Spiked Tea, Gold-Armored Zombie

Li Yunjing picked up his teacup and looked at Mo Xun with a smile.

"It's good tea, but it's a pity they added something," Li Yunjing said with a faint smile.

As Nascent Soul Cultivator, Li Yunjing possessed extremely keen perception.

The tea Mo Xun brewed for him was indeed excellent, but it was poisoned.

Li Yunjing sensed this as soon as the tea was served.

No wonder Mo Xun's smile just now contained complex emotions.

Upon hearing Li Yunjing's words, Hu An immediately glared angrily.

"Master Mo, what do you mean by this? Why did you poison me?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu An circulated the Law Power in his Dantian, Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure surged out instantly.

Mo Xun, facing him, paled even more upon being struck by this spiritual pressure.

Hu An's cultivation level is the same as hers, and Mo Xun is currently injured, so he is no match for Hu An at all.

There are not many Foundation Establishment cultivators in the entire Yuheng Branch. Apart from Mo Xun, there are only two others, both of whom are in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

It's fair to say that Hu An can practically do whatever he wants within this branch of the family.

"This... this..."

When questioned by Hu An, Mo Xun stammered and didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, Li Yunjing gestured to Hu An to calm down.

"It's time for the rats hiding in the shadows to come out and show themselves," Li Yunjing said.

Upon hearing this, Hu An immediately looked around, but found nothing unusual.

But at that moment, the void inside the hall suddenly distorted.

Immediately afterwards, a figure appeared, wearing a hood and completely covered up except for his eyes.

Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow at the man's attire. "So you're from Corpse King Valley. I was wondering why this place smelled so bad!"

Corpse King Valley is a very famous Demonic Sect on the demonic path.

Corpse King Valley also uses corpses as the foundation for cultivation.

However, its ideology differs from that of the Corpse Yin Cult.

The Corpse Yin Cult emphasizes corpse refining, turning the corpses of various living beings into zombies that can fly and burrow underground.

This is an external object, and most of the Law Technique of the Corpse Yin Cult are related to it.

Therefore, once a cultivator of the Corpse Yin Cult loses the zombie he has refined, his strength is essentially wasted.

While Corpse King Valley also practices corpse refining, it transforms itself into a zombie.

This process is extremely arduous, but once successful, the rewards are substantial.

Once you become a zombie with independent consciousness, you will possess all the characteristics of a zombie.

With thick skin and tough flesh, it can withstand most Law Technique and even attacks from Law Artifact.

At the same time, their lifespan is also very long, no longer bound by the lifespan of cultivators.

Both being at the Golden Core Realm, cultivators can live for a maximum of eight hundred years, but zombies can easily break through the thousand-year mark.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. After the cultivators of Corpse King Valley turn themselves into zombies, they need to consume a large amount of blood.

Especially the Essence Blood of cultivators, which is most suitable.

Therefore, the cultivators of Corpse King Valley acted without restraint, hunting down many cultivators, whether they were from the righteous path or the demonic path.

This led to Corpse King Valley being jointly suppressed by the righteous and demonic paths, and it never recovered.

For a very long time, there was no news from Corpse King Valley.

Li Yunjing never expected to encounter a cultivator from Corpse King Valley here.

"Sect Leader Li, I've long admired your name."

The cultivator from Corpse King Valley spoke, his voice extremely hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time.

"Did you order her to poison me?" Li Yunjing asked, looking at the teacup.

The cultivator nodded without hesitation. "Of course, Sect Leader Li is Nascent Soul Cultivator, so his Essence Blood must be quite delicious."

When I learned that Sect Leader Li was coming, I simply couldn't suppress my longing.

If I could completely absorb all of Sect Leader Li's Essence Blood, I might be able to reach the Nascent Soul stage instead of being trapped at the Golden Core Perfection.

Li Yunjing frowned as he looked at the cultivator.

How dare someone at the Golden Core Perfection stage provoke a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator like myself?

It should be understood that although the difference between the Nascent Soul and the Golden Core may seem to be only one major realm, in reality, the gap between the two is as vast as an insurmountable chasm.

Just like the difference between a monk and a mortal.

Mortals have absolutely no power to fight back against cultivators.

The same applies to Golden Core cultivators in front of Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"Sect Leader Li, may I ask you a favor?" the cultivator said with a sinister smile.

Li Yunjing asked curiously, "What is it?"

"I'll borrow your life Essence Blood for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, the cultivator suddenly pounced on Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing didn't even lift his eyelids. A thought arose in his mind, and the next moment a sword light suddenly shot out.

With a resounding clang, like metal clashing, the cultivator from Corpse King Valley was sent flying backward.

He was cleaved a hundred feet away by the sword light before finally stopping.

Li Yunjing took a step forward and arrived in front of the cultivator.

At this moment, the clothes covering the cultivator's body had been completely torn to shreds.

He revealed his true form, a ferocious corpse demon whose entire body appeared to be covered in a layer of golden armor.

"You've actually reached the point of refining Gold-Armored Corpse. It seems you have quite a bit of talent." Li Yunjing was surprised.

There are also many rules in the art of corpse refining.

For example, zombies have a strict promotion path.

The lowest grade is just an ordinary Flesh Corpse, nothing special.

Next came the Cowhide Corpse, its skin resembling cowhide, extremely tough.

Next up are the Iron-Armored Corpse, whose defensive capabilities are further enhanced.

There are also Silver-Armored Corpse, Gold-Armored Corpse, Flying Corpse, and so on.

Every step forward means a further increase in the hope of achieving the Great Dao.

Gold-Armored Corpse are already extremely rare.

Whether it's the Corpse Yin Cult or the Corpse King Valley, very few people can create Gold-Armored Corpse.

This guy actually transformed himself into Gold-Armored Corpse; his talent is quite impressive.

However, this cultivation level is only at the Golden Core Perfection stage, which is truly unworthy of the potential of this Gold-Armored Corpse.

Upon closer inspection, Li Yunjing realized that the golden armor on the man's body was not natural, but rather inlaid.

This means that the creature in front of us is not Gold-Armored Corpse, but a fake golden corpse.

His golden armor was apparently torn from some Gold-Armored Corpse and draped over his body.

"Sect Leader Li, your sword strike was truly powerful. Even with my golden armor protecting me, I still felt the pain."

The cultivator got up from the ground, looked at Li Yunjing, his fangs bared as if he were laughing.

Li Yunjing remained expressionless.

The Gold-Armored Corpse has very strong defense.

Although the armor in front of him wasn't the one he had forged himself, it still withstood Li Yunjing's sword strike.

No wonder this guy had the confidence to challenge Li Yunjing.

They probably thought that this golden armor would render Li Yunjing helpless.

Unfortunately, he was wrong. Li Yunjing was no ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"Feeling pain? It seems your cultivation is lacking. Very well, I'll send you on your way. You can cultivate properly in your next life."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a clear, ringing sound of a sword rang out.

In an instant, a clear and dazzling sword light burst forth from Li Yunjing's Dantian.

The sword's blade shimmered with nine-colored magnetic light, its patterns resembling seal script. Its sharpness carried the profound mystery of attracting the magnetic force of heaven and earth; it was none other than the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword.

As soon as the sword light appeared, the surrounding rubble and debris were drawn by the magnetic force and floated in the air.

With a flick of his finger, Li Yunjing unleashed a sword technique, transforming the Magnetic Light Sword into a streak of light that pierced straight into the heart of the fake golden corpse, where its core was located.

clang--

The sound of metal clashing was deafening, and sparks flew everywhere.

The Nine True Magnetic Light Sword pierced the golden armor, but only managed to break through the armor and penetrate half an inch into the cultivator's body before being blocked as if it had hit a hard rock.

The fake corpse roared in pain, its giant hand sweeping out with immense force, its corpse energy slamming into Li Yunjing, distorting the very air beneath it.

Li Yunjing retreated with the speed of a feather, drawing his sword as he frowned, thinking to himself, "This defensive power is far too high!"