Return to the Market (Second Update!)

Zheng Clan Market.

Cultivation chamber.

The surroundings were silent. The Spirit-Gathering Array revolved slowly, continuously seeping strands of spiritual energy tinged with yin energy into the room.

Seated in the place of honor, Zheng Que sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, his eyes half-closed. His fingers formed a hand seal as he used the [Demon Soul Substitute Puppet] to control a soul puppet far away.

Suddenly, the aura around him changed. He immediately cut off the technique and snapped his eyes open.

After sweeping his gaze around the chamber, Zheng Que visibly relaxed.

Good!

He had successfully escaped!

Good thing he had switched opponents with [Evil Shadow Play] just now. Otherwise, things would have been troublesome!

Now, he only hoped that after Yan Bingyi vented her anger by cutting down [Evil Shadow Play], she would not come looking for him again...

At that thought, he quietly let out a breath of stale air.

The biggest problem now was that the "Belly Specter" was still beneath that hillside covered in [Five Baleful Ghost-Eye Orchids].

This was a "specter" he had painstakingly refined. It was immensely powerful, had no intelligence, and obeyed his every command as readily as an arm obeyed the hand. He absolutely could not simply abandon it.

The key was that he had not bestowed an Imperial Conferment upon the "Belly Specter," so he could not summon it into the Underworld.

Otherwise, after entering the Underworld, he could simply summon the "Belly Specter" inside, then use the [Ghost Controlling Technique] to draw it into his palm and bring it straight back to his side...

"I should give the 'Belly Specter' an Imperial Conferment."

"Once the 'Belly Specter' is conferred, it will develop intelligence. That might affect the [Yin Spirit Devours Resentment] technique..."

"But I can use the courtroom block