Chapter 179: Oh my god! A ghost!

The corpse of the sorcerer has risen from death!

The corpse didn’t immediately leave the morgue but slowly opened one drawer after another…

The sorcerer originally wanted Han Baisheng to obtain blood from dead infants. He planned to use the infants’ blood to perform sorcery, control their souls, and harass Shui Miao. If everything went smoothly, he could even kill Shui Miao, gain Han Baisheng’s trust, and gradually carry out his plan to eventually acquire Han Baisheng’s fortune.

However, the sorcerer didn’t understand the psychology of ordinary people, let alone that of a businessman.

Ordinary people strongly reject such evil sorcery. Perhaps they could tolerate it within certain psychological limits, but once the sorcery exceeded those limits, they could no longer accept it. Moreover, Han Baisheng was a businessman. Although he was vulgar and coarse, his original intention was merely to save face. However, the sorcerer escalated the situation to the point of threatening Han Baisheng’s life. As a businessman, Han naturally weighed the pros and cons and refused to accept it. After all, life was more important than face.

The sorcerer had practiced sorcery, causing his body to become like a corpse.

Although his power wasn’t strong initially, today at the White Snake Temple, he discovered a large amount of extremely yin spiritual energy emanating from a well. After absorbing this energy, his cultivation level significantly increased.

However, he hadn’t expected Han Baisheng to have a gun!

He had cultivated an incredible undead sorcery, which transformed him into a living corpse. The sorcerous energy spread across the corpse’s surface, concealing the soul. This allowed him to escape the capture of the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Envoys (Niu Tou Ma Mian), the soul-collecting spirits. Once the spirits’ designated date for capturing him had passed, he would use another sorcery to resurrect his corpse. However, this particular sorcery was quite evil, requiring the killing of one hundred live infants, absorbing their life force and blood energy. Knowing he couldn’t obtain so many infants, he needed money—lots of money.

As it turned out, he encountered Han Baisheng.

Unexpectedly, Han Baisheng shot him in the heart, destroying his corpse!

With his heart destroyed, he could no longer resurrect.

But even more surprisingly, due to absorbing the extremely yin energy from the well, his soul had become stronger. His soul could now control his corpse, crawling out from the drawer!

In fact, his resurrection wasn’t real rebirth but merely a ghost possessing a body.

He resented his plan being ruined by Han Baisheng, his decades of cultivation destroyed in an instant.

Therefore, his ghost became increasingly powerful and terrifying due to his resentment. After emerging from the drawer, he didn’t leave but instead opened other drawers, using his extremely yin energy to awaken one corpse after another. He wanted to take revenge on society, using these corpses to kill Han Baisheng and avenge himself.

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“Hey, Old Ma, I heard the police delivered a very strange corpse today. Is that true?” At the entrance of the funeral home, Xiao Liu, who was on night duty, saw Old Ma, the caretaker of the morgue, riding his electric scooter home after work. He hurriedly stepped out of the guard room to greet him and ask about the situation.

Old Ma was in his fifties, having worked at the funeral home his entire life. Seeing Xiao Liu’s fear, he smiled and said, “What? Are you scared, kid?”

“Hehe… Old Ma, to be honest with you, I don’t know why, but I’ve felt uneasy today. After the shift change, Xiao Huang mentioned this, and I didn’t believe it, so I came to ask you,” Xiao Liu politely offered Old Ma a soft-pack Zhonghua cigarette and lit it for him with a lighter. “So, tell me about it, will you?”

“Hehe…” Old Ma chuckled, took a couple of deep puffs on the cigarette, and happily exhaled the smoke while smiling at Xiao Liu, comforting him, “Nothing to worry about. It’s just a mummified corpse, already frozen in the drawer. Besides, the morgue is locked tight, so there’s nothing to fear. Moreover, in five or six hours, Lao Cui and the others will arrive. You’re new here; you’ll get used to it soon enough.”

“But I heard this mummy is some kind of sorcerer who even killed someone this afternoon?”

When Old Ma refused to elaborate, Xiao Liu quickly pressed for confirmation.

Old Ma shook his head. “Don’t go making things up. What you’ve heard are just rumors. There’s no such thing as ghosts in this world! I’ve worked here half my life and haven’t seen a single ghost.”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Boom!”

At that moment, a series of thumping sounds came from the direction of the morgue, growing louder and louder!

It felt as if someone were pounding on the morgue’s heavy metal door.

“What the hell is going on! Could it be some brat sneaked into the morgue to steal a corpse and got locked inside?” Old Ma was naturally fearless and never believed in ghosts. Immediately, he rode his scooter back, grabbed a mop from the corner of the wall, and grumbled his way toward the morgue.

Wanting to see what was happening, Xiao Liu quickly ran over with a miner’s lamp…

The wizard’s corpse has come back to life!

Instead of immediately leaving the morgue, the corpse slowly opened one body drawer after another…

The wizard had originally intended for Han Baisheng to obtain the blood of dead infants. He wanted to use this blood to perform sorcery, controlling the souls of those dead infants to harass Shui Miao. If successful, he could even kill Shui Miao, thereby gaining Han Baisheng’s trust. Then, he could gradually carry out his plan to seize Han Baisheng’s vast fortune.

However, the wizard did not understand the psychology of ordinary people, let alone the mindset of a businessman.

Ordinary people are highly averse to such evil sorcery. They might tolerate it within the limits of their psychological endurance, but once sorcery exceeds those limits, they can no longer accept it. Moreover, Han Baisheng is a businessman. Although he is crude, his initial motive was merely to save face. The wizard escalated the situation to a point where it even threatened Han Baisheng’s life. As a businessman, Han Baisheng naturally weighed the pros and cons and refused to accept it. No matter how important face is, it is not more important than life.

The wizard practiced sorcery, and his body became like that of a corpse.

Originally, his power was not strong. But today, at the White Lady Temple, he discovered that the well was emanating a large amount of extremely Yin spiritual energy. He absorbed this energy, which greatly enhanced his cultivation.

However, he did not expect that Han Baisheng would have a gun!

He had cultivated an incredible immortality sorcery that turned him into a living dead. Sorcerous energy enveloped the surface of his corpse, concealing his soul, allowing him to evade capture by the Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the underworld envoys who collect souls. Once the deadline for the envoys to capture him passed, he would use another sorcery to resurrect his corpse. However, this sorcery was particularly evil—it required killing a hundred living infants and absorbing their life force and blood energy. He knew he could not obtain so many living infants on his own, so he needed money, a lot of money.

As it turned out, he encountered Han Baisheng.

To his surprise, Han Baisheng shot him in the heart, destroying his corpse!

With his heart destroyed, he could no longer resurrect.

But even more astonishing to him was that, due to absorbing the extremely Yin energy from the well, his soul had grown stronger. His soul could now control his corpse, allowing him to climb out of the body drawer!

In reality, his resurrection was not true resurrection—it was merely a case of a ghost possessing a body.

He hated that his plan had been ruined by Han Baisheng, and decades of cultivation were destroyed in an instant.

Thus, his ghost grew increasingly powerful and terrifying due to resentment. After climbing out of the body drawer, he did not leave. Instead, he opened other body drawers, using his extremely Yin energy to awaken one corpse after another. He sought revenge on society and planned to use these corpses to kill Han Baisheng.

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“Hey, Old Ma, I heard the police brought in a very strange corpse today. Is that true?” At the entrance of the funeral home, Xiao Liu, who was on night duty, saw Old Ma, the morgue manager, driving an electric cart on his way home. He quickly stepped out of the duty room to greet him and ask about the situation.

Old Ma, in his fifties, had worked at the funeral home his entire life. Seeing that Xiao Liu was scared, he smiled and said, “What, are you afraid, kid?”

“Hehe… Old Ma, to be honest, I don’t know why, but I’ve been feeling uneasy today. I just heard about it from Xiao Huang during the shift change. I didn’t believe it, so I thought I’d ask you!” Xiao Liu tactfully handed Old Ma a soft Chunghwa cigarette and took out a lighter to light it for him. “Could you tell me about it?”

“Hehe…” Old Ma smiled, took a deep drag of the cigarette, exhaled the smoke contentedly, and then grinned at Xiao Liu reassuringly. “It’s nothing, just a dried corpse. It’s frozen in the body drawer now, and the morgue is locked with a heavy lock. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Besides, Old Cui and the others will be here in five or six hours. You’re new here; you’ll get used to it.”

“But I heard this dried corpse is some kind of wizard who killed someone this afternoon?”

Seeing that Old Ma was reluctant to elaborate, Xiao Liu pressed for confirmation.

Old Ma shook his head. “Don’t overthink it. What you heard are just rumors. There’s no such thing as ghosts in this world! I’ve worked here most of my life and have never seen a ghost.”

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

“Bang!”

At that moment, a series of knocking sounds came from the direction of the morgue, growing louder and louder!

It felt as though someone was pounding on the morgue’s heavy iron door.

“Dammit, what’s going on! Could it be that some bastard sneaked into the morgue to steal a corpse and got locked inside?” Old Ma was naturally bold and never believed in ghosts. He immediately turned his electric cart around, grabbed a mop from the corner, and grumbled as he hurried toward the morgue.

Xiao Liu, wanting to see what was happening, quickly grabbed a mining lamp and ran after him…

“Oh my god!”

Old Ma turned on the light and peered through the gap in the iron door. What stood behind the door were not living people but dozens of corpses! These were corpses he had personally placed into the body drawers—he recognized them; there was no mistake.

“Ghosts! There are ghosts!”

Old Ma, who never believed in ghosts, screamed in terror. He dropped the mop and ran, but after only a few steps, he collided with Xiao Liu, who was rushing over. Both of them fell to the ground.

“Bang!”

The heavy iron door was flung open by a tremendous force, smashing into the corridor window and shattering several panes of glass.

A group of corpses slowly walked out…

Since these were corpses that had been stored for some time, they had decomposed and swollen, making their movements very slow.

Only the wizard’s corpse moved as swiftly as a living person!

Seeing the wizard cloaked in black charging toward them, Xiao Liu and Old Ma scrambled to their feet and ran as fast as they could…

They ran so fast that Old Ma even abandoned his electric cart.

But when the two reached the main gate, they turned around and saw the wizard driving the electric cart after them!

Damn! This was a high-class ghost that could even drive!

Old Ma and Xiao Liu exchanged glances. Old Ma, more experienced, quickly led the way toward a small hill outside the funeral home. Seeing this, the wizard gave up on chasing them and drove the electric cart onto the road… Watching the wizard drive off with his electric cart, Old Ma immediately called the police. “Hello! Is this the police? A zombie stole my electric cart…”

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Inside the hospital, Han Baisheng stumbled out of the ward in a daze, left the building, and wandered into the middle of the road. His bewildered bodyguards trailed behind him, hastily blocking passing vehicles. About a hundred meters away in the darkness, a Nanyang sorcerer, skilled in the dark art of jiangtou (a form of black magic), clutched a cloth doll, manipulating its legs to control Han Baisheng through his sinister craft. Initially, the sorcerer had attempted to force Han Baisheng to leap from a building, but the swarm of bodyguards thwarted his plan. Now, he was trying to make Han Baisheng walk into oncoming traffic, yet the bodyguards once again shielded him. Frustration gnawed at the sorcerer; if he couldn’t eliminate Han Baisheng, he would never find peace.

“Whoosh!”

At that moment, the sorcerer nonchalantly turned his head and noticed a mysterious figure draped in black, abandoning an electric cart by the roadside and rushing toward him…

A sudden gust of wind blew away the figure’s black cloak, revealing its face—it was not the face of a living person but a dark, skeletal skull!

“Ah! A ghost!”

The sorcerer was utterly terrified. Without hesitation, he dropped the cloth doll and fled in panic.

With the curse abruptly stopped, Han Baisheng, who was a hundred meters away, suddenly came to his senses. He glanced around in bewilderment, attempting to understand why he was standing in the middle of the road. Before he could piece it together, he spotted the wizard pursuing the sorcerer, both charging directly toward him…

“Oh my god! It’s the wizard… Run!”

Han Baisheng turned and ran, heading straight for the Sanya Grand Hotel.

He knew his great savior, Shui Miao, was there.

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Outside the Sanya Hotel

At that very moment, a special police team controlled by high-ranking official Minister He had quietly arrived and hidden outside the hotel. They were waiting for the order to storm the hotel and secretly arrest Shui Miao, Sun Hao, Jiang Zhihao, Qian Wanke, Jiang Tao, and the others. Inside a luxury car parked by the roadside, Li Jiazheng, Minister He, and two special police captains responsible for the operation were studying the arrest plan.

Inside the Hotel’s Luxury Villa

Shui Miao and the group were still discussing how to deal with Li Jiazheng.

Old Ma turned on the lights and peered through the crack in the iron door, only to see that the figures standing behind it weren’t living people, but dozens of corpses! These were corpses he had personally placed into the drawers. He recognized them; there was no mistake.

“Ghosts! There are ghosts!”

Old Ma, who usually didn’t believe in ghosts, screamed loudly in terror, dropped the mop, and ran for his life. However, after running only a few steps, he collided head-on with Xiao Liu, who had rushed over, and both fell to the ground.

“Boom!”

The heavy iron door was smashed open by a tremendous force, flying into the corridor window, shattering several panes of glass onto the floor.

Then, a group of corpses slowly emerged…

Since these corpses had been stored for some time, they had decayed and swollen, so their movements were very slow.

Only the sorcerer’s corpse looked no different from a normal person!

Seeing the black-robed sorcerer rushing toward them, Xiao Liu and Old Ma quickly got up and ran…

They ran very fast, so fast that Old Ma even abandoned his electric scooter.

However, when the two reached the main gate, they turned around and saw the sorcerer chasing after them on Old Ma’s electric scooter!

Damn! Even a high-level ghost who could drive!

After exchanging glances, Old Ma, being more experienced, immediately ran toward a dirt hill outside the funeral home. Seeing this, the sorcerer had no choice but to abandon Xiao Liu and Old Ma and drove his electric scooter directly onto the road… Seeing the sorcerer drive away on his electric scooter, Old Ma hurriedly called the police, “Hello! Is this the police? A zombie stole my electric scooter…”

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Inside the hospital, Han Baisheng walked out of the ward, out of the hospital, and into the middle of the road, his eyes vacant. His group of bodyguards followed closely beside him, blocking the passing vehicles. In the darkness over a hundred meters away, the Southern sorcerer held a cloth doll, manipulating its legs, using sorcery to control Han Baisheng. He had just tried to force Han Baisheng to jump off the building, but a crowd of bodyguards were watching him closely. Now he tried to make Han Baisheng crash into a car, but again, the bodyguards protected him. The sorcerer couldn’t help but feel uneasy. He was determined to kill Han Baisheng no matter what.

“Whoosh!”

At that moment, the sorcerer happened to turn his head and saw a strange figure in black robes suddenly drop the electric scooter nearby and charge toward him…

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, lifting the black robe off the figure’s face. What was revealed was not the face of a living person, but a pitch-black, skeletal head with skin stretched tightly over the bones!

“Ahhh! A ghost!”

Startled, the sorcerer immediately dropped the cloth doll and ran for his life.

Due to the stop in the sorcery, Han Baisheng, over a hundred meters away, suddenly regained consciousness. Confused, he looked around, trying to figure out why he was on the road. But before he could look around much, he saw the sorcerer chasing the sorcerer and heading his way…

The wizard’s corpse has returned to life!

Instead of immediately leaving the morgue, the corpse slowly opened one body drawer after another…

The wizard had originally intended for Han Baisheng to obtain the blood of dead infants. He wanted to use this blood to perform sorcery, controlling the souls of those dead infants to harass and torment Shui Miao. If all went well, he could even kill Shui Miao, thereby gaining Han Baisheng’s trust. Then, he could gradually carry out his plan to seize Han Baisheng’s vast fortune.

However, the wizard did not understand the psychology of ordinary people, let alone the mindset of a businessman.

Ordinary people are highly averse to such evil sorcery. They might tolerate it within the limits of their psychological endurance, but once sorcery exceeds those limits, they can no longer accept it. Moreover, Han Baisheng was a businessman. Although he was crude, his primary motivation was merely to save face. The wizard escalated the situation to a point where it even threatened Han Baisheng’s life. As a businessman, Han Baisheng naturally weighed the pros and cons and refused to accept it. No matter how important face was, it could not compare to the value of his life.

The wizard practiced sorcery, and his body had become corpse-like.

Originally, his power was not strong. But today, at the White Lady Temple, he discovered that the well was emanating a large amount of extremely Yin spiritual energy. He absorbed this energy, which greatly enhanced his cultivation.

However, he never expected that Han Baisheng would have a gun!

He had cultivated an incredible immortality sorcery that turned him into a living dead. Sorcerous energy enveloped the surface of his corpse, concealing his soul and allowing him to evade capture by the Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the underworld enforcers. Once the deadline for the enforcers to capture him passed, he would use another sorcery to resurrect his corpse. However, this sorcery was particularly evil—it required killing a hundred living infants and absorbing their life force and blood energy. Knowing he could not obtain so many living infants on his own, he needed money, a lot of money.

As it turned out, he encountered Han Baisheng.

To his surprise, Han Baisheng shot him in the heart, destroying his corpse!

With his heart destroyed, he could no longer resurrect.

But even more astonishing was that, due to absorbing the extremely Yin energy from the well, his soul had grown stronger. His soul could now control his corpse, allowing him to climb out of the body drawer!

In reality, his resurrection was not true revival—it was merely a case of a ghost possessing a body.

He hated that his plan had been ruined by Han Baisheng, and decades of cultivation were destroyed in an instant.

Thus, his ghost grew increasingly powerful and terrifying due to his resentment. After climbing out of the body drawer, he did not leave. Instead, he opened other body drawers, using his extremely Yin energy to awaken corpse after corpse. He sought revenge on society and intended to use these corpses to kill Han Baisheng.

※※※

“Hey, Old Ma, I heard the police brought in a very strange corpse today. Is that true?” At the entrance of the funeral home, Xiao Liu, who was on night duty, saw Old Ma, the morgue manager, driving his electric bike home after work. He quickly stepped out of the duty room to greet him and ask about the situation.

Old Ma, in his fifties, had worked at the funeral home his entire life. Seeing that Xiao Liu was scared, he smiled and said, “What, are you afraid, kid?”

“Heh… Old Ma, to be honest, I don’t know why, but I’ve been feeling uneasy today. I just heard about it from Xiao Huang during the shift change. I didn’t believe it, so I thought I’d ask you!” Xiao Liu tactfully handed Old Ma a soft Chunghwa cigarette and took out a lighter to light it for him. “Could you tell me about it?”

“Heh…” Old Ma smiled, took a deep drag of the cigarette, exhaled the smoke contentedly, and then looked at Xiao Liu reassuringly. “It’s nothing, just a dried corpse. It’s frozen in the body drawer now, and the morgue is locked with a heavy lock. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Besides, Old Cui and the others will be here in five or six hours. You’re new here—you’ll get used to it.”

“But I heard this dried corpse is some kind of wizard who killed someone this afternoon?”

Seeing that Old Ma was reluctant to elaborate, Xiao Liu pressed for confirmation.

Old Ma shook his head. “Don’t overthink it. What you heard are just rumors. There’s no such thing as ghosts in this world! I’ve worked here most of my life and have never seen a ghost.”

*Thud!*

*Thud!*

*Bang!*

Just then, a series of knocking sounds came from the direction of the morgue, growing louder and louder!

It felt as though someone was pounding on the morgue’s heavy iron door.

“Dammit, what’s going on! Could it be that some bastard sneaked into the morgue to steal a corpse and got locked inside?” Old Ma was naturally bold and never believed in ghosts. Without hesitation, he drove his electric bike back, picked up a mop from the corner, and grumbled as he hurried toward the morgue.

Xiao Liu, wanting to see what was happening, quickly grabbed a mining lamp and ran after him…

“Oh my god!”

Old Ma turned on the light and peered through the gap in the iron door. What stood behind the door were not living people but dozens of corpses! These were corpses he had personally placed into the body drawers—he recognized them, and there was no mistake.

“Ghosts! There are ghosts!”

Old Ma, who never believed in ghosts, screamed in terror. He dropped the mop and ran, but after only a few steps, he collided with Xiao Liu, who had rushed over. Both of them fell to the ground.

*Bang!*

The heavy iron door was flung open by a tremendous force, smashing into the corridor window and shattering several panes of glass.

A group of corpses slowly walked out…

Since these were corpses that had been stored for some time, they had decomposed and swollen, making their movements very slow.

Only the wizard’s corpse moved as swiftly as a living person!

Seeing the wizard draped in black gauze charging toward them, Xiao Liu and Old Ma scrambled to their feet and ran as fast as they could…

They ran so fast that Old Ma even abandoned his electric bike.

But when the two reached the main gate, they turned around and saw the wizard driving the electric bike toward them!

Damn! This was a high-class ghost who could even drive!

Old Ma and Xiao Liu exchanged glances. Old Ma, being more experienced, quickly led the way toward a small hill outside the funeral home. Seeing this, the wizard gave up on chasing them and drove the electric bike onto the road… Watching the wizard drive off with his electric bike, Old Ma immediately called the police. “Hello! Is this the police? A zombie stole my electric bike…”

※※※

Inside the hospital, Han Baisheng stumbled out of the ward in a daze, left the building, and wandered into the middle of the road. His bewildered bodyguards trailed behind him, blocking oncoming vehicles. About a hundred meters away in the darkness, a Nanyang sorcerer clutched a cloth doll, manipulating its legs to control Han Baisheng through dark magic. Initially, the sorcerer had attempted to make Han Baisheng leap from a building, but the swarm of bodyguards thwarted his plan. Now, he was trying to force Han Baisheng into the path of traffic, yet the bodyguards once again shielded him. A cold shiver ran down the sorcerer’s spine—if he failed to kill Han Baisheng, he would die unwilling to accept defeat.

*Whoosh!*

At that very moment, the sorcerer nonchalantly turned his head and noticed a peculiar figure cloaked in black gauze. The figure abandoned an electric bike by the roadside not far off and began charging toward him…

A sudden gust of wind blew away the black gauze, revealing the figure’s face. It was not the face of a living person but a dark, skeletal skull!

“Ah! A ghost!”

The sorcerer was terrified. He immediately dropped the cloth doll and fled.

With the curse halted, Han Baisheng, roughly a hundred meters away, abruptly regained consciousness. He glanced around in bewilderment, attempting to comprehend why he was standing in the middle of the road. Before he could piece it together, he spotted the wizard pursuing the sorcerer, both swiftly advancing in his direction…

“Oh my god! It’s the wizard… Run!”

Han Baisheng turned and ran, heading straight for the Sanya Grand Hotel.

He knew that his great savior, Shui Miao, was there.

※※※

Outside the Sanya Hotel

At this moment, a special police team controlled by high-ranking official Minister He had quietly arrived and hidden outside the hotel. Awaiting orders, they were ready to storm the hotel and secretly arrest Shui Miao, Sun Hao, Jiang Zhihao, Qian Wanke, and Jiang Tao. Inside a luxury car parked by the roadside, Li Jiazheng, Minister He, and two special police team leaders responsible for the operation were studying the arrest plan.

Inside the Hotel’s Luxury Villa

Shui Miao and the group were still discussing how to deal with Li Jiazheng.

Han Baisheng took off running, heading straight for Sanya Hotel.

Because he knew that his savior, Shui Miao, was there.

※※※

Outside Sanya Hotel

At this very moment, a special police force controlled by the high-ranking official, Minister He, had quietly arrived and hidden outside the hotel, waiting for the order to storm the building and secretly arrest Shui Miao, Sun Hao, Jiang Zhihao, Qian Wanke, and Jiang Tao. Meanwhile, inside a luxury car parked by the roadside, Li Jia was with Minister He and two special police team leaders responsible for this operation, discussing the arrest plan inside the vehicle.

Inside the hotel’s luxury villa

Shui Miao and his group were still discussing how to deal with Li Jiazheng.