A Lamborghini sports car stopped at the entrance of the graveyard.
Sun Yan, looking a bit tired, got out of the car and stretched lazily while yawning.
After dropping Zhao Chuan Yi home, he finally returned to the graveyard.
Staying up all night without sleep was still a bit too much for him; he was unbearably sleepy now.
This made Sun Yan reminisce about his college days when he could play games all night for half a month without feeling tired.
But now, as he got older, he could no longer handle staying up late as easily.
He went into the main house, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all in one go.
Only then did Sun Yan, satisfied, carefully lay out all the items he brought back from Chen Family Village on the living room table.
The head of the Dharma Aspect of the Black Curse Buddha Mother, a rope containing the Red-Clad Evil Spirit, the props of the Mountain-Opening Fierce General used in Nuo Opera, and a worn-out notebook that seemed like a Wizard's Notes or a Forbidden Black Magic Book.
Sun Yan found this on the body of Rama Ayah. Being carried by a Black Magic Master who turned into a Flying Head Monster was enough to show that this book must be extraordinary.
The Dharma Aspect of the Black Curse Buddha Mother had a massive influence on ordinary people, not only polluting others' will invisibly but also working with the fungi emitted from its body, creating a mind-controlling effect.
Such an evil object must be properly destroyed, never to fall into malicious hands again.
Thus, Sun Yan brought it back to the graveyard. If he really wanted to destroy it, with the True Monarch of Pure Origin and Mysterious Dao overseeing the graveyard, there was nothing the Black Curse Buddha Mother could stir up here; this was the best place to do it.
The rope containing the Red-Clad Evil Spirit was also intended to be destroyed back at the graveyard by Sun Yan.
Compared to evil spirits, the Red-Clad Evil Spirit possessed the ability to truly kill without requiring external help, so it must not be left outside.
Picking up Rama Ayah's notebook and opening it, the first thing Sun Yan saw was a page full of Thai text, as well as images of scorpions, bats, snakes, and spiders.
This seemed to be a collection of spells and curses by a Black Magic Master, Sun Yan even saw an illustration of a person having their neck cut open, possibly depicting the method of creating a Flying Head Monster.
Sun Yan put down the notebook and said, "Southern Ocean Black Magic sure is sinister."
'Task completed'
'Tomb Guardian: Cemetery Members Count +1, unlock Cemetery Profession [Corpse Collector]'
Feeling the notebook in his pocket vibrating, Sun Yan quickly took it out to check.
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Evangelical Town Cemetery
Demon Exorcism Tomb: 0
Cemetery Building: Main House (Unlocked: Exploration 100%), Workshop (Unlocked: Exploration 30%)
Cemetery Entry: Fear Staring, Corpse-Driving Skill, Divination Child, Nuo Opera Opening Dance
Tomb Magical Artifact: General Sun Mask, General Enhancing Puppet, Ghost Torturing Stick (Broken), Soul-Calling Banner, Mountain-Opening Brave General Inheritance Set
Tomb Guardian: True Monarch of Pure Origin and Mysterious Dao (Excellent)
Cemetery Members (1/2): Sosia Angke (Werewolf)
Cemetery Profession: Corpse Collector [A mysterious existence that finds and retrieves bodies from rivers, capable of communicating with the spirits of drowned individuals, offering opportunities for rewards by fulfilling their last wishes]
[Corpse Collector (Exclusive Cemetery Entry): Super Hydrophilia (capable of long-distance swimming underwater, increases breath-holding time by 5 minutes, allows opening eyes underwater), River Exorcism (prevents hallucinations from evil spirits in water)]
Daily Task [None]
Timed Task [Trophy]
Reward Task [None]
Dungeon Task [None]
[Workshop: Unlocked Equipment]
[Magic Potion Alchemy Platform: Various potions can be crafted with gathered materials following a blueprint]
[Lu Ban's Miraculous Object Creation Platform: Various props can be crafted with gathered materials following a blueprint]
[Containment Display Cabinet: Possessing perfect sealing ability, ensuring confined evil objects cannot affect the outside world, make sure not to let ordinary people open it lightly]
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Timed Task [Trophy]: 2:59:53
Task Difficulty: ☆
Task Description: As a competent exorcist, you can't lack medallions and trophies at home. However, exorcists don't have professional competitions; for you, the best trophies are the bodies of the monsters you exorcise. Display them as your victory trophies.
Task Requirement: Place at least one trophy in the Containment Display Cabinet.
Task Reward: Demon-Slaying Crossbow Tower Blueprint
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"Displaying trophies? They want me to open a haunted house."
Sun Yan looked at the items on the table, picked up the Dharma Aspect of the Black Curse Buddha Mother and the rope in each hand, and familiarly headed to the underground workshop.
In the corner of the workshop, an enormous glass-wood cabinet, once covered with a white cloth, was now fully revealed.
The cabinet was made of glass on all sides, with hundreds of slots inside for displaying trophies.
Even more wonderfully, the cabinet had built-in light strips, which made it even more like a trophy display when lit up.
Sun Yan opened the cabinet door, placing the head of the Black Curse Buddha Mother and the rope containing the Red-Clad Evil Spirit into separate glass slots.
As the cabinet door closed, the pure white light shone on these two sinister objects, lending them a somewhat museum-like exhibition feel.
"What a pity, if I had known, I should have brought back the Paper Yin Residence worshipping Master Hui from Shajiao District apartment and the skull of Andros from the church basement in Yellow Rock Town, they would have been perfect as trophies." Sun Yan couldn't help but sigh regretfully.
Back then, he thought those things were inauspicious and had no intention of taking them.
Now with this Containment Display Cabinet, he would have to keep an eye out during future exorcisms.
Who doesn't have a collecting habit deep down, after all?
[Containment Display Cabinet (Black Iron Collector): Collection (2/10)]
Sun Yan turned his head towards the Lu Ban's Miraculous Object Creation Platform in the workshop, upon completion of the task, there was now a brand new blueprint on it, which Sun Yan immediately walked over to examine.
[Demon-Slaying Crossbow Tower Blueprint (Material Requirement: Wood board + Metal iron block + Any Talisman + Arrow + Cow sinew + 1 pound of Gold)]
[Demon-Slaying Crossbow Tower: A decently powerful defensive structure, capable of helping you eliminate demons daring to intrude into the graveyard]
Seeing the materials required for the Demon-Slaying Crossbow Tower, Sun Yan's expression changed instantly, almost losing his breath.
"What? 1 pound of gold! This is a gross exaggeration; even selling my kidney wouldn't cover it."
Staring at that blueprint, Sun Yan felt like he was looking at his monthly credit card bill.
Is this really a task reward, not a scheme to drain his hard-earned savings?
But reading about the effects of the Demon-Slaying Crossbow Tower stirred a yearning in Sun Yan's heart.
He couldn't forget the letter from Bakar, warning of an impending bloodsoaked Sunday at his graveyard.
Sun Yan didn't know what would happen when that Bloody Sunday arrived. For his survival, and for the safety of himself and Sosia.
Any method capable of enhancing the graveyard's self-defense he must try; after all, as long as he is alive, he can always earn more money.
If he were dead before spending his money, now that would be a true loss.
"1 pound of gold, it is then; if I work hard, I should be able to earn it. I need to look for big-spending clients like Mr. Briefcase more often, otherwise relying solely on ordinary clients, it would take forever to save up a pound of gold." Sun Yan put the blueprint back on the table, and couldn't help but talk to himself wistfully.