Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse

"The days of chaos in the West Mountain Floating Domain won’t be far off, so I might as well head to Donghua Immortal City first, pave the way, and find a way to leave the West Mountain Floating Domain. If the Three Corpses and Five Ghosts can’t stay in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range, we can look for other Celestial Yin Lands and Innate Death Lands in the east."

Wen Jiu immediately made a decision and couldn’t help but take another look at Lu Changyin, continuing to ask, "Lu Changyin, do you have a way to use the intelligence from the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect within the Dark Altar lineage?"

Since East Pole Immortal City is an Independent Practitioner Immortal City, the Dark Altar lineage of the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect must understand it better than anyone.

After all, it’s a place that even the Domain Lord’s Mansion cannot interfere with.

"Yes, I’ve worked for the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect for hundreds of years. I can’t say I’ve been completely trusted, but it’s quite easy for me to detect the intelligence within the Dark Altar lineage." Lu Changyin nodded without hesitation, demonstrating his value.

"Not bad."

Wen Jiu nodded with satisfaction.

Indeed.

Keeping Lu Changyin alive was the right choice.

Killing Lu Changyin would only yield a handful of soul memories, but keeping him offers many uses.

For example, keeping track of the Dark Altar lineage’s movements, the plans from the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect, and who to foster relationships with after entering Donghua Immortal City.

"Willing to serve Master Li."

Lu Changyin offered a sycophantic smile, bowing slowly.

Respectful and deferential.

...

After Lu Changyin left, Wen Jiu began tidying up and contemplating what identity to use to visit Donghua Immortal City. As Lu Changyin mentioned, going to Donghua Immortal City is not difficult.

However, approaching the cultivators of the East Splendor Divine Palace under the guise of a Golden Core Cultivator and building good relations requires a clear, traceable, legal identity. An identity clean enough for an East Splendor Divine Palace caravan willing to carry him deep into the Lower Tongtian River.

Perhaps not all roots need to be known, as every Golden Core has a few secrets, but a faction must be found to vouch for him, so if things go wrong in the West Mountain Floating Domain, the East Splendor Divine Palace can be absolved of responsibility.

"The Lu Family definitely won’t work; after all, with the matter of the Top-Grade Golden Core out, whatever the Lu Family does is rather sensitive." After careful consideration, Wen Jiu decided to approach the He Family to get them to vouch for him.

Regarding the identity...

There’s no need to be overly meticulous; even a fabricated story will do, as long as the He Family takes on this responsibility.

No one currently knows the He Family is a spy for the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect; as long as I don’t speak of it, even after hundreds of years, there’s no risk of sudden exposure.

"In that case, before leaving the West Mountain Floating Domain, I’ll make use of this He Family again." Wen Jiu decided internally, planning to have the Formless Demon Corpse reveal the entire story when he retrieves the Demonic Evil Qi in half a month.

Of course.

The Formless Demon Corpse told He Changyi that he needed to send someone to Donghua Immortal City to infiltrate. Neither an Evil Cultivator nor a Demon Cultivator. Originally, Wen Jiu thought He Changyi would hesitate for a while, given the involvement of East Splendor Divine Palace, but surprisingly, He Changyi nodded without thinking, as if hesitating would be disrespectful to the Formless Demon Corpse.

Wen Jiu controlled the Formless Demon Corpse to tentatively inquire about matters regarding the East Splendor Divine Palace and Donghua Immortal City, and He Changyi knew quite a bit. He also understood that if something went wrong, there would most likely be a major problem for the He Family.

When He Changyi candidly expressed his loyalty, Wen Jiu suddenly realized, "Serving you is the He Family’s honor, and an opportunity that the He Family particularly seeks. The current situation in the West Mountain Floating Domain is quite unusual; the Demonic Evil Qi might be cut off at any time, but you don’t need anything else from the He Family, so today you spoke up, for your plan, the He Family is willing to pour all its strength to fully support."

It turns out, they are afraid of losing their usefulness. These double agents sure see things clearly; working for the Demon Cultivators, they must always maintain their usefulness. Once you’re no longer useful, abandonment is likely to start.

Since He Changyi thinks this way, it’s perfect.

As for whether it’s sincere, or there’s another motive, Wen Jiu doesn’t care because when He Changyi leaves the He Family to escort him to Donghua Immortal City, Wen Jiu will use Five Ghosts Soul Control to turn He Changyi into a loyal servant.

When the Formless Demon Corpse returns, Wen Jiu had already settled on his identity for going to Donghua Immortal City—the He Family’s newly advanced Golden Core, discreetly sent out to avoid a clan extermination crisis. Given the He Family’s current situation, this identity is quite reasonable. Also, using such an identity to ingratiate with the East Splendor Divine Palace is very sensible.

However, this time, Wen Jiu plans to go alone, bringing nobody. Even his sister Wen Ya will stay at the Eight Directions Treasure Gathering Trading House. It’s not just because he doesn’t plan to leave the West Mountain Floating Domain temporarily, but when the moment comes to leave the West Mountain Floating Domain, Wen Jiu’s goal will be the Heaven-Reaching Outer Dao Nascent Soul Fruit, and going alone is more appropriate.

...

Just as Wen Jiu was about to set off, he didn’t expect Lu Xinghe to suddenly bring him a letter.

From Eastern Celestial City and Ye Chen.

Ever since Eastern Celestial City and Ye Chen joined Fang Qian’s Eight Directions Treasure Gathering Trading House, they now jointly manage a small Immortal City’s Treasure Tower. Although they don’t have personal profits, Fang Qian has provided them ample cultivation resources, with their foundations and aptitudes, reaching the Middle Stage and Late Stage of Foundation Establishment in the future is no problem.

Though they can’t possibly step into the Golden Core Dao, for them, this is the best outcome.

Therefore, both are very grateful to him.

Eastern Celestial City is grateful to Wen Jiu; Ye Chen, unaware of the truth, is grateful to Han Li, the disguise.

The fact that they suddenly teamed up to write a letter definitely isn’t just out of gratitude; most likely, there’s something up, which made Wen Jiu curious. After carefully reading through the letter’s contents, both start off with a stream of grateful words while also expressing loyalty, which occupies the majority of the letter.