Corpse Eye's Recompense

Soon.

A dozen Corpse Buriers were taken into the Night Patrol Division's prison overnight.

Wang Nian heard the commotion and rushed over, wanting to stop them. However, Li Ye and the other person had the Night Patrol's executive tokens, so he had no authority to interfere.

After the dozen Corpse Buriers were brought to the Night Patrol Division's prison, Li Ye and the other person led a team in a surprise interrogation that lasted all night.

They had intended to use torture to extract a confession, but Wang Nian arrived and blocked them.

"Li Ye, if you dare to use torture, I'll report you directly to the Night Patrol Division elders, and you can bury the corpses from the Dead Corpse Land from now on!"

With no other choice.

Li Ye had to give up.

"Brother Chen, then we'll use the Illusion Pill!"

Illusion Pill.

A first-tier low-grade pill.

It was specifically used to disorient prisoners and induce them to tell the truth.

Without the option of torture, this was their only recourse.

Manager Chen said helplessly, "One Illusion Pill for one low-grade Spirit Stone. Brother Li, you're really willing to spend."

"I don't believe they didn't hear any unusual sounds," Li Ye said, gritting his teeth and spending over a dozen low-grade Spirit Stones.

However.

What they asked.

And what they learned.

Was very little.

Those living around Fang Zheng only heard the sounds of killing for a few breaths. Other than that, there were no unusual sounds.

The Corpse Buriers living around Wen Jiu did hear the sounds of Wen Jiu leaving his residence, but Wen Jiu went out every night to practice his Corpse Raising Method.

This was common knowledge.

Wang Nian also knew this.

He only skipped it a few days occasionally.

Manager Chen said dejectedly, "Although we know he goes out at night, I'm afraid that can't be a reason to interrogate him. It's impossible to explain to Steward Mu. Furthermore, Corpse Raising conflicts with Ghost Law. He only obtained the Yin Province Corpse Raising Method from the Dharma Transmission Tower... Brother Li, why don't we just drop it?"

Manager Chen now felt that investigating spies and executing them was more reliable than investigating Wen Jiu for murder.

Although he didn't believe the coincidence that Li Ye had just ordered Fang Zheng and the other two to suppress Wen Jiu, and then Fang Zheng and the other two died shortly after, he had to admit that even if he didn't believe it, it seemed to be the truth.

Li Ye did not nod.

He fell into a long period of contemplation.

Just then.

A Night Patrol disciple hurried into the dungeon.

He looked quite panicked.

"Manager Li, Manager Chen... Steward Sikong has come out of seclusion. He is very dissatisfied with the progress of your investigation into the spies, so he plans to personally conduct a soul search on the Night Patrol spy caught last night!"

As he spoke.

The expressions of the two changed.

They had spent too much time investigating whether Fang Zheng's death was related to Wen Jiu.

They hadn't expected to incur Steward Sikong's displeasure.

"Send these Corpse Buriers away!"

Manager Chen quickly instructed the Night Patrol disciple beside him.

Although Li Ye was unwilling, he did not dare to hesitate.

The current task was indeed to investigate the spies.

In recent days, the number of Night Patrol disciples killed by those spies was no less than twenty, if not thirty.

The next day.

Wen Jiu learned about what happened last night from Wang Nian.

He also knew that Li Ye had taken away the Corpse Buriers who lived next to him.

But Wen Jiu remained calm.

This was because Ghost Law and Corpse Raising were incompatible.

It was their fundamental nature.

Only Li Ye would suspect him.

But no matter how much he suspected or targeted him, he wouldn't dare to do anything, because he had a backer now.

I'm not someone you can just control.

Putting his thoughts aside, Wen Jiu stepped into the Dead Corpse Land. Today, he planned to venture deep into its central area.

That was the core region of that great battle.

The cultivators who perished there were of higher realms, so the Yin energy and Blood Qi generated after their deaths were even more potent.

At the same time, it was easier for Yin Souls to be born.

As he entered the central area of the Dead Corpse Land with the Black Zombie, the surrounding Yin energy grew increasingly dense and cold. Although it was daytime, it was as frigid as deep winter, and everything in sight was a stark white.

Everywhere he went, there were also corpses.

But they weren't as scattered as those on the outskirts.

Occasionally, he could see one or two dead cultivator corpses missing limbs.

However, Wen Jiu didn't go any further. After penetrating about a hundred feet, he stopped and began using his Corpse Eye to absorb Blood Qi.

As soon as the Corpse Eye opened, a large amount of Blood Qi surged from the ground below, pouring into the Corpse Eye like a tide.

The quantity...

was three to four times that of the outer areas.

The purity...

was also several times that of the outer areas.

As the Blood Qi poured in, the Blood Essence, which had only a faint crimson hue, began to take shape at a visible speed. In less than an hour, it had formed a bloodstain, no larger than a fingernail.

But even so, after acquiring this bloodstain, the Corpse Eye's aura changed drastically. The already solemn eyes gradually became covered with ferocious bloodshot veins. As they appeared, the speed of Blood Qi absorption also increased by leaps and bounds.

At this moment, the Corpse Eye was like a greedy zombie, continuously sucking blood, as if it wanted to devour everything around it.

The Black Zombie stood by, feeling the surging Blood Qi and itching to move, but Wen Jiu suppressed it.

One meal at a time.

Wen Jiu knew the difference.

If he let the Black Zombie fight for Blood Qi now, and later lacked Blood Qi to condense the Blood Essence, it would be a huge loss.

After all, cultivating the Blood Transformation Body required a massive amount of blood.

And he couldn't possibly go slaughter cultivators or mortals.

Soon.

Time flew by for several more hours.

After Wen Jiu completely drained the Blood Qi from the ground within a radius of two to three hundred feet, the fingernail-sized bloodstain grew by a third and became even more refined.

But Wen Jiu wasn't sure if it could be considered Blood Essence, or just highly pure Essence Blood.

However, even if he couldn't judge correctly, Wen Jiu could clearly feel that with its appearance, the quality and abilities of the Corpse Eye had reached a new level.

It was at this moment that the Essence Blood suddenly exuded a large amount of Blood Qi, which, beyond Wen Jiu's control, drilled into the Black Zombie's body.

The Black Zombie's Blood Transformation Body's aura surged!

This process lasted for a quarter of an hour. Wen Jiu couldn't control it at all and could only watch from the side.

After a quarter of an hour.

The Black Zombie's Blood Transformation Body's aura reached an unprecedented peak.

It was as if it had been absorbing Blood Qi and raising corpses in the Dead Corpse Land for dozens of days.

Even.

Wen Jiu could feel the signs of the Black Zombie's Blood Transformation Body breaking through at any moment.

"This..."

Wen Jiu quickly looked at the Corpse Eye.

He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that its Blood Essence had not dissipated.

It was good that the Blood Essence was still there.

But what was that situation just now?

"It seems I'll only know for sure during the daily settlement." After burying the Black Zombie underground, Wen Jiu left quickly.

He waited until midnight.

Wen Jiu finally understood what the abnormality during the day was.

In today's settlement, a new settlement item had appeared.

[Absorbed a large amount of Blood Qi to replenish the Corpse Eye. The Corpse Eye's Blood Essence has been successfully repaired and is currently merging with the Corpse Eye's artifact body. It will return to Grade 1 Mid-tier quality within ten days, and the Corpse Eye will provide Cultivator's Essence Blood +1375, Black Zombie Blood Transformation Body Experience +300 (daily absorption limit reached)]

[Black Zombie Skill: Blood Transformation Body Second Level (828/1000)]

"So it was successful!"

The surprise came very suddenly.

Fortunately, it was in the Dead Corpse Land.

If it were anywhere else.

This repair would have taken an unknown amount of time.

"So, today's abnormality was actually a nourishment."

Wen Jiu rejoiced again.

It seemed the Corpse Eye's repair only required essence blood to restore Blood Essence, not the absorption of all essence blood.

"At 828, without using the reserve Cultivator's Essence Blood, it will only take seven days to reach the third level of the Blood Transformation Body."

Wen Jiu fell into thought.

Should he wait seven days.

Or directly use the reserve Cultivator's Essence Blood.

After pondering for a moment.

Wen Jiu decided not to use it.

The reserve Cultivator's Essence Blood should be saved if possible, because he would need essence blood for future cultivation of the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body.

Corpse Blood definitely couldn't help him cultivate the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body.

Thinking of this.

Wen Jiu glanced at the reserve Cultivator's Essence Blood.

[Cultivator's Essence Blood Reserve: 2368]

"I'll continue saving it."

When the situation calms down, I'll start using this essence blood to cultivate the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body.

Having set his strategy, Wen Jiu closed his personal panel.

Soon.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Blood Transformation Body entered the third level as scheduled.

[Black Zombie Skill: Blood Transformation Body Level 3 (0/2000)]

But what Wen Jiu didn't expect was that after the Blood Transformation Body entered the third level, a Blood Transformation Body skill was derived.

[Black Zombie Skill: Blood Corpse Escape]

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