Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Upper Realm Black Corpse

[Black Corpse—Nurturing Corpse (Upper Realm 0/2000)]

After reaching the Upper Realm, even outside the Corpse Remains Death Land, Wen Jiu could clearly feel the continuous rise of the black corpse’s aura through the bond, along with the soaring Yin energy of the burial ground.

In an instant, within a hundred feet radius of the burial ground, the Yin energy reached a peak.

Enough to rival the central area of the Corpse Remains Death Land.

One corpse surpasses hundreds and thousands of corpse remains!

Fortunately, it was within the Corpse Remains Death Land, with no Night Patrol Department disciples on watch.

If it were anywhere else, this spreading terrifying aura would surely alarm the Night Patrol Department cultivators into drawing their swords, clasping their talismans.

And then.

Something unexpected happened to Wen Jiu.

The terrifying corpse aura, spreading like ripples, and the Yin energy, were suddenly absorbed into the black corpse’s body.

Within a hundred feet.

The black corpse’s aura vanished utterly.

”Is this Qi Concealment?”

Only heard of Qi Refining Cultivators using Qi Concealment, controlling their breath.

Either cultivators of the same realm or those from one small level higher would need to carefully probe with Divine Sense to find the location and true realm of the one using Qi Concealment.

Unexpected that the black corpse would instinctively learn it upon entering the Upper Realm.

This is good.

Can cultivate corpses discreetly.

Hide corpses quietly.

”After reaching the Upper Realm, the next step is nurturing it into a walking corpse.” Wen Jiu’s mind swiftly recalled the Yinzhou Corpse Nurturing Technique.

Nurturing the black corpse, just incubating it in the Corpse Nourishing Land, but if wanting to nurture it into a walking corpse, it’s no longer so simple.

This is akin to a Third-Layer Qi Cultivation Cultivator breaking through to the Fourth Layer—seemingly just one layer apart, but indeed an early stage to mid-stage gap. Breaking through this layer is far harder than the cultivation accumulated in the previous three layers.

This is one reason why the Night Patrol Department has dozen of stewards, yet only three stewards.

According to the Yinzhou Corpse Nurturing Technique, for a black corpse to be nurtured into a walking corpse, it first requires a large amount of blood.

A vast amount of Earthly Evil Yin Qi.

Blood can nourish spirit.

Once the corpse spirit reaches a certain level, it can generate a soul, but unlike the soul, the corpse soul does not bestow walking corpses with wisdom; it merely provides them with human-like actions such as walking, running, and squatting.

While Earthly Evil Yin Qi stabilizes the spirit.

After all, corpse souls are not like human souls which are postnatally born, and possess no intelligence at all.

So Earthly Evil Yin Qi is needed to stabilize it, otherwise a cultivator’s random Divine Sense impact will scatter the corpse soul.

Earthly Evil Yin Qi is easily managed; the Corpse Nourishing Spell can summon it.

With a requirement for abundance, raising the Corpse Nourishing Spell’s level suffices; Wen Jiu promptly glanced at the experience points of the Corpse Nourishing Spell.

[Spell: Corpse Nourishing Spell (Entry 484/500)]

”In the next two days it should mature.”

Once matured, the Corpse Nourishing Spell might summon more Earthly Evil Yin Qi.

But blood is difficult to obtain, he is not a Heterodox Demon, he couldn’t slaughter mortals, and currently the central region of the Corpse Remains Death Land has been sealed by array; to obtain, nurturing corpse blood is the only path.

Wen Jiu would certainly not touch the Cultivator’s Essence Blood Balance.

Because it’s reserved for cultivating the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body.

”Let’s first see tomorrow how the experience growth fares during the settlement...” If the experience growth is satisfactory, the matter of nurturing corpse blood can be postponed for now.

After all, he doesn’t have enough Spirit Stones to purchase demon beasts or demon flesh with Corpse Eyes to nurture the corpse blood now.

A pound of Tier One demon beast or demon flesh costs one Low-grade Spirit Stone.

Right now, he simply can’t afford it.

...

Early the next morning.

After half a month with no news, Wen Ya suddenly appeared, hastily bringing a basket of food wrapped in special green leaves—a rice ball stuffed with various meat and vegetable fillings, somewhat like a zongzi.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that today is a festival.

Feixian Peak doesn’t observe it.

Only mortals do.

With spring over and summer about to arrive, for mortals, today is called summer solstice, marked by eating green cakes to welcome the new season.

For good fortune.

Also seeking a bountiful harvest.

”Sister, have some too.” Looking at the elder sister who immediately began cleaning Wen Jiu’s house upon entry, Wen Jiu quickly urged.

Wen Ya didn’t pay attention, ”Look at your room, things are thrown everywhere...you don’t even fold your quilt!”

Listening to these words.

Wen Jiu’s heart warmed.

This kind of nagging, supposed to be unheard in a foreign land.

”Sister, keep busy, I’ll go bring some to Brother Wang next door.” After sampling a green cake, Wen Jiu promptly took ten or eight outside.

As Wen Jiu expected.

Cultivators don’t care for summer solstice.

Indeed.

Cultivators have no need for good omens like mortals, nor seeking harvests.

After Wen Jiu returned from distributing green cakes, Wen Ya had already tidied up the inside of the house, with Wen Jiu’s clothes carelessly strewn on the bed all placed into the wardrobe.

Seeing Wen Jiu enter the room, Wen Ya quickly said, ”Seems I need to help you find a wife, otherwise how can this place have the semblance of a home?”

”Urging marriage?”

Wen Jiu chuckled lightly.

Following that, Wen Ya changed the subject, and her expression followed suit, ”By the way, Mrs. Xu wants to invite you to the Xu Family for a home-cooked meal, probably to win you over. You decide whether to go or not.”

”No, we’ll talk about it later.” Wen Jiu shook his head directly, ”Just say that recently, with my Night Patrol Department duties and cultivation, I can’t leave. Once I have some free time, I will definitely visit in person.”

If I go now, I won’t have the qualifications for an equal conversation.

If I showed any intention of taking my sister away, it would undoubtedly offend the Xu Family.

So we must wait until there’s a chance for an equal conversation.

At that time, I might be able to use Steward Mu’s status to get my sister out of the Xu Family.

”Mm-hmm.”

Wen Ya nodded.

She didn’t say more.

She guessed what her brother meant by a later time.

...

After sending off his sister Wen Ya, Wen Jiu began drawing non-tier Soul-Seizing Talismans, and after finishing thirty, he headed to the trading market.

This time at the market, Wen Jiu was somewhat surprised because it was noticeably noisy and bustling.

Upon sitting down and listening, he learned that it was because an affiliated Cultivation Clan outside Feixian Peak was ambushed last night, leaving only three to five survivors out of over three hundred people. Besides them, everyone was bitten to death by Gu insects.

The death scenes were exceedingly miserable.

”It’s probably related to Blood Robe Tower, isn’t it?”

”Most likely, other than their remnants, who would dare attack the affiliated family of Feixian Peak?”

”Ordinary Heterodox Demons or some Tribulation Cultivators might kill a few people at most, but who would wipe out an entire clan?”

”Feixian Peak has already dispatched a lot of disciples to go over, but I reckon they have fled by now; going there would be useless.”

Listening to these discussions, Wen Jiu’s heart tightened.

Got it.

It’s getting more chaotic.

How long have the peaceful days lasted?

Luckily, as an apprentice disciple, I don’t need to do missions; otherwise, I might not escape unscathed.

”I’m afraid this is just the beginning,” Wen Jiu thought to himself with a sigh, selling off the Soul-Seizing Talismans and leaving.

After returning home, Wen Jiu began drawing tier-entering Soul-Seizing Talismans, planning to draw a few more and save them for future needs.

Whether selling.

Or using.

Both options remain flexible.

The fear is lacking them when needed.

Very soon.

Midnight arrived.

Settlement began.

As Wen Jiu expected, after the Black Corpse reached the Upper Realm, even with a Tier One Lower Grade Corpse Nourishing Pearl and a Level 2 panel.

Nurturing the corpse in the Corpse Nourishing Land for twelve hours only earned six points of experience; if this continues.

Two thousand experience points would require nearly four hundred days.

That in itself wouldn’t be too bad—compared to normal Qi Refining Cultivators, going from the third to fourth layer of Qi Cultivation might take several years or even decades—four hundred days is indeed a brief period. But under the situation at Feixian Peak now, I can’t afford to be slow.

Being slow doesn’t provide a sense of security.

What if something unexpected happens?

After all, a Cultivation Clan with over three hundred people was nearly exterminated, likely including cultivators like himself at the Qi Cultivation Second Layer.

”It seems I need to figure out a way to sell the tier-entering Soul-Seizing Talismans.” Wen Jiu pondered for a moment and suddenly heard a knock on the door from outside.

At midnight.

Someone is knocking?

Knock, knock, knock!

Wen Jiu instinctively grasped the Corpse Eye.

The next moment.

A voice came through.

”Fellow Daoist Wen, Steward Mu sent me to ask you to visit the Night Patrol Department.”

Hearing it was Mu Canglong.

Wen Jiu put away the Corpse Eye, intending to dress and open the door, but unexpectedly, Wang Nian opened the door first and greeted the visitor.

Seeing Wang Nian struck up a conversation with him, Wen Jiu felt completely relieved.

Due to this.

Wen Jiu was deeply grateful.

Wang Nian’s action seemed to be a way to help confirm if the person was indeed one of their own.

[Requesting monthly tickets!

Requesting recommendation tickets!

Stably hovering around the 75th place on the new book overall ranking.

But I feel it’s just the beginning; after all, it’s only our second round of recommendations, Fellow Daoists, help me make a dash!

Goal—top ten!

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