CHAPTER 385: CHAPTER 385: CHEN GUAN’S PLAN

"Can the Blood Spirits within the Blood Spirit Banner have consciousness?" Jin Taohua asked the first question.

"No, they cannot." the evil spirit answered.

"Second question, if a Blood Spirit retains a bit of memory, can it recover more?" Jin Taohua asked again.

"No, it cannot." the evil spirit replied once more.

"Third question, if a Blood Spirit regains consciousness, can it escape the control of the Blood Spirit Banner?" Jin Taohua gazed at the evil spirit and asked slowly.

"Absolutely impossible." the evil spirit again gave a negative answer.

"Alright, then tell me, how can a Blood Spirit that has retained a bit of memory recover more memories?" Jin Taohua stared at the evil spirit and said.

"I thought there were only three questions?" the evil spirit reminded.

"This isn’t a question, but a request for you to tell me what to do." Jin Taohua said matter-of-factly.

The evil spirit fell silent, sighed, and said, "I’m not entirely sure. After all, it’s impossible for Blood Spirits refined by the Blood Spirit Banner to retain consciousness and memories. If such an unusual event happened, you could try letting that Blood Spirit participate in normal life. Maybe it could trigger memories from its previous life."

"Explain in detail." Jin Taohua received the answer she wanted.

After leaving the tavern, Jin Taohua thought for a moment, then summoned Chen Guan, keeping him by her side and occasionally conversing with him, also ordering him to do certain things.

"Doing housework should also count as life, right?" Although the evil spirit didn’t say it, Jin Taohua thought it must be.

Thus, Chen Guan transformed into a stay-at-home male housekeeper, not only cleaning and cooking but even doing Jin Taohua’s laundry.

Chen Guan looked at the lace underwear in the washbasin, feeling extremely complicated.

"This size... is a bit large..." Chen Guan thought to himself.

He didn’t want to do housework, but there was no choice; he had to obey Jin Taohua’s orders, or else who knew if this capricious Female Demon would suddenly take his life.

Chen Guan didn’t deliberately slack off; instead, he did his best to do things well.

Now he wanted to establish a unique Blood Spirit persona. The better he performed, the more Jin Taohua would think he was a remarkable figure in his previous life.

When Jin Taohua tasted the food Chen Guan made, her eyes couldn’t help but widen a bit.

It was quite good, at least much tastier than what Jin Taohua herself could cook.

"Sure enough, Blood Spirits with intelligence are more useful. Good job, Number 6." Jin Taohua was very satisfied with Chen Guan’s performance, taking him wherever she went.

Only when she slept would she put Chen Guan back into the Blood Spirit Banner.

She didn’t restrict Chen Guan and allowed him to devour Blood Spirits inside the Blood Spirit Banner to grow.

She planned to cultivate Chen Guan into a main Blood Spirit to be used for the Blood Spirit Banner in the future.

Having such a highly intelligent Blood Spirit was naturally much more useful than those that only acted on instinct.

Chen Guan was supposed to be able to return quickly, but as days passed, a week had gone by without any sign of Da Luo Mengdie taking him back.

In the barracks, Ji Nanhong had already noticed something unusual about Chen Guan but didn’t know exactly what was wrong with him or why he remained in deep sleep.

She couldn’t take Chen Guan away because Fu Tianji stayed there constantly, not allowing anyone to touch him.

Fortunately, Chen Guan’s bodily functions were very normal, and he breathed steadily. Aside from not being able to wake him, everything else was as if he was asleep.

To outsiders, it was just said that Chen Guan was in seclusion for cultivation, not letting anyone know about Chen Guan’s current situation.

Chen Guan had indeed told her before that he wanted to go into seclusion, so Ji Nanhong didn’t dare to move him recklessly. After sealing off any information, she continuously observed Chen Guan’s condition.

Chen Guan didn’t know when he could return. Searching for Blood Spirits with Secret Skills was too hard; he had only found four Blood Spirits with Secret Skills these days.

Aside from Purple Qi from the East, among the other three Secret Skills, two were rare and one was uncommon, with their Level not being very high, just over Level 30.

"This won’t do, I don’t know when I’ll be transported back. Instead of bringing back a bunch of trash, I might as well get something of a High Level." Chen Guan turned his attention to those Sixth Awakening Secret Spirits.

He just needed to find one Sixth Awakening Secret Spirit with Secret Skills and figure out how to obtain its Secret Skills. As long as the Level was high enough, it was better than any kind of Secret Skill quality.

Although he hadn’t gotten any good Secret Skills during this period, he learned how to distinguish Blood Spirits with Secret Skills.

Blood Spirits with Blood Pearls have a more vividly colored Blood Shadow, a blood-red hue.

As for those Blood Spirits with Secret Skills, firstly, they must be bright red Blood Spirits with Blood Pearls.

Once the bright red Blood Spirit is confirmed, then observe its Blood Shadow. If there are faintly visible patterns of other colors in the Blood Shadow, then this Blood Spirit must have Secret Skills or something akin to Secret Collection.

However, the position where these patterns appear is not fixed and is often difficult to discern clearly.

Chen Guan abandoned the lower-level Blood Spirits and headed to the highest Level Sixth Awakening Blood Spirit area.

The number of Sixth Awakening Blood Spirits was astonishing. As Chen Guan walked along, the number of Sixth Awakening Blood Spirits he saw was no less than ten thousand, merely the tip of the iceberg in the Sea of Blood.

Blood Spirits were not only human but also a variety of Secret Spirits.

After searching for a long time, Chen Guan finally found a Blood Spirit with a Secret Skill.

It was a Secret Spirit resembling a blood buffalo, with a faint golden pattern emerging from its forehead.

The golden pattern was quite conspicuous; otherwise, Chen Guan wouldn’t have noticed it at a glance.

At this moment, the blood buffalo, like other Blood Spirits, was shackled in the Sea of Blood and unable to move.

Chen Guan gritted his teeth and charged forward to bite at the blood buffalo.

But after biting for a long time, he realized a problem: he couldn’t bite into the Sixth Awakening Blood Spirit at all.

The Blood Spirit Body of the Sixth Awakening Blood Spirit was too solid, and Chen Guan’s power couldn’t affect its Blood Spirit Body.

"This is troublesome. What if I can’t manage it? I can’t possibly ask Jin Taohua to help me kill this blood buffalo, can I? Would she agree?" Chen Guan thought to himself.

Chen Guan didn’t want to give up just like that. Low-level Secret Skills he no longer desired because, regardless of the number of Secret Skills, they still required practice. He already had so many Secret Skills that needed practice, leaving him spread too thin.

Other than some particularly powerful Secret Skills, Chen Guan simply didn’t have the additional time to practice them, rendering it pointless to obtain more.

Now he just wanted those High-Level Secret Skills, which could directly lift him without needing further practice.

While mulling over how to devour this blood buffalo, Chen Guan suddenly felt a force pulling his body into the sky, leaving the Blood Spirit Banner once again.

Chen Guan assumed it was time again to do housework for Jin Taohua during the day.

But after coming out, he found that it was not Jin Taohua’s home but outside a castle.

"Demon, if you can defeat him, I’ll spare your life," Jin Taohua coldly said to a white-haired little boy in front of her.

Upon seeing the white-haired little boy, Chen Guan couldn’t help but pause slightly.