Not long after the feast of delicacies concluded.
Jiang Lin found an opportunity and went to A Rui's house.
Every villa had its own defensive system, let alone the home of a craftsman.
After Jiang Lin rang the doorbell, he didn't do anything else.
He stood in place, waiting for the little girl to open the door.
Admittedly, Jiang Lin's decision was wise.
A Rui's ghost master, the owner of the ghost messenger, didn't like to make ordinary ghost artifacts; he only liked to make strange and peculiar ones.
For example, a car that would eject its driver's seat.
For example, a whip that was very lethal but would first tie itself up.
And then there was the defensive ghost artifact placed at the entrance of his villa.
If one walked around carelessly, they would appear in other small spaces.
It was as if one had entered a maze.
The strange thing was,
Even the maker himself would occasionally get lost at his own doorstep and disappear.
Fortunately, he didn't go out often. Otherwise, A Rui's daily job would be:
Finding the master, finding the master...
Where is the master? The master is gone?
...
"Lord Jiang Wuchang!"
A Rui ran out from the house with a patter, wearing a small white dress and sandals.
She had two dark braids tied on her head, looking neat and tidy.
When she saw Jiang Lin, her eyes lit up.
After opening the villa's main door, A Rui's first action was to look Jiang Lin up and down.
After confirming he was unharmed, she said a little sheepishly:
"Lord Jiang Wuchang, did you... encounter any unexpected situations just now?"
"No."
Jiang Lin pointed to the yellow area on the ground. "I followed the route you described and didn't wander off."
He had also inquired in the ghost market; there were many craftsmen in the West Hall.
But advanced craftsmen were rare.
Even the Artifact Treasury usually only had one advanced craftsman stationed there, and they were extremely busy.
It was said that orders were booked until the month after next.
"That's good, that's good~"
A Rui breathed a sigh of relief. Her master often forgot where he had placed his ghost artifacts.
"Lord Jiang Wuchang, this way."
As A Rui led Jiang Lin into the living room, they heard a loud 'bang' from upstairs.
The entire house trembled.
Jiang Lin couldn't help but glance upstairs. Was that advanced craftsman making bombs?
A Rui's eyelids twitched, and she smiled, "Lord Jiang Wuchang, please sit. I'll go call the master down now."
After saying that, she poured Jiang Lin a cup of tea and then went upstairs with a patter.
"Master, what did you do again?"
A Rui opened the door to her ghost master's room and, as expected, a puff of thick black smoke billowed out.
She quickly entered the room and closed the door.
She couldn't let the smoke drift downstairs.
Looking at the messy state of the room, A Rui opened the window to ventilate and muttered:
"Master, why didn't you activate the protective shield again, and you didn't put away the surrounding items..."
"If this continues, the cleaning ghosts will be overwhelmed first."
"It's not easy for cleaning ghosts to survive."
"If there are two more explosions like this, our wallets will be as clean as our faces again."
She carried out the cleaning ghost, and when she turned around, she saw her master emerge from a pile of debris with an explosion of hair.
A Rui put her hand on her forehead, casually put down the cleaning ghost, and quickly pulled her master out.
She also found two sets of dry clothes. "You got so dirty again, quickly change into these."
After a flurry of activity, her white dress also turned into a black one.
A Rui: "..."
She looked at the dress she had specially changed into and pouted.
She felt like crying.
It was rare for Lord Jiang Wuchang to visit their home...
The ghost master, with his exploded hair, hadn't fully recovered from the experiment.
He sat blankly on the floor, watching the little girl busy herself and mutter.
Her little mouth chattered away.
Like a nagging mother.
Then he noticed that the little girl seemed unhappy.
He thought for a moment, slowly turned his head, looked at the mess on the floor, and began to tidy up.
A Rui handed him the clothes. "Not that, I told you to change your clothes and clean your face."
"Oh."
After the ghost master went into the changing room, A Rui took a deep breath.
She chose her master, she chose her master... Don't be angry, don't be angry.
After muttering a couple of times, A Rui also went to change into a new set of clothes.
A white shirt, paired with a pleated skirt, and two buns on her head.
When the ghost master came out after changing, A Rui was already waiting at the door.
Looking at her master, who was neat and tidy, with clear features and dressed properly.
A Rui nodded with satisfaction. "Let's go, Master."
Ghost Master: "Go where?"
"To meet Lord Jiang Wuchang."
"No wonder..." No wonder, he thought the little girl was acting strange today.
Then he felt something was amiss. "You invited Jiang Wuchang here??"
"Yes!"
A Rui instructed, "Master, try not to get too excited later."
Try not to get too excited?
The moment the ghost master saw Jiang Lin sitting in the living room,
He rushed forward and examined everything around Jiang Lin.
The ceiling, under the table, the floor, the sofa...
He found nothing.
The ghost master poked his head out from behind the sofa and asked Jiang Lin, "Are you live-streaming?"
Jiang Lin replied, "No."
It seemed this was the advanced craftsman.
He had come to commission something this time, and he thought it might be inconvenient to live-stream, so he hadn't started.
"Oh." The ghost master's interest immediately waned.
Under A Rui's watchful gaze, he obediently sat on the sofa.
A Rui introduced, "Lord Jiang Wuchang, this is my master, an advanced craftsman."
Ghost Master: "Hello, I am Bao Yan."
Before Jiang Lin could introduce himself, he added, "I know you. You came to me yourself, so what ghost artifact do you want to make?"
Jiang Lin took out the materials he had packed from the South Hall, some grass, soil, and stones brought from the special zone.
"Do you know the arena in the South Hall? The one that can suppress ghosts below the Ghost King realm.
I want to commission one."
Bao Yan touched the soil, and his eyes immediately became focused.
But soon he became listless again. "I know about it, it's in the West Hall's records."
"Zhong Kui from the South Hall personally commissioned it back then, saying his home was not enough to demolish."
"I can make it for you, but..."
He looked at Jiang Lin, his eyelids half-drooping. "You're missing some materials here."
When Zhong Kui commissioned it back then, he used more than just these things.
Moreover, the materials Jiang Lin brought, after leaving the special zone of the South Hall.
If not preserved with special methods or ghost artifacts, their effects would gradually weaken.
So, if he were to make it, he would have to hurry.
Jiang Lin didn't know about this. When he asked the South Hall, they only said it was made in the West Hall.
It was likely that apart from Zhong Kui, other ghosts in the South Hall didn't know either.
"What else is needed? Is it something I can find?"
Bao Yan raised his eyelids slightly. "The West Hall has it. I'll have A Rui take you to find it."