Ghost Catching System

Wang Tianba spewed fresh blood, shaking the Falling Flower Glass too violently. The Eighth Stage Curse Artifact excessively consumed Yang Energy, resulting in a backlash.

"Ding... Host stayed calm, the opponent terrified, gained forty thousand Pretentiousness Points."

Wang Tianba wanted to cry; I’ve vomited blood, and you didn’t even react—how am I supposed to live?

Wang Tianba was fearful and said, "Let’s fight another day."

He was about to flee—the young man before him was truly terrifying.

Chu Hao said, "Leaving without handing over your possessions?"

Wang Tianba, not wanting to die, threw the Falling Flower Glass, which Chu Hao caught.

"Ding... Appraising the Falling Flower Glass, an Eighth Stage Curse Artifact, it can be exchanged for seven hundred thousand Pretentiousness Points."

Wang Tianba clasped his hands and said, "This treasure is well-suited to you, let’s meet again if fate allows."

"Did I say you could leave?"

Wang Tianba froze, turned his head, and forced a smile uglier than crying, "Sir, we have no grievances or enmity."

Chu Hao nodded and calmly said, "Indeed, no enmity but I’ve been wanting to kill recently."

Wang Tianba’s face was full of terror.

Chu Hao said, "Can I have a look at that tattered ancient book of yours?"

Wang Tianba gasped; Chu Hao noticed his ancient book early on and had been watching him trying to unlock the Dragon-locking Well?

Wang Tianba became frantic, shouting, "Don’t go too far."

Chu Hao drew the Knocking Demon Sword from his back and stabbed it into the ground, causing tremors.

This massive sword, five-and-a-half feet long and five-and-a-half inches wide, with a pitch-black variant form, bears dark gold curse runes, its domineering form making it exceptionally heavy.

Instantly, a torrent of demonic aura turned the void ominous, lightning flickered madly, rumbling violently as if the heavens themselves were stirred by the sword.

This time, the lightning didn’t strike; it seemed wary of the fearsome demonic nature.

The Divine Deities from the heavens need to fear it.

This is the Knocking Demon Sword.

Even with only the second seal released, the Ghost Ancestor is immensely frightened.

It is also the lifelong nemesis of the Suiren Clan.

Wang Tianba’s soul trembled, he couldn’t help but kneel, thinking perhaps only this way could ease the psychological fear.

Chu Hao enunciated, "Am I going too far?"

"Ding... Host successfully executed a Scary Show Off, gaining forty thousand Pretentiousness Points."

Wang Tianba knelt, trembling, presenting the tattered ancient book to Chu Hao.

Chu Hao received the tattered ancient book.

"The Supreme Key."

"Ding... The Supreme Key discovered; acquire all knowledge points by paying fifty thousand Pretentiousness Points for learning."

Chu Hao said, "Pay to learn."

Instantly, The Supreme Key transformed into a spiritual light merging into Chu Hao’s mind, imparting all its knowledge points.

This is a journal on ancient formations, ancient secrets, and ancient ghosts.

Also documented are methods for dealing with ghosts and deciphering formations, including the unlock method for the Dragon-locking Well.

Without this Supreme Key, Wang Tianba likely wouldn’t have managed the Dragon-locking Well.

Wang Tianba knelt, shivering with fear; where did this terrifying young man come from?

"I beg you, spare me; I’ll leave immediately, fleeing from Yanhuang World." Wang Tianba, trembling, kowtowed fearfully.

Chu Hao’s expression remained chilly, drawing the Knocking Demon Sword, "I can’t."

Wang Tianba lifted his head, full of terror.

With one sword stroke, Wang Tianba’s head rolled, blood splattered.

Chu Hao’s expression stayed cold, retrieving some Magic Artifacts and trinkets from him, tossing them into the System’s Great Furnace, enhancing the energy slot.

"Ding... System’s Great Furnace energy slot increased by ten percent."

After killing Wang Tianba, Chu Hao finally raised his head and gazed at Zhongnan Mountain.

Zhongnan Mountain, taller than the heavens, a magnificent dragon vein exuding astonishing Yang Qi, which felt pleasing.

He couldn’t fathom why descendants would seal Zhongnan Mountain’s dragon vein.

The Ghost Ant Queen carried him towards Zhongnan Mountain.

Through the clouds, the sun above was blindingly dazzling, illuminating the entire mountain.

It’s so grand that Chu Hao observed a majestic ancient Taoist Temple on the mountainside, prompting the Ghost Ant Queen to approach.

Chongyang Palace.

Chu Hao was slightly surprised; rumored as the birthplace of the Quanzhen Sect, Zhongnan Mountain’s legend indeed proved true.

Here he saw Chongyang Palace.

It must be the ancestral land of the Quanzhen Sect.

Yet, Chongyang Palace now stood in ruins, seemingly ravaged by warfare, with many historic landmarks missing.

Chu Hao entered Chongyang Palace, resembling a plundered site with numerous stone pillars, walls, statues, and altars shattered.

At the center stood Quanzhen’s great ancestor, the stone statue of the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, Moral Heavenly Venerate, remained intact.

Then he saw inscriptions behind the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord’s statue.

Chu Hao took a moment to grasp the context.

Once glorious, the Quanzhen Sect faced disaster; a group of outsiders invaded, and all disciples fought to the death defending.

Ultimately, fighting ensued till skies and earth darkened.

Chu Hao observed descriptions of the outsiders.

"They were enormous and grotesque, three-headed and six-armed, like Asura Evil Ghosts, self-proclaimed Shanhai Monsters."

Chu Hao was shocked, Shanhai Monsters?

Creatures from the Shanhai Realm?

Long ago, the Shanhai Realm discovered Yanhuang World and initiated an attack.

"With Chongyang Palace fallen, ancestors retreated to Yanxia Cave, crafting the Immeasurable Morality Pill, believing its success would repel Shanhai Monsters."

"Regrettably failed, the half-completed Immeasurable Morality Pill failed to elevate to Heavenly Master’s Perfect Realm."

After reading, Chu Hao couldn’t uncover whose sealing the dragon vein.

Luoxia Cave, perhaps?

Chu Hao ventured forth in the void, seeking Luoxia Cave—the Quanzhen Sect had maps, leading him swiftly to Luoxia Cave.

It was a Heavenly Paradise with stunning views, abundant Yang Qi, ideal for Yin-Yang Practitioners in seclusion.

At the entrance it read Yanxia Cave; Chu Hao walked inside.

Along the path lay corpses preserved by the ample Yang Qi, undecomposed over millennia.

He found corpses of Quanzhen Sect disciples and corpses of Shanhai Monsters.

They were indeed large, three meters in skeletal height, truly four meters tall, resembling humanoid beasts, standing on two legs with a tail, their heads akin to birds.

Yanxia Cave’s Shanhai Monster corpses had similar appearances, seemingly from the same tribe.

As he ventured deeper, Chu Hao sensed Yin Energy, a chilling wind carrying palpable resentment.

Suddenly, Chu Hao spotted a shadow ahead, vanishing instantly.

Chu Hao unleashed the Ultimate Fiery Golden Eyes, revealing the shadow—a Resentful Ghost with a vacant expression, head gashed, clad in Quanzhen Sect’s disciple attire.

System prompt: "Release task to redeem Wang Taiji the Resentful Ghost King, granting ten million Experience Points."