Corpse King Blood Refinement Art

From the sect regulations, Song Wen also learned about the treatment and duties of Corpse Demon Sect disciples.

With his current status as an outer sect disciple, Song Wen could receive five low-grade Spirit Stones each month.

Of course, generally speaking, such resources were not enough to meet the cultivation needs of a Qi Refining Stage disciple, not even one in the early Qi Refining Stage.

If he wanted more resources to improve his cultivation progress, he had to make contributions to the sect in exchange for them.

Just as Du Qiu had said, the Corpse Demon Sect did not raise idlers!

New outer sect disciples like Song Wen were given one month to focus on cultivation. After that month, they would have to begin taking on sect missions.

However, cultivation rookies like them would not be assigned dangerous sect missions. Most would be logistical work.

After reading through the sect regulations, Song Wen began cultivating the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art.

So-called cultivation, whether righteous or demonic, was the process of drawing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth into one's body, gradually transforming and strengthening oneself, and finally breaking through the limits of the human body.

The righteous path absorbed the pure qi of heaven and earth, emphasizing steady progress and letting everything fall into place naturally.

The demonic path, on the other hand, was far more extreme. In order to obtain powerful strength more quickly, its practitioners did not hesitate to draw some of heaven and earth's turbid qi into their bodies as well.

This made entry into the demonic path extremely easy, and cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds in the early stages. But the further one went, the more difficult it became. Demonic cultivators frequently suffered qi deviation and mental disorder, becoming twisted and crazed, cruel and bloodthirsty, even unable to control their own actions.

The Corpse-Baleful Qi cultivated by the Corpse Demon Sect was one kind of heaven-and-earth turbid qi. Absorbing Corpse-Baleful Qi could not only speed up early cultivation, but also gradually condense corpse balefulness around the cultivator's body, greatly enhancing combat ability and defense.

The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art Song Wen cultivated likewise required Corpse-Baleful Qi to aid its practice.

The Qi Refining Stage portion of the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art had three layers, corresponding respectively to the early, middle, and late stages of Qi Refinement.

After thoroughly studying the first layer, Song Wen began cultivating it.

The first layer was relatively simple and did not require any heavenly treasures or earthly materials to assist cultivation. He only needed to guide Corpse-Baleful Qi into his body and refine himself, allowing his flesh to remain alive while gaining certain traits of a zombie.

The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art truly deserved to be called a demonic cultivation art—its progress was astonishingly fast. With the Corpse Qi Well in the cave dwelling assisting him, Song Wen spent only three hours successfully refining his first wisp of heaven-and-earth spiritual qi. Compared to the several days it had taken him to cultivate the Longevity Art, the time spent was far less.

While cultivating, Song Wen suddenly felt a pang of hunger in his stomach. Although Du Qiu had said there was a dining hall not far from the foot of the mountain, Song Wen had no intention of going.

The sect had specifically distributed three Fasting Pills to each newcomer, just enough for one month, precisely because it did not want them wasting that month on the trivial matters of daily life.

Song Wen took out a Fasting Pill and swallowed it. His hunger was instantly replaced by fullness, but he felt nothing else. Not even the slightest trace of spiritual qi was added.

"So this is the cultivation world's version of a compressed biscuit. It fills the stomach but has not a shred of nutrition. Yet one tiny pill can keep someone from feeling hungry for ten days. Truly very cultivation-like."

Song Wen held a Spirit Stone in his left hand while swallowing a Corpse Blood Pill with his right. He did not stint on using Spirit Stones or pills. Only by raising his strength as quickly as possible could he survive better in this dangerous world.

Hoarding Spirit Stones and pills would not only slow the growth of his strength, but might also draw the covetous eyes of others.

Song Wen cultivated without leaving his cave dwelling for an entire month. He successfully cultivated the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art to the late first layer, and that was only after he had used all five low-grade Spirit Stones, three Fasting Pills, and three Corpse Blood Pills.

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Only then did he understand the value of the Blood Qi Pills refined by Extreme Yin. Though Blood Qi Pills consumed a great amount of essence blood, they truly could stimulate the body's potential and rapidly improve one's magical power cultivation.

If he had not taken those two Blood Qi Pills back then, his Longevity Art would have needed at least one or two years of bitter cultivation to break through to the second layer of Qi Refinement.

One had to know that the spiritual qi concentration of the Corpse Demon Sect was dozens of times richer than that of the Heavenly Baleful Gang in the mortal world. Demonic cultivation arts also progressed quickly in the early stages, and with the Corpse Qi Well's assistance, Song Wen had only managed to advance to the late first layer within a month.

On the seventh day, the formation outside the cave dwelling had flashed a warning. Someone had come looking for Song Wen.

The visitor was one of the four who had entered the sect at the same time, a man named Zhang Xiaofan. Born into poverty and mature beyond his years, he was the leader of the four.

All four were cultivating for the first time and had many things they did not understand about the Corpse Baleful Art distributed by the sect. They had studied it on their own for several days and discussed it with one another repeatedly, yet they remained completely at a loss. Not one of them had managed to enter the path.

He had come to Song Wen because he wanted Song Wen to join them in seeking out Du Qiu to answer their questions.

Song Wen had already successfully entered the path by then. Recalling Du Qiu's earlier attitude, it was obvious that Du Qiu did not want to be disturbed. Song Wen thus straightforwardly refused Zhang Xiaofan.

Over the course of that month of cultivation, Song Wen discovered that the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art consumed his essence blood. Corpse Blood Pills could not only provide him with corpse qi, but also replenish his essence blood.

Three Corpse Blood Pills a month were simply not enough for him. The shortage of Corpse Blood Pills somewhat limited the improvement of his cultivation.

When the month came to an end, Song Wen's body had turned iron-blue from the loss of essence blood and the effects of Corpse-Baleful Qi. His once-plump flesh had also become somewhat shriveled, giving him a little of the bearing of a corpse-path demonic cultivator.

Song Wen looked at his own body with some disgust.

"I wonder if it can recover."

This neither-human-nor-ghost appearance was truly difficult for Song Wen, who had only just entered the demonic path, to accept. Still, he no longer needed to worry that cultivating the Longevity Art had left him constantly radiating a righteous aura, making him likely to draw attention while walking through the Corpse Demon Sect.

Song Wen immediately stopped circulating the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art. At once, traces of essence blood surged from the marrow throughout his body, as though this essence blood had originally been suppressed by the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art and had been unable to emerge. Once the art ceased circulating, it surfaced on its own to replenish his severely depleted blood and qi.

Song Wen's flesh gradually became fuller, while his iron-blue skin slowly regained its original color. Even the faint corpse qi around him vanished without a trace, as though he had never cultivated the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art at all.

The only thing emanating from him was the vast, righteous qi of the Longevity Art.

Song Wen's expression immediately turned delighted. "What is going on?"

"My flesh actually hides such a secret. Doesn't that mean I can conceal my cultivation at will?"

"Let's see whether I can release only part of my cultivation aura."

Song Wen controlled the circulation of the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art. Faint corpse qi began to emanate from his body, and his skin began turning ashen. In the end, his aura stopped at the middle stage of the first layer.

"Success!"

"With this, I can reveal only part of my cultivation before others in the future and leave myself a few trump cards. Perhaps at certain times, they might save my life."

Just then, the warning formation of the cave dwelling suddenly lit up, and a voice came through from outside.

"Extreme Yin, the month is up. Why haven't you come out yet?" It was Du Qiu's voice.