"No wonder it's Bruce Pi..."
Adam narrowed his eyes and sighed.
"Ghosts have a vague but generally accurate sense of each other's supernatural intensity. When faced with a ghost vastly stronger than themselves, they either avoid its edge or obey its rules."
Take the Ghost Bus, for example. Ghosts weaker than it would only obey its rules of boarding and getting off.
But ghosts roughly on par with the Ghost Bus, or even stronger than it, might directly stop the bus.
"So if an intelligent ghost senses an existence far stronger than itself, it will decisively flee?"
Wang Xiaoming nodded. No wonder the other party had said that without them, it would not have been easy for him to capture it himself.
"But don't think that I used you, or that your contribution was irreplaceable. After all, you can't leave Dachang City, nor would you abandon it, yet you lack the ability to contain the Wish-Granting Ghost and the Starving Ghost, don't you?"
Adam shrugged.
"Still, seeing as you did provide me with help, I can do you a favor as well."
"You can think of it as exchanging the help you gave me for a wish from me. Ask now, or lose the chance. I'll refuse wishes that exceed the limits, and you only get two opportunities."
Wang Xiaoming pondered briefly.
"Is this a benefit, or a test?"
"It's help. Learning to weigh the value of costs and gains is an extremely important ability in the supernatural world."
Adam showed an honest, harmless smile.
"There are far more than one or two ghosts like this. If you grasp this well, the benefits it brings will be immeasurable."
Leaving aside the Wish-Granting Ghost and the Ghost Cabinet, there was also the peddler who had traded with Cao Yang. Beyond that,