"I was commissioned by Gong Tianzong of the Six Baleful Hall. He offered nine million high-grade spirit stones for me to refine ten thousand fourth-rank corpse puppets. After Wei Gu died, it seemed that Gong Tianzong took charge of the Six Baleful Hall," Gu Huang said.
"Gong Tianzong is a corpse-path cultivator. His skill in refining corpses far surpasses yours, so why did he seek your help?" Song Wen asked.
Gu Huang said, "He seemed to have other pressing matters and could not spare the attention, so he had no choice but to seek assistance."
"Why did Gong Tianzong want to refine ten thousand corpse puppets?" Song Wen asked again.
"I don't know that. I was only in it for the spirit stones. What Gong Tianzong wished to do had nothing to do with me!" Gu Huang said.
"Then why did you come to the Annihilation Abyss to refine corpses?" Song Wen asked.
"Gong Tianzong wanted them urgently, and I am not skilled at corpse refinement. Besides, he only gave me one million high-grade spirit stones as a deposit, far from enough to cover the cost of refining the corpses. I could not make up the shortfall in spirit stones on my own. I happened to have some acquaintance with Wenxuan, and knowing that he was adept at refining corpses, I sought him out. Afterward, he decided to refine the corpses here in the Annihilation Abyss, saying it could increase the speed of corpse refinement. Xi Fei also joined this matter at his invitation," Gu Huang said.
Song Wen turned to look at Xi Fei.
"Is everything Gu Huang said true?"
Xi Fei clearly did not have bones as hard as Gu Huang's. Witnessing the torment Gu Huang had endured earlier had long since robbed her of any courage to