I can push my cultivation progress to the end

After walking along winding paths for about a quarter of an hour, Li Hai, who had been following closely behind Guo Laosan, finally saw wisps of smoke rising in the distance, at the edge of a golden sea of rice.

Beneath those rising streams of smoke, a village was faintly visible.

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"We're here, we're here!"

Guo Laosan pointed in that direction and shouted, "That's Guo Family Village. Just a few more steps and we'll be there."

Li Hai nodded without saying anything.

After a while, they finally reached the entrance of the village.

Standing under a lush old locust tree, Li Hai looked around with his hands on his hips, finding that this place wasn't much different from ordinary villages.

The village was mostly filled with earthen houses of various sizes, all old and rustic.

However, because many children were running around laughing, and many young adults and elders were resting in the shade, it seemed full of the atmosphere of human life.

But Li Hai knew that all of this was an illusion.

If he were to look with human eyes at this moment, these would all be gloomy and dilapidated haunted houses.

Li Hai did exactly that.

He very discreetly shifted back to his living human form and quickly scanned the inside and outside of the village.

Then he discovered that the children running and laughing, as well as some of the young adults and elders, were indeed all ghosts, and almost all of them were hideously charred corpse ghosts.

Moreover, those earthen houses had all turned into black ruins, mostly collapsed.

As for the so-called atmosphere of human life, it had become deathly silent and desolate.

"Could it be… that a fire occurred in this Guo Family Village a long time ago?"

After reverting to his ghostly form, Li Hai speculated in his mind, "Did this fire burn everyone to death, and then these villagers who were burned to death all turned into charred corpse ghosts due to some kind of accident?"

Just as he was lost in thought, Guo Laosan's voice sounded in his ear:

"Young man, what are you standing there for? Come with me to the village chief's house."

"Oh, oh."

Li Hai casually responded and then followed behind Guo Laosan, who was striding forward, heading towards the village.

As he walked, he also took a special look at the various ghosts in the village, in order to find new skills and entries.

However, to Li Hai's disappointment, the personal interfaces of these child ghosts, adult ghosts, and old ghosts were all the same as Guo Laosan's, with only the 《Ghost Body Soul Remains》 skill.

"Tch~ Nothing, nothing at all."

Li Hai secretly scorned, "A bunch of poor ghosts."

Before long, he and Guo Laosan arrived at the highest point in the village, a rocky slope with a threshing ground.

There, a large tile-roofed house stood, clearly of a higher grade than the earthen houses in the village.

"Village Chief! Little Jinzi!"

Guo Laosan walked to the front of the tile-roofed house with his old legs, raised his hand, and knocked on the door, "I am your Third Uncle, quickly open the door!"

Creak~

The wooden door slowly opened, and a young man walked out from inside, wearing coarse cloth clothes but with extremely handsome features and a gentle demeanor.

Obviously, he was Little Jinzi in Guo Laosan's words, and also the village chief of Guo Family Village.

This young village chief looked at Guo Laosan and asked with a frown, "Third Uncle, didn't you go to collect grain? What are you doing here?"

"Little Jinzi, aren't you tired of working in the fields?"

Guo Laosan smiled honestly and pointed to Li Hai, who was standing silently behind him, and said straightforwardly, "So, I found you a laborer."

"Oh, is that so?"

The young village chief immediately smiled and said, "That's great, I just need someone to help me harvest the grain."

While these two were talking, Li Hai on the side was secretly shocked.

Li Hai grinned, putting on an honest smile, and walked over without saying a word.

"Well, this is our village chief—Guo Huaijin."

Guo Laosan patted the handsome young man's shoulder and said casually, "His father is my cousin, the previous village chief of Guo Family Village."

"Guo Huaijin?!"

Li Hai's pupils trembled slightly, and then he continued to maintain his honest smile, grabbed the hand of this young village chief named Guo Huaijin, and said whatever came to mind, "I've long heard that Village Chief Guo is a talented man, and today I see that he is indeed extraordinary."

"That's right!"

Guo Laosan on the side raised his head and boasted with a pout, "Our great nephew is a famous handsome young man within a hundred miles, even the old fortress lord of the Qian family wanted to recruit him as a live-in son-in-law, if it weren't for Little Jinzi and Asu's deep affection…"

"Alright, Third Uncle."

Guo Huaijin on the side said helplessly, "You can't keep your mouth shut, you've told everyone about my family's affairs."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, hehe." Guo Laosan lightly slapped himself on the mouth and laughed.

"Third Uncle~ Huaijin~"

A gentle female voice came from the house, "What are you talking about?"

Along with the voice, a pregnant woman with a beautiful appearance and extremely gentle temperament slowly walked out, supporting her back.

"Asu, be careful."

Guo Huaijin quickly supported the pregnant woman and blamed her in a low voice, "You should rest well, what are you doing coming out? What if you catch a cold from the wind?"

"It's okay, the sun is so big, how could I catch a cold."

Asu smiled, "I heard Third Uncle calling my name, so I came out to see."

"Oh dear, it seems that it was Third Uncle's fault."

Guo Laosan rubbed his hands and said with a dry smile, "Well, Asu, your belly is so big now, I guess you'll have to give birth soon."

"Yes."

Asu nodded and smiled gently, "The doctor has seen it, and said that I will give birth this month."

Just as these people were talking, Li Hai was once again secretly shocked.

Only because the information in the personal interface of this pregnant woman named Asu… was completely different from all the villagers of Guo Family Village—

Character Name: Asu

Level Tier: Ghost Path → Fierce Spirit

Skills: 《Ghost Body Soul Remains》 《Heretical Earth Yin Absorption (Fragment)》 《Evil Spirit Yin Descent》 《Vengeful Spirit Yang Extinction》

Entry Characteristics: 【Phantom Body Level 2】 【Weird Phenomenon Level 2】 【Double Evil Level 2】

Strongest Fragment: None

Judging from the number of skills and the level of entries, this female ghost named Asu is definitely the true strongest ghost in Guo Family Village.

But what about Guo Huaijin, who is currently chatting and laughing with Asu and Guo Laosan?

What is his relationship with Guo Laogou outside the forest?

Who is the real Guo Huaijin?

Li Hai was greatly puzzled by all of this.

"Screw it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it. To hell with everyone, learn skills first."

After thinking for a few seconds and not finding an answer, Li Hai immediately put these messy questions behind him and began to concentrate on secretly learning Asu's skills.