"Oh? Go on." I smiled. I hadn't expected Geng Xiu to be thinking about earning merit already. In truth, although I had bought her without expecting her to be of much help, I had indeed considered controlling the black beasts.
Seeing my encouraging gaze, Geng Xiu immediately nodded and said, "There are certain relationships of strength among ancient desolate beasts, because the weak instinctively avoid the strong. If a powerful beast passes through a weaker beast's territory, the weaker one will turn a blind eye as long as its own safety isn't threatened. So we can take advantage of this: capture a powerful desolate beast, control it, and have it carry us inside."
"That is a good idea, but if we don't enter the core, we won't be able to capture any powerful desolate beasts, will we? And Miss Geng, how powerful a desolate beast can you control?" I asked with a smile.
Geng Xiu replied, "As long as it's... dead, I can control it. But I have to inject my control meridians before its Dao Body is destroyed."
"Mm, that shouldn't be a problem. But destroying its spiritual body without destroying its Dao Body—that is the difficult part." I smiled bitterly.
"Y-Yes. It seems Big Brother Xia understands my method of controlling them very well..." Geng Xiu looked at me curiously. I actually knew quite a lot about Walking Corpses. The Liao brothers still hadn't forgotten their old trade and were researching them even now. Taking Geng Xiu back this time would definitely give them a great companion.
"More or less. I've done some research. You extract the spiritual body and inject your own meridians to control it, allowing it to retain its powerful Dao Body while losing its soul and coming under your control. The success rate just