Free Web NovelChapter 1690: Chapter 976: Corpse Control Skill (2)
Additionally, Yang Xiao spotted Second Demon Uncle and the two Senior Brothers Qingfeng Mingyue among those puppets, which seemed impossible. Though the young Sect Master was formidable, it depends on who he was compared to. Yang Xiao did not believe he could have gained any advantage over Second Demon Uncle, especially as the young Sect Master had been hunted like a stray dog recently, let alone daring to stage a sneak attack on Rongcheng or even return to the country. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Nevertheless, Yang Xiao dared not be careless and didn’t mind being a bother. He sent messages to friends in his contact list one after another: Director Nalan, Senior Brother Qingfeng, and Tong Han.
Unfortunately, besides Tong Han who replied instantly, the other two probably fell asleep and hadn’t replied.
Upon learning of Yang Xiao’s nightmare, Tong Han consoled him not to overthink; dreams are usually the opposite. He also told him that since his departure, the public security in Rongcheng, as well as nearby Xiang Ma Town, has improved significantly.
"If you miss us, come back and see. Our forces are now strong, and recently some experts have come to join us attracted by our reputation," Tong Han said with a reassuring smile.
"I’ve been quite busy lately, but things will settle down soon. Take care of yourself." Suddenly recalling something, Yang Xiao also advised, "Remember to carefully screen the background of these experts joining us. If unclear, it’s better to pass. Keep safety as a priority; consult with Daoist Qingfeng or Director Nalan for decisions on uncertain matters."
"Got it," Tong Han agreed. freeweɓnovel.cøm
After hanging up the call, Yang Xiao couldn’t sleep anymore. He dressed up, and with a thought, entered the Mirror Secret Room where a large number of books left by the young Sect Master were kept.
Today’s dream had reminded him that, back when he had sorted through these books, he noticed that some were ancient books related to Corpse Refining, but the content was too elusive for him to understand at the time.
Though he couldn’t understand them, he believed Ku Daoist, famous for Corpse Refining, surely could. He planned to ask Ku Daoist to explain them to him.
Of course, he wouldn’t hand them all over, which would reveal his cards. He intended to first give a random book to Ku Daoist to test his proficiency.
At exactly three o’clock in the afternoon the next day, Yang Xiao arrived as scheduled. Upon entering Ku Daoist’s courtyard, he found everything prepared. Funeral Guanyin’s corpse was laid in the courtyard, her face already showing corpse spots, and her eyes slightly open, pupils scattered with yellowish eyeballs.
The corpse was covered with viscous blood and was emitting a nauseating stench due to decay. Yang Xiao suddenly recalled the Blood Flesh Immortal who had exploded, feeling sick to his stomach and said disdainfully, "Can’t you clean up the corpse a bit? It’s so disgusting, and yet you’re willing to handle it?"
Ku Daoist was indifferent to the comment, "If you can’t endure some minor hardship in Corpse Refining, I advise you to give up early."
Yang Xiao took a mask from his backpack and wore it; one wasn’t enough, so he wore two, making it slightly better.
He had encountered corpses before, but the stench of this one was unusually severe. It was unclear why, perhaps... because she was evil.
With hands behind, Yang Xiao stretched his neck to observe. Though pretending to be casual, he was actually clenching the Human Bone Staff behind his back cautiously.
Ku Daoist, without any delay, stepped forward and used a chopping knife lodged on a board to cut open Funeral Guanyin’s belly, pulling out the inside organs like heart, liver, spleen, lungs, intestines, and whatnot. The instant burst of foul smell almost made Yang Xiao vomit his lunch.
Ku Daoist discarded the intestines and other entrails casually, leaving a few organs separately, placing them in a certain order on the side wooden board.
Yang Xiao recognized them as the five organs: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, commonly known as the five viscera of the body.
Simultaneously, Ku Daoist released the copper bell tied to his waist, walked to Funeral Guanyin’s head, held her head with one hand while shaking the copper bell with the other, chanting incantations.
Ku Daoist spoke rapidly, with constant lip fluttering, in a soft voice, and was in some dialect that Yang Xiao couldn’t understand a word.
Yet, the feedback from the Human Bone Staff revealed that Ku Daoist’s spiritual power was highly active, proving the bell artifact’s ability was in play.
After nearly half an hour, Ku Daoist exhaled deeply, released his grip, then picked up a black bag from the ground. Upon opening the bag, another wave of stench hit, but this time it gave Yang Xiao a familiar feeling, as if he had smelled something similar before.
Soon, he realized that the black bag contained corpse parts, half of a person’s upper body, decaying with densely growing distorted black herbs.
Yang Xiao instantly understood what it was—the kind of black herbs that he had seen at the Dharma Sect camp, grown using live flesh.
"Seems you know what these are. I have no living bodies to use, so I had to make do with corpses. It finally gives Butcher some utility."
Without lifting his head, Ku Daoist continued his work. He picked the herbs, chewed them in his mouth until crushed, then mixed with saliva and applied evenly on the carved out heart, wrapping it in prepared Yellow Ritual Paper layers before stuffing it back into the corpse’s belly.
A similar process was repeated by Ku Daoist five times until the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys were all encased with secret medicine and restored into the corpse. He resumed shaking the bell, murmuring while activating its ability, circling the corpse as if performing ritual.
In this manner, after four or five hours, Ku Daoist finally stopped, let out a long breath, opened his eyes, and looked at Yang Xiao, with a hint of anticipation on his somewhat tired face: "Did you understand?"
"What’s there to understand?" Yang Xiao felt embarrassed to say he almost fell asleep.
"Hmm? You didn’t learn?" Ku Daoist felt that maybe he overestimated this young man, as in his impression, he was an Evil Cultivator pretending to be a tiger, similar to One-eyed Monk’s judgment.
"Learn what? You were just mysterious without teaching anything," Yang Xiao was dissatisfied with being swindled for tuition.
"But... it’s already done," Ku Daoist wasn’t keen on arguing with Yang Xiao since it was pointless.
"I haven’t started learning, and it’s over?" Yang Xiao was strongly discontented, walked forward staring at the corpse, "Make her walk a few circles for me to see."
"Currently not possible, she needs at least a week before she can move," Ku Daoist explained.
"Not really, She, Funeral Guanyin senior, could refine hundreds of puppets within a night, you’ve been tinkering for three days and only made one, are you kidding me?" Yang Xiao was precious about his time, wasted so long learning nothing, this made him very dissatisfied, especially Ku Daoist’s attitude made him suspect he never intended to teach, merely to placate him.
On hearing Yang Xiao saying he wasn’t as good as Funeral Guanyin, Ku Daoist almost exploded but dared not show anger due to Yang Xiao’s overbearingness, he explained, "What are Funeral Guanyin’s puppets compared to my work, I alone can outmatch her hundredfold!"
After listening to Ku Daoist’s lengthy explanation, Yang Xiao finally understood that Corpse Refining Techniques varied greatly. Ku Daoist’s method was termed Corpse Control Skill, emphasizing quality over quantity. According to Ku Daoist, he could control merely three to four of his crafted puppet corpses at a time, this was his limit.
In contrast, Funeral Guanyin adopted a Corpse Control approach, producing a large quantity of corpses by brute force.
Vulgarly speaking, it was a human wave tactic; reportedly, once mastered, controlling over a thousand corpses concurrently wasn’t difficult, an ensuing corpse tide could engulf a town in an instant.
