Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse

Wen Jiu was quite satisfied with this Undying Celestial Yin Golden Body, although its endurance had limits, it could be continually improved. Even if it couldn’t be enhanced in the short term, it wouldn’t be much impacted in the lower Heaven-Reaching River. After all, the spatial barriers in the lower Heaven-Reaching River were all about the same.

The undying self-healing ability essentially gave him a second life-preserving capacity. Although he would enter a forbidden state, he had external objects to rely on. Even if he couldn’t control them, he could still issue commands to the four corpses through the Corpse Nurturer panel, and they would remain absolutely loyal, guarding him.

However, this third ability would probably make any other Golden Core Cultivator laugh out loud for a good eighty years even in their dreams.

Yet, Wen Jiu’s heart remained calm.

He was not after a Human Dao Nascent Soul.

He wanted that Heaven-Reaching External Dao Nascent Soul to lay a stronger foundation for the path of longevity. Because his goal was not just the Nascent Soul, the Nascent Soul was merely a stage-based goal.

Since coming into contact with the Golden Core, Wen Jiu understood that Spirit Roots only determined the speed of cultivation and influenced the foundational stages of Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment. After entering the Golden Core stage, the foundation became more crucial instead.

The foundation determines the upper limits.

The Spirit Root determines the lower limits.

Therefore, Wen Jiu’s short-term plan was to enhance the four corpses, the five ghosts, and the Law-Devouring Yin Insect, to improve the success rate of forming an External Dao Nascent Soul.

...

After entering East Pole Immortal City, Wen Jiu inquired about the movements in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range but found that not many people knew about it, as expected. Even Lu Chan from Cold Pool Mist Valley only knew that two top-grade Golden Core cultivators had emerged, and that the Longteng Family and Qi Guang Sect had fought a major battle in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range.

At the same time, Wen Jiu also intentionally inquired about Lin Yingyun Mountain’s whereabouts. After the Longteng Family and Qi Guang Sect waged a major battle in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range, resulting in the fall of several Golden Core cultivators, Lin Yingyun Mountain returned to Qi Guang Sect.

After returning to Qi Guang Sect, they began a reprisal against the Longteng Family with a reckless vigor.

Wen Jiu understood that this was Lin Yingyun Mountain’s complete despair, wanting to drag someone down with them before they die.

As for whether Lin Yingyun Mountain would seize a new body to cultivate again.

Wen Jiu thought it was highly unlikely.

If willing to seize a new body, Lin Yingyun Mountain would not have been so desperate in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range.

Interestingly, Qi Guang Sect’s madness indirectly helped the Lu Family, easing the pressure brought by the Longteng Family’s mid-stage Golden Core cultivators. Under Qi Guang Sect’s frenzied attack, who has time to care about a so-called He Family?

However, even such a big incident couldn’t suppress the news of four consecutive top-grade Golden Core appearances within a year or two. The news began to spread wildly in the West Mountain Floating Domain, reaching beyond the west after just a few days.

By the time Wen Jiu arrived at East Pole Immortal City, all major cities and Golden Core influences in the West Mountain Floating Domain were aware of it.

The first change was that more and more people wanted to come to the western West Mountain Floating Domain to form their cores, hoping to catch some fortune, even though the Qi Guang Sect and the Longteng Family, these two behemoths, had already started fighting and could spill over at any moment.

Even so, it didn’t prompt any major actions from the Lord’s Mansion in the West Mountain Floating Domain, but rather its borders were strengthened. Because the news from the Longteng Family and Qi Guang Sect claimed that the first top-grade Golden Core from the Celestial Yin Mountain Range was likely a Demon Sect cultivator, the Lord’s Mansion strengthened its blockade.

This made it somewhat difficult for the He Family to enter the Lifeless Abyss, directly leading to the West Mountain Floating Domain being easy to enter but hard to leave.

Fortunately, the He Family had its own channels, so the impact wasn’t major—it just wouldn’t have demonic evil qi for the next two or three months.

Another influence was within the Celestial Yin Mountain Range. When Wen Jiu returned to Cold Pool Mist Valley, the Lu Family had already issued a bounty in the Cold Pool Market, seeking traces of Demon Cultivators in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range.

Of course.

It wasn’t that the Lu Family wanted to issue this bounty.

It was the Domain Lord’s Mansion that wanted it.

Meanwhile, Cold Pool Mist Valley saw an influx of both outside cultivators and the Spirit Suppressing Army.

"Staying in Cold Pool Mist Valley, doesn’t it count as hiding in plain sight?" Wen Jiu thought and immediately returned to his Cultivation Cave Mansion.

On the very day Wen Jiu returned to his cave mansion, Feng Jue visited.

But Wen Jiu knew that it was probably not Feng Jue who was visiting, but Han Tianxing.

...

"Brother Han, I’m planning to enter the mountains in a few days, care to join me?"

Feng Jue sincerely invited.

Wen Jiu was about to directly refuse, but then he noticed Feng Jue had some residual Celestial Yin Qi inside.

Clearly.

Feng Jue had already started cultivating with Celestial Yin Qi.

Han Tianxing might have started his Undying Celestial Yin Golden Core cultivation plan; the Earth Yang Dao Foundation complemented well with Celestial Yin Qi. Whether Han Tianxing had any secret techniques he hadn’t disclosed, Wen Jiu was not inclined to ask.

But since Feng Jue was his friend, if Han Tianxing sacrificed Feng Jue’s future for his own plan, that was something Wen Jiu did not want to see. Since Han Tianxing was here to test him, he might as well ask a few more questions.

"Brother Feng, your cultivation has improved rapidly, just having entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment, yet your aura is as stable as those elder cultivators." Wen Jiu praised sincerely, not merely flattering as Feng Jue indeed progressed quickly cultivating with Celestial Yin Qi.

Feng Jue burst into laughter, expressing, "It’s a pity, Brother Han isn’t an Earth Yang Foundation Establishment; otherwise, I’d certainly pass this technique to you. A senior within me passed onto me a heterodox technique from the sect that allows me to harness Celestial Yin Qi, a secret within the sect. But who are we to each other, right? As long as you don’t spread it, it remains a secret... And even if the old senior wanted to stop me, he couldn’t. Hahaha..."

Han Tianxing was momentarily speechless.

Wen Jiu also laughed along, inviting Feng Jue into the ancient pavilion.

Amid their conversation, Han Tianxing silently mused: Boy, I truly wish I could tell you the truth, but sadly, I can’t.

At the same time, Han Tianxing studied Wen Jiu, carefully sensing subtle changes in him. However, he felt nothing unusual, still at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, though he sensed something was amiss.

He couldn’t believe that the two top-grade Golden Cores and Han Li in the Celestial Yin Mountain Range, or rather, Longevity Celestial Ruins, had no relation.

Producing a top-grade Golden Core in the lower Heaven-Reaching River was near impossible, yet four emerged within two years.

Based on his external objects’ judgment, Han Tianxing suspected one occurrence undoubtedly involved external objects.

Through Feng Jue, he’d learned from Pei Wuxing about Master Du’s origin, originating from the Hundred Floating Domains. Combined with Han Li’s connection with the Lu Family, it was almost as he’d speculated.

So, today, having Feng Jue meet Han Li, he also wanted a chat with Han Li, probing the truth behind his speculations.

"Elder Han, enough probing, just speak your mind," Wen Jiu directly communicated, unwilling to beat around the bush with Han Tianxing.

Han Tianxing gave an awkward smile, transmitting, "I only came to see if you need anything."

"No longer necessary," Wen Jiu didn’t elaborate, adding, "Elder Han, if I haven’t mistaken, you’ve started letting Feng Jue cultivate with Celestial Yin Qi, but Feng Jue is my friend."

Han Tianxing was taken aback, sensing an underlying meaning in the words no longer necessary, but before he could ponder further, he hurriedly explained, "Rest assured, Feng Jue is also my disciple, my only hope to reconstruct my body."

"That’s for the best." Wen Jiu trusted Han Tianxing’s words only partially, without reason to trust completely.

Should he sense anything amiss with Feng Jue, he would mercilessly perform a soul-extraction.

Without hesitation.

Wen Jiu continued, "By the way, a reminder: if you intend to use the Celestial Yin Qi Absorption Technique, I’d advise abandoning that idea."

"Why?"

Han Tianxing was puzzled.

"I’ve already tried it," Wen Jiu didn’t elucidate further, "Elder Han, after swearing a Silencing Spell, a Heart Demon Oath, you may leave. Just remember my words."

"You already..." Han Tianxing murmured, then his soul’s eyes widened, an idea sprang up.

Indeed.

He wasn’t wrong in his conjecture!