Refining Corpse Puppets

To be on the safe side, Shen Fan wasn't in a hurry to leave.

Instead, he spent a long time wandering around the complex stall area of the market.

Then he bought some daily necessities.

No one came to the abandoned pill room except for himself.

Shen Fan bought some wine and the like, which didn't cost much.

The top-grade spirit rice was exchanged for fifteen low-grade spirit stones.

He spent three spirit stones on medicinal herbs, two on the Flame Serpent Art, and one on a pound of low-grade spirit rice.

In total, he spent six spirit stones, and now he had nine left.

Shen Fan didn't spend them all, but kept them for emergencies.

While in the stall area, Shen Fan bought some clothes and cloaks, making several detours.

He changed into them after turning a corner.

Even so, he wasn't in a hurry to leave.

Instead, he continued to wander around.

Later, he came to the shantytown, and at a certain corner, he changed into another cloak and a mask.

Only then did he step out of the market.

Old Man Duan had told him more than once about the dangers of the market when he was at the spirit field.

He had been at the Heavenly Xuan Sect for over a dozen years.

He had been to the market many times, and the first few times, he had been robbed on the way, and all his valuables had been taken away.

Fortunately, the other party was wary of the Heavenly Xuan Sect and didn't kill him, a handyman disciple.

Therefore, even though it was Shen Fan's first time at the market, he cautiously followed Old Man Duan's method, buying several sets of clothes and changing several times, making sure there was no tail before daring to leave.

"Where is he?"

In the shantytown of the market, the people Baishitong had called looked at each other.

Among them was Biaozi.

"I just saw him, where did this kid run off to?"

On the other side, Shen Fan had already returned to the Heavenly Xuan Sect, while that group of people was still searching for Shen Fan's whereabouts.

"Boss, we lost him!"

Biaozi said with an embarrassed expression.

"Lost him?"

Baishitong slapped him hard across the face.

"That kid clearly came to the market for the first time, a complete newbie, and you still lost him?"

"That kid doesn't seem like a newbie, he first went to the stalls and wandered around, then went to the shantytown, making all sorts of detours, he's a complete veteran!"

Baishitong fell into deep thought, squinting his eyes and smiling, "It seems, this guy must have an old geezer guiding him!"

He was sure that the kid was a newbie.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent two spirit stones to buy the worst Flame Serpent Art.

However.

All of these things were no longer related to Shen Fan.

Back in the abandoned pill room, Shen Fan immediately found five or six of the hundreds of medicinal herbs that were needed for the Corpse Refining Art.

Then he ground them into powder and evenly applied it to the body of the already dead golden silk monkey beast.

In this way, the first step of corpse refining was successfully completed.

With the corpse preserved, Shen Fan next needed to use the special method in the Nine Nether Corpse Refining Art to circulate his spiritual energy and input it into the acupoints of the corpse, in order to activate the already dead spiritual meridians.

Unfortunately, Shen Fan's talent wasn't high, with a first-grade five elements spiritual root, the spiritual energy stored in his body wasn't enough to support the activation of the corpse's spiritual meridians.

Repeatedly.

Shen Fan spent a full day to completely activate the corpse's spiritual meridians.

Moreover, he had used up a low-grade spirit stone along the way.

This made Shen Fan's heart ache.

However, even so, the effort was worth it.

Looking at the Corpse Puppet that could now move, Shen Fan revealed a gratified smile.

"With the Corpse Puppet activated, the next step is to feed it with essence blood to achieve a state of unity between spirit and soul. Only then can the Corpse Puppet provide feedback for cultivation!"

Shen Fan thought to himself.

He refined the Corpse Puppet not to have it fight and kill for him.

But to have the Corpse Puppet help him cultivate.

Therefore, even though it was a demonic art, the purpose was different, and Shen Fan didn't think he was going down an evil path.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Shen Fan finally successfully refined the Corpse Puppet.

Looking at the golden monkey beast in front of him, its eyes hollow and puppet-like.

Shen Fan could clearly feel the current aura of this beast.

From the looks of it, the strength of this golden monkey beast before its death should have reached the first level of the third stage.

That is, the third level of the Qi Refining Stage.

And now, its demon core had been dug out.

In addition, the corpse was somewhat damaged. After being refined into a Corpse Puppet, its strength had dropped to around the first level of the second stage.

"Let's start cultivating!"

With a thought, Shen Fan controlled the Corpse Puppet to start cultivating.

As he circulated the Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Art, the Corpse Puppet also opened its mouth slightly, inhaling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and gathering it in its empty dantian.

But the next moment, Shen Fan frowned.

"Why did the spiritual energy gathered by the Corpse Puppet suddenly disappear?"

Shen Fan immediately stood up and began to investigate.

After a careful examination, Shen Fan discovered that this Corpse Puppet could not gather spiritual energy at all.

"It seems that it must be because its demon core was dug out, so the spiritual energy cannot be condensed. In that case, wouldn't I have wasted my efforts?"

Thinking of this, Shen Fan's heart sank.

Several days of effort, spending such a great price, and in the end, it couldn't be used.

Looking at the creation in front of him, Shen Fan really couldn't bear to put it in the incinerator and burn it.

"I wonder if installing a demon core for it would work?"

Just then, Shen Fan's eyes suddenly lit up.

He had found a broken first-level, fifth-stage demon core in the ruins these past two days.

Because it was broken, all the spiritual power inside had disappeared.

So it was discarded here.

Thinking of this, Shen Fan immediately took out the broken demon core and excitedly put it into the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl.

At this time, inside the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl.

There was actually some soil, and on top of it was a flowering spirit grass.

This was the result of Shen Fan's experiments these past two days.

He put the seeds of the spirit medicine into the soil and planted them.

The next day, the seed actually took root and sprouted in the bowl, and then grew and blossomed.

However, if he needed to wait until the final result, it would take another day.

So, the current function of the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl is replication, enhancement, and acceleration.

Looking at the flowering spirit grass, Shen Fan plucked it, poured out the soil inside, and washed it clean.

Then he put the broken demon core in.

Early the next morning, Shen Fan excitedly took it out.

Looking at the brand new, rich in spiritual energy, first-level, fifth-stage demon core, Shen Fan grinned with a satisfied smile.

"This demon core is from the first level, fifth stage, and the Corpse Puppet is from the first level, second stage. I wonder if they match?"

Shen Fan thought to himself.

It was because the Corpse Puppet's spiritual meridians had been completely activated.

As Shen Fan embedded the demon core, the spiritual meridians immediately established a connection with it.

"I'm screwed!"

After doing all this, Shen Fan smacked his forehead, realizing something was wrong.

"The attributes don't match!"

This was Shen Fan's first time doing something like this.

Moreover, he had only just stepped into the third level of the Qi Refining Stage.

Regarding cultivation, he lacked guidance on many basic common sense matters, so he was unaware.

He only realized the attribute incompatibility after he had already done it.