ghost and inquire.
Before he could finish speaking, a chill spread from his neck.
The little ghost was gripping his throat tightly, with cold eyes.
As if faced with a dead person.
Liu Feng shuddered, realizing he had offended this ghost.
Even though it was just an ordinary-level ghost, it wasn’t something an ordinary person like him could touch carelessly.
Liu Feng had no doubt that if Mo Lin weren’t here,
this ghost would surely strangle him to death.
"Let go," Mo Lin said coldly.
Hearing Mo Lin’s words, the little ghost released him.
"Take me to find her," Mo Lin ordered the little ghost.
"Yes, Master."
Liu Feng drove while Feng Mingyu and Mo Lin sat in the back seat, and the little ghost sat on the hood, pointing the way.
The road was quite rugged.
This direction wasn’t heading towards the city center.
On the contrary, it was leading away from the city center.
"Stop... stop..."
After driving for about five minutes, Mo Lin called for a halt.
"What’s wrong?" Feng Mingyu asked Mo Lin, puzzled.
"Quickly take me home, I have something very important to do," Mo Lin said with a serious expression.
Seeing this, Liu Feng didn’t dare delay, stepped on the gas, and drove Mo Lin back.
The car stopped in front of Mo Lin’s house.
Mo Lin hurriedly got out, not even taking the time to close the car door, and rushed inside.
Soon after, Mo Lin came out holding something that looked like a lantern.
"Scared me to death... almost forgot this thing."
Just now, Mo Lin’s mind was occupied with Liu Feng and the others, forgetting about the Ghost Artifact he was crafting.
You must know, the flame in this Ghost Artifact cannot be extinguished.
If it goes out, it would be useless.
Mo Lin had spent as much as seventy thousand Netherworld Currency to craft this permanently usable Ghost Artifact.
If the crafting failed, Mo Lin would incur a huge loss.
"What is this?" Feng Mingyu asked, puzzled, as he looked at Mo Lin carrying an object resembling a lantern.
"Something very important," Mo Lin didn’t explain further.
"Is there anything else you need?" Liu Feng asked carefully.
"No, now we go find your daughter."
Liu Feng drove off again to find his daughter.
After leaving the city center, it was mountain roads all the way.
The road conditions were poor, but Liu Feng didn’t slow down, enduring the bumps.
They arrived at a desolate, remote place.
Looking around, there were small hills and weeds over a meter high.
There was only a narrow path.
Liu Feng didn’t care and drove straight along the path.
The branches and wild grass scratched off the car’s paint.
But Liu Feng paid no attention.
After driving on the secluded path for about five minutes, they finally reached the place.
The little ghost pointed to a house in the distance and said: "There."
The house was built casually, with no elaborate decoration, just an ordinary rural dwelling.
It was a two-story building with a yard.
Upon reaching the destination, the little ghost returned to the blue long sword.
In front, there was a river running between the roads on each side; it seemed to be over two meters wide.
A simple wooden bridge was erected over the river.
Mo Lin, Liu Feng, and the others walked across the bridge.
....
"Bro, what do we do with the little girl?" a burly man asked the man next to him.
The man sat in a chair, holding a cigarette, exhaling white smoke, and said coldly: "Kill her, throw her into the river."
Upon hearing to kill the little girl, the eyes of the surrounding group lit up, and they grinned wickedly.
"Bro, before we kill her, can we have some fun first?" The man gazed intently at the little girl curled up in the corner, licking his lips.
Zhou Tian understood his brothers’ intentions and would allow it as long as it wasn’t too excessive.
"Sure, do as you please."
Receiving Zhou Tian’s approval, they all became excited.
"What do you want to do?"
"Stay away..."
The little girl, huddled in the corner, turned pale with fear.
She tried her best to back away, but there was a wall behind her with no room to hide.
"Please don’t touch me..." the little girl pleaded tearfully.
The men paid no heed to her emotions.
A burly man grabbed the girl’s arm as if she were a chick and lifted her up.
His eyes were filled with greed.
Just then.
"Bang..."
A loud noise came from outside.
Mo Lin and the others appeared not far away.
"Ugh... unlucky." The man cursed when he saw Liu Feng, reluctantly stopping his actions.
The dozen or so men around, seeing Liu Feng arrive, moved forward, surrounding him and the others.
Zhou Tian threw his cigarette to the ground, gave Liu Feng a cold glance, and snorted, "Didn’t expect you’d find us so quickly."
He knew Liu Feng had a powerful intelligence network.
Originally, he intended to leave Liu Feng with his daughter’s corpse.
But now with Liu Feng here, he had to change his plan.
"Zhou Tian... so it was you..."
Seeing Zhou Tian, Liu Feng immediately shouted his name.
"I didn’t kill your brother, why are you grabbing my daughter for revenge?" Liu Feng questioned Zhou Tian.
"You’re also responsible for my brother’s death. If you hadn’t sold his information to our enemies, he wouldn’t have died."
Though Liu Feng wasn’t the direct killer of Zhou Tian’s brother, he was an accomplice.
Zhou Tian captured his daughter for revenge.
Liu Feng took a deep breath, knowing he couldn’t make Zhou Tian let go of the feud with just a few words.
"I’m begging you, let my daughter go," Liu Feng pleaded with Zhou Tian.
Zhou Tian grabbed the girl’s neck, a wicked smile on his face.
The girl’s cheeks turned red from being strangled.
Zhou Tian applied slight pressure, showing the girl’s pained expression, but he didn’t intend to strangle her to death.
He wanted to use the girl to threaten Liu Feng.
"Don’t harm my daughter, I’m begging you," Liu Feng pleaded desperately, nearly in tears.