Chapter 369

The Heavenly Corpse Gu, calling him "elder brother" with every utterance, not only fails to make Yunhe feel any affection or closeness, but instead makes him increasingly repulsed and wary.

However, its words instead sparked Yunhe's contemplation.

Regardless of whether the Yellow Spring Qi actually affects him, solely for the sake of continuing the Thousand Gu Myriad Insects Technique, he must still make a trip to the Heavenly Insect Sect.

As for whether to cooperate with the Heavenly Corpse Gu, Yunhe sees it as seeking skin from a tiger.

But what if he merely pretends to agree?

At first glance, it seems to cause him no harm.

So after a moment's thought, Yunhe said, "I will find an opportunity to enter the Heavenly Insect Sect again."

Upon hearing this, the black crow laughed, "Then elder brother will await your good news, Junior Brother Yun."

Although Yunhe didn't specify a time, the black crow clearly isn't in a hurry.

Thinking of this, he felt much more at ease.

He also doesn't believe the Heavenly Corpse Gu is capable of this.

Originally he should have left the Abyss Clan's territory immediately, but after learning that the Yellow Spring Qi exists, what he must do now is still to erase that trace of Yellow Spring Qi!

After flying a distance, he arrived at a desolate, barren land of poor mountains and evil waters.

Anyway, if the sky falls, there's a tall person to take the hit.

"The power of the Abyss Clan is far greater than I imagined."

His palm writhed as the Corpse Soul Gu gulped down the offspring gu in one bite; Yunhe merely skimmed that information, his brows slightly furrowed and his expression grave.

Seeing this, Yunhe wasn't surprised; he raised his hand to draw the offspring gu into his palm, and immediately a stream of information about the Abyss Clan and the Heavenly Insect Sect flowed in.

"The Heavenly Corpse Gu can actually divide its spiritual sense by splitting offspring gu; its level must be considerably higher than that of the Corpse Soul Gu."

Such ability aroused a strong sense of apprehension in Yunhe's heart.

Otherwise, let alone a late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator, Yunhe has reason to believe that old monsters of the Spirit Transformation stage lurk in the Eastern Border cultivation world.

Or rather, from its perspective, it should be Yunhe who is anxious, since the one afflicted with the Yellow Spring Qi is not it; if, after the Yellow Spring Old Ancestor leaves seclusion, the Qi remains unresolved, then in its view Yunhe's outcome might not be good.

After saying that, its body trembled slightly, and from within the black crow's body a slender black worm emerged—exactly the offspring gu of the Heavenly Corpse Gu.

Even if it truly could do so, it would not dare to act that way.

If he weren't certain that the Heavenly Corpse Gu could not easily infect a Yuan Ying cultivator, let alone a late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator, then according to Yunhe's speculation, it might truly be possible for the Heavenly Corpse Gu alone to wipe out all humanity in this realm!

He exhaled.

After a brief consideration, he attempted to transmit this sword to the Demon Beast Body.

He descended in a flash of escape light, used the Earth Escape Technique to burrow into the ground, quickly and simply opened a cave dwelling, set up formation restrictions, then closed his eyes and inwardly examined with his divine sense.

Because if the Corpse Soul Gu could unlimitedly split into many offspring gu, wouldn't that mean any person or creature appearing nearby at any moment could be the Heavenly Corpse Gu?

Although Yunhe only partially understands the true abilities of the Heavenly Corpse Gu, this does not prevent him from making such a bold speculation.

After losing its offspring gu, the black crow turned into a puff of ash and vanished into nothing.

Yunhe exhaled a breath.

He immediately transformed into a rainbow light and fled far away.

As the Heavenly Corpse Gu said, that trace of Yellow Spring Qi attached to the Five Elements Thunder Sword is not only extremely subtle, but even Yunhe, as the sword's owner, feels nothing unusual about it.

If the Yellow Spring Old Ancestor's Yellow Spring Qi could even guard against such a "cross-boundary" act, that would show his strength is absolutely not merely that of a late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator; then he would have no hesitation and would directly flee to the Upper Cloud Realm.

However, after that Five Elements Thunder Sword left and disappeared from his qi sea dantian, Yunhe carefully searched back and forth dozens of times, still unable to detect its presence, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the worst-case scenario did not occur.

At the same time.

Thus line: Yao Shou Shijie

The Demon Beast Body Yunhe transmitted the Five Elements Thunder Sword back to the Cultivator Body at once, then looking at the seemingly aimless, bewildered Yellow Spring Qi before him, he involuntarily narrowed his eyes.

After being separated from the Five Elements Thunder Sword, this Qi lost its previous ability to hide; not only was it completely exposed under his Demon Sense, but it also gave Yunhe a faint sense of its essence.

"Is this death qi?"

Yunhe murmured lowly.

"On the river-shaped treasure previously used by Xiao Wu Xian, it now emits a strong deathly aura; when Wei Hai Yuan brought Xiao Wu Xian fleeing, his escape speed was obviously not what it should have been, certainly he also used some method, be it a talisman, secret technique, or something else, but his body also faintly emits deathly aura."

Combining these, plus the Yellow Spring Old Ancestor's title "Yellow Spring" and the name "Fengdu", it's not hard to infer that his ability is closely related to death qi.

He raised his claw and drew in this death qi; at this moment, wrapped in demonic power, it appeared extraordinarily obedient.

"If this death qi were infused into a talisman script, perhaps a special talisman could be drawn!"

Yunhe couldn't help but think of this, and his eyes instantly lit up.

Considering how difficult this Yellow Spring Qi is to handle, perhaps even the Yellow Spring Old Ancestor cannot easily refine it, and the resulting talisman script might possess special effects.

However, how to draw it still requires him to ponder slowly.

He took out a piece of talisman paper made from Lu Shan Turtle Skin and temporarily sealed this strand of death qi inside it.

Afterwards he took out the storage bags of Wei Hai Yuan and Xiao Wu Xian.

Wei Hai Yuan is an Insect Master cultivator; from his storage bag Yunhe saw numerous bottles and containers filled with various materials for cultivating spirit insects.

Many of these materials are extremely precious.

Moreover, a jade slip found in his storage bag recording his spirit insect cultivation information made Yunhe's eyes light up.

This is the inheritance of an Insect Master Yuan Ying cultivator; obtaining it allows a cultivator to quickly become an Insect Master.

However, what forever limits an Insect Master cultivator's strength is the vast amount of resources needed to cultivate spirit insects.

However, for Yunhe, this inheritance of controlling and cultivating spirit insects would greatly compensate for his severe shortcomings in these areas.

If he studies it carefully, perhaps he could find a way to further advance his Crimson Shadow Golden Winged Bee.

Besides his storage bag, what Yunhe values most on Wei Hai Yuan is undoubtedly the black leather pouch perpetually hanging from his waist, which looks somewhat out of place.

This is a relatively rare spirit-insect bag type treasure, reaching the fourth-level lower-grade treasure tier, called the Hundred Contain Spirit Insect Bag.

Its internal space is extremely large, not comparable to that of an ordinary spirit insect bag.

Furthermore, it possesses multiple abilities; not only can it accelerate the growth and reproduction rates of the spirit insects placed inside, but it can also subtly enhance the insects' abilities and increase the likelihood of mutations.

As for the seemingly minor functions such as freely partitioning the spirit insects' living space within the bag and accelerating their summoning speed, they are actually very practical.

Moreover, inside this bag Yunhe discovered that, besides the Dead Spirit Insect he most often used, Wei Haiyuan was also cultivating many various spirit insects, most of which were not yet on a large scale, presumably being in a stage of breeding while debugging.

The types and characteristics of these spirit insects are also recorded in the Jade Slip used for cultivating spirit insects, allowing one to leisurely examine and screen them.

Besides this, Wei Haiyuan also left behind a fourth‑level inferior magical treasure, as well as various items such as insect‑catching nets and insect‑attracting incense, too many to list.

Although the gains obtained from Wei Haiyuan made Yunhe a little surprised, it was not really unexpected, being the level of things one would normally obtain from a typical Early Nascent Soul cultivator.

What he truly looked forward to, however, was Xiao Wuxian's storage bag.

This might sound a bit funny.

The expectation for a storage bag of an Early Nascent Soul cultivator is actually far lower than that for a storage bag of a Late Jie Dan cultivator.

But considering Xiao Wuxian's identity and the methods he has displayed, it is clear that his storage bag is certainly not comparable to that of an ordinary Early Nascent Soul cultivator.

Simply the item called Dead River Spring, a fourth‑level superior spiritual treasure, is a treasure that the vast majority of Early Nascent Soul cultivators could possibly never obtain even after spending their entire lifetimes.

When fully released, this treasure manifests as a surging, tumultuous river; but when no magical power is infused, it appears as an unremarkable ancient‑bronze goblet, seeming merely an ordinary cup.

The power of Dead River Spring is beyond doubt; even if after refinement it can exert at most seventy percent of its power, it should still be far superior to a fourth‑level medium‑grade magical treasure, comparable to some relatively ordinary fourth‑level superior magical treasures.

But how to refine this treasure is the biggest problem.

First, it belongs to Huang Quan Lao Zu, merely lent to Xiao Wuxian for use, so it still retains Huang Quan Lao Zu's divine sense and magical imprint.

Although coming to the Thus line: Yao Shou Shijie prevents Huang Quan Lao Zu from sensing the treasure's location, refining the imprint of a Late Nascent Soul cultivator is obviously not an easy task.

The only fortunate thing is probably that Huang Quan Lao Zu cannot possibly come to the Thus line: Yao Shou Shijie; as long as we grind slowly, there will always be a chance to wear away his imprint.

Second, this treasure is a spiritual treasure possessing a certain self‑awareness; when it is not its original owner, it can choose on its own whether to accept a new master.

From the degree of awakening of the treasure's artifact spirit, getting the spirit to accept is probably not that easy.

If one chooses to forcibly erase the artifact spirit, there is no doubt that the treasure's power would be greatly reduced, possibly even dropping in grade, making Yunhe's refinement of it meaningless.

Thus this is a great trouble.

"Forget it, let the Demon Beast Body slowly wear it down; after all, this treasure could never be taken to the cultivation world for use."

On the contrary, the attributes of Dead River Spring are quite compatible with the Demon Beast Body.

Temporarily setting it aside, Yunhe wiped away the fragile imprint on Xiao Wuxian's storage bag and dumped out all its contents at once.

The contents are not few, and unlike Wei Haiyuan, a cultivator devoted solely to the path of insect control, what was poured out included everything.

Following convention, Yunhe first directed his attention to numerous Jade Slips.

Among them perhaps lies the inheritance of Huang Quan Lao Zu's cultivation method.

If we can learn what cultivation method Huang Quan Lao Zu practices, then when Yunhe's cultivation base advances and he faces this person, he will have sufficient advantage and can also make full preparations in advance while he is still weak.

However, the inheritance method was not found, yet Yunhe discovered a secret technique.

A secret technique so exciting that, despite his current state of mind and cultivation, he could not help but jump up from the ground in excitement!

External Incarnation Technique!

"No wonder. No wonder Xiao Wuxian is so eager for my Nascent Soul corpse refinement; it turns out he possesses this kind of secret art. If he obtains it, perhaps he really could cultivate this 'External Incarnation Technique'."

Yunhe's excitement in his heart could not calm down for a long time.

(End of chapter)