Chapter 712: The Evil Spirit Returning from the Sea, the Story and Fate Weaved

"Inazuma believes in ghosts and gods, and uses ghosts to describe their power." Jiang Yi had finished chatting with Kurisu and had some ideas in his mind.

"To deal with evil, we can only fight violence with violence, so that they will be afraid."

"We are not suitable to resist, and neither are the merchants from the International Chamber of Commerce. However... the deceased merchants from the International Chamber of Commerce are suitable."

In his hand he held a blue-purple crystal, a piece of "crystallized bone marrow" that he had taken from the Chamber of Commerce.

Crystallized bone marrow, a crystal containing the power of the "evil spirit".

In Inazuma, the so-called "evil spirit" is the skeleton of the god itself, as well as the strange phenomena brought about by the skeleton of the god.

The Demon God's skeleton has boundless power. The ore generated from its power, if added during smelting, can greatly improve the strength and toughness of steel products.

For Jiang Yi, it is also a high-end food.

Without the dragon skeleton of King Ruota, if Jiang Yi wants to condense the golden marrow, he can only choose to eat the "divine body of Guyun Hanlin" obtained from the Liyue Secret Realm. This divine body is a reward created by the Emperor. The petrified ancient tree in the secret book can hardly break free from the rules, so it can only be given to Jiang Yi according to the rules of the challenge.

Therefore, Jiang Yi didn't have much in his hands. Moreover, a portion of "Guoyun Hanlin's Divine Body" could only extract a few strands of golden marrow power, not even one tenth of a drop.

The quality of "The Holy Remains of Guyun Hanlin" is lower than that of the divine body, and is even worse.

The quality of this crystallized bone marrow was only equivalent to the Holy Relic, no! It was even weaker, a derivative, equivalent to Durin's Scarlet Chalcedony, and full of ominous impurities.

It can increase your strength, but if you want to condense the golden marrow, I don’t know how many boxes you’ll need to squeeze out a bit of it.

However, this useless thing can now be used to do something.

Jiang Yi showed a cold smile.

Ying and Paimon shuddered.

"What does the dead merchants from the International Chamber of Commerce mean?" Paimon asked anxiously.

"I asked Kurisu whether there were any merchants in the Wan Guo Chamber of Commerce who lost everything because of taxes, died while fleeing the island, or committed suicide because they couldn't make ends meet, or merchants who were filled with hatred."

Jiang Yi turned the "Crystallized Bone Marrow" and said, "If there is, I will accept the wishes of the souls in the sea and give them the power of revenge."

"If not, I will use the power of dreams to create one myself."

Ying stared at Jiang Yi: "If Hu Tao knew you did this, she would be furious."

"This is not Liyue. People who died unjustly cannot get justice through the law. I don't think I did anything wrong." Jiang Yi lowered his eyes. "I didn't intend to kill anyone. I can only plant nightmares in them to change the situation of the living merchants."

"There is another force in Inazuma that can be used to help the International Chamber of Commerce."

Paimon scratched his head and thought about it, but he didn't expect it.

"Shrine!" Jiang Yi looked far away. "It's useless to go directly to the shrine. The witches won't care and have no power. So, I wrote such a story."

"The merchant who was oppressed by the Kande Bugyo died with hatred. His soul came to the seaside and was attracted by the accumulated 'Crystallized Marrow'. After getting close, he was affected by the evil spirit in the 'Crystallized Marrow' and turned into a powerful evil spirit."

"It just so happens that a pirate in the sea brought back a long-lost humanoid mechanism, the Magic Puppet Sword Ghost, by boat."

"The evil spirits first possessed seabirds, hoping to escape from Inazuma and return to their hometown, but they were unable to do so. So they found the magic puppet sword ghost and possessed it. Taking advantage of the morning mist in the sea, they relied on the evil spirits' illusion to come to the shore when no one noticed."

"During the day, he attacked in retaliation using the body of the Demon Sword Demon, but failed."

"So, he hated and resented it even more, and chose to take revenge on Keijiro, the first person in charge of taxation. In his horrified dream, he learned the truth that Keijiro was working for the officials above him, raising taxes to amass wealth."

"The evil spirit does not yet have the ability to kill, it can only torture, absorb people's fear, gain strength, and spread the nightmare outward to haunt other ashigaru and officials involved in this matter."

"Keijiro was controlled and the account book was dug out. The account book was accidentally discovered by the people of the International Chamber of Commerce, but they were powerless to do anything."

"The evil spirits still have a last bit of sanity and will not harm the Universal Chamber of Commerce that helped them."

"The gods do not hear the suffering of the world, and the practice of bullying people is too much. This evil spirit that gathers the resentment and unwillingness of all foreign merchants has become increasingly powerful."

"A nightmare looms over the outlying islands, and those involved in tax collection are in a state of panic."

“I felt like I was about to be killed.”

"The Kanjo Bugyo tried many methods but failed to exorcise the evil spirit, so they had to suppress the matter. They didn't want to be considered incompetent, so they didn't dare to bother General Raiden, so they secretly sought a solution."

"The shrine maiden is their choice."

"Ordinary shrine maidens still couldn't deal with the evil spirits, so they turned to the most powerful shrine maiden at the largest shrine in Inazuma."

Jiang Yi tells stories as if he is weaving destiny.

The "Crystallized Bone Marrow" in his hand turned into powder, and the ominous power of the evil spirit dissipated. Wisps of black gas appeared in the air. Those were the resentment and hatred accumulated by the merchants of the International Chamber of Commerce.

All it takes is a real or fake soul to coalesce into a vengeful evil ghost.

"You've gone to so much trouble to find the shrine maiden. Can she change the situation of the merchants from all over the world?" Paimon asked.

"Yes! I have given her a reason, if she is willing to say so." Jiang Yi said, "Evil spirits are difficult to eliminate, but if you can eliminate the hatred of the merchants of the International Chamber of Commerce, the evil spirits will be like rootless duckweed, unable to cause trouble, and will naturally disappear."

"However, if it continues to arouse the hatred of merchants in the future, the evil spirit is likely to appear again."

"I want to turn this into a legend, so that the world will have a sea demon named Yinmara who gathers a lot of resentment and hatred, to warn every generation of Kanjo Bugyo executors on the outlying islands."

Yin Mara ghost, "Yin" means the five aggregates, "Mara" means devil and evil ghost, and "ghost" means non-human world.

The culture of Inazuma is similar to that of a certain country before Jiang Yi traveled through time, so Onmara ghost can also be translated as "devil of the underworld" in Inazuma.

But in order to adapt to local conditions, Jiang Yi naturally made some changes to the legend of this ghost, and did not restrict it to a deceased man.

Ying couldn't help with this matter, so Jiang Yi had to do it alone.

First, use illusion to add some evil spirit aura to the puppet sword ghost.

Then, fly to the seaside and look for it along the earth veins.

……

The demon sword puppet, filled with a cold aura, had a huge, ferocious ghost face that looked like a real roaring vengeful spirit, and it caught the eyes of Inazuma's defenders.

The power of wind and ice, as well as its terrifying mechanical body, allowed the Demon Sword Demon to injure many soldiers.

Lord Kanjo Bugyo learned the news and sent reinforcements, but the Magic Sword Demon suddenly regained its control template and rushed out of the island on its own initiative.

The pursuer is unable to catch up and can only watch the other party disappear.

At night, the Inazuma soldiers participating in the battle felt cold all over, and when they closed their eyes they saw the hideous ghost faces.

Keijiro returned home exhausted. The damn humanoid mechanism prevented him from getting any rest for the whole day. He was so exhausted that he could only go collect taxes again tomorrow.

"Fortunately, I hid at the back, otherwise I would have been chopped by the enemy." He took off his light armor with lingering fear, thinking of his colleague covered in blood.

He wiped his face, had dinner, and then lay down on the bed tiredly.

Gradually fell into a deep sleep.

Sea fog rose on the outlying island, and in the fog, faint ghost lights rose.

A pair of wings spread out, with sharp claws clasping the eaves, revealing an old face full of resentment, overlooking the house.

"Keijiro..."

"Keijiro!"

"Keijiro!!"

The shrill voice was like a rope binding Keijiro who was sleeping with a frown on his face.

The devil from hell is coming...