Xitou Village

The car drove under the night sky and it quickly exited the city, entering the outskirts.

Zhou Gang drove and asked, "Hao'zi, did the headless female ghost really return to where she was killed? It's so dark at night. If she's not there, it would be troublesome."

Chen Hao stroked the cat while smiling. "Rest assured, Brother Zhou. This kind of dark spirit who died in such a terrible way with no one to collect her corpse has nowhere to return to, so it can only stay at the place where she died. They can go wherever they want at night, but in the day, they can only come back or they would have no place to hide. This time, it was injured by the jade Buddha which I left for Tongtong's protection, so she definitely went back to recover."

Zhou Gang nodded and his gaze turned sharper as well.

He didn't expect a single case to implicate his family and almost hurt his daughter.

When he heard Tongtong's frightened cries, Zhou Gang was anxious and scared for her. His anger soared sky-high as well.

What law. What wronged death. If you dared to touch my daughter, you're dead.

"Oh yes, Brother Zhou, take this to protect yourself from getting possessed by the dark spirit." Chen Hao took out another piece of jade Guanyin.

Zhou Gang didn't push it away and accepted it immediately.

He knew clearly. Even if he was a police officer who was trained with guns and martial arts, against these ghosts, he was only a burden. He had personally experienced it before, so he knew that Chen Hao's magical artifacts could protect him from evil. With it, he could at least not be a burden to Chen Hao.

Driving at a high speed, the two of them quickly arrived at Xitou Village in twenty minutes.

Xitou Village was named this way because one of the forks of the Willow River coincided with the village.

A few years ago, Xitou Village could be considered as one of the more famous places in Stone City. People were interested in its seclusion, which was why they set up a gambling den here, allowing people to gamble once every few days.

It was afterward when people gambled with too high stakes that the place was reported, causing the place to be wiped clean. However, the mastermind had already escaped and all they arrested were Zhang Dakui and a few others.

The headless female ghost was killed by accident, and since her corpse was split into parts, there was no way to identify her. It was only today that they found out that it was related to the gambling den.

Today, the originally prospering Xitou Village no longer had the opportunity to rake in the money. Villagers went out to work and stopped returning. Within two years, Xitou Village, which used to have a small population, was now completely abandoned.

Getting off the car, Chen Hao discovered that it was actually a dirt road, and weeds had overgrown on it. Evidently, it had been a long time since anyone came here.

The surroundings were creepily dark and cold winds howled, looking scary.

Chen Hao's Yin Yang's eyes observed the surroundings, but he couldn't find the ghost. Thick dark energy was flowing slowly around the place. Its source was vaguely visible—in one of the village houses.

"Eh, this dark energy is strange!"

Upon discovering the dark energy, Chen Hao observed closely, suddenly finding out why it appeared strange.

This dark energy was quite pure, quite unlike that of dark spirits. It was more similar to the dark energy present in the tomb at the construction site at Stream Mountain.

Could it be that there was a Dragon's Den here as well?

That wasn't possible. This Stream Mountain wasn't anything famous, so it shouldn't have enough potential to hold two Dragon's Den! There was definitely another reason.

Chen Hao was befuddled. He quickly strode to the village.

A few minutes later, two people and a cat arrived at the village.

This village was quite small, the sparsely spaced houses added up to around twenty and they were all dirt—shabby and broken in a way where people could no longer stay in them.

Under Zhou Gang's guidance, Chen Hao found the pig farm where the ghost was killed.

This pig farm did not fit in with the village. The original owner of the gambling den used the pig farm as a reason to hide its true purpose. He built a tent and stated that it was for pigs when it was, in fact, for gambling.

Now that the gamblers were gone, the tent was naturally like the village—fading away with time, slowly disappearing with history.

Chen Hao frowned slightly.

After entering the village, he did not see the headless female ghost. She obviously did not come back.

But if she didn't come back, where else could she have gone? Could it be that she was still holding a grudge and decided to stir up more trouble?

Chen Hao's heart stirred uneasily and he looked towards Zhou Gang. "Brother Zhou, give Brother Wang a call and ask if something happened at home."

Zhou Gang was startled. Could it be that the ghost isn't here? Doesn't that mean that she went to my house?

Zhou Gang panicked and quickly took out his cell phone to call Wang Zhen.

Within a short time, Wang Zhen answered the call in a calm voice. He asked, "How is it Ah Gang? Settled?"

From his tone, it didn't seem like anything was off.

Zhou Gang let out a breath of relief. "We've reached, but we don't see the female ghost. Eh, are the two of you okay?"

Wang Zhen replied, "We're fine. I'm already hugging the deity figurine which Master Chen told me to, so I'm very safe. Oh, I would've forgotten if you didn't ask. This deity figurine is too insane. A few minutes ago, it suddenly jumped on its own, giving all of us a huge scare. However, it stopped after a few jumps. Can you ask Master Chen, what's the matter? Does the deity figurine not like people hugging it?"

Zhou Gang's cell phone was on the loudspeaker, so Chen Hao heard him clearly. His lips twitched hearing those words.

What gods don't like being hugged by people. That was the deity figurine's warning after sensing the dark spirits. For him to not be concerned by that, he really had balls of steel.

But the headless female ghost seemed to have noticed the deity figurines, so she wouldn't dare to carelessly make a move this time—she was probably waiting for a chance to strike.

"Tell him that it's okay. With the deity figurine there, the headless female ghost won't dare to go near them," Chen Hao said.

Zhou Gang had complete trust in Chen Hao, so he quickly relayed the message.

Meanwhile, Chen Hao started to inspect the pig farm.

He realized that the origin of this slow dark energy was this pig farm.

Following the source of dark energy, Chen Hao entered the pig farm. He stopped at a flat piece of land as he observed it with strange eyes.

Its area was less than five meters square, but it didn't have a single strand of grass on it, only a rock about a meter tall pressing on it.

This was the source of dark energy! At this point, Chen Hao could see clearly that whiffs of dark energy were coming out from below the stone continuously as it spread to the air.

It was actually an ominous underground place!

"Meow!"

At this point, the black cat suddenly called out and leaped onto the rock.

"Blackie, did you find out anything?" Chen Hao asked curiously.

The black cat stretched out its paw and tapped on the rock.

Chen Hao was startled before his eyes lit up.

"This must be where the headless female ghost died. Hehe. No wonder she became this vicious within a short span of two years. She has been nourishing herself with the dark energy from this place."

Looking at the rock, something shifted in Chen Hao's eyes as if he was deep in thought.

"Brother Zhou, come over here for a moment."

Chen Hao called out.

Zhou Gang, who had just hung up the phone, ran over.

"Come, let's move this stone away together." Chen Hao pointed to the big green rock.

Zhou Gang nodded and did not probe. Chen Hao was here to kill a ferocious ghost, so the things he did must be for some purpose.

But the moment his hand touched the rock, Zhou Gang gasped and pulled his hand back.

"This stone is so cold!"

Chen Hao touched it as well. It was indeed cold—almost as cold as an ice cube.

But that was normal as well. Being surrounded by this dark and chilling energy over the years probably meant that this stone was already different from other stones.

"This stone was where the headless female ghost died, so it would definitely be cold. Let's move it so that she can no longer escape."