At that moment, within Elder Li's dantian, a slightly dimmed round bead hovered in a mass of three-colored flames. The three-colored flames, which should have been searing hot, had instead become completely lifeless.
Beside those three-colored flames hovered two magic treasures. One resembled a tiny smoking pipe, while the other was a pitch-black round mirror.
Upon seeing these two treasures, Qin Fengming found himself unable to determine the truth for a moment.
Although Qin Fengming had never personally refined a corpse, he had read descriptions of corpse refinement in many ancient texts. He knew that the first step in refining a corpse was to subdue a soul. Then, using a secret art, part of that soul would be driven into a corpse that had already lost its own soul.
The other portion of the soul would then be sealed inside a forbidden artifact, while some of the corpse's original blood essence would be collected and fused with that forbidden artifact. The cultivator could then directly refine the forbidden artifact.
By refining the forbidden artifact containing the sealed portion of the soul, one could control the corpse with extreme ease. This was the method commonly used throughout the Cultivation World to refine corpses.
Although this method sounded extremely simple, the actual process was extraordinarily dangerous. The slightest carelessness could result in being devoured by the refined corpse or the soul. For this reason, orthodox cultivators did not favor the art of corpse refinement. However, demonic cultivators were drawn to the formidable power of refined corpses, and quite a few were still willing to risk their lives.
Sensing the two magic treasures within Elder Li's body, Qin Fengming could not tell for a moment which one was the forbidden artifact used for refining the corpse.
Just as Qin Fengming was pondering this,