Chapter 575: Chapter 263 Soul-Sucking Gourd: Slaughtering a Trillion Creatures? [10,000 words]_6

The people from the Mysterious Affairs Bureau also left, but they were all deeply worried.

“Let’s go to the Time Book Room,” Ye Lin said.

“Mm.” Mu Rufeng replied.

Soon, the two arrived at the Time Book Room.

“You can summon the Gluttonous Cruise, can’t you?” Ye Lin asked.

“Yes,” Mu Rufeng nodded.

“I didn’t want to use this method, but we must obtain that fifty billion at all costs.”

“You should remember the Unspoken Copy, right?” Ye Lin said slowly.

“Hm? Of course, I remember. Minister Ye, have you been there too?” Mu Rufeng was a little surprised.

“No, I’ve never been there,” Ye Lin shook his head.

“What does the fifty billion soul banknotes have to do with that Unspoken Copy?” Mu Rufeng pressed.

“Last month, I used an opportunity to ask a question, which was: how to obtain a large amount of soul banknotes.”

“The Time Book gave an answer, the key to the answer is you, the Unspoken Copy, and an item I have in my possession,” Ye Lin explained.

“The key is me? And the Unspoken Copy and the item you have?” At this moment, Mu Rufeng was somewhat confused.

Mu Rufeng had browsed some answers on the bookshelf before but hadn’t recorded them.

“I haven’t recorded this answer here because I didn’t want you to see it, nor did I want to use this method,” Ye Lin said.

“What method can get us fifty billion?” Mu Rufeng asked.

“The Time Book’s answer was for me to give you this item, and then you would use it to obtain a large amount of soul power. Afterward, heading to the indescribable instance would yield a massive amount of soul banknotes.”

“My guess is, soul power can probably be exchanged for soul banknotes in that indescribable instance, right?” Ye Lin spoke while handing over a gourd-sized item to Mu Rufeng.

Mu Rufeng took it and immediately checked its properties.

[Soul-Sucking Gourd]: A special Spiritual Object grown in the Forbidden Land, the Soul Refining Abyss.

Effect: Level 9 special Spiritual Object, pour in Ghost Power to release a Soul Absorbing Ghost Demon which can absorb the soul power of living beings into the gourd. Adult intelligent beings possess 1 unit of soul power, non-intelligent beings up to 0.1 units, and plants up to 0.01 units.

Note: The stronger the power, the more Ghost Power can be infused, the wider the coverage of the Soul Absorbing Ghost Demon, instantly absorbing the soul power of any dead targets.

Current Soul Power: 10550

“This….” Mu Rufeng was slightly startled.

This item must be what Ye Lin mentioned, the one capable of absorbing soul power.

Mu Rufeng wasn’t just shocked by the attributes of this item but also by the ten thousand units of soul power contained within the soul-sucking gourd.

Ten thousand units of soul power, that’s equivalent to one million Soul Power. If exchanged for soul banknotes, that would be ten billion. Even within Golden City, that would be considered a great fortune.

“Soul power is a good thing; I’ve refined quite a bit of it too. Come to think of it, it’s during the time of slaying abnormalities that a lot of soul power is absorbed.”

“This time, when you head to the African grassland, you should be able to collect a significant amount of soul power,” Ye Lin said.

“So, the method you’re talking about is for me to go to Africa and kill animals and plants to obtain soul power? Then exchange it for soul banknotes?”

“Right, what is the ratio between this soul power and soul banknotes?” Ye Lin nodded and then asked.

“One unit of soul power can be exchanged for one hundred thousand soul banknotes,” Mu Rufeng provided the answer.

“One hundred thousand soul banknotes?” Ye Lin was slightly shocked.

He had initially thought, at most, the exchange rate might be one to one hundred, or even only one to ten, but to his surprise, he had underestimated the value of soul power.

Besides, he had refined soul power himself and could perceive its strength, but, for one unit of soul power to exchange for one hundred thousand soul banknotes, wasn’t that a bit too much?

“How is that possible, how can it exchange for one hundred thousand soul banknotes?” Ye Lin still couldn’t believe it.

“A normal person possesses one unit of soul power, and one unit of soul power in the indescribable instances amounts to 100 points of Soul Power, and one point of Soul Power can be exchanged for one thousand soul banknotes.”

“So, after such a calculation, one soul unit can be exchanged for one hundred thousand soul banknotes,” Mu Rufeng explained.

“That’s great, fifty billion soul banknotes, that only requires five hundred thousand units of soul power, perhaps just the African grassland is enough,” Ye Lin said excitedly.

Mu Rufeng wasn’t aware of how many animals and plants were on the African grassland, but he felt that gathering five hundred thousand units of soul power would likely mean wiping it clean.

“I really… really didn’t expect soul power to be so valuable, if I had known earlier, the nation wouldn’t have to be so short on money,” Ye Lin shook his head with a face full of sighs.

If only he had known from the start, Huaxia would definitely not be in its current predicament.

“It’s not too late now,” Mu Rufeng said with a smile.

“Yes, not too late,” Ye Lin suddenly spirited up again.

“Now the demand is lower, and if you proceed as before, absorbing the soul power of humans, as you said, if you absorb a little less, it’ll just make them drowsy, feeling listless, and they can recover in a few days,” Mu Rufeng said.

“I’ve thought about it, but, at most, I can only cover a radius of a hundred meters, and it takes ten minutes to absorb 0.1 unit of soul power.”

“Even if the area within a hundred-meter radius was packed with people, how much could I absorb in a day? Not to mention the need to organize manpower, where do I find so many people willing to be arranged for soul power absorption?”

“Not to mention the time it takes is too slow, with your current abilities, if you go and kill those animals and plants, I reckon, one day would be enough for you to plow through them, right?”

“After killing the target, you can absorb the soul power in an instant,” Ye Lin said.

“Hold on, let me try this gourd first.”

Immediately, Mu Rufeng infused his Ghost Power into the soul-sucking gourd.

He was still under the effect of “You Die, I Live” and “Potential Burst,” placing his abilities at their peak.

As the Ghost Power was infused, a black breath emerged from the mouth of the gourd and swiftly extended in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped an area with a radius of one hundred meters, and continued to expand, reaching one kilometer, then two, and finally five kilometers.

Five kilometers, that was the limit.

But frankly, even if he could continue to expand, Mu Rufeng would have had to withdraw it, because if it went any further, it would reach the South Sea.

Within the five-kilometer range, there was a large population.

It seemed that as long as Mu Rufeng wished, he could control the soul-sucking gourd to absorb the soul power of all people within a five-kilometer radius.

Even Contractors could be absorbed.

Existences with abilities of Level 7 Ghost Generals or higher could clearly detect the range of the Soul Absorption Domain.

Just like those international Contractors who had just left and, due to traffic congestion, had not yet left the five-kilometer range.

They detected the Soul Absorbing Ghost Demon at the first opportunity, with their faces suddenly changing color and immediately deploying their own defences.

Just as they were about to take action, they found that the Ghost Demon had quietly vanished without a trace.