Yu Feng slowly walked to Lu Chen's side.
"I've heard of it." Lu Chen nodded slightly, his tone certain.
In truth, when he saw the second corpse, he had already guessed this possibility.
By the time he saw the fourth, there was no need to ask. Wasn't this plainly the Five-Hells Immortal Corpse-Liberation Method?
"Oh? You even know about corpse-liberation immortals? Go on, then."
Yu Feng assumed Lu Chen was talking nonsense and took the opportunity to test him.
Lu Chen said calmly, "In corpse liberation, one may cast off the flesh and ascend as an immortal, or leave behind no corpse at all, merely entrusting oneself to an object—clothes, a staff, a sword—and leaving it in the mortal world before ascending to Heaven. This process is called corpse liberation, also known as cicada-shedding. But the corpse-liberation method before us is clearly none of those.
"It is a far more sinister kind of corpse liberation."
"Go on!"
Seeing that Lu Chen truly understood, Yu Feng's curiosity was further piqued.
Lu Chen narrowed his eyes, his expression grave. "This method is called the Five-Hells Immortal Corpse-Liberation Method. One must undergo the five great hells of ice, scorching fire, gut-pulling, tongue-pulling, and heart-carving before becoming an immortal in the sixth step. But clearly, only four hells have been undergone so far. The ritual is not yet complete!"
As his words fell, the surroundings suddenly sank into silence.
Lu Chen instinctively turned his head, only to discover that Yu Feng had somehow retreated two or three steps and was watching him warily.
"What is it, City Lord?" Lu Chen froze.
Yu Feng's gaze was sharp as a blade. "Brat, where did you learn this stuff? Your school could never possibly teach such things. How could you know it in such detail? And don't