On the sixth day of the third month, only five days remained before the Prefectural Examination to qualify as a licentiate.
Xu Qing paid no heed to the affairs beyond his window, swinging his spade and hoe as he dug pits nonstop in the courtyard.
If a zombie relied solely on swallowing moonlight and yin energy to cultivate, its transformation would be exceedingly slow. Thus, zombies often devoured raw flesh and drank blood, killing living beings and seizing their vitality to increase their cultivation.
Xu Qing had little interest in seeking out human Blood Food. It was too easy to cause trouble—and it was immoral besides.
After all, who could guarantee that he would not run into some expert who subdued demons and upheld justice while out hunting for food?
After much consideration, the safest method was still to follow the vegetarian cultivation method in the Corpse Nurturing Scripture and seek out various materials that could accelerate his cultivation.
There was no difference between this and cultivators collecting precious materials and refining miraculous pills and medicines to improve their cultivation.
Of the crucial yin objects needed to cultivate a Silverclad Wandering Corpse, Xu Qing had already found the highest-grade Yin Spirit Jade, as well as the Old Cat Sha processed through a special method. He had extracted that thing from the Cat-faced Zombie. The only yin object he lacked now was three feet of Ghost-faced Soil beneath a grave mound.
Ghost-faced Soil was supposedly a layer of earth resembling a ghost's face that could be found three feet beneath a grave mound. That layer of yin soil was the Ghost-faced Soil he needed.
Such yin objects were usually bred in places thick with Yin Sha qi. The most common locations were mass graves, cemeteries, and ancient tombs.
Xu Qing was