On the other side.
Huahua, carrying the rocket launcher, brushed past the old man with reading glasses. It paid no mind to the old man’s expression or thoughts. After all, everything had already been blown up, and being seen by the other party would make it easier to infiltrate the Senluo Division.
All it could think about was how to find an opportunity to report the good news to its master, Zhang Wei.
As it was contemplating, the old man with reading glasses also caught up, a smile on his sickly face.
“I just happened to want to do something over here, so I came to take a look. I didn’t expect you, Orange Cat, to be so ruthless. This isn’t burning Mount Wutai, it’s clearly bombing it, haha.”
He offered a casual excuse, not wanting Huahua to get a bad impression that he was stalking it. Such a fierce ghost would surely dislike being followed.
Before he finished speaking, the old man with reading glasses continued, “Orange Cat, where did you get this rocket launcher?”
Facing the question, Huahua’s plump cat face turned around.
“This? I saw it on Mount Wutai, so I just took it to blow things up.”
It had already agreed on a story with Wu Nian and wasn’t afraid of the old man with reading glasses’ questions. After all, Master Zhang Wei had taught it that lying requires preparation, otherwise, it’s easy to be exposed. So, Huahua was very cautious, prepared, and had a rehearsed story.
The old man with reading glasses was stunned. Hearing Huahua describe the presence of military supplies on Mount Wutai, his astonishment was evident on his face.
“Military supplies on Mount Wutai? Is this a major operation?”
“Probably, I don’t really understand, meow~” Huahua said casually.
“It’s definitely a major operation. Orange Cat, you might not know, but Mount Wutai is one of the Buddhist orthodoxies. Buddhists aren’t skilled at handling military supplies. The presence of military supplies on the mountain definitely indicates a major operation.”
The old man with reading glasses analyzed with conviction, afraid that Huahua, having only been a ghost for a few years, wouldn’t understand monks. He continued, “Buddhists, let alone being unskilled with military supplies, they don’t know how to use them at all. They drive away ghosts by chanting scriptures, using Buddhist dharma.”
Thinking of this, he frowned and said sternly, “No, such a major event, I must report this to the Senluo Division as soon as possible. If it’s meant to deal with us, the Senluo Division could easily be caught off guard.”
Regarding his words, Huahua, who had learned about the military supplies from Wu Nian, glanced at the old man with reading glasses.
Idiot.
That wasn’t meant to deal with the Senluo Division; it was created by my master.
Thinking this in its heart, Huahua outwardly said, “Meow~ Is it that serious? But you don’t need to worry, right? Military supplies can’t deal with ghosts, so what’s there to fear? Bullets can at most kill you, but they can’t kill us ghosts.”
The old man with reading glasses: “……”
He looked at Huahua with a wry smile. While Huahua’s words were a bit absurd, they made sense. Military supplies could at most deal with humans, and ghosts weren’t afraid of bullets. And their Senluo Division wasn’t all ghost hunters; ghosts were the majority.
Soon, to avoid pursuit from Mount Wutai, the old man with reading glasses quickly left Mount Wutai with Huahua. Before leaving, he glanced back at Mount Wutai, his eyes behind his reading glasses flickering, and he muttered in his heart, “Tailor, this time the Senluo Division has attracted enough attention. You need to put in some effort on your end and complete the progress soon.”
…
Rongcheng City, a star-rated hotel.
At this moment, at the entrance of the hotel where Zhang Wei was staying, Cao Yu knocked on his door.
“Brother Wei, are you awake?”
As Cao Yu spoke, he glanced at his phone. It was past 10 AM, and he had deliberately come later to call Zhang Wei, fearing he was sleeping in.
Creak.
The door opened. Zhang Wei walked out.
“I’m awake. I even went for breakfast. Didn’t you give me a breakfast voucher yesterday? Might as well use it. I used it now and feel it was quite worth it.”
Cao Yu smiled. “The breakfast at this hotel is good, otherwise, I wouldn’t have let Brother Wei stay here. By the way, Brother Wei, Zhang Chao told me this morning that you’re going out to help Zhang Chao with something. Where are you going? I can drive you there.”
“Yes, I was just about to tell you about this. I plan to go to a restaurant. Here’s the address.”
Zhang Wei didn’t hesitate and took out the address information Zhang Chao had sent him.
“This is in the city center. I know that place. Brother Wei, when do you plan to go?”
“In the evening.”
Zhang Wei thought for a moment and said, “I originally planned to go earlier, but since you said it’s in the city center, there will likely be a lot of customers, and the boss might not be able to entertain me well. It’s better for me to go later. Anyway, in the early morning, ghosts generally don’t dare to act recklessly.”
Cao Yu nodded. “Alright, then I’ll take Brother Wei to wander around that area. There’s a figurine shop in the city center. Brother Wei, you can sell as much as you want then, and I’ll pay. Haha, and there are some fun shops over there, near the restaurant, which is good for checking out the surrounding situation of the restaurant.”
“You don’t need to be so polite. If you pay for everything, you’ll go bankrupt, believe it or not. A wall of figurines can buy a house, it’s not just talk.”
“Haha, I know, but it’s okay. Brother Wei, you saved my life. Paying is the least I can do. If it weren’t for Old Man Willow’s intervention last time, Leng Feng and I would have surely died at the hands of that ghost king.”
“Then thank Old Man Willow, don’t thank me, I didn’t help at all.”
“Old Man Willow said the same thing. He said if you want to thank someone, thank Brother Wei. Without Brother Wei, he couldn’t have come here.”
Before he finished speaking, Cao Yu said with a smile, “Besides, I also want to thank Old Man Willow, but I have to wait until he returns. I can’t thank him now because Old Man Willow is too far away. I heard he went to Grassland Province, so I’ll thank Brother Wei first.”
“Old Man Willow went to Grassland Province?”
Zhang Wei looked over upon hearing this. After the incident where Lu Lengfeng was attacked by the ghost king, Old Man Willow would send Zhang Wei photos to share wherever he traveled. However, he hadn’t sent any photos in the past couple of days.
Even so, Zhang Wei wasn’t worried that Old Man Willow had met with an accident. With the connection of the ghost back pattern, he could always know that the old man was not in mortal danger.
Now, hearing Cao Yu’s words, he understood why Old Man Willow hadn’t shared photos. It turned out he had gone to Grassland Province, a province covered by grasslands, and one of the largest provinces by area. Because of its vastness and relatively small population, some areas had poor signal. It was likely for this reason that the old man couldn’t send photos.
“Yes, Old Man Willow went to Grassland. I also heard this from my dad when he was discussing the handling of water ghosts, from the person in charge of the Wei Dao Division in Grassland Province.”
In his words, Cao Yu looked at Zhang Wei with a slight surprise. “Oh, Brother Wei, you didn’t know Old Man Willow went to Grassland Province? That’s right, that place is too big, and some areas have no signal. Then Brother Wei, you probably don’t know about what Old Man Willow has been doing in Grassland Province these past few days, do you?”
As soon as he spoke, Zhang Wei’s gaze focused. “Did Old Man Willow do something in Grassland Province?”