The Mystery of the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art
Shan Yue knelt beside Xing Xinxin's corpse, her eyes devoid of light.
Her chest heaved violently, and she gasped for breath like a broken bellows.
"Wow..."
A sudden surge of intense discomfort and nausea welled up in Shan Yue's heart.
A large amount of filth gushed from her mouth.
Even after vomiting everything she had, she couldn't alleviate her nausea.
Sudden.
She felt a surge of soul power emanating from Xing Xinxin's corpse, invading her body and taking root in her Sea of Consciousness.
This spiritual power is like a persistent, incurable infection.
This is a soul imprint left by a powerful member of the Xing Family to protect their talented descendants.
Shan Yue's expression changed drastically.
Previously, she was so gripped by the fear of killing for the first time that she had completely forgotten about the soul imprint.
Her eyes were filled with hatred as she stared fiercely at Song Wen.
She believed that Song Wen was deliberately framing her.
Seeing this, Song Wen Rong Yi, "Madam, don't panic, it's just a soul imprint."
He approached Shan Yue and placed a palm on the top of her head.
"Relax your mind, open your Sea of Consciousness, and I will help you erase the soul imprint."
At this point, Shan Yue was at a loss and could only follow orders.
She felt a surge of powerful soul energy invade her Sea of Consciousness, travel around it once, and then forcibly snatch away the soul imprint.
Shan Yue's expression immediately calmed down. At the same time, she was secretly shocked by Song Wen's methods.
Song Wen cast a 'Binding Soul Technique' into Xing Xinxin's corpse, imprisoning her soul.
"Madam Xing, I must take my leave now. Let us continue our friendship another day."
After saying that, he Law Power to drag Xing Xinxin's body out of the cave.
Shan Yue closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and tried to calm the turmoil in her heart.
When she opened her eyes again, the previous confusion and helplessness had vanished, replaced by determination and resolve.
Shan Yue approached Xing Chang and placed a healing pill into Xing Chang's mouth.
Then, she channeled her spiritual energy into Xing Chang's body to help him refine the elixir.
A moment later, the Xing Chang slowly regained consciousness.
He slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was Shan Yue's concerned face.
"Mother, what are you doing here?" The Xing Chang's voice sounded weak.
Suddenly, his expression tightened.
"Where Wei Ding? He's trying to kill me!"
Shan Yue gently stroked Xing Chang's hair and said softly, "Wei Ding has left, you don't need to worry anymore. How are you feeling now?"
Upon hearing this, the Xing Chang's eyes lit up immediately. "Wei Ding is gone! That's great!"
He breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension on his face disappeared.
However, as he gradually regained consciousness, the Xing Chang felt excruciating pain throughout his body.
He tried to move his body, but found that he was covered in wounds, and even the slightest movement would aggravate the wounds and bring excruciating pain.
"Ah... Mother, it hurts so much!"
Seeing this, Shan Yue felt a pang of pain in her heart and gently comforted her.
"It's just some external injuries; refining two healing pills will cure them."
Xing Chang stared intently at the horrifying wounds on his body. These were the most serious injuries he had ever suffered. The intense pain and fear instantly overwhelmed his reason.
"Mother, I'm so badly injured, I won't die here, will I?"
Xing Chang's voice trembled as he spoke.
His face was filled with fear and unease, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Seeing Xing Chang's weak appearance, Shan Yue's hand, which was stroking his hair, suddenly stopped.
At this moment, Shan Yue couldn't help but begin to doubt whether her previous teachings to Xing Chang had been correct.
When Xing Chang woke up, she didn't ask how she had rescued him from Wei Ding, nor did she care about the price she had paid.
Xing Chang was only concerned about his non-fatal external injury.
Shan Yue realized that Xing Chang was fragile and incompetent.
Compared to the meticulous and skillful Wei Ding, he was simply a good-for-nothing.
Shan Yue's gaze towards Xing Chang was filled with disappointment and helplessness.
After traveling thousands of miles away from the Rift Valley, Song Wen Song Wen found a secluded place and, before devouring Xing Xinxin's soul, attempted to search her soul again.
This was the first time Song Wen had ever performed a soul search on the same person twice.
The second soul search yielded very little information for Song Wen; the only useful information he obtained was:
The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art that Xing Xinxin cultivated, as well as the incomplete formula for the Corpse Curse Water, both originated from the Yinshuo Old Monster of Limitless Island.
The old monster Yinshuo deliberately lured her into practicing the incomplete <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, seemingly hiding some unspeakable secret.
After the soul search was completed, Song Wen began to devour its Essence Blood.
However, the blood-devouring process took Song Wen unexpected turn.
A stream of pure spiritual energy flowed into Song Wen's body along with his Essence Blood.
This spiritual energy shared the same origin as the Law Power within Song Wen's body, and was easily assimilated and absorbed, eventually converging in his Dantian.
Song Wen could clearly sense that his cultivation level had increased slightly.
Without taking any elixirs, the increase in cultivation level would be equivalent to at least several years of arduous training.
After a brief moment of surprise, Song Wen suddenly remembered that this had happened once before.
Back then, when he killed Shi Shou and devoured his Essence Blood, he also absorbed some of the spiritual power within Shi Shou's body.
"Could it be related to the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>?" Song Wen wondered to himself.
The similarity between Shi Shou and Xing Xinxin is that both of them cultivate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> and have reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Does this mean that if I devour the Essence Blood of other practitioners of the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, I can quickly increase my cultivation level?"
Song Wen's expression immediately brightened.
Throughout the entire Sea of Disorder, the place with the largest number of cultivators practicing the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> is undoubtedly Limitless Island.
"It seems necessary to make a trip to Limitless Island!"
After burning Xing Xinxin's body to ashes and scattering the ashes in the wind, Song Wen took out her storage ring.
Xing Xinxin's storage ring contained numerous treasures, priceless in value.
Among them are fifty Superior Spirit Stones, three Profound Yin Stones, and one hundred Baleful Crystal.
She originally intended to use these treasures to make a second deal with Song Wen, in exchange for the Golden Core stage Cultivation Method of <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>.
Furthermore, the most valuable item in the storage ring is undoubtedly that gauze scarf Law Treasure.
This is a mid-grade Law Treasure. It has no offensive or defensive capabilities; its only function is to conceal one's aura.
Xing Xinxin used this item to prevent Xing Gaohan from detecting the aura of the Corpse Path on her body, which shows how effective this treasure is.
However, this item was of little use to Song Wen.
After putting away Xing Xinxin's storage ring, Song Wen took out Xing Chang's storage ring. Apart from Spirit Stone, the other items in the storage ring were of little use to Song Wen.
Song Wen took out the two Jade Slip he had obtained from Shan Yue and carefully studied the Cultivation Method contained within.
Several hours later, Song Wen put away the two Jade Slips.
He has gained a basic understanding of the first and second levels of the Soul-Concentrating Spike Cultivation Method.
The Soul-Concentrating Spike is a technique that condenses a cultivator's own Divine Sense power into an invisible and intangible blade to attack the enemy's Sea of Consciousness.
Once the Divine Sense Blade strikes the enemy's Sea of Consciousness, it can not only damage their Sea of Consciousness, but also directly attack their soul, severely injuring their spirit.