Longevity Begins With The Birth Of A Daughter At An Old Age

Chapter 138: Corpse Transformation

With a face like jade and a vigorous aura, even if it were just a closed-eyed corpse, it still exuded immense dignity.

The first scattered cultivator of the outer sea, Lu Jingkong, turned out to be a woman!

To be honest, Xu Mu really didn't expect this.

What he didn't expect even more was that her corpse would end up in the hands of the Iron Corpse Man.

From the Iron Corpse Man's memories, half a year ago, the Iron Corpse Gang's patrol team accidentally discovered a secret realm. After some effort, they entered and found this body.

Why call it a body?

Because the opponent's body was intact, but the Nascent Soul and divine soul had disappeared without a trace.

Later, they found an identity card on her body and learned her identity.

Speaking of which, this matter had something to do with him.

The reason why the patrol team was able to discover the secret realm was because they were patrolling underwater, and the reason they were patrolling underwater was to prevent his transformed sea clan from launching another surprise attack.

It must be said that it was really a coincidence.

What puzzled Xu Mu, however, was that wasn't it said that Lu Jingkong died from practicing the Twelve Startling Awakening Technique and going mad?

How did she suddenly end up in a small secret realm?

The people of the Iron Corpse Gang were equally puzzled, but unfortunately, they couldn't find the answer.

Lu Jingkong was at the Nascent Soul stage, which was an invaluable treasure for the Iron Corpse Man who practiced corpse cultivation.

If he could turn her into a refined corpse, he would immediately possess the combat power of the Gold Core stage.

He himself could also benefit from the refined corpse and have a chance to break through to the Gold Core stage.

So the Iron Corpse Man immediately put aside all his current affairs and began to collect materials everywhere, secluding himself to refine the corpse.

However, it was not easy to refine a Nascent Soul stage corpse into a refined corpse. The Iron Corpse Man spent a lot of resources and half a year of effort, but only achieved slight progress. To completely refine it successfully, it would take at least three to five years, if not more.

Three to five years may be long for an ordinary person, but for a Foundation Building stage cultivator, it was just a blink of an eye.

To exchange three to five years for a Gold Core stage refined corpse, the Iron Corpse Man could wake up from his dream laughing.

Unfortunately, just as he started this dream, Xu Mu crushed it.

Now, this semi-finished refined corpse belonged to Xu Mu.

However, at this moment, Xu Mu was quite troubled as he looked at this priceless corpse.

Because...

It moved!

Its body twitched as if it were having muscle spasms from time to time, as if it could wake up at any moment.

In the incomplete state of refinement, the Iron Corpse Man forcefully manipulated the corpse, causing unpredictable changes in the body.

If left to develop, it was very likely to truly awaken.

After all, this place was filled with Yin energy. Even ordinary corpses left here for a long time could undergo corpse transformation, let alone a Nascent Soul corpse that had been refined for half a year.

With the strength of a Nascent Soul stage body, once the corpse transformation was completed, it would immediately possess the combat power of the Gold Core stage.

If no one destroyed it, all the nearby factions would probably be in trouble.

A Gold Core stage refined corpse with great future potential, it would be a pity to destroy it.

"Let's try refining it first!"

If he could refine and control it, Xu Mu didn't mind studying the path of corpse cultivation and fully cultivating it.

Xu Mu placed his hand on the corpse's forehead and began to activate the techniques of corpse manipulation, sending a strand of divine sense into it. After a moment, his face suddenly turned pale, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

Looking at the malevolent aura on his hand, he helplessly shook his head.

The Yin and malevolent auras contained within this corpse were too strong, and there was also a large amount of residual blood malevolence absorbed after it had absorbed essence and blood. The two forces conflicted with each other, making it impossible for Xu Mu's divine sense to enter.

If it were a practitioner of corpse cultivation, they could slowly adjust and resolve the two malevolent auras with their own spiritual power.

Unfortunately, Xu Mu's cultivation method was completely opposite to that.

How could water and fire be compatible?

"Let's just destroy it!"

Although it was a bit of a pity, it was better than leaving it behind to harm others.

Crack!

Xu Mu formed a hand seal and used his Divine Ability, summoning a golden thunderbolt that struck towards Lu Jingkong's corpse in the blood coffin.

Buzz!

As if sensing the danger, Lu Jingkong's corpse automatically emitted a black light barrier, blocking the thunderbolt.

"This corpse is truly full of potential, it can actually defend itself!"

Xu Mu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

However, while praising with his mouth, his actions were not sloppy at all. Another thunderbolt condensed and he immediately launched it without hesitation.

The black light curtain violently fluctuated, and it seemed like it was about to be split open.

"Hmm?"

Just as Xu Mu was about to condense another thunderbolt, he suddenly stopped.

Because he sensed that the Yin Qi in the entire underground palace was rushing towards the corpse at an extremely fast speed.

"Could it be that it has sensed the danger and wants to wake up in advance?"

"Could it still retain consciousness?"

Xu Mu suddenly felt that this corpse was somewhat sinister. He summoned the Blue Sparrow, preparing to attack from both sides.

The Blue Sparrow spewed flames, almost completely covering the entire corpse.

Meanwhile, Xu Mu continued to summon thunderbolts.

However, that layer of black light curtain, formed by an unknown spell, was extremely resilient. After attacking for a long time, it still hadn't been broken.

Affected by his attacks, the gathering speed of Yin Qi in the underground palace became faster and faster.

Xu Mu stopped his attacks and tried to move the coffin, intending to disrupt the layout of the entire underground palace.

However, he discovered that the coffin and the formation of the underground palace were perfectly matched. Unless he directly destroyed them or dismantled the entire underground palace, he wouldn't be able to move them even a bit.

He wanted to take out the corpse, but it was blocked by the black light curtain, and his efforts were in vain.

"Should I just leave it here?"

But just thinking about it was not an option.

Because whether it naturally awakened or was refined by the Iron Corpse Sect, it would be a good thing for him.

Just as Xu Mu was worrying, the layer of black light curtain suddenly dissipated, and the surrounding Yin Qi returned to calm.

"Huh?"

Xu Mu's face showed a strange expression. His gaze flickered, and he reached out and easily grabbed the clothes of the corpse.

"Could it be that what just happened was a stress response?"

Xu Mu thought to himself.

But just as he was about to lift the corpse out of the coffin, the layer of black light curtain reappeared and flicked his hand away. After a moment, it disappeared again.

"It really is a stress response!"

Xu Mu rubbed his chin and started thinking.

Originally, he was worried that the other party would wake up immediately, but now it seemed that it wouldn't happen for a while. This gave him some time to think calmly.

However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't come up with a good solution, until he saw the ashes of the person on the Iron Corpse.

"I'm so stupid! Just copy the answers, why am I wasting time thinking here!"

Xu Mu mocked himself and immediately took out the storage bag of the person on the Iron Corpse and started refining it.

Because the person on the Iron Corpse was already dead and couldn't die again, the storage bag was quickly refined. Xu Mu took out everything inside one by one.

Twenty-seven high-grade spirit stones!

Over five thousand middle-grade spirit stones!

Over ten bottles of auxiliary cultivation pills!

One heritage jade slip!

Over twenty secret manuals!

A small pile of miscellaneous materials and clothes!

"Poor guy!"

Although Xu Mu already knew from the memories he read that the person on the Iron Corpse had spent most of his savings to refine this corpse, he couldn't help but curse after seeing it.

After all, he was the leader of a sect, yet he was so poor!

Fortunately, he found the secret manual he wanted!

His divine sense entered the jade slip, and a huge amount of information was transmitted to his mind.

It took a while before he finished receiving it.

Inside, it didn't record cultivation techniques, but a method of refining and cultivating corpses.

"The Profound Yin Corpse Refining Technique!"

(End of this chapter)