Passing on the Lamp of the Buddha's Heart: Infusing Wu Song with Spiritual Power, and the Emergency Headband Is Developed! (Continued)

"A man whose righteousness overflowed the sky like this is exactly the kind of comrade-in-arms our army needs!

"If he could hold the line here, he would surely be able to support and protect forces from every direction."

"However, my husband..."

Lady Ji, standing beside him, frowned slightly and raised a crucial question.

"Since Deng Fei was such a loyal and righteous man, why use such a roundabout method to 'bait the nest and fish'?

"Why not simply have Dai Zong summon his spirit through brotherhood and loyalty?"

"My lady, there is something you do not know." Lin Chen's expression grew grave as he pointed at the Suanni on the bronze incense burner.

"This Suanni is one of the Dragon's Nine Sons. It delights in devouring tigers and leopards, and its nature carries the instinct of an exceedingly savage ferocious beast.

"Moreover, in the Water Margin novel, Deng Fei's appearance is described as exceptionally vicious. There is a line that says—

"'Having feasted often on human flesh, both eyes were red'!

"Though I do not know whether that was an exaggerated nickname boasted about in the martial world, or whether he truly ate human flesh to survive...

"one thing is certain: Deng Fei was clearly deeply influenced by the 'Suanni' fate.

"Deep within his soul, an incomparably savage beast's instinct to devour people has been suppressed!"

Lin Chen drew a deep breath. "He is now an ownerless dead soul sleeping beneath West Lake.

"He has soaked in a place filled with yin balefulness and blood qi for centuries.

"His soul's current state must surely be more beastly than human.

"If we summon his spirit directly without making every preparation, we may very well summon a red-eyed monster that knows only slaughter!

"That is why I prepared one final, exceedingly reliable