Master Jiechen glanced at the Ghost General and pulled Yun Ran closer, whispering, "If she is willing to form a contract with you, she can still stay by your side."
The Xuanmen people are not without ones who take on Ghost Servants, but the process is rather troublesome.
Normally, to take an Evil Ghost as a Ghost Servant is already considered quite courageous.
Not to mention that this one is a Ghost General; one careless moment and you could easily be bitten back by the Ghost Servant.
However, if it’s Yun Ran who takes her, Master Jiechen thought it wouldn’t be a problem. If the Ghost General advances further, she might even become the Ghost Emperor, capable of ruling a Ghost City, it would be a shame to let her go just like that.
The ability of the Ghost General far exceeds that of the Ghost King by countless times, and even though Master Jiechen spoke in a low voice, she could still hear him.
She did not climb up to the position of Ghost General in the Ghost World by fighting and devouring other opponents; she purely got there by riding on Yun Ran’s coattails.
Staying in the Human World, she dares not do evil, but returning to the Ghost World, she felt somewhat guilty, fearing she would not match up to other Ghost Generals.
In such an awkward situation, staying by Yun Ran’s side was the best choice.
The Ghost General immediately came closer, ingratiatingly saying, "Master, this servant is willing to be your Ghost Servant, my name is Mo Zhi."
When a ghost willingly tells someone their name, it signifies that she is ready to become that person’s Ghost Servant.
Master Jiechen looked at Mo Zhi who was giving a pleading look, and suddenly felt that this Ghost General before him didn’t seem so scary after all.
Yun Ran, however, was rather disgusted; she didn’t want to keep such a cowardly and obsequious Ghost Servant.
This fellow had followed her for quite some time, but other than helping to absorb some evil spirits, she was completely useless.
When it really mattered, she escaped faster than anyone, not even comparable to the Little Paperman Yun Ran kept.
Mo Zhi sensed Yun Ran’s dislike and immediately started sobbing.
"This servant’s life is so hard, dying so pitifully. If it wasn’t for meeting Master, this life would have gone astray.
If Master doesn’t accept me, this servant will never have the chance to reform. If I’m captured by others to do evil deeds again, how can I live up to Master’s teachings..."
Master Jiechen couldn’t help but twitch his lips, he had not expected this Ghost General to be .
This behavior is completely incompatible with Yun Ran, who never hesitates to fight; no wonder Yun Ran didn’t want her.
Mo Zhi’s act of pretending to be pitiable didn’t move Yun Ran or Master Jiechen much, but it did unexpectedly evoke sympathy from Ginsengfruit.
[System, although this fellow isn’t very useful, she is now a Ghost General at least, she can serve as a figurehead, just accept her~]
"You are a system, not a bleeding-heart Big Maternal Saint!"
But seeing Mo Zhi’s eager-to-please attitude, Yun Ran eventually sighed, "Alright, from now on, follow me!"
Mo Zhi immediately broke into a grin: Great, she has successfully secured a better future~
She then reached towards her chest, and the mark on her forehead faded slightly, while a pearly white bead quietly lay in Mo Zhi’s palm.
"Master, this is my soul bead."
It doesn’t matter if she advances to Ghost Emperor now, as long as someone controls the soul bead, she would be under their command.
Yun Ran took the soul beads, cut her own finger, and dropped a drop of blood on it, then cast a complex Magic Spell on it.
She then returned the soul beads back to Mo Zhi: "You don’t need to be my Ghost Servant, I have placed a Prohibition on your soul beads, as long as you don’t cause mischief, you won’t be backfired."
Mo Zhi was somewhat dazed, even the Evil Ghosts had people scrambling to take them as Ghost Servants, when she was the Ghost King before, Yun Ran didn’t take her as her servant and she thought Yun Ran was not interested in her.
But now, she has already become a Ghost General, not far from becoming a Ghost Emperor, Yun Ran couldn’t possibly still overlook her.
She then murmured a question: "Why?"
Although she didn’t say it direct, everyone present understood her question.
"I’m not interested in being your master, from now on just call me Master, your soul beads have been struck with a Prohibition by me, whether actively or passively, you can’t harm people at will."
Yun Ran doesn’t have much ambition, not even intending to make use of the Dragon Spirit, she already had so many Little Paperman to command.
Mo Zhi held her soul beads, hung her head low, not knowing what she was thinking.
[Host, you accuse me of being an overly kind Saviour, aren’t you similarly soft-hearted. If she became a Ghost Servant, Mo Zhi would have to share some of the karma you carry.
In case of danger, she’d be the first to die, now you’ve merely restricted her capability to do evil, yet you’ve given her freedom, and her life and death is up to her.]
Although Master Jiechen was slightly surprised that Yun Ran gave Mo Zhi freedom, he respected Yun Ran’s decision, and his impression of Yun Ran slightly improved.
He then looked towards the fog that had initially blocked their view, which had mostly cleared now.
"The area has turned back into a grassland, we should be able to find our way out, let’s hurry."
Yun Ran nodded and followed the steps of Master Jiechen pulling the rope.
After Mo Zhi put back the soul beads, she immediately caught up with Yun Ran and the others.
However, as they walked, Yun Ran and Master Jiechen got separated.
[Host, even Mo Zhi is gone! This place is really strange, even a Ghost General can get lost.]
If not for Yun Ran using the ’Immortal Binding Rope’ to tie up Zhonglisu, he might have also disappeared.
Yun Ran sighed, "I knew earlier, I should have tied up the Master as well, now I’ve learnt from experience, next time we find people, we must tie them together."
[It’s a pity, we didn’t ask Master Jiechen what his obsession was before, if he encounters the same situation as before, he’d be in trouble.]
Regarding Ginsengfruit’s lament, Yun Ran wasn’t really interested: "Don’t try to delve into others’ secrets, one must respect boundaries!"
Is it possible that it is not human?
After walking for who knows how long, Yun Ran felt her stomach grumble with hunger as she was extremely hungry, she quickly took out a packet of beef jerky chewing it.
She then glanced at Zhonglisu, whose mind was clearly still foggy, feeling curious, wondering if he would eat something if she gave him.
If he didn’t know to eat, that would be troublesome, finally having resuscitated him just to let him starve to death, that would really be problematic!
Yun Ran then dug out a small bread from her backpack and stuffed it into Zhonglisu’s hand.
Just as before when he was struggling with the rope, Zhonglisu’s eyes focused on the small bread, tore the wrapper open, and swallowed it in one bite.
Heh, seems I was overthinking.