Chen Daozhi felt a little guilty seeing how much his family cared about him, guessing that he might have caught a cold because he had taken the virus with Zhiyun to the hospital yesterday.

"Thank you all for your concern, I'm really fine. I'll take the medicine later and I'll be all better," Chen Daozhi reassured him.

The crowd's expressions did not relax upon hearing this.

Just then, Chen Daozhi's phone rang. He smiled sheepishly and went to answer it.

"Yun'er? What's up with calling me so early?"

"Brother Daozhi, I would like to ask you for a favor."

"There's no need for such formalities between us. What favor is it?"

“I have a friend who said that her uncle’s family seems to be haunted by something, with strange things happening one after another. She wants to find a truly skilled expert to take a look, and you are the only person I can think of for this kind of thing.”

Before Chen Daozhi could speak, Bai Zhiyun continued, "I know this is a small matter and it's not worth troubling you, but Rou Rou is my best friend, and she's in such a hurry, so I really want to help her."

Chen Daozhi did have concerns. As the official leader of the ghost-catching faction, the Chen family had many rules and regulations, and its members were not allowed to act outside on their own.

"Is it alright, Brother Daozhi?"

Hearing Bai Zhiyun's cautious question, Chen Daozhi finally softened.

"Normally it shouldn't be allowed, but I can make an exception for you."

"Ah, thank you so much, Daozhi-gege. Then come pick me up from my house later, and we'll go to my friend's uncle's house together."

"Okay, sure."

After making the call, Chen Daozhi tried to act as casually as possible and said to Chen Zhenghong, "Dad, I have something to do today and need to go out."

Chen Zhenghong nodded absentmindedly, thinking that he needed to send someone to the Taoist temple to check on the child before he could feel at ease.

Just as the Chen family was deep in thought because of Chen Daozhi's sneeze, Chen Ke had already arrived at Zhu Dahai's house.

The two-story detached villa looked perfectly normal in the early morning sunlight. The flowers and plants in the garden were very well maintained, and the small round table and swing made it very cozy.

But as soon as Chen Ke stepped into the courtyard, he saw two little devils hiding behind the gate. Their bodies were purple and blue, and their navels were still hanging wet with umbilical cords. They looked like newborn babies, but a few sparse hairs and wrinkled skin on their faces indicated that they had not been babies for many years.

Chen Ke pretended not to see them and followed Zhu Dahai inside. They grimaced and hid back in a dark little room, then peered at Chen Ke from the doorway with a mixture of fear and covetousness.

The fear stemmed from the seven hundred merits Chen Ke possessed, while the covetousness arose from Chen Ke's extremely yin body. To the ghosts, he was practically a walking piece of Tang Sanzang's flesh, which would greatly increase their cultivation if consumed.

"Dahai, what is this?" At this moment, a woman wearing a loose long dress came down the stairs. Her belly was high and protruding, and her face was pale and haggard. She did not look like a normal pregnant woman at all, but rather like a terminal cancer patient who was not long for life.

"Oh dear, Qingqing, why are you out alone?" Zhu Dahai rushed over and carefully helped his wife down.

"I think the sun is shining brightly today, so I'd like to sit in the courtyard for a while. And this gentleman is...?"

Zhu Dahai helped Li Qing to sit down on the sofa before introducing Chen Ke, "This is the young Taoist priest I invited back from Putuo Temple, a true master!" He doesn't even want money, but only some mysterious merit.

Zhu Dahai, who has been swindled out of a lot of money, now has only one criterion: those who don't want his money are probably the ones with real skills!

Li Qing had clearly experienced many such situations before. He simply greeted Chen Ke and went outside to sit in the courtyard, making room for Chen Ke to cast his spell.

Seeing his wife's coldness towards Chen Ke, Zhu Dahai quickly smiled apologetically and explained to Chen Ke, "Please forgive me, young Taoist priest. My wife didn't mean to treat you like this. It's just that... it's just that she had high expectations in the past but always ended up disappointed, so she has given up hope now."

"It's alright, take me to that room." Chen Ke pointed to the small house.

Zhu Dahai was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. There was hope! Maybe he really had met a master this time!

In the past, the people they invited would chant a lot of mystical phrases and then start casting spells all over the house without any regard for the facts. The process was spectacular and amazing, but they never even went into the room where the real problem was.

This young Taoist priest, who looks like he's not even an adult yet, was able to tell at a glance that he definitely has real skills!

Zhu Dahai suppressed his excitement and respectfully invited Chen Ke over.

At this moment, a black sedan stopped in front of the villa, and three young people got out of the car. They were Chen Daozhi, who had been called by Bai Zhiyun, and Dong Rou, a friend of Bai Zhiyun.

Li Qing smiled the moment he saw Dong Rou, "Rou Rou, come in quickly, what brings you here today?"

Dong Rou led the two into the courtyard and smiled, "Auntie, didn't you tell my mother about the strange things happening in our family last time? My friend's boyfriend is an expert in this field, a person with real skills, so we invited him over to take a look today. Here, this is my friend Bai Zhiyun, and this is her boyfriend Chen Daozhi."

Li Qing had already given up hope, but since they were people her niece had kindly brought, she greeted them warmly, saying, "Hello, it's Rou Rou who has troubled you both. Thank you so much. My surname is Li, you can just call me Aunt Li."

"Aunt Li, please don't be so polite. Rou Rou is my best friend. What she worries about is what I worry about too. It's no trouble at all." After Bai Zhi Rou finished speaking, she looked at Chen Dao Zhi, "Brother Dao Zhi, do you see anything wrong?"

As soon as Chen Daozhi entered, he stared at Li Qing's stomach. What was inside was not a child at all, but a nascent ghostly entity. As a pure Yang body, he was naturally sensitive to ghosts and could clearly sense their presence.

Conversely, as the natural nemesis of ghosts, coupled with his abundant merits, the ghost inside Li Qing's stomach sensed the danger the moment Chen Daozhi entered, and began to move violently.

In the past, Li Qing would have immediately and tenderly stroked her belly, but now all she felt was terror. She wanted to scream, but because Dong Rou and the other two were present, Li Qing could only clench her fists and pretend to be calm despite her fear.

"In her belly—"

"Qingqing!" Chen Daozhi was interrupted by Zhu Dahai, who rushed out excitedly, before he could finish speaking.

"W-what's wrong?" Li Qing asked, trembling, wondering if something strange had happened again.

Zhu Dahai rushed into the courtyard and only then noticed the other three people. "Huh? Rou Rou? When did you get here? And who are these two?"

"Uncle, I just arrived. These two are friends I invited to help out." Dong Rou whispered in Zhu Dahai's ear, "My friend's boyfriend is a real ghost hunter, the heir to a family of ghost hunters, the kind with real skills."