The Truth Laid Bare

Master motioned for Xu Feng to stand beside him and hold the lamp.

Xu Feng stepped to Master's side and watched him work.

In principle, a Corpse Sewer's work was somewhat like preparing the dead for burial in later generations, though the two were ultimately different.

These days, all that was required of a Corpse Sewer was to make a body whole.

That meant burying the dead with an intact corpse.

Most of the time, a Corpse Sewer only needed to stitch severed skin back together. At most, he would adjust the neck so the head sat straight and the qi flowed smoothly.

But Xu Feng realized Master's craft went beyond that of an ordinary Second-Skin Tailor. He was moving into a kind of restorative work touched by the supernatural!

And by that reckoning, the next step beyond ordinary Corpse Sewing—Filling—was the foundation of Stitching Calamity.

As he held the lamp, Xu Feng went from fighting down nausea to watching the entire process with a perfectly calm heart.

He watched Master cut open the altered corpse, wash it with a medicinal solution, then take a mouthful of strong liquor and spray it into the abdominal cavity.

Master applied incense ash afterward to absorb the fluids.

More important still was the Filling.

Outside the game, Xu Feng had read books about this line of work.

Those books all mentioned how advances in technology in recent years, especially materials science, had left older materials far behind.

This was especially true of sculpting materials.

Plaster and oil paints had given way to biological collagen, medical silicone, and more.

The newer materials not only looked more lifelike, they were easier to use.

As for fillers, wire, cotton swabs, and the like had taken their place.

But inside the game, this was honestly Xu Feng's