164: Finally got the technique

Chapter 163 Finally Obtaining the Cultivation Technique

Looking at the zombie corpse on the ground that had been mauled into a tattered mess, Zheng Yi truly could not believe that this was Great Yu's Emperor Taizu.

At this moment, he had no imperial coercion whatsoever; instead, he was just a pitch-black corpse.

His entire head was almost completely gnawed away by the Blood Moon Gu, revealing a large area of thick, black blood.

This black blood clearly carried corpse poison, corroding the surrounding grassland into patches of barren white earth.

However, the Blood Moon Gu roaming within the corpse clearly did not fear this corpse poison; instead, they swam about even more gleefully.

"Your Majesty..."

Chen Liancang walked over, his face pale as he said, "This person is Emperor Taizu's corpse... I never expected that he actually turned into a zombie!"

"If not for Your Majesty's boundless fortune, we truly wouldn't have been able to suppress him."

Zheng Yi's brows flashed as he said, "Emperor Taizu? What Emperor Taizu? This person is merely a zombie."

"Yes, this old servant spoke out of turn."

"Come men, burn him!"

"Understood!"

Fearing that this zombie might cause any more trouble and not thinking of burying it again, Zheng Yi directly ordered his men to burn it to ashes with a single fire.

Amidst the flickering flames, this zombie burned at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually turning into a pile of charred coal across the ground.

Until this corpse was truly burned into ashes, Zheng Yi led his men away.

Now that it was burned to scum, Zheng Yi truly did not believe anyone could resurrect.

What was a pity was that Zheng Yi did not discover anything within the ashes of Emperor Taizu.

"Chen Xiao."

"this servant is here."

"Return to the capital to treat your injuries. I have already ordered the imperial physicians to rush over."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chen Xiao was unfortunate; his left arm was severed at the elbow, just like General Xu.

He didn't know if it would affect his subsequent martial arts cultivation.

Surrounded by the crowd, Zheng Yi arrived outside the Emperor Taizus Mausoleum once again.

Passing through the slender devil's tongue and sea lotus passage, Zheng Yi stepped into the Emperor Taizus Mausoleum.

The vast and shocking underground capital, along with the huge white marble steps, Golden Luan Hall, and other things in the distance, also made Zheng Yi feel shocked.

Chen Liancang said, "Your Majesty, this place is the location of the mausoleum of... that zombie."

"Inside that underground capital, they are all Hairy Zombies, numbering at least tens of thousands."

"However, because of the zombie riot earlier, they all rushed out and were wiped out by the Imperial Guards."

"Now, within the entire underground capital, I'm afraid there isn't a single one left."

"Further ahead are those huge white marble steps."

"The Golden Luan Hall is upon them."

"Inside the Golden Luan Hall are the terracotta figures of the officials, the dragon chair, and the coffin."

Looking at the vast and dark underground capital, Zheng Yi immediately said, "Summon the Imperial Guards to enter and inspect inch by inch for me. Make sure not to let go of a single inch of land!"

"Understood!"

The little eunuch beside him quickly went to transmit the decree, and Zheng Yi left the mausoleum once more.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Now that he was on the verge of obtaining cultivation texts, he certainly didn't want to die or get injured because of other mechanisms within the underground palace.

Having others clear the path for him was the best method.

Soon, team after team of Imperial Guards, led by their respective commanders, stepped into the underground capital.

They formed teams of ten, splitting into hundreds of squads that stepped into the underground capital from different directions and alleys, launching a comprehensive reconnaissance of this underground capital.

Zheng Yi was not anxious either; being this close to the final step was better than any unexpected accidents happening.

He waited at the Tianshou Mountain temporary palace, as Imperial Guards continuously reported intelligence from within the underground capital to him.

"Your Majesty! Twenty thousand Imperial Guards have already entered to explore!"

"Your Majesty, a group of Hairy Zombies was discovered and has been completely exterminated!"

"Are there any mechanisms?"

"There are none..."

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Yi quickly reacted.

Emperor Taizu was still harboring the sweet dream of converting to a zombie Physique and even resurrecting, and would even think of ways to lure Zheng descendants to enter and find him, so of course he wouldn't set up too many mechanisms.

Moreover, this underground capital and underground imperial palace were blessed by a special Formation, which could become an underground secret room or a cultivation secret room, and it was also extremely sturdy when constructed.

The many Imperial Guards continued their reconnaissance, and soon plenty of news was transmitted out.

"Your Majesty, a large amount of treasures was discovered in the underground capital, seemingly burial objects. Should we collect all of them?"

"Transport all of them out."

"Understood!"

"Your Majesty, several mass graves were discovered, filled with piles of white bones, along with a large number of construction tools around them."

"Clean all of them up!"

"Understood!"

"Your Majesty, a large number of terracotta figures, weapons, and other items were discovered..."

Under the continuous clearance by the large number of Imperial Guards, chests of treasures, weapons, and other items were all transported out.

The entire Tianshou Mountain had almost become a huge construction site.

And the news of this place gradually spread outward.

But nowadays, the world was in Chaos. Regarding the excavation of the Emperor Taizus Mausoleum at Tianshou Mountain, although quite a few people in the imperial court submitted petitions to His Majesty, they could not make much of a climate.

This matter actually ended up just like that!

At this time, through several days of excavation, the entire underground capital was finally cleared out.

The Hairy Zombies, mechanisms, and other things still hidden in the dark were all cleaned out or excavated completely.

Inside the entire underground capital, there were guarding Imperial Guard soldiers everywhere, making it incomparably safe.

Even on the Golden Luan Hall, it was the same.

Chen Liancang even personally stepped into the Golden Luan Hall, and after carefully inspecting the inside and outside of the Golden Luan Hall for several minutes, he once again confirmed the safety of the Golden Luan Hall.

Even so, for absolute safety, Zheng Yi once again dispatched the Shadow Guard and Imperial Guards to inspect the inside and outside of the Golden Luan Hall.

Especially that golden coffin!

Safety, and more safety.

Under such absolute safety, Zheng Yi finally came here personally.

Looking at the lifelike terracotta figures of the officials and the golden coffin on the dragon chair, Zheng Yi was also somewhat surprised in his heart.

"Old Chen, has the inside of the coffin been checked?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, it has been checked."

Chen Liancang respectfully said, "Inside that coffin, there are not a large number of burial objects, only a few pieces of jade pendants. This old servant did not know the function of these items, so they were not taken out."

"Jade pendants?"

Zheng Yi's heart stirred: "Jade Slips!"

These Jade Slips were carriers used by Cultivators to record Cultivation Techniques, Secret Manuals, or textual content.

Could it be...

"Hurry up and take out those few Jade Slips."

"Jade Slips?"

Although Chen Liancang had doubts in his heart, he quickly reacted: "Understood!"

He hurried forward to the golden coffin, bent down, reached in, took out a few things from it, and then came before Zheng Yi.

"Your Majesty, please look. These items are the jade pendants inside the coffin."

When Zheng Yi took a look, there were unexpectedly five similarly colored Jade Slips in Chen Liancang's hands.

They were all cyan mixed with a bit of pale yellow, shaped like willow leaves, dim and lusterless.

There were actually as many as five such Jade Slips!

Logically speaking, after an emperor passed away, the burial objects within his coffin were definitely what he liked most and what were most precious during his lifetime.

And these five Jade Slips didn't look like precious items no matter how one looked at them.

Then there was only one possibility—they were Jade Slips!

For a Cultivator, apart from their own Magical Artifact, the most precious thing on their body was only Cultivation Techniques.

Taking the five Jade Slips handed over by Chen Liancang, Zheng Yi carefully examined them.

He had once seen a Jade Slip left behind by Consort Cui's master at Consort Cui's place; what was recorded in that Jade Slip was the practice method for basic Formations.

Therefore, he was also relatively familiar with Jade Slips.

These five Jade Slips in his hand were very similar to those five Jade Slips in Consort Cui's hand.

Thinking of this, just like Consort Cui, he pressed one of the Jade Slips against his own forehead.

At the same time, his mind concentrated on this Jade Slip, carefully perceiving something.

Not long after, he suddenly felt his vision appear within another space.

This space of Chaos was colorless and drifting, yet lines of text appeared before his eyes.

"This is..."

Zheng Yi said in surprise that the Jade Slip before his eyes was indeed a Cultivation Technique!

《Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Art》!

Looking closely, this Cultivation Technique had over three thousand rambling words, which wasn't too many.

But the contents recorded within it truly opened Zheng Yi's horizons.

This so-called 《Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Art》 turned out to be a bizarre Cultivation Technique on how to transform oneself into a Spirit Corpse Physique!

According to the records of the Cultivation Technique, a Cultivator could set up a special Formation before dying—the Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Formation.

Using people born in the yin hours and yin months as Materials, they would construct the Formation to gather extreme Yin Qi.

At the same time, when one was about to perish, one would place oneself within the eye of the Formation, gradually absorbing extreme Yin Qi to transform one's own corpse into a Spirit Corpse Physique.

The so-called Spirit Corpse Physique was a special Physique.

It was similar to a zombie possessing Spiritual Roots.

Ordinary spirit corpses could only transform into things like Hairy Zombies.

As for a spirit corpse, as long as it was given sufficient time to grow and the nourishment of Yin Qi and fresh blood, it could automatically advance into an Iron Corpse, Bronze Corpse, Silver Corpse, or even Gold Corpse as time passed!

"I see. Emperor Taizu was using the 《Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Art》 to transform himself into a spirit corpse, and this time period would last for at least a thousand years."

"As for me, I dug him out after more than three hundred years, which caused his 《Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Art》 to fall short of success at the last hurdle."

"And those tens of thousands of Hairy Zombies inside the underground capital were the people born in the yin years, yin months, and yin days that he searched for, and they were also his medicine primers."

"For over three hundred years, his spirit corpse strength only reached the Bronze Corpse realm, roughly equivalent to Qi Late Stage."

Zheng Yi slowly opened his eyes, toying with this Jade Slip.

The 《Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Art》—it was completely impossible for him to Cultivate it.

Admittedly.

After transforming one's own body into a spirit corpse, stepping onto the path of zombies.

Not only would one be invulnerable to blades and spears, immune to water and fire, but one would also possess immense strength and could even attain eternal life.

But... what use was that to Zheng Yi?

He had already attained eternal life long ago; for him, this method was completely a chicken rib!

However, after all, it was a Cultivation Technique.

It could be collected, and it could also be used to win people's hearts or exchange for other useful things.

"Your Majesty?"

Zheng Yi casually tossed this Jade Slip to Chen Liancang.

"Old Chen, this item is the method for the Taizu zombie to transform himself into a zombie, and it also records a few sorceries used by zombies, such as the Spirit Yin Corpse Fire."

"This item is not suitable for you."

Zheng Yi said, "You must press this Jade Slip tightly against your forehead, concentrate your mind, and check it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Chen Liancang immediately pressed this Jade Slip onto his head and checked it carefully.

Taking advantage of this time, Zheng Yi pressed the second Jade Slip against his forehead and began to check it.

Soon, a huge map appeared within his mind.

Among them, the graphic of a trapezoid building with a small palace on top of it was very familiar.

"This is... the map of the underground mausoleum?"

Zheng Yi said in astonishment, not expecting that Emperor Taizu had solemnly set up a map for this underground mausoleum.

"Hmm?"

After checking carefully, he discovered something amiss.

This was not an ordinary map at all.

But rather a... Formation diagram!

Looking closely, within the entire massive underground mausoleum, Emperor Taizu had actually set up as many as three Formations.

Among them, the Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Great Formation was one of them, which was a Formation used to gather extreme Yin Qi and transform oneself into a spirit corpse and zombie.

This Formation consumed very few Spirit Stones; it only required placing the corpses of people born in the yin years, yin months, and yin days into it, and it could operate automatically.

As for the second Formation, it was the Spirit Gathering Formation!

On top of the white marble steps, a giant Spirit Gathering Formation was engraved, which could be activated via Spirit Stones to absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi for Cultivation.

Compared to other places, the Cultivation speed here would be even faster!

As for the third Formation, it was one named: Xuanyuan Returning Earth Formation.