Former Dad

"Former father" refers to the father from the previous life, a new and unique title belonging to Li Haoran.

Qin Yanyan traveled the world in search of an opportunity to form her core, thereby gaining insights into the mortal fortuitous opportunity and seeking a breakthrough in her State of Mind.

She had only passed through a few counties and stayed overnight at a dilapidated temple, and yet she encountered such an exciting thing.

After being persuaded by her mother for a month, Qin Yanyan was just about to accept this father who was not related to her by blood when this happened.

This isn't how you experience the world.

"Wait, Yan Yan, let me explain!" Li Haoran was a little flustered. He swear to God, he really did come to catch the ghost, but before he could get any useful information out of him, Qin Yan Yan caught him red-handed.

The Central Continent is so vast, how did Qin Yanyan end up running into it?

Is this the karmic entanglement between father and daughter?

The white-clad female ghost realized something was wrong and tried to escape, Li Haoran used a grappling technique, shifting between reality and illusion, to pin her to the ground.

This is a technique Li Haoran learned while refining weapons; now, he's slightly modified it for catching ghosts.

Despite both being at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, the female ghost was no match for Li Haoran.

"I received a mission from the sect to catch ghosts with Senior Brother Lu and Senior Brother Meng!" Li Haoran quickly explained. If Qin Yanyan found Su Yiren with a misunderstanding, he wouldn't need to inherit Qin Yuanhao's memories and could directly start his tenth life.

"Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou?" Qin Yanyan remembered these two Ask Dao Sect when her former father mentioned it.

An Ask Dao Sect Master's leader and a young master of the Meng family are far more credible than Li Haoran.

"Yes, they both sleep in the next room. They can definitely prove my innocence!" Li Haoran said as he used the refined Soul-Locking Chains to tie the white-clad female ghost to the load-bearing wooden pillar before going to find Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

Qin Yanyan followed Li Haoran to find the two men, still somewhat doubtful.

Li Haoran pushed open the door, speaking at an alarming speed, "Brother Lu, you absolutely must prove my innocence. We're here to catch ghosts, right? You haven't given us any signal to act, which means the female ghost hasn't come here yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Lu Yang with a strange smile on his lips, pulling at the woman in green. The woman in green struggled desperately but to no avail, and with a look of despair on her face, she could only let Lu Yang do as he pleased.

This doesn't look like something a decent person would do.

"Senior Brother Lu, you..." Li Haoran stammered, never expecting Lu Yang to be this kind of person.

Seeing this, Qin Yanyan felt that Li Haoran was making excuses and flew into a rage. "You still dare to say that you came here to catch ghosts?!"

"Go check on Senior Brother Meng, he must be seriously catching ghosts!" Li Haoran was certain that there would be no accidents on Meng Jingzhou's side, since a single Spirit Root has a mind that can generate ideas but no body that can realize them.

Then Qin Yanyan saw the unconscious female ghost in red, and Meng Jingzhou squatting beside her, observing intently.

"Date rape?!"

Qin Yanyan was shocked; how could these games be so increasingly exciting?

Compared to the other two, Li Haoran actually played the most conservatively.

Li Haoran: "..."

Why is it that every time I go out with Senior Brother Lu and Senior Brother Meng, nothing good ever happens? Last time, I ended up with a fiancée who was two thousand years older than me and a biological daughter who wasn't related to me by blood. I also became the former leader of one of the four great demonic sects.

When I needed to prove my innocence, you two caused this mess.

"Bullshit! Who said I drugged and raped someone? Don't they know I'm a single Spirit Root?" Meng Jingzhou retorted angrily, turning around to see who was so clueless.

"Hey, niece, you've come to see your father?"

Qin Yanyan sensed the Golden Core Realm aura emanating from Meng Jingzhou and repeatedly warned herself that she couldn't defeat him.

At the same time, Lu Yang finally subdued the Immortal Fairy, regained control of his body, and, carrying the female ghost in green, went to find Li Haoran and Meng Jingzhou.

After the three men revealed the mission issued by their sect, and Meng Jingzhou revealed his identity as a single Spirit Root, Qin Yanyan finally believed that the three men had come to catch ghosts, not to solicit prostitutes.

The blue-clad female ghost, being carried by Lu Yang, trembled. These three were actually from the Ask Dao Sect, one of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

When everyone arrived at the main hall, Li Haoran tied the trembling blue-clad female ghost and the unconscious red-clad female ghost to the side of the white-clad female ghost.

In this way, all three female ghosts were captured.

"So, the Ask Dao Sect issued a ghost-catching mission, and you came to Ancient Locust Town to catch ghosts in order to complete the sect's mission?" Qin Yanyan believed most of the three people's story.

Qin Yanyan was unaware that her father in her previous life was a reincarnation of the Nine Nether Sect.

Li Haoran obtained Qin Haoran's memory fragments only after Su Yiren and Qin Yanyan left.

This is something I can't tell Qin Yanyan.

Li Haoran couldn't very well say that your father was the leader of a demonic sect in his past life and was no good.

The father-daughter relationship has truly broken down.

"And you, what brings you to Guhuai Town?"

"My mother said that when I visited your house last time, we started arguing right away. She was too impatient and my State of Mind needs improvement. It just so happens that I'm at the point where I should form my core, so she told me to go out for a walk and temper my State of Mind."

"I spent the day in Morita County, wandering around the merchant guild, and ran out of money. There were no free inns in Morita County, so I had no choice but to continue north. I came across an old temple here and thought I'd stay the night, so I came here."

Li Haoran was very worried about Qin Yanyan's travels.

In a few days, Qin Yanyan will probably have to perform on the streets.

"Four, four heroes, although we are ghosts, we have never harmed anyone!" the female ghost in green cried out in protest.

They carefully absorbed the yang energy, avoiding any trouble, for fear of attracting righteous cultivators.

What I feared most came to pass, and this time it was the strongest sect in the righteous path Ask Dao Sect.

I've heard that righteous cultivators deeply abhor demons and monsters, killing them on sight.

How could someone who falls into their hands possibly survive?

"Never harmed anyone?" Meng Jingzhou sneered. "The mission clearly states that you absorbed people's yang energy, causing them to become listless and lethargic all day long. Is that all a lie?"

The white-clad female ghost was almost in tears. "Really, no. We absorb yang energy in a very measured way, only a small portion, so it won't affect people. Besides, we've already registered our yang energy absorption with the town mayor."

"We know that excessive use will have adverse effects on people, so who will come next time? It's better to use it multiple times than to finish it all at once; we understand the principle of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."

"Wait, does the mayor know about this?"

"Not only the mayor, but every traveler in the town can testify!" the white-clad female ghost said confidently.

Lu Yang and his three companions were completely bewildered by the white-clad female ghost's words.

"Really, I'm not lying to you. Just now, the three of us sisters went to various inns and knocked on doors, asking if anyone needed our services. We had just returned from providing our services when we saw three chivalrous heroes lying in the temple. We thought you three had a lot of yang energy, so we wanted to absorb some of your yang energy as a way to end our night."

Lu Yang: "???"

You even offer door-to-door service?!

The white-clad female ghost said sheepishly, "Only with excellent service can we get repeat customers."

Qin Yanyan was even more shocked than Lu Yang. Was this the mortal world?