A Happy Family of Three

After consuming the three fleshy balls, the Sacred Beetle Gu was so full that it swayed slightly and crawled back into Song Wen's body.

Song Wen took out the spiritual materials for the Corpse Path that Rong Jingyun had given him before he left.

There were nine bottles of Yin Baleful Dew in total, along with a considerable amount of other spiritual materials.

Rong Jingyun estimated that these spiritual materials were enough for the two-headed Man-Snake to refine their corpses six times.

However, according to Song Wen's estimation, with his corpse refining skills, he could save at least 50% of the spiritual materials, which would naturally fall into his hands.

For the next few days, Song Wen continued with everything as usual.

Most of the time, Song Wen stayed in his cave abode, refining Blood Spirit Pill and consuming them.

Occasionally, he would also visit the Alchemy Chamber to exchange Alchemy techniques with other Alchemist.

Unlike the other Alchemist in the Alchemy Chamber, he possessed Rong Jingyun's Alchemy Jade Slip containing alchemy insights, including dozens of second-tier Pill Formula. He didn't need to spend contribution points to exchange for new Pill Formula.

Every two days, he would take out a flesh ball and share it with the two Man-Snake. The ten flesh balls he withheld all went into the stomach of the same Sacred Beetle Gu, causing it to show signs of breaking through the bottleneck of the Early Second Rank tier.

Thirteen days have passed in the blink of an eye.

The Man-Snake gradually adapted, and the pain caused by the corpse energy entering their bodies gradually subsided, allowing them to recover.

Song Wen did not immediately perform a second corpse refining on them.

Instead, they waited another four days before refining the two Man-Snake corpses.

Song Wen was worried that the time it took for the Man-Snake to recover was fixed. However, the time he took to refine the corpse was significantly shorter than that of a newcomer. In order not to be noticed by others in terms of timing, he could only delay the time it took for the Man-Snake to refine the corpse.

After two days, the two Man-Snake completed their second corpse refining process, and the corpse aura emanating from their bodies became increasingly dense.

The invasion of the corpse energy plunged them into immense pain once again, causing them to tremble uncontrollably.

After releasing the two Man-Snake back into the snake pit, Song Wen arrived at the Human-Snake Cavern.

He first found Liu Jiang and received twenty meatballs.

Song Wen wanted to receive more, but Liu Jiang refused.

"Elder Wu, it's not that I'm stingy and unwilling to give you more meatballs, it's just that the number of meatballs is limited."

"The meatballs were provided by the Spirit Beast Peak. The people there are so stingy, only providing ten days' worth at a time. I have to be careful with the supplies, afraid that there won't be enough meatballs and it will affect the cultivation of the Man-Snake."

Liu Jiang's words were filled with complaints and dissatisfaction with Spirit Beast Peak.

"Why would the people of Spirit Beast Peak do this?" Song Wen asked.

The creation of the Man-Snake half-corpse was ordered personally by the Beast Taming Sect Grand Elder of the Nascent Soul Taming Sect.

Logically, in order to curry favor with the Nascent Soul Supreme, all the peaks should have done their best to cooperate.

The fact that Spirit Beast Peak deliberately tripped them up was somewhat unusual.

"The Man-Snake cultivated by our Pill Peak possess astonishing vitality and regenerative abilities, making them the best vessels for nurturing 'Profound Qi.' This has caused those incompetent fools from Spirit Beast Peak to lose face; they are jealous of our Pill Peak."

When Liu Jiang said this, there was a hint of arrogance on her face.

After all, the Man-Snake was bred under his control.

Song Wen was not interested in the feud between Pill Peak and Spirit Beast Peak.

But since Liu Jiang brought it up herself, Song Wen could only give her a few perfunctory replies.

After bidding farewell to Liu Jiang, Song Wen found Rong Jingyun and returned the borrowed spider silk gauze.

Rong Jingyun took the veil and asked.

"Elder Wu, what is the situation regarding the Man-Snake situation lately?"

"Reporting to Elder Rong, I have completed the second corpse refining process, and everything went smoothly."

Upon hearing this, Rong Jingyun's eyes lit up.

"You've completed the second stage of corpse refining so quickly! May I visit your cave abode and have a look?"

"It is an honor that Elder Rong would grace my cave abode with his presence."

No sooner had Song Wen finished speaking than Zhou Siyi appeared out of nowhere.

"I want to go too."

"If Senior Sister Zhou is willing to go, we would naturally welcome her," Song Wen said.

The three of them flew out of the Human-Snake Cavern on their swords.

Upon arriving near Pill Peak, they saw a middle-aged, refined man riding a sword with a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old.

The refined-looking man was none other than Rong Jingyun's dao companion, Heng Cheng.

The boy beside him was the son born to his mistress.

Heng Cheng noticed Song Wen and the other two, and took the initiative to fly over on his sword.

"Jingyun, where are you going? And who are these two?"

Seeing her husband and child, Rong Jingyun smiled.

Let me introduce you.

"These two are Elder Pill Peak, Wu Sheng and Zhou Siyi."

"This is my husband, named Heng Cheng, an elder of Spirit Medicine Peak."

"This is my child with my husband, named Heng Junxia."

The boy crushed a Flying Talisman, left Heng Cheng's flying sword, and came to Rong Jingyun's side.

"Mom, you haven't been home for almost a month."

Heng Junxia held Rong Jingyun's hand, looking extremely dependent and longing.

Rong Jingyun's face showed a look of doting affection as she ruffled the other person's hair.

"Mother has been busy with sect missions lately. I'll come back and spend more time with you once the missions are over."

"At home, you must listen to your father and never be lazy. You must diligently cultivate yourself, understand?"

"Understood, Mother," Heng Junxia replied.

Rong Jingyun turned her head and looked at Heng Cheng.

"My lord, I've been very busy lately, please take good care of Junxia."

Heng Cheng said, "Jingyun, don't worry."

After parting ways with Heng Cheng, the three continued towards Song Wen's cave abode.

"Elder Rong, I truly envy your family; you seem so happy and harmonious. Unlike my family, alas!"

Zhou Siyi sighed deeply.

Her parents divorced shortly after her birth, for reasons unknown.

Her mother was a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator in the Law Enforcement Hall. After separating from her father, she applied for a transfer to a small market town under the Beast Taming Sect to guard the market town.

Zhou Siyi was raised by her father alone.

"Elder Rong, your child is truly fortunate to have such a devoted mother like you."

Upon hearing this, a strange light flashed deep in Rong Jingyun's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.

A look of doting affection appeared on her face.

"Junxia is kind-hearted and a good child. It's a pity that his cultivation aptitude is a bit lacking; he only has a third-grade Spirit Root, so I'm afraid he'll have little success in cultivation."

Song Wen gave Rong Jingyun a strange look.

Pure and kind-hearted!

In the perilous world of cultivation, this is neither a good thing nor a positive term.

In the cultivation world, to say that an adult cultivator is 'pure-hearted' is almost the same as calling him a 'fool'.

The three of them quickly arrived at Song Wen's cave abode.

After observing the condition of the Man-Snake, Rong Jingyun was very satisfied with it, she said.

"Elder Wu, I will report your merits to the Peak Master and apply for the position of Steward Elder for you. I believe the Peak Master will agree."

"Thank you very much, Elder Rong," Song Wen said, somewhat excitedly.

"Junior Brother Wu, can you teach me how to refine corpses?" Zhou Siyi pleaded.

"Senior Sister Zhou, I'm just figuring things out as I go, following the jade Jade Slip you gave me. I wouldn't dare say I 'teach you.' If you trust me, I can watch you next time you're refining a corpse. If you make any mistakes, I can offer some advice," Song Wen said.

Zhou Siyi smiled and said, "That's excellent."