188: Chapter 188 Successful Refining

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

Ruan Xiao's roar exploded above the forest. He stared down at the dense woods below, spiritual energy surging wildly around him.

But there was no longer the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy in that forest, as if that person had vanished into thin air.

"Again! It's happening again!"

Ruan Xiao trembled with rage.

He thought back to the last time this person had disappeared without a trace; even when he and the other Elders joined forces, they couldn't find him.

"What kind of bizarre methods does this Loose Cultivator have? And that strange demon dog!"

Thinking of the demon dog, he suddenly remembered that when he saw Ye Jing disappear into the forest, a black shadow had suddenly lunged out. It was precisely that demon dog with sharp horns that had bitten through the Golden Bell barrier.

Thinking about it now, Ye Jing's concealment method must be related to that demon dog. Perhaps the demon dog possessed a Divine Ability to hide its presence and interfere with detection, which was why he had lost track of him several times.

Ruan Xiao stood there with his sword drawn, looking around blankly. The more he thought, the angrier he became, and he couldn't stop cursing the Loose Cultivator's cunning.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, having these Disciples witness how he, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, was unable to defeat a Qi Refining Cultivator, he feared he had lost all face!

"Dammit!"

Having escaped Dayu Mountain, Ye Jing finally relaxed. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, a dull pain throbbing in his chest.

He struggled to swallow several healing pills before he finally managed to steady himself.

Ye Jing felt a lingering fear; Foundation Establishment Cultivators were indeed not easy to deal with. That Golden Bell Magic Treasure in his opponent's hand was also powerful. If it hadn't been for Hei Feng's help, he might have met his end there.

Thinking of this, Ye Jing held the jade bottle, and the fear in his eyes gradually faded. Regardless, he had finally gathered the last ingredient for the foundation establishment pill, and there was hope for refining it.

He looked at the broadsword in his hand, which was emitting black gas. This broadsword had been obtained by his son after slaying Immortal Master Kuangdao.

Because this blade was tainted with intense Evil Qi, someone with insufficient cultivation could easily suffer Qi Deviation by using it. Therefore, Ye Jing had almost always kept it in his Storage Pouch and never brought it out to use.

Now, this Mad Blade had been of great help. If not for it, Ye Jing really couldn't say if he would have been able to fight a major battle against the Foundation Establishment Cultivator Ruan Xiao.

And even gain insights for a Breakthrough.

On his way home, Ye Jing looked at the vast wasteland below. He thought to himself that the mineral deposits here had all been hollowed out, leaving only a Gold Spirit Mine. It seemed that for finding other mineral veins, he would have to let his eldest son take charge.

He was now a General and controlled almost all the resources of the Great Yan Kingdom. However, the Great Yan Kingdom was poor in resources; if they remained confined there, these resources would be completely insufficient.

So, it was time to expand the territory of the Great Yan Kingdom.

The Lingxiao Sect could occupy the mines within their borders, but they couldn't care less about the succession of mortal kingdoms, so Ye Jing could easily maneuver within them.

Meanwhile.

Within Lingyun Valley.

Spiritual energy and resentment were intertwined. The berserk Corpse Person had long since lost its frenzied appearance, allowing those vengeful souls to invade its body.

With the help of the refining fire, the spiritual energy had also become stable.

Liu Xianglan waved her soul-inducing lamp to guide the vengeful souls to fuse with the Corpse Person, while Wu Guiyun, on the side, increased the intensity of the fire, continuously baking the body of the Corpse Person.

One was refining medicine and the other was refining artifacts; they simultaneously used different methods to refine this Foundation Establishment Corpse Person.

Suddenly, the Corpse Person opened its eyes, and the screaming vengeful souls gradually fell silent.

Countless black cyclones rose and gradually surrounded the entire body of the Corpse Person, and a powerful spiritual energy quickly emerged within.

This startled Liu Xianglan and Wu Guiyun. Could it be a success?

But soon, that spiritual energy inside the Corpse Person's body surged rapidly. The Corpse Person snapped its chains, and the flames beneath it quickly turned an eerie green. Accompanied by a bone-chilling force, both women felt a wave of icy coldness in their limbs.

"What's going on?!" Wu Guiyun turned pale with shock.

Seeing this, Liu Xianglan immediately flew forward and said, "Sister-in-law! The Corpse Person must be on the verge of successful refinement and has begun to develop some consciousness, resisting our control!"

"What?!" Wu Guiyun immediately threw out her black bell. The ringing was continuous, completely suppressing the counter-attacking Corpse Person within its sound, not allowing it to move an inch.

At this moment, Xiao Yu above also sensed the Corpse Person's riot and continuously flapped its wings to call down lightning. This kind of lightning, which contained the power of Pure Yang, was the nemesis of evil things.

Red-gold lightning repeatedly struck the Corpse Person, continuously extinguishing the eerie green flames within and suppressing the rampaging creature.

Liu Xianglan stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law! I must take down this Corpse Person now, or I won't be able to control it completely!"

Hearing this, Wu Guiyun immediately nodded. "Alright! Xianglan, I'll help you!"

With that, she used her spiritual energy to continuously suppress the Corpse Person, weakening its power.

If the Corpse Person hadn't been refined by them for so long and thus lacked strong offensive power, and if it weren't currently being suppressed by Xiao Yu's Yang lightning, Liu Xianglan and Wu Guiyun would never have dared to confront it head-on.

The Corpse Person roared upon seeing this and tried to attack the two, but Liu Xianglan's control over soul bodies had reached a level of perfection. The Soul Lamp in her hand flickered with an eerie light.

The Corpse Person could not struggle free and let out several earth-shattering roars as its body was completely surrounded by lightning.

If it didn't submit soon, it would be completely vaporized by Xiao Yu's lightning and turned into charcoal.

Liu Xianglan didn't dare to stop; this was the critical moment of refining, and success or failure hung in the balance.

She raised the soul-inducing lamp in her hand and shouted, "Corpse Puppet General! Acknowledge your master now!"

Her spiritual energy shot out from the lamp straight toward the Corpse Puppet General's head. In an instant, the Corpse Person's entire body trembled uncontrollably.

Along with it, Liu Xianglan felt her own spiritual energy surging rapidly. The soul-inducing lamp was her Lifebound Treasure, and now that she had subdued this Foundation Establishment Corpse Person, the spiritual energy fed back from it was extremely dense.

She immediately sat down to begin digesting the overflowing spiritual energy. Her abdomen felt a sharp pain as the energy rampaged through her body; if she couldn't refine it, she would explode and die.

Fortunately, after days of continuous high-intensity refining, Liu Xianglan's control over spiritual energy had already matured.

She continuously neutralized the surging energy, then absorbed and refined it, until the moment the spiritual energy gushed forth like a spring.

Liu Xianglan immediately let out a soft shout, "Break!"

The spiritual energy instantly flowed through her entire body. When she finished her technique, the spiritual energy surrounding her had reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Wu Guiyun was overjoyed to see this. "Xianglan! You've had a Breakthrough!"

Liu Xianglan felt the spiritual energy surging through her body. She looked at the Corpse Person standing in the pool. With a thought, the Corpse Person suddenly leapt up, black gas flaring from its body as it rapidly expanded a hundredfold, carrying an extremely powerful pressure.

"It's done!"

Liu Xianglan could now control the Corpse Person at will; she was almost weeping with joy.

These past few months of hard work had not been in vain!

Wu Guiyun also felt incredibly fortunate.

"Good!"

Just then, a joyful shout rang out through Lingyun Valley.

This caused the two women's bodies to tremble. They quickly turned around and saw Ye Jing, who had been away for many days, looking at them with a gratified expression.