Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse

"They have arrived."

In Donghua Immortal City, Wen Jiu, who was tending to corpses to nurture medicine, paused and gazed through the eyeless sockets of the East Spring Undying Bone, looking far into the distance at a group of eleven Golden Core cultivators approaching Cold Pool Mist Valley.

The eleven rode the Bone Serpent Giant Puppet, soaring through the sky with great momentum. Wherever the Bone Serpent Giant Puppet passed, it left a massive black scar in the cloud sea, as if the sky had been torn because sunlight couldn’t penetrate it. Cultivators everywhere looked up in awe.

The Tier Three Bone Serpent Giant Puppet was a unique creation of the Brute Puppet Sect. Unless they were Qi Cultivation wanderers unfamiliar with such wonders, cultivators of other realms surely recognized it. Who hadn’t heard of it?

Wen Jiu watched the scene unfold with indifference. The Bone Serpent Giant Puppet held no interest for him, being only Tier Three Lower Grade.

However, its puppet refining method was intriguing. Although the Bone Serpent Giant Puppet was a bone puppet, it contained a Snake Spirit akin to a cultivator’s soul. This granted it the awareness of a Snake Spirit, allowing it to act like a person.

A puppet having its own consciousness is incredibly rare within the puppet refining lineage. Of course, rare doesn’t mean nonexistent, just that it’s not often seen here.

The puppet masters Wen Jiu had encountered or heard of previously crafted inanimate puppets, which would never betray. Yet, in the Lifeless Abyss, there existed another lineage of puppet masters.

They were akin to the living puppets of the Brute Puppet Sect.

They sealed entities like Snake Spirits within the puppets, giving them souls and spirits, transforming them into beings similar to spirit beasts. Yet, unlike spirit beasts, which possess intelligence and fear, puppets with spirits do not fear death or pain, while strictly obeying their master’s commands and even wielding power beyond spirit beasts, and potentially beyond human cultivators themselves.

Any puppet with a spirit could rival a body refining cultivator of the same realm, highlighting their fearsome nature.

"No wonder it’s called the Brute Puppet Sect," Wen Jiu realized, refraining from having the East Spring Undying Bone take action.

Because the true Master of Many Evils was not among them.

By employing the Corpse Fate Technique for divination, three celestial secrets and fate positions emerged.

The three positions were spread five thousand miles apart; the divination suggested he was present in all three places simultaneously. This was impossible; the only explanation was the use of puppets similar to the Purple Spirit Puppet Substitute.

His Purple Spirit Puppet Substitute was heavily burdened with celestial secrets and fate, usually unused, occasionally serving as a disguise, and it was only Tier Two Top Grade, not very practical.

However, even though it was Tier Two Top Grade, it indeed was a Golden Core Level secret technique. If upgraded to Tier Three, the fortune and fate could be transferred to the Purple Spirit Puppet Substitute, letting it bear misfortune.

For the Brute Puppet Sect, a sect of puppet refiners, possessing a puppet stronger than the Purple Spirit Puppet Substitute was not surprising.

Strictly speaking, it was still Three Thousand Blood Inks at Tier Three Lower Realm; if just a bit stronger.

The Corpse Fate Technique might not have failed to directly calculate his real position.

"The Bone Serpent Giant Puppet is just a puppet. I didn’t expect the Master of Many Evils to be so cautious. Among the two hidden five to six thousand miles behind, one conceals his true form." Wen Jiu decided to watch and wait, for attacking now could scare them off if he guessed wrong. After all, it’s just the Middle Golden Core Realm, insignificant.

The crucial part is deciding on an identity and manner of appearance.

Once acted upon, the disguise would be revealed.

Domain Lord’s Mansion.

Longteng Family.

Dark Altar Lineage.

They all would note the appearance of East Spring Undying Bone. Fortunately, the East Spring Undying Bone is Tier Three Middle Realm, making connections to the previous top-grade Golden Core Corpse Cultivator unlikely since there’s a small realm difference.

A difference of even a small realm could mean at least decades, even a century.

Though small troubles are certain.

...

Two hours later.

"They’ve arrived."

"All of them have arrived."

A thousand miles outside Cold Pool Mist Valley, Deng Lai sat with his sword, turning his gaze from a clear stream with fish and stones to the horizon.

A few stood behind him, also masked their qi, appearing as mere mortals.

"The Domain Lord may have many virtues, but he is too lenient towards these forces. The West Mountain Floating Domain relies on the Domain Lord’s Mansion’s protection for safety. We want a Cold Pool Mist Valley and Qi Mountain, yet Lu Feng dares to refuse! Truly reversing the heavens!" A male Golden Core cultivator spoke angrily.

"We may not understand the reasons behind it, but the Domain Lord’s leniency has its logic," Deng Lai chuckled, "However, someone like Lu Feng, oblivious to the situation, deserves such a fate. With the full force of the Brute Puppet Sect’s Golden Core and the Master of Many Evils’ two puppets in tow, Lu Feng shall be laid to rest at the Celestial Yin Mountain Range if he dares to protect today."

With those words,

Everyone laughed.

If he refuses, others are willing.

...

Fog Valley.

"Ancestor, Great Elder, Second Elder..." Lu Chan greeted the Lu family members entering the valley one by one.

Lu Hongying and Lu Shouren were among them.

Faced with Lu Chan’s salute, the emotions of the seven including Lu Hongying varied, but none spoke much. Lu Hongying and Lu Shouren were puzzled; despite their grave injuries, why were they here?

Surveying the empty valley without entering the Cold Pond, Lu Feng’s gaze settled on all the Lu family members, speaking calmly, "No Golden Core influence remains unchanged or eternally strong. Today, the Lu family stands at a crossroads. Some may question why the old man insists on protecting one person, even risking the entire clan. But if today I abandon one, tomorrow it could be any of you that is forsaken."