Ghost Catching System

After stepping into the vortex, the scene inside was actually no different from the outside. It was all surrounded by stone forests, with towering stones of various shapes and sizes.

Chu Hao walked forward, kicked the big man lying on the ground, and said, "Stop pretending to be dead, hurry up and move."

The big man wanted to cry and said, "Boss, can you show me mercy? I’ve come all this way, yet haven’t enjoyed this world."

Chu Hao glared at him and said, "Believe it or not, I’ll cut off your little brother and throw you back."

"Ding... The host successfully threatened and showed off, gaining 60,000 Pretentiousness Points."

The big man didn’t dare speak, trembling in fear, and obediently led the way forward.

The stone forest was a maze, using stone to confuse. Once you get out, it feels like crossing mountains and rivers, reaching a mysterious place.

Unfortunately, whether entering or exiting here is very difficult.

Thus, most of the Yin-Yang Practitioners from Shanhai World lined up in groups, numbering in the tens of thousands, yet few could make it through.

After winding around and around, the stone forest seemed identical everywhere. They walked for more than an hour, and their heads were spinning. The big man grabbed his hair and said bitterly, "I really don’t know the way, I stumbled upon it."

Chu Hao believed he was indeed confused; this place was too strange to get out, and you couldn’t fly out either. After looking at one stone forest after another for too long, the eyes would spin.

However, as Chu Hao walked along, he discovered ancient inscriptions etched into the towering stones, with symbolic characters.

Having learned the supreme secret key, he could roughly recognize these characters and said, "Go this way."

The big man hurriedly followed.

After seven or eight twists, they walked for another half hour and finally exited the maze-like stone forest to arrive at a mountain forest path.

At this spot, there were clouds swirling, eternal spring, meandering streams, fish gliding in shallow waters, birds chirping, dragons and phoenixes dancing, peonies in full bloom, and the sound of springs gently tinkling—a veritable secluded paradise.

The big man was amazed and said, "What is this place?"

Chu Hao was also puzzled and asked the big man, who mentioned they had simply walked out of the stone forest, never having seen such a secluded paradise.

In front of them, the scenery was beautiful—a feng shui paradise that was infinitely appealing.

Ahead, there was a giant stone along the path.

The giant stone resembled a human figure with a leopard’s head and round eyes, an iron face with whiskers, one hand holding a sword and the other a fan, five bats fluttering about, radiating an aura of righteousness.

Below, there was also a stele with hastily engraved characters.

"The Tao that can be spoken of is not the true Tao. The universe creates things, the beginning of heaven and earth, the mother of all things. Desiring to observe its wonders, it is always present."

Seeing these characters, Chu Hao was stunned.

This passage was too famous.

The Tao Te Ching, the inscription left by Laozi.

Legend has it that when Laozi departed from Hangu Pass westward, he saw a giant stone and uttered these words, which were recorded in the Tao Te Ching.

Could it be that Laozi took this path when he left the pass?

Chu Hao was shocked.

Legend has it that when Laozi left Hangu Pass westward, he headed to Shanhai Realm?

This could very well be possible.

The Tao Te Ching’s account matches perfectly with the scene he saw here.

Retracting his gaze, he continued down the mountain forest path, and after walking for a few minutes, he saw a thatched hut.

Chu Hao exclaimed in surprise, startling the burly big man.

Chu Hao muttered, "Laozi, could he be hiding here?"

He hurried over. The thatched hut looked tended to, suggesting someone lived there, so Chu Hao called out, "Is anyone there?"

From within the thatched hut, a short elder emerged, holding a pipe, taking a few puffs, with his eyes sunk in, saying, "Oh! It’s been a long time since anyone has come."

Chu Hao was amazed and said, "Elder, are you Li Er?"

The short elder shook his head and said, "The Li Er you’re referring to is just a young boy riding a green ox. He passed by here and then left."

Chu Hao was speechless.

Back then, Laozi, too, left the pass in his twilight years, yet to the elder, he was just a young boy?

How old is this hunched elder?

Could he be a ghost?

Can an ordinary person live so long?

Chu Hao said, "Elder, what is this place?"

The elder, about 1.5 meters tall, sat on a chair in the thatched hut, leisurely smoking, and said, "This is a cemetery; I’m the Tomb Keeper."

Tomb Keeper?

Chu Hao said, "We want to leave here; do you know which way to go?"

The elder pointed his pipe toward the back of the thatched hut and said, "Just go through the back."

"Thank you, Elder."

Chu Hao glared at the big man, urging him to follow quickly.

The big man dared not stop.

As they walked along the path behind the thatched hut for a while, the big man couldn’t help but say, "That old man was so strange."

Chu Hao nodded slightly; the reason he hurried to leave was also due to the elder’s oddity.

Just now, if you looked closely at the elder’s hand holding the pipe, you’d find some spots.

Growing spots in old age is normal, but the spots on the elder weren’t ordinary spots.

They were corpse spots.

The big man said, "I just smelled a stench, like a dead body."

"Stop talking, let’s hurry and go," Chu Hao said.

The big man dared not speak, following Chu Hao as they left. They were now seventy percent certain that the elder was indeed a dead person, or perhaps a corpse.

Previously, Chu Hao also used his Ultimate Fiery Golden Eyes to examine, but couldn’t spot any suspicion, which was bizarre.

This place was indeed beautiful, a secluded paradise, peaceful and unspoiled.

Just then, Chu Hao and the big man saw a tomb in front.

A few tombstones stood amidst flowers and grass, peach blossoms bloomed and had fallen all over the ground.

They were not lonely but rather added a scenic beauty along the way.

The elder was right; he indeed was the Tomb Keeper. There were quite a few tombstones here, numbering twenty or thirty.

At this moment, the big man exclaimed in surprise and ran over, screaming again.

Chu Hao asked, "What’s wrong?"

The big man was shocked to the extreme, his voice stuttering and exclaimed, "My, my goodness, this... this is Li Batu’s tomb!"

On the tombstone, it indeed read Li Batu’s tomb. Chu Hao said, "So what? Is he very famous?"

The big man said strangely, "You don’t know him?"

Suddenly realizing that Chu Hao wasn’t from Shanhai World, he hurriedly explained, "Li Batu, a legendary Yin Yang Master, he founded the Batu Dynasty single-handedly, the pioneering ancestor of Batu. How could he be buried here?"

Chu Hao said, "Have you visited the Batu Dynasty?"

The big man was slightly embarrassed and said, "I haven’t, but I saw it in history books. The Batu Dynasty is a huge nation in Shanhai World, reportedly filled with Yin-Yang Practitioners."

The big man continued to examine another tombstone and again exclaimed, "Zhang Qingtian! My goodness."

Chu Hao said, "Is he also very famous?"

The big man was trembling as he spoke, "Zhang Qingtian, he is the founder of a Sacred Land, the legend says he opened up the Yin-Yang Void Simplicity as a God."

Chu Hao asked, "What is Yin-Yang Void Simplicity?"

The big man quickly explained, "It’s Yin Yang Divine Technique that can create a Yin-Yang Secret Realm, allowing a vast holy land, spanning thousands of miles, to hide within a mountain, a big tree, a lake—it’s Yin-Yang Void Simplicity."