Chapter 390: Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul |
Under the doctor's guidance, Yang Haoran and Captain Luo visited all the injured, not only from the Night Watch but also from the Spirit Police.
Among these injured, some were conscious, but others were still in a coma. The former had lighter injuries, while the latter had more severe injuries, with some not yet completely out of danger.
However, their situation, no matter how bad, was better than that of the brothers now lying in the morgue.
In the morgue, a total of six bodies were placed, four from the Spirit Police and two from the Night Watch. The number of Spirit Police was twice that of the Night Watch.
It was not because the Spirit Police were not capable, but rather that the Night Watch was more professional in dealing with ghosts, and the Yin spirit power had a strong suppression effect on ghosts themselves, which was why the Night Watch had half the number of casualties compared to the Spirit Police.
If they had been dealing with zombies or demons instead of ghosts this time, the number of Night Watch casualties would likely have been double that of the Spirit Police.
The six people's deaths were quite tragic, their bodies almost gnawed to the point of being unrecognizable by the ghost infants, with two of them left with only half a body.
Seeing this scene, both Yang Haoran and Captain Luo felt very heavy-hearted, especially Captain Luo, whose face was filled with a pained expression.
In Lecheng, the Spirit Police, like the Night Watch, were not numerous.
However, for the Spirit Police, it was different. Increasing their numbers was not an easy task. The loss of four Spirit Police at once was a significant blow to Captain Luo's spirit and to the overall strength of the Spirit Police team.
Seeing his brothers-in-arms, with whom he had gone through life and death, now separated by the realms of the living and the dead, and not even leaving behind complete corpses, how could he feel at ease?
However, Captain Luo then suddenly seemed to think of something and turned his gaze towards Yang Haoran beside him.
"Divine Envoy Yang, you are the Burial Master of the Yin Division. I know you must have a way to bring them back to life, right?"
Seeing Captain Luo's hopeful expression, Yang Haoran gave a bitter smile.
"I do have a way, but doing so would be breaking the rules of the Yin Division. Usually, if I really did that, and it was investigated from above, I would be in big trouble."
Pausing here, Yang Haoran's gaze fell on the six incomplete and mutilated corpses as he continued, "Moreover, their physical bodies have suffered devastating damage. With such incomplete physical bodies, even if I let them come back to life, what could they do? Do you think they could accept continuing to live with such incomplete physical bodies? Their physical bodies have been utterly destroyed. Even if they come back to life, they may not even be able to take care of themselves in the future. What's the point of letting them live again?"
As his words fell, Yang Haoran sighed and gestured lightly towards the two Night Watch corpses, and two Death Mark Seals drifted out from their bodies and merged into his own.
With these two Death Mark Seals merging into his body, Yang Haoran's power fluctuated noticeably, increasing by a few degrees.
These two Death Mark Seals were the ones he had planted in the two Night Watch members. As long as they had not successfully opened their heaven souls, the Death Mark Seals within them still belonged to him, and he could retrieve them whenever he wanted.
Once retrieved, his power would also increase accordingly. The stronger the retrieved Death Mark Seals, the more Yin spirit power he could gain.
To put it bluntly, the Burial Master had only lent his power to the Night Watch. Before the Night Watch successfully opened their heaven souls, no matter how much their strength increased, that power did not belong to them. Once the Burial Master retrieved the Death Mark Seals, all that power would be transferred to the Burial Master.
Of course, if the Burial Master did not retrieve the Death Mark Seals, that would be another matter.
As long as the Night Watch did not die, Yang Haoran would not actively retrieve the Death Mark Seals within them, as that would be too dishonorable. But after the Night Watch died, he would definitely retrieve the Death Mark Seals and not let their power dissipate in vain.
Yang Haoran's current actions were very normal for a Burial Master. Every Burial Master would do the same. This was fundamentally different from Deng Feng's actions in the past.
Previously, Deng Feng had used secret arts to use the Night Watch's souls and vitality to enhance the power of the Death Mark Seals, greedily benefiting himself through such cruel means. In contrast, Yang Haoran had merely retrieved the Death Mark Seals from the deceased, which were two different things.
Seeing Yang Haoran retrieve the Death Mark Seals from the two Night Watch members, Captain Luo did not find it strange or show any surprise, as he understood this to be a normal occurrence.
Compared to Yang Haoran retrieving the Death Mark Seals, what concerned Captain Luo more was the matter of reviving the deceased Spirit Police.
He had listened carefully to Yang Haoran's words earlier and agreed that what he said made sense. With their physical bodies so damaged, even if they were revived, what would be the point? The deceased likely would not want to continue living with such incomplete physical bodies.
Although he understood this reasoning, Captain Luo still could not let go.
"Is there really no other way?"
"Yang Haoran thought for a moment, then said, "Of course, there is another way, such as borrowing a corpse to return the soul."
"Borrowing a corpse to return the soul?" Captain Luo frowned slightly.
"I believe you've heard of borrowing a corpse to return the soul from movies or other sources. That's right, just like you think, it means borrowing someone else's corpse to achieve the goal of reviving the target. This is borrowing a corpse to return the soul," Yang Haoran explained.
Hearing this, Captain Luo's expression brightened, and he quickly asked, "What conditions are needed for borrowing a corpse to return the soul? Is having a corpse enough?"
Yang Haoran shook his head, denying Captain Luo's statement, and then responded, "You're thinking too simply. Borrowing a corpse to return the soul has high requirements for the corpse. Not just any corpse will do."
"What requirements are needed? Tell me, and I'll prepare," seeing that Yang Haoran did not explain clearly, Captain Luo's expression became a little anxious, and he quickly asked again.
"To borrow a corpse to return the soul, a fresh corpse is the first choice. By fresh, I mean the corpse of someone who has just died, preferably someone who hasn't died yet, and then forcibly extract their soul from their body. That would be the freshest corpse."
Hearing this, the smile on Captain Luo's face disappeared, and his expression became serious.
Yang Haoran glanced at Captain Luo beside him, noticing the change in his expression. He smiled faintly and then asked, "If you want to revive them through the method of borrowing a corpse to return the soul, you must have such a fresh corpse. Do you have one?"
Captain Luo shook his head and said, "No."
"That's understandable. Such a fresh corpse is not easy to come across. Even if you wait in the hospital, you might encounter such a fresh corpse, but obtaining it would be troublesome. The best way is to kill someone fresh, but even I find that method too cruel. Could you bring yourself to do it?" Yang Haoran asked with a smile.
Captain Luo clenched his fists, his face showing a struggle. After a moment, he still shook his head slightly.
To slaughter a living person like livestock was too cruel. Although he wanted his deceased brothers to be revived, he found it difficult to accept using such a cruel method to harm innocent people just to revive his own brothers.
"Is there any other way?" Captain Luo asked.
Yang Haoran did not immediately answer Captain Luo's question. He wiped the smile from his face, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.
"There are other ways, but not to revive them. Instead, it would allow them to live on in another way. However..."
Hearing that Yang Haoran had another way, Captain Luo's heart was filled with joy again.
"However, what?" Captain Luo quickly asked.
"However, from now on, those four cannot be Spirit Police anymore or continue to follow you. They would have to follow me instead," Yang Haoran said.
These words immediately caused Captain Luo to frown slightly.
"Captain Luo, I hope you don't misunderstand. I have no interest in poaching people from you. I have no idea about their abilities, so there's no possibility of poaching them. The reason I say this is that for them to legitimately continue to remain in this world, they would have to follow me. I'm sure you understand what I mean."
Yang Haoran was concerned that Captain Luo might misunderstand, so he immediately explained.
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