Yin energy is not something that living things can have. Even if the Yin evil skills practiced are stained with yin energy, it is just an appearance. There must be no escape from the support of yang energy inside, otherwise nothing can survive.
The ones with heavy Yin energy can only be evil things. Or rather a ghost.
Moreover, ghosts have always been said to be "possessed", which explains how to bring Yin energy into living people.
Zhang Yan had already seen what wild ghosts were like last night, and even used rituals to liberate six of them. So he clearly remembers the evil spirit in the wild ghosts. Even those wild ghosts, before they were saved, the yin energy on their bodies was definitely not as heavy as the yin energy emanating from the corpses of the three refugees.
"That was not the work of wild ghosts, at least it was done by one or a few fierce ghosts." Zhang Yan soon had a suspicion in his mind.
There is essentially no difference between wild ghosts and fierce ghosts, even the ghost king. The reason why they are called separately is because these kinds of ghosts have different levels of evil, different intelligence, and even different methods.
Although wild ghosts are also ghosts, they are basically not harmful to humans or to living creatures. They cannot manifest any means, nor can they possess living people with normal yang energy, nor do they have the ability to directly interfere with physical objects. To stir up the dark wind and create some specious hallucinations to scare people, this is the limit of the wild ghosts' abilities. Even wild ghosts don't want to stay in places with many living people, because the yang energy is too strong and they will instinctively feel uncomfortable, just like bats don't like to be exposed in the sun.
Therefore, wild ghosts usually appear in the wild or in places where there are not many people. Wild ghost, that's how it got its name.
As straightforward as the name of the wild ghost is the fierce ghost. As the name suggests, powerful ghosts are called fierce ghosts.
Different from wild ghosts, because when they transform into ghosts, they have more obsessions and are accompanied by deep hostility, which allows fierce ghosts to break free from the shackles of heaven and earth more completely. Not only do they have relatively complete spiritual intelligence, but they also have some means of murder based on yin energy. . They can lie dormant in densely populated areas for long periods of time, sinking underground to avoid the scorching sun during the day, and emerging to make trouble at night.
Fierce ghosts can possess most ordinary people, and can also use their own Yin energy to interfere with physical objects and directly affect them. At the same time, they can also strengthen themselves by capturing negative emotions such as fear and violence in living souls. Some powerful ghosts can even reach the point of directly devouring living souls. It is precisely because the methods of evil ghosts are powerful and can affect living people, the harm they do is not comparable to that of wild ghosts.
In Zhang Yan's opinion, the three refugees who were frightened to death were probably possessed by evil spirits and used fantasy to induce them to have some kind of fear that was beyond their ability to bear. It is not even ruled out that after the three people were frightened to death, their souls left their bodies and were swallowed by the evil spirit that possessed them before they could return to heaven and earth.
Zhang Yan's guess is also based on the residual Yin Qi on the corpse. After all, the residual Yin Qi is heavier than the Yin Qi on ordinary wild ghosts. So how much Yin Qi should the ghosts possessing them have?
As for why Zhang Yan didn't guess a more powerful ghost king, it was mainly because there were too few ghost kings, and they were beings who knew how to cultivate ghosts. He didn't think that kind of being would take action for the lives of a few ordinary people. Compared to ordinary people, aren't ordinary warriors in the Body Tempering Realm more suitable to become the target of the Ghost King?
We walked all the way back to Xuanhua City and found a small stall selling breakfast and sat down.
"A bowl of porridge and two meatloaf. Did you bring pickles? Let's have a plate too."
"Okay, wait a moment, two meatloaf, a bowl of porridge, and a plate of pickles!"
The stall is small, and it looks like it's a husband-and-wife team. The woman's family is busy working on the stove, and the man's family is greeting guests. There were four tables around, facing the street and placed at the entrance of the alley. They were full as soon as Zhang Yan sat down.
"Boss, are there any refugees in Xuanhua City?"
"Yes! There are refugees coming here all year round, but not too many."
"Oh, then no one will care about them when they come to the city?" Zhang Yan took the chopsticks from the store, then picked up the hot porridge and pancakes that had just arrived and started eating. While eating, he found every opportunity to chat with the busy store owner.
"Why is no one taking care of it? The yamen specially set up a homeless hall, put out porridge, and did other processing work so that those people can support themselves. When those people have enough money, they will be allowed to go back to their place of origin."
When Zhang Yan heard this, he felt that it was quite humane. He originally thought that the refugees would be arrested and beaten and then repatriated. Now, this approach of Nanyuan Kingdom is very reasonable.
The stall owner didn't care either. He saw a lot of people in a day and would never take it seriously if he just exchanged a few words. And it's not strange to ask about refugees. Many businessmen like to find refugees as part-time workers. They are cheap and can be used to death.
After having breakfast and paying the bill, Zhang Yan followed the stall owner's instructions and walked all the way to the east of the city. After asking passers-by, he saw the so-called homeless people's hall in an alley that was not the main street. It was a somewhat shabby-looking room, in which sat two middle-aged men with casual looks, dressed as scribes, who should be officials from the local government in Xuanhua City.
The refugee hall was deserted, and it could be seen that there were not many refugees in Xuanhua City as the breakfast stall owner said.
"What's the matter?" The two people in the room saw Zhang Yan coming in. At first glance, they saw that Zhang Yan was not a refugee, but a businessman who came to recruit workers?
"Hello, two officials. I am Wu Ming. I am a story writer. I just arrived in Xuanhua City some time ago. I was planning to go to Yubei Mountain to have a look. I wanted to write some books about the military to sell. I don't want to hear about it. I thought it could be written about the inexplicable things that scared the refugees to death in Xuanhua City, so I wanted to come here to learn more about the situation.
Of course, I understand the rules, so I ask you this question for no reason. Is this just tea money for you two, just treat it as making friends? "
As Zhang Yan said this, he handed over the two small paper bags he had prepared before. Inside was what he called "tea money." Asking for help, the methods are the same in all worlds. Otherwise, why should others help you if they don’t owe you anything?
As for the "Huaben", it is a small book in the Wild Sky Realm, or an idle book here, and it has everything in it. He learned about it from Lin Zedong, who was a loyal buyer of storybooks. In my free time, I also told Zhang Yan a lot about Huaben. That's why Zhang Yan used the storybook as his temporary excuse.
"Writer of scripts?" The two officials looked at each other and put the small paper package on the table away in tacit agreement. After weighing it, they were satisfied with the weight. Moreover, although the storyteller is not on the stage, he is still considered a scholar, and he can be in the same circle with them. At this time, it is not impossible to make things convenient for the other party during his free time.
"Yes, can you two officials give me a few words?"
"Haha, okay, although I don't think anyone will buy this kind of thing if I write about it, but since you have come here, let me tell you a few words. You want to know about the three refugees who died last night, right? Right? Actually, this is not the first time that a refugee has died so inexplicably..."
