After reaching the Refining Spirit into Void realm, one could break free of the limitations of the physical body, allowing the primordial spirit to leave the body and roam thousands of miles in a single thought.
The highest realm, Refining Void into Dao, was the ultimate goal of all cultivators. It meant that a cultivator had become one with the Dao. Put simply, it meant becoming immortal!
After sorting through the memories shared by Zombie-Dai Changsheng, everyone could not help but smile excitedly.
Although Uncle Nine and the others did not seem particularly powerful in the original film, that was mainly due to the limitations of filmmaking technology at the time. The special effects for all kinds of Daoist arts simply could not keep up.
In reality, the worldview of Mr. Vampire was vast. It truly contained beings such as underworld ghost messengers and earth gods.
At the same time, after sharing the memories of his counterparts from the other worlds, Zombie-Dai Changsheng could not help but reveal an ecstatic expression.
Although Dai Changsheng and his counterparts could not share cultivation, they could share foundational abilities such as physical fitness and soul power.
After sharing the abilities of his six other counterparts, Zombie-Dai Changsheng's physical strength surged to over six thousand jin.
Most of that strength came from Douluo-Dai Changsheng, who alone had shared over three thousand jin of physical strength.
Next came Heaven Sword Changsheng. Though the strength he shared was not quite as exaggerated, it still exceeded one thousand jin.
The reason Heaven Sword Changsheng possessed such formidable strength was that after overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty's rule, he had found the complete Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill in the Yuan Dynasty's library.
With the boost of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Heaven Sword Changsheng quickly cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to the tenth level, causing his physical strength to soar by over a thousand jin.
As for the final three levels of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, they were much like the seventh level of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift. They had simply been imagined out of thin air by the creator and could not be cultivated at all.
After all, in the original work, Jie Lun Fa Wang's cultivation talent was already among the very best.
Yet when Jie Lun Fa Wang cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, it took him nearly twenty years to advance from the ninth level to the tenth.
Every additional level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill required twice as much time as the last. Even if Jie Lun Fa Wang cultivated until he died of old age, it would have been difficult for him to reach the eleventh level.
Therefore, even the creator of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill could probably only cultivate it to the tenth level at most.
Aside from the tremendous increase in strength, what delighted Zombie-Dai Changsheng the most was the Psychic Power awakened by Bio-Dai Changsheng.
Psychic Power was a derivative of spiritual power, and unlike the awakening of a martial soul, it did not require an awakening ceremony. Therefore, Dai Changsheng from the other worlds could directly share Bio-Dai Changsheng's Psychic Power.
In the world of Mr. Vampire, Zombie-Dai Changsheng, having mastered Psychic Power, could even directly pose as a sword immortal.
"Just as expected of me! I even came up with the Life and Death Talisman. Now this is going to be fun."
After sharing Douluo-Dai Changsheng's memories, Heaven Sword Changsheng and the others also wore satisfied smiles.
With the Life and Death Talisman, Heaven Sword Changsheng would have a much easier time establishing a prosperous Great Ming era, while Hong Kong Film World Dai Changsheng and the others could finally let loose and make a grand move!
Bio-Dai Changsheng walked over to Zombie-Dai Changsheng, slung an arm around his shoulders, and said, "New me, after you go back, find a way to get me some Daoist arts like corpse refining techniques. There are so many zombies in my world. Not using them to refine corpses would be such a waste."
"Mm!"
Zombie-Dai Changsheng agreed without hesitation.
Daoist Siyue happened to be visiting Uncle Nine's mortuary these past few days. Once Zombie-Dai Changsheng returned, he could ask him about corpse refining techniques.
Not long after everyone began chatting, the familiar repulsive force returned and sent Dai Changsheng and the others back to their respective worlds.
Mr. Vampire World
Renjia Town, Mortuary.
In a clean room in the gloomy, ancient mortuary's rear courtyard, Dai Changsheng, who had been sitting cross-legged on the bed and cultivating the "Great Clarity Great Cave True Scripture," slowly opened his clear black-and-white eyes.
The Great Clarity Great Cave True Scripture was one of Mount Mao's most orthodox cultivation techniques. It was said to have originated from the "Yellow Court Scripture" and could be cultivated all the way to the Refining Void into Dao realm, allowing one to ascend as an immortal.
Unfortunately, major sects like Mount Mao usually did not pass down their complete core techniques in order to prevent them from being leaked. They only taught their disciples the portions corresponding to their cultivation level.
Since Dai Changsheng's cultivation was still at the middle stage of Refining Essence into Qi, Uncle Nine had only taught him the Refining Essence into Qi portion of the "Great Clarity Great Cave True Scripture."
Once Dai Changsheng broke through to the peak of Refining Essence into Qi, he could ask Uncle Nine for the Refining Qi into Spirit portion.
Click!
With a thought from Dai Changsheng, invisible Psychic Power instantly emerged from his body like a nimble hand. It opened the storage cabinet and retrieved the talisman paper, brush, and ink inside.
Under the control of his Psychic Power, soybean-sized cinnabar was instantly ground into powder and mixed with black ink, turning into the simplest talisman ink.
Soon, the talisman brush, already dipped in talisman ink, automatically fell into Dai Changsheng's hand, while a sheet of yellow talisman paper was laid flat before him.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Dai Changsheng narrowed his sharp eyes slightly. The talisman brush in his hand landed precisely on the yellow paper and moved like a dragon and serpent. In the blink of an eye, he had drawn a premium-grade Corpse Suppressing Talisman.
The quality of talismans could roughly be divided into four levels. From lowest to highest, they were ordinary, premium, master, and grandmaster.
Ordinary talismans were merely passable and usable. Their power did not receive any additional enhancement.
The talismans Dai Changsheng had drawn in the past were basically all ordinary-grade talismans.
Premium-grade talismans were around fifty percent more powerful than ordinary talismans of the same level.
When Uncle Nine drew talismans, they were usually premium-grade, and he could occasionally produce a few master-grade talismans.
A talisman worthy of being called master-grade was at least twice as powerful as an ordinary talisman of the same level.
As for grandmaster-grade talismans, they were two to three times as powerful as ordinary talismans of the same level.
Although Dai Changsheng's cultivation had not increased after sharing the powers of his counterparts from other worlds, his spiritual power had increased severalfold.
With his powerful spiritual power supporting him, Dai Changsheng drew talismans as though aided by the gods, easily producing premium-grade talismans.
If he were given some more time to adapt, drawing master-grade talismans would probably not be difficult either.
Pitfall of a Junior Brother
"Master, save me! Master, save me..."
Just as Dai Changsheng was preparing to draw a few more talismans, Man Choi's familiar scream suddenly came from outside.
"What is Man Choi up to again?"
Dai Changsheng shook his head helplessly, set down the talisman brush, and hurried toward the source of the screams.
Ever since Uncle Nine had taken in Man Choi and Qiu Sheng, Dai Changsheng, as their Senior Brother, had often had to clean up their messes and take the blame for those two troublesome junior brothers.
Fortunately, Man Choi and Qiu Sheng knew they were in the wrong and were normally very respectful toward Dai Changsheng, their Senior Brother. Otherwise, Dai Changsheng would have kicked the two of them to death long ago.
When Dai Changsheng followed the screams to the outside of the corpse storage room, he found chaos within.
More than a dozen zombies dressed in Qing dynasty official uniforms were hopping after Man Choi, frightening him so badly that he crawled out of the corpse storage room on all fours.
Seeing Man Choi's bedraggled appearance, Dai Changsheng's mouth twitched. He immediately dashed to the entrance of the corpse storage room.
"S-Senior Brother, it's all because..."
Man Choi, prematurely aged and frail-looking, felt as though he had seen a savior when he spotted Dai Changsheng. He instantly heaved a sigh of relief and subconsciously tried to explain.
"Watch out!"
Before Man Choi could finish speaking, Dai Changsheng pulled him behind himself and kicked at the fastest-running zombie.
Wait! The fastest-running one?
Bang!!!
Qiu Sheng, who had just been about to speak, felt an immense force strike him. His entire body was launched into the air, knocking down all the zombies behind him.
"Ow..."
Qiu Sheng, who had nearly been kicked to death by Dai Changsheng, let out a miserable cry. Rubbing his chest, he said, "Senior Brother, it's me!"
Looking at Qiu Sheng, who was dressed as a zombie, Dai Changsheng felt a bolt of lightning flash through his mind. He immediately realized this was the opening plot of Mr. Vampire.
It was not that Dai Changsheng had failed to react in time. Over the past twenty-odd years, Man Choi and Qiu Sheng had caused plenty of trouble.
On top of that, Daoist Siyue had visited the mortuary more than once before. Naturally, Dai Changsheng had not expected that this visit happened to coincide with the beginning of the plot.
"You deserved it! Who told you to dress up as a zombie? If I hadn't been worried about hurting our Martial Uncle's guests, that kick would have put you in bed for at least half a year."
While scolding Qiu Sheng, Dai Changsheng grabbed him by the collar and tossed him to Man Choi outside the door. He then bit open his middle and index fingers, circulated his mana, and pointed at the foreheads of the zombies.
"What happened?"
Uncle Nine arrived in a hurry, but before he could finish speaking, he spotted Qiu Sheng dressed as a zombie. He snorted coldly. "You two little bastards, I'll deal with you later!"
"Alright, Senior Brother, enough talk. Hurry and help me subdue those guests!"
Seeing the corpse storage room in complete chaos, Daoist Siyue, who was drunk, instantly sobered up halfway. He hurriedly rushed into the room with Uncle Nine and joined Dai Changsheng in dealing with the out-of-control zombies.
With the three of them working together, the zombies were quickly immobilized in place.
"What are you two still standing around for?"
Dai Changsheng glanced at his two guilty-looking troublesome junior brothers standing in the doorway and snapped, "Why aren't you coming over to help?"
"Oh! Oh!"
Man Choi and Qiu Sheng felt as though they had been granted a pardon. They hurried forward, carried the zombies back into the corner, reapplied the Corpse Suppressing Talismans, and lit the soul-guiding lamps.
After all the zombies had been dealt with, Daoist Siyue was finally fully sober. He could not help pointing at Man Choi and the others as he scolded, "You two brats, what kind of joke was that? Of all things to play with, you had to play with my customers?"
"Martial Uncle, it's all Qiu Sheng's fault..."
Before Man Choi could finish, Daoist Siyue interrupted, "Enough, enough. Don't say any more. I'd better leave early."
"Martial Uncle, why don't you stay another two days?"
Dai Changsheng hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay. He still wanted to ask Daoist Siyue about corpse refining techniques!
"Forget it. If I don't set off now, two more customers won't make it home on time."
Daoist Siyue waved at Dai Changsheng before turning to Uncle Nine, whose face was full of embarrassment. "Senior Brother, I'll be leaving first. Until we meet again!"
"Junior Brother, travel safely. I'll definitely give these two brats a good lesson later."
"Jingle, jingle, jingle..."
Daoist Siyue smiled and nodded. Shaking the soul-summoning bell in his hand, he chanted, "Gentlemen, time to hit the road~"
Watching Daoist Siyue's departing figure, Dai Changsheng sighed helplessly. He could only wait until another opportunity arose to ask him about corpse refining techniques.
After personally seeing Daoist Siyue out of the mortuary, Uncle Nine finally turned his stern gaze toward the dirty-faced Man Choi and Qiu Sheng.
"Can't you two let me worry less? If you were half as sensible as Changsheng, I'd live at least twenty years longer!"
Faced with Uncle Nine's scolding, the two of them knew they were at fault and did not dare argue. They put on obedient expressions that said they knew they had erred.
"Master, please don't be angry. If you ruin your health over these two blockheads, it really wouldn't be worth it."
Dai Changsheng hurriedly reached out to massage Uncle Nine's back and calm him down. Then, putting on a stern face, he scolded, "Qiu Sheng, why are you still here this late instead of going home? Are you waiting for your aunt to come pick you up? Get lost already!"
"Okay, okay~"
Qiu Sheng nodded obediently and fled the mortuary as fast as he could.
"Man Choi, hurry up and clean the corpse storage room. If you don't clean it properly, you're not allowed to sleep tonight!"
"Yes, Senior Brother."
Hearing Dai Changsheng's words, Man Choi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly grabbed a broom to clean the corpse storage room.
Although Uncle Nine was very satisfied with how Dai Changsheng had handled things, he pretended to be displeased. "Changsheng, you spoil those two brats too much. That's why they've become so lawless."
"Yes, yes, Master is right."
Dai Changsheng massaged Uncle Nine's shoulders and said, "Then tomorrow, I'll add an extra hour to Qiu Sheng and the others' morning training. I'll properly wear out their energy so they don't have all that excess energy with nowhere to vent it."
In truth, Dai Changsheng knew full well that Uncle Nine was the one most protective of his disciples. Even if he, the eldest disciple, had not been present, Uncle Nine would at most have scolded Man Choi and Qiu Sheng verbally!
After all, Uncle Nine had remained a virgin his entire life. Since he had no descendants, the three personal disciples he had raised from childhood were no different from biological sons to him. Naturally, he could not bear to punish them harshly.
Uncle Nine nodded slightly. "Changsheng, you don't need to attend morning training tomorrow. Master Ren is inviting me for foreign tea tomorrow morning. Come with me, and remember to dress smartly."
"Yes, Master!"
Ren Tingting
The next morning.
Under Man Choi and Qiu Sheng's envious gazes, Dai Changsheng changed into a gray Zhongshan suit and left the mortuary with Uncle Nine.
Man Choi also wanted to accompany Uncle Nine for foreign tea, but he and Qiu Sheng had only caused trouble the previous night. He did not dare make demands of Uncle Nine at a time like this.
"Good morning, Uncle Nine~"
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