Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 37 Corpse Yin Pearl

"Are you alright?" Xiao Ming walked over.

"Not good." Xuan Leizi gave a bitter laugh.

"His Qi Sea was ruptured by the coffin nails of this demonic corpse and he was also infected with corpse poison. There is no cure, and his life hangs by a thread."

Even so, it was fate that they had met and fought side by side, so Xiao Ming took out a healing pill and tossed it to Xuan Leizi.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist." Having taken the pill, Xuan Leizi regained some strength and stood up with difficulty. He walked towards the ashes of the demon corpse and rummaged through them with his broken copper coin sword. After a while, he found a black bead and a bronze token among the ashes.

Xuan Leizi didn't even glance at the bronze token; instead, with a complicated expression, he picked up the bead and examined it closely.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, would you be willing to listen to this dying man's ramblings?" Xuan Leizi suddenly sat down on the ground and said to Xiao Ming.

"Please speak, fellow Daoist." Xiao Ming took a few steps closer and stopped about ten feet away.

"When I was young, I encountered the northern invasion and the chaos in the Song Dynasty. My family and friends fled together and went through many hardships before finally finding a place to recuperate. The land there was fertile, the vegetation was lush, and it was full of life, suitable for farming. It seemed like a good place."

"It wasn't until everyone dug up piles of white bones while cultivating the land that they discovered it was an ancient battlefield. Since then, strange things have often happened in the village. Some people fled in fear, but most people were more afraid of the wars outside and stayed to live with the supernatural. Until one night, the white bones revived, the ghosts appeared, and the whole village was slaughtered."

Even today, Xuan Leizi's face still shows undisguised sorrow when this matter is mentioned.

"I hid in a water vat, and in my time of danger, I was fortunate enough to meet the old Celestial Master of the Celestial Master Temple. He killed all the evil spirits and took me to the Celestial Master Temple."

"I hate evil spirits. As soon as I achieved some success, I went down the mountain to kill the strange creatures. Gradually, I gained some good reputation among mortals, and I also considered myself to be acting on behalf of Heaven."

"However, my cultivation was shallow, and I had encountered several dangers. I also knew that strength was the most important thing in the cultivation world. Unfortunately, my aptitude was average, so I rashly tried to cultivate the strongest lightning control technique of the Celestial Masters Sect. However, lightning techniques are domineering, and I was too eager to succeed. I accidentally damaged my foundation, and my cultivation has made it difficult to make any further progress."

Xiao Ming could only sigh, lamenting the arduous path of cultivation.

"Does Fellow Daoist Xiao know what this is?" Xuan Leizi shook the bead in his hand.

"I don't know."

"This is the Corpse Yin Pearl. Only green zombies over a hundred years old have a chance to be formed in the body. It condenses the cultivation of a zombie. As long as the internal corpse energy is neutralized, it is a good thing containing great vitality. If you use alchemy, it can be refined into a precious medicine to repair the foundation and continue the path of cultivation."

"I see." Xiao Ming nodded.

"This is the method I found after searching through all the records of the Celestial Master Temple. That's why I led my disciples down the mountain to search everywhere, and then relentlessly pursued this demonic corpse."

"How ridiculous! I keep saying I'm acting on behalf of Heaven, but in the end, it's all for my own selfish reasons. I've even implicated my two disciples. With such behavior, I, Xuan Leizi, am nothing but a petty person." Xuan Leizi gripped the bead tightly, his face flushed, and then he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"A gentleman judges by actions, not intentions. Regardless of what you think, you have indeed saved the mortals here," Xiao Ming comforted him.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I have another request."

"Since we've met, as long as it's within my capabilities and doesn't violate my principles, I won't refuse."

"I have been descending the mountain to slay demons and evil spirits for many years. I knew this day would come, so I was prepared." Xuan Leizi said, taking out a sealed envelope from his storage bag.

"Please help me deliver this letter to Abbot Tongxuan of the Celestial Master Temple, and tell him that your disciple is unfilial and unable to fulfill his filial duty."

"That's no problem, but Qingmao Mountain is too far from here. I'm in a hurry to get to Qingzhuo Valley, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get there in a short time..."

"It's alright, it's better to wait a few years. Let him have something to look forward to and not be too heartbroken." Xuan Leizi said, taking off the storage bag again.

"I am already a dying man, yet I shamelessly accepted one of your pills, and now I have to trouble you to deliver this message. I have nothing else to give you, so please accept this small amount of cultivation resources in my storage bag as a token of my gratitude. I hope you will not find it offensive."

"Rest assured, fellow Daoist, I will certainly fulfill my promise." Xiao Ming did not make any pretense of refusal and directly accepted the storage bag.

"There's one last thing. I'd like to trouble you, fellow Daoist, to help me collect the remains of my two disciples," Xuan Leizi said with his last breath.

"Okay." Xiao Ming nodded.

"Thank you~" Xuan Leizi smiled and fell to the ground, already lifeless.

"Fellow Daoist, may you have a safe journey." Xiao Ming sighed, bowed to the corpse, and then moved the corpses of his two disciples over as well.

After doing all this, Xiao Ming walked to the ashes of the demon corpse and picked up the bronze token from the ashes.

This bronze token was completely undamaged in the battle just now, so it must be a valuable item.

Xiao Ming examined the token and could see that it was engraved with ancient patterns. The front of the token had the words "Cangwu" written on it, while the back of the token had a mountain engraved on it.

Xiao Ming tried to inject spiritual power into the token, and the token immediately emitted strange energy fluctuations. As this energy enveloped Xiao Ming's body, Xiao Ming was surprised to find that the spiritual power fluctuations on his body were gradually weakening until they completely disappeared, making him look like an ordinary person.

"This is actually a magical artifact that can conceal one's aura." Xiao Ming treasured it and put it away.

Afterwards, Xiao Ming strolled around the Shi family's residence. Although the Shi family appeared prosperous and luxurious, they were just ordinary people.

The cultivation resources were pitifully scarce, and there were some rudimentary methods of corpse refining. On the contrary, a lot of gold and silver jewelry were found, but these naturally held no appeal for Xiao Ming. He simply took some for future use.

The zombies they encountered along the way were naturally all eliminated. During this process, some mortals who had been hiding, seeing that the evil spirits were gone, ran out and knelt in front of Xiao Ming, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Thank you, immortal, for saving us from this calamity! This Shi family..."

These people recounted the crimes of the Shi family, but Xiao Ming had little interest in listening.

"Get up, all of you. The ringleader has been executed. This is not a place for you. You can leave now." Xiao Ming waved his hand, and the people immediately felt as if they had been granted a pardon, rushing out of the Shi family's gate.

Some of the more clever ones would take something with them before leaving, and there were even instances where two people would fight over something.

Xiao Ming saw all of this, but he was too lazy to care.

The reason they were asked to leave was indeed for their own good. This place is a corpse-raising ground, where a year of corpses here is equivalent to ten years in the outside world. However, for living people, it is a place that depletes their vitality. If they stay here for too long, they might die suddenly one day.

After tidying up the place, Xiao Ming threw out a few fireballs and watched as the entire Shi family compound was burned to ashes in the sea of ​​fire before leaving with peace of mind.

He took the bodies of Xuan Leizi and the other two away and found a high place with a decent view to build a tomb for them.