Have you seen my wife?

"Oh?" Li Wenhao looked slightly surprised. "It seems you know a thing or two about Spirit Tamers, Mr. Fang."

Li Wenhao did not ask how Fang Xiu knew. Instead, he continued explaining, "Since you know about Spirit Tamers, I assume you also know about spirituality, so I won't go into that.

"A Spirit Tamer's power level is determined by how much spirituality they've illuminated. Newly awakened Spirit Tamers like you, Mr. Fang, generally have one percent of their spirituality illuminated. We call them First-Tier Spirit Tamers.

"Anyone with one to twenty percent of their spirituality illuminated falls into the category of First-Tier Spirit Tamer. At this stage, their abilities first manifest. They've only just gained their abilities, which grow stronger as their spirituality increases.

"Those with twenty-one to forty percent illuminated are Second-Tier Spirit Tamers. This stage is characterized by enhanced abilities. Their abilities become significantly stronger and undergo a qualitative change.

"Forty-one to sixty percent means a Third-Tier Spirit Tamer. The specific characteristics are classified, and someone at my clearance level doesn't know them.

"And so on. Beyond that are the fourth and fifth tiers."

"What happens once spirituality reaches one hundred percent?"

Li Wenhao shook his head. "I don't know. As far as I'm aware, no one in the world has illuminated one hundred percent of their spirituality. The further you progress, the harder it gets.

"To illuminate more spirituality, Spirit Tamers have to keep seeking out powerful Ghosts and putting themselves through life-and-death situations, making breakthroughs on the brink of death. But as they face increasingly powerful Ghosts, the mortality rate rises sharply. And so far, no Ghost has appeared that's powerful enough to let someone illuminate one hundred percent of their spirituality.

"Spirit Tamers and Ghosts are natural enemies, but they also fuel each other's growth. Only stronger Ghosts can produce stronger Spirit Tamers. Right now, though, Ghosts aren't powerful enough to produce exceptionally strong Spirit Tamers.

"So not only are there no Spirit Tamers with one hundred percent spirituality, there aren't even any who have reached the fifth tier. The fifth tier exists only in theory.

"As for Fourth-Tier Spirit Tamers, there are unsubstantiated rumors in various countries, but no one knows whether they're true. They're already the stuff of legends. Whether they actually exist is anyone's guess.

"In any case, the strongest people publicly known worldwide right now are Third-Tier Spirit Tamers."

"My third question..."

Fang Xiu wanted to ask his third question, but Shen Lingxue interrupted him impatiently. "I don't have time to listen to all your questions. Li Wenhao, give him the address for the Global Supernatural Forum and let him look things up himself."

Helpless, Li Wenhao could only give Fang Xiu a web address and caution him, "This is a dark web site, considered the largest supernatural forum in the world. You can find basic information there, but if you want classified information, you'll have to pay. One more warning: because it's a global forum, it isn't regulated by our Investigation Bureau. When you're browsing, don't blindly trust messages from strangers."

Fang Xiu nodded to show he understood.

"Now it's our turn to ask questions. Tell us what happened to you in the Ghost Domain at Hundred Willows Academy. Don't leave out a single detail. If you dare falsify anything and cause incalculable losses, you'll bear full responsibility for the consequences," Shen Lingxue said with a hint of warning.

Fang Xiu ignored her threat and continued calmly, "I have one last question."

Shen Lingxue's delicate brows immediately knitted, and her gaze turned hostile. "Are you ever going to stop?"

Ignoring her glare, Fang Xiu pointed beside him. "Can you see my wife?"

At those words, Shen Lingxue, who had been about to lose her temper, froze. She looked at the empty space to Fang Xiu's right, then scanned the room, but found no sign of this supposed wife.

Li Wenhao was stunned as well. "What are you talking about, Fang Xiu? According to your records, you don't have a wife. You don't even have a girlfriend."

"Can't see her? Or pretending not to?" Fang Xiu looked at them calmly, murmuring the words over and over.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room turned eerie.

Li Wenhao's heart suddenly lurched. He suspected that Fang Xiu's mental state was abnormal.

That had to be it. How could an ordinary person be so calm after experiencing a supernatural incident? Especially when the Ghost's power had also corroded his mind and turned him into a Spirit Tamer. His mental state would already be unstable.

With both factors at work, Fang Xiu's calmness was abnormal in itself.

And now he was actually asking whether other people could see his wife?

You're single. Don't you know perfectly well whether you have a wife?

Not only was there something wrong with Fang Xiu's mental state, it was even worse than that of an ordinary Spirit Tamer. He was already hallucinating.

"Fang Xiu, are you messing with us?" Shen Lingxue suddenly demanded angrily.

Fang Xiu glanced at the furious Shen Lingxue. She did not seem to be pretending, but it no longer mattered. He had another way ready.

He turned to look at his wife, and their eyes met.

"Dear, I can see you."

"You can see me!!!" A voice rang out, brimming with suppressed emotion and wild delight.

Whoosh!

Shen Lingxue and Li Wenhao sprang to their feet, staring to Fang Xiu's right as though they had seen a Ghost.

A beautiful woman in a moon-white silk nightdress had appeared out of thin air in the previously empty space.

But her cool, pale skin began to shatter like porcelain, developing a dense web of cracks. In the blink of an eye, countless black fissures covered her entire body, making her look like a broken porcelain figure.

The sound of running liquid came from those black fissures, and crimson blood crawled out through the gaps like writhing worms.

His wife's sleek, long hair began to move, dancing wildly in the air like a mass of twisting black snakes.

Her small, cherry-red mouth had stretched all the way to her ears. Her even teeth had become serrated, and another mouth was nested inside her mouth, as though a second one had grown in her throat.

"A Ghost!" Shen Lingxue cried out. "Damn it! Fang Xiu, who the hell are you? Your wife is a Ghost!"

Fang Xiu frowned slightly. They can only see her now?

It seems that because I "saw" my wife, I triggered some kind of medium, bringing my previously illusory wife into reality. That's why Shen Lingxue and Li Wenhao can see her now.

Just like Green Mountain Psychiatric Hospital before. At first, only I could see it. Later, it broke into reality and merged with the sales office, and all my coworkers could see it.

That means "seeing" Ghosts has nothing to do with being a Spirit Tamer. Neither ordinary people nor Spirit Tamers can see the Ghosts filling the streets.

If Zhao Hao couldn't see them because he was too weak, there's no reason Shen Lingxue, who comes from the Investigation Bureau, wouldn't be able to see them either.

Maybe... I'm the only person in the world who can see them.

The thought made Fang Xiu's heart sink. He did not want this distinction. No one would enjoy being surrounded by Ghosts everywhere they went, knowing that being discovered meant death.

It was like constantly walking through a forest of blades, his nerves taut at every moment. One careless step, and he would be hacked to pieces.

"Hehehe... humans!" His wife let out a laugh that set their teeth on edge.

Seeing this, Shen Lingxue struck first. She opened her small, fair hands, and the air abruptly distorted. Two violently bursting flames appeared in her palms. The temperature in the room shot up, and even the curtains and sofa nearby spontaneously caught fire.

That was how hot the flames were.

Shen Lingxue hurled the two balls of raging fire.

They hurtled viciously toward his wife.