Dissecting Corpses to Temper the Heart
The next morning.
Song Wen arrived at the Corpse Dissection Cave early in the morning.
When he left, he asked the steward, Feng Deng, for a month's leave. Now that he's returning two days early, he still needs to report to Feng Deng.
Feng Deng looked at Song Wen, who had been missing for almost a month, without saying much. He was better at keeping a low profile than Yuan Cheng. Apart from arranging the dissection of the corpse, he almost never spoke a word to the person dissecting the corpse.
"Extreme Yin, you've taken a month's leave. According to the rules, you need to make up for the amount of corpses you dissected during that month over the next three months."
"I'll be assigning you two hundred corpses every day from now on. No objections?"
Feng Deng acted in accordance with the rules, so Song Wen had no objections.
"I leave the decision entirely to Steward Feng; I have no objections."
Feng Deng nodded, tossed four Storage Bag to Song Wen, and then closed his eyes without saying another word.
Song Wen arrived at the seventy-third Dissection Platform and began to slowly dissect the corpse.
After nearly six years of dissecting corpses, Song Wen went from initial disgust and resistance to later becoming accustomed and numb.
Now, Song Wen has begun to enjoy the process of dissecting the corpse.
Just as Daoist priests chant Daoist texts daily to cultivate their minds and character, Buddhist monks strike wooden fish and recite Buddhist scriptures daily to purify their thoughts and eliminate karmic obstacles.
Song Wen could achieve a similar effect when dissecting corpses.
A heart as still as water, calm as a tranquil lake!
Dissecting the corpse could help Song Wen eliminate distracting thoughts, cultivate his character, and improve his state of State of Mind.
Song Wen's dismantling of corpses no longer simply pursues speed, but pursues the state of being as good as a cook's dismantling of a cow.
When dissecting each corpse, he sought to ensure the integrity of the tendons, bones, blood vessels, and muscles.
In Song Wen's eyes, those dismembered limbs and internal organs were like paintings in the eyes of a painter, or poems in the eyes of a poet.
It is a work of art that he painstakingly created.
It took Song Wen more than four hours to dissect the two hundred corpses. By the time he emerged from the Corpse Dissection Cave, it was nearly evening.
After leaving the Corpse Dissection Cave, he did not return to his cave abode, but instead headed towards the Transmission Hall on the mountain.
The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art he cultivated was only Qi Refining Stage Cultivation Method. If he wanted to continue improving his cultivation, he either had to find a follow-up Cultivation Method to the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art or switch to cultivating other Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivation Method.
Moreover, now that he has achieved Foundation Establishment, he also needs to improve his Technique Method and methods, and cultivate some Technique Method for Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The Corpse Demon Sect's Transmission Hall consists of three ancient buildings, each corresponding to the Cultivation Method and secret arts practiced by cultivators at the Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core stages.
Song Wen did not have Foundation Establishment Elder's token, he naturally could not enter the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion.
He stood several hundred meters away from the Foundation Establishment and Transmission Pavilion sat a middle-aged woman who still retained her charm. The woman's eyes were closed, and she sat cross-legged, as if she were meditating and cultivating.
This woman was the steward elder of the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion.
Unlike the Qi Refinement Transmission Pavilion, which was bustling with people, the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion Building was deserted and rarely visited.
The Corpse Demon Sect has publicly announced that it has more than 230 Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. When these Foundation Establishment cultivators first Foundation Establishment, they usually come to the Transmission Hall once, but rarely come there afterward.
In Song Wen's perception, the middle-aged woman had at least the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. It was clearly impossible to sneak into the Transmission Pavilion without her knowledge.
Moreover, Song Wen was also unaware of whether there were other guards secretly protecting the Transmission Pavilion.
To infiltrate rashly would be tantamount to suicide.
Holding the elder's token and entering the Transmission Hall openly from the front is the best course of action.
The disciple tokens and elder tokens of the Corpse Demon Sect are determined to be held by the individual whose aura matches their own.
Song Wen's physical body has the ability to control and imitate the aura of others.
In other words, as long as he has an Elder's Token, he can smoothly enter the Transmission Hall.
Of course, the elder he imitated could not be someone the deacon elder knew; otherwise, no matter how well Song Wen imitated, his behavior would give him away.
Standing outside the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion for a moment, Song Wen sighed lightly, pretending to be serious, and turned to walk towards the Qi Refinement Transmission Pavilion. He was just like a low-level disciple, yearning for Foundation Establishment, standing outside the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion and fantasizing about the day he would successfully Foundation Establishment and step into the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion.
As a cultivator at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, he had been watching outside the Foundation Establishment Transmission Pavilion for a long time. If he didn't do something to conceal his presence, he would inevitably arouse suspicion from those with ulterior motives.
After randomly selecting a secret technique from the Qi Refinement Transmission Pavilion, Song Wen headed down the mountain towards the market.
Upon entering the market, Song Wen headed straight for the underground black market.
In the black market, he managed to obtain information about some Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Corpse Demon Sect.
Upon entering the underground black market, Song Wen noticed something unusual.
In this black market, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators among the crowds was significantly higher than usual, and most of these extra Foundation Establishment cultivators were Rogue Cultivator.
"Where did all these Foundation Establishment Realm Rogue Cultivator come from?"
"I haven't heard of any major auctions in the market recently, and there haven't been any rumors of secret realms or ruins appearing near the Corpse Demon Sect. What are these Rogue Cultivator doing gathered here?"
Song Wen sensed something unusual about these Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator who came and went.
But upon closer reflection, Song Wen felt that this matter had nothing to do with him.
In any case, all he wanted to do was hide in his cave abode and cultivate, stealing some Essence Blood while dissecting corpses to exchange for Cultivation Resources. Overall, he was quite satisfied with his current situation.
It would be even better if we could eliminate Shi Shou, this threat.
He might only consider leaving if one day the Essence Blood stolen from the Corpse Dissection Cave could no longer meet his cultivation needs.
Song Wen walked straight to the counter in the center of the underground black market hall and said to an old man on the counter.
"I want information on the Corpse Demon Sect's cultivators who have advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm in the last five years. How many Spirit Stones would that cost?"
The old man raised his cloudy eyes, stared at Song Wen, and said in a low, hoarse voice.
"Recently, quite a few people have been coming to buy information about Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Corpse Demon Sect Foundation Establishment. I didn't expect a Qi Refining Seventh Layer kid like you to join in the fun."
Song Wen now appears as a young rogue Rogue Cultivator at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
"In the past five years, seven people from the Corpse Demon Sect have successfully Foundation Establishment. To obtain information on these seven individuals, we need two thousand Spirit Stone."
Song Wen's expression changed slightly, "So expensive?"
The old man chuckled, "Recently, more people are buying information about Foundation Establishment cultivators, so naturally the prices have gone up. Some things are beyond the reach of a Qi Refinement cultivator like you."
The old man's words seemed to have another meaning behind them.
Song Wen didn't think much of it. He believed that these things had little to do with him and didn't want to pay much attention to them.
He took out two thousand Spirit Stone from his Storage Bag and handed them to the old man.
The old man gave Song Wen a strange look, seemingly surprised that a Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator would take out two thousand Spirit Stone without batting an eye.
The old man tossed a Jade Slip to Song Wen, then lowered his head and said nothing more.
Song Wen took the Jade Slip and turned to walk out of the black market.
He had a vague feeling that something was off about the atmosphere in the black market, and it would be best to avoid this place in the future.