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Chapter 127 The Vanishing Virtue

The Soul-Splitting Paper Knife cannot cut quickly when in use.

The faster the knife is swung, the greater the resistance it will encounter when cutting the soul.

If you approach slowly, pressing down little by little like cutting a cake, you will hardly feel any resistance.

This is why the Soul Splitting Technique cannot be used in combat.

Otherwise, wielding the Soul-Dividing Paper Knife, one could easily cut the ghost in two with a single stroke, making it even more powerful than the Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword.
After reviewing the contents of the Soul Splitting Technique, Chen Miao naturally avoided making this mistake.

The soul-splitting paper knife stuck to the female ghost's body and cut in without any resistance.

After Chen Miao saw that it had gone in three centimeters, he flipped his wrist, and the soul-splitting paper knife smoothly turned a 180-degree bend.

After the paper knife left the female ghost's body, a small piece of her soul, only half the size of a fist, was cut off.

The separated part of the soul floated up like a balloon that had come off its string.

Chen Miao looked on in surprise and forgot about the next steps.

By the time he remembered, he wanted to use the Soul-Splitting Blade to immobilize that piece of soul, but it was too late.

They could only watch as the soul, which had a slight physical form, transformed into a wisp of gray mist, gradually merging into the void and disappearing.

This is not a power of the soul-splitting technique, but rather a characteristic of the soul itself.

Once the soul is condensed through obsession, it becomes a unified whole and will not dissipate.

The Soul Splitting Technique is equivalent to severing the obsession that binds the soul together.

Without obsession, the soul can no longer condense and can only return to the world.

To prevent the separated soul from dissipating, a soul-splitting blade is needed!

As long as the Soul-Splitting Blade pierces that piece of soul, that piece of soul will be stabilized by the effect of the Soul-Splitting Incantation written inside the Soul-Splitting Blade.

If you want that soul to exist for a long time, you have to pour the previously mixed cinnabar ink down the handle of the knife to dye the entire soul-dividing paper knife red.

Then, place the paper knife and the soul together in a dark place. After the soul has absorbed all the power from the split paper knife, the soul that has left the split paper knife can remain for a long time.

In addition, it can be used in conjunction with something like the Six Animals Doll to insert the soul into it, and the Six Animals Doll's own ability can bind the soul, thus keeping the soul from dissipating.

Chen Miao did not make the six domestic animals dolls this time, so he planned to use the method of dividing souls with paper knives.

Having lost one piece of his soul, Chen Miao prepared to acquire another.

Suddenly, he noticed that the gap in the area where he had just removed had been completely repaired!

I understand now, this is the soul automatically making up for the missing parts.

This kind of compensation is not a real repair; it's more like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If we compare the soul to a vat of water, then the part that is separated out is like a ladleful of water.

The water in the jar was indeed reduced by one ladle, but it was not visible from the surface of the water.

When Chen Miao examined the female ghost's soul again, he noticed that her body seemed a little weak.

"You only cut such a small piece, it shouldn't cause a breakdown."

Chen Miao thought of the soul collapse mentioned in the Soul Splitting Technique and felt it was unlikely.

So he continued cutting into the same spot he had just cut.

This time, Chen Miao cut the pieces a little larger, about the size of a fist.

As the soul fragment was separated and floated upwards, Chen Miao reacted swiftly and plunged the Soul-Splitting Blade into it.

Because of the slightly faster speed, Chen Miao even felt a bit of the soul being driven into the soil.

Just as Chen Miao was about to sheathe his sword and preserve the soul with cinnabar and blood ink, the female ghost, whose body was being suppressed by the spirit-suppressing talisman, suddenly began to tremble.

Chen Miao thought the spirit-suppressing talisman was about to expire and was about to use the Ghost Cube to put it away when the female ghost suddenly exploded!

There was no sound, only a strong, chilling wave of air swept out. Chen Miao even had to squint his eyes because of this wave.

The blast wave came quickly and went quickly.

After everything was over, only a torn spirit-suppressing talisman remained at the location where the female ghost had been, floating out of the area of ​​the spirit-suppressing altar.

"Such a strong fluctuation?"

Chen Miao was somewhat surprised. The explosion just now should have blocked some of the impact of the Yin energy from the Soul-Suppressing Spirit Tablet. Even so, some Yin energy was still pushed out of the range of the Soul-Suppressing Spirit Tablet.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Miao came to some understanding.

Although the female ghost's abilities were insufficient, the collapse of her soul just now unleashed all the power of the entire ghost in an instant.

The female ghost herself probably didn't even know she possessed such power.

Suddenly, Chen Miao thought of something and looked at his hand.

Sure enough, the piece of soul on the soul-splitting paper knife also disappeared, which made him regret cutting too much with the second cut.

With a sigh, Chen Miao tore the soul-splitting paper knife into pieces and put it in his pocket.

"With this experience, I'll know what to do next time I encounter something suspicious."

"I'll also prepare a 'Six Domestic Animals Doll' then. Who knows, I might actually be able to forge a pseudo-Six Domestic Animals Soul in the future."

Thinking of this, Chen Miao thought of the woman who split his soul to refine the soul seals of the six domestic animals.

Previously, he only thought that woman was a bit crazy, but now that Chen Miao had tried the Soul Splitting Technique himself, he had taken the woman's level of madness to a whole new level!

If you don't control yourself when cutting your own soul, will you explode like that female ghost from before?

What happens when a living person's soul explodes?
Chen Miao felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about that scene.

After packing his things, Chen Miao left the basement.

Since it was already late, Chen Miao didn't rush back. Instead, he went downstairs and lay down with Xiang Shang on the large sofas left by the previous owners of the two villas in the lobby.

Although the villa had a bed, neither of them was used to sleeping in someone else's bed.

Seeing Chen Miao come up, Xiang Shang put away the talisman and peach wood sword blank in his hand and began to chat with Chen Miao.

They didn't mention the ghost from earlier, but instead chatted about random things.

Xiang Shangyi talked about whether they could catch ghosts together in the future, then about when he planned to propose to Li Zi, and then about whether Chen Miao could start a ghost-catching company, etc.

They chatted until 1:30 a.m. before Xiang Shang finally fell asleep without realizing it.

Chen Miao was a little sleepy, but suddenly, he thought of something.

He immediately took out the book that was on the table next to him and opened it.

Sure enough, a new chapter has been updated, and the story has now come to an end!

"When I am not in mortal danger, the book will not make any predictions about the future. It will only record the event directly after I have solved the problem."

Chen Miao suddenly felt a pang of emotion.

It's remarkable how, initially, the notebook could reveal its contents even when Old Wang was entangled in resentment, but now, with a real ghost appearing, the notebook shows no reaction whatsoever.

With a smile, Chen Miao looked at the completion reward for this chapter.

Upon seeing this, Chen Miao was somewhat stunned.

[Chapter Six: Please Close Your Eyes While Washing Your Hair (The End), obtained fragments of Li Meifeng's memories.]

"No, what about my good karma?"

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(End of this chapter)