260: Make a small account

Dead!

The Night Demon, who was famous across the land and whom countless spirits dared not forget even after he had disappeared for over thirty years, was turned into ashes by a single palm strike just like that.

Even though the two spirits held their young master in high regard, they still felt they were too shallow at this moment.

Like a frog at the bottom of a well!

Xu Le shook his head; the Night Demon was not dead!

Although there was quite a bit of Spiritual Qi dissipating on the spot, it was still pitifully little compared to the Blazing Sun Realm.

"Didn't you say we should cooperate? How can we cooperate if you're hiding?"

The trees swayed, and the boy from before walked over. Seeing Xu Le about to raise his hand, he hurriedly waved his own:

"Wait, wait, wait! It's not easy for me to mold a person; this is the last one."

"Sending out a Chang... your sincerity is lacking."

Xu Le curled his lip, his face directly showing his dissatisfaction. Cooperation was fine, but there had to be enough sincerity!

The Night Demon naturally understood Xu Le's meaning, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. "My true body is still suppressed by the Golden Buddha at the Heavenly Buddha Temple. This wisp of spirit that came out had just recovered a bit of strength, and then it was gone."

That little expression was full of grievance.

"Leave. Don't appear before me again."

Xu Le didn't believe him for a second. To have made such a great name for himself in the Spirit Realm with only this much strength—the old monster must be hiding something. The power he had Ghost use just now was barely twenty percent more than what was needed to kill the Spirit Master.

The Night Demon felt extremely stifled.

This was clearly a refusal to cooperate.

He even felt that if he hadn't come out voluntarily, the other party would have already struck him with a palm.

He was once the Night Demon who shook the world!

Could he get a little more respect?

"I have information on the Heavenly Buddha Temple, and I ask for very little."

"No need! If I dare to go, I have the confidence to return."

Xu Le twisted the throttle directly, and the motorcycle roared as it sped into the distance.

The Night Demon hurriedly followed. "Don't be in such a hurry. Let's talk some more. I can teach you the method of Creating Chang."

"No need! Having paper figurines is also very convenient."

"Those paper figurines have low intelligence and can only complete the most basic commands. A Chang is different. Not only can it perfectly disguise itself as a human, it can even become your eyes—seeing what you see, saying what you say—and it even possesses significant means of self-preservation."

The Night Demon was originally very reluctant to sell his unique secret technique, but as he spoke, he started boasting, giving off a vibe of "you can't lose, you can't be cheated, buy now."

"Useless. In terms of strength, it's not even as good as a paper figurine," Xu Le spat out coldly.

Even though he knew the other party was driving down the price, the Night Demon was still infuriated. Crucially, he couldn't refute it; because of the special materials used, a Chang's strength really couldn't compare to a paper figurine.

Seeing Xu Le riding away on his motorcycle again, the Night Demon gritted his teeth and ran in front of Xu Le once more.

"I'll add another secret technique—the Soul Splitting Secret Technique! You can't use it yourself, but you can give it to your ancestral spirit. It allows it to create a Clone. It's like having two lives; even if the Clone or the main body is destroyed, the other part can recover."

It seemed very powerful, but it also contained a major flaw.

Splitting the spirit not only weakened its strength, but it wasn't as simple as 3-1=2; it might become 3-1=1.6, with the main body's strength dropping by nearly half.

Even as time passed and the spirit's injuries healed, the main body could only recover to 95% at most.

This was also why he hadn't achieved a Breakthrough in all these years, even though he had clearly seen the path.

Unfortunately, he was just a little bit short in the end.

Furthermore, for a Split Soul to be powerful, more of the spirit had to be split off, which meant the main body would suffer more damage and be harder to recover.

If too little of the spirit was split off, it would be like those newborn spirits; it would take an unknown amount of time to become powerful, and one mistake could lead to its demise.

Xu Le chatted with the Night Demon for a while. The other party kept things tightly hidden, but Xu Le understood easily.

After all, his experiences over the years hadn't been for nothing.

However, he still agreed to the cooperation.

For the Night Demon, splitting the spirit was a huge loss, but for Ghost, Xu Le hadn't even been able to bring out a single finger of its so far. Splitting off a spirit suitable for his current Realm probably wouldn't even count as a superficial wound.

"Tell me your conditions!"

"I only need you to help break the Seal and release my true body."

"Deal!" Xu Le agreed immediately.

Ghost in the Ancestral Spirit Space almost jumped for joy in excitement, but it restrained itself. It couldn't let its master worry.

After all these years, it could finally leave the space and accompany its master outside.

"However..." the Night Demon hesitated, "I'll only pay half the reward for now. I'll give you the 'Soul Splitting Secret Technique' first. As for 'Creating Chang', he will give it to you personally after you release my true body."

"Fine!" Xu Le agreed.

He had some interest in Creating Chang, but not much. On the contrary, he was determined to get the Soul Splitting Secret Technique, even if it meant killing the Chang in front of him and hunting him to the ends of the earth.

The Night Demon didn't know that the Chang he was currently inhabiting was being targeted, and he felt a sudden chill for some reason.

Xu Le took the secret technique and scanned it. Ghost didn't come out of the space, but through Xu Le's mind, it also learned the method.

For an ordinary ancestral spirit, it might take a month or two to Cultivate, but Ghost was essentially a god and easily cut out a wisp of a Split Soul the size of an ant egg.

Following the secret technique, the Split Soul Cultivated slightly and took on the appearance of a shrunken version of Ghost.

Xu Le glanced at his status panel, which he hadn't looked at for nearly two years:

[Name] Xu Le

[Class] Spirit Tamer

[Rank] 26

[Talent] Innate Divinity

[Strength] 1

[Agility] 1

[Physique] 1

[spirit] 92.12

[Skill] Paper Control Technique (Others under Seal)

[Equipment] Under Seal

[Items] paper ring... There was no Bottleneck at Rank 20. After the Breakthrough at Rank 20, the attributes increased just like at Rank 10, still gaining 5 points of Mental Energy per Rank.

He vaguely felt that his spirit was about to undergo a new mutation, but it was still a bit short; it would probably take reaching Rank 30.

In this world, for a Spirit Tamer, slaying evil spirits and absorbing the dissipating Spiritual Qi was the true path.

Because of Ghost, Xu Le could enjoy the nourishment of the densest Divine Soul power at all times. The only thing limiting his growth was his Mortal-Rank Soul.

Little Ghost was essentially god-Rank. Combined with Xu Le's terrifying quantity of Mental Energy and its once-transformed quality, it grew rapidly, quickly going from the size of an ant egg to the size of an ant.

It wasn't that Ghost couldn't split off more of its spirit, but rather that Xu Le had to do this step himself so that the control would be effortless.

An hour later, Xu Le suddenly stopped the bike. With a thought, Little Ghost appeared before him.

"Finally at the candlelight realm!"

Xu Le sweated inwardly. Although he had killed two Blazing Sun Ranks, his true strength was only at the candlelight realm right now. The next step was to continue using Mental Energy to help Little Ghost condense its Lifebound Treasure.

Next to him, the Night Demon, who was introducing the Heavenly Buddha Temple, almost burst out laughing when he saw Little Ghost. Such a tiny thing, something that could be crushed with a single finger—what was the use of splitting it off?

Wait, it had only been an hour. How did his ancestral spirit learn the Soul Splitting Technique?