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"Junior Brother actually succeeded in refining a Corpse Puppet in such a short time!?"

"This Corpse Puppet’s Aura is extraordinary; it’s probably not far from reaching the next stage!"

Shi Chuan, who had just walked out of the stone chamber's main door, looked extremely surprised when he saw the burly Corpse Puppet beside Li Jiang.

"Junior Brother is truly worthy of being a scion of a Cultivation Family. Before even reaching Qi Refining, he can refine a Corpse Puppet. Unlike me, I'm just a Loose Cultivator with no Foundation."

Shi Chuan’s tone was filled with emotion.

"Senior Brother has good eyesight. My Corpse Puppet is indeed close to reaching the next stage."

"However, Junior Brother sees that Senior Brother's closed-door Cultivation seems to have made some progress, and his talent is not bad. Although my Li Family is not a large Cultivation Family, investing in a Utility Disciple with decent talent, the elders within the Family might be interested…"

Li Jiang looked at Shi Chuan's dejected expression and said with a slight shift in his demeanor.

If he could lure this Senior Brother to take the bait, then he would have another staged Corpse Puppet, and his annual quota could be completed early.

This way, he would have more time for his Cultivation.

"Really?"

"I am quite interested in the Family behind Junior Brother. If I could get my hands on this Corpse Refining method…"

On the surface, Shi Chuan seemed very interested after hearing Li Jiang's words.

But then, with a smile on his face, he raised his right hand and conjured a cluster of Crimson God Fire bullets, like a candle flame.

Li Jiang, whose mind was relaxed and who was calculating how to deal with Shi Chuan, suddenly saw that streak of red light flying towards him.

While his expression was horrified, he hurriedly shook the copper ring bell hidden in his sleeve, wanting to control the Corpse Puppet to block in front of him.

But that streak of red light was as swift as the wind, and Shi Chuan's move was decisive and ruthless.

Puff!

That cluster of flame-like Crimson God Fire easily pierced through Li Jiang's head. Its residual power landed on the stone wall behind him, burning a charred pit two meters deep.

The biting Yin Qi in the cave was also greatly dispelled by this residual power.

A burnt smell echoed through the passage.

Specks of fire ignited on Li Jiang's head, spreading throughout his body in just a few breaths. With a muffled thud, Li Jiang fell to the ground and was burned to ashes.

Among the ashes on the ground, there was only an old copper ring bell. Some simple Dao patterns were etched onto the dark green copper ring, and a small bell was inlaid on it.

Other than that, there was only a small gray Storage Pouch.

The burly Corpse Puppet next to him, after its master Li Jiang died, stood motionless as if petrified.

"Profound Yin Banner!"

"Soul Capture!"

With a thought, a small black banner appeared in Shi Chuan's right hand.

A black vortex, about ten feet wide, was released from the banner's surface, covering the area where Li Jiang had died.

In an instant, a faint, grayish-white soul shadow appeared out of thin air and was sucked into the Profound Yin Banner.

Sensing the weak, almost wind-blown wandering soul within the Profound Yin Banner.

Shi Chuan shook his head.

This Corpse Servants' soul, not yet in Qi Refining, was too weak.

It had little effect, only capable of influencing some ordinary Martial Artist, and completely useless against Qi Refining Stage Cultivators.

Subsequently, Shi Chuan took the copper ring and Storage Pouch from the ground into his hand. He easily infused a trace of Magical Power Divine Sense into the masterless copper ring. After imprinting it, he learned the information about the copper ring.

Corpse Control Ring, a Low Grade Magical Artifact of the first order!

It could control first-order Corpse Puppets, and at most, four first-order Corpse Puppets could be controlled in battle!

The refining method, in Shi Chuan's current view, was quite crude. If he were to Breakthrough to Mid-Stage Qi Refining and use the Crimson God Fire to re-refine it.

The grade of this Corpse Control Ring would naturally be elevated to Medium Grade first-order.

"This Storage Pouch should be something prepared for Li Jiang by the Family behind him!"

"Li Jiang is dead; his Family behind him must not be allowed to remain in the future."

"For now, I will proceed slowly. Later, when I have thoroughly investigated the Family's background, the current plan is to quickly improve my own Cultivation."

Shi Chuan decided in his heart.

Immediately, his gaze fell on the Storage Pouch, and his Divine Sense probed inside. The Storage Pouch contained only a space the size of a water vat.

He also had a Storage Pouch, which was given to him by a Senior Brother from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall after he Breakthrough to Qi Refining first layer and became a Utility Disciple of Corpse Refining Peak.

However, that Storage Pouch only had a space the size of a small washbasin, only able to hold a few clothes and some small items.

It was far less spacious than the Storage Pouch on Li Jiang.

Inside the Storage Pouch were ten Low-Grade Spirit Stone, like white jade, and a first-order Low Grade black jade skull Magical Artifact.

As well as several communication Jade Slip and a few Family letters. Within one of the Jade Slip, there was a Qi Refining Cultivation Technique called Corpse Yin Skill, which could be Cultivated all the way to Qi Refining seventh layer.

"This Corpse Yin Skill seems to be the method for Corpse Puppet Yaksha!"

From Shi Chuan's memory, after refining Eternal Vine, this so-called Corpse Yin Skill, like the Corpse Raising Art, had hidden dangers.

If one were to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, they might transform themselves into a special Corpse Puppet, a Yaksha!

"It seems that the Cultivation Technique Cultivated by the Family forces under this Demon Sect all have hidden dangers. Once they Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, they can be harvested by the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, becoming various Corpse Puppets in the hands of the Demon Sect's Inner Sect Disciple, increasing the Demon Sect's power!"

"A crop of leeks!"

Shi Chuan's eyes showed apprehension.

If it weren't for him, relying on his Golden Finger, having reverse-refined Eternal Vine, a Golden Core Devil Head.

Even if he had obtained this Corpse Raising Art, and Corpse Yin Skill, or any other Cultivation Technique from within the Demon Sect, in the future, it would ultimately just be making wedding clothes for the Yellow Springs Demon Sect.

Immediately, Shi Chuan cleaned up the traces of the fight and returned to his stone chamber.

A Utility Disciple dealing with a Corpse Servants in the Corpse Refining Cave would not cause any trouble.

Even Utility Disciple would suffer some deaths and injuries each year. The Corpse Pits within a hundred li radius of the Corpse Refining Cave accumulated Yin Qi, and it was inevitable that some Corpse Puppets, once formed, would possess strength comparable to Qi Refining second or even third layer.

If unlucky enough to encounter one, even a Utility Disciple could die under the Corpse Puppet's claws.

Such deaths of Utility Disciple were generally handled by the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

Even if the Utility Disciple's body was not found, the Outer Sect Disciple of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall would not go looking for trouble in the Corpse Refining Cave.

The Outer Sect Disciple of Corpse Refining Peak usually weren't willing to descend into this Corpse Refining Cave, which was filled with ominous Corpse Qi and severe Corpse Poison.

The scope of the Corpse Refining Cave was only some scattered Spiritual Vein branches, and the Spiritual Qi concentration was far inferior to that on Corpse Refining Peak.

Inside the stone chamber.

Shi Chuan had investigated all the communication Jade Slip and Family letters in Li Jiang's Storage Pouch.

Although the information was not extensive, he could piece some things together.

He learned that Li Jiang had been neglected within the Family because he only tested as a Four Spiritual Root. If it weren't for an older brother who was a Three Spiritual Root.

And had become an Outer Sect Disciple within Corpse Refining Peak, Li Jiang might not even have had a Storage Pouch prepared for him.

As for Li Jiang's parents, his father, though having a Spiritual Root, died in a Sect internal struggle, and his mother was just an ordinary Mortal with no Spiritual Root.

As for Li Jiang's older brother, Li Meng!

He became an Outer Sect Disciple of Corpse Refining Peak two years ago and was an ordinary Outer Sect Disciple of Gu Refining Hall.

The reason Li Jiang could become a Corpse Servants of Corpse Refining Peak was that Li Meng had pulled some strings to get him in. Being a Corpse Servants in Corpse Refining Peak, he would always have his brother's protection.

In the future, when he was promoted to an Outer Sect Disciple, he could also serve as an aid to Li Meng.