Refining a Pseudo-Silver Corpse
In a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, Song Wen found a cliff more than ten meters high, covered by thick vines.
Pushing aside the vines, Song Wen carved out a Cave several meters in size in the cliff.
He released all the Black Armor Gu to guard the outer perimeter. Song Wen took out the <Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation> and prepared to begin refining it.
The Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation consists of nine Formation Flags and one Formation Plate. It took Song Wen two days to refine the Formation Plate and Formation Flags.
After setting up the Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation, Song Wen released the Corpse Puppet.
The Corpse Puppet exuded Sha Qi aura, and in an instant, the entire Cave was filled with a thick Corpse-Baleful Qi.
Leaving the Corpse Puppet inside the formation, Song Wen flashed out of it.
He stood ten meters away from the formation for a full half hour, making sure he couldn't sense any Corpse-Baleful Qi emanating from it, before confidently entering the Cave. As he entered, he casually covered the entrance with vines.
The Corpse Puppet was placed into the coffin Law Artifact and then put back into the storage ring.
Then he took out a blood-red empty coffin. This coffin Law Artifact was obtained from Wu Ren and was a rare, high-grade Spirit Artifact -level Corpse-Nurturing Coffin.
The Silver Corpse of Wu Ren was originally placed in Corpse-Nurturing Coffin.
It's perfect for refining pseudo-Tier 3 Silver Corpses.
They took out Wu Ren's corpse and placed it in the Corpse-Nurturing Coffin.
Song Wen put four bottles of Corpse-Baleful Qi, eight bottles of Essence Blood, five thousand Spirit Stones, Yin-attribute corpse-refining materials such as Yin Yellow Soil and Yin-Nether Grass, and most importantly, the Profound Yin Stone into the Blood Coffin.
Immediately, Song Wen, wearing the Blood Coffin, swiftly cast a series of Method Formula.
Black corpse energy gradually emerged from the Blood Coffin, increasing in quantity until it filled the entire Blood Coffin in a short time.
Looking up, all one could see was black corpse energy surging and billowing within the Blood Coffin, completely obscuring Wu Ren's body with dense Sha Qi.
As the refining process progressed, Wu Ren's corpse gradually began to turn into a zombie. Fangs grew from his mouth, his fingernails became sharp and black, and his body became increasingly tough under the tempering of various spiritual objects. The large hole in his chest also slowly healed.
The process of refining the corpse lasted for a full seventeen days, longer than Song Wen had expected.
At this point, the internal bones of Wu Ren's corpse had already turned a faint silvery-white color.
The pseudo-tier-three Corpse Puppet has been successfully crafted! Next, place it in the Corpse-Nurturing Coffin and let it rest.
Song Wen closed the Blood Coffin and placed it aside.
He took out the Jade Slip containing the method for refining the Yin Soul Banner, placed it on his brow, Song Wen began to study it carefully.
The most important materials for crafting the Yin Soul Banner are sufficient Yin Souls and Ghostly Energy, as well as a banner capable of containing Yin Souls and Ghostly Energy.
The eight Ghost Banners in Song Wen's hands perfectly met all three requirements mentioned above.
In other words, if Song Wen wanted to, he could forge eight Yin Soul Banners.
However, even if it is refined into an eight-sided Yin Soul Banner, the quality of the Yin Soul Banner will not be very high, at most it will be at the level of a high-grade magic Law Artifact. For Song Wen's current cultivation level, a high-grade magic Law Artifact is no longer of great use.
After careful consideration, Song Wen made a bold decision: he would refine these eight Ghost Banners into one Yin Soul Banner, which should allow him to create Yin Soul Banner of the Spirit Artifact level.
I started trying it as soon as I had an idea.
Following the refining method on the Jade Slip, Song Wen spent three days completely refining the eight Ghost Banners.
The refined Ghost Banner, now as responsive as an arm, rose off the ground under Song Wen's control and spun continuously in mid-air.
With a thought, the eight Ghost Banners collided together with a loud crash.
Song Wen unleashed his immense spiritual power, sending it surging wildly towards the eight Ghost Banners.
In an instant, the Ghost Banner seemed to be scorched by high temperatures, and the brown banner pole gradually began to turn red.
The Yin Soul within the Ghost Banner seemed to be subjected to severe torture, struggling to break free. However, bound by the Ghost Banner, they could only display one terrifying, grotesque, wailing face after another on Ghost Banner.
The two ghost generals were much more powerful. Half of their bodies had crawled out of the Ghost Banner, baring their fangs and claws and roaring incessantly, but the other half of their bodies remained trapped inside the Ghost Banner, unable to escape.
Song Wen ignored this and focused intently on refining the Yin Soul Banner.
It was his first time crafting the Yin Soul Banner, and his technique was not very skilled. It took him almost a month to successfully craft it.
The eight Ghost Banners were combined into one, forging a low-grade Spirit Artifact, the Yin Soul Banner.
What makes this Yin Soul Banner unique is that it has eight banners on its pole.
This was intentional on Song Wen. According to the method of refining the Yin Soul Banner, each banner could be used to refine a powerful ghost that could command many Yin Souls.
Song Wen's Yin Soul Banner has eight banners, which can contain eight times the amount of ghost energy and can also refine eight powerful ghosts.
At this moment, the two ghost generals became completely obedient, each staying inside one of the banners.
Setting the banner aside, Song Wen then took out several corpses of the Li Clan cultivators that he had taken with him when he fled the Li Clan.
He devoured many souls on this trip and has suitable corpses in his hands, which is just right for refining a few Death-Substitute Puppets.
The requirements for the quality of the corpse Death-Substitute Puppet Corpse Puppet are not high; Corpse Puppet at the mid-stage of Qi Refining is barely usable.
Another half month passed, Song Wen successfully crafted three Death-Substitute Puppets.
By this time, he had been in the Cave for two months.
The Cave walls, having been tainted by ghostly energy, corpse energy, and Yin Qi energy over a long period, have acquired a trace of demonic aura.
Song Wen put everything away in the cave, then unleashed a powerful burst of spiritual energy, causing the Cave to collapse instantly.
After putting away the Black Armor Gu, Song Wen turned and left.
"Where have you been for the past two months? I thought you had disappeared like Sun Ru next door!"
Song Wen had barely settled into his Small Courtyard in East Birch Market when he returned.
Ai Kun hurriedly walked into the Small Courtyard.
Song Wen looked up at Ai Kun, whose face was filled with worry and reproach, and he could easily come up with a lie.
I went back to my secular hometown.
"You should have told me beforehand. If I hadn't been watching over it, Zhao Dapeng would have taken over your Small Courtyard."
Song Wen looked surprised. "How could this be? I paid six months' rent upfront before I left. It's still within the lease term, how dare he take the yard away?"
Ai Kun scoffed, "Hmph! What is there that Zhao Dapeng wouldn't dare to do? As long as he can earn Spirit Stones, he'll do anything, no matter how outrageous."
Song Wen didn't respond to Ai Kun's words, but instead asked a question.
How did you know I was back?
It's no wonder Song Wen was suspicious; he had barely stepped inside when Ai Kun followed him in, as if someone was watching him.
Although Ai Kun seemed alright after spending several months together, one should always be wary of others. In the world of cultivation, one must be cautious at all times and never let one's guard down.
"Little Stove told me. I told him to let me know when he saw you come back."
"Little Stove?" Song Wen looked blank; he had never heard of that name before.
"The Widow Zhu's son, his father's surname is Lu, and his nickname is Little Stove."
Song Wen's doubts vanished instantly. When he returned, he did indeed encounter the child from Widow Zhu's house next door.
With his eyes fixed on Ai Kun, Song Wen teased, "Looks like you and Widow Zhu next door have gotten a bit too close while I was away these past two months."
Ai Kun blushed and said, "No, it's nothing. I just saw that Widow Zhu was often alone at home while she was working, and she looked after Little Stove a bit."