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Chapter 407 The Strongest Ability of the Underworld Messenger Order

Putting away the underworld messenger's order, Chen Xin left the Infant Well before the infant ghost could pounce.

The effect of "Like a Mountain" is very good, but it cannot directly kill ghosts. None of the ghosts that were previously pressed to the ground were directly eliminated except for being unable to move.

From the Yin Messenger level to the Yama level, none of the Yin Messenger Orders have any ability specifically designed to kill ghosts or spirits.

This is the only purely auxiliary talisman among the talismans compiled by Chen Xin.

But this is exactly what Chen Xin needs right now.

Looking at the Yama-level Yin Messenger Token in his hand, Chen Xin had already sensed the wise ghosts of Zhouzhuang through it.

His earlier guess came true!

A Yama-level underworld messenger's order can indeed control the life and death of the ghosts and spirits within other underworld messenger orders.

This means that when the wise ghost becomes a messenger of the underworld, it also loses control over its own life and death.

This is a good thing for Chen Xin, and it may not be a bad thing for those wise ghosts either.

Chen Xin can control their lives and deaths, and at the same time, he can let them do things freely.

Thinking of this, Chen Xin looked at the orders for the underworld messengers of the Three Mountains that had been made but not yet distributed.

If this is true for intelligent beings, then what about humans?
Is it possible for human spirits to be controlled?

Chen Xin thought about it and decided it was worth a try. If it worked out the same way, then the underworld would be much easier to manage in the future.

With that in mind, Chen Xin checked the situation of the other underworld officials.

Soon, he focused his attention on a few people.

……

The 'Netherworld Area Cleanup Mission' has been suspended for the last few days of the season.

Not only him, but most of the earliest batch of underworld officials stopped their mission to eliminate ghosts and instead turned to the 'underworld guidance mission'.

In the underworld guidance mission, you can gain 100 merits for each person you guide. Compared to dealing with ghosts and spirits, this way of earning merits is much easier.

Of course, the most important thing is not this, but the title of "Guide to the Underworld"!

One who guides one person receives the title of "Hell Guide," one who guides ten receives the title of "Hell Envoy," and one who guides one hundred receives the title of "Ferryman."

Different titles grant different discounts based on merit; even the lowest-ranking title, "Guide to the Underworld," offers a 10% discount.

If we calculate based on the cost of bringing his family members to the Three Mountains camp, a 10% discount would save him nearly 400 yin virtues!
Four hundred merits are enough to make up for a trip to the dark and gloomy area of ​​the old neighborhood.

These are all direct benefits, but the indirect benefits are even greater!
The underworld does not restrict who the underworld messengers can guide, meaning that they can give this opportunity to their relatives and friends.

The more people he guides, the more connections he will have in the underworld.

Ji Mo didn't consider himself a person of great wisdom or courage, but his relatives who were involved in business and politics were different from him.

If they were to offer advice behind the scenes, along with his fellow underworld officials from the same large family, it might not be long before he could enjoy the family's support in the underworld, just like in the mortal world. Lying down in peace doesn't seem too far off.

Even if he can't lie down and live a peaceful life, he can still make his descendants the next generation of underworld officials!

Just thinking about it is exciting!
So during this time, he has been traveling around the family.

Fortunately, some members of the family already knew about the existence of the underworld. Even those who didn't believe in it had no choice but to believe when Ji Mo put on the raven feather raincoat.

Even now, Ji Mo still remembers the shock in the eyes of his father, uncles, and grandfather when he transformed into a messenger from the underworld and flew into the sky.

Having always been a second-generation rich kid, he saw for the first time the brilliance in his elders' eyes that he had only ever seen in those successful members of the family.

After that, during the discussions within the large family, more than ten family members were selected, most of whom were young men and women. However, three uncles and elders also wanted to participate in the underworld examination.

Ji Mo originally had no plans; he figured if he wanted to conduct an assessment, he could, and having more people would be better for him.

But when he received the message from Bai Yongnian, saying that the maximum number of Yin messengers at the Three Mountains station was 108, and that their batch of people who had become Yin messengers could not provide any practical help to the examiners, otherwise the difficulty of the examination would increase!

Moreover, during the assessment, the underworld will not protect others in the same way it protected them before!
Ji Mo immediately explained the situation to his family.

Soon, all the uncles and elders left, except for one who had served in the military.

It's not that they're afraid, but that they can't take the risk.

If nothing goes wrong, all will be well. But if something does happen, the company they currently manage will face major problems, and the chain reaction will cause a lot of trouble.

Rather than taking this risk, it would be better to give the opportunity to those who are confident and who can devise strategies behind the scenes to ensure that the family's glory continues into the underworld. It would also be an exciting thing to see the family shine brightly in the underworld.

So in the end, Ji Mo's family selected a total of six people to undergo the Yin Messenger assessment.

Ji Mo obtained some basic information about paranormal events from the Bureau of Investigation. He gave this information to the family members who were being assessed and shared his experience with them.

Nevertheless, three days later, only three people actually passed the underworld officer's test!
Of the six, one of the cousins ​​died at the end of the season, one was crippled, and another cousin gave up the underworld officer assessment due to psychological reasons.

The 50% pass rate silenced the Ji Mo family.

Although we knew there was danger beforehand, the actual casualties still weighed heavily on our hearts.

Afterwards, Ji Mo planned to give the opportunity to take the test to his friends, who would probably enjoy the excitement.

However, before that, he had to bring the three members of his family who had passed the test into the underworld.

Of course, it's not that he spent his good karma to buy the stickers. New members will be allowed to enter the underworld for free, but the underworld needs to inform them at the end of the season.

But just as he returned to the Three Mountains camp, preparing to have Lord Jiuri bring the three underworld messengers from his family into the underworld, he unexpectedly received some news from Lord Jiuri!
All underworld messengers who have obtained the title of "Guide to the Underworld" can go to the exchange point to obtain an exclusive underworld messenger token.

Upon receiving this news, Ji Mo immediately went to the exchange office.

Why not take it if it's free? Besides, he believed that anything from the underworld was of the highest quality!

Then, he received the wooden token with "Underworld Messenger - End of Season" engraved on the front and "Netherworld - Three Mountains" engraved on the back.

"Use after applying a drop of blood."

The electronic speaker sounded, and Ji Mo looked at Ji Ri Xing Zou, nodded, and squeezed out a little blood from the spot where he had been injured during a mission and which had not yet fully healed.

He would obviously accept this method more than biting his finger.

The blood was absorbed by the wooden token the moment it dripped, and then Ji Mo felt a jolt.

Suddenly, the method of using the Yin Messenger Token and its functions appeared in his mind. Moreover, holding the Yin Messenger Token, Ji Mo always felt that this token was like a part of his body, connected to his bloodline.

Suddenly, a sense of awe for the underworld arose in his heart. This awe was different from his original awe of the underworld.

He used to revere the underworld because it was mysterious and powerful, out of awe for the unknown.

But the reverence we feel now is a reverence that comes from the bottom of our hearts!
This sense of awe prevented him from harboring any further dissent or resentment towards the underworld.

Carefully putting away the token, Ji Mo suddenly felt that he was now a member of the underworld, while he used to be just a temporary worker!

Just as Ji Mo was thinking about telling Bai Yongnian about this, the electronic speaker in Ji Ri's mouth at the exchange window rang out again.

"The exchange list has been updated. The upgrade path and the effects of the upgraded items for all items on the exchange list have been made public. If needed, you can make your own judgment and selection."

Ji Mo was taken aback and asked, "Lord Ji Ri, can you see the effects of abilities at the level of a Yin Marshal or higher in the Suppressing Objects realm?"

"can."

Ji Mo's face lit up with joy.

All the underworld officials knew about the upgrade of the talisman, but no one knew what the effect of the upgrade would be.

So far, Ji Mo only knows the effects of a limited number of town-building items, such as Weijiao, Zhuyeshizhen, and Wangpen, after they are promoted to Yin Shuai level.

I know nothing about other protective objects, let alone what protective objects of the Yin Marshal level or above would look like.

Now that Lord Jiuri has said this, he naturally became interested.

Standing in front of the exchange screen, he looked at the items.

Because he mainly uses reeds, and he has four Yin-rank reeds on him, he immediately clicked on the details of the reeds.

Soon, the promotion path and effects of Weijiao became apparent.

"Reed Seedling Advancement Path 1: Consume Yin Virtue to advance at the Nine Suns."

"Second way to advance in the Reed Cultivation Path: Eliminate wandering spirits/vengeful ghosts/fierce evil spirits/blood calamities. The number of ghosts required for advancement varies depending on the level. The stronger the ghost, the fewer ghosts are required."

"Reed Advancement Path Three: Random Task Rewards"

"I know the first two methods, but I haven't encountered the third one before. It seems I'll have to keep an eye on the taskbar from now on!"

With that thought in mind, Ji Mo continued reading.

"Yin Shuai-level Reed Effect: Based on the Yin Cha-level Reed, it enhances the ability to deal with ghosts and spirits, with the upper limit being the Evil level. The reed can extend a longer distance depending on the user's strength. No new characteristics."

"The effect of the Yin Si level reed: Based on the Yin Shuai level reed, it enhances the ability to deal with ghosts and monsters, with the upper limit being the Blood Disaster level, and adds the [Soul Hook] trait."

Ji Mo was stunned when he saw that the Yin Si level reed had an additional [Soul Hook] trait.

He clicked on the detailed explanation of 【勾魂】.

[Soul Hook]: The Underworld-level Reed can either destroy the bound ghosts or transform them into soul hooks on the reed. A maximum of 108 soul hooks can be condensed. These hooks can attack ghosts and their spirits, and can also be used to control ghosts. Ghosts caught in the soul hooks are unable to move, and the user can use the reed to control the ghosts on the hooks to perform basic attacks.

After reading the description of [Soul Snatcher], Ji Mo's eyes widened.

"Wrong, wrong!"

Instead of upgrading all the Yin Messenger-level reeds in your hand to Yin Marshal-level, it's better to focus on one reed and upgrade it to Yin Si level as soon as possible!

According to the description of the Yin Si-level reed, this ability is unmatched by even the 108 Yin Shuai-level reeds!

Ji Mo felt a little sorry for all the ghosts he had killed while doing the mission. If he had killed all those ghosts with the same Yin Shuai-level reed, he might not have been far from being Yin Si-level!
With a heavy heart, Ji Mo continued to look towards Zhuyeshi Town.

When he saw the [Candle Night] ability of the Yin Si level Candle Night Stone Town, his eyes widened.

"Kill ghosts with just the sound of a rooster crowing? That's an area-of-effect attack!"

At the end of the season, Ji thought of those human-headed ghosts in the Yin-Yang area of ​​the old neighborhood. If the Yin-level Zhuyeshi Town were to howl there, how much Yin-Yang merit would it gain!

As the season draws to a close, I suddenly feel that my reeds and water chestnuts no longer smell good!
But as he continued to look at the talismans such as the Prosperity Basin and the Sorrow Staff, the urge to change them arose time and time again.

This continued until he saw something.

"Promotion Path One for Yin Messenger Orders: Consume Yin Virtue to advance at the Nine Suns."

"Second Promotion Path of the Underworld Messenger: Random Task Rewards"

"A Yin-level general..."

"Effect of Yin Si Level Yin Messenger Order: Based on the Yin Messenger Level Yin Messenger Order, it enhances the defense against ghosts and adds the [Teleportation] trait."

After reading the information about [Transfer], Ji Mo immediately understood the value of Commander Yin!
If reeds are his means of attack, and paper cutouts are his means of survival, then stickers are his means of escape.

However, each escape method consumes one or two stickers, which is equivalent to two hundred merits.

At other times, it's fine, since you don't often need to run for your life. But when you're on a mission to clean up the Yin-Yang area, escape methods become especially important.

Having a Yin-level Yin Messenger Token not only saves a lot of sticker consumption, but you can also use the Yin Messenger Token's [Transfer] feature for tactical combinations!
This improvement is significant!
Furthermore, with the Underworld-level Messenger Token, he can freely travel between the Underworld and the mortal world without worrying about the stickers he has to use for each trip!
"Take it! We must take it!"

Staring at the Yin Messenger Token in the exchange section, Ji Mo murmured to himself.

After informing Lord Ji Ri about the three underworld messengers who would guide the family, Ji Mo immediately returned to the mortal world.

He not only continued to guide the underworld officials, but also communicated with Bai Yongnian and others.

He wants to accumulate good karma!
What Ji Mo didn't know was that less than a day after he sent out the information, all the original Yin messengers at the Three Mountains camp knew about it.

Within just two days, all 108 positions for underworld officials at the Three Mountains were filled!

Those still undergoing the assessment lost their chance to be promoted to underworld officials, which caused many people to sigh with regret.

Chen Xin, the instigator of this incident, initially only wanted to let the underworld messengers know the benefits of the underworld messenger token, so that they could obtain and upgrade their underworld messenger tokens as soon as possible.

As for publicizing the promotion paths and post-promotion abilities of other town spirits, this was just a casual matter, but unexpectedly, this move directly stimulated the underworld officials and greatly mobilized their enthusiasm.

Even Shen Zhihong, an old man who originally didn't want to guide newcomers into the underworld, accepted a few old friends in exchange for the 100 merits he earned.

This made Chen Xin feel like he had made a batch of dumplings for a plate of vinegar, but before he could finish dipping the dumplings in the vinegar, they were all eaten up!
Chen Xin was somewhat helpless about this.

However, once he realized that the lives of the underworld messengers bound by the underworld messenger's token were entirely in his hands, none of that mattered anymore.

Compared to [Shift] and [Mountain-like], Chen Xin would call the ability to control the life and death of the underworld messengers the strongest ability of the Underworld Messenger Token!
With the Yin Messenger Order in place, things seem to be getting closer and closer to what we initially envisioned.

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(End of this chapter)