15 The slippery ghost
After picking up the takeout, Ye Li sat at home with his legs crossed, enjoying his meal. An animated cartoon was playing on the TV, featuring the protagonist leading a group of supernatural creatures on a nightly walk.
Ding dong!
At that moment, the doorbell rang.
Ye Li smiled faintly; he already knew who it was.
His spiritual energy transformed into thin threads, wrapping around the front door, and then the door opened. After all, as the God of Slacking Off, how could he personally get off the couch to answer the door?
The door opened, and a small figure walked in. It was a short person wearing an old-fashioned kimono, with an abnormally long back of the head and a face full of wrinkles, accompanied by a smile.
It was a "Slippery Ghost," a great monster from the legends of Sakura Kingdom. They enjoyed playing pranks at other people's homes and would linger without leaving. Although they were cunning by nature, they wouldn't harm anyone.
This Slippery Ghost seemed different from the other weird creatures Ye Li had encountered before.
Out of curiosity, Ye Li threw a detection spell at him.
Character: Slippery Ghost (a supernatural creature in the realm of weirdness)
Strength: 577
Constitution: 620
Speed: 999
Spirit: 999
Spiritual Energy: 799
Ranking: A
Skills: Mirror Flower, Water Moon; Exceptional Swordsmanship; Overwhelming Presence; Immortality; Tranquility of the Clear Mirror
Recommendation: Do not provoke; extremely powerful; capable of slaughtering a city single-handedly.
Hissing! Looking at the panel, Ye Li was somewhat surprised. Both speed and spirit were maxed out in the A-rank, making this the most powerful weird creature Ye Li had encountered so far.
With this in mind, Ye Li suddenly became interested and cast a detection spell on himself as well.
Character: Ye Li (human-like but not quite human)
Strength: Infinite
Constitution: Infinite
Speed: Infinite
Spirit: Infinite
Spiritual Energy: Infinite
Skills: Infinite
Recommendation: Not a being that can appear in Blue Star; unable to determine its limits.
Hissing!
Ye Li took a sharp breath. Damn it, I'm still the strongest.
Wait! Stay calm, don't be too arrogant. If it's not possible for me to appear on Blue Star, it means that there might be beings outside of Blue Star who are not weaker than me, or even more powerful.
That's right, I'm not truly invincible yet. Foreign species might be able to defeat me. Stay calm, being low-key and slacking off is the way to go.
Ye Li took a deep breath, calming down his excited emotions.
Meanwhile, the Slippery Ghost looked at Ye Li's rapidly changing facial expressions for a few seconds and appeared rather puzzled.
"Oh my, Sakura Kingdom was destroyed, and I've been wandering for decades. It's really tough!"
The Slippery Ghost chuckled and casually made himself a cup of light tea in Ye Li's house.
"Is Huaxia not better than that tiny Sakura Kingdom?" Ye Li chuckled.
The Slippery Ghost replied, "I've been living in Huaxia for thirty years, and it has become my second hometown. The customs and traditions of Huaxia are quite interesting."
The Slippery Ghost marveled.
Ye Li smiled and remained silent.
"Tell me, when did you start targeting me?" Ye Li asked.
Upon hearing this, the Slippery Ghost paused for a moment.
"I can't hide it from you, can I? It was probably since the incident at the Beishan Cemetery."
"The Beishan Cemetery? Wasn't that just a few days ago?" Ye Li murmured.
But why hadn't he noticed it himself?
"You don't need to worry, little friend. My Tranquility of the Clear Mirror can completely eliminate my presence. As long as I don't take the initiative, even entities above the S-rank of weirdness cannot detect me."
"When I roamed freely in Sakura Kingdom, I relied on this method to escape," the Slippery Ghost said calmly as he took a sip of water.
Ye Li nodded. Indeed, the Beishan Cemetery was too vast, and he hadn't paid much attention to it initially. It was unavoidable.
After all, he wasn't an immortal cultivator who could scan the world with his divine consciousness, seeing everything clearly.
"You're quite an interesting person, old man," Ye Li chuckled.
"You're joking, little friend. Your strength is something I've never seen before in my life. Even the Yamata no Orochi, which annihilated Sakura Kingdom thirty years ago, is no match for you!"
The Slippery Ghost's race was extremely sensitive to auras, and he could clearly sense that the awe-inspiring power emanating from Ye Li was much stronger than the demonic energy of the Yamata no Orochi.
"Moreover, the most important thing is that you have the Absorbing Spirit Constitution. When those entities revive, you might encounter a lot of trouble!"
"I see that you enjoy a leisurely life, but with the Absorbing Spirit Constitution, you will never find peace."
"Now, little friend, haven't you already experienced the successive troubles?" The Slippery Ghost's smile grew wider.
Ye Li's expression stiffened; he was not wrong.
"But fortunately, humans have someone like you, a forbidden existence. It is a great fortune. Otherwise, when the dark night descends and those entities revive, humanity will face its demise."
The Slippery Ghost's words left Ye Li in silence.
At the beginning, when he transmigrated to this world of weirdness and revival, and especially being the Absorbing Spirit, he had always thought that he had embarked on a journey in hell.
But later, when he awakened the system and the system crashed, leaving behind countless points, he instantly became invincible, and he thought he was playing a cracked version.
However, it was only when the Slippery Ghost revealed some secrets that he realized he might still be playing the hellish version.
"What are those entities exactly? When will they revive? What do you know?" Ye Li asked.
The Slippery Ghost replied, "Forbidden existences, unspeakable and indescribable. Even uttering their true names would be sensed."
"I came here today just to establish a good relationship with you and have a cup of hot tea," the Slippery Ghost continued.
Silence fell as Ye Li looked at him.
The Slippery Ghost continued, "But I hope you understand that the realm of weirdness is divided into factions. Not all weird entities are evil. I hope that in the future, when you encounter weird entities like me, you can show mercy."
Weird entities of the monster type?
Thinking about the description of the Slippery Ghost on the panel, Ye Li roughly understood.
Upon reflection, the weird entities he had encountered so far were indeed diverse: zombies, ghosts, revenants, monsters that wiped out entire cities, and more.
It seemed that this world was even more mysterious than he had imagined.
"Well, I won't disturb your rest any longer. I will take my leave," the Slippery Ghost said, emptying his cup of hot tea, and gradually fading away.
Ye Li carefully sensed it and indeed felt the fading aura as the Slippery Ghost departed.
The Slippery Ghost's visit weighed heavily on Ye Li's heart.
He finished his drink and the takeout food, then looked at the scattered stars in the night sky.
"It doesn't matter. If enemies come, I'll fight back. Whether they are human or weird entities, I'll take them down! Those so-called entities can try to disturb me, and I'll beat them until they can't return to their lairs!"
With these thoughts, Ye Li's mood improved significantly. He continued to watch some anime and eventually fell asleep carefree.
However, what the Slippery Ghost didn't know was that Ye Li's power was far stronger than he had imagined.
