Chapter 47: Trying to Make a Clone

In the afternoon, Lin Feng finally made the wooden cabinet.

After finishing this matter, he gave Wangcai another bowl of medicine to strengthen its foundation, and then used internal energy to cleanse its marrow and cut its hair.

Wangcai, who had suffered once, had now honestly surrendered, because no matter whether it ran or struggled, it couldn't get rid of Lin Feng's control.

And Wangcai, as a relatively smart dog, gradually realized after a few times that the medicine Lin Feng gave it was good for it.

So the dog gradually became honest and let Lin Feng knead it at will.

"According to the dog training techniques, while strengthening the muscles and bones, one must also provide supplementary training; only by exercising the body and practicing hunting every day can one raise the best hunting dog."

"Otherwise, after a long time, all you will raise is a tail-wagging lapdog..."

Using his internal energy to cleanse Wangcai's body once more, Lin Feng began to ponder what he should do next.

Normal hunting dog training is actually quite troublesome and tedious, but Lin Feng himself does not have the patience to take it slow.

So, after thinking for a moment, he simply picked up his firewood knife and, taking Wangcai with him, walked toward the mountain forest behind the gravedigger's small courtyard.

Last night, he had thought about how to create a clone, and now, taking Wangcai to the forest for training was the perfect opportunity to start trying.

Currently, the strength of the wooden figures he creates is only at the level of a first-class expert, but if he makes proper use of the items in his hands, creating special puppets might improve them significantly.

"Woof woof~"

While walking in the mountain forest, there was suddenly some movement in the grass, and Wangcai immediately barked excitedly.

"Go take a look, it might even be a wild rabbit!"

Lin Feng also became interested, so he immediately said to Wangcai.

Hearing Lin Feng's command, Wangcai rushed out quickly; although this fellow was only four months old, its stamina was already much better than an ordinary puppy thanks to Lin Feng's feeding.

"Squeak squeak~"

Soon, Wangcai ran back with a gray mouse in its mouth, leaving Lin Feng looking completely dejected.

He had thought he could have a meat dish tonight, but he never expected it to be a mountain rat.

"Eat it yourself!"

"Woof woof!"

Wangcai immediately bit the mouse to death, then finished it in a few bites.

This is one of the benefits of a local dog—it can eat anything; as for whether it would get sick, Lin Feng really didn't worry about that problem.

"Let's go, continue!"

With one hope dashed, Lin Feng did develop the idea of hunting some game himself, though of course, that was not his main purpose.

Arriving at the mountaintop, Lin Feng looked at the surrounding situation and found that no one had followed him.

So he simply let Wangcai run wild in the forest while he took out his firewood knife and began to remake the wooden figure.

"According to my estimates, corpses are actually the most suitable material for making a clone; no, it is most suitable to use the method of creating a Ghost Slave to kill a living person, turn them into a Ghost Slave, and then have them corrupted by ghostly power."

"But experimenting on living people is out of the question for now; if I encounter a suitable enemy, it's just their bad luck..."

"For now, I'll just use a wooden figure to test the effect and combine it with the power of the ghosts in my hands to see if I can come up with something good."

The simplest wooden figure is not very complicated to make, and Lin Feng finished it quickly; then, he first summoned the Puppet Ghost to give this wooden figure a certain degree of mobility.

Afterward, he summoned the Tou Gui again, letting the Tou Gui's blood threads connect the various joints of the wooden figure; the stitching ability possessed by the Tou Gui is simply like a cheat code when used in this regard.

Then Lin Feng continued; he had the Theater Ghost release paper money imprinted with tattooed evil ghosts, and then used the power of the Tou Gui to forcibly stitch these paper notes onto the wooden figure.

"Phew~ It's done, though it's unclear how much power it can unleash, it certainly looks more sinister and terrifying than before."

A wooden figure that looked like it had been painted with red lacquer was already eerie enough, and now that sheets of paper money imprinted with evil ghosts had been forcibly pasted onto it, it looked even more terrifying.

"Click, click, click."

As Lin Feng withdrew the surrounding ghostly power, this wooden figure gradually began to move.

On the surface, its movements were still the same as before, but when Lin Feng had an ordinary wooden figure hidden in the forest spar with it, it was instantly beaten into wooden splinters by this new wooden figure.

"Hiss~ Just to be safe, I used a total of ten sheets of paper money, and each sheet contains a tattooed evil ghost; I didn't expect the power to be this great!"

Seeing this result, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh that the strength of the new wooden figure had completely surpassed that of a first-class expert and had become what is known as a Master-level expert.

"What would happen if I used a hundred sheets of paper money? Would it have strength similar to a Grandmaster, like Wang Chong did back then?"

After thinking about it, Lin Feng immediately began to work; the Theater Ghost released ninety more sheets of paper money, which Lin Feng then controlled the Tou Gui to stitch onto the wooden figure.

But to his surprise, halfway through the stitching, the wooden figure could not withstand the ghostly power within the large amount of paper money and burst apart.

"Sure enough, ordinary materials are still far too lacking; it would be great if I had ghostly materials."

Looking at the remains of the wooden figure on the ground, Lin Feng couldn't help but shake his head; the human-skin banner capable of bearing a hundred tattooed ghosts was made using a Grandmaster's skin as material.

If ordinary wood could do that, it would be too monstrous. In the end, Lin Feng tried again and only made a wooden figure pasted with thirty sheets of paper money.

This was the most suitable amount after his testing, and the wooden figure's strength had thoroughly reached the Master level.

However, it was still quite far from a Grandmaster; one could only say it was a slight improvement.

"Sigh, if only I could encounter a Grandmaster-level opponent right now; with a Grandmaster's own strength, combined with long-term corruption by ghosts, they would certainly be able to withstand more ghostly power."

"Alright, go find a place to bury yourself, and patrol around the graveyard tonight!"

Looking at the wooden figure that resembled an ancient zombie, Lin Feng's interest dropped by several levels, and he waved his hand to let it leave on its own.

"Woof woof~"

Just then, a few barks came from not far away, and a gray wild rabbit suddenly darted across Lin Feng's field of vision.

Seeing this, Lin Feng casually picked up a stone and threw it like a hidden weapon; the wild rabbit was hit directly in the head and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

"Not bad! Not bad!"

Wangcai immediately ran over from the woods, picked up the wild rabbit, and then trotted happily to Lin Feng to claim credit.

"Hmm, it weighs a full three catties; I didn't expect the rabbits in this mountain forest to be so fat."

Lifting the rabbit by its ears, Lin Feng was finally satisfied; he couldn't help but rub the fellow's head to reward it, then turned and walked toward the outside of the forest.

Returning to the gravedigger's small courtyard, Lin Feng immediately called out to Old Quezi to prepare a fire and cook; since he had managed to get a wild rabbit, he had to have a good meal.

"Hey, did it catch this rabbit?"

Old Quezi's eyes widened when he saw the wild rabbit in Lin Feng's hand, and he pointed at Wangcai, asking in disbelief.

"Yeah, it helped a bit."

Lin Feng patted Wangcai's dog head and gave a simple reply.

"Good, this dog is worth raising! I must find a way to find another one to breed..."

Hearing this, Old Quezi's old face crinkled into a smile, and he even began to think about the prospect of puppies.

This made Lin Feng laugh, but if his idea could really work, raising a few more dogs would be a good plan.

That night, Lin Feng showed off his skills and made a pot of braised rabbit meat, but in this godforsaken place, besides coarse salt, the only seasoning he could find was some garlic.

Without chili, Sichuan peppercorns, or various spices for seasoning, this braised rabbit meat tasted rather bland.

On the contrary, Old Quezi ate it with great joy, sighing as he ate that even during the New Year, it wouldn't be this good!

Meanwhile, at the Ghost Suppression Bureau office, Li Yanbing finally received the two hundred Ghost-Raising Incense sticks sent via express delivery from the Ghost Suppression Bureau's capital headquarters.

For the sake of these two hundred sticks, she had insisted that her acquaintance send them directly via a Ghost Domain; it could be said that she had done her utmost to satisfy the requirements of that senior.

"Tonight, you will come with me to meet that senior. Also, how is the investigation into the other items you were assigned?"

Inside the Ghost Suppression Bureau, Li Yanbing called out to the Silver-Badge Divine Catcher Li Songcheng again and then inquired of her trusted subordinates around her.

"Reporting to you, my lord, I have already received news about the hundred-year-old Yin-Sinking Wood, but I'm afraid there isn't enough to make a coffin."

Li Songcheng spoke first; Yin-Sinking Wood is not considered a precious item to truly wealthy families, but it is quite difficult to obtain such a large quantity all at once.

"Just keep collecting!"

"Yes!"

"My lord, today when I went to inspect the Wang family's side, I discovered this!"

Suddenly, another Silver-Badge Divine Catcher took a somewhat tattered ceramic bowl out of a leather pouch.

"This is?"

Li Yanbing's gaze sharpened, and she asked with some uncertainty.

"My subordinate guesses that this should be the Underworld Earth Ceramic Bowl that the senior wanted; this was an item worshipped in the Wang family's ancestral hall, but now that the Wang family has been wiped out, I took the liberty of bringing it over..."

"Well done!"

Li Yanbing immediately praised him, but at the same time, she couldn't help but frown.

The Wang family incident had a bad influence and even caused unrest among the people in the city, which was not a good thing for her, having just taken office.