Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 416 Local Characteristics, Next Stage
The matter concerning the peach wood struck by lightning has basically come to an end.

Although Chen Xin subsequently received more information about peach groves from the underworld officials, there were no readily available, lightning-struck peach trees that truly met his requirements.

Not only are there no ghost messengers, but there are none from the Bureau of Investigation either.

So now, all Chen Xin can look forward to is the batch of lightning-struck peach wood he creates himself a year from now.

If the survival rate is high, the lightning-struck peach wood sword could be assigned to a certain position in the underworld, or different talismans could be distributed depending on the location of the underworld.

Creating a differentiated location for the underworld is something Chen Xin is currently considering.

This idea only came to Chen Xin's mind as the underworld developed.

As the number of underworld officials and their families at the Three Mountains Garrison gradually reached capacity, the opening of other garrisons was put on the agenda.

There are now three potential locations: Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, Sanfeng Mountain, and the ancestral mountain corresponding to Wangjiagou!
Each of the three alternative locations is protected by a different guardian spirit.

Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is the Tiger of the Mountain, Sanfeng Mountain is the Elephant of Thunder, and Fenshan Mountain is the Fox of the Underworld.

If we include the protective medicines for the three mountain settlements, basically each settlement has different 'protective and protective items'.

It was this differentiation that led Chen Xin to suddenly come up with the idea of ​​dividing the underworld officials according to their locations within the underworld.

Of course, this division is not simply a matter of copying it over.

What Chen Xin needs to do is to ensure that the underworld officials stationed in different locations each have their own unique characteristics.

Needless to say, this unique feature is manifested in the form of a talisman!
For example, the unique feature of the underworld messengers stationed at Sanshan is that each person carries a reed, the unique feature of Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is that everyone wears a tiger-shaped ornament on their waist, and the unique feature of Sanfeng Mountain is that they carry a peach wood sword struck by lightning!
As for the cemetery, Chen Xin also had an idea: to create a batch of spirit servants that fit the characteristics of the cemetery.

For example, the underworld officials who control corpses!
Among the talismans already listed in the "Complete Collection of Talismans," there is one called the Yin-Yang Nail Bracelet. Its main material is coffin nails, and its effects include both nourishing the corpse and protecting the body.

In addition, with the corpse refining and corpse control techniques obtained from the Bureau of Investigation, if a group of corpse-controlling underworld officials were to be created and used Yin-Yang Nail Bracelets to keep corpses in the cemetery, their corpse refining speed would definitely be much faster than that of the corpse-driving families in the mortal world!

Furthermore, the Yin-Yang Nail Bracelets can be stacked. It can be said that as long as there are enough Yin-Yang Nail Bracelets, an ordinary person who obtains the method to control the Fiend Corpse can directly use the Fiend Corpse to fight against the Fierce Fiend or even the Blood Calamity!
However, there is a special case among these: the trade of corpses!
Corpse demons do not recognize masters. Anyone who masters the method of controlling a corpse demon and performs certain operations on it can gain control of that corpse demon.

Therefore, whether it's the transactions between the underworld officials who control corpses, or the corpse-driving families who nurture corpses and then sell them to the mortal world, it's a very good business.

In this way, each garrison will have its own expertise and protective items.

Doing this is actually a process of subtraction for the underworld officials.

As the number of talismans increases, there are multiple options in each category, including attack, defense, and support talismans.

Therefore, the underworld officials naturally faced a dilemma when choosing a talisman.

This could lead to some underworld officials having too many talismans, making it difficult for them to specialize and concentrate their good deeds on a single talisman.

If the talisman cannot be upgraded to a higher level, then the underworld officials will be unable to deal with more powerful ghosts.

This cycle could lead the underworld officials into a vicious cycle.

Therefore, Chen Xin plans to open specific items in different underworld locations.

Only one or two of each of the attack, defense, and support types of talismans will be available.

With the variety of talismans reduced, the underworld officials could only conduct in-depth research on the existing ones.

This is beneficial to both their strength and the speed at which Chen Xin gains Yin Virtue Points.

However, if we were to actually do it, there would be another problem.

That's the Sanshan garrison!
Because he had never considered this matter before, he did not restrict the types of talismans that the underworld officials of the Three Mountains could exchange, which resulted in the underworld officials of the Three Mountains having a rather diverse range of talismans.

If the underworld officials were to be assigned to different locations based on the items they possessed, Chen Xin had considered two options for the locations in the Three Mountains.

Alternatively, the Three Mountains Garrison could be treated as a special garrison, similar to a 'starter village' in a game. After the beginner period, the Yin Messengers could be assigned to different garrisons based on their chosen talismans.

Alternatively, we could directly divide the Yin Messengers stationed at the Three Mountains and then allocate them to designated locations as needed.

As for the second method, Chen Xin needs to make a choice as soon as possible. Otherwise, once this batch of Yin messengers who have just entered the Underworld have enough Yin Virtue Points, they will naturally start exchanging them for various talismans.

With so many talismans, it becomes difficult to categorize them.

However, the three mountain garrisons had just been fully staffed when they were separated again, which was really not good.

Moreover, these underworld officials mostly have their own factions, and directly separating them with talismans is not a good thing.

Therefore, Chen Xin's idea is to choose the first option and turn the Sanshan base into a 'newbie village'!
Since this is a beginner's village, there must be people coming in and leaving!

If you go 'in', there will be a 'guidance mission'.

Therefore, there must be a task involved in 'going out'!
Chen Xin's idea was to separate the various factions in the Three Mountains' territory.

He will set aside one spot for going to another 'empty' base, and then teams will compete for that spot.

A team, in essence, is a faction.

If a faction wins and obtains a spot, it can lead its members out of the Three Mountains base to develop a new base!
In this way, the number of existing factions in the Three Mountains area can be reduced, and healthy competition between factions can be stimulated.

This will prevent them from engaging in internal strife over the 'resources' near the Three Mountains base in the future.

Of course, in doing so, the faction leader who goes to the other outposts first is destined to become the uncrowned king of that outpost.

Chen Xin will not suppress this.

If we can really achieve this, what's wrong with letting the other side control a base?

However, if one wants to truly control a territory, prestige alone is not enough. One must also pass the promotion rules set by Chen Xin and pass the assessments before gradually rising from a ghost messenger to a rewarder of good and a punishmenter of evil, and from a rewarder of good and a punishmenter of evil to a local deity.

What happens when a base is controlled by a faction and loses the will to fight?
Chen Xin will naturally have his own countermeasures. He can lie low if he wants, but he has to make enough contributions.

Otherwise, before Chen Xin, the ruler of the underworld, could even lie down, all the underworld officials would have already done so.
Is this reasonable?

Unless there is nothing left in the mortal world, the underworld, or the netherworld that can threaten Chen Xin, the underworld officials should not even think about lying down!

As for the countermeasures?
The simplest thing Chen Xin could think of right now was the 'rotating red flag'.

Of course, this name cannot be used in the underworld; it should be something like "honorary resident."

Once you obtain this item, it will bring benefits to all the underworld messengers in the current location.

For example, gaining the right to introduce new underworld messengers, discounts when exchanging items, such as the exchange limit for Raven Feather Raincoat and Substitute Paper Cutout, etc.

These were the things that Chen Xin had suddenly thought of recently. However, he felt he should wait and see whether to implement them immediately.

Perhaps a better idea will come tomorrow; such a major undertaking is not suitable for a decision made on a whim.

After suppressing the matter, Chen Xin continued compiling the story of the Gates of Hell.

……

Regarding the compilation of the "Gate of Hell," Chen Xin felt that Ai Hu and Men Dang could be used as references for deterrence, which was sufficient.

In terms of passage, thanks to the Yin Messenger Order, the Ghost Gate no longer needs to integrate the ability related to Yin Messenger passage, which can be considered a reduction.

Next, we'll discuss the abilities of the Ghost Gate Pass in two aspects: [guiding yin energy] and [gathering ghosts].

As mentioned before, the Yin-Yang rifts that appear in the mortal world are caused by an excessively high concentration of Yin energy in the Yin-Yang region.

If the rift between the living world and the underworld is stitched up, the yin energy within the underworld will be unable to escape, and the rift will inevitably continue to widen.

Therefore, the Gate of Hell needs an ability to channel away yin energy.

Chen Xin had previously considered using the Ghost Gate to release the Yin energy in the Yin-Yang region to a specific area. In this way, even if ghosts or spirits were to emerge in these areas due to the Yin energy, they could be dealt with in a concentrated manner.

But now, Chen Xin is wondering if it's possible to make the Gate of Hell itself have the ability to 'consume Yin energy'?

However, Chen Xin observed that all the existing talismans, whether they were feng shui basins or door knockers, were designed to drive away yin energy, not to consume it.

This does not solve the problem of excessively high Yin energy concentration in the Yin-Yang region.

However, the Yama-level ability [Burning Night] of Zhuye Stone Town gave Chen Xin some inspiration.

Chicken Bro's [Burning Night] ability can use Yin energy as fuel to burn away all the ghosts and spirits in the area.

But the price was the destruction of Candlestone Town.

It takes 20,000 merits to reassemble the Candle Night Stone Town, which is at the Yama level. If the Gate of Hell also has this ability, how much merits would it take?
Two hundred thousand?
But I'm afraid it's not 200,000!

After all, the Gates of Hell must be elevated to the level of Yama, the King of Hell!
As the only artifact above the Yama level, Chen Xin didn't think it would follow the previous incremental rules.

Even assuming it is indeed 200,000 per time, how many Yin-Yang areas are there in the Yin-Yang realm?

Two hundred thousand at a time, that's an astronomical figure.

Therefore, the self-destruction ability of Zhuye Stone Town cannot be used in a life-or-death situation.

Of course, even if he wanted to use it, Chen Xin didn't know how to compile it.

After all, this ability appeared after his promotion, and Chen Xin did not know which piece of information in the information compiled by Zhuye Stone Town was the basis for the ability [Burning Night].

However, although he couldn't use [Burning Night], it gave Chen Xin an idea.

That is to transform yin energy into something else!

For example, stuffing yin energy into a vengeful corpse!
Doing this not only depletes Yin energy but also nourishes the evil corpse!
But doing so doesn't seem to solve the problem; it's just converting the yin energy into another form of storage.
No, it's not over yet!
Because of the presence of the suppressing object, the raised evil corpses can be destroyed by the suppressing object.

The evil spirits destroyed by the suppressing object do not return the yin energy they absorbed. Therefore, this can be considered a roundabout way of consuming yin energy.

But there's a problem with this method... Where can Chen Xin find a fiendish corpse that can bear so much Yin energy from the Yin and Yang regions?

The highest level of nurturing a Fiend Corpse is the Black Abyss level. Fiend Corpses that reach the Black Abyss level cannot be nurtured further; at least, that's what Chen Xin knows so far.

Therefore, there is a limit to the amount of Yin energy that a single evil corpse can consume.

How much Yin energy can a Black Abyss-level Fiend Corpse consume?
The yin energy in the yin and yang areas will continue to grow!

Therefore, this method is effective, but not feasible!

But this gave Chen Xin another idea: he needed something large enough and numerous enough to contain the Yin energy!

Soon, Chen Xin thought of something.

The Heavenly Space created by the Heavenly Seal!

The more Chen Xin thought about it, the more ingenious he felt this method was!

The Pot Heaven Space was created by the Pot Heaven Seal, and the condensation of the Pot Heaven Seal required the consumption of 10,000 Yin Virtue. Yin Virtue is obtained by suppressing and eliminating evil spirits, and evil spirits are nurtured by Yin Qi!

The space of the pot = Yin virtue = ghosts and evil spirits = Yin energy.

Similarly, we can conclude that the space of the pot-shaped sky equals yin energy.

Therefore, creating the Pot Heaven Space is actually a process of consuming Yin energy. Moreover, the space inside the Pot Heaven Space can even hold Yang energy, so how could it not hold Yin energy?
Most importantly, the capacity of the Pot Heaven space can be expanded. Each time it is printed, the space is expanded, and the area it occupies is only the size of a palm-sized seal.

In this way, sending yin energy into the pot-shaped space is definitely a good choice!

Although this method doesn't truly resolve the Yin energy, but merely transfers it, don't forget about Zhuye Stone Town!

When the time comes, we'll send Brother Chicken into the Pot Heaven Space, and that will complete the closed loop, right?

Furthermore, it takes 20,000 units of Yin virtue to condense Chicken Brother's power. Based on the above formula, Yin virtue equals Yin energy, so Chicken Brother's death is actually consuming Yin energy!
The solution has been figured out. The only problem now is how to get the Ghost Gate to send the Yin energy into the Pot Heaven space!
The Pot Heaven Space doesn't actively absorb Yin energy; when it was filled with Yang energy before, it was absorbed by the cloth dog.

Therefore, the problem to be solved now has changed from 'consuming yin energy' to 'transferring yin energy'!
It's much easier than before!
Since we're going to do it, we can't do it manually; that's too much trouble.

Therefore, Chen Xin needs a 'pump'!
As long as the Gate of Hell has the ability to pump, it can pump yin energy from the Yin and Yang region into the Pot Heaven space!

The pump can be broken down into suction and discharge, so Chen Xin actually needs to create a device that has both of these capabilities!
After a series of reflections, Chen Xin let out a long sigh of relief.

Looking back at his entire derivation process, Chen Xin smiled.

This problem-solving process gave him the feeling of defeating a major boss.

This feeling is amazing!
The next step is to find relevant folk customs information.

Just as Chen Xin was about to begin, he suddenly remembered the situation with the 'door pawn' from before.

Before we begin, should we go through all the talismans already recorded in the "Complete Book of Talismans"?
Otherwise, we might end up like before, having already compiled the story of the lightning-struck peach wood sword, only to remember that there was such a thing as a door knocker.

He immediately reviewed the "Complete Guide to Talismans".

Surprisingly, he actually found a talisman that was related to it!
Soul Sealing Altar!
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(End of this chapter)