Chapter 21: Testing the Ghost

Lighting a fire and cooking—if Lin Feng had just arrived in this world, he might still be a bit unaccustomed to it.

But now, he no longer felt unfamiliar doing these things.

Breakfast was simple: millet porridge plus some pickles. After hastily filling his stomach, Lin Feng began to get busy.

First, he buried the corpses that had been sent over, gaining about five years of internal energy. Then, Lin Feng took Wangcai into the mountain forest behind the graveyard to pick herbs.

Of course, his main purpose was still to test the ability of the Puppet Ghost and the strength of the Xi Gui after it became stronger.

"Thump, thump."

As the firewood knife in his hand fell, a tree was chopped down. Then, Lin Feng began to make a wooden puppet as tall as a person according to his carpentry ability.

According to the old man's experience, the effect of ordinary wood was not as good as that of coffins buried underground, but in essence, it was the same; they were all turned into such things after being eroded by ghost energy.

Soon, a rough wooden puppet was made by Lin Feng, and then Lin Feng directly used the ability of the Puppet Ghost.

"Clack, clack, clack."

The wooden puppet that was originally lying on the ground suddenly began to twitch, and then it stood up from the ground with a roll, blankly coming to Lin Feng to wait for Lin Feng's order.

"Go pick herbs."

Lin Feng conveyed such a thought to it, and then the wooden puppet began to get busy in the mountain forest with a "clack, clack, clack."

"It has no thinking of its own and will only mechanically complete orders. Its combat power is okay for ordinary people, but a slightly stronger expert can directly shatter the wooden body."

"The only advantage is that it can be made in large quantities and is relatively cheap. If prepared fully, it's not bad."

"However, relying solely on wooden people, if the other party possesses fire abilities, I'm afraid it won't be enough to burn..."

The ability of the Puppet Ghost was mainly to make puppets; people or objects, as long as they were touched by it, would basically become puppets.

Unless it was a ghost, it could resist the effect of this ability, but if the ghost's strength was not strong, it would also be suppressed.

"According to the other party's expectation, the Puppet Ghost combined with the Embroidered Ghost could strengthen control and combat power. Now I should also try it!"

Lin Feng recalled the Embroidered Ghost again, and then blood-colored thin threads quickly passed through the wooden puppet's body. Soon, the abilities of the Puppet Ghost and the Embroidered Ghost were simultaneously attached to the wooden puppet.

At this time, the wooden puppet looked more like a marionette, but it was clear that the originally stiff movements became increasingly flexible under the control of the two forces.

At the same time, the ghost blood also began to erode the wooden puppet, and strands of scarlet patterns appeared on the surface of the wooden puppet, giving people an incomparably eerie feeling.

"Attack that tree and see!"

"Clack, clack, clack."

As Lin Feng gave the order, the wooden puppet directly raised its fist and smashed it fiercely toward the tree trunk.

"Bang! Crack!"

This strike directly caused the tree trunk to break, and the wooden puppet itself did not seem to be affected much.

"Tsk, tsk, not bad! Not bad!"

Lin Feng looked at the traces on the broken tree trunk and then at the wooden puppet's arm, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Under the blessing of the abilities of two ghosts, the strength of this wooden puppet has already approached that of a first-class expert. However, specific control still requires me to control it... If it relies solely on instinct, I'm afraid it won't even be able to exert half of its strength."

After testing the power of the Puppet Ghost, Lin Feng again let the wooden-headed wooden puppet go pick herbs, and he recalled the Xi Gui again.

The Xi Gui, wearing a play robe, had undergone several reinforcements and was now very different from the beginning.

The most obvious feature was that after absorbing the ghost fire, it was surrounded by strands of green flames, reflecting its figure somewhat eerily and terrifyingly.

Lin Feng tried to let the Xi Gui possess him, and then transformed into the Great Sage Equaling Heaven state. Instantly, a powerful sense of strength filled his whole body.

Strands of green ghost fire turned into flame patterns on the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's armor under Lin Feng's control. If he needed to use them, they could erupt at any time.

Unlike the old man who needed to control the ghost fire through corpse-oil candles, Lin Feng could now use it flexibly.

"Boom~"

Clusters of green flames spread toward the surroundings under his feet, but they did not burn the surrounding grass and trees at all. However, any insects, birds, or beasts burned by the flames would lose their lives in an instant.

On the surface, this fire did not burn them, but Lin Feng understood that they were indeed burned to death, just from a spiritual level.

"This fire is indeed terrifying. Fortunately, the other party could not exert its full power at that time, and the Drowning Ghost's ability also had a certain restraining effect."

After the test, Lin Feng felt a little lucky. The essence of this ghost fire must be quite high, and it might even come from a fierce ghost.

"Burning life force, the damage to animals is especially terrifying. Tsk, tsk, if there is a chance to collect this ghost fire, that would be truly incredible!"

Recalling all the ghost fire, Lin Feng began to sigh. The strength of the Xi Gui could be said to have improved by a large margin, but he didn't know how it compared to a real Fierce Ghost.

Just when Lin Feng was testing the ghost, Wangcai was so scared that it curled into a ball. People were afraid of ghosts, and dogs were also afraid of ghosts.

However, after Lin Feng recalled all the ghosts, this guy still dared to muster the courage to come to him and wag its tail, which made Lin Feng laugh.

"Clack, clack, clack."

Soon, the wooden puppet brought the herbs Lin Feng wanted from the mountain forest to him.

"Not bad, not bad. With this puppet, it's equivalent to having a good servant by my side at any time. Hehe, I didn't expect that I would have a day when I could afford a servant?"

Taking the herbs, Lin Feng couldn't help but talk to himself. He didn't have great ambitions to dominate the world or anything; as long as he lived comfortably enough, that was enough.

Now it seemed that he was not far from such a goal.

"Woof, woof."

Suddenly, Wangcai carried several birds from the grass, which were just burned to death by the ghost fire.

However, this guy honestly placed the birds in front of Lin Feng and did not have the intention of eating them directly.

"Let's go, let's go back first!"

Lin Feng rubbed its head, and then turned and walked down the mountain.

Coming to the edge of the graveyard, Lin Feng let the wooden puppet find a pit to bury itself underground, and then he took Wangcai back to the gravekeeper's small courtyard.

Old Quezi was still lying on the bed coughing, and Lin Feng skillfully boiled the herbs and let him drink them.

In this day and age, poor families basically lacked medicine, and the vast majority of people relied on their bodies to resist when they got sick.

As for whether they could survive in the end, that was up to heaven. This was also the main reason why the infant mortality rate was high in this era.

The medical skills Lin Feng mastered came from the corpse of a barefoot doctor who wandered the streets. The other party's medical skills were actually not very good, but after being extracted by the Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture, they became a skill that was passable.

That afternoon, Old Quezi felt much better and couldn't stop thanking Lin Feng. ===== CHAPTER 22 =====