Wu Shattered Star River

After nightfall, Jiang Han was still sitting alone in the pavilion in the front yard, recalling the shocking news brought by the divination today.

“Woo woo woo ~”

Suddenly, a wail of ghosts and wolves sounded outside. Jiang Han frowned. Could there be fierce ghosts entering this ghost city?

His body shot up and stood in the mid-air of the haunted house, overlooking the streets and alleys outside.

This look was terrible; he was shocked.

In the distance, on several main streets, Yin winds were blowing, and fierce ghosts were floating everywhere. Those fierce ghosts were like semi-transparent cotton balls, floating around, which was very scary.

Some fierce ghosts floated into the nearby alleys and appeared right under Jiang Han's nose.

“Creak ~”

A door opened, and Bu Shi walked out with a cane and a tortoise shell on his back. He said with a smile, “Young Master, don't worry. Every haunted house has a divine formation that can isolate fierce ghosts from entering. So, if you want to stay in the ghost city, you must have a haunted house; otherwise, you will be attacked by fierce ghosts continuously.”

Jiang Han nodded slightly. The name of this ghost city was indeed well-deserved. At night, fierce ghosts were everywhere.

After watching for a while, his body shot down. There was nothing to see.

If it were before, he might have been a little afraid, but at this moment, in his eyes, the fierce ghosts outside were just some soul-like monsters, not much different from the Soul Race.

The biggest difference was that these fierce ghosts had no consciousness and would attack any living beings they encountered.

He waved his hand, and Bu Shi returned to the room. He continued to sit in the pavilion.

He sat there all night. After dawn the next day, all the fierce ghosts retreated, and the streets of the ghost city were crowded with people again, restoring its prosperity and bustle.

After thinking for a night, Jiang Han put aside the matters of Jiang Heishui and Yan Qin.

Thinking too much was useless. He couldn't find Jiang Heishui, nor could he find Yan Qin. He could only wait for Yan Qin to come out of seclusion and come to him.

He took out the information Qing Xuzi gave him and began to check the information of those haunted house owners, looking for a haunted house to target.

After looking through the haunted house information, he found that the haunted houses were divided into two levels.

There were ten haunted houses that were relatively large, several times the size of ordinary haunted houses. Usually, these haunted houses could accommodate ten people.

Since he wanted to occupy a haunted house, Jiang Han naturally wanted to occupy a large one, which would facilitate the Beishang Realm's business and also make it convenient for him to live in.

He flipped through the information of these ten haunted houses. After reading it, a wry smile appeared on his face.

The owners of these ten haunted houses were all uniformly half-step into the Dao, and they were all warriors from large clans.

Among them, two haunted houses were occupied by the Wild Clan warriors, two by the Yan Clan, two by the Underworld Clan, and two by the Spirit Clan.

The remaining two were occupied by the Bloodthirsty Clan and the Space Clan.

“Qing Xuzi!”

Jiang Han shouted. Qing Xuzi pushed the door open from another room and walked over, saying, “Heavenly Chaos Lord, what are your orders?”

Jiang Han pointed to the information and said, “These ten haunted houses, how come the four clans each occupy two? This doesn't feel normal. Could this be a secret stronghold for the four clans here?”

“Yes!”

Qing Xuzi nodded and said, “This is the stronghold of the four clans, but on the surface, these eight warriors are all rogue cultivators. In fact, they are all strong individuals secretly arranged by the four clans.”

“The higher-ups of the ghost city are well aware of this, but… they haven't expelled them, which can be considered a tacit understanding reached with the four major clans in secret.”

“I see!”

Jiang Han nodded. This was actually easy to understand. As the four strongest overlords in this world, the ghost city sometimes had to give them some face.

Otherwise, if they really angered the four clans, and the four clans joined forces to attack at all costs, the ghost city might not be able to withstand it.

Jiang Han didn't think about competing for the secret strongholds of the four clans. It wasn't that he couldn't take them down, but taking them down would bring a constant stream of trouble, and he didn't want to be challenged every few days.

He pointed to the remaining two shops and asked, “Can the shops occupied by the Bloodthirsty Clan and the Space Clan be attacked?”

“It's best not to touch them!”

Qing Xuzi shook his head and said, “The Bloodthirsty Clan are all lunatics, and they are especially vengeful. Once you provoke them, they will be at odds with you for the rest of your life, unless you can break through to the Dao Integration Realm and suppress the Dao Integration Realm of the Bloodthirsty Clan with your strength.”

“The Space Clan is a relatively strange race. They naturally possess space Dao techniques, and their assassination and escape skills are unparalleled. Provoking them will also result in a constant stream of assassinations, which is very troublesome…”

“Then forget it!”

Jiang Han sighed and changed his previous idea, preparing to choose a haunted house with a shop at random.

He didn't want to cause too much trouble. Another reason was that the Beishang Realm was just a middle realm, so there was no need to be too high-profile. He could just take down a shop and do business in a low-key manner.

“Let's attack the Demon Clan's then!”

In the end, Jiang Han chose a haunted house occupied by a Demon Clan powerhouse, mainly because this Demon Clan was a Lich Demon.

“Haunted House Number Thirty-Three!”

Qing Xuzi took a look and replied, “Heavenly Chaos Lord, please wait a moment. I'll go out and gather some information to confirm that he hasn't entered the Dao.”

Qing Xuzi opened the protective shield of the haunted house and went out. Bu Shi walked out with a cane and a tortoise shell on his back. He said, “Young Master wants to take down a haunted house? Are you not used to living here with this old servant?”

“No!”

Jiang Han shook his head and said through voice transmission, “I am here on a mission to help the Beishang Realm establish a secret stronghold here, so I need a haunted house with a shop.”

Bu Shi understood. He asked, “How about this old servant taking action and taking down a haunted house on the second level?”

“No need!”

Jiang Han waved his hand and said through voice transmission, “The Beishang Realm only needs an ordinary haunted house. There's no need to be too high-profile. I can do it myself.”

“Alright!”

Bu Shi nodded and said, “Young Master, if you need anything, just tell this old servant.”

Jiang Han sat in the pavilion and waited quietly. Two hours later, Qing Xuzi returned.

After opening the protective shield, he reported, “The owner of Haunted House Number Thirty-Three is named You Gu, with a combat power of half-step into the Dao. His curse-killing technique is very strong, and he also raises a group of Gu worms. He has occupied this haunted house for five years.”

“According to rumors, he may be a powerhouse sent by a middle realm of the Demon Clan, so this shop may be a secret stronghold of that middle realm of the Demon Clan!”

“……”

Jiang Han rolled his eyes. This ghost city was said to be a base camp for rogue cultivators, but there were countless secret strongholds of various realms inside the ghost city. Could this be considered rogue cultivation?

But thinking about it, he was also sent by the Beishang Realm, disguised as a rogue cultivator.

Since the Beishang Realm could send people, it was estimated that all the major realms would send people. After all, Ghost God Stones were only unique here, and owning a shop would allow them to continuously acquire Ghost God Stones.

“Then let's attack this one!”

Jiang Han didn't hesitate any longer. There were only so many haunted houses with shops. Who knew which haunted house was backed by a major realm?

Anyway, if he had to pick a haunted house owner to attack, he would have to offend a race. Then, it would be better to choose the Demon Clan.

Jiang Han waved his hand, took out a space ring. There were hundreds of billions of divine crystals in this space ring, which were given to him by Marquis Liyang.

He threw it to Qing Xuzi and said, “Go to the Internal Affairs Division to register that I want to attack Shop Number Thirty-Three.”

Qing Xuzi didn't take the space ring and said with a wry smile, “Heavenly Chaos Lord, you need to make a trip in person. The challenger himself needs to inscribe his soul aura and complete the procedures.”

“Alright, lead the way!”

Jiang Han got up, told Bu Shi, and strode out with Qing Xuzi.