Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 389 Her Great Ambition

As the night grew deeper, it was the perfect time for some people to get started with their business.

After the amusement park had closed for the day, Grace managed to sneak into the park to check out

the haunted house.

The young girl had a deep frown on her forehead as soon as she finished looking around the place.

Again?! There’s nothing in this place too!!

Grace’s hands balled into fists.

I’ve only managed to capture those two resentful spirits previously.

The Bedlam Asylum and this haunted house were a complete hotch.

I’ve noticed that I’m different from the other kids from a young age. I could understand things like a

normal adult would even when I was still a baby who needed milk and diapers.

Around the age of three, I had a strange dream. I’ve been tasked with the mission of catching ghosts in

the realm of the living. Also, I have to collect various types of tears before I reach the age of eighteen.

For instance, the tear of remorse, the tear of resentment, the tear of sorrow, and many more.

However, I’ve only managed to collect the tears of remorse and resentment up to this point. Then,

things started to go awry recently. I couldn’t catch any ghosts at the site where I was supposed to find

one. Or the ghost didn’t have the tears that I needed even when I did catch them….

How am I supposed to hit my KPI if the situation continues to go on like this?

Grace was extremely irked and agitated as she stood inside the quiet and desolate haunted house.

She couldn’t help but kick a nearby prop in her frustration

“Gah! I’m so pissed!” Grace would only display her true emotions when she was certain that there was

no one around.

Suddenly, Grace picked up the sound of something moving swiftly in the distance. She spotted a figure

moving very quickly in the shadows out of the corners of her eyes.

“Who’s there?!” Grace stared hard at the prop column placed not too far away. She dared not bat her

eyelids as she focused all of her attention on that corner.

“Hehe…” She heard a deep voice. “What an interesting young child… Were you born with special

gifts?”

Grace felt a chill run down her spine almost instantaneously. She noticed that the voice was coming

from a different direction, so she swiftly turned around.

At that very moment, she felt a sharp pain at the center of her chest. It was as if a hot knife was driven

to

her heart.

Grace let out a gasp due to the immense pain. Sweat beded her forehead as she clutched at her chest.

The voice was coming from a totally different direction this time. “Very good. You have promising

talents. You should become my disciple. What do you say?”

Grace’s expression hardened. She replied icily, “How can I ask someone whom I don’t even know their

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name to become my master? Who are you?”

The person hiding in the shadows laughed.

“That’s very smart of you. You’re trying to find out who I am first. Unfortunately, any adult would be able

to see through your intentions.”

“I’ll give you twelve hours grace. I’m the only person in the world who can undo the spell I’ve cast over

your heart. Either you willingly agree to become my disciple and help carry out my biddings, or you’ll

have to die…”

“I can’t stand the thought of someone as special as you not becoming one of my pawns…”

As the person seemed to have finished what they wanted to say, the voice gradually faded and died

down.

Grace panted heavily as she could still feel the burning sensation at the center of her chest.

“That loathsome man…” Grace muttered through clenched teeth. Eventually, she managed to

overcome the pain and made her way out of the haunted house.

I knew something like this was bound to happen one day.

People always say that the living is much scarier than the dead.

Near the entrance of the amusement park, a man with a tall figure stood quietly in the shadows as he

watched Grace walk away in the distance.

It’s been quite some time since I started heading north from Ashbourne and ended up at this place. On

the way, I collected various spirits of the dead and objects to counter curses.

With the spirits of the dead, I can control them and order them to do my bidding. For instance, if a

movie star wishes to boost her popularity, I can send her one of my spirits to help increase her luck and

charm. Similarly, if someone wishes to secretly get rid of their enemy without leaving any race, I have

spirits that can do those tasks for them. However, I charge them a lot more for those requests…

While I had been getting more and more requests and new clints, I had also realized that I was

severely shorthanded.

Previously, I came across a man with exceptional abilities to create paper figures at an abandoned

temple. I managed to get him to become my disciple, and I gave him a ghost bride as a gift.

The man had become an important subordinate of mine as he had been helping me grow my wealth by

completing the missions I gave him. Yet, someone has caught my subordinate today.

I checked the haunted house for signs of a battle but was to no avail. Then, I chanced upon that little

girl.

“I’ve picked up traces of someone who’s very good at catching ghosts and spirits lately… Who could it

be…” The man knitted his brows. He could tell that the person wasn’t Grace.

That person had made sure to clean up after them every time haven’t been able to find any

surveillance footage of them or any actual signs of them at each of those sites.

A child couldn’t possibly have planned or executed meticulous plans like these. This girl is not the

person that I’m looking for.

“I’ll find you, sooner or later…”

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I must have those who are strong and powerful on my side to do my bidding. Otherwise, they are

bound to become

enemy…

For those who refuse to take my side, I must eliminate them before they get any stronger…

Soon afterward, the man returned to a huge, luxurious mansion.

my

One of his disciples immediately came up to the man to help him take off his coat. “Master, a lady has

been putting in a request for a talisman for quite some time. She works as a manager for a clothing

brand, and she’s going to bring some clothes to a prominent, wealthy family tomorrow. She would like

to get a love talisman.”

“She wishes to get the man to fall hopelessly in love with her, and she’s willing to pay 500 thousand

dollars.

for the talisman…”

After a moment’s consideration, the man finally said flatly, “Fine. Give her one.”

The man’s disciple took the love talisman from his master and excused himself. Then, he went to the

lounge where a beautiful lady had been waiting on her knees for almost the entire day.

“You’re lucky. My master just came back. Here’s the love talisman. Stick it to your target’s body, and the

talisman will self-combust and take effect.”

The lady thanked him respectfully. “Is there anything else I should take note of?”

The lady noticed that the man was looking at her gold bracelet. After a brief pause, she took the

bracelet off and shoved it into the man’s hands. “Mister, here’s a token of my appreciation…”