451: Hidden dangers of corpse refining, Eternal Night Umbrella (two-in-one, please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

Inside a secret chamber on Tianliu Island, a huge jade coffin slowly glowed with spiritual light. In a corner, a pile of High-Grade Spirit Stones emitted waves of Spiritual Qi.

Hoo-hoo!

The five corpses inside the jade coffin constantly exhaled Evil Qi, and the five shimmering Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Orbs vibrated violently.

The indifferent young man sitting opposite the five corpses opened his eyes, his brows furrowed into a straight line.

The five corpse orbs also returned to the bodies of the five corpses.

This person was Lin Shimo, who was in seclusion on Tianliu Island.

He looked at the five corpses; they were still under his control. Yet, the scene of them exhaling violently was completely different from what was described in the Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Art.

Logically, these five corpses should not have any resistance.

His gaze finally fell on the beautiful female corpse. He knew in his heart that the most likely source of the problem was this female corpse, as the original Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Art had fallen into her possession.

Later, after Black Mountain Sanren's tragic death, he cultivated the true Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Art, while the female corpse cultivated his sub-art.

However, he had checked, and the Spirit Formations of the five corpses were all under his control, showing no signs of rebellion.

But this trembling would inevitably affect his Purple Mansion.

He slowly got up and put away all five corpses.

He then removed the Formation. After sending a message from Tianliu Island, he flew out of Tianliu Island, heading aimlessly, traversing the vast and boundless ocean.

After an unknown period, he finally landed on a barren small island.

This island was desolate and uninhabited. Perhaps due to the saline-alkali land, vegetation was extremely scarce here. It was also very far from Tianliu Island, but not close to the Outer Sea, making it a place rarely visited by Cultivators.

Lin Shimo took out a Formation, covering the entire island, then brought out the five Spirit Corpses.

The five Spirit Corpses were still the same as before, ferocious and malevolent, exhaling corpse Qi and baring their fangs.

Their nails were long and sharp, and their five pairs of pupils were still full of bloodlust, showing nothing else.

"I know you have grievances, and you are unwilling to merely be Refined Corpses. But the truth is, this Breakthrough to Purple Mansion is my Opportunity, and it is also your Opportunity. You can also become Fourth-Order Refined Corpses, and in the future, even Fifth-Order or Sixth-Order. At that time, you might even be able to borrow a corpse to revive and live another life!"

Lin Shimo stared intently into the eyes of the five corpses and continued to add:

"The three of you should have been deceived by Black Mountain Sanren, and you might be upset because I took your Dao fruit. But do you truly believe a Refined Corpse can Cultivate a Cultivation Technique and Breakthrough to Purple Mansion?"

Lin Shimo slowly spoke.

At this moment, the three corpses' eyes indeed showed some change, and the female corpse's change was even more obvious.

Her eyes were filled with extreme resentment.

In contrast, the newly acquired wood corpse showed no fluctuations.

This clearly indicated that the other four corpses had developed consciousness due to changing masters and the passage of time.

Even if it was just a trace, if they were to retaliate at a critical moment, Lin Shimo's Purple Mansion Dao would not only be destroyed, but he would also very likely be killed by the backlash!

This was also why he saw such a phenomenon when he used the Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Orbs to Breakthrough to Purple Mansion.

Fortunately, he stopped in time.

"I am also a tool of Black Mountain Sanren, and an ordinary Four Spiritual Roots among the masses. I know the difficulty of Cultivation. Today, I will give you another chance to fight me one-on-one, and I will not impose any restrictions on you!"

"Whoever kills me will gain my Dao fruit. Conversely, assist me in achieving the Immortal Dao, no more, no less!" Lin Shimo slowly said.

He didn't care if the five Refined Corpses understood or not.

But he knew that this step was unavoidable for him.

If this scene were to fall into the eyes of other Cultivators, it would clearly be seen as madness.

But for Lin Shimo, it was a necessary step. No one understood Refined Corpses more thoroughly than him.

During those days when he was disheartened by the talk of Four Spiritual Roots talent, he was constantly researching Refined Corpses and how to become stronger.

He said this to the three corpses, and as for the female corpse, he only wanted to crush her severely.

To extinguish her thoughts and re-refine her.

The Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Art recorded that if the five Heavenly Corpse Orbs were perfectly aligned without any deviation, forming a flawless Foundation for the Purple Mansion, there was a slight chance of achieving a Five Elements Evil Physique. Although not comparable to a Spirit Physique, it was much stronger than ordinary Physiques.

Lin Shimo naturally wanted the Five Elements Evil Physique, so he was more willing to take a gamble.

Boom!

Lin Shimo didn't wait for the Refined Corpses to react and took out a black Magical Staff, smashing it towards the female corpse.

Facing Refined Corpses, he naturally couldn't do without Magical Artifacts.

If he were in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, he wouldn't be confident against the five Refined Corpses. But one must know, he was now at Peak Foundation Establishment, and in his Storage Pouch, there was even a Heavenly Beast Pill.

The Heavenly Beast Pill was even a Fourth-Order Great Demon's Heavenly Beast Pill.

Besides that, there were still three Late Third-Order Refined Corpses.

The female corpse also reacted extremely quickly, letting out a long, piercing scream that made Lin Shimo's figure falter slightly.

Then, the female corpse's sharp claws extended to three feet long, grabbing towards Lin Shiming.

"Indeed!" Lin Shimo's eyes narrowed.

This female corpse had a big problem.

The black Corpse Subduing Staff smashed out countless spiritual patterns, which had an even greater restraining effect on Refined Corpses.

The female corpse screamed even more miserably. It roared at the other three corpses, but because of Lin Shimo's words, the three corpses did not move.

Lin Shimo couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. If he had truly allowed this female corpse to harbor ill intentions while he was Breaking through to Purple Mansion, even with a blood pact, he wouldn't have been able to counter it at a critical moment.

Now, the resentment of the three corpses wasn't this strong!

Lin Shimo continued to suppress the female corpse. He had also asked Lin Houshou to help empower this Corpse Subduing Staff, and its effect against this type of Heavenly Corpse was still not bad.

However, without relying on the blood pact for suppression, it would obviously be more difficult for Lin Shiming to win.

And relying on the blood pact would go against his current actions.

Lin Shimo took out the Heavenly Beast Pill and swallowed it. The next moment, his entire body seemed to transform into a giant python demon. His whole body was covered in scales, and his blood Qi surged.

His Body Refining Cultivation also seemed to reach the Peak Third-Order at this moment.

Before long, the female corpse was subdued by Lin Shimo and immediately refined with the Soul Restraining Seal, scattering the remnants of its previous soul. The Soul Splitting Blade also played an excellent role at this moment.

After subduing the female corpse with the Soul Restraining Seal, Lin Shimo immediately fought the three corpses one by one, and finally, he used the Soul Restraining Seal on each of them.

He also supplemented it with a blood pact.

When fighting the three corpses, Lin Shimo didn't know if it was an illusion or something else, but he saw a look of conviction in their eyes.

Lin Shimo had defeated them, so it was only right that he should be the one to Breakthrough.

Even the last wood corpse, Lin Shimo gritted his teeth and refined it with a soul pact.

All five soul pact slots were used, but at this moment, he felt at ease.

Otherwise, let alone achieving the Five Elements Evil Physique, even successfully Breaking through to Purple Mansion would be another matter entirely.

After finishing the refinement on the spot, Lin Shimo also let out a long breath, then took out his spirit boat and flew towards Tianliu Island.

Since he had come out of seclusion and the beast tide had ended, it was naturally safer for the Lin family to Breakthrough to Purple Mansion.

Tianliu Island also had a Teleportation Array directly to Shuangmu Island.

...Shuangmu Island, another two months had passed.

Lin Shiming emerged from his Immortal Cave, only to find that it was already early spring.

Most of the peach blossoms on Thousand Wood Peak were still in bud, and some eager ones had already revealed their peach stamens, a different kind of enchanting red.

The entire mountain Peak was tinged with a hint of pink.

Lin Shiming's mood couldn't help but improve greatly, for this beautiful scenery, for the Lin family's flourishing era, and even more so for his Divine Sense Breakthrough.

In two months, he had refined purple zenith sandalwood and cultivated the Soul Fusion Secret Tome. His Divine Thought as a Weapon could now engrave a spiritual pattern.

His Divine Sense strength had truly Broken through to Peak Purple Mansion. When he was in the Mid Purple Mansion Realm, his Divine Sense strength had already reached Purple Mansion Late Stage, so now it was a natural progression.

Aside from his Divine Sense Breakthrough, his emergence from seclusion today meant he was thoroughly prepared, just waiting to depart for the Eastern Region.

The Magic Treasure refined for him by Nine Heavens Hermit had also been successfully completed.

"Seventh Brother, these are the Medicinal Pills for your trip to the Eastern Region!" Lin Shitao also sensed Lin Shiming's emergence from seclusion and walked behind Lin Shiming, taking out several jade bottles.

"Seventh Brother, this is a Peak Fourth-Order Heavenly Beast Pill, these are healing Medicinal Pills, these are detoxification Medicinal Pills, these are Medicinal Pills for restoring true essence, and the rest are Beast Nurturing Pills!" Lin Shitao said.

Lin Shiming felt the worry in Lin Shitao's eyes, and he embraced her, then softly said:

"You've worked hard!" Most of these Medicinal Pills were Fourth-Order Medicinal Pills, and refining them not only consumed a lot of mental energy but also took a considerable amount of time.

"This time is for the Core Formation Pill, our Golden Core Dao. I promise you, I will not take risks!"

Lin Shiming guaranteed again.

Lin Shitao also nodded.

But she also knew that searching for the ningjin fruit was inherently a risk!

After spending a warm morning with Lin Shitao, Lin Shiming landed on Wuyan Peak.

Nine Heavens Hermit's Immortal Cave was arranged on Wuyan Peak.

It was the Lin family's third Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein Spirit Peak.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I was still wondering why there were so many peach blossoms blooming on Shuangmu Island today. It turns out Fellow Daoist has come out of seclusion!" Nine Heavens Hermit was currently tasting spirit wine.

He held a cup of wine in one hand and invited Lin Shiming in with the other.

He didn't forget to tease him.

"Elder Jiuxiao, this wine is...?"

"sturgeon dragon wine!" Nine Heavens Hermit replied frankly.

In Nine Heavens Hermit's hand, there was indeed a pot of sturgeon dragon wine.

It was a Pill Formula the Lin family had obtained at an Auction, and it had already been refined by Nine Heavens Hermit and Lin Houwei.

For two alcoholics, with a Pill Formula and raw Materials, refining it was simply too easy.

"Then many thanks, Elder Jiuxiao!" Lin Shiming also drank a cup of sturgeon dragon wine.

This was the first time he had tasted this wine.

As soon as the wine entered his mouth, he immediately felt it was extremely potent.

It was like swallowing an untamed Dragon, churning in his throat with immense power.

It was the strongest he had ever encountered in his life. At the same time, after the spirit wine entered his stomach, it was absorbed by his entire body, as if a Dragon was pounding his Physical Body, slowly increasing his Physical Body strength.

"It is I who should thank Fellow Daoist Lin more. If it weren't for the Lin family, I would probably still be in the Eastern Region drinking those ordinary spirit wines!" Nine Heavens Hermit also replied politely.

Although drinking was also required by his Cultivation Technique, he himself was even more of a true alcoholic.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have accepted Lin Houwei as his disciple. According to Lin Shizhong, whoever could drink more between him and Lin Houwei would be more highly regarded.

This led to Lin Shizhong now having to drink two pots before refining Magical Artifacts.

He said it was to warm up and improve his touch.

While Lin Shiming couldn't help but fantasize, he took another sip of sturgeon dragon wine.

The second sip was even stronger than the first!

It made him unconsciously shake his head.

He also sighed in his heart that this sturgeon dragon wine indeed lived up to its reputation as a Fourth-Order Medium Grade wine formula. If this sturgeon dragon wine were given to a Third-Order Body Cultivator, perhaps a few drops would be comparable to a barrier breaking pill.

The only drawback was its demanding requirements for spiritual Materials, needing at least half-Dragon essence blood, plus high-quality sturgeon meat, and various refining methods mixed in, making it extremely complex.

Sturgeon in the deep sea were also rare Spirit Beasts, especially those that had reached a certain lifespan.

Of course, what was even more precious was the Pill Formula itself. If it weren't for Nine Dragon Island needing to fish for testing this time,

The Lin family probably wouldn't have obtained such a Pill Formula.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, this is the Eternal Night Umbrella refined from the color-changing Jiaolong skin. It can conceal one's figure, making it invisible even to ordinary eye techniques, and it is extremely effective at masking Divine Sense! Roughly estimated, even the Divine Sense of an Early Stage Golden Core demon king would be unable to detect it!" After the wine, the two also did not forget their main business.

Nine Heavens Hermit opened his hands, spreading them before Lin Shiming.

However, Lin Shiming saw nothing before him. He even used true essence in his eyes, but the result was still the same. His Divine Sense swept over it repeatedly, but he still found no treasure.

"This!" Lin Shiming was incredibly surprised, knowing that his Divine Sense was comparable to Peak Purple Mansion.

Only after taking it from Nine Heavens Hermit's hand did he realize he was truly holding an umbrella.

This umbrella was extremely smooth and cold. Holding it in his hand seemed to refresh his mind.

He opened the umbrella, and instantly, both he and Nine Heavens Hermit disappeared from their original spot.

"What a treasure!" Lin Shiming couldn't help but exclaim.

This Eternal Night Umbrella Magic Treasure was similar to the hidden token of the Jiaolong Clan, both capable of isolating Divine Sense and concealing one's figure.

But this Eternal Night Umbrella was clearly even more formidable.

Lin Shiming even felt that the umbrella's level had reached the Peak of Fourth-Order Magic Treasures.

Of course, one more crucial point was that he would no longer need to hide inside a coffin.

Recalling the previous five-colored silkworm coffin, Lin Shiming couldn't help but want to curse the person who refined that Magic Treasure.

Refining a Magical Artifact for Cultivators to hide in into the shape of a coffin, he wondered what kind of mindset that was.

"I dare not accept the praise. Wasting Fifth-Order Jiaolong Materials and only being able to refine it into this state shows my shallow ability!" Nine Heavens Hermit waved his hand, not taking credit.

In his opinion, it would only be impressive if one could refine a Peak Fourth-Order Magic Treasure using Fourth-Order Materials.

"It's enough. With this Magic Treasure from Elder Jiuxiao, I am full of confidence for my trip to the Eastern Region!" Lin Shiming nodded again.

"Additionally, three more Soul Suppressing Towers have been refined here!" Nine Heavens Hermit then took out three Soul Suppressing Towers.

Lin Shiming also casually accepted them. These three Soul Suppressing Towers were obviously also refined earlier.

However, Lin Shiming didn't need them. He planned to give these Soul Suppressing Towers to other Cultivators of the Lin family.

The Soul Fusion Secret Tome needed to be paired with the Soul Suppressing Tower, otherwise the secret art would be two levels lower!

"Then, Elder Jiuxiao, please prepare. We will return to the Eastern Region in three days!" After making arrangements with Nine Heavens Hermit, Lin Shiming also bid farewell and left.

At the same time, he went to find Lin Shiyuan.

The latter had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Lin Shiming also hoped that Lin Shiyuan's state of mind would improve after personally avenging himself on some of his enemies.

After discussing with Lin Shiyuan, Lin Shiming went to see his father, Lin Houyuan, and Seventh Grand Uncle Lin Xianzhi.

Upon learning from them that Immortal Master Fengxing and other Immortal Masters had been defeated and retreated to Nine Dragon Island,

His heart also settled, and he felt relieved to return to the Eastern Region with the Yan Yang Sword!