I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

It was while Lin Yi was viewing the local ghost's memories that He Dong also found himself in a life-or-death situation.

"You promised only a hundred ghosts? Is this some kind of scam?!"

Chapter 336 Salvation

He Dong had long known that Qianhuan Guiji was not trustworthy; she was definitely up to something bad. He had never known what she was thinking, which was a very dangerous thing.

But He Dong had no choice but to board her pirate ship.

But she never expected that the intelligence could be wrong.

What happened to the promise of a maximum of one hundred?

There were nearly a hundred evil spirits attacking her, not to mention that she could see ghosts everywhere she went as she fled.

The ghosts on this island of death are scattered, with a density of about one ghost every ten steps, which is truly terrifying.

These ghosts were not evenly distributed, but were constantly gathering together, and it was He Dong who brought them together.

She is different from these evil spirits. Although they are all ghosts, He Dong comes from the human world and still retains her rationality. More importantly, she has few sins and even exudes a pure aura.

This was also a consequence of absorbing too much of Lin Yi's yang energy. Lin Yi's yang energy was very pure, and even He Dong's yin energy was cleansed. Normally, He Dong's extraordinary abilities were not apparent, but when he was among the crowd of ghosts, He Dong's pure energy was like a lighthouse in the dark night, particularly conspicuous.

Although ghosts are aggregates of yin energy, an excess of yin energy will only bring them immense suffering.

But there are no living people in the underworld, and no yang energy. The evil spirits banished to the abyss are tormented by yin energy year after year, and they are all exceptionally fierce. They act only out of instinct, and their current instinct is to seize yang energy.

Only in this way can one alleviate their pain somewhat.

They saw He Dong; how could they let him go?

Having little knowledge of Deadly Island, He Dong could only flee in a sorry state.

Even in danger, He Dong had no intention of dying first. She didn't know what Qianhuan Guiji's purpose was, but she guessed it was mostly related to the worm.

The Thousand Illusion Ghost Princess wanted her to become a ni; if she truly changed, then she would have fulfilled the Thousand Illusion Ghost Princess's wish.

She absolutely cannot do something so foolish.

Unless absolutely necessary, she would not choose to follow the path arranged for her by the Thousand Illusion Ghost Princess. Her previous obedience was only to obtain the method for turning ghosts into humans. Now that she understands enough, why should she be manipulated by the Thousand Illusion Ghost Princess?

The situation is not good, but it is not hopeless yet.

Her combat strength is indeed not high on Death Island, but she has an advantage that no other ghost has: she is also intelligent.

Almost all evil spirits act on instinct. While their ferocity, unafraid of death, greatly enhances their combat power, they also lose their intelligence.

Even in such a harsh environment, wisdom is mostly useless, but when everyone else is a fool, He Dong's wisdom stands out.

After being hunted for a while, she roughly guessed why she was being hunted.

Perhaps she has the weakest yin energy, or perhaps she has the strongest yang energy; these are the two biggest differences between her and the ghosts here.

If it's the former, she can absorb more yin energy at any time; if it's the latter, she only needs to differentiate a portion of yang energy.

This is also thanks to He Dong's hobby of saving money. Yang energy is money. She has saved the yang energy that she absorbed from Lin Yi but did not fully digest. Naturally, she can't miss kissing him every day.

Over time, He Dong accumulated a lot of yang energy in his body.

Now, she separated her yang energy, condensed it into a ball the size of an egg, threw it at the nearest evil spirit, and then quickly ran away.

As expected, the evil spirits became even more frenzied upon seeing the yang energy, which confirmed He Dong's guess.

As for the evil spirit that first received the yang energy, it was naturally devoured by the other ghosts.

As He Dong ran, he released some of his yang energy. If it were a normal ghost, it would probably know to kill He Dong, the source of the yang energy, so that all the yang energy would belong to him.

But these mindless evil spirits were like dogs, drawn to the wisps of yang energy thrown out. They would pounce on any yang energy they could find. Slowly, as He Dong ran and threw out the energy, a long line of howling evil spirits followed behind him.

He Dong's stored yang energy was limited, and seeing that it was almost depleted, she decisively released it all at once, while absorbing a large amount of yin energy back into herself, and quickly disappeared into the shadows.

The evil spirits were only interested in fighting for yang energy, so they wouldn't bother to track down He Dong's whereabouts.

After absorbing a large amount of Yin energy, He Dong felt somewhat uncomfortable, but he managed to suppress the negative emotions that accompanied the Yin energy through his own willpower.

The yin energy in this place carries a lot of negative emotions. As long as you absorb it, you will naturally be affected by these negative emotions.

He Dong also recalled many unbearable scenes: Lin Yi kissing Qianhuan Guiji in front of her, Lin Yi flirting with Qu Jing behind her back, Lin Yi cheating on her...

There were so many things to recall, yet He Dong did not lose control.

Because she could think of many more beautiful things.

Despite being pressured by Jiang Linglong, Lin Yi still chose her, and she was his equal.

Lin Yi must have never said all those sweet words to her to anyone else.

Moreover, Lin Yi owes her so much money!

Once she becomes human, she might not be able to overpower Jiang Linglong, but she could at least overpower Qu Jing.

Thinking of this, He Dong was filled with fighting spirit again.

The ghosts here kill each other, but she just needs to be careful and avoid provoking those mindless evil spirits.

Her goal is the Yin-Yang Reversal Formation, and she may not necessarily want to actually fight.

I wonder if the Thousand Illusion Demon Princess has any backup plans.

He Dong took out the ghost core that Qianhuan Guiji had given her, thought for a moment, then dug a hole in the ground, buried the ghost core, and fled again.

She should leave the items there for now; if she really needs them later, she can risk everything to retrieve them.

Not long after He Dong left, a pure and innocent-looking young girl arrived at this place.

Wherever she went, all the evil spirits retreated and fled, not daring to approach within a hundred feet of her.

This girl is none other than the Thousand Illusion Demon Princess.

She was worried that something might happen to He Dong, so she crossed the passage herself.

They followed the trail all the way here, but did not find He Dong.

Qianhuan Guiji carefully sensed the source and discovered that it was underground.

She dug out the ghost core and couldn't help but snort, "She's quite cautious and suspicious. If I hadn't come here in person, she might have gotten away."

The Thousand Illusion Demon Princess spoke with absolute confidence.

If she hadn't come, He Dong would have had a chance; but if she had come, He Dong would have had no other option but death.

The Thousand Illusions Demon Princess gently stroked the black demon core, whispering, "Don't worry, you'll be back soon..."

Lin Yi had no idea that on this island of death, He Dong had started a battle royale mode. At this moment, Lin Yi had just finished reading the memories of the evil spirit he had casually killed, and his mood was somewhat heavy.

The evil spirit was named Zhou Chong. Although he had 1,800 years of cultivation, he had not been dead for long. In his previous life, he was a soldier of the Liu Song Dynasty and died after his defeat in the Northern Expedition.

His body was lost in a foreign land, and his wandering soul drifted to the Terrace of Longing for Home. Zhou Chong saw the scene of his wife and children being bullied at home, and his resentment instantly soared to the sky. He was then washed away by the Yellow Springs and carried to the Bridge of Helplessness.

Lin Yi then understood the function of the Yellow Spring Water. This water could wash away the resentment of the ghosts, but it would also cause them great pain.

Before the Yellow Springs water flows across the Bridge of Helplessness, if one can let go of resentment, one can go through the process of reincarnation. Otherwise, those who cannot let go of resentment will be washed away by the Yellow Springs water to the Abyss of Exile.

After arriving at the Abyss of Exile, Zhou Chong initially retained his consciousness, but he was gradually corrupted by the Yin energy of the Abyss of Exile, turning into a mindless evil spirit who only knew how to kill and didn't even know who he was.

Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh. Of the four categories of demons, monsters, and ghosts, he felt the most sympathy for ghosts.

Among the four categories, ghosts are the weakest when their cultivation levels are equal.

Demons, monsters, and ghosts are all categorized into good and evil based on their actions. However, ghosts are the only ones that are intolerable to heaven and earth, and living as ghosts is a sinful existence.

Many ghosts were originally just weak people. If they hadn't suffered great injustice in the human world, who would give up the chance to be reincarnated and fall into a sea of ​​suffering from which they could never be reborn?

These demons in the Abyss of Exile are even more miserable. They were banished to this place simply because of their resentment, and have become beasts that only know how to kill, completely devoid of their own consciousness.

Ghosts in the mortal realm, once they survive the most insane period, will gradually regain their wisdom, but those in the Abyss of Exile did not.

Lin Yi glanced at the list and saw the pages of the Demon-Slaying Manual flipping by quickly. Every single one of them was guilty of heinous crimes, but in reality, had they really committed serious offenses?

For a moment, Lin Yi looked at these moving experience packs and hesitated to use them.

Admittedly, he knew that even if he killed them, it would be justifiable, since they appeared to be alive but were actually dead, and the excessive yin energy would cause them pain.

Killing them is also a way of freeing them.

But as Lin Yi raised his sword, he was still somewhat uneasy. He felt that even if killing them was justifiable, he would still feel uncomfortable.

"Is there any way to dispel the resentment of these evil spirits?"

Lin Yi asked Wuyun for advice, hoping to try his luck, but he didn't have high hopes, after all, Wuyun was just a cat.

"There are solutions, of course, but they're basically impossible to implement!"

Having just eaten the ghost core, Wuyun was in a good mood and became more affectionate towards Lin Yi. It jumped onto Lin Yi's shoulder and lazily said, "The ghosts of the Exile Abyss are all corrupted by the filthy Yin energy. To restore them to normal, you only need to wash away their Yin energy with pure and gentle Yang energy."

But while that's the logic, with so many vengeful ghosts, how much yang energy would they need?

Wu Yun didn't think Lin Yi could do it. He might have enough yang energy to convert one or two evil spirits, but there were tens of millions of evil spirits in the Abyss of Exile, and probably tens of thousands of ghosts on this island as well. Lin Yi couldn't possibly save all the ghosts. It would be better to take him to hunt down those ghosts, which would also help them find liberation.

The ghost core tasted quite good, and it felt its cultivation had improved significantly. Perhaps this trip to the underworld was also a stroke of luck for it.

The way Wuyun cultivates is different from that of humans. It is actually a monster-slaying and leveling-up process, just like how zombies become stronger the more blood they drink. Wuyun is the nemesis of ghosts and can cultivate by eating souls.

However, as a protector, Wuyun doesn't need to be a strong fighter. Its job is to protect Xiaose, so it rarely goes out to hunt. Now that it has fallen into the Abyss of Exile, and has Lin Yi as its powerful backer, it feels like a mouse that has fallen into a rice jar.

Why not take this opportunity to go out and have a good meal?

However, being a calm and collected cat, Cloud will naturally give a complete answer once it has already answered the question.

"Besides forcibly infusing yang energy, there are also methods of deliverance. Both Taoism and Buddhism have scriptures for delivering the souls of the dead. As long as you have enough patience and use your spiritual power to recite the scriptures, you can still deliver some evil spirits to some extent."

Can you convert one or two people a day?

Lin Yi: "..."

The dark cloud had listed all the methods, but faced with such a huge number of dead souls, no matter which method was used, it was all just a drop in the ocean.

"I don't know many Taoist scriptures, but I do know one Buddhist one..."

Lin Yi recalled the story that happened when he and Xiao Se entered a dream, which included the plot of Buddhism flourishing while Taoism declined, and he recited the Heart Sutra of Guanyin at that time.

I don't know if the Heart Sutra is for helping people to be reborn in a better realm. I'll recite it first and see what happens. If it doesn't work, then there's nothing I can do.

Lin Yi made up his mind to try reciting scriptures and help as many people as he could. As for the evil spirits on the island, he would of course deal with them.

It wasn't to slay demons and monsters, but simply to improve one's own cultivation.