The opera singing drifted out from a shadowy vendor stall. The proprietor was a floating ghost made up entirely of eyes. When the many-eyed ghost noticed Xu Qing looking over, about half of its eyes shifted to look at him.5

Xu Qing didn’t care. Walking over, he noticed a small bronze bottle among the items for sale.0

He immediately recognized what it was.1

It’s a recording bottle.4

He had once acquired a recording bottle that he used to capture the sound of countless ghosts haunting the night, which he used when summoning the giant and the sun’s imperial carriage. That was how he had acquired Golden Crow Assimilates Myriad Spirits. Unfortunately, because of the immense pressure exuded by the giant, that bottle was destroyed.  [1]3

The opera singing was coming from this bottle. After mulling the matter over, Xu Qing pointed at the bottle, then tossed a bag of discarnate souls to the many-eyed ghost.0

The many-eyed ghost took the bag and examined it. Then all of its eyes closed as if in thought. A moment later, it shook its head.0

Xu Qing looked at the ghost. He knew that the inhabitants of ghost wards were greedy, therefore, he handed over yet another bag. At the same time,...0