Chapter 19: Cultivating the Xi Gui

This old man mastered two types of ghosts: one was the green ghost fire he kept in the lantern, and the other was the Puppet Ghost that had not yet awakened in his body.

Lin Feng checked it briefly, and then the range of the corpse water under his feet and the filthy blood controlled by the Embroidered Ghost expanded rapidly.

There were still some villagers' corpses and wooden people in this village, so Lin Feng simply took them all away.

Soon, the entire village was left with only a mess of house ruins; other than that, there was nothing.

Bai Yuanlong and the other three catchers observed from a distance for a long time; their encounter tonight could be described as full of twists and turns.

During the day, they had found many corpses of ordinary people and wooden people controlled by the ghost through the Ghost Owls, but they had not caught the true body of the mastermind at all.

By the time they confirmed that the other party was hiding in a village, they had walked directly into a trap prepared by others.

If it hadn't been for the high-level expert who called himself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven taking action later, their final outcome would definitely not have been much better.

That old man's strength was no longer that of an ordinary master, but an expert approaching the Grandmaster level.

He and the catchers under him were simply no match; even if they had some life-saving props in their hands, if the time dragged on, the final outcome would also be incomparably miserable.

"Boss, that Grandmaster seems to have left already?"

At this time, the catcher holding the umbrella came to Bai Yuanlong's side and whispered to him.

"Wait a while longer before going over to take a look. If there are still some loose ends, we must handle them well!"

Bai Yuanlong was silent for a moment and then said this to him.

"Alright, I'll listen to you!"

Ever since they entered the Ghost Suppression Division, they had been living with their heads on their belts.

They could encounter any kind of danger; this time, they were still relatively lucky, with a strong person appearing midway to resolve the crisis.

Half an hour later, the four returned to the village again, and finally, they discovered that it had been cleared out; clearly, that high-level expert had not left any future trouble.

Subsequently, the group quickly walked toward the Luohe City Ghost Suppression Division office; what they saw and heard tonight was quite important and must be reported as soon as possible.

At the same time, on the other side, Lin Feng came to the Ding-character graveyard and buried the old man's corpse.

The Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture flipped rapidly, and soon, the old man's life appeared before Lin Feng through slide-like pictures.

This immediately broadened his horizons, and at the same time, he understood the ghost world even more deeply.

This old man did not come from an ordinary family, but from an extremely special Ghost-Driving family.

Unlike ordinary people, he had been in contact with various knowledge related to ghosts since he was a child, recognizing ghost objects, understanding the characteristics of ghosts, and encountering terrifying ghosts.

This branch of the Ghost-Driving family could be said to be a true major power in the Jianghu, holding a large amount of resources and territory under their control.

It was somewhat similar to the description of major sects in the novels Lin Feng had seen in his previous life.

This Ghost-Driving family had its own inheritance, its own territory, and its own sphere of influence; it could be said that they were completely local emperors.

Even the high-level officials of the Ghost Suppression Division needed to maintain a certain level of respect when facing the heads of these families.

Because behind these families, it was highly likely that they possessed powerful ghost objects or ghosts; once released, it would be a terrifying disaster.

However, what Lin Feng was most interested in was a special skill mastered by the old man, which was also the foundation of their family's standing—making substitute puppets!

This was a means of making puppets by consuming living people and special coffins; the substitute puppets made could exempt one from a fatal injury.

Lin Feng kept this skill in mind; there was no doubt that this was an extremely important technique.

Subsequently, he also understood the cause and effect of this incident. The old man, who mastered ghost fire and the Puppet Ghost, had laid out a plan in Chen Family Village in order to advance further.

He had secretly formulated the entire plan from Chen Xiuniang's birth to her death, and the ultimate goal was to create the Embroidered Ghost.

The Puppet Ghost he possessed, combined with the Embroidered Ghost, could allow his strength to directly rise to the Grandmaster level!

It was just that Lin Feng had intervened when the corpse was being buried, directly taking it away through the Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture, and when he was ready to harvest the fruit, he found nothing.

Finally, driven by his angry emotions, he began to release a large number of puppets he had in his hands to search, which eventually led to the Ghost Suppression Division and Lin Feng, resulting in his death.

On the surface, this guy was purely unlucky, but Lin Feng knew that because the other party had mastered ghosts, his humanity had gradually disappeared, and he had become indifferent to life and death and indifferent to the law, which was why he ended up like this.

"Even with power, one must be restrained; one must know that there is always someone stronger than the strong..."

Whether it was the third young master of the Wang family or this old man, the root cause of their deaths lay in this point.

Lin Feng's thoughts moved slightly, and a stiff old man's corpse appeared behind him; this was the Puppet Ghost. Anyone caught by this ghost would become a puppet.

At the same time, it could also make wooden puppets to do things, and it was evaluated as a Great Ghost by the Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture.

Because this ghost had not completed its awakening before Lin Feng killed the old man, it could be automatically controlled by him directly after being buried.

Another harvest was a special corpse-oil candle lantern; the material of the entire lantern was terrifying.

The handle used to lift the lantern was made of human bone, and the lantern as a whole was made of human skin, hair, and human bone.

The origin of the core corpse-oil candle was even more special; it was the work of a candle-making craftsman among the Hundred Craftsmen of Heaven.

According to the information known to the old man, it was mixed with the corpse oil of several fierce ghosts; only such things could allow the ghost fire to burn continuously.

The green ghost fire on the corpse-oil candle was not a complete ghost fire, but a bit stripped from a certain ghost mastered by the family the old man belonged to.

But even so, once this bit of ghost fire was triggered and used, it still possessed the strength of a Great Ghost, and its attack power and range were very powerful.

Lin Feng did not have the idea of keeping this lantern; instead, he performed a sacrificial ritual, wanting to use it to strengthen the strength of the Xi Gui.

It was still the original ritual; three incense sticks burned slowly, and the entire corpse-oil candle lantern gradually disappeared.

And in the Xi Gui chapter of the Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture, new changes appeared rapidly.

He saw strands of green flames lingering around the Xi Gui, and in front of the Xi Gui, a corpse-oil candle was burning slowly.

"As expected of a candle made using fierce ghost materials, it can actually be directly recorded by the Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture and become a part of it!"

Seeing such a change, Lin Feng immediately understood what was going on.

The Ghost-Raising chapter mentioned many things, such as Ghost-Raising Incense, Dragon Vein Grave Soil, hundred-year-old Yin-sinking wood, etc., and corpse-oil candles were among them.

However, ordinary corpse-oil candles did not have this effect; only materials taken from ghosts could be recorded into the Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture.

And this candle, without a doubt, became one of the foundations for the Xi Gui to continuously grow and strengthen. Unfortunately, other things were still relatively scarce.

If he could find those precious things, perhaps the growth speed of the Xi Gui would be beyond imagination. ===== CHAPTER 20 =====