Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 877 - 792: The Past (Part 3)

That night, the food and drink were great, and both sons admitted their mistakes; the old man, contrary to his usual domineering self, also said he should accept his aging and even toasted me twice.

I didn’t think much of it and drank one cup after another. At the time, I thought we were all family, connected by blood, how could there be any lasting grudges?

But when I sobered up, I found myself in the water; the four of them... my biological father, younger brother, and sons, were all holding sticks and pressing me into the water!

I had drunk too much, my whole body was weak, and at sixty-two, how could I be a match for them? With my stomach full of cold water, all I could do was struggle and beg them to spare me, one by one.

The old man was lazy, I started doing farm work at sixteen, supporting the family and him; 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

My brother was disabled and frightening, no one played with him or wanted to take care of him, I took care of him, raised him for half my life; not to mention those two little beasts I raised by hand. Yet, for the sake of money, they were ready to drown me alive, planning to swindle money from the Fish Pond owners!"

Recalling the past, resentment surged within him once more. He gritted his teeth and said, "I’m not reconciled! Even if they drown me alive, I would turn into a ghost to haunt them!

Later on, I really became a ghost, hiding underwater during the day, only daring to wander around with the water at night, hoping to find my enemies. Only then did I learn that as soon as they signed the papers, before the relocation money even came through, the casino moved into the village.

The eldest lost everything, the money had barely warmed his pocket before it was all gambled away, not only lost everything but also fell into two hundred thousand in debt;

Unable to repay, fearing they’d really cut off his hand, he dragged others in, even pulling in his younger brother to gamble;

My poor old mother hadn’t even been buried yet when a matchmaker connected the old man with a woman in her forties, insisting on marrying her and living together;

Guo Quanzhi was even more outrageous, bought a new phone to reward female streamers online, flirted with net users, not knowing if they were male or female, and kept transferring money to them.

The whole family was driven neither human nor ghost by the relocation money.

When the car accident compensation came, they all wanted more, saw me as an obstacle, and conspired to kill me, wanting to earn another round of compensation."

He paused for a moment and then said gloomily, "Later, the old man, nearly ninety, was set up by a matchmaker, robbed of his house and money. Guo Quanzhi and the two grandsons ignored him, and I called from the waterside: ’Dad! They don’t want you without money, I do! Come to me!’"

Chuci shivered a little as he heard the ghostly voice behind him.

Guo Quanzhi showed a sinister smile, "The old man, nearing the end of his days, was indeed tricked by my ghostly words. I waved from the water, and he walked in, I didn’t have to pull him, at his age, he didn’t have the strength to climb back.

Soon, I got a taste of the soul, more delicious than anything in the world!

After eating the nourishing essence, I realized there’s a pathway for ghosts, the more humans you consume, the stronger you become. You can even haunt the living, torment them to death, and then drag their souls into the water to devour!"

"Damn! Could it have been you haunting me that spring?" Chuci recalled the "dead fish mouth," and anger flickered across his face.

"No, no! It absolutely wasn’t me!" Guo Quanzhi quickly waved his hand, "I might have gone on for a bit, but having explained the cause and effect, you’ll understand; I haven’t used such tactics in a long time, I’ve actually taken special training for that."

Jiang Yuan: ???

A water ghost taking further training? Seriously, have they actually established a Ghost Academy or something?

Thinking it over, this clue is quite valuable, perhaps it could lead to information about Li Qiang’s brothers, earning some Lifespan in passing, as well as ridding the Mortal World of harm.

After all, ghosts have further training now, spreading information among each other, there might be intel on raising Imps.