"They really were a pair of ill-fated lovers."
Looking at the materials for corpse refinement before him, Lin Hao delivered his final verdict.
This was a room beside the imperial study originally reserved for the emperor to rest in. With the Golden Throne Hall destroyed, Lin Hao had temporarily relocated here with his spoils.
Aside from Ru Yu'er, who had been tossed onto the bed, Duogungun and Liu Yu had also been laid out neatly on the floor. Runes had already been drawn in blood all over the three of them.
Even a Golden Body corpse would not decay after death, while a Martial Saint's corpse looked as though it were merely asleep.
"This demon woman's [Mystic Maiden Mutual Erosion Great Art] had already reached an extremely high level. Her pure yin power was astonishing. Once refined, her physical body and moves alone wouldn't be much weaker than when she was alive. A pity she has no soul and can't manifest a Dharma form-"
Lin Hao had already brought his own [Corpse-Driving Record] to perfection, so his eye for judging materials was exceptionally sharp.
Unfortunately, although refinement could give corpses some spirituality, making them better than directly controlled flesh and blood, that was all.
Ultimately, they still lacked souls-
"If I could capture suitable ghosts and merge them into these bodies, they might become stronger-"
Lin Hao repeatedly probed Ru Yu'er's brow, the center of her chest, and her dantian with his hand. He combined the True Qi condensed through the four great spiritual arts with his own soul and Qi-Blood to examine her three secret storehouses, feeling some regret.
A Three-Tribulation Martial Saint's physical development approached perfection. Even after death, the Essence Secret Storehouse and Qi Secret Treasury remained quite active. But although the Spirit Secret Storehouse had been