Public Performance

Night falls.

Daily settlement.

[Daily Settlement Panel Lv1 (20/100)]

[Today's Settlement!]

[Chanting the Corpse Nurturing Incantation for one hour, cultivating the Yin Province Corpse Nurturing Art for one hour, Panel EXP +1, Corpse Nurturing Incantation EXP +10, Yin Province Corpse Nurturing Art EXP +1]

[Burying corpses in a dead land for six hours, continuously inhaling corpse qi and death qi, Panel EXP +1, Corpse Qi +6, Death Qi +6]

[Gathering Earth Fiend Yin Qi, supplementing corpse nurturing with a large amount of cultivator fresh blood for two hours, Panel EXP +1, Dead Body Mutation EXP +6, +1, Corpse Nurturer EXP +1, Blood Transformation Body EXP +1]

[Consuming one bowl of low-grade Spirit Rice, one piece of unranked Monster Beast Meat, Body Refining EXP +0.1]

"Excellent!"

Wen Jiu was overjoyed.

Two hours yielded 1 point of experience.

Twelve hours would be 6 points of experience.

Adding the 6 points of experience from chanting the Corpse Nurturing Incantation.

That's 12 points a day.

It wouldn't take twenty days for the White Zombie to transform into a Black Zombie!

By then, he could become a true Cultivator—because the Yinzhou Corpse Nurturing Record stated that Black Zombies could contend with Cultivators.

After his joy subsided, Wen Jiu noticed the words "Blood Transformation Body" appearing in the daily settlement. "What is this Blood Transformation Body?"

As he spoke.

Wen Jiu immediately opened his personal information panel.

[Wen Jiu]

[Age: Twenty-three]

[Lifespan: 23/73]

[Realm: None]

[Cultivation Method: Yin Province Corpse Nurturing Art (Layer 1 55/1000)]+

[Lv1 Corpse Nurturer (6/100)]

[Secret Skill: Mutate Corpse]

[White Zombie -- Corpse Raising (7/200)]+

[White Zombie Skill: Blood Transformation Body Novice (1/100)+]

[Death Qi Balance: 0]

[Corpse Qi Balance: 6]

"Is this the corpse body?" Wen Jiu noticed there was also a plus sign behind Blood Transformation Body and tried clicking it.

Corpse Qi decreased by 1.

Blood Transformation Body's experience increased by 1.

"Blood Transformation Body only needs 100 experience, so I'll upgrade Blood Transformation Body first." Wen Jiu immediately added the remaining 5 points.

Blood Transformation Body's experience immediately reached 7 points.

The next day.

Wen Jiu continued burying corpses.

No matter how bitter or tiring, he didn't care. Seeing the three people whose aptitude far surpassed his, and who were practically guaranteed to become apprentices, Wen Jiu remained unfazed. There was no such thing as fairness in this world.

Wasn't a little favoritism normal?

After just one night, his mindset had completely changed.

You have good aptitude?

There's favoritism?

I cultivate the Unorthodox Path.

No matter how fast you are, can you be faster than me?

Wen Jiu had also figured it out. If he wanted to climb higher and become an apprentice disciple, he might as well make a move in front of Wang Nian. After all, yesterday's attitude had already shown that Wang Nian was quite displeased with the actions of those three.

Perhaps he could bypass the one-year assessment.

After repeated consideration, Wen Jiu decided to choose the path of performance.

Concealing his abilities was necessary.

If he wanted to survive in the cultivation world, concealing his abilities was a must.

But since he wanted to climb the ranks in the sect and latch onto a powerful figure, he couldn't just hide his abilities. He had to show himself at crucial moments.

However, he had to gauge the situation carefully.

With this in mind, Wen Jiu began to wait for an opportunity.

But the opportunity didn't come.

Instead, there was a sudden increase of Yin Qi.

Yesterday, when clearing the corpse remnants, the Yin Qi in the area was merely like a thin mist, not having much of an impact on ordinary people. But after a night passed, the Yin Qi in their location had suddenly increased by forty to fifty percent.

This level of Yin Qi, once it entered the body, would at the very least cause discomfort for several days, and at worst, lead to a serious illness.

"No one go over there."

Wang Nian stopped everyone.

Then, with a grave expression, he walked forward. As he passed, the Yin Qi all parted, as if blocked by something. Wen Jiu looked closely and saw a mass of Spiritual Qi circulating around Wang Nian.

It was this that protected Wang Nian and blocked the Yin Qi.

After a few breaths, Wang Nian emerged from the area of increased Yin Qi and, with a raise of his hand, took out a black cloth bag from his robes. The bag was not large, only about the size of a fist, but Wang Nian took out a Silver Longsword from it.

"Is this the legendary storage bag that opened up the Mustard Seed Space and can store all things?" Wen Jiu gazed at it.

If he took this to Blue Star for logistics.

Wouldn't he make a fortune?

While marveling, Wang Nian suddenly drew his sword and tossed it into the air. With a single-handed incantation, the longsword danced in the air as if it had come alive.

Immediately after, Wang Nian took out a Yellow Talisman from the storage bag and also tossed it into the air, accurately landing it on the body of the flying sword. The next moment, the flying sword hummed and, carrying the Yellow Talisman, plunged into the Yin Qi.

Bang!

A loud noise was heard.

A mass of Yellow Qi Wave swept through the Yin Qi, dispersing all the Yin Qi within a thirty-zhang radius.

Seeing this, Wen Jiu couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart—is this the power of a Cultivator?

"Wasting one of my Yin Dispelling Talismans, I'm really impressed... What are you still looking at? Hurry up and get to work!" After the sword returned to the bag, Wang Nian retreated to the distance as usual, unwilling to get close, his face full of displeasure. "Be quick about it!"

As he spoke.

Everyone hurried forward.

Fearing his displeasure.

Wen Jiu also slowly caught up, feeling the Yin energy, which had been thinned out by the talismans, and felt a little regretful.

However, at this moment, Wen Jiu suddenly thought of something and began to bury himself in digging through corpses.

And intentionally or unintentionally, he moved closer to the areas with dense Yin energy.

Soon.

Wen Jiu cleaned up the area in front of him.

Then, while Wang Nian was meditating and cultivating, he began to clear the areas with dense Yin energy, and in a short while, he cleared out a section within them.

It was at this time that Wang Nian emerged from his meditation.

He intended to urge the progress of the Corpse Buriers, but after scanning the area, he found that one person had actually ventured into the area with dense Yin energy.

"Er Shazi?"

Wang Nian quickly got up.

Angrily, he wanted to shout at the person to come out.

But when Wen Jiu nimbly pushed out a cart full of Corpse Remnants from within, Wang Nian was momentarily stunned.

Looking again at the area with dense Yin energy, Wen Jiu had actually cleared out a section, and he seemed completely unaffected, his face ruddy like a Youth, his spirit and energy even more abundant than that of an ordinary Corpse Burier.

Wang Nian suddenly realized, "I remember now... this is the kid who chose to cultivate the Unorthodox Path that day."

As he spoke.

Wang Nian continued to observe from a distance as if he hadn't seen anything.

And so.

He continued to observe until evening.

Looking at Wen Jiu, who had been clearing Corpse Remnants in the area with dense Yin energy for half the day, and seeing that his face showed no abnormalities, Wang Nian couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This kid has an Inferior Spiritual Root, but I didn't expect him to have some talent in cultivating the Unorthodox Path... in just a few days, he has reached a point where he is no longer afraid of Yin energy."

That level of Yin energy would cause other Corpse Buriers to fall seriously ill for at least two days after working in it for half a day.

But Wen Jiu showed no abnormalities at all.

His aptitude for cultivating the Unorthodox Path was truly rare.

"This kid might actually achieve something in the Unorthodox Path," Wang Nian couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

Although being a Corpse Nurturer is an Unorthodox Path.

It is still a path of cultivation.

If he could achieve something.

Not to mention anything else.

Just doing the job of a Corpse Burier could save him a lot of trouble, because the sudden surge of Yin energy was caused by the corpses of cultivators who had higher cultivation bases in life.

If someone who wasn't afraid of Yin energy could clear them out after his Spiritual Sense locked onto them, then he could save on talismans like the Yin Dispelling Talisman.

One Yin Dispelling Talisman cost one Low-grade Spirit Stone, but he only earned thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones a month managing the Corpse Buriers.

Every time he used one, his heart ached.

But he couldn't not use them.