Most people don't have such luck. Some choose to remain on their "ship" and perish together, while others choose to "change ships."
This is possession.
However, possession is not easy either. Legend has it that in ancient times, there were powerful beings who cultivated their souls to the extreme and could possess bodies at will. But in modern times, possession has become much more difficult.
With their abilities, they can at most forcibly possess another's body after possession, not possess it effortlessly.
Such forced possession often results in mutual destruction.
Therefore, "corpse liberation" exists. Corpse liberation, in essence, is using secret methods to strengthen the physical body, slowing down the rate of decay, allowing the soul to continue to survive on the sunken ship.
Corpse dissection is for the purpose of waiting for an opportunity to possess another body. However, forced possession and unimpeded possession, though seemingly both, are worlds apart. The former is like a pirate indiscriminately hijacking a ship, inevitably suffering a backlash from the body.
Unimpeded possession, on the other hand, is like smoothly changing captains. The new captain is familiar with everything on board and can even perform better and more flexibly than the original owner.
This is the benefit of understanding life and death. But if this isn't possible, then a better target must be found. Forced possession will cause the yin spirit to erode the yang essence; therefore, the target should be a being with abundant yang essence.
This is also why women cannot be possessed; yin and yang are incompatible. Unless it's an ancient ghost immortal, there's no possibility of success.
However, although the more abundant the yang essence, the better, a pure yang body cannot be possessed. A yin spirit exposed to a pure yang body is like snow meeting sunlight—it cannot survive indefinitely.
Therefore, the best target for possession is a body with eight yang energies.
The Eight Yang Body is a powerful physique second only to Pure Yang. With it, cultivation progress is almost instantaneous, and the probability of possession is significantly higher. This is why the old servant was overjoyed upon discovering Xiang Anping. If he could possess Xiang Anping, and with the Demon Queen of Shanghai and the Luo sisters…
Perhaps, achieving the legendary immortality, or even reaching the forbidden level, wouldn't be impossible.
Thinking this, the excited glint in the old servant's eyes gradually faded, because all of this depended on freeing his soul from the Demon Queen of Shanghai's magical shackles, even temporarily, which would be enough to complete the possession.
But unfortunately, none of his attempts so far had succeeded.
While Xiang Anping didn't understand cultivation and didn't gain much benefit, it was still enough to make the old servant anxious…
For now, he probably had no choice but to take the risk. The Pure Yin Body was a supreme furnace, and its nectar naturally had a nourishing effect on the soul… However, his target wasn't the Demon Queen of Shanghai, Jiang Yingji.
Although he coveted Jiang Yingji, he had to admit that her restraint was remarkable.
One was the "Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden," the other a wandering ghost—the difference was immeasurable. His status wasn't even worthy of licking Jiang Yingji's smooth, jade-like toes. The Grand Preceptor of the Ming Dynasty was well aware of this.
A single shout from the Queen of Shanghai would obliterate his soul, so even with his burning desire, this old servant dared not act rashly. Therefore, his chosen target was…
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The one the old servant was eyeing at this moment was—Yu Tang.
She lay naked on a soft mat by the pool, her slender, snow-white body exquisitely curvaceous. Her breasts were firm and rounded, their bases full and plump, like bamboo shoots that had fully expanded before inflating, their peaks round and alluring.
While not yet as large as her sister Xue Tang's, her breasts already possessed a certain grandeur, no longer describable as bamboo shoots.
Lying naked on the chair, her skin was like delicate silk, translucent and white in the sunlight, like milky cream, or polished, water-soaked jade. A touch of delicate, rosy blush tinged her tender skin, vibrant and indescribable.
Yu Tang had clearly just come out of the pool; her swimsuit, tied with a rope, hung on the edge of the handrail, completely dry.
One can imagine the delicate, alabaster-like girl, like a white lamb, frolicking in the water like a fish, her snow-white buttocks rising and falling, her slender legs dipping into the water, her full, pointed breasts splashing and splashing…
Just thinking about it makes one's blood boil, wishing one could dive into the pool and play naked with the alabaster-like girl.
After swimming, the girl is somewhat languid, her cascading, wet black hair further highlighting her snow-white, delicate skin, glistening with a luster that is hard to tell whether from sweat or water droplets, contrasting with her flawless, porcelain-like skin, presenting a smooth, porcelain-like finish.
Water droplets cannot stay on her smooth, silky skin, flowing down the curves and contours of her graceful body, seemingly carrying a faint, sweet, slightly pungent fragrance, utterly captivating.
But she wasn't alone; a glance reveals another naked man—Xiang Anping.
His body was covered in water droplets, as if he had just emerged from the water.
"You're so naughty… You were trying to catch me doing something naughty in the pool, and now you want me to use my feet to help you…"
Yu Tang bit her cherry lips lightly, panting slightly and coquettishly, but despite her words, her pair of exquisitely shaped, snow-white legs were casually crossed and rested on one thigh.
Her small feet had rounded, even lines; the insteps were as white and tender as frost, while the soles were plump and delicate, a pale white with a hint of orange-pink. Her jade-like toes curled up, complementing the soft, fleshy forefeet, resembling tender, pink pearls curled together. Her plump big toe was slightly upturned, indescribably charming and alluring.
Her fair, translucent, and tender feet, like spring bamboo shoots, were nestled between Xiang Anping's thick, long, hot, swollen, and erect penis pointing skyward.
Yu Tang's arches were slightly bent, her forefeet nestling the dark shaft between her left and right, like tender bamboo shoots surrounding a thick, massive dragon. She appeared exceptionally delicate and petite, her ten glistening, rosy toes gently draped over the shaft, forming a small hollow with the full pads and indentations of her plump forefeet.
Her two lotus-petal-like feet slid gently up and down on the large penis, the small, delicate feet highlighting the thick, fleshy shaft—the visual effect was incredibly striking.
"Oh, that feels so good, Yu Tang...didn't you say you'd be punished if you couldn't catch it?" Xiang Anping chuckled, occasionally reaching out to touch Yu Tang's smooth instep and slender, rounded heels.