The black robe still covered his face under the hood, obscuring his features, but he raised his chin, allowing Fang Zong to see the smile on his face.

These are thin lips, and the smile they form is like a scimitar.

“Young Fang Zong,” the black-robed man chuckled softly, “the first spiritual energy revival has begun. I am on the East Sea, near you. Moreover, I will absorb the first wisp of spiritual energy spewing from the ground, which will at least allow me to advance to the fourth level of divine power.”

Fang Zong: "So?"

The black-robed man's smile grew wider: "Convert to my authority, and I can make you second only to the emperor, above all others; otherwise... damn it!"

Before he could finish speaking, the black-robed man's smile froze.

His upturned lips suddenly pulled down, becoming the complete opposite. Just as he was speaking, Fang Zong moved his phone away, allowing him to see Zeng Rou and the Yinshan Ghost King.

"Honey, do you think it's better for spiritual energy to revive, or for ghost energy to revive?"

Fang Zong brought the phone closer to himself, giving the black-robed man a close-up of his big smile.

Black Robe: "..."

Black Robe: "..."

Black Robe: "..."

"The revival of spiritual energy is good." He suddenly became unusually honest.

Fang Zong laughed and said, "I came here today and first saw the Yinshan Ghost King showing off. He was really good at it. I was just thinking of teaching him a lesson when you showed up and started showing off too."

So I want to ask, who exactly did I make awesome, and who exactly did I make stupid?

As he spoke, Fang Zong grabbed Zeng Rou's hair, pulled her closer to her body, and then pulled her back.

Get a little closer, then pull back.

He said meaningfully, "If you put the soul back, you're awesome, and the Yinshan Ghost King is an idiot. If you crush the soul, you're an idiot. Tell me, am I asking you to be an idiot, or am I asking you to be an idiot?"

"We have to make him an idiot!"

The Ghost King of Yinshan laughed heartily.

The man in black glanced at the Yinshan Ghost King, his teeth itching with hatred. Unlike the Yinshan Ghost King, he was not so naive. He decisively lowered his head and said, "We're both idiots. You're awesome!"

Fang Zong: "...╰(*°▽°*)╯ Clever!"

Really, very smart.

Fang Zong didn't hesitate any longer, because he suddenly realized that Zeng Rou was like a gold mine in his hands.

He seems to be rolling in money; I can buy whatever I want.

You have opinions, but you don't dare to say a word.

Thinking of this, Fang Zong decisively beckoned to the little yellow cat, and the little yellow cat stood up on its two hind legs with perfect understanding, its front paws on its hips: "Alright, let's make a deal then, what benefits can you give my human?"

Upon hearing this, the Yinshan Ghost King's eyes lit up. He looked around and pointed directly at Kayako, saying, "She's yours!"

Fang Zong shook his head: "Not enough!"

[You bastard, once I inherit Yama's power, I...]

The Yinshan Ghost King was filled with rage, but he wore a fawning smile and remained silent.

He wasn't stupid. Now that the initiative was in Fang Zong's hands, he had to see what price the black-robed man would offer.

If the man in black robes is poor, wouldn't he be losing out big time by asking for an exorbitant price?

His lips, visible beneath the black robe, twitched incessantly, showing great distress.

"I have no money," he said curtly.

Fang Zong sneered, "I know you guys in the Nine Heavens Rebirth group are really poor, but do you think I'm short of money? Do the math yourself, what benefits can you possibly give me?"

Black-robed: "An ancient secret technique!"

Fang Zong pursed his lips.

The so-called ancient secret techniques, to give an example, are like Daji's Heavenly Fox Transformation or Zhao Xiao's Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, all of which depend on appearance.

If you can learn it, then you can learn it; if you can't learn it, you won't learn it even if you break yourself apart.

He doesn't need this kind of useless thing!

Black Robe: "..."

Suddenly, the man in black robes felt incredibly poor, desperately poor.

He thought about his living space, a rented place, less than forty square meters; he thought about the food he usually ate, boxed lunches, the vegetarian kind. He didn't dare to spend money recklessly even if he wanted to have a good meal, so he had to go out into the wild to catch fish and hunt, living the life of a primitive man.

No wonder the ancient demons in the Nine Heavens Rebirth group didn't follow him, but all followed Bai Su, who had received rewards from Fang Zong...

"Honey, you're so pitiful."

Fang Zong sighed, gave the black-robed man a pitying look, and directly pressed Zeng Rou's soul back down.

Suddenly, the world changed!

Although he was inside the staircase, Fang Zong seemed to see the vast blue East China Sea.

In the video, the man in black robes was overjoyed and rushed to the seabed of the East China Sea. He continued to dive down into the deep blue sea, and more than a dozen sharp beams of light shot out from the seabed, piercing through the seawater and aiming straight for the blue sky!

"Fang Zong, I, in my black robe, thank you today, but you must still submit to me!"

The man in black robes laughed loudly, his figure moving like a dragon, blocking the way above the spiritual light.

Open your mouth and swallow it whole!

"Hey buddy, let's show off and soar together!" Fang Zong suddenly burst into laughter.

With a pull, Zeng Rou's soul was dragged out again.

"Damn it!" The man in black was terrified.

Just as Zeng Rou's soul left her body, a dozen or so beams of light suddenly took on a faint black tinge. This was no longer simply the most basic spiritual energy, but rather mixed with a great deal of primordial ghost energy.

If he consumes these, forget about improving; he'll be finished!

"Fang Zong, you've harmed me!" the black-robed man cried out in alarm and anger, quickly dodging all the spiritual energy.