Concern

"Xiaohao, are you really not going to reconsider?"

"The county town is truly dangerous."

Seeing that her husband no longer objected to Qin Hao going to the county town, Ling Xiaohua stood to the side with a worried expression. She was still somewhat uneasy; after all, Qin Hao was someone she had watched grow up.

"Hehe, it's fine, Auntie. Ordinary ghosts and monsters aren't worth worrying about."

Seeing Ling Xiaohua thinking of him, Qin Hao felt somewhat moved.

After all, they shared no blood ties, yet she cared so much for him. That was truly rare.

"Sigh! Why must you go to a place like that? Then be careful yourself."

Seeing that Qin Hao insisted on going, she had no other choice.

Very soon, Ling Kang led a tall, sturdy horse out from the stable. Unlike horses in Qin Hao's previous life, the horses of this world were far larger.

They looked rather strange as well, their entire bodies covered in scales and their muscles exceptionally developed.

Even ordinary horses had pulling power several times that of horses from his previous life.

Ling Kang led the horse before Qin Hao. It was nearly as tall as Qin Hao's two-meter-two height.

Qin Hao reached out and stroked the horse before him.

"Neigh!"

The moment he touched it, the horse acted as though it had been badly startled and let out a frantic cry.

Seeing the horse frightened, Ling Kang hurriedly grabbed the reins. It took a great deal of effort before he barely managed to hold it back.

Qin Hao was also rather surprised by this scene. Ling Kang was, after all, a genuine cultivator.

Yet even he had needed tremendous effort just to restrain the horse before him.

"Uncle Ling Kang, what's wrong with it?"

Ling Kang regained control of the horse and led it back before Qin Hao.

"I don't know either. Why is this horse acting so strange today?"

Ling Kang stood to the side, his face full of question marks as he scratched his head.

"That shouldn't be. You didn't deliberately release your aura, so it shouldn't have been frightened."

Ling Kang carefully scrutinized the harmless-looking Qin Hao, unable to figure out where the problem lay.

As he carefully examined Qin Hao, Ling Xiaohua chimed in from the side.

"Hey, could it be Xiaohao's hammer? When I sense Xiaohao's presence, my heart feels a little stifled too."

Ling Xiaohua clutched her chest as she spoke.

Ever since Qin Hao had taken out that hammer, she had sensed an aura that made her hair stand on end. Getting close to it gave people an intensely uncomfortable feeling.

Hearing Ling Xiaohua's reminder, the two of them turned to look at the Black Fiend Hammers by Qin Hao's feet.

"It really does seem to be the case. There's indeed extremely deep Killing intent and murderous aura on those hammers."

Ling Kang glanced at Qin Hao beside him. He was absolutely certain that when he had bought them from the shop, the hammers had not possessed such dense Killing intent.

Moreover, a thick murderous aura was now emanating from the hammers, chilling people to the bone. Just how much had Qin Hao killed in these few short days?

"Xiaohao, where have you been lately? Why do those hammers carry such thick murderous aura?"

After pondering for a while, Ling Kang still looked at Qin Hao with concern as he spoke.

Hearing this, Ling Xiaohua also looked toward Qin Hao. From Ling Kang's words, she understood that Qin Hao might have killed many living beings recently; she simply did not know whether they had been humans or demons.

Faced with their gazes, Qin Hao could no longer keep it hidden.

"Uh... well..."

"Didn't I just say it? A few days ago, I encountered a little ghost, and then I slaughtered it."

"After that, a group of people came..."

Qin Hao told the Ling couple about encountering the Heavenly Dragon Guard, joining the Heavenly Dragon Guard, and wiping out the Ghost Nest.

However, Qin Hao did not tell them about the ghost race. There was no need to tell them, and it would not be of any use anyway. Besides, matters concerning the ghost race were confidential.

"You mean you joined the Heavenly Dragon Guard?"

"And killed a whole lot of ghosts?"

Ling Kang looked at Qin Hao before him in disbelief. Was this still the person he knew?

When had he become so powerful? It had already far exceeded Ling Kang's imagination.

As a Body Tempering cultivator, if he encountered some of the lowly ghost soldiers Qin Hao had mentioned, he would probably...

And Qin Hao had even joined the legendary Heavenly Dragon Guard. Ling Kang had only ever heard of it from others.

"Honey, what is the Heavenly Dragon Guard?"

Li Xiaohua asked blankly from the side.

Li Kang and Qin Hao did not know how to answer her question.

"Uh... it's an organization specifically set up by the government to deal with ghosts."

Qin Hao still gave Li Xiaohua a simple and clear explanation of what the Heavenly Dragon Guard was.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You've really made something of yourself, Xiaohao."

"You even joined the Heavenly Dragon Guard."

"Hahaha, so-so. I still need to keep working hard."

Qin Hao said with a cheeky grin.

"Xiaohao, do you want Auntie to introduce you to a girl?"

"You've become so accomplished..."

Hearing that Qin Hao was now a government employee, Li Xiaohua eagerly wanted to set him up with someone.

Qin Hao instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

Li Kang looked at his wife with a speechless expression and helplessly shook his head.

"Alright, now isn't the time. Besides, Xiaohao is only twelve! Wait a few more years."

Li Kang interrupted Li Xiaohua's matchmaking spell.

"Besides, how can a pheasant be worthy of a phoenix?"

"Your introductions are unreliable too. A few years ago, you called a three-hundred-pound woman a slender, graceful lady."

"Old Wang nearly fell out with me!"

"When acting as a matchmaker, how could I not say nice things? 'Slender, graceful lady' still has 'graceful lady' in it, doesn't it?"

"Besides, would I introduce someone like that to Xiaohao? I'm his auntie, after all. Would I harm him?"

"You..."

"What about me?"

"I..."

Seeing the two of them start arguing, Qin Hao merely watched from the side. He was already used to this married couple.

"Alright, alright, stop it. Xiaohao is still here."

After quite a while, the sparring between Li Kang and Li Xiaohua finally came to an end.

"Hehehe, Auntie, you two are as loving as ever."

Having witnessed the entire process, Qin Hao could only laugh awkwardly from the side.

"Heh, you brat, you've long since stopped finding it strange, haven't you?"

"Here, take the horse. Go early and come back early."

Li Kang did not mind Qin Hao's words. Qin Hao had witnessed scenes like this many times already.

Qin Hao nodded, stepped forward, and grabbed the reins in one motion.

The horse still tried to resist, but Qin Hao's brute strength conquered it.

The horse only wanted to say that it simply could not pull free. "Whimper, whimper."

"Then I'll be off first, Uncle Li Kang, Auntie."

With that, he led the horse and prepared to head outside.

Just then, Qin Hao seemed to remember something and stopped.

Seeing Qin Hao halt, Li Kang stepped forward and asked, "What is it? Did you forget something?"

"No, I just remembered what Uncle Li Kang said earlier."

"You encountered traces of ghosts on the mountain, so I'm a little worried."

At that thought, Li Kang also furrowed his brows tightly.

"How about this? Uncle Li Kang, why don't you go stay at my place first?"

"Since it's within the Qin Clan, you'll have some safety assurance even if you encounter something."

"This..."

"Don't worry. Once I return, I'll go up the mountain and take a look at what it is."

"Once I deal with it, you can come back."

Li Kang was still somewhat hesitant, but just as Qin Hao had said, the Qin Clan was indeed safer than this place.