Chapter 563: Cultivating Spirit Medium Arts
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After returning to the villa from the Ghost Cave, Yang Haoran suddenly remembered something very important. He had wanted to do this for a long time, but because he had been busy all day long, he had actually forgotten about it. Now that he remembered, he felt he should handle it first.
This matter was about cultivating the Spirit Medium art that would allow his soul to quickly coalesce into a Spirit and escape after his physical body died.
Back when Zhao Hong died, all of her collected items became Yang Haoran's spoils. Among these collected items, Yang Haoran wasn't sure if this particular Spirit Medium art existed, because he had acquired quite a few Spirit Medium arts from Zhao Hong, and at the time, he hadn't examined each one closely.
In his study, Yang Haoran retrieved all the Spirit Medium arts he had obtained from Zhao Hong from his independent spatial storage, then carefully flipped through them, searching. Finally, he really did find this particular Spirit Medium art.
This Spirit Medium art was called 'Spirit Transformation'. Once successfully cultivated, if the physical body suffered a devastating blow, then the soul would immediately coalesce into a Spirit and remain in an awakened state, allowing the cultivator to seek an opportunity to escape.
Because a Spirit Medium's Communication Power was extremely similar to an Underworld Official's Spirit Power, both in form and nature, Underworld Officials could cultivate Spirit Medium arts. Similarly, Spirit Mediums could cultivate Underworld Official Ghost Arts.
However, whether it was a Ghost Art or a Spirit Medium art, to cultivate it successfully, one absolutely needed the corresponding hand seals and incantations; neither could be omitted.
If a Spirit Medium cultivated too many Underworld Official Ghost Arts, their Communication Power would transform into Spirit Power. Similarly, if an Underworld Official cultivated too many Spirit Medium arts, their Spirit Power would also transform into Communication Power.
If a Spirit Medium's Communication Power transformed into Spirit Power, they would inevitably be misunderstood by their peers, causing unnecessary trouble, and might even be mistaken for an Underworld Official by their peers, leading to assassination attempts.
However, if an Underworld Official's Spirit Power transformed into Communication Power, the consequences would be even more severe. Not only would they be mistaken for Spirit Mediums by other Underworld Officials and be attacked by them, but they would also face severe punishment from the organization.
The Underworld Office had explicit regulations: No Underworld Official or Ghost Official was ever allowed to cultivate Spirit Medium arts. Even the lowest-ranked Night Watchers in the Underworld Office were absolutely forbidden from cultivating Spirit Medium arts. Once someone was discovered cultivating it, it was a capital offense. Whether an Underworld Official, a Ghost Official, or the lowest-ranked Night Watcher, once they cultivated Spirit Medium arts, there was only one path: death.
Precisely because the cost of cultivating Spirit Medium arts was too great, the number of Underworld Officials in the entire Underworld Office who dared to secretly cultivate Spirit Medium arts, while not zero, was extremely small, because no one wanted to pay such a hefty price.
Similarly, not many Spirit Mediums cultivated Ghost Arts. Fear of being mistaken for an Underworld Official by their peers was only one reason; another reason was that they didn't quite look up to the Underworld Office's Ghost Arts. It wasn't that the Underworld Office's Ghost Arts weren't powerful enough, but rather that, as Spirit Mediums, they disdained cultivating Ghost Arts.
Of course, not all Spirit Mediums thought this way. There were still some more flexible-minded Spirit Mediums who would cultivate Ghost Arts. However, because Ghost Arts were extremely difficult to find, let alone being hard for Spirit Mediums to acquire, even many Underworld Officials and Ghost Officials didn't know many Ghost Arts themselves.
All in all, however, there were definitely more Spirit Mediums who dared to cultivate Ghost Arts than Underworld Officials who dared to cultivate Spirit Medium arts, because the former's required cost was far less than the latter's.
As for how to determine if a Spirit Medium who had cultivated Ghost Arts was not an Underworld Official, one only needed to look at their Guardian Spirit. Even if their Communication Power had completely transformed into Spirit Power due to cultivating too many Ghost Arts, if they had a Guardian Spirit, then they were definitely a Spirit Medium, because Underworld Officials did not have Guardian Spirits.
As for how to determine if an Underworld Official who had cultivated Spirit Medium arts was not a Spirit Medium, one would have to see if they had a Soul Armament. Someone with a Soul Armament was definitely not a Spirit Medium.
As an Underworld Official, Yang Haoran was well aware of the consequences of cultivating Spirit Medium arts. However, he did not give up on cultivating the secret Spirit Medium art 'Spirit Transformation' because of this, because he wasn't afraid of adding another capital offense to his name now.
Massively raising ghosts, and manipulating them to work for him, was already a capital offense.
Privately forging a Soul-Refining Cauldron, and using souls to refine Soul Pills, was an even greater capital offense. This alone was enough for him to die a hundred times over.
His current actions too often broke the Underworld Office's rules. Having already committed many capital offenses, he naturally wasn't afraid of adding another crime to his list.
However, with his cautious nature, he certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to cultivate too many Spirit Medium arts. Although he currently possessed many Spirit Medium arts, and even some secret Spirit Medium arts, he wasn't prepared to touch any of them. Once too many Spirit Medium arts were cultivated, his Spirit Power would change, and even a slight change would plunge him into a state of eternal perdition.
Therefore, he only intended to cultivate the secret Spirit Medium art 'Spirit Transformation', to give himself an extra life-saving method. By cultivating only one Spirit Medium art, his Spirit Power wouldn't undergo any significant changes.
To ensure that cultivating one Spirit Medium art wouldn't affect his Spirit Power, Yang Haoran looked through a lot of materials again, and after confirming the matter through multiple sources once more, he then began to cultivate the secret Spirit Medium art 'Spirit Transformation'.
The secret Spirit Medium art 'Spirit Transformation' was not difficult to cultivate. Yang Haoran only took a few short days to successfully cultivate this art.
After successfully cultivating this art, the first thing he did was to immediately release his Spirit Power, then carefully sense the changes in his Spirit Power. Only after confirming that his Spirit Power hadn't changed in the slightest did he completely set his mind at ease.
If it weren't for the tremendous allure of the secret Spirit Medium art 'Spirit Transformation' to Yang Haoran, with his cautious nature, he absolutely wouldn't have cultivated Spirit Medium arts. It was simply too risky for him; if any accident occurred, he wouldn't even have time for regret.
It was precisely for this reason that before cultivating 'Spirit Transformation', he consulted numerous sources and reviewed extensive materials to verify the safety of this approach.
Even after confirming the safety of this approach through various channels, he still couldn't help but feel a little anxious. It wasn't until now, after carefully sensing that his Spirit Power hadn't changed at all, that he completely put his mind at ease.
Although he wasn't afraid of adding another capital offense to his name, he was afraid that once he used his Spirit Power, it would expose the secret that he had cultivated Spirit Medium arts, because that would be purely courting death.
After successfully cultivating 'Spirit Transformation', Yang Haoran had secured a life-saving contingency for himself. He still had quite a few Spirit Medium arts in his possession, but at present, he didn't dare to touch even a bit of them.
However, he didn't intend to let all these Spirit Medium arts rot in his hands. Since he had acquired them, he would certainly have to find a way to unleash their value. However, this was not something that could be accomplished overnight; he still needed to plan it out carefully.
On the second day after Yang Haoran successfully cultivated the Spirit Medium art 'Spirit Transformation', Ye Zhiqiu also successfully completed his mission and returned to the villa. This time, he had been out on a mission for quite a long time, but the harvest he brought back greatly surprised Yang Haoran: It turned out to be two powerful Evil Spirits.
This was Ye Zhiqiu's most fruitful mission since he began working under Yang Haoran, but it was also a mission for which he paid a huge price, because he had suffered very serious injuries this time. Moonlit Night God
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