Chapter 44: Completing the Severed Limbs (Please keep reading, please vote)

E-Shen坊, Xu Estate.

Su Qingshan stared gloomily at the shattered jade pendant in his hand. This pair of fish jade pendants was the token of his love with Xu Jiaojiao; once broken, it signified the death of one party.

However, a smile appeared on his face in an instant.

While it was a pity that his revenge had failed, he was still overjoyed to have escaped that morbid, bloated pig, Xu Jiaojiao.

Turning to observe his surroundings, Su Qingshan burst into loud laughter.

Opening his storage bag to its widest extent, he began directly packing away every valuable object within the Xu Estate. Though these items were fragmented, they would add up to a significant amount of spirit stones.

Furthermore, the most valuable assets—the land deeds—now belonged to him, Su Qingshan!

As for retaliation from Deacon Xu once he emerged, he didn't care at all. With Wang Yu, the man who killed his daughter, acting as a lightning rod for hatred, Su Qingshan decided to flee to a place far from the sect gates to lie low.

After leaving a letter behind, he naturally made his way to the Ice Snow Pavilion to find Zhao Shang, hoping the man could arrange a suitable job for him so he could avoid trouble for a few years.

After hearing Su Qingshan's request, Zhao Shang couldn't help but show a strange expression.

"I suggest, Brother Qingshan, that you go to the Blood Underworld Market to purchase an ordinary Profound Bone Token. Profound Bone Mountain is one of the furthest locations from the sect gates in [Feng Province]."

"Very well."

Su Qingshan agreed almost without hesitation; the situation was urgent, and avoiding calamity was the priority.

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After Wang Yu successfully returned to E-Shen坊, he immediately inspected the second-order Divine Strength Corpse Arm in his hand.

Zombies are among the evil creatures of heaven and earth, born of resentment and feeding on blood. Their classifications and grades are extremely complex. A zombie that has survived heavenly lightning will develop a shallow intelligence, offering a chance at ascension.

They are generally divided into three types: Jia Corpses, Sha Corpses, and Yi Corpses!

In the inheritance of Heavenly Corpse Peak, Jia Corpses are the primary type, followed by Sha Corpses, while Yi Corpses are the rarest. Most Yi Corpses are the result of a Nascent Soul seed with a natural spiritual body undergoing corpse transformation, allowing them to inherit the spiritual abilities of their previous life, making them the most unique.

Jia Corpses are categorized into four grades: Bronze, Iron, Gold, and Unmelting Bone, corresponding respectively to Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul!

Sha Corpses are categorized into four grades: Hairy Zombie, Green Zombie, Flying Zombie, and Yaksha, equivalent to the above.

Yi Corpses have no specific collective name and are often named according to their unique characteristics, making them difficult to replicate.

Zombies controlled by cultivators are collectively referred to as Refined Corpses. As the name implies, they are zombies that have been refined and controlled for corpse-driving combat!

Previously, the Ice Corpse promised by True Disciple Su was a type of Sha Corpse that had absorbed chilling baleful energy. It was compatible with Wang Yu's attributes; if he could use an Ice Corpse arm to replace his severed limb, it would actually be the most suitable option.

The Divine Strength Corpse, however, was a powerful corpse among the Jia Corpses, mostly refined from the bodies of those born with divine strength or cultivators who practiced body-tempering techniques. They possessed immense strength.

They could easily tear apart tigers and leopards or carry nine cauldrons!

This arm was grayish-white throughout, with knotted muscles and bulging flesh. The capillaries beneath the skin were a dark cyan-black, and the dense corpse qi formed a pattern resembling mountain-ridge armor plates on the surface. It was three sizes larger than Wang Yu's right hand.

Wang Yu frowned deeply and silently circulated his Corpse Demon Secret Method. For some time, this secret method had been in his "idle slot"; even though it had reached perfection, it continued to absorb Yin and Corpse Qi, merging them with his own spiritual power to form "Yin-Blood Pills."

With the fragmented talisman particles in his blood as the core, they fused into an Yin-Blood Pill, which traveled through his entire body via his blood vessels as its path.

Due to the incompleteness of the secret method, only one pill could temporarily exist within his body. Under cautious operation, Wang Yu opened his mouth, spat out an Yin-Blood Pill, injected it into the corpse arm, and then infused it with spiritual power to begin the refinement.

This was a rather lengthy process.

The effect of the Yin-Blood Pill was essentially to remodel this corpse arm, making it transform to match Wang Yu's body. Every minute detail had to be adjusted and modified; one pill was far from enough.

Fortunately, the idle slot helped him refine Yin-Blood Pills automatically, so there would be no shortage of supply.

As time passed, under the efficacy of the Yin-Blood Pills, the left arm began to shrink. Its shape became basically identical to Wang Yu's right hand, gradually becoming a match!

This was the superficial change. Deep within the inner layers, every single structural component was being assimilated by Wang Yu's Yin-Blood. This second-order corpse arm was indeed not easy to refine.

It took a full two months.

On this day, Wang Yu's right hand shifted its hand seals, and he gave a light command.

"Connect!"

The corpse arm had long since taken his shape, and the severed end drew close to his shoulder. Instantly, dense threads of Yin-corpse silk linked the two together.

Bone connection, flesh attachment, meridian reconnection, and nerve restoration!

Following these four successive transformations, Wang Yu shuddered violently. His flexibility was no different from his original hand.

While the feeling of regaining his left arm was joyful, it brought a new problem: it had no vitality!

A corpse is a corpse. Having turned into a zombie for too long, it had long since lost the vitality a living person should possess.

Although Wang Yu did not quite seem human after practicing the Corpse Demon Secret Method, his essence had not changed.

Now that the bones of the corpse arm were connected to his own, and the internal bone marrow touched, a sense of death began to erode his body, starting from the marrow layer at a slow pace.

Wang Yu's expression turned serious.

This was a "death sickness." When death qi penetrates the marrow, it can lead to a shortened lifespan at best, or sudden death at worst.

However, because of the Corpse Demon Secret Method, his own bones were also abnormal, which instead formed a symbiotic relationship with the death qi. If used well, this death qi could become his trump card.

By the same logic, under normal circumstances, being "enveloped in death qi" would mean that even if he were incredibly young and had an abundant lifespan, he would not live past ten years. But though the secret method was incomplete, it was still effective.

Supplemented by his spiritual cultivation to suppress it, he should be able to maintain a balance. As long as he kept the death qi contained within this arm and prevented it from invading his main body, his lifespan would be of no concern.

Once he could delay until the Corpse Demon Secret Method was completed to the second order, the problem with this corpse arm could be thoroughly resolved.

Thus, this matter could be considered concluded.

After the recovery of his left arm, its strength was significantly greater than his right. His pitch-black fingernails gripped the rock wall as easily as if he were kneading tofu.

The terror of this strength had already surpassed the limits achievable by a Qi Refinement cultivator.

Wang Yu fell into thought.

His original plan was to purchase magical tools, but since he had obtained the first-order high-grade Nether Spirit Chains from Xu Jiaojiao, there was no need to buy more; this tool was equally suitable for his use.

Paired with this powerful Divine Strength left hand, killing those of the same realm would be like slaughtering chickens!

He should instead prepare more medicinal herbs to refine a large number of auxiliary and functional spiritual pills: Inedia Pills, Spirit Recovery Pills, Obstacle-Clearing Pills, Deodorizing Powders... and so on.

He even refined several bottles of the "All-Wonder Pills" for entertainment. In preparation for his trip to Profound Bone Mountain, he also needed to purchase a set of formation flags for traveling.

And so, another month passed.

In the 12th month of Wang Yu's second year as an outer disciple, during the early autumn season, a dusty procession returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect. There were only about eighty people, but every single one of them was at the late stage of Qi Refinement.

Half of them had even reached the ninth level of Qi Refinement, each being only one step away from Foundation Establishment!

This group was precisely the team that had left the sect five years ago to head toward Profound Bone Mountain. Such a sight truly left many people in shock.

"This... what kind of opportunity is hidden in Profound Bone Mountain?"

"Junior Brother Wang!"

(End of Chapter)