But the ghost-expelling technique that a Wohu Colonel must master is not simply about driving away lingering spirits that refuse to leave. “Expel” means not only to drive out, but also to command. This technique also has methods for commanding, allowing one to use certain abilities of spirits.

Chimeras, demons, monsters, and spirits all have their own characteristics.

No matter how strong a Wohu Colonel is, it’s impossible to cover every aspect alone. By commanding different ghosts, they can provide a lot of support when capturing demons and monsters. In later generations, these ghosts who contributed under command were often worshipped and became the ghost soldiers and generals of the City God.

And for the two thousand years after the Han dynasty, the ghost-expelling and spirit-summoning methods of various sects mostly originated from this.

Evan Wade fingered the Wohu badge at his waist, deep in thought.

If, in other places, commanding ghosts requires first finding a yin entity, then subduing it before it can be used, then right now, there are five yin entities in this museum. If he could successfully persuade them to accept his command, at least he’d have a bit more confidence facing the fierce ghost that seemed to be haunting him.

He thought of the water ghost that had been knocked down directly, and silently added another thought.

Probably...

No matter what, being able to open the Yin-Yang Eyes and master supernatural powers that only exist in stories still made Evan Wade feel a bit more at ease. It seemed that when he branded the ghost-expelling talisman, his body also underwent some strange change. Even though he had only slept for two hours, Evan Wade didn’t feel tired at all.

He rolled his shoulders, then prepared to get out of bed to find those ghosts.

Then Evan Wade paused, his movements stopping, his gaze freezing.

A pair of gold-embroidered red shoes sat quietly on the floor.

The toes pointed directly at his bed.

About four meters away.

Outside the window, it was pitch black, and there wasn’t a sound.

It was as if he was the only person left in the world.

After a long silence, Evan Wade let out a slight sigh.

He got out of bed and walked over.

Then.

He kicked the red embroidered shoes away.

...

A pitch-black car sped down the highway.

In the front seats sat two young men with bulging muscles.

In the back sat a young woman, with neat short hair, a suit, black high heels, a lady’s cigarette between her fingers, and the other hand tapping on a keyboard. She frowned slightly at the screen, and as she watched the rising curve, she felt her blood pressure rising as well.

In recent years, the concentration of spiritual energy had been steadily increasing.

The frequency of certain incidents was also rising.

On Blue Star: Huaguo, Mist City, Sakura Island, Celtic.

These countries, unlike another short-lived nation, whether discovering and resolving such matters domestically or once being attached to a suzerain, all have methods in their history to deal with chimeras, demons, and monsters. Especially in Huaguo, at the very beginning of the spiritual energy revival, most such incidents were forcibly suppressed, preventing them from disturbing the normal lives of ordinary people.

Across the vast land of Shenzhou, Buddhist and Daoist disciples were directly mobilized. Whenever minor demons appeared, they were immediately crushed with an iron fist.

But now, some things can no longer be suppressed.

The speed at which spiritual energy concentration is rising is too fast—almost spiking at a single point.

And the numbers are simply too great.

All Daoist and Buddhist disciples with any cultivation have been mobilized, forming two types of special personnel.

One group is responsible for researching and popularizing spiritual cultivation.

The other is responsible for going out to subdue demons and exorcise evil.

Everyone in this car belonged to the latter, under the Shangqing Weiming Sect of Daoism.

“There’s a case in Quanshi, possibly the work of a demon.”

The woman pulled up a map and said concisely:

“Divert to Quanshi and take care of it.”

The man driving frowned:

“Captain, we still have another mission.”

“There’s still some time before the rendezvous. Let’s handle the Quanshi case first.”

“But...”

“No buts.”

The lady’s cigarette in the woman’s hand vanished silently. She rubbed her brow and said:

“Before spiritual cultivation reaches Huaguo’s safety standards and can be widely taught, ordinary people have little ability to resist these demons. Only we can fight them.”

“If we don’t do it, who will?”

She paused, then said:

“After all, we’re not like them.”

The two men fell silent.

A sense of responsibility to protect the weak, mixed with the pride of the strong, surfaced.

Yes, they were different.

Unlike ordinary people, they were cultivators.

If they didn’t do it, who else could handle these demons?

The man nodded, turned the steering wheel, and the black sedan changed course, entering the Quanshi area.

Chapter 0008: Supernatural Power

The few sleeping ghosts were woken up by Evan Wade banging on the door.

Although they had become ghosts, they were not fierce spirits. The influence of their former lives still lingered. In fact, most ghosts without rationality would act according to the habits formed in life, while these rational wandering souls still retained the habit of sleeping and resting—especially after today’s fright, even more so.

At this moment, they all sat in front of Evan Wade, bleary-eyed.