Elder Liu, noticing the peculiar look in Chu Feng's eyes, smiled and said, "There are ghosts haunting the place."
"Ghosts?" Chu Feng was taken aback.
The so-called ghosts were just what ordinary people called them.
In truth, ghosts were nothing more than the soul bodies of martial cultivators.
And this Elder Liu was a Heavenly Dragon Spirit World Master — there was absolutely no way he didn't understand that.
So why was he now spouting stories about the place being haunted?
"Brother Chu Feng, Elder Liu isn't joking with you. This place really is haunted."
Xianhai Shaoyu walked over and slung an arm around Chu Feng's shoulders. "If you don't believe me, ask my father, mother, and grandfather."
"Uh…"
Hearing this, Xianhai Shaoyu's parents offered a faint smile.
But Xianhai Shaoyu's grandfather looked somewhat awkward.
However, after turning his gaze to Chu Feng, a mischievous grin crept onto his aged face.
"Grandson-in-law, you'd better stick some extra talisman papers on yourself. Given your talent, you'll definitely see the ghosts."
"Grandfather, you're spouting nonsense again." Little Fishy said, a touch of displeasure in her voice.
"Oh, there are no outsiders here."
"Is my grandson-in-law not good enough for you?"
"Besides, when someone saves your life, you ought to repay them with yourself. You represent our Xianhai Fish Clan — go on and settle this debt for us."
A shamelessly playful grin hung on Little Fishy's grandfather's face.
"Grandfather, you—" Little Fishy's cheeks flushed crimson. Unable to mount a rebuttal, she turned a pleading gaze toward her parents. "Do something about Grandfather."
But Little Fishy's parents simply smiled without a word.
It was Little Fishy's grandfather who supplied the answer: "Would they dare try to manage me? Wouldn't that turn the natural order upside down?"
Of course, the real reason was that Little Fishy's parents had come to admire Chu Feng a great deal as well.
They had not only witnessed Chu Feng, with his first-grade True God cultivation, defeat Divine Clan members at the Heavenly God realm.
They had also personally watched him draw that black long sword and pierce straight through the terrifying Divine Mother with a single strike.
A Chu Feng like that — aside from Jie Tianran, who could possibly not admire him?
"What exactly happened?" Chu Feng asked with curiosity.
Then, several people present spoke up simultaneously, collectively recounting the whole story to Chu Feng.
The cultivation resources here had to be extracted before they could be used for cultivation, and they could not be taken away — they could only be refined on-site.
But the cost of extracting these cultivation resources was considerable. Even if an ordinary faction discovered this place, they would not be able to bear the expense.
Even a colossal power like the Xianhai Fish Clan had paid a steep price to extract the cultivation resources here.
As for refining these resources, there was actually no age restriction.
For that reason, many experts from the Xianhai Fish Clan had come here to cultivate over the years, including Little Fishy's parents and grandfather.
But even after extraction, these cultivation resources remained rather bizarre. On occasion, they would cause certain people to enter a strange pocket of space, where they would glimpse a female ghost.
After careful observation, the Xianhai Fish Clan eventually confirmed one thing: those who could actually see the female ghost were geniuses among geniuses.
Because among all the Xianhai Fish Clan members who had truly seen the female ghost, only a scant handful existed.
Others would occasionally catch a fleeting glimpse, but even those were figures who possessed both exceptional talent and strength within the Xianhai Fish Clan.
As for Little Fishy's parents, they were able to see the female ghost every single time they cultivated.
That was also the reason for Little Fishy's grandfather's embarrassment — the fact that he couldn't see the ghost indicated that his talent wasn't quite good enough.
And that was precisely why he had said Chu Feng would definitely see the female ghost.
"So the one you all saw was the same female ghost?" Chu Feng looked toward Little Fishy's parents.
"Mm."