Ch 167: Qie Man’s Confession

“Hmm?”

“You admit defeat so readily?”

Zhang Buran was quite surprised.

According to the normal plot development, Qie Man, Sheng, being one of the Ancient Nine Ghosts, shouldn’t he first try his best to fight me, and then beg for mercy after discovering he couldn’t win?

Why did he kneel down before the fight even began?

“This petty person knows he is no match for Celestial Master!”

Qie Man was shocked.

Fight? How can I fight you?

My peak strength was defeated in one move?

Fighting now is just asking for trouble, isn’t it?

As an old ghost who has lived for thousands of years, Qie Man is still sensible and knows when to play it safe.

“Celestial Master, as long as you spare this petty person’s life, this petty person can tell you everything they know!”

“Oh? What do you know? If it doesn’t interest me…”

“You will be interested! It’s about the Heavenly Yin Society. Your Daoist Alliance has been investigating the Heavenly Yin Society, hasn’t it?”

“Let’s hear it.”

Qie Man didn’t dare to delay, “Zhao Xinde is also a member of the Heavenly Yin Society! Moreover, using this petty person’s power, he became the Heavenly Yin Society’s contact person.”

“What kind of thing is the Heavenly Yin Society’s contact person?” Zhang Buran became interested.

It seems I guessed right, Zhao Xinde is indeed a member of the Heavenly Yin Society.

However, what Zhang Buran doesn’t understand is, what kind of position is a contact person?

“The members of the Heavenly Yin Society are distributed in various places in team mode. Only the team captains can contact the Heavenly Yin Society higher-ups through the contact person.”

“The Heavenly Yin Society higher-ups can also only issue orders to the teams through the contact person.”

“Single-line contact? What happens if the contact person dies?” Zhang Buran asked doubtfully.

“Those who can become contact persons are generally strong and recognized, they are not that easy to kill.”

Qie Man continued:

“A contact person is only responsible for contacting teams in one area. The contact person only knows the team captain, not the team members.”

“The contact persons in each area also do not know each other.”

“What benefits did the Heavenly Yin Society give you that deserve such loyalty?” Zhang Buran asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Qie Man lowered his head and replied: “The Heavenly Yin Society distributes some cultivation resources regularly, and it also provides the ghosts’ ‘Essence Pill’ for cultivation.”

“Essence Pill? What kind of thing is that?”

“It’s about catching ghosts, then refining the ghost’s body into small pills. Swallowing them can directly improve one’s cultivation…”

“There’s such a method?”

Zhang Buran was thinking about this method.

The body of a ghost cannot be directly absorbed by cultivators.

Because of the clash of Yin and Yang.

But there are exceptions.

For example, for those who can freely control their magical power, directly swallowing the body of a ghost, using magical power to harmonize the Yin and Yang forces, can also absorb the ghost’s body to improve their cultivation.

Actually, Zhang Buran can also do it.

But he disdains using these crooked ways to improve himself.

But in the end, the number of Daoists who can directly digest a ghost’s body is very few.

However, the Heavenly Yin Society can actually refine the ghost’s body into “Essence Pill”, take it orally, and then improve cultivation?

“Yes, this is also the foundation of the Heavenly Yin Society’s control over its members.”

“By the way, this petty person still has an ‘Essence Pill’ left!”

As Qie Man spoke, he took out a small medicine bottle from his bosom, poured out a small pill, and respectfully presented it with both hands.

Zhang Buran picked up the small pill and examined it.

About the size of a thumb.

There are remnants of Ghost Qi… I wonder what the effect will be after eating it.

“Eat it.”

Zhang Buran threw the “Essence Pill” to Qie Man and ordered.

Qie Man swallowed the pill without hesitation.

Zhang Buran could clearly perceive the fluctuation of his Ghost Qi rising within his body.

Zhao Xinde himself is an ordinary person, without spiritual power, let alone refining magical power.

His strength entirely depends on Qie Man inside his body.

Therefore, the medicinal power of the swallowed “Essence Pill” was completely absorbed by Qie Man, transforming into his own Ghost Qi.

Qie Man should also be relying on this method to slowly restore his Ghost Qi.

Ghosts can inherently devour other ghosts to enhance their Ghost Qi and cultivation.

While this “Essence Pill” is significantly slower at restoring Ghost Qi than directly devouring ghosts, it is a safer method of recovery.

After all, devouring ghosts may also lead to the ghost’s death throes counterattack.

“I’m curious, why did you choose to possess an ordinary person? Wouldn’t it be better to choose a Daoist or wicked cultivator with magical power as your body?”

Zhang Buran curiously asked.

With Qie Man’s level, forcefully possessing a Daoist with weaker magical power is not a problem.

If he possesses an ordinary person, the recovery speed will definitely be slow.

If he possesses a Daoist, consuming the spiritual power within the Daoist’s body, the recovery speed will be faster.

“Um… this petty person had no choice.”

Qie Man showed a wry smile:

“After being severely injured by Celestial Master, this petty person’s strength was reduced to a tenth of what it was. I was hiding in a mountain cave to recover.”

“But Wu Ya, among the Nine Ghosts, came looking for me. He has already devoured the three eyeballs of the Ten-Eyed Demon Lord, his strength has greatly increased, and this petty person was no match for him.”

“This petty person resisted with all their might, preventing themselves from being devoured, but was sealed by Wu Ya in that mountain cave.”

“This petty person thought they would be trapped in the mountain cave for a long time, but not long after, Zhao Xinde stumbled into the cave.”

“This petty person had no choice but to cast a spell and possess Zhao Xinde, using his body to escape.”

“But this petty person is also trapped in his body. Unless I recover my strength to nine out of ten, I can abandon this body or forcefully snatch Zhao Xinde’s body.”

“Wu Ya? He also fought you? Do you know where he is now?”

Zhang Buran didn’t know much about the Ancient Nine Ghosts, only their names.

Poison Ghost Qie Man and Angry Ghost Wu Ya are only two of them.

“This petty person doesn’t know. Since the great battle with Wu Ya, this petty person hasn’t known his whereabouts!”

“Eight of the Ancient Nine Ghosts are all subservient to the Four Great Ghost Emperors.”

“This petty person belongs to Ten-Eyes’ camp.”

“Wu Ya belongs to Black Bone’s camp.”

“Although this petty person has done many heinous things, it was truly out of desperation!”

“Before the Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night, any evil deeds that harmed the innocent were ordered by Ten-Eyes!”

“Heaven has eyes! Celestial Master, you killed that wicked evil ghost, Ten-Eyes!”

“Enough with the flattery,” Zhang Buran said coldly:

“You possessed Zhao Xinde, you haven’t done few bad things, have you?”

“If it weren’t for me just now, ordinary people poisoned by you would have been in great danger!”

Qie Man “plop”ed down, kowtowing again, and said in a “piteous” voice: “Celestial Master, please understand! Zhao Xinde ordered this petty person to do everything!”

“Alright, alright, stop pretending to be pitiful.”

“I still have use for you. If I wanted to kill you, do you think you could talk this much?”

After hearing Zhang Buran’s words, Qie Man let out a long sigh of relief.

He finally managed to save his ghostly life.

“Which teams are you usually responsible for contacting?”

“And how do you contact the Heavenly Yin Society higher-ups?”