“It’s those new kids boasting right? You believe some little brats’ words?”

A ghost master shook his head, clearly he didn’t believe it. Or you could say, he didn’t dare to believe it.

They were all ghost masters, he wasn’t a psychic body, what made him so special?

People are like this, they aren’t willing to see others winning.

If he was a psychic body… then he wouldn’t have this mentality, because psychic body ghost masters’ powers are recognised.

Since at the start, only psychic bodies could become ghost masters.

The ghost masters back then were much more extreme than those of today, all in order to survive.

They dared to interact with any ghost.

Some ghost masters even housed several malevolent spirits at once, using certain methods to make those spirits counterbalance and restrain each other.

In those days, it wasn’t uncommon for some extraordinarily talented ghost masters to emerge.

But very few survived.

At that time, there was little research on ghosts. After driving malevolent spirits, they would continuously grow stronger in battles against other fierce ghosts, eventually… turning against the ghost master!

Even the best ghost masters of that time often didn’t live for more than a few years.

They either died at the hands of stronger ghosts, or were killed by the backlash of their own spirits.

There were even quite a few who ended up becoming ghosts themselves.

………….

The current systematic cultivation of companion ghosts.

A relatively safe and scalable method for cultivating companion ghosts.

These were all gradually discovered by ghost masters over a hundred years ago, using their blood and lives!

In the past century, countless ghost masters have paid with their lives for this.

…………..

“Indeed, even if some are descendants of powerful ghost masters who can receive better companion ghosts from a young age, it’s impossible to reach perilous level just a few days after awakening a ghost. It’s likely false news.”

“Maybe they have powerful backing?”

“What kind of backing? After a ghost master awakens a ghost, their body is long influenced by ghostly energy, making it extremely difficult to have offspring. In the Liucheng Base City, there are only a few powerful ghost masters with descendants. From what I know, the daughter of one of them seems to be among this batch of newcomers, living alone in a townhouse. As for the one in the villa… I heard they’re an orphan.”

“Although I also think it’s not true, if it really is… then this newcomer in the villa is impressive and will likely attract attention from above, being specially trained.”

“…..”

In the tavern, the ghost masters all chimed in, expressing their opinions and views.

Since Lin Feng hasn’t officially certified, many ghost masters are somewhat skeptical of the rumor’s authenticity.

After all, the students in Lin Feng’s cohort are only 15 years old. To these ghost masters in their twenties and thirties, they seem like complete rookies.

Youngsters sometimes tend to exaggerate things.

Still, disbelief aside, the fact that Lin Feng could directly move into a villa has left these ‘veterans’ quite shocked.

And extremely envious.

After all, most of them are still only living in townhouses.

………….

“Look at the Alliance group chat, another ghost master has been killed.”

At this moment, a ghost master shouted.

The other ghost masters quickly took out their communicators.

These certified ghost masters have all joined the Ghost Masters’ Alliance and some other ghost master groups.

They get information much faster than the newcomers.

But since Lin Feng hasn’t gone through certification and only joined a newcomer group, he naturally doesn’t know about these developments.

“This ghost is too arrogant, is it mocking Liucheng for being defenseless?”

“The city lord should intervene, right?”

“Not necessarily. The city lord needs to guard Liucheng, and rarely leaves the city. But it seems a big shot from the Alliance has arrived. I wonder why they haven’t dealt with that ghost yet.”

“…..”

The news of the newly killed ghost master quickly drew the attention of the ghost masters in the tavern, shifting the topic away from Lin Feng.

…………………..

None of these ghost masters noticed.

Three ghost masters exchanged glances after the topic changed, then left the tavern together.

“Are you asking about Lin Feng? He lives in that villa over there, see it?”

A dozen minutes later, these three ghost masters appeared in the area where the newcomers lived. The speaker was a 15-year-old newcomer ghost master, the same year as Lin Feng.

Over the past couple of days, ghost masters returning from clearing out ghosts outside the city heard that a newcomer had moved into the villa district, and many came to check it out.

Lin Feng’s villa, in fact, had been watched every day.

After his reputation spread, many young ghost masters aged 16 to 20 came by daily to see Lin Feng’s villa, to get a glimpse of him, or to try and befriend him.

Even some veteran ghost masters would occasionally come by.

“Is Lin Feng inside?”

A ghost master asked.

“Not sure, seems like he’s not. The lights haven’t been on at night, no one knows where he’s gone. Some say he might have left the city.”

The newcomer ghost master said.

“I heard Lin Feng’s ghost has already reached the perilous level?”

Another ghost master asked.

“Of course, everyone in the group is talking about it. Brother Lin is just too awesome….”

As soon as this was mentioned, the newcomer ghost master who was in the same year as Lin Feng got particularly excited and started rattling off a long spiel.

The three ghost masters didn’t interrupt him, and after silently listening to him, they walked towards Lin Feng’s villa.

……………..

Not just anyone can enter the villa district; there are walls and guards, and all visitors must register.

Although the guards are just ordinary people, the rules in Liucheng Base City are strict. Ghost masters are not allowed to harm ordinary people at will, nor are they allowed to fight each other.

Though ordinary people are weak in the face of ghosts, they are the foundation of the base city.

Without the increasing number of ordinary people, there wouldn’t be an increasing number of ghost masters either.

Thus, in any base city, even though ordinary people have a low status, intentional oppression of them is rare.

Of course, this isn’t absolute, as there are exceptions to everything.

……………….

Lin Feng’s villa is located on the outer edge of the entire villa district.

It can be seen from the outside.

At this moment, there were already some ghost masters outside, watching and discussing rumors related to Lin Feng.

These ghost masters were just curious and, and after today’s viewing probably wouldn’t come again.

After watching for a while, the three ghost masters left Lin Feng’s villa and entered a townhouse.

“Qiping, what do you think?”

A square-faced ghost master spoke in a deep voice.

“Whether Lin Feng’s ghost has reached perilous level or not, as long as he isn’t a psychic body, his ghost… is likely extremely exceptional.”

The ghost master named Qiping said.

“Indeed, for an ordinary person’s ghost to grow this quickly, there’s only one possibility. His ghost’s potential must be extremely high.”

Another ghost master added.

The square-faced ghost master said, “Qiping, He Hai, what do you say, should we take this job?”

The two ghost masters exchanged glances.

“Old Guo, from what those newcomers said, Lin Feng might have left the city… Are we really going out there? What if we run into that ghost?”

The ghost master named He Hai said.

The square-faced ghost master replied, “The area outside the city is vast; we may not run into it. Besides, now is the best time. We can’t act inside the city, but outside, we can. With ghost masters returning to the city, if we take out Lin Feng outside, it won’t be easily noticed. Afterward, I’ll use my corpse-wrapping bag to trap his ghost. While his bond with the ghost is still low, we can definitely sell it for a good price.”

As he said this, the square-faced ghost master’s gaze swept over the two, his voice tinged with temptation:

“A ghost of this quality, and a benevolent one at that, can’t be sold here in Liucheng, but take it to Haicheng, and psychic body ghost masters will definitely be interested. It could fetch hundreds of thousands of contribution points. What do you say, shall we do it?”

The two ghost masters hesitated for a moment before finally making a decision.

“Alright!”