Paper Figures Walk by Night

(The Three Rivers feature and the release date had both been pushed back again. If the release went ahead on the first, it would clash with the great Er Gen... At this rate, the only option was to slow the update schedule.) "Using Wandering Soul and other ghosts as lamp oil really does work. It saves me most of my magical power, and it's far better than Incense Oil... Oh, well. No one can see me here anyway. As for scruples, I'll just pretend I don't have any..."

With that thought, Tang Changsheng recalled his Guardian Yin Soldiers.

Sure enough, before fifteen minutes had passed, the Wandering Soul and other ghosts drifted back, remembering the food but not the beating.

After all, they had no intelligence, only a few lingering instincts. Drawn by the Ritual Food, they naturally gathered around it.

This time, Tang Changsheng showed no hesitation. He pointed, and a beam of lamplight shot out, setting a Wandering Soul more than a hundred feet away alight. The flame licked out and snapped back, dragging the Ghost Creature in to burn slowly.

The Primordial Yang Divine Lamp gave a faint crackle. A tiny lamp blossom bloomed in its flame, and its light blazed brighter.

Tang Changsheng once again felt the power he had felt during the Three Households' Ancestor Worship, when he had commanded the combined power of their prayers—as though he could do almost anything.

"It really is useful!" Tang Changsheng murmured. With another casual gesture, he consecrated a whole table of Ritual Food.

At last, his task was done. The Dharma Money, Ritual Food, and everything else the Ghost Messenger needed were ready.

It had certainly saved Tang Changsheng an enormous amount of work!

The Primordial Yang Divine Lamp went out before him. Tang Changsheng sent out