"Fellow Daoist Rong Shao, I suddenly recalled a secret art that may be able to resolve our present predicament. However, this secret art requires certain ghost-path spirit materials, one of which is called Soul Infant Jade, and I do not have any on me. Might you have such an item in your possession?" Song Wen asked.
Rong Shao shook his head with a wry smile.
"No. I cultivate the Longevity Art, an orthodox Daoist cultivation method. I have no use for ghost-path spirit materials."
"Must we truly return to the outside world?" Song Wen murmured.
"Extreme Yin!" Gu Que's voice suddenly rang out. "The two of you have fallen into a misunderstanding. This place is saturated with ghost qi; it is a true blessed land of the ghost path, and it must have nurtured a great number of Yin-attributed heavenly treasures. Perhaps Soul Infant Jade is among them."
"That is indeed true!"
Song Wen then roughly explained the matter to Rong Shao.
Then, the two leaped down the cliff and slowly descended along its sheer face. On one hand, they searched for Soul Infant Jade; on the other, they searched for ghosts suitable for refining ghost puppets.
Although both souls and vengeful ghosts could be used to refine ghost puppets, there was a requirement for their strength: they had to be above the fifth rank.
Such ghosts were not uncommon in Demonfall Valley.
On their way here, the two had encountered several ghosts, but all had been rather weak, merely third or fourth rank, and were easily dealt with.
After descending another hundred thousand li or so, they still had not seen the bottom of the gorge, but they discovered a ghost suitable for refining a ghost puppet.
It was a vengeful ghost transformed from a fifth-rank demon soul. It