Chen Miao's plan was both simple and complicated.
Simple, because all Chen Miao needed to do was combine the methods already at his disposal to accomplish everything.
Complicated, because he had to figure out how to combine them!
Without the book that foretold what would happen, Chen Miao could never have managed this. Every attempt at trial and error would have cost him his life.
At noon that day, Chen Miao had tested a combination of the Corpse-Substitution Technique, Heart-Linked Talisman, Corpse-Control Talisman, and Corpse-Control Bell, and discovered something.
While in his half-corpse state, if he linked himself to his substitute corpse with the Heart-Linked Talisman, then used the Corpse-Control Bell to manipulate the substitute corpse controlled by the Corpse-Control Talisman, Chen Miao himself would be controlled at the same time.
But since the Corpse-Control Talisman directly controlled the substitute corpse, Chen Miao could break free of this "secondhand" control.
And because of the Heart-Linked Talisman, when Chen Miao broke free, the substitute corpse would follow his movements. That turned the whole process into:
[Chen Miao used the Corpse-Control Bell to control himself and change the substitute corpse's actions!]
Chen Miao could even use this method to make the substitute corpse cook.
Though it wasn't as effective as the cooking zombies native to Wind Gate Village.
But Chen Miao didn't need to perform movements that complicated. All he needed was to make the substitute corpse thrust a sword and break through the Incomplete Flying Jiangshi's defenses.
Once he broke through its defenses, the Six Jiangzhen Secrets would become useful!
So in the end, Chen Miao had left his Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword in the coffin, wrapping an Evil-Breaking Talisman and a premium Bloodlight Talisman around its hilt.
As for the blood needed to activate the talismans, Chen Miao had smeared