"Ye Jiu, don't you think this wooden statue is too realistic?"

“I think so, but I don’t think it’s useful. This wooden statue doesn’t seem to have anything to do with ghosts or monsters.” Ye Jiu looked at the wooden statue’s face again. “It does seem to have some divinity. It might actually be a proper god.”

“But this is inside the ‘domain.’ Even if he is a god, he wouldn’t be anything good here.” With that, Lin Jin’an walked up to the wooden statue and intended to take it down.

Lin Jin'an felt a sharp pain in his nails as soon as his hand touched the wooden statue. "Hiss." He pulled his hand back in pain, took off his gloves, and sure enough, his fingertips were pricked and blood beaded out. The ghost lurking in the shadows could no longer hold back.

"Eat...let me eat...let me have a bite!"

Ye Jiu applied her supernatural power to the shapeless monster and stood in front of Lin Jin'an, grabbing it with her bare hands.

Once the monster's powers disappeared, it turned into a talking slime. Ye Jiu threw it on the ground and stomped on it to prevent it from escaping. "If I had known it was this easy, I wouldn't have bandaged your wound."

Lin Jin'an glanced at Ye Jiu struggling at his feet, his eyes fixed on the ghost at his fingertips. "This ghost is less intelligent than I thought. Don't they have a network of intelligence? I've fished out so many ghosts with my blood, and there are still some that keep coming closer."

Ye Jiu crumpled the slime under her feet, "I'm asking you a question, do you ghosts talk to each other?"

The ghost, now powerless, forced a smile at Ye Jiu and said, "Yes, of course we have them."

"Then why did you come up here? I thought Lin Jin'an was already famous in the ghost and monster circle."

The ghost gave an awkward smile, "I have naturally heard of Lord Lin Jin'an's name, but... but I just couldn't help it."

Ye Jiu nodded, "Lin Jin'an, your blood is really useful. Even knowing that you will die, ghosts and monsters still come to you."

Ye Jiu rested her chin on her hand and said, "I feel like I don't need to go on missions with you next time. You can use your blood to lure out the monsters and then just take care of them."

Lin Jin'an took a band-aid out of Ye Jiu's pocket and wrapped it around her fingertip. "That won't do. If you won't go on missions with me, then I won't do it either. You know my ability is unstable."

"Okay, okay, fine, fine." Ye Jiu knew it wouldn't work, but she just said it randomly.

Lin Jin'an put on her gloves, then held out her hands for Ye Jiu to see, "I think I can ask for one more kiss."

"It wasn't me who broke it. Go ask whoever pricked you for a kiss."

Lin Jin'an shifted her gaze to the wooden statue, her eyes showing disgust. "It seems like... this wooden statue did it."

"Oh right, and this statue."

Ye Jiu poked the ghost beneath her feet with her toe, "Explain this statue to us, is it real or fake? What's its origin?"

The ghost stammered, and after a long while, it finally managed to say, "This...this statue...it's a statue..."

Ye Jiu grew impatient and stomped on it hard. The ghost, devoid of any power, was just a mortal being. It couldn't help but scream, "Ah—I'll talk, I'll talk!"

“This statue has always been here. It suddenly appeared here when I created the ‘domain’. I thought it was well-made, so I kept it.”

Lin Jin'an: "Is that all?"

The ghost nodded frantically, "That's it, it's that simple. I really don't know what it's all about."

"Alright." Ye Jiu relaxed her grip a little, letting it catch its breath. "Let's move on to the next thing."

"You ate ten people?"

The ghost immediately shut up, its eyes darting around without uttering a sound.

Lin Jin'an put his hands in his pockets and said, "Looks like this is it. Let's just kill it."

Ye Jiu stepped aside to let Lin Jin'an do her thing, and sighed softly, "Even if you don't kill these ten people, we won't let you leave alive."

Lin Jin'an took off his gloves again, squatted down, and touched the ghost with a finger. "Bang!" It was like the sound of a balloon exploding. The ghost disappeared completely, without even a chance to beg for mercy.

Ye Jiu stretched his ankles. "That's a wrap. Once this 'domain' is cracked by itself, we can write a report for Ming Youyi."

"If only I didn't have to write a report when I went on a mission... I was definitely going to kill him anyway, so why do I have to write a report?" Lin Jin'an squatted on the ground and drew circles with his finger. Because of his superpower, a hollow circle mark was left on the flat ground.

Ye Jiu glanced at the wooden statue. "You said this wooden statue hurt your hand, but you were wearing gloves at the time?"

Ye Jiu frowned, stepped forward and picked up the wooden statue. Unexpectedly, nothing happened when Ye Jiu picked up the statue. "Huh? Why is nothing wrong when I pick it up?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Jiu saw blood seeping from her fingertips. Well, she was too happy too soon.

The bloodstains on the wooden statue blemished this exquisite wood carving.

But soon the bloodstains were absorbed under Ye Jiu's gaze and disappeared from the surface of the wooden carving, after which the wooden statue emitted a dazzling light.

Ye Jiu subconsciously closed her eyes, and her hand loosened unconsciously, causing the wooden statue to fall to the ground without making a sound.

Ye Jiu felt it was about time and opened her eyes again, only to be caught off guard and meet the gaze of a handsome face.

This face is exactly the same as the face of that wooden statue from before!

Ye Jiu's mouth opened slightly, "Could you please move away from me for a bit?"

Lin Jin'an rushed over and shielded Ye Jiu behind him, looking at the person in front of him warily. He felt that the person was not a good person the moment he saw the wooden statue.

Seeing that he had no shadow, Ye Jiu peeked out from behind Lin Jin'an and asked, "What's your name? Are you a ghost?"

Lin Jin'an also looked down at the ground and sure enough, the person's feet were off the ground and he was floating. This was the first time he had ever seen a real "ghost" in all his years of dealing with ghosts and monsters.

The ghost passed right through Lin Jin'an's body and came face to face with Ye Jiu.

This scene is terrifying no matter how you look at it.

However, Ye Jiu was not flustered. Instead, she met his gaze and asked, "Can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Li Jingxing." He finished speaking and placed a kiss on Ye Jiu's cheek. "My bride."

Lin Jin'an's eyes widened immediately, and she picked up Ye Jiu and moved away from him, "When did she become your bride?! She hasn't even agreed to marry me yet! You should at least get in line first!"

Ye Jiu blinked. Hmm? What happened? Was she kissed? Not sure, let me look again.

Ye Jiu patted Lin Jin'an's arm, "Put me down."

"No way, if I put you down he'll steal a kiss from you, I don't even dare to steal a kiss from you!" Lin Jin'an said aggrievedly. For so many years he had obediently waited for Ye Jiu to agree before going over to her, how could this person just go up and kiss her like that!

Lin Jin'an became angrier the more she thought about it. "No way, you have to kiss me too. Why can he kiss me but I can't?"

"How could I know he was coming over to kiss me? Besides, he's already passed through your body, how could I stop him..." Ye Jiu felt wronged.

Ye Jiu: ●_●

Lin Jin'an shouted, "I don't care, I want to kiss you too!!"