“I have already signed a contract with someone else and cannot stay.”

The eerie mother, dressed in a long white dress and with her hair styled in a classic updo, held two eerie infants in her arms. Standing there, she looked like a young widow from the next village.

The two strange infants were in its arms, looking at each other with great curiosity.

Perhaps it was because the mother ghost was dignified and beautiful, and the two ghost babies were also particularly good-looking, and one was a boy and the other a girl, very much like a pair of New Year picture babies.

Xia Tianqiong really wanted to keep the mother and her two children here. "Did you sign a human-master contract? Or an equal contract?"

The mysterious mother replied, "An equal contract."

"That's simple. If you want to stay, just forcibly terminate the contract. Even if you suffer a backlash from the contract, it doesn't matter. I'll give you Nether Gold to help you recover."

"You have ghost money? How much can you give me?"

A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the ghost mother.

Before Xia Tianqiong could speak, the strange infant in her arms blurted out, "Daddy has a lot of Netherworld Gold."

Upon hearing this, Xia Tianqiong's face immediately turned awkward.

The mother ghost looked over in astonishment, her eyes full of doubt, thinking, "Did you make it call me 'Dad'?"

The ghost bride also turned her head to look over. Although she didn't say anything, the atmosphere was unusually strange.

Xia Tianqiong waved his hands repeatedly and quickly explained, "I didn't teach it. After it started talking, it called me 'Dad' on its own. You can ask it if you don't believe me."

The ghost mother looked at the ghost infant in her arms, "Why do you call him Dad?"

The baby's face was full of confusion. "Isn't he my father? Why is he so nice to me?"

Although it doesn't make sense, the logic is flawless.

Xia Tianqiong gave an awkward laugh and quickly changed the subject, "If you stay, I'll give you two thousand taels of Netherworld Gold immediately. When you reach a level bottleneck, you can receive extra Netherworld Gold to guarantee your level up."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved it, and gold ingots appeared, falling to the ground and piling up in small heaps.

Greed and excitement suddenly flashed in the eyes of the Ghost Mother, which is almost an instinct of all the supernatural beings.

However, it quickly suppressed this instinct, and a troubled look appeared on its snow-white cheeks.

“My daughter has signed a human master contract with another person. This person is the son of my contractor. If I forcibly break the contract, my daughter may be in danger. Even if they are reluctant to kill my daughter, they may abuse her.”

Xia Tianqiong laughed and said, "Tell me who it is, and I'll go talk to him. At worst, I'll spend some money to buy your daughter back."

The Ghost Mother shook her head. "The family that the father and son belong to is very powerful. Some members of the family possess powerful ghosts. They are not easy to talk to."

"What's that family's surname?"

"His surname is Wang, and he lives in the capital."

Upon hearing that the surname was Wang, Xia Tianqiong chuckled and said, "It's good that the surname is Wang. It saves money. Just take me to them directly, and I have my own way of getting them to terminate the contract between you and your mother."

The ghost mother was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself that this person was really arrogant.

However, when her eyes swept over the ghost bride beside her, she suddenly realized that with the Ghost King by her side, she certainly had the right to be arrogant.

"Alright, I'll take you there." The Ghost Mother finally nodded in agreement.

The Ghost Bride originally wanted to go too, but Xia Tianqiong wouldn't let him. He transformed into someone else's appearance and followed the Ghost Mother to the capital.

Less than an hour later, they returned with the ghost mother.

The process was simple: they found the father and son separately, defeated them with the cunning Old Bai, and then threatened to kill their entire family if they didn't break the contract. In the end, they forced the two to obediently break the contract.

If it were anyone else, Xia Tianqiong would definitely have given them some ghost money as compensation. But the other party was the Wang family, which was not a good family to begin with, so he gave them nothing. However, he did keep his promise and did not kill them.

After all, it's the Lunar New Year, and killing someone is considered unlucky.

The Ghost Mother was very clever; she took the initiative to sign a human-master contract with Xia Tianqiong, but had her daughter sign an equal contract.

Xia Tianqiong didn't care about this. Whether it was the previous baby boy or the current baby girl, the children of the Ghost Mother all possessed the trick of Shadow Teleportation.

It was repetitive and dispensable to him.

The Demon Mother, on the other hand, possesses two tricks. One is "teleportation," which has no restrictions and allows her to teleport anywhere, making it much stronger than Shadow Teleportation.

Moreover, it is ferocious and its teleportation range is much longer, reaching about one thousand meters.

Another sorcery is called "Life-Stealing Technique," which can absorb a person's flesh, blood, energy, and lifespan, turning them into a dried-up corpse. If used to deal with supernatural beings, it can only absorb their nether energy, but the effect is relatively weak.

This trick is somewhat similar to the courtesan's soul-snatching technique, but it is much less powerful.

The Ghost Mother also has a Ghost Realm, but it's quite unique. It must be based on a building and can seal off doors and windows, making it impossible for people to escape.

It was basically useless to Xia Tianqiong.

The appearance of the Ghost Mother was just a minor incident. After returning to the Sky Island, the three of them, mother and children, were sent to the Mirror Space, where the delivery ghost arranged accommodations. Xia Tianqiong and the Ghost Bride continued preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

The day passed quickly in a flurry of activity.

As night falls, colorful lights illuminate the bamboo house, and the sounds of firecrackers can be heard in the distance, along with occasional dazzling fireworks that light up the night sky.

Inside the bamboo house, the lights were on, and a large round table was placed in the center of the living room. The table was filled with various dishes, all the fruits of Xia Tianqiong and the Ghost Bride's labor that day.

"Here comes the last main course!"

Summer Qiong carried a steaming plate of braised pork knuckle and strode quickly from the kitchen.

"Hard dishes" is a term used by northerners, referring to large portions of meat and fish dishes that are filling and satisfying.

"The dishes are all ready, let's sit down!"

Xia Tianqiong invited the ghost bride to sit down, then picked up the wine pot and poured two cups of peach blossom wine for each of them.

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