Chapter 108 The Singer, Oh, the Singer 41

That thing looked... how should I put it, a lot like the mutant KFC chickens from urban legends ten or so years ago.

The kind with ten wings and twenty legs on a single chicken.

However, this thing looked far more terrifying than the rumored hormone-injected chickens.

It was a flesh-colored monster with a single massive eye in the center of its body. Above the eye was a twisted mouth that looked like a whirlpool, and below the eye was a large mass of a body—it really was a mass, flat and wide like a spread-out egg.

Upon closer inspection, that was no body; it was clearly hundreds or even thousands of thin, long legs, so densely packed that even a centipede would feel inferior.

"Who? Who wants to rent a room?"

As soon as it spoke, a stench like someone hadn't brushed their teeth in three hundred years wafted out, making Lin Xiangjun almost gag.

It was like this even with a mask on; one could only imagine how disastrous the scene would be if the mask were removed.

Lin Xiangjun covered her nose and mouth. Though she was screaming and vomiting in disgust internally, she maintained the air of a wealthy person on the surface.

"I'm the one who wants to rent a house." She tilted her chin up, trying her best to put on an arrogant front. "What kind of decent houses do you have here? Big, new, well-lit, with new furniture. underworld currency is no object."

The One-Eyed Ghoul looked Lin Xiangjun up and down, then looked at the ghost covered in eyes with some disbelief.

"Is this really a rich ghost? Why do I feel like its strength is so weak?"

In the weird world, judging whether a ghost is powerful or not depends on their own strength, not the amount of underworld currency they have.

Those who are strong naturally have more underworld currency, while those who are weak naturally have less.

Someone like Lin Xiangjun, who wasn't strong herself but held a massive amount of underworld currency, would have long ago had her 'assets reasonably redistributed' by powerful ghosts. How could she have survived until now?

Lin Xiangjun felt the contempt in the One-Eyed Ghoul's tone, but she was helpless to do anything about it.

Actually, Lin Xiangjun's own strength wasn't weak. Killing an intermediate ghost like the One-Eyed Ghoul wasn't impossible with a bit of effort.

The problem was, would this ghost fight her one-on-one?

The one thing an instance doesn't lack is ghosts. If it shouted and called a crowd, what would Lin Xiangjun do if she got surrounded?

Just endure it.

What else could she do?

A gentleman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years.

"Watch your tone. They already gave me the underworld currency; how could it be fake? You only have one eye, can you even see ghosts clearly? Just do your job when you're told, why all the nonsense!"

"Who knows if you've been slapped silly. Last time you mistook a poor ghost for a rich one. I worked my tail off hosting them for half a day, and it turned out they only had fifty underworld currency on them! They couldn't even afford to rent an attic!"

"That's only because it was tainted with the aura of a powerful ghost, otherwise I wouldn't have been mistaken!"

Seeing the two ghosts about to start a fight, Lin Xiangjun quickly cleared her throat and gave a loud "Hmph," drawing the attention of both ghosts to herself.

"What are you two arguing about? If you delay my master's housing, I'll have you both skinned alive and eaten as an extra meal later!"

The Security Ghost quieted down, but the One-Eyed Ghost was very indignant. After all, he hadn't received any underworld currency and didn't know how this low-level ghost dared to speak so arrogantly.

"Do you know what level I am? Eat me alive? Who in this instance has that kind of strength!"

True.

The One-Eyed Ghost's strength was a notch higher than the little boy and girl from before, and also a bit stronger than the Security Ghost.

When it released a hostile aura toward Lin Xiangjun, her whole body tensed up.

The One-Eyed Ghost's strength was more than double hers.

But would she be afraid?

Not a chance.

Her expression became even more disdainful.

"You are indeed stronger than me, but you're far inferior to my master! If you even break a single hair of mine here, my master will make you wish you were dead immediately!"

Hearing these arrogant words, the One-Eyed Ghost sneered, "Come on then, tell me your master's name. Let me see who in this instance could make me wish I were dead!"

"I'm afraid telling you my master's name will scare you to death!"

"Say it! If it doesn't scare me to death, I'll swallow you whole!"

"My master is the Instance Master of the [Wangxiangtai Hospital]!"

[Wangxiangtai Hospital] is one of the five-star instances.

And it's the most dangerous one among the five-star instances.

It's said that even the most ordinary ghost inside could take on a four-star Instance Master in a one-on-one fight.

It's said that the rules inside are completely irregular, with no way to judge what's true or false.

It's said that traps are as numerous as the hairs on an ox; just taking one extra step could lead to immediate contamination.

It's said that the contamination inside is so severe that even violating the mildest rule would lead to immediate moderate contamination and a total loss of cognition...

Of course, these are all rumors. After all, not a single person has ever come out of that instance alive.

Even the information circulating in the market was obtained through special divination methods, not from actually entering the instance to investigate.

This location only appears in the latter half of the novel. Lin Xiangjun remembered that the identity of the Instance Master there was quite mysterious and rarely appeared in the weird world, but its strength was immense, and all ghosts feared it.

It was the ghost version of a bogeyman whose name, if spoken at night, would scare children into silence.

Sure enough, when Lin Xiangjun dropped that name, both the One-Eyed Ghoul and the Security Ghost were stunned.

The One-Eyed Ghoul's eye slowly widened.

"What did you... just say?!"

"I said, my master is the Instance Master of the [Wangxiangtai Hospital]! Do you think they can serve you up on a dinner plate?" Lin Xiangjun put on a smug, dog-acting-on-master's-authority look, crossing her arms and giving a disdainful "Tsk."

"I came here today to buy a house for our master—if there's a suitable one, of course. Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and open the gate?"

The Security Ghost and the One-Eyed Ghoul looked at each other.

The Security Ghost reached out with an appendage and lifted the barrier.

The One-Eyed Ghoul's attitude did a complete 180-degree turn as he bowed and scraped, obsequiously welcoming Lin Xiangjun inside.

"Please come in! Please come in! Ah, if it's the Great Wangxiang Platform, I would have let you in long ago! But hasn't the Great Wangxiang Platform not come out for a long time? Why the sudden interest in our little instance?"

Lin Xiangjun glanced at him, snorted, and walked in with a swagger.

"How could I know the master's business so clearly? But you don't need to worry too much; the master has no interest in invading a three-star instance."