Chapter 72

Placing the whittled wooden sticks and incense mud on the table to stick them together, he then started to use a wooden scraper to roll and knead them until the surface of the incense was uniform and smooth.

Making incense was definitely a craft; incense made by people with clumsy hands would be uneven in thickness and size, looking ugly, and would even affect burning.

If it was ordinary incense, the problem was not big; at worst, it would just extinguish halfway through burning.

But for the Soul-Attracting Incense, Ghost-Nurturing Incense, and Ghost-Suppressing Incense made, if something went wrong halfway, it would be life-threatening.

In the wooden house, Lin Feng held the wooden stick in one hand and the wooden scraper in the other, slowly making the Soul-Attracting Incense one by one.

The finished incense still needed to be air-dried for two or three days before it could be used; this process could not be rushed no matter how urgent.

"Whoosh~"

Accompanied by the deepening night, dozens of sticks of incense of the same length, consistent color, and uniform and smooth surface were finally made by Lin Feng.

"A total of sixty sticks; it's a pity that the materials I got are used up. Next, if I want to make more, I can only start from collecting materials step by step."

These raw materials were all Song Renjie's, and some materials belonged to relatively precious things that were not so easy to collect.

Otherwise, this incense would not be regarded as important supplies by the Ghost Suppression Division.

"Forget it, sixty sticks of Soul-Attracting Incense, three sticks per offering, enough for twenty uses!"

However, being able to have a harvest was already not bad; Lin Feng did not have any dissatisfaction.

"There are still a few sticks of incense left; I'll use them up tonight. Besides, the Xi Gui has also absorbed the Great Ghost from yesterday; it's time to change to a new offering!"

Simply tidying up the room, Lin Feng gave a wink to Wangcai lying at his feet.

This guy immediately ran to the door and squatted down honestly; a shadow appeared under Lin Feng's feet, and then his whole person quietly disappeared in the house.

When he appeared again, Lin Feng had already arrived at the back mountain; here the view was open and there was mountain forest around, just right for summoning ghosts.

"Clatter~"

Following Lin Feng's thought, the pages of the Corpse-Raising Ghost-Nurturing Scripture in his mind turned rapidly.

Soon it came to the Xi Gui's page; this page looked not much different from before.

However, those who observed carefully would discover that the three earthen bowls in front of the Xi Gui's tomb were empty, leaving only some ashes of Ghost-Nurturing Incense and unknown residues.

Seeing this, Lin Feng directly summoned the Xi Gui, and this ghost instantly appeared in front of Lin Feng.

"At the beginning, I didn't understand anything and forcibly fused various ghosts, but I forcibly raised the Xi Gui's strength to the Fierce Ghost level."

Seeing the various evil ghost patterns on the Xi Gui and the ghost fire lingering around it, Lin Feng sighed a bit.

"But this is not all bad; at least in terms of playing the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, there are various advantages. After all, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's abilities are diverse and ever-changing, which happens to match."

Perhaps the Xi Gui's inclusiveness was strong enough, or perhaps the various ghosts it fused with happened to be suitable for playing the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

In short, the current Xi Gui was still the ghost with the strongest practicality and combat ability in Lin Feng's hands.

"Now the Xi Gui still belongs to the Fierce Ghost level; continuing to offer, it probably won't be long before it becomes a Disaster Ghost."

"However, the Xi Gui was originally evaluated as a medium-grade corpse seed, and now it has fused with various miscellaneous ghosts; the rating is probably even lower than before, I'm afraid it will be hard to make progress after growing into a Disaster Ghost."

What Lin Feng regretted yesterday was this point; the corpse seed grade was like potential; the higher the potential, the stronger the ghost it could eventually grow into.

"Perhaps I still need to use the method of sacrificial fusion to forcibly improve the Xi Gui's strength, so as to complete various supernatural changes; how can the Great Sage Equaling Heaven only have this little ability?"

But even so, Lin Feng would not give up continuing to cultivate the Xi Gui; as the shadow floated, a ghost covered with red paper money was pulled out.

"Absorbing a Great Ghost was completed in one day, but it's a pity that I didn't see any growth in strength; the gap between a Fierce Ghost and a Disaster Ghost is really a bit big!"

Letting the Xi Gui possess him, Lin Feng took off a part of the red paper money from the Sick Ghost he caught last night, and then held a ghost-item dagger to dismember it.

The feeling of dismembering a Fierce Ghost was very different from dismembering a Great Ghost; every time Lin Feng took action, he could feel a terrifying cold power invading his body along the dagger.

However, most of these powers were blocked by the Xi Gui, and only a small part was transmitted to his body.

"Boom"

But the next moment, the surging internal strength in Lin Feng's body operated automatically, slowly offsetting these negative effects.

"Sure enough, reaching the Fierce Ghost level, even if it has been suppressed, it is not easy to deal with!"

Successfully completing the dismemberment of the Sick Ghost, Lin Feng then slowly spat out a breath of turbid air.

Subsequently, he directly put these limbs into the Underworld Earthen Bowl through the Xi Gui, and a new round of offering began rapidly; the power belonging to the Sick Ghost began to be absorbed by the Xi Gui continuously.

However, Lin Feng was still not satisfied, and then took out three sticks of Ghost-Nurturing Incense, lit them, and received them into the Underworld Earthen Bowl again.

Now the three Underworld Earthen Bowls could be considered complete; in each earthen bowl, there was a stick of incense burning slowly, and the ghost limbs in the bowl were also being transformed into the Xi Gui's power through unknown means.

After withdrawing the Xi Gui, Lin Feng placed his gaze on the Embroidery Ghost and the Puppet Ghost again.

These two ghosts also had no small effect on him; it was a pity that the tomb was not complete now, and the effect of the offering was relatively poor.

But Lin Feng still lit two sticks of Ghost-Nurturing Incense and let them be received into the Corpse-Raising Ghost-Nurturing Scripture to be nurtured slowly.

For Lin Feng, even if the effect was poor, having it was better than not having it.

"Finally, there are these two, the Tanshi Gui and the Thousand-Faced Paper Ghost."

Lin Feng glanced at the Tanshi Gui; this guy's strength had directly increased to the Fierce Ghost level since eating the Face Ghost and the Ink Hand.

Later, it gnawed who knows how many bites on the Incense Temple Ancestor; now its strength was no weaker than the Xi Gui.

"Eat it!"

Thinking for a while, Lin Feng still handed over the three small ghosts bound in the shadow world to the Tanshi Gui to let it eat them.

The strength of the Incense Temple was too powerful, and Lin Feng dared not guarantee when the opponent would come again.

Now that he could strengthen himself by one point, it was naturally one point, so he would not keep any extra ghosts in his hands.

Getting Lin Feng's order, a strange smile appeared on the Tanshi Gui's face, and then it spat out "Eat! Eat! Eat!" mixed with various sounds.

Then the three small ghosts became incomplete at a speed visible to the naked eye until they finally disappeared.

And the Tanshi Gui only opened its mouth and said three words; this kind of terrifying ability made even Lin Feng feel a bit creepy.

If this thing was not controlled by Lin Feng, if it were released, it would definitely become a huge disaster.

"Whoosh~ Alright, put in some effort for me when catching ghosts later!"

Wiping the cold sweat on his head, Lin Feng finally looked at the Thousand-Faced Paper Ghost.

This ghost was only obtained yesterday; its ability was special, and its functionality was also not bad.

The Corpse-Raising Ghost-Nurturing Scripture evaluated it as a medium-grade corpse seed, and it was a Fierce Ghost upon harvest; it could be said that its potential was already quite high.

But Lin Feng did not have any surplus grain in his hands now, and he did not know when the Ghost Suppression Division would be able to find more Underworld Earthen Bowls and other items.

Otherwise, Lin Feng would at least have to give it a small ghost as an offering to nurture it, but now he could only light three sticks of Ghost-Nurturing Incense and let it absorb it itself.

"Tonight, I'll just try your ability; that move of the Paper Folder's paper figures forming an army was not bad, I'll try it later too."

The Thousand-Faced Paper Ghost only spent a dozen seconds absorbing the three sticks of Ghost-Nurturing Incense, which was far from as effective as the method of offering.

After feeding all the ghosts once, Lin Feng then lit three sticks of Soul-Attracting Incense and started walking toward the intersection in the mountain forest.

The special smell of the Soul-Attracting Incense was spread everywhere as Lin Feng walked and with the night wind.

By the time Lin Feng arrived at the intersection, a Great Ghost had already arrived here one step ahead and was waiting for him.

Looking at it, this should be a Hanging Ghost, wearing simple underwear, with disheveled hair, and a tongue sticking out very long.

Lin Feng's appearance seemed to trigger its killing rule; old belts hung down from the surrounding trees and swept toward Lin Feng.

But the next moment, these belts broke one after another, and there were faint traces of being bitten at the broken places.

Gluttonous Ghosts with green skin and black ink marks on their bodies quietly appeared beside Lin Feng.

As Lin Feng waved his hand, these Gluttonous Ghosts rushed toward the Tanshi Gui in the middle and spat out a word: "Die!"

Once the word "Die" was spoken, the Tanshi Gui's terrifying supernatural power instantly spread toward that Hanging Ghost.

Subsequently, this ghost fell into dormancy on the spot, turning into a corpse that looked like it had been dead for several days.