[Daily Settlement Panel Lv2 (30/1000)] [Today's Settlement!] [Chanted the Corpse Nurturing Incantation for two shichen; Corpse Nurturing Incantation experience +20.] [Searched for Yin Souls in the Dead Corpse Land for three shichen, constantly absorbing Corpse Qi and Death Qi; Panel experience +1, Corpse Qi +6, Death Qi +6.] [Used Yin Qi, a large amount of cultivators' blood, and a First-order Low-grade Corpse Nurturing Bead to nurture a corpse in the Corpse Nurturing Ground for twelve shichen; Panel experience +1, Dead Body Mutation experience +24, +12, Corpse Nurturer experience +2, Blood Transformation Body experience +24.] [Refined the damaged First-grade Mid-quality Corpse Artifact: Corpse Eye (its grade had fallen to First-order Low-grade because the Blood Essence within it was destroyed); residual blood essence +103, residual Corpse Qi +77.] [Corpse Eye] [Grade: First-order Low-grade Magic Tool (after Blood Essence condenses, it can return to First-grade Mid-quality)] [Abilities: store spells, absorb blood, nurture blood (currently unavailable).] [PS: Store spells (Yin spells can be stored inside the magic tool in ordinary times, then unleashed at a critical moment to attack enemies.) Absorb blood (Can draw in all blood within a hundred zhang. If there are mortals nearby, it can extract their blood from afar. The stronger the user, the more efficiently it absorbs blood. When the amount of blood absorbed reaches a certain threshold, Blood Essence can condense.) Nurture blood (Blood Essence can be nourished with Yin spells and the flesh and blood of demons and fiends, producing large amounts of Corpse Blood to nurture corpses. Zombies raised with Corpse Blood will be fiercer and stronger. However, if a zombie's strength surpasses your own, you, the Corpse Nurturer, may very well lose control of it.)] [PS: Zombies mutated through a Corpse Nurturer's secret art are bound to the panel and can never go out of control!]
So, absorbing blood could condense Blood Essence and restore the Corpse Eye's grade... and then I could use its blood-nurturing ability.
Wen Jiu was overjoyed.
Wouldn't that mean he had acquired a First-grade Mid-quality Corpse Artifact?
As for blood...
There was still plenty in the Dead Corpse Land.
Perhaps he could condense Blood Essence there.
"The ability to store spells is useful, too." Wen Jiu's philosophy was to keep a low profile and develop in peace whenever possible, but when it was time to act, he would act without hesitation. The Corpse Eye fit his cultivation philosophy perfectly.
In ordinary times, he could leave it unused and store Yin spells inside.
Keep storing them.
Keep storing them.
Then, when the time came, he could unleash power beyond his usual limits and defeat his enemy with a single strike!
He had to admit, the Wicked Heretic who had crafted the Corpse Eye must have been a fellow devotee of the cautious path. Otherwise, how could he have come up with such a brilliant idea?
Next, Wen Jiu checked the Black Zombie's experience settlement.
He had given the First-order Low-grade Corpse Nurturing Bead to the Black Zombie about six shichen earlier.
Yet the settlement just now had awarded it 12 experience points.
That meant...
It could gain 24 points in a little over twelve shichen.
Compared with the unranked Corpse Nurturing Bead he'd used before, it was twice as effective.
Wen Jiu immediately glanced at the Black Zombie's experience on his personal panel. [Black Zombie—being nurtured (mid-level, 108/1000)]
"At 48 points a day, the Black Zombie will reach the upper level in less than nineteen days."
He calculated the time.
Wen Jiu was overjoyed.
He couldn't help but marvel again.
What efficiency!
No wonder the Unorthodox Path was so effective.
With results this swift, it was no surprise that practitioners of the Unorthodox Path in the outside world changed their ways and became deranged Wicked Heretics.
Who could refuse rapid advancement?
Who could resist such temptation?
Early the next morning.
When Wen Ya came again to bring him food, Wen Jiu told her the truth: he was going to become a Night Patrol Division Apprentice Disciple, and he was preparing to move.
He hadn't been home yesterday morning because he had gone to report to the Night Patrol Division.
However, Wen Jiu said little about his promotion for slaying an enemy.
When Wen Ya heard the news, she burst into tears of joy. She was so happy she didn't know what to do with herself, and couldn't even manage a complete sentence.
Seeing how sincerely happy his older sister was for him, Wen Jiu felt warm inside. That feeling made him happier than joining the Night Patrol Division itself.
"Eat up. Afterward, we'll go pay our respects to our parents... If they knew you'd become a Night Patrol Division Apprentice Disciple, they'd be so happy." After saying that, Wen Ya reminded him of a few things and went out.
Clearly...
She'd gone to buy incense and candles.
Wen Jiu picked up the big bowl and ate heartily, thinking about how he might get a cultivation method for his sister too.
Cultivators had long lifespans.
Wen Jiu naturally wanted to preserve this family bond for as long as he could.
Even if he couldn't keep it forever, having more time together would be wonderful. Besides, he had no intention of becoming a Rogue Cultivator.
There was no need to sever every tie.
But from what he knew so far, no one had mentioned buying or selling cultivation methods.
Perhaps he should ask Wang Nian.
Before long...
Wen Ya returned.
She brought incense, candles, and offerings, and had also bought a small string of firecrackers.
After eating, Wen Jiu followed her to their parents' graves. Since they had died because of Corpse Peak, they had been allowed to be buried near Flying Immortal Peak. Wen Jiu also gave the two old folks a token bow.
Not for any other reason—only for the love they had shown their children.
After paying their respects, they headed back. Wen Ya was excited and kept talking about things from the past, while Wen Jiu listened quietly.
He smiled wryly to himself.
Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he'd already made a name for himself.
They were already reminiscing about the past.
But after they had chatted for a while, Wen Ya mentioned someone's name—Li Ye.
When Wen Jiu heard the name, and learned that Li Ye had gone to ask Wen Ya some questions, his heart tightened.
"Sis, what did he ask you?"
"He asked whether you cultivated ghost arts. The Night Patrol Division happened to have a vacancy for someone who needed to use ghost arts." Seeing Wen Jiu's nervousness, Wen Ya quickly added, "Don't worry. Do you think your older sister couldn't tell he had an ulterior motive? Nothing in this world comes without a price, so I didn't tell him anything."
"Mhm."
Wen Jiu's eyes narrowed.
Li Ye really wasn't going to let this go easily.
It seemed he intended to keep hounding him.
"Sis, try to stay with the Xu family from now on. Don't go anywhere else."
Although Wen Jiu didn't think much of the Xu Family, it was indeed a place where Wen Ya could be protected.
He could repay that kindness later.
Wen Ya quickly nodded, her smile slowly fading.
Clearly...
She had guessed that Li Ye was her younger brother's enemy.
The moment she remembered that Li Ye was a manager in the Night Patrol Division, she couldn't feel happy anymore.
After seeing Wen Ya off.
Wen Jiu didn't rush to pick a new place to live. Instead, he headed straight to the Dead Corpse Land. When the corpse buriers saw the Night Patrol Division uniform he wore, they all bowed and respectfully addressed him as an Immortal Master.
To be honest...
Wen Jiu really wasn't used to it yet.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Wang Nian, Wen Jiu entered the Dead Corpse Land.
After searching all day, he didn't find a Yin Soul, but the Corpse Eye had absorbed a lot of blood.
The blood within a hundred zhang...
Wen Jiu drained it all in an hour.
By the end of the day, there wasn't a drop of blood left within a thousand zhang.
The speed was terrifying.
At this rate, the Corpse Eye would probably drain the entire Dead Corpse Land before long.
That left Wen Jiu feeling a little helpless. Once all the blood in the Dead Corpse Land was gone, he would have nowhere to nurture the Black Zombie's Blood Transformation Body.
Fortunately, after a full day of use, a faint red glimmer had appeared inside the Corpse Eye.
That was the beginning of Blood Essence condensing!
Once the Blood Essence had fully formed, he could nurture blood.
And cultivate Corpse Blood!
Satisfied, Wen Jiu put the Corpse Eye away and left the Dead Corpse Land. He had planned to go straight home, but Wang Nian stopped him.
Without giving him a chance to refuse, Wang Nian brought Wen Jiu home and introduced him to the sister-in-law he'd only ever heard about.
Wang Nian was in his thirties.
His wife was only nineteen.
She was beautiful, with a figure that almost rivaled Wen Ya's.
Wen Jiu could only conclude that the man was blessed!
But when they sat down to eat, Wang Nian didn't let his wife sit at the table. He sent her away and had her wait outside.
Even then, Wang Nian wasn't at ease.
He even used a Soundproofing Talisman.
It seemed he wanted to discuss something he couldn't let even his wife know about.
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