Realm of the Night God

Chapter 684: Racking One's Brain

The newly recruited female malevolent spirit didn't have a flesh vessel, and Yang Haoran hadn't forgotten about it. The last time he went to the underworld, he had thought about it, but he didn't have the time to deal with it.

Because he was planning to tailor-make a flesh vessel for the female malevolent spirit according to her appearance and figure, which would show his sincerity. All the flesh vessels worn by the ghosts in the Ghost Cave were custom-made, and if he didn't do the same for the female malevolent spirit, she might think he was neglecting her.

The problem was that custom-making a flesh vessel required a certain amount of time, and at that time, Yang Haoran didn't even have time to enter a flesh vessel shop, let alone tailor-make one. So, he temporarily put the matter aside.

He was still a bit worried about it, and now was not like the past. Under the current circumstances, he didn't have the condition to casually go to the underworld.

Moreover, frequently custom-making flesh vessels would arouse suspicion. If someone from the underworld noticed, it would bring him trouble. If he could refine flesh vessels himself, this problem would be solved from the root, eliminating the risk and allowing him to have as many flesh vessels as he wanted in the future.

The only question was how to refine the flesh vessels and what materials were needed, which he had no idea about.

Now that Tang Shi had brought up the matter, it was probably because the female malevolent spirit's lack of a flesh vessel was affecting her training.

Considering this, Yang Haoran decided to take some time to go to the underworld again, as he didn't want to delay Tang Shi's training.

"I'll send her flesh vessel over in a while. Before that, you'll have to bear with it for a bit."

After responding to Tang Shi, Yang Haoran left the Ghost Cave under the respectful send-off of Tang Shi and the other ghosts.To resolve the issue of the female malevolent spirit's lack of a flesh vessel, Yang Haoran left the Ghost Cave and, after some careful consideration, decided to settle the matter today.

He first visited various Death God Temples in Lecheng to understand the situation and gave his Night Watch a boost, spending some time to handle the matter. After that, he summoned the Ghost Gate and went to the underworld.

This time, his purpose was clear, and he only handled one thing, so he didn't spend even an hour and returned to Lecheng.

This time, he didn't go to the same shop as last time to custom-make the flesh vessel. Although the shop's craftsmanship was good, he changed to another shop to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After returning to Lecheng, Yang Haoran went straight back to his villa and locked himself in the study room to handle another matter.

This matter was, of course, how to solve the problem of his ghosts being captured.

As he had told Tang Shi before, there were many ways for a person to commit suicide, but for ghosts, who had died once and only had a soul body, to make their soul body disappear quickly and still be in control was indeed not an easy task.

The difficulty lay in controlling it. If they encountered a powerful opponent, it was normal for ghosts to be beaten and their souls to scatter. However, for ghosts to instantly make their souls scatter when they wanted to "die" was not that simple.

After some consideration, Yang Haoran thought of talismans, specifically ghost-slaying talismans.

Ghost-slaying talismans were effective against ghosts, and even against Underworld Envoys or spirit masters, they had a certain killing power. If each of his ghosts carried a ghost-slaying talisman, they could choose to use it to end their lives when they were desperate.

Although ghosts were not talisman masters and didn't have Talisman Spirit Power, Yang Haoran could make some special arrangements on the talismans, such as setting a seal on the ghost-slaying talisman. Once the seal was broken, the talisman would automatically activate, and the ghost would only need to use their own power to break the seal to activate the talisman.

This method was indeed good, but Yang Haoran soon rejected it.

The reason was simple: he was currently only a yellow talisman master, and even among yellow talisman masters, he was just an ordinary existence. Although he had drawn a lost escape talisman from the Fu Sect, his Talisman Spirit Power was still limited, and there was a big gap compared to top-notch yellow talisman masters.

The ghosts he was currently raising were at least at the evil spirit level, and even among evil spirits, they were relatively powerful.

For ghosts of this level, even if Yang Haoran drew a ghost-slaying talisman, it wouldn't have much effect, and even top-notch yellow talisman masters couldn't instantly kill them with a single talisman, unless they activated a large number of ghost-slaying talismans at the same time.

"This approach is not very realistic, and it's not just that it's troublesome, but it's also too resource-intensive. Even if it's a top-notch yellow talisman master, where would they go to find it?

This is only targeting the evil spirit ghosts under their command. If it's the malevolent spirit ghosts, the ghost-slaying talismans required would be even more terrifying.

Let alone a top-notch yellow talisman master, even an ordinary black talisman master's ghost-slaying talismans would absolutely be unable to achieve killing a malevolent spirit with just one stroke.

Unless it's a top-notch black talisman master's ghost-slaying talisman encountering an ordinary malevolent spirit ghost, in which case there's a huge disparity in power, it might be possible to kill the target with just one ghost-slaying talisman.

Yang Haoran did have a talisman master friend, Wang Yiming, but Wang Yiming was only a yellow talisman master, and this was beyond his help. Even if it were Wang Yiming's master, they couldn't draw a ghost-slaying talisman that could kill a malevolent spirit with just one stroke. Moreover, Yang Haoran had some past conflicts with Wang Yiming's master.

So, although this method was a good one, Yang Haoran couldn't find a ghost-slaying talisman of such strength, and he didn't have the resources for it at the moment, so he had to give up and think of other ways.

Since talismans were temporarily not an option, Yang Haoran thought of Ghost Techniques and spirit summoning.

Whether it was the Underworld Envoy, ghost attendant, spirit master, or ghost, they all had an inseparable relationship with Yin Qi. The Underworld Envoy, ghost attendant, and spirit master had undergone a qualitative change in their internal power, while ghosts had not, and their power was purely Yin Qi.

Most Ghost Techniques and spirit summoning could be cultivated by ghosts as well, but since their internal power hadn't undergone a qualitative change, except for some simple or special techniques that were easier to cultivate, many others were very difficult to cultivate, and might even lead to failure or backlash.

However, as they cultivated more techniques, their power would also undergo a qualitative change, making it easier to cultivate the Death God Manifestation technique later on.

At this point, Yang Haoran thought of starting from the techniques.

He didn't know many Ghost Techniques, and none of them had self-destructive abilities.

The Yin Division Ghost Techniques were numerous, and it was likely that there were some with self-destructive abilities. So, Yang Haoran took out the Yin Division iron book and searched for relevant information inside, and indeed found some Ghost Techniques with self-destructive abilities.

To learn these Ghost Techniques, he would have to go to the Underworld Ghost Technique Pavilion to find them. Just thinking about going back to the Underworld again made him feel a headache.

Moreover, going to the Ghost Technique Pavilion would require consuming soul pills, and it was uncertain whether he could find the target among many Ghost Techniques in a short time.

After repeated consideration, Yang Haoran made this method a backup plan. Anyway, he would have to go to the Underworld again to retrieve the female malevolent spirit's flesh vessel. If he couldn't think of a better method before then, he would have to go to the Ghost Technique Pavilion again.

With a decision in mind, Yang Haoran temporarily put this plan on hold and continued to think of other ways. If he could think of a better method, that would be even better.

After some thought, he felt that Ghost Techniques were not only troublesome but also required consuming his own soul pills, so what about spirit summoning?

So far, he had collected many spirit summoning techniques, including some Spirit Summoning Secret Arts. Although he had never thoroughly checked them, it was possible that they included what he was looking for.

If so, not only would it save him a lot of trouble, but it would also conserve his soul pills, which would be a great deal.

Thinking of this, he immediately took out all the spirit summoning techniques he had collected and began to check them one by one."