At the start of the game, you have one equipment slot; the effects of unequipping the equipment rema

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[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fourth-tier demon. The equipment "Strong Wind Dantian Construction Method" has met the conditions for permanent solidification. This equipment has been permanently solidified!]

[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fourth-tier demon. The equipment "Wood Source Dantian Construction Method" has met the conditions for permanent solidification. This equipment has been permanently solidified!]

[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fourth-tier demon and equipped the "Pure Yuan Dantian Construction Method"...]

[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fourth-tier demon, equipment.........]

Current number of available equipment slots: 5

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"Ghosts and demons? Ghosts are considered demons?"

Looking at the five empty equipment slots, Mu Yang felt a surge of joy.

Demonic cultivators are human-demon hybrids, ghosts are ghost demons, so can spirits, monsters, and spirit beasts also be considered monster demons, spirit demons, or spirit demons?

It looks like there are a few more targets that can be solidified.

Pretty good.

As Mu Yang was thinking, Yuan Yuan walked over.

Mu Yang had expected her to ask him how he killed the bride in the wedding dress, or inquire about how he condensed his superior true qi.

But Yuan Yuan didn't ask any more questions. She simply took out a palm-sized, bluish-green hulu from her sleeve.

"The Yin-Gathering Gourd is specifically used to collect the Yin energy that dissipates after a ghost dies."

"Due to their special nature, if ghosts possess a physical form, their bodies will disintegrate and turn into yin energy within a very short time after death. If this yin energy is not collected in time, it will pollute the surrounding environment and affect living things."

Upon hearing this, Mu Yang glanced at the green gourd in Yuan Yuan's hand.

She opened the yin-gathering gourd in her hand, made a hand seal with one hand, and aimed it at the headless, ragged woman in her wedding dress.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Nothing unusual happened.

The body of the woman in the wedding dress remained lying in the same spot, and the yin-absorbing gourd in Yuan Yuan's hand showed no sign of absorbing yin energy.

Yuan Yuan was stunned for a moment.

She closed the gourd, silently counted to three, then opened it again, pointing the gourd's mouth at the corpse of the woman in the wedding dress, and made a hand seal with one hand.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Nothing happened; only a gentle breeze brushed the hair on her forehead and drifted past her bewildered eyes.

"strangeness."

Yuan Yuan frowned and murmured something.

"That shouldn't be the case..."

Yuan Yuan put the gourd back on and checked it carefully several times. After confirming that the problem wasn't with the gourd, she became even more confused.

What she couldn't understand even more was that after a ghost dies, it should gradually dissipate into yin energy within a hundred breaths.

But the body of the woman in the wedding dress before them remained intact, lying quietly on the ground like an ordinary headless corpse.

"I've never seen a ghost's corpse not dissipate before." Yuan Yuan put away the Yin-gathering gourd and looked at Mu Yang.

Upon hearing this, Mu Yang seemed to be deep in thought.

Yuan Yuan continued, "You killed this ghost. According to the regulations of the Demon Slaying Division, killing a ghost is calculated as three times the merit of killing a demon of the same rank. I will report today's events as the settlement of the task. Tomorrow you can go to the front hall to collect three Xuan-level superior merits."

"As for the presence of a corpse, this is the first time I've encountered this situation, and I don't know how much it's worth. If you want to sell it, I can buy it for five Xuan-level superior merits."

Yuan Yuan had dealt with ghosts before, but this was the first time she had ever seen a corpse that didn't decompose after death.

Thank you.

Mu Yang said, "But I want to keep this body for myself."

Seeing this, Yuan Yuan didn't ask any more questions: "If you change your mind, you can come find me. Jiao Jiao knows where I live."

After saying that, Yuan Yuan didn't linger any longer and left Guaizi Alley with Lei Jiaojiao.

Mu Yang withdrew his gaze and looked at the corpse of the woman in the wedding dress.

The reason he wasn't selling it was because he had just noticed that the item's effects were actually quite good.

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[Equipable Item: Drowned Ghost (Complete)]

[Rank: Fourth Rank]

【Equipment Effect: ①Strengthen the Divine Soul (Blue): The soul is greatly enhanced (mental strength, mental resistance, and nerve reaction speed are all improved).

② Yin Qi Resistance (Blue): Immunizes against the negative effects of using Yin Qi, greatly reducing the Yin-cold damage caused by external Yin Qi.

③ Yin Qi Transformation (Purple): This ability transforms internal Qi into Yin Qi, causing cold and harmful effects on living beings. It can simultaneously injure both the body and soul, and can also directly harm non-physical ghosts. The higher the quality of the internal Qi, the greater the power of the Yin Qi.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for two years, or slay any fourth-tier or higher-grade monster while equipping this item.]

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Although the name of the woman in the wedding dress contains the character for "drowning corpse," she is somewhat different from Liu Zhuang.

The woman in the wedding dress, seemingly because she was a ghost, only had physical characteristics similar to a drowned corpse, without any of the negative effects of becoming a drowned corpse.

It has three entries: two blue and one purple, and each one is extremely effective.

The power of a blue-quality divine soul needs no further explanation.

He was able to withstand the soul attack of the woman in the wedding dress without any harm; he had no skill, only numerical advantage.

Yin resistance may seem ineffective on its own, but when combined with the third purple attribute—Yin conversion—it becomes extremely powerful.

Don't be fooled by how easily Mu Yang dissipated the Yin energy from the woman in the wedding dress; it was because the true Qi in Mu Yang's dantian was of the highest grade and in large quantity, further enhanced by the Spider Spear effect.

If it were Yuan Yuan or Lei Jiaojiao, it would be a different story.

Yuan Yuan might still be able to use her Pure Heart True Qi and Evil Suppressing Force to find the Yin Qi core of the Wedding Dress Woman and kill her by destroying the Yin Qi core.

But Lei Jiaojiao will probably just have to watch helplessly.

More importantly, the power of Yin energy depends on the quality of one's own true Qi.

While it's exhilarating to pull off a miracle with overwhelming force, he can't always encounter such a crushing defeat. Once the strength of both sides is equal, the importance of Yin energy becomes apparent.

If this entry had been available earlier, he wouldn't have needed to use all his true energy to unleash the Spider Spear; he could have easily taken it down with just a small portion.

Thinking it over, Mu Yang put the body of the woman in the wedding dress into his sleeve.

The problem of the bride in her wedding dress was solved, but new questions lingered in his mind.

That's why the Wedding Dress Girl, a ghost, has the same physical characteristics as a drowned corpse, and even has the same name as a drowned corpse ghost.

But the aura was completely different.

What is the relationship between them?

Could the appearance of the woman in the wedding dress also be related to Liu Zhuang falling into the river?

Mu Yang left Guaizi Alley and looked towards the direction outside the alley entrance.

The night was as dark as ink, dotted with starlight like shimmering waves on a river.

"What exactly is hidden in that section of the river...?"