Should he have downplayed the numbers? He was pretty sure it was close to fifty. Just a small village near Dafan mountain. That was easily the biggest group, if one didn't count the hordes that the Wen clan sent against them in the nightless city, but that was a whole different story.
"Oh... I mean, we do... mostly? Fierce corpses aren't always dead dead, sometimes they're just ordinary people who've taken in corpse poison and they act kind of similar. If they're treated quickly, they'll be okay. They have different classifications, but- oh, and sometimes the corpses are from old battlegrounds, so not everyone is put to rest properly, you know?"
He scratches his head, considering, "and even cremated, some are resentful spirits, those with unfinished business, that sort of thing."
To be honest, he hadn't used the golden threads technique much since he learned how to take control of the dead himself. It took much less of his own energy, though using himself as a conduit for that resentment could be taxing in other ways.
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"Oh... I mean, we do... mostly? Fierce corpses aren't always dead dead, sometimes they're just ordinary people who've taken in corpse poison and they act kind of similar. If they're treated quickly, they'll be okay. They have different classifications, but- oh, and sometimes the corpses are from old battlegrounds, so not everyone is put to rest properly, you know?"
He scratches his head, considering, "and even cremated, some are resentful spirits, those with unfinished business, that sort of thing."
To be honest, he hadn't used the golden threads technique much since he learned how to take control of the dead himself. It took much less of his own energy, though using himself as a conduit for that resentment could be taxing in other ways.