Chapter 2229 - 1197: Blood Clothes (Part 3)

The appearance of the radio had changed quite a bit compared to before, its overall size had also shrunk a little, but the sense of danger it gave Yang Xiao remained exactly the same—this was a very dangerous thing.

Yang Xiao had just raised his hand to touch it when Sheng Yanlin cut him off: "Don’t touch it casually with your hand. Use your left hand."

At this moment Yang Xiao finally understood why Sheng Yanlin had first told him to get comfortable controlling this left hand wrapped in black human skin—it was to pave the way for this step.

The black human skin could isolate spiritual power; with it on, it was equivalent to wearing one of those special silver gloves, able to protect him to the greatest extent and keep him from being affected by the Resentful Eye.

Right now this radio hadn’t yet been accepted by the Hundred Demons Coffin Clothes, so it didn’t really count as his.

Before deciding to take this radio, Yang Xiao still wanted to hear the expert opinion of Dean Sheng:

"Elder Sheng, what exactly can this radio do?"

Sheng Yanlin took a deep breath, stared at the radio, and said slowly, "I can’t say anything too definite, but I once appraised something similar for someone. If my guess is correct, it has at least two abilities."

"The first one you already know—it’s that scene you saw at the foot of Youjian Mountain. It can help you create an entire army of Silent Warriors, and they only obey your commands."

"The second is my own conjecture: you can use it to curse-kill your opponents and interfere with the enemy’s Magic Artifacts during battle."

"But as for what form that would specifically take, that I can’t say. In short, this thing is dangerous, that’s all."

"Dangerous both to enemies and to the person holding it." Sheng Yanlin added one last sentence.

Yang Xiao wasn’t afraid of danger; no matter how dangerous, he wasn’t afraid. Anyway, he had his good big sister watching his back—he only cared whether it was useful.

Leaving aside how effective that second, speculative curse-killing ability would be, just the first ability of forging an army of Silent Warriors was enough to move Yang Xiao’s heart.

These days, fighting alone is for suckers. Only after he got Puppets and Mirror Ghosts did Yang Xiao realize just how handy these things were.

And a whole army of Silent Warriors—just thinking about it made his blood boil.

Next time they met, he was definitely going to give that Sect Master a surprise.

If he truly took control of this radio, then in his hands he’d have a real Ghost like the Mirror Ghost, plus Corpse Puppets, and on top of that Living Dead Silent Warriors—Ghosts, corpses, Living Dead, all lined up nicely.

There was nothing to hesitate about. After inviting Dean Sheng out of the Mirror World, Yang Xiao controlled the Hundred Demons Coffin Clothes to take in this radio; the entire process went surprisingly smoothly.

Compared to Sheng Yanlin, his good big sister’s treasure-appraising skills were only better, not worse. Since she was willing to accept this thing, that proved it was absolutely fine.

After confirming there was no problem, Yang Xiao once again invited Dean Sheng back, and the crafty old dean, in order to prevent his Wisdom Stick from being taken, actually came empty-handed this time, leaving the Wisdom Stick in the real world.

After examining the radio and repeatedly confirming that the female demon showed no sign of waking, Dean Sheng finally brought the Wisdom Stick back in.

"What do we do next?" Yang Xiao asked.

"Turn on the radio and leave those three guys here." Sheng Yanlin arranged.

Yang Xiao pressed the mechanical switch, and the radio began to run, but he didn’t hear any sound. Just as he was puzzled, he caught a glimpse of Sheng Yanlin’s expression looking strange off to the side.

A moment later, those three human traffickers who’d been tied up seemed to have been hit by some intense stimulus. They started struggling violently, heartbeats accelerating, eyes blown wide open, eyeballs bulging in a bizarre way, blue veins popping out all over their bodies.

Even though he’d already prepared himself mentally, this scene still rattled Yang Xiao. "Elder Sheng, what should I do next?"

"Leave for now. Come back and take a look first thing tomorrow morning. If any of them are still alive, then you’ve passed the first test." Sheng Yanlin’s gaze was cold, without a shred of emotion.

"But Elder Sheng, this is my secret base, and my Puppets are here. If we leave them here unattended..." Yang Xiao was worried that after he left, something uncontrollable might happen here.

But Sheng Yanlin looked completely unconcerned. He tilted his head and reassured him: "Relax. This radio only works on the living. It has no effect on Puppets, including that little one of yours, Yang Jing."

With Sheng Yanlin’s personal assurance, Yang Xiao finally set his mind at ease and left together with him.

At the last moment before leaving, Yang Xiao turned back to look at the three traffickers. The three of them looked terrifying; the one in the middle was already bleeding from all seven orifices, clearly at the end of his rope.

And he was also the weakest of the three currently alive, only at Low-Level Fierce. For an Angel Envoy at this stage, Yang Xiao felt even using him for Alchemy was beneath him.

The two of them returned to Dean Sheng’s residence. They had just started talking when they heard footsteps outside. Then someone stood at the door and said, in somewhat clumsy Chinese:

"Young priest, Dean Sheng, Tai Wenqin is here, he says he has important matters to report."

"Let him in." Sheng Yanlin stood up excitedly.

Tai Wenqin was the one in charge of liaison between the Esoteric Sect and the domestic Patrol Defense Office. For him to come at this time, it definitely meant there was a message from home.

Sure enough, once Tai Wenqin came in he immediately said, "Dean Sheng, Yang, the domestic Patrol Defense Office has sent back a reply. The two handwritten letters from Dean Sheng have already been handed over to reliable personnel and smoothly delivered to the Mo Family and the Southern Border Liu Family."

"And according to feedback from the intelligence department of the Patrol Defense Office, both families have already begun moving in secret. The Mo Family has recalled several elders stationed abroad, and the Liu Family’s Law Enforcement Team is also drawing elite members. Judging from the intel, both groups will, as agreed, arrive in three days at Taian City, the location of the Jintong Province Office."