23: Fairy Corpse Puppet, what on earth did I refine? !
When Li Yan used the Heavenly Capital Corpse Refining Art, he didn't expect it to trigger the Side Effect Correction System.
Isn't this...
A bold idea emerged in his mind. He formed a hand seal with two fingers, activating the Corpse Refining Art, and used the spiritual liquid imbued with sinister Qi to drive the Spell.
He watched as blood-colored runes seeped out onto the female corpse's pale skin, a somewhat horrifying sight.
Under the refinement of this evil Spell, the female corpse's shriveled skin began to plump up.
With the evil Spell corrected, the female corpse's skin color gradually changed from bluish-gray to snowy white, even gaining a hint of rosiness.
Under Li Yan's surprised gaze, the corpse slowly returned to her appearance before her death.
The only difference was that her dry, black long hair gradually turned silver-gray.
System messages also appeared before him.
Side Effect of Heavenly Capital Corpse Refining Art: Transforms the corpse into a sinister, dead object.
After Side Effect Correction: Resurrects the corpse, slowly restoring its Cultivation before death, and can even advance further!
Unknown Effect: Although the corpse has been resurrected, the living corpse contains a large amount of sinister Qi, which is currently fusing with the Physical Body.
He quickly scanned the consequences of the Side Effect Correction.
"Others use Corpse Refining Art to refine corpses, but I'm using Corpse Refining Art as a resurrection Spell, am I?"
He couldn't help but exclaim.
As for whether the female corpse would be resurrected, Li Yan wasn't afraid.
The female corpse's Soul was not present; even if she were resurrected, she would only have an empty Physical Body, without a Soul.
Looking at the fair-skinned, beautiful Fairy before him, Li Yan's mouth curved upwards, and he began to covet the Fairy's body.
"The body of a Blood Core Realm Cultivator like this, even if it no longer has blood Qi, can still withstand Old Ghost Xuanwang's attacks!"
"If I can continue to refine it, this shell will definitely be my strongest trump card!"
Li Yan coveted the Fairy's physical strength, not her beauty.
His eyes held only a pure desire for strength.
Although the Fairy had regained her flesh and blood body, she indeed looked much better than her previous mummified appearance.
A lone man and a corpse in this Immortal Cave—choosing a living corpse with a natural scent versus a putrid mummy surely needs no further explanation.
Looking at the Fairy with exceptional temperament before him, Li Yan waved his hand and took out a sword box from his Storage Ring.
"This sword box was yours when you were alive. After your death, you can carry it."
"Go guard the entrance to the Immortal Cave. If there's anything unusual outside, notify me immediately."
A refined corpse puppet could also understand some simple commands.
Only now did Li Yan begin to carefully examine the Fairy he had 'resurrected'.
The corpse puppet's figure was graceful, and the dark immortal robe outlined her exquisite physique.
She had an oval face, a high nose bridge, cherry-like lips, and gray-white pupils with empty, lifeless eyes.
When her silver hair floated, it was cold and striking. Her black robe and white hair gave her a unique immortal aura.
With a Blood Core Realm corpse puppet protecting him, Li Yan felt much more at ease.
Currently, the female corpse had no blood Qi, only a shell, but that was enough.
"This corpse puppet possesses the physical strength of a Blood Core Realm Cultivator. With her, it will be convenient for me to move around in Broken Sword Valley."
The corpse puppet obeyed Li Yan's command and slowly walked to the entrance of the Immortal Cave, standing motionless and guarding it.
From her every movement, aside from being somewhat wooden, one couldn't even tell that she was a corpse puppet.
Li Yan shifted his gaze from the corpse puppet and looked at the ring on his hand again.
This female corpse, Su Mo, had brought out a large number of Medium Grade and High Grade Cultivation Techniques when she fled from the Su Family.
As long as he casually picked one to Cultivate, it would definitely be much better than the Cultivation Techniques within Jingxu Sect.
The Su Family was a Cultivation family, incomparable to charlatans like Old Ghost Xuanwang.
He raised his hand, and dozens of Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals appeared on the Storage Ring.
Li Yan waved his hand, and these Secret Manuals spun like a roulette, allowing Li Yan to choose.
"Is there any Spell that pairs with the Bloodline Burning Lantern Technique..."
As he flipped through them one by one, the name of one Cultivation Technique piqued Li Yan's curiosity.
"Su Clan Secret Scroll"
"Is this the Su Family's unique secret technique? I must see what secret method allows the Su Family to dominate a region within Bugui Mountain."
He picked up the Su Clan Secret Scroll, and the other books suspended in mid-air returned to the ring.
Upon opening it, Li Yan immediately understood why the Su Family could dominate a region in the dangerous Bugui Mountain.
"Blood Soaking Shadow Technique?"
"Allowing a Cultivator's shadow to soak in dead Yin blood, driving the secret method by silently reciting ancient immortal texts to drive the blood shadow..."
"Using a shadow to act as a Dharma Idol?!"
It was the first time Li Yan had seen someone use blood to soak a shadow and Cultivate their shadow into a Dharma Idol.
After reading the Su Clan Secret Scroll, Li Yan couldn't help but exclaim, "The Ancestral Master who created this secret method of cultivating blood shadows is definitely a Genius Prodigy!"
"However, this Cultivation method isn't difficult, but where can I get this dead Yin blood?"
As Li Yan pondered, he saw the corpse puppet suddenly turn around and, without a word, drew the Flying Sword from the sword box.
She blocked it in front of him!
The corpse puppet directly cut her hand, and a dazzling wound appeared on her snow-white wrist.
Dark purple blood dripped down, soaking Li Yan's shadow.
"This!?"
Li Yan was slightly surprised. Although he knew the corpse puppet would unconditionally obey her master's commands.
He hadn't expected that when he casually mentioned wanting dead Yin blood, this Fairy would immediately bleed to feed Li Yan's shadow.
This corpse puppet was useful; she didn't even frown when bleeding, truly not treating herself as an outsider.
Seeing that the ground was already covered in blood, Li Yan quickly said, "That's enough."
His original intention was to worry that the corpse puppet's blood would run dry, and she would turn into a mummy again.
However, the corpse puppet woodenly pointed at the porcelain bowl, seemingly wanting to drink the remaining Corpse Refining spiritual liquid in the bowl.
This suddenly opened up a new line of thought for Li Yan.
"You can recover by absorbing this spiritual liquid?"
The corpse puppet nodded blankly.
This made Li Yan begin to wonder if this corpse puppet had intelligence.
"Strange, corpse puppets refined by Corpse Refining Art generally cannot have self-awareness."
"Could it be that because of the Side Effect Correction, the corpse puppet is in a state between life and death, thus different from ordinary corpse puppets?"
"No Soul, yet a little self-awareness? Interesting."
Li Yan wasn't worried about the corpse puppet betraying him.
The corpse puppet was refined by him and would obey his commands one hundred percent.
And the dull, wooden feeling the corpse puppet currently exhibited indicated that her self-awareness was not yet complete, giving a very hazy feeling.
For example, she really wanted to drink the Corpse Refining spiritual liquid in the bowl, but since Li Yan hadn't given the command, she didn't dare to take it on her own.
"Go ahead and drink."
When he gestured for her to drink the half-bowl of spiritual liquid, the corpse puppet's face actually showed a childlike smile.
He watched her greedily gulp down the half-bowl of spiritual liquid, even showing an expression of wanting more.
Li Yan, meanwhile, admired the 'masterpiece' he had personally refined, unaware of the terrifying existence he had personally created.
A strange entity existing between life and death!