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Chapter 360 The Nine Lineages of Ghost Slaves, the Great Xia's Cry is Approaching

After returning from the first level of the Netherworld, Chen Xin had a still-beating heart in his hand, as well as a used talisman.

Looking at the heart, a hint of curiosity flashed in Chen Xin's eyes.

The heart belonged to Yu Yan of the Ghost Slave organization. After Chen Xin finished asking all the questions, Yu Yan begged Chen Xin to give him a quick death.

Then, after Yu Yan's body was burned to ashes by the copper pillar, only this one thing that Chen Xin had specially left behind remained.

The existence of this heart is somewhat special.

"Whether what he said is true or not, we'll have to wait and see."

With that, Chen Xin placed the money for warding off evil spirits under his pillow and lay down.

When Chen Xin woke up again, his eyes were filled with even more curiosity.

"So this is what the Ghost Slave Organization is like......"

Combined with Yu Yan's memories and the information Bai Ying had previously shared about the Ghost Slave Organization, Chen Xin gained a deeper understanding of the organization.

The Ghost Slave Organization and the Divine Messenger Organization are not the same.

Each of the messengers of the gods possesses a unique demonic aura within them. Ultimately, they are all still normal practitioners of Yin cultivation who need to implant demonic entities within their bodies.

But the Ghost Slave Organization is different.

Apart from the rogue cultivators recruited later, the true members of the Nine Ghost Servants all possess specific ghostly entities within their bodies.

Just like Ye Shan before, after joining the Ghost Scorpion lineage, the ghostly entity within her body was the Ghost Scorpion transformed from the scorpion pattern.

In fact, this is not just a unique ability of the Ghost Scorpion lineage, but a unique ability of the entire Ghost Slave organization!
Or rather, this is the biggest secret behind the Ghost Slave Organization's continued growth and expansion.

Just like the people of the Ghost Heart lineage, their ghostly essence is their heart.

People of the Ghost Skin lineage have their skin as their ghostly form.

This is very unusual for ordinary practitioners of Yin cultivation.

Finding a ghost related to the heart would be easy, but with so many people in the Ghost Heart lineage, are they all going to find ghosts related to the heart?

Naturally impossible.

This is largely related to the 'master' worshipped by the Ghost Slave Organization.

Unlike the Divine Messenger Organization, which worships many 'adults', the Ghost Slave Organization has only one 'master'!
Within the Ghost Slave Organization, His name is 'Assimilation'.

In fact, fifty years ago, the Ghost Slave Organization, like the Divine Messenger Organization, worshipped countless 'adults', and the ghosts within its members were all ghost bodies planted through various means.

At that time, the Ghost Slave did not have more than nine meridians, or rather, the concept of nine meridians did not exist for Ghost Slave at that time.

After the Bureau of Investigation's massive purge, the once-great Ghost Slave organization was reduced to only nine people.

And these nine people made contact with their 'master' for the first time.

In order to welcome the arrival of their 'master', they accepted the 'master's' blessing, and the evil spirits within them were transformed into nine source demons by their 'master'.

The so-called source ghost is actually a ghost that has acquired some of the master's assimilation abilities.

When someone in the Ghost Slave organization wants to join a certain lineage, he/she does not need to search for the ghost's true form to implant into his/her body.

He only needs to be assimilated and transformed by one of the nine source demons.

For example, members of the Oni Heart lineage, after joining, will have their hearts assimilated into something similar to the Source Oni, possessing the same abilities.

However, this assimilation does not completely transform a heart into a demon; it merely grants the heart power similar to that of the source demon.

In this way, the Ghost Slave Organization developed its own unique set of 'inheritance' methods.

Of course, the ability to assimilate is not limited to this.

All the ghost slaves who acquire the power of the source ghost, through the process of enhancing their own abilities through cultivation, are actually giving back to the source ghost.

The reason why the five source ghosts—Ghost Heart, Ghost Skin, Ghost Body, Ghost Bone, and Ghost Eye—have to piece together a body for their 'master' is because they know that the body they piece together will not be rejected by their 'master' who has the ability to 'assimilate'.

Compared to those spirits and deities that are guided in, those that arrive through a vessel or container.

The one who accepts the body's 'master' may very well become the most powerful ghost or god in the mortal world!
However, this process is very slow. In the past fifty years, only the source ghosts of the Ghost Heart and Ghost Skin lineages have been nurtured into Black Abyss-level beings. It is still unknown when the remaining three source ghosts will be able to enter the Black Abyss level and allow the five lineages to unite.

Yu Yan felt that the merging of the five meridians was too slow, so he brought the support of the Ghost Heart Meridian Master to test whether he could bring the 'master' down in another way.

This is the information Chen Xin obtained about the Ghost Slave Organization from Yu Yan, a high-ranking member of the Ghost Heart Clan.

At this moment, Chen Xin also became interested in the master of the Ghost Slave Organization.

No matter how powerful this 'assimilation' ability is, if assimilation is to be carried out, does it mean that the target entity to be assimilated must be contacted?

If that's the case, then if we find these source ghosts and take them to the underworld, wouldn't we be able to 'fish' for 'assimilation'?
Compared to the other gods among the divine messengers, who were unaware of the situation, this 'assimilation' was clearly a more suitable target.

Thinking this, Chen Xin summoned Jiuri.

"Let's see if we can find its source based on this."

Chen Xin held the heart up to Jiuri's nose.

Although tracking ability is not Bulldog's main ability, after advancing to the Yama level, Bulldog's original 'soul-chasing' ability was naturally enhanced.

Jiuri sniffed, then looked up and began to sense.

Soon, Jiuri left Chen Xin's room.

For the next hour, Chen Xin's consciousness followed Jiuri as he wandered around Mubei City, arriving at several places along the way, including the street where the black ghost baby appeared.

However, those places only retained some of Yu Yan's aura, and were not the source ghost that Chen Xin was looking for.

Nine days later, following the extremely rare scent, they even reached outside of Mubei City and arrived at Pink Cherry City, but ultimately stopped there, unable to detect any more scent.

After Chen Xin summoned Jiuri back, Jiuri gave Chen Xin a piece of information.

"That scent is very distinctive. If I encounter it again, I'm sure I'll be able to smell it."

Chen Xin looked at Jiuri and fell into deep thought.

He didn't doubt what Jiu Ri said, but the problem was that there was only one Jiu Ri. Did he expect Jiu Ri to be left running around outside all day, just to try his luck?

Chen Xin felt it was unrealistic.

Looking at Jiuri, Chen Xin asked, "Can those cloth dogs you control distinguish the scents you smell?"

He nodded on the ninth day.

"Those cloth dogs that have been bitten and have teeth marks are okay, others are not."

"That's all for now. Let me know if you encounter anything else."

After throwing the nine suns back, Chen Xin took a Yin Si-level mourning staff and aimed it at Yu Yan's ghost heart, intending to collect it into the paper wadding of the mourning staff and obtain the ability of the Ghost Heart lineage to control people's hearts.

But the moment he raised the mourning staff, Yu Yan's heart exploded.

Chen Xin was taken aback, then frowned.

He sensed a wisp of energy emanating from the spot where the heart had exploded, which disappeared into the void before Chen Xin could react.

"what is that?"

Chen Xin couldn't figure it out. Yu Yan didn't have this in her memory. Perhaps it was related to that 'assimilation'?
……

Less than ten minutes after the heart exploded, the mortal lineage leader of the Ghost Heart lineage suddenly received a message from the source ancestor.

Immediately, the leader of the Ghost Heart lineage contacted the other lineages.

Immediately afterwards, the leaders of the other lineages entered the Netherworld through various means, heading towards the Netherworld area designated by the leader of the Ghost Heart lineage.

After all the lineage leaders had gathered, the Ghost Heart Lineage Leader explained the reason for summoning everyone.

"I just received a notification from the Ghost Heart Ancestor that something is trying to seize the power of the Ghost Heart lineage."

As soon as the words left his mouth, someone laughed and said, "Stealing power? You mean the kind where the Ghost Scorpion Ancestor's avatar was lured to the mortal world and then destroyed?"

Swish!
A man with black tattoos on his face had three black scorpion tails that slashed dozens of meters away from behind him, heading straight for the figure who had spoken.

But when the scorpion's tail was within three meters of the figure, it was imprisoned in mid-air by dozens of white threads that appeared from the sky. "Ghost Spider, Ghost Scorpion, if you don't want to hear this, then leave first."

Of the nine, the only man who didn't cover his face spoke.

Upon hearing this, the scorpion dispersed its tail, and the white spider silk disappeared.

The one speaking was the leader of the Ghost Skin lineage.

He doesn't cover his face because he doesn't need to, since no one knows how many faces the leader of the Ghost Skin lineage has.

For the other eight lineages, the painted skin masks made by the Ghost Skin lineage are indispensable if they want to walk in the mortal world.

Therefore, although there is no distinction of superiority or inferiority among the nine meridians, most of the time, the other eight meridians will give face to the Ghost Skin Meridian.

Similarly, the Ghost Heart lineage also enjoys the same status because of their abilities.

Otherwise, if it were the Ghost Scorpion lineage that wanted to convene a meeting with the lineage leader of the Ghost Slave organization, it would be uncertain whether even half of them would attend.

Seeing that all the lineage leaders were looking at him, the Ghost Heart Lineage Leader continued, "The being that seized the power of the Ghost Heart lineage might be... someone like the Master."

Why do you say that? What's your basis for it?

Ghost Heart looked at the person who asked the question: "Because from the power of return, I saw a power that does not belong to the human world."

Gui Xin described the bronze pillar that filled his eyes, a pillar that could make his soul feel the heat even through his memories, and the soul-stirring paper flakes floating in the air.

It's not that the Ghost Heart lineage has never lost anyone, but no member's death has ever brought back information that is so vague, so elusive, and so terrifying.

The mere memory of a scene could fill him with dread, something he had never experienced before.

The other eight meridian masters remain silent.

After a long silence, the Ghost Skin Clan Leader asked, "Since you've summoned us here, you must have a plan. Tell me about it."

The Ghost Heart Meridian Master nodded.

“That unknown existence worries me, so what I mean is… to throw the Great Xia into chaos.”

"Heh, let things get chaotic, how chaotic? Isn't it chaotic enough already?"

The Ghost Spider Master laughed.

The Ghost Heart Clan Master glanced at the Ghost Spider Clan Master and continued:
"You may not know what this member of the Ghost Heart lineage who died went to do. I can tell you that he went to guide his master to be born."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed, whether it was the five lineages to which Ghost Heart belonged, or the other four lineages.

"How dare you! What are you Ghost Heart lineage trying to do! Your five lineages already overstepped your bounds by attempting to create a physical body to guide your master's descent, and now you've gone and done this! What are you trying to do!"

The Ghost Spider Master shouted.

The Ghost Skin Pulse Master also looked indifferently at the Ghost Heart Pulse Master: "What is the reason for the Ghost Heart Pulse doing this? Why bypass the Five Pulses to do this? The arrival of the Master cannot be missed."

Despite the menacing looks in everyone's eyes, the Ghost Heart Clan Master remained unconcerned.

“The Five Meridians have been creating bodies for their masters for too long, and the Four Meridians’ approach of not interfering is still unknown. But now, we can’t wait any longer.”

Compared to the fact that someone had seized the power of the Ghost Heart lineage, the Ghost Heart lineage leader was more concerned about another matter that Yu Yan had relayed back.

"In fact, the master has already been successfully guided to be born by someone from our lineage. At that time, the master only needed to look at a temporary worker from the Bureau of Investigation to trample him underfoot, and intimidated at least seven temporary workers and specialists from the Bureau of Investigation to not dare to make any rash moves."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of all the clan leaders changed.

Although the temporary workers varied in strength, they were at least at the Blood Disaster level. To be able to crush a temporary worker from the Bureau of Investigation with a single glance, what kind of strength would that require?

Not to mention there are seven other beings of the same level around!

Many of the clan leaders showed excitement on their faces.

"The master's birth was successful? Where is He now?"

"Take us there quickly!"

"Why are you only telling me about something this important now? Where is the master?"

Gui Xin looked at everyone and said, "The vessel in which the master was born has been murdered."

"What? Impossible!"

"How could the owner have been murdered under those circumstances? Who did it? The director of the Bureau of Investigation and those old fogies, they all came out?"

"Was it someone from Ghost Hearts who leaked the information, causing the master to be besieged?"

Looking at the angry crowd, the Ghost Heart Clan Master shook his head.

"No, it was the underworld that took the master away from the mortal world."

"Hell?"

These two words were not unfamiliar to the clan leaders, after all, the incident caused by the Divine Envoy Organization in the Great Xia Dynasty some time ago was not insignificant.

They were surprised but not entirely unexpected that the Divine Messenger Organization could create rifts, given the considerable number of 'adults' those guys served.

The Divine Messenger Organization's connection with those 'adults' is not as strong as that with the Ghost Slaves, but there might actually be beings capable of opening the rift.

The fact that the underworld could mend the cracks shocked the ghost servants.

Sometimes destruction is easy, but repair is another matter entirely.

The fact that the underworld can repair cracks means that there must be "masters" in the underworld, and they must be masters with deep connections to the ghost slave organization!
Upon hearing the words "underworld" again, all the clan leaders were startled.

Sensing the change in everyone's demeanor, the Ghost Heart Clan Master continued, "If the Underworld and the Divine Messenger stand on the opposite side of Great Xia, then I will not be in a hurry."

"But now, the Underworld and the Great Xia are on the same side."

"This gives the already advantageous Great Xia an even greater advantage."

"Perhaps Great Xia is currently exhausted from its campaigns, but do you think Great Xia will be defeated by the mere tricks of the divine envoy?"

"With the cooperation of the Underworld, if the Great Xia Dynasty manages to deal with the Divine Envoy, then... who do you think should be next?"

After these words were spoken, everyone remained silent.

"Instead of waiting for Da Xia Teng to make a move, it's better to prevent Da Xia Teng from making a move."

"Therefore, whether our five lineages continue to create bodies, or your four lineages wait for the Lord to descend on his own, there is still time."

What do you guys think?

The Ghost Skin Master was the first to nod.

"Yes, but how?"

After the Ghost Skin Clan Chief spoke, the other clan chiefs nodded in agreement.

Ultimately, all nine veins are servants of their master, waiting for the master's arrival.

When faced with obstacles preventing their master's arrival, they stand united against them.

“We ghost slaves don’t have the same methods as the divine messengers, but when it comes to throwing the Great Xia into chaos, we can do it even better than the divine messengers.”

The Ghost Heart Pulse Master laughed and said:
"Afterwards, Ghost Heart and Ghost Skin cooperated to infiltrate various institutions in Great Xia and spread the news of supernatural events to the general public in Great Xia in a short period of time. I want to make the general public in Great Xia panic."

"As for the other branches, send some of them to areas outside the city to create paranormal events, and then have another group resolve these events to recruit peripheral members for the Ghost Slave Organization."

"Among the peripheral members absorbed, do not give abilities to all of them. Select those with personality defects and violent tendencies, and give them abilities. Then select those with a sense of justice and give them abilities as well."

"After doing all this, we left the area and went to the next place."

"By the time all of this is done, even if the city has been stabilized by the Bureau of Investigation, the area outside the city will already be in chaos."

"Moreover, unless all of God's messengers die, the Bureau of Investigation will not be allowed to have peace."

"Add to that the other small organizations and independent cultivators, and the Great Xia in the future... hehe... maybe we won't even need to wear masks to walk on the streets."

The laughter subsided, and the crying was about to begin!
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P.S.: There's one more chapter, a little later. It's not an extra chapter, but rather a make-up for yesterday's. Thanks for all the monthly votes!
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