Chapter 83: Deadly Ghost Herding

With half a life becoming a death pawn of the Youjian Pawnshop, the goat herder could never be free from this pawnshop from then on.

However, for him, this was just right. He would turn living people into livestock, drive them to the pawnshop to pawn them in exchange for ghost coins, and then use the ghost coins to exchange for various eerie abilities.

Eventually, he became the Livestock-Creating Thief—the goat herder—who caused a large number of people to disappear inexplicably every time he passed through a region.

Until he was finally burned into a charred corpse by Lin Feng, the goat herder had long since lost count of how many people he had harmed.

As new text emerged on the *Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture*, it indicated that the goat herder's life had ended.

"Planting corpses asks not of past lives, raising ghosts solves not a thousand hardships."

"Madness like mine is like a demon, the world is full of livestock."

"If you ask of my life's affairs, do not use the money of sin."

"This is a top-grade corpse seed, capable of raising a Deadly Ghost Herder."

When this evaluation appeared, Lin Feng's eyes widened directly. A top-grade corpse seed was a situation Lin Feng had never encountered before!

"Clatter~"

However, the *Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture* would not wait for him. The pages flipped, and soon it arrived at the Ghost-Raising chapter representing the goat herder.

This page had only one human-like, non-human Ghost. Its appearance looked somewhat like the goat herder, but its features were completely different.

This Ghost had horns on its head, was covered in long hair, held a shepherd's whip in its hand, and its legs were like hooves.

Its face was even more exceptionally ugly, with eyes like copper bells, ears like a beast, and a mouth full of fangs—a true monster image.

Seeing the appearance of this Ghost, Lin Feng couldn't help but frown, but he understood that this was the result of fusing the various eerie elements on the goat herder.

"It was actually rated as top-grade. Could it be caused by forcibly absorbing and fusing part of the eeriness from that pawnshop?"

The rating given by the *Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture* for this Ghost was very high. Not only was the corpse seed's potential high, but more importantly, its strength had also reached the level of a Fierce Ghost.

And this Ghost's power was very special; it could drive Ghosts just like driving cattle and sheep!

This was something Lin Feng had not expected at all. Although the goat herder was indeed a bit difficult to kill, he never expected that it could be rated as a top-grade corpse seed.

The only explanation was that the eeriness left on the goat herder by the pawnshop was of a very high level, and after being transformed and fused by the *Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture*, it became a Fierce Ghost.

"Youjian Pawnshop..."

Immediately, Lin Feng thought of that special pawnshop again. Having checked the goat herder's memories and seen it with his own eyes, Lin Feng had more or less some understanding of the existence of that pawnshop.

"At the very least, it's at the level of a Disaster Ghost, and it's even possible it's a Calamity Ghost. Why would such a thing be in the Ghost Market?"

Unfortunately, these were unsolvable questions. Even that Ghost Market was something Lin Feng only learned about last night.

According to the goat herder's memory, that Ghost Market was not always in the same place but was constantly moving, so not many people knew about it.

The Ghost Market was very special, and there were many dangerous places inside. When Lin Feng was in the Ghost Market last night, there was a sense of crisis in the dark.

That sense of crisis made him feel restrained, so he didn't dare to let go and do many things.

The water in this world was very deep. The more you understood, the more you would discover how many terrifying things were hidden behind it!

"Forget it, this trip was a huge profit regardless!"

The candle shop, the food shop, the Youjian Pawnshop—not to mention the ones Lin Feng had seen, there were also the coffin shop, the paper man shop, the burial clothes shop, etc., in the goat herder's memory.

These eerie shops were noted down by Lin Feng one by one; he might have to go to the Ghost Market to take a look in the future.

After all, other places didn't have as many resources as the Ghost Market...

At noon that day, the group from the Ghost Suppression Division also returned to the Ghost Suppression Division with the old Daoist.

"Daoist, Grandmaster Su has locked himself in the Ghost Prison, and his life or death is still unknown. I fear only you can discern the truth."

Li Yanbing, who had just returned, couldn't even rest before saying this to the old Daoist, whose complexion had improved quite a bit.

"Sigh, my silly grandson~"

Hearing Li Yanbing's words, the old Daoist nodded and sighed helplessly.

His main purpose for coming to Luohe City this time was precisely for this matter. Encountering the Livestock-Creating Thief goat herder was more of a coincidence.

"Click, click, click."

As Li Yanbing took out the key to the Ghost Prison, a special iron gate made of black iron and wrapped in numerous chains slowly appeared before everyone's eyes.

Subsequently, the chains loosened bit by bit, and the gate of the Ghost Prison slowly opened, revealing the eerie and gloomy scene inside.

"Daoist, I will lead the way."

"Hmm."

Li Yanbing signaled to Li He, who immediately stepped forward and walked into the gate of the Ghost Prison, and the old Daoist followed slowly behind.

"Bang!"

Subsequently, the gate of the Ghost Prison slammed shut. Because a large number of Ghosts were suppressed inside, it was impossible to keep it open for a long time waiting for the people inside to come out.

"Alright, you all go and have a good rest!"

"Yes!"

"Thank you, My Lady!"

"..."

As Li Yanbing's voice fell, the surrounding Silver-Badge Divine Catchers relaxed instantly and then dispersed one by one. After all, they were still living people, and they needed to eat, drink, and sleep.

Inside the Ghost Prison, Li He led the old Daoist through a long passage and finally arrived at the depths of the Ghost Prison.

"Daoist, ahead is the cell where Grandmaster Su locked himself. Previously, we were afraid of disturbing him, so we never dared to try to wake him."

The entire Ghost Prison was dark everywhere. The black iron pillars were engraved with numerous profound patterns, and there were faint traces of large amounts of filthy blood on the ground.

"Thank you for your trouble."

The old Daoist understood that the other party was right to do so. After all, rashly approaching without knowing if he was dead or alive would only invite disaster.

Having said that, the old Daoist pushed open the cell door in front of him and walked in.

Su Xiao, who was originally young and promising, now looked like a corpse, his whole person bound by chains in the cell, looking as if he had been dead for a long time.

"Sanwa, sigh, Grandpa has come to see you."

Seeing Su Xiao in this state, the old Daoist couldn't help but feel exceptionally sad and reached out to touch Su Xiao's head.

"Gurgle."

However, just at this moment, the Ghost eyes under the eyelids of Su Xiao, who had been keeping his eyes tightly closed, actually began to rotate—a sign that he was about to revive.

Looking at the scarlet pupils that were slowly opening, which revealed only indifference and killing intent, the old Daoist's expression turned bitter, and his whole person seemed to have aged a bit more.

"Sanwa, you have suffered. Grandpa is here, rest assured and go!"

However, his movements remained gentle, as if he were comforting a child as he said these words.

But his hand changed at this moment, turning into a withered, black hand full of corpse spots.

Following this, terrifying eerie power began to cover Su Xiao's entire body, causing the Ghost eyes that had originally opened to slowly close.

After completing all this, the old Daoist finally composed his emotions. At his age, he had long since taken life and death lightly; even the sorrow of a white-haired person sending off a black-haired one only made him feel heavy for a moment.

"He is already dead. Find a time to bury him."

Coming out of the cell, the old Daoist said somewhat desolately to Li He, and then walked directly toward the outside of the Ghost Prison.

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Li He felt much heavier in his heart. Although the hope was not great originally, knowing that a Grandmaster had actually died still made him feel somewhat oppressed.

Could he and the young lady really survive in the Ghost Suppression Division?

Even if they could survive, how long could they survive?

"Click, click, click."

As the gate of the Ghost Prison slowly opened, Li Yanbing saw Li He shaking his head at her and immediately understood the result.

"I will hold the funeral as soon as possible. I wonder if the Daoist has any requirements? If you want Grandmaster Su to return to his roots..."

After thinking about it, Li Yanbing still asked the old Daoist this.

"Forget it, just bury him here."

The old Daoist shook his head and rejected Li Yanbing's proposal. Returning to his roots was not a good choice for Su Xiao. ===== CHAPTER 84 =====