After the Full-Level Boss Entered the Infinite Game By Mistake

Chapter 715

“If three people died in succession, then the water ghost isn’t simply searching for a substitute.” Song Yuantian, who was usually calm and unruffled, showed a hint of caution after listening to Bai Lixin’s account. “But I haven’t seen the ghosts of those three people.”

Bai Lixin: “My soul is missing. Could it be that it went to the same place as those three people’s souls?”

In the ancient-style guest room, Song Yuantian looked out through the window at the silent night sky.

Tonight, the sky was particularly dark, without a single star.

“Not necessarily,” Song Yuantian replied. “To know the answer, we’ll have to capture the water ghost and interrogate him. But he’s been hiding in the water and refuses to come out, which makes things difficult.”

Bai Lixin thought for a moment. “What if I act as bait? It seems eager to catch me, it even came ashore for it.”

Song Yuantian: “That’s worth a try, but are you up for it?”

“We’ve come this far.” Bai Lixin clenched his fist. “I have to do it, whether I can or not.”

“Oh, by the way, what’s my necklace made of?”

Song Yuantian glanced at the necklace tossed on the table. “How much did that shaman charge you for this thing?”

“A few thousand,” Bai Lixin replied.

Song Yuantian scoffed, “It’s nothing special. You just lost a few thousand.”

Bai Lixin: “?”

“This is just an ordinary dog-tooth necklace, designed to trick those who don’t know any better.”

“But that shaman does have real skills.”

“Who says everything has to be genuine? Slip in one or two fakes, and you wouldn’t even notice. That shaman mixes truth with deception, revealing the secrets of heaven while pursuing profit, which is why she incurred divine retribution.”

Bai Lixin remembered the shaman’s fearful expression when he last saw her. “So, that was divine retribution? Not fright from my ghost husband?”

Song Yuantian: “Even if your ghost husband hadn’t threatened her, she wouldn’t have lasted much longer without facing retribution. Practitioners are warned against entangling themselves too deeply with worldly affairs, and she’s precisely an example of that.”

“And what about you?”

“Me?” Song Yuantian shrugged. “I’ve long violated those taboos and I don’t mind adding one or two more.”

Bai Lixin: “…”

He was a bit curious about what taboos Song Yuantian had violated.

……

Midnight. Twelve a.m.

The dense forest was thick with fog, and white mist swirled around.

Bihai Bay was peaceful and quiet, with only the cicadas clinging to the last days of summer and early autumn.

In front of a villa, the door slowly opened.

A figure emerged from within.

His eyes were unfocused, and he stumbled forward.

He slipped off his shoes and stepped onto the gravel, producing a crunching sound.

He drew closer and closer to the artificial lake in front of him.

When he approached the water’s edge, the young man slowly crouched down and dipped his feet into the lake.

His slender legs stood out starkly under the night sky, and with his movements, waves rippled across the lake’s surface.

Something seemed to appear in the middle of the otherwise calm lake.

It was a dark figure under the water, floating just below the surface and gradually moving towards the young man.

When it was only a few steps away, the dark figure lifted a ghastly head out of the water.

Its sparse, messy hair was entangled with slimy green water plants, and a pair of resentful eyes glared at the young man playing with the water.

The young man pulled his feet back, stood on the shore, and suddenly spat toward the lake.

“Bah!” His contemptuous voice reached the dark figure’s ears. “A murderous water ghost? I think you’re just a coward.”

The dark figure hidden in the water furrowed its brow tightly, and the hatred in its venomous eyes deepened.

The young man continued, “If he had finished this project, he could have been promoted to the head of the construction team. But some people just don’t have that fortune. No matter how hard they work, what do they get in the end? A complete loss of money and effort. Some people are destined to toil under others, to kneel and grovel their whole lives. He wasn’t cut out for it, he wasn’t worthy.”

“Xia Linchuan was nothing but a loser.”

“A good-for-nothing failure.”

“Even his corpse got swollen and rotten, he didn’t even die properly.”

Standing on the shore, the young man grew increasingly agitated as he spoke.

“Ahhh!” The dark figure in the lake let out a furious roar and charged toward the foul-mouthed young man with unstoppable force. “You bastard! Shut up! Shut up! I am someone important! I was the head of the construction team! I’m not a failure!”

It went berserk, rushing ashore straight toward the young man.

The young man neither dodged nor flinched, as if he couldn’t see it.

Just as the water ghost’s dagger was about to plunge into the young man’s chest, a yellow talisman suddenly flew out from the corner.

The talisman stuck firmly to the water ghost’s forehead, freezing it in place.

It maintained its ferocious expression, and its eyeballs rolled wildly in their sockets.

Its gaze shifted to the nearby bushes, where a young man in a white robe stepped out from hiding.

The water ghost was furious. “You tricked me!”

Bai Lixin replied calmly, without a hint of remorse, “All’s fair in war.”

“Despicable!”

Then came Song Yuantian’s interrogation. At first, the water ghost was defiant, refusing to say a single word.

Bai Lixin didn’t know what method Song Yuantian used, but soon enough, the water ghost began to suffer and, before long, spilled everything it knew.

“Yes, it’s true, I killed those three people. So what? Who told them to mock me behind my back? They deserved to die.”

“Yes, Old Man Sun died because of me too. If it weren’t for working at his family’s business, would I have fallen into the water by accident? He was the instigator, the real culprit. I was just avenging myself—what’s wrong with that?”

“Why did I kill so many? Because they all deserved to die.”

Bai Lixin clenched his teeth. “And what about me? I never wronged you. Why did you try to kill me?”

The water ghost sneered, “You fell into the water on your own. How is that my problem? You delivered yourself to me. How could I pass up meat served right to my mouth?”

Song Yuantian: “You’ve killed so many people, yet you still haven’t found a substitute? Where did Bai Lixin’s soul go when he fell into the water?”

The water ghost froze, his expression suddenly twisted with pain, and a look of dread filled his eyes. “That terrifying man… he won’t let me leave. He’s keeping me trapped here… he won’t let me go. He took away my soul. I want to leave this place. I want to go. I want to go…”

The water ghost kept repeating the same line, and no matter how much Song Yuantian asked, it didn’t respond.

Bai Lixin demanded, “Who is that terrifying man? Tell us now!”

The water ghost stammered, and its gaze became dull, “That terrifying man is… he is… ahhh!!!”

Suddenly, the water ghost let out a heart-wrenching scream and its body dissolved into wisps of white smoke.

Bai Lixin subconsciously reached out to grab it, but the smoke floated right through his fingers and disappeared before the two men’s eyes.

Song Yuantian’s expression was grave. “Its soul has dissipated. Someone placed a restriction on it. If it hit that restriction, it would be destroyed.”

Bai Lixin: “…”

The good news was that the water ghost was gone; the bad news was that an even bigger boss lurked behind it, and his soul was now in that boss’s hands.

“Song Yuantian,” Bai Lixin looked at the silver haired young man, “Why did you move into Bihai Bay?”

Lawyer Zhou Guang came here to treat his son, but why did Song Yuantian come?

Song Yuantian was staring off in the direction where the white smoke had disappeared. Hearing this question, he even took a few seconds to think, “My master instructed me to move here.”

Bai Lixin: “Your master? I’ve never heard you mention him before.”

Song Yuantian: “My master bought this villa when he was alive. Before he died, he passed it on to me and told me I must live here. After coming here, I discovered this place sits on a dragon vein. I think he wanted me here to guard this dragon vein, to prevent it from being destroyed by evil forces.”

Bai Lixin pondered, “Could the person behind the water ghost have their eye on this dragon vein?”

Song Yuantian rubbed his chin. “That’s possible.”

Bai Lixin: “What’s a dragon vein?”

Song Yuantian: “According to the ancient mystical texts, it’s said that long, long ago, an immortal appeared from beyond the realm. For reasons unknown, he fell to this world. After he died, his body merged with the earth, and the energy from his body turned into numerous dragon veins. You can think of them as lifelines, the essence of all living things. Wherever there is a dragon vein, the land thrives, like Bihai Bay.”

“Come to think of it, the Sun family’s foresight has always been remarkable. Every plot of land they bought was either on a dragon vein or near one. If not for the water ghost’s murders, this place would certainly have become the most upscale and luxurious community in all of City B.”

Bai Lixin: “And what if a dragon vein gets destroyed?”

Song Yuantian: “If a dragon vein is destroyed, the area around it would immediately fall into decay, turning from paradise to wasteland. In severe cases, it could even impact the nation’s fortune. That’s why dragon veins are so crucial.”

Bai Lixin processed Song Yuantian’s words, suddenly thought of something and then asked, “Did you say the Sun family’s properties are either on or near dragon veins? What about Marquis Haitian’s tomb?”

Song Yuantian: “It’s also on a dragon vein. What’s so strange about that? Ancient kings and nobles believed in fengshui, so they carefully selected burial sites with feng shui masters. That’s why the Sun family has unearthed so many tombs. People joke online that they must’ve been tomb robbers in the past, but I think they just have a strong feng shui team that specializes in feng shui analysis. Their chosen plots are all prime feng shui sites. It’s just that these ancient nobles also picked these prime sites for burial.”

“Not just Marquis Haitian’s tomb—there’s even a site where the Great Yan emperor was buried, it was also near a dragon vein.”

Bai Lixin muttered under his breath, “There are so many of them. Are dragon veins like something you buy wholesale?”

Song Yuantian felt a headache coming on.

This was the first time he’d heard anyone describe dragon veins so cheaply.

…

With Lawyer Zhou Guang back and bodyguard Lin Jue present, Bai Lixin had no more reason to stay at the Zhou residence.

He’d been here long enough and was eager to go home.

After bidding farewell to Lawyer Zhou Guang, Bai Lixin packed his things and called a taxi.

When passing by the artificial lake, the recent events flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope.

So much had happened, yet it all felt like it had just happened yesterday.

The water ghost was gone.

Things should be able to finally settle down.

He could finally return to a normal life.

A familiar yet strange sensation slowly crept around Bai Lixin’s waist.

Goosebumps prickled across his skin.

He looked at the reflection in the glass window and saw a familiar black mist. The corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably: “…”

So much for peace!

His ghost husband, who had been away from home for many days, actually came back quietly.