[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star":3,"chapter-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-62":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After Fifteen Years of Secret Cultivation, I Start as a Top-Grade Ultimate Peak!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2282170,4464,"Chapter 62: Corpse Cultivation","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>“Forget it. It’s done now; blaming you won’t help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenglan waved her hand, then her gaze fell on the unconscious Guan Shanxue, and she mused:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This girl is of special status—she’s the daughter of the Six Gates’ Supreme Hunter, Guan Tianqian. I still don’t know why she’s been targeting you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But since you didn’t encounter any Six Gates personnel at the time, this doesn’t seem to have been orchestrated by the Six Gates themselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Cang Yunning’s eyes flickered with lust and murderous intent, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is simple. Why not let Mother hand her over to me for cultivation, then kill her and destroy the body? No one will ever know about tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Zhu Fenglan shook her head sharply and rebuked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before acting, use your brain a little. You still don’t know why she’s targeting you—or whether she holds evidence of your crimes. What good is killing her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if she left clues that lead Guan Tianqian straight to our door? Do you want us all to die with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Yunning’s face changed instantly. He glanced at Guan Shanxue lying on the ground, then lowered his head and frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does Mother have a foolproof plan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenglan pondered briefly, then instructed a nearby maid:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go bring me the ‘Thousand Foolish, Hundred Grievances Powder.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Lady.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid bowed slightly and quickly left, returning from another room in the courtyard with a porcelain bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenglan glanced at the bottle, nodded, and signaled the maid to make Guan Shanxue ingest it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Thousand Foolish, Hundred Grievances Powder was acquired by me many years ago from a rogue alchemist skilled in poison. Anyone who takes it becomes obsessively infatuated with the first opposite-sex person they see, unable to break free for a period.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenglan explained to Cang Yunning, her narrow eyes half-lidded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you question her later, she will answer every question truthfully. Once I learn what she knows, I’ll decide how to deal with her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Cang Yunning’s fair, rosy lips curled into a lewd smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, could you spare me some of this powder? It would aid me in future matters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenglan glanced at him and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Handle your own affairs. This is the last of it—once it’s used, there won’t be any more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Yunning’s face fell with regret, but he said nothing further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the maid already administering the powder—and knowing the effects would take time—he walked toward the woman wrapped in a cotton quilt and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll attend to something first. I’ll return later to question her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he hoisted the quilt-wrapped woman onto his shoulder and turned toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenglan watched his back without a word, then nodded and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuning’s martial cultivation grows ever deeper. Though the Nine Yin Dark Death Art is sinister, it truly is a remarkable technique—no less potent than your sister’s ‘Blood Transformation and Return Great Method.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong the nursemaid, beside her, nodded gently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed. But only the young master’s exceptional talent achieves such results. Others could never reach this level.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, Rong the nursemaid seemed to recall something and added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Lady’s monthly need for ‘blood offerings’ draws near. I may need to make several trips outside the city soon—the authorities are cracking down hard, and most human traffickers dare not enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhu Fenglan’s gaze drifted to the flowers in the courtyard, her expression thoughtful:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Handle it as you see fit—but your sister’s needs must be fully met. Her cultivation cannot afford any mishaps.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Best to keep more maids within the mansion, just in case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong the nursemaid bowed in assent, turning to gaze at the lush, vibrant flowers in the courtyard, where the air now hung thick with their rich fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So she’s come home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the hazy moonlight, Li Muxian appeared silently outside the Cangyuan Marquis Mansion. He glanced at the qi thread in his hand, then stroked his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Cang Yin Yue’s relationship with the Cangyuan Marquis Mansion, this girl hardly seemed the type to return voluntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm… understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She probably came back to steal the Bone-Eating Yin Wind Finger technique, to have me remove the branded characters from her face.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Muxian’s face suddenly lit with realization. He glanced into the mansion and raised an eyebrow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder if she’ll succeed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Might as well go inside and take a look. Might even pick up another favor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, he vanished into the Cangyuan Marquis Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering a downward-extending secret passage, Cang Yin Yue walked a short distance and arrived at a stone chamber built of bricks and rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lit a firestick and scanned the surroundings—the chamber was sizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some areas bore old excavation marks, suggesting the original cave had been expanded, clearly many years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Cang Yin Yue noticed wall lamps on the stone walls and lit them one by one with her firestick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the entire chamber glowed with a dim yellow light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Yin Yue wasted no time and began searching for the secret manual of the Bone-Eating Yin Wind Finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet aside from dusty wooden shelves and a dozen rusted, empty iron chests, she found not a trace of the manual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Drip.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the sound of dripping water shattered the chamber’s deathly silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Yin Yue looked up, following the sound—and immediately frowned in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire ceiling was studded with dense iron chains, beneath which hung a massive copper cauldron, green with rust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cauldron blocked half the ceiling, obscuring what lay above; she could only guess the dripping came from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned, puzzled by such an odd arrangement in this hidden chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, she stomped hard and dashed forward, leaping lightly from iron chest to brick wall until she landed on the edge of the chain-suspended cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her firestick burned, she slowly surveyed what lay above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next instant, Cang Yin Yue froze completely, her eyes filled with horror and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… how is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face turned deathly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the copper cauldron lay dark, damp soil, exhaling a rotting stench, thickly interwoven with darkened human bones—like a mass grave beneath the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand bone protruded from the soil, its tip dangling down; yellow corpse oil pooled in the earth, occasionally dripping from the bone into the cauldron below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dripping sound she had heard was, in fact, corpse oil falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she could not fathom why such a thing existed in her father’s secret study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dear daughter, you’ve found my secret after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a deep, mature man’s voice drifted up from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1113,"2026-06-20T01:43:38.503Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7a4e8ca86be6d40d024a0a5e3ac04cba60bd261c827524529f0b15312479bc75","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-63","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-61",259,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-cover.jpg"]