Refining Corpse Puppets, Corpse Puppet Cultivation, Old Man Duan Visits

These two corpses were preserved extremely well due to the timely application of rare medicinal herbs as recorded in the Corpse Refining Art.

Even when placed in this scorching, furnace-like environment, there wasn't the slightest sign of decay.

Shen Fan locked the door tightly behind him, his gaze landing on Biaozi's corpse as he began to refine it into a corpse puppet.

Shen Fan circulated his spiritual power, urging the Nine Nether Corpse Refinement Art, his spiritual power like nimble threads, slowly seeping into the corpse's acupoints.

In a unique and mysterious way, he unblocked each of the clogged meridians one by one. Then, the spiritual power, like a gurgling stream, poured into the dead and silent dantian, re-injecting a trace of vitality into it.

Finally, Shen Fan bit his fingertip, dripping in essence blood. Using the essence blood as a guide, he completely took control of the corpse.

Thus, a corpse puppet was refined.

Biaozi's corpse was complete and intact, his dantian and Spirit Root were as good as new.

Shen Fan immediately activated the Nine Nether Corpse Refinement Art and began to cultivate together with Biaozi.

In an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to receive a summons and began to slowly gather towards Biaozi.

Biaozi possessed a second-grade, four-Spirit Root talent, which was much stronger than Shen Fan's.

Even after being turned into a corpse puppet, his talent was not affected in the slightest.

When cultivating, the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy was noticeably faster than Shen Fan's.

Immediately afterward, Shen Fan used his essence blood as a guide, manipulating Biaozi to feed back the absorbed spiritual power to himself.

The spiritual power, like a surging tide, poured into Shen Fan's body, starting from the acupoints, rushing along the meridians, and finally converging into the dantian. After being absorbed by the earth Spirit Root, it was divided into the other four Spirit Roots.

To Shen Fan's great surprise, the spiritual energy that Biaozi fed back still opened up a unique channel on the side of Shen Fan's Spirit Root, just like a demon beast, allowing Shen Fan to absorb it easily.

"It really works!"

Shen Fan was overjoyed, his face full of surprise.

Afterward, Shen Fan followed suit and refined Baishitong's corpse into a corpse puppet as well.

Unlike Biaozi, Baishitong's talent actually reached the level of a fifth-grade, four-Spirit Root. When cultivating, the spiritual power he fed back to Shen Fan far exceeded Biaozi's.

At this moment…

Inside the Waste Elixir Chamber's storage room, the furnace lid below was scorching hot, radiating an oppressive heat.

Shen Fan sat cross-legged in the center, with the two corpse puppets, Biaozi and Baishitong, suspended in front and behind him.

From the two of them, one could clearly see streams of scorching spiritual energy, as thin as silk, flowing into Shen Fan's body.

And within Shen Fan's body, including the meridians belonging to his own Spirit Root, three spiraling strands of spiritual power, like three nimble dragons, converged into the dantian, circulating around the entire body, and being absorbed by Shen Fan bit by bit.

The difference was that Shen Fan's own meridians were as thin as gossamer, while the spiritual power from Biaozi was like cotton rope, and the spiritual power from Baishitong was as thick as a root.

The reason for this difference was that Shen Fan was a first-grade, five-element Spirit Root, Biaozi was a second-grade, four-Spirit Root, and Baishitong was a fifth-grade, four-Spirit Root.

The thickness of the Spirit Root was different, and the absorption speed was naturally vastly different.

At this moment, Shen Fan was equivalent to Biaozi and Baishitong cultivating for him together.

The cultivation speed was visibly increasing.

After five consecutive hours of cultivation, Shen Fan clearly felt that the spiritual power in his body was becoming more and more solid, and he had completely consolidated his foundation at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage.

Given time, after the foundation was stable, he would be able to break through to the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

More importantly, after Shen Fan finished cultivating, the Fire Poison absorbed during cultivation here, in addition to what he absorbed himself, the Fire Poison from Biaozi and Baishitong was all absorbed by them.

Therefore, the spiritual power that the two of them fed back was pure and flawless spiritual power.

These two were not only like tireless cultivation machines, but also like efficient filters, filtering out all the poisonous and harmful substances.

"Good treasures!"

Shen Fan sighed secretly, "With such a heaven-defying cultivation method, no wonder the four immortal sects of the Great Li Kingdom would not tolerate the existence of the Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Sect!"

Shen Fan was located in the Eastern Flowing Cloud Continent, one of the four great spiritual continents of the Xuanqiong World, within the territory of the Great Li Kingdom.

The Eastern Flowing Cloud Continent was dotted with various countries such as the Great Li Kingdom, the Jiang Kingdom, the Great Xia Ancient Kingdom, the Cloud Dragon Dynasty, and the Fusang Ancient Kingdom.

Within the Great Li Kingdom, four immortal sects held sway over all: the Heavenly Xuan Sect, the Spirit Sword Sect, the Icefire Sect, and Spring Farmer Valley.

In addition to these, there was also the Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Sect, which everyone deeply hated.

The Nine Nether Corpse Refinement Art that Shen Fan cultivated came from this Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Sect, which was regarded as a thorn in the side by the four immortal sects.

With such a heaven-defying cultivation method, it was no wonder that it was jointly condemned by the four immortal sects and had not appeared in the world for three hundred years.

As dusk approached, night quietly descended.

After eating dinner, Shen Fan prepared to continue cultivating.

Having set foot on the path of longevity, he dared not slack off for a single day. The humiliation brought by Lu Qingzhu was like a raging fire, the driving force behind Shen Fan's day and night pursuit.

What's more, with the help of corpse puppets, Shen Fan wished he could use all twelve hours of the day to cultivate.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just then, a gentle knock sounded on the door of the Waste Elixir Chamber.

Shen Fan's expression immediately tightened, and he quickly placed the Supreme-Grade Universe Pouch into the storage compartment, ready to incinerate it at any moment.

"Who is it!" Fully prepared, Shen Fan feigned a sleepy voice.

But there was only silence outside the door, no one responded.

Shen Fan cautiously approached the door and, peering through the crack, saw that Old Man Duan was actually standing outside.

"What brings you here?" Shen Fan opened the door and immediately let Old Man Duan in.

Seeing that Shen Fan was safe and sound, Old Man Duan breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm relieved to see you're alright, kid!"

"By the way, where did you hide those four corpses?"

As Old Man Duan said this, he narrowed his eyes and asked with a hint of playfulness.

"Burned them!" Shen Fan replied without hesitation.

"Is that so?" The corners of Old Man Duan's mouth slightly turned up as his eyes scanned the surroundings, as if searching for something.

"Gulp!"

Shen Fan nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

He naturally knew what Old Man Duan was looking for. This old codger gave him the Nine Nether Corpse Refinement Art, and he was probably suspecting that he had brought back the two corpses to refine them into Corpse Puppets.

But after seeing that he hadn't found anything, Old Man Duan turned around and instructed:

"Do you know who those people you killed were, kid?"

"Who?" Shen Fan asked, pretending not to know.

"The leader was called Baishitong. Although he's a rogue cultivator, he's actually the older brother of a Heavenly Xuan Sect direct disciple who's making money in the Market."

Old Man Duan explained, "Baishitong's disappearance has caused an uproar in the Market. The enforcement team is searching everywhere. If you're discovered, even a god can't save you!"

Shen Fan secretly rejoiced and said, "Don't worry, I burned them clean. I won't be discovered!"

"What about the Universe Pouch on him?" Old Man Duan stared intently at Shen Fan and asked.

"Universe Pouch? What Universe Pouch?" Shen Fan asked with a deliberately confused expression.

"You don't know?" Old Man Duan's brow furrowed, his eyes seemingly trying to pry open Shen Fan's heart to see clearly.

"It's the cloth pouch on his waist!"

"What cloth pouch are you talking about? You said the enforcement team was coming, so after I burned the corpses, I buried them on the spot and ran!"

Shen Fan insisted that he didn't take it.

Now that this Universe Pouch had been enhanced into a Supreme-Grade Universe Pouch, how could he possibly hand it over?

This Supreme-Grade Universe Pouch was something that even the elders of the Heavenly Xuan Sect might not have. Shen Fan couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if he gave it to Old Man Duan.

"Kid, I saved you! You can't forget my kindness because of a small Universe Pouch!"

Old Man Duan still didn't quite believe Shen Fan.

"Why would I lie to you? Besides, I gave you so much Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice. What would I do with this Universe Pouch?"

Hearing this, the look in Old Man Duan's eyes relaxed slightly.

Indeed, a single grain of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice was worth one Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

So much Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice was probably worth more than everything in Baishitong's Universe Pouch combined.

Old Man Duan said, "It's best if you didn't take it. I'm just worried that there's a divine sense imprint of his younger brother, that direct disciple, on it. If they trace it, it would be troublesome if they find you!"

Shen Fan's heart tightened, but he pretended to be calm and said, "Is that so? Then I'm lucky I didn't take it! If I had really taken it, wouldn't I be finished?"

Shen Fan firmly believed that there wasn't such an imprint.

If there really was an imprint from that direct disciple, they would have come knocking on his door long ago.

"By the way!" Old Man Duan suddenly said, "Two people came to the Spirit Field today!"

"Who?"

Shen Fan's expression turned stern, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.