As the system prompt sounded.
Zhang Wei could feel that the Soul Summoning Banner in his hand seemed alive.
No!
To be precise.
He felt that at this moment, everything about the Soul Summoning Banner was under his control. He could sense the banner's power and its condition.
This was a function of the System Points. Anything enhanced by System Points would become his own. Without his permission, the item could only be used by him, and he could control everything about it.
At this moment.
Fatty didn't know what Zhang Wei was doing. He only knew that after Zhang Wei took the Soul Summoning Banner, he just stood there quietly looking at it.
"What is Zhang Wei doing? Stop admiring the Soul Summoning Banner, brother. Hurry up and revive the tailor."
Fatty thought to himself.
At the same time.
Zhang Wei also didn't know what Fatty was thinking. He was fully focused on using System Points to enhance and feel the internal situation of the Soul Summoning Banner.
The next second.
His expression suddenly lit up with joy.
Then, under Fatty's astonished gaze, the Soul Summoning Banner in his hand moved. It moved on its own without any wind. Even when Zhang Wei let go of the banner, it still hovered in the air.
Seeing this.
Zhang Wei smiled and said directly to Fatty:
"It's done, Fatty. I used all my strength and finally pulled the tailor back from the brink of death for you."
He spoke.
Fatty's expression froze, his mouth twitched. He subconsciously looked at the clock. He carefully observed that from when Zhang Wei picked up the Soul Summoning Banner to when he said the revival was successful, the hour hand had not changed, and the second hand had jumped less than 10 times. In other words, less than 10 seconds had passed.
Seeing this.
Fatty was about to carve the words "painful" onto his face.
It had only been less than 10 seconds, and this was called using all his strength?
Fatty thought, unable to help but say, as he looked at the tailor's corpse on the sofa beside him:
"All done?? Are you sure? But the tailor isn't moving..."
Before he could finish the word "moving."
A voice sounded, interrupting Fatty's words.
"Fatty?"
The voice was not loud, but at this moment, it sounded like thunder in Fatty's ears, causing Fatty's pupils to contract, and he was instantly stunned.
This address and voice were too familiar.
It wasn't... the tailor's voice!!!
Instantly.
Fatty suddenly looked in the direction of the sound:
"Tailor? Tailor, where are you?!"
As he spoke.
His gaze fell upon the hovering Soul Summoning Banner. The direction of the voice came from the banner, but he couldn't see the tailor's figure. He then looked at the sofa beside him; the tailor's corpse was still motionless. However, he was certain it wasn't an illusion; he had truly heard the tailor's voice.
Immediately.
He saw that as if hearing Fatty's words, the hovering Soul Summoning Banner in front of him emitted a dim, soft, and radiant glow.
Hiss!
In an instant.
The light condensed into a soul-like figure. It was... the tailor!
She looked at Fatty, her eyes a little confused. Looking at her body's state, she then looked at Fatty and said:
"Fatty, I'm here. Can't you see me? And didn't I die? Are you dead too?"
As the words were spoken.
[Ding! Fatty is stunned]
[Host gains System Points +280]
At this moment.
Fatty's pupils widened. This time, he finally heard clearly and saw the tailor's figure. He was so excited that his eyes turned red:
"Tailor, it's really you, Tailor! You're alive! That's great, you're really alive! Tailor, I can see you, I'm not dead, but you were dead. However, my brother revived you."
Hearing this, the tailor was stunned. Upon hearing "revived," her expression changed, and an indescribable emotion welled up in her heart.
To revive her mother, how could the tailor not know what revival meant, and how could she not know the price of revival? Yet, Fatty had still revived her.
At this moment.
The tailor had many things to say. She wanted to scold Fatty for doing this, for not knowing the price of revival. And who was Fatty's brother who revived her? She subconsciously looked around, and finally her gaze fell on Zhang Wei.
But before she could speak.
Fatty first looked excitedly at Zhang Wei, giving him a deep hug:
"Haha, Zhang Wei, you really didn't lie to me! You really revived the tailor! Thank you. But before we talk about that, please return the tailor's soul to her body first. I'll thank you properly later."
Despite his excitement.
Fatty didn't forget that the tailor was still in soul form, and the tailor's corpse beside him remained motionless.
At the same time.
Fatty also remembered to introduce Zhang Wei to the tailor:
"Tailor, although it's hard to explain to you right now, let me tell you first. This person beside you is the one who revived me. He is Zhang Wei. That's right, the Zhang Wei you asked me to kill. Haha, surprised, aren't you? But he's my friend now. I begged him for a long time to help me revive you..."
Before he could finish speaking.
Zhang Wei interrupted Fatty's words:
"Fatty, the tailor cannot return her soul to her body because she is the tailor now, but at the same time, she is also... the Soul Summoning Banner."
"What the hell?"
"Huh???"
Without time to be shocked that the one who revived her was Zhang Wei, and without time to say more, both Fatty and the tailor were stunned. Even though they were ghosts, they now had expressions of seeing a ghost.
In response.
Zhang Wei had expected this and explained with a smile:
"Fatty, you told me before that the tailor was the mastermind, and you also said that the tailor's soul was backlashed by the Soul Summoning Banner, and her soul was shattered and absorbed into the banner. It was precisely because of this that I said I had the confidence to help you revive her."
"Because the Soul Summoning Banner backlashed against the tailor, making the tailor pay the price, and absorbed her shattered soul. But it seems like a backlash to you, to me, it was protection for the tailor, because the tailor's soul did not dissipate, and still exists within the Soul Summoning Banner."
"In simple terms, the tailor's soul has become a part of the Soul Summoning Banner. Therefore, to revive the tailor, I only need to make the Soul Summoning Banner spiritual."
"I think you know, Fatty, my abilities are very special."
As he said this.
Fatty already understood Zhang Wei's meaning and nodded in agreement:
"I know. Your abilities have been investigated by the Wei Dao Division. It's ancient witchcraft that can give certain things spirituality."
Zhang Wei nodded:
"Yes, there have been legends throughout history that all things have spirituality. As long as an item is used or consecrated, it will give birth to spirituality, such as tsukumogami, or the spirit of a weapon. The Soul Summoning Banner can also do this, because it is also an item, and even more so, a weapon."
"I have given the Soul Summoning Banner spirituality and merged the absorbed tailor's soul within the banner with this spirituality, thus reviving the tailor. She has also become the spirit of the Soul Summoning Banner, or more accurately, an artifact spirit."
Stunned.
Shocked.
Even though the tailor didn't fully understand the situation, she had grasped Zhang Wei's meaning. Zhang Wei had indirectly revived her, and she had become... a national-level ghost!
Fatty was also stunned. He finally understood what Zhang Wei meant by "revival without cost." It was indeed exploiting a loophole. Simply reviving the tailor would incur punishment, but what if the revived tailor was an artifact spirit? Then it wouldn't be a revival, but... the nurturing of a new life, a national-level ghost with spirituality.
At this moment.
Zhang Wei smiled and looked at the tailor and Fatty:
"How about it, Fatty? I didn't disappoint you, did I? I managed to revive the tailor for you, and not just revive her, I even elevated her strength to the next level."
"Because the tailor is now a national-level ghost, which is comparable to the True Dragon Guard."
"After all."
"The tailor is now the Soul Summoning Banner, which means she can possess all the abilities of the Soul Summoning Banner: summoning souls, guiding souls, escorting souls, and so on. Therefore..."
Zhang Wei said, pointing to the tailor's corpse beside them:
"As long as the tailor is willing, she can now use the power of the Soul Summoning Banner to control her own corpse, making it a part of herself. Then the tailor can act through her body. Isn't this a form of revival? Not only does she have her pre-death strength, but also the power of the Soul Summoning Banner."
"Then, since she has the tailor's body, she can also incorporate that girl you mentioned into herself, achieving a state of multitasking. She can now be the tailor, and she can also be that girl, truly living with her mother."
After speaking.
Zhang Wei grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, and said with a bright smile:
"Gentlemen, are you satisfied with this revival package that comes with extra services?"
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(ps: I'm sorry, I was too focused on the news and my typing slowed down qaq)