Chapter 44: Chapter 42: Who Are You Looking Down On?
Watching Mo Lin’s actions, he immediately understood.
Mo Lin just doesn’t want to owe anyone favors.
"Mo, actually, I’m not giving you the ring for free. There’s something I want to trouble you with."
Fu Wansan indeed had a small matter he wanted to trouble Mo Lin with.
"What is it?" Mo asked Fu Wansan.
"The day after tomorrow, I’m going to attend a transaction, and I’d like to hire you as my bodyguard."
Fu Wansan knew that Mo Lin was a Ghost-Controlling Master, so he wanted to hire Mo as his bodyguard.
The transaction the day after tomorrow is very important to him, and he doesn’t want anything unexpected to happen.
"Alright."
It’s hard to refuse after receiving something from someone.
Helping Fu Wansan with a small task after receiving benefits from him is only fair.
"Please accept this ring as a small gift from me," Fu Wansan said to Mo while pointing at the ring.
"Okay." Mo Lin accepted the ring without hesitation.
Mo casually glanced around; except for this ring, everything else seemed quite ordinary.
Although there were some interesting trinkets, none could compare to the ring.
Mo Lin took the black suitcase filled with Netherworld Currency, left the Four-sided Courtyard, and drove back home.
Once home, Mo Lin didn’t rest; he began crafting Ghost Artifacts.
After all, having promised to prepare some Ghost Artifacts for Fu Wansan for sale, Mo Lin couldn’t break his word.
The crafting sequence of Ghost Artifacts was the same as before: taking out the Netherworld Currency and then transforming it into Nether Qi to craft Ghost Artifacts.
The process was very straightforward.
In about five hours, Mo Lin crafted five Ghost Artifacts, each usable seven times.
Crafting these low-level Ghost Artifacts involved no skill whatsoever, it was purely a routine procedure.
After crafting five Ghost Artifacts, Mo Lin paused his actions and took out the ring he had previously bought from Fu Wansan.
This ring was today’s main focus.
Mo Lin intended to craft the ring into a permanent Ghost Artifact that could house ghosts.
This process was somewhat more complex.
Mo found a portable iron cage, which resembled an ancient portable kerosene lamp, somewhat like a lantern.
He placed the ring at the center of the lantern and used Netherworld Currency as a medium to ignite it.
The Netherworld Currency burned at the lantern’s center.
Using the Netherworld Currency to sustain the process, ensuring the flame didn’t extinguish.
As long as the sustenance continued for two days, this permanently usable Ghost Artifact would be successfully crafted.
"Knock knock knock..."
A series of intense knocks echoed from the door.
"Mo, open the door."
The voice was familiar to Mo Lin; it was Feng Mingyu’s voice.
He opened the door and saw Feng Mingyu’s chest heaving, breathing rapidly, as if something urgent had happened.
Beside Feng Mingyu stood a middle-aged man wearing black sunglasses.
Mo Lin recognized him; Liu Feng, Feng Mingyu’s uncle.
A few days ago, Mo had asked him to investigate some important information.
"Mo, there’s something I want to ask for your help with." Feng Mingyu skipped the formalities and spoke directly to Mo Lin.
"What is it?"
"My uncle’s daughter is missing, and I’d like your help in finding her." Feng Mingyu approached Mo Lin specifically for this matter.
Liu Feng quickly chimed in.
"Mo, if you can help me find my daughter, I’ll gladly offer you a Ghost Artifact."
A Ghost Artifact is valuable to ordinary people, but for Mo Lin, it’s quite unappealing.
It didn’t move Mo Lin at all.
"Aren’t you quite networked with information? Why don’t you search for her yourself?"
Liu Feng had his own intelligence network; finding someone should be easy for him.
Liu Feng sighed softly.
"I’ve been running the information network for many years, having offended many people. I don’t know if my daughter is just lost or abducted."
Liu Feng’s intelligence network was indeed impressive.
He had many people helping him gather information.
His daughter’s whereabouts, at most two days or one day, could likely be found.
But the key is he can’t afford to wait that long.
Not even two days, or even one day, many things could potentially happen.
His daughter is only ten years old this year. If she just wandered off, it wouldn’t be as concerning.
But what if someone with malicious intent captured his daughter, seeking to exact revenge on him?
Thinking of this, Liu Feng’s anxiety multiplied.
"Can you come up with something?"
"I’m willing to give you two Ghost Artifacts." Liu Feng was willing to pay a steep price; even the weakest Ghost Artifacts are worth over twenty thousand Netherworld Currency.
"Actually..I.."
"I know information about the Netherworld’s Nether Fire. If you’re willing to help me find my daughter, I can share this information about the Netherworld’s Nether Fire."
Mo Lin’s heart skipped a beat suddenly.
He’s extremely sensitive to the term ’Netherworld’s Nether Fire.’
"Actually..even if you don’t tell me about the Netherworld’s Nether Fire, I’d be willing to help find your daughter. I’m a warm-hearted person."
"Besides, Feng Mingyu is my friend; considering Feng Mingyu’s sake, I’d certainly help find your daughter." Mo spoke eloquently.
Feng Mingyu pursed her lips and rolled her eyes..
Get rid of that hypocritical face of yours.
Only now did she realize that Mo Lin could be this shameless.
"We’re all friends, one of our own, this little matter, leave it to me."
"Don’t just ask me to find your daughter; even if it’s climbing mountains of knives or diving into seas of fire, I’d willing to accompany you through it."
The former sentence was a bit hypocritical, but the latter was quite genuine.
The information about the Netherworld’s Nether Fire certainly made it worth for Mo Lin to climb knife mountains and dive into seas of fire.
"Is it that serious? Going to such lengths for an insignificant piece of information?"
Feng Mingyu scoffed at Mo Lin, "Where’s that imposing attitude you had when capturing the Nightmare Level ghost?"
"Ahem...let’s not talk about trivial matters, let’s discuss what’s important." Feng Mingyu’s words were too direct, leaving Mo Lin no choice but to change the topic.
Feng Mingyu stopped teasing Mo Lin, her expression turned serious, "Do you have a way to find someone?"
"I didn’t have before, but I have now."
Mo Lin clapped his hands, "Little ghost.. come out."
Xiaoli appeared in front of him, "Lord Mo Lin, what do you need from me?"
Maybe something his mother hinted, Xiaoli’s attitude towards Mo Lin was noticeably more respectful than before.
This little ghost, although not very powerful, didn’t even have any combat capability.
But he possessed a very useful Ghost Skill.
Ghost Skill: Perception, which allows one to find the person they’re looking for based on some clues.
Seeing Mo Lin summon this little ghost, Feng Mingyu was stunned.
Her pupils gradually enlarged, her face somewhat incredulous.
It wasn’t because this little ghost was exceptional.
She was surprised at how Mo Lin could control so many ghosts.
A normal person can only establish a contract with one ghost.
Only a very small number of people can establish contracts with two ghosts.
Unexpectedly, Mo Lin, similar to Yun Lin, had established contracts with two ghosts.
Although Mo Lin’s second contract ghost was weak, it could be cultivated afterward.
This still proved Mo Lin’s impressive abilities.
"You’re just like Yun Lin, having two Contract Ghosts. That’s truly impressive," Feng Mingyu exclaimed.
"Uh...two Contract Ghosts? Who are you looking down on?" Mo Lin was quite displeased.
Two Contract Ghosts?
Isn’t this insulting his Yin Department status?
Not to mention he has five ghosts in his Ghost Suppression Book.
He previously fought with Hong Ye and captured many ghosts.
While most were weak ghosts, there were at least a dozen or so.