Niu Youdao asked, "Refining this thing requires taking Shang Shuqing's vital blood?"
Zhao Xiongge knew what he suspected. "You're overthinking it. No matter how many Crow Generals are refined, it doesn't require much of a person's vital blood. One only needs to dip a needle in blood and pierce the crown of the Crow General being refined. It won't cause enough blood loss to kill anyone. The purpose is merely to make the Crow Generals acknowledge their master. Once they do, if the Grand General lives, the Crow Generals live; if the Grand General dies and departs, they follow after, utterly loyal, their souls returning to the netherworld together!"
"With the military tally gone, who could still command them? In other words, once Shang Shuqing dies, those Crow Generals will no longer exist in this world. Their blood and qi are already linked."
"And that military tally is already connected to Shang Shuqing's bloodline and her life. If it is forcibly stripped away, Shang Shuqing will not survive either. That is why I said I cannot decipher it. It has to be Shang Shuqing herself. Everything must follow its natural course!"
Niu Youdao's expression turned grave. "So those hundred thousand Crow Generals truly exist?"
Zhao Xiongge said, "Ghost Face appeared on Shang Shuqing's face, so the Crow Generals definitely exist. As for whether there are a hundred thousand of them, I have no idea. But judging from the situation back then, one can imagine it. Senior Brother Dongguo often followed Prince Ning's army on campaign. His purpose was likely to collect the yin souls of the fallen."
"Prince Ning led Yan Kingdom's armies east and west in conquest. How could the soldiers who died in battle have numbered only a hundred thousand?"
"To refine Crow Generals utterly loyal to Shang