Chapter 513

As soon as Song Song Qingming's voice fell, the corpse suddenly floated out of thin air. After spinning in the air for a few times, it slowly stood up, and its eyes, which had been tightly closed, slowly opened, shooting out two green eyes.

Although the corpse had already opened its eyes, the green eyes in the eye sockets had no luster at all, which was very different from a normal living person, like a humanoid puppet that had lost its soul.

Seeing that the corpse in front of him had successfully transformed into a corpse puppet, Song Song Qingming also showed a satisfied smile. Being able to succeed at once without having to find a way to get a corpse again could be considered saving himself a little trouble.

To obtain a Core Formation corpse puppet, one must first prepare the corpse of a cultivator who has just died, refine it into an ordinary Qi Condensation corpse puppet, then refine the ghost core obtained from the third-tier Ghost King into the corpse puppet's body with a secret method, and then slowly cultivate it with spiritual items for a period of time, and the strength of this corpse puppet can be raised to the Core Formation stage.

After the "Yinfeng Ridge" mine began to operate, in order to save labor costs, the Xiaoyao Sect sent some sect disciples who had made mistakes, as well as some family cultivators and rogue cultivators who offended them, to be free labor here to mine ore.

Some of these people had lighter crimes and could go out in three to five years, while those with serious crimes might even stay inside for a lifetime. This is also the style of the Xiaoyao Sect for many years. After the Liu family of Mount Jingyuan Mountain in Qinghe County had an accident, the ending of all the cultivators on the mountain was to be sent to this kind of mine by the Xiaoyao Sect.

The corpse in front of Song Song Qingming, its original owner was a rogue cultivator who offended the Xiaoyao Sect because of making trouble in the square market, was caught by them, and finally sent to "Yinfeng Ridge" to mine ore.

After this person stayed in "Yinfeng Ridge" for a few months, he took advantage of the lax guard once and attacked the guard cultivator, wanting to escape from the mine. He didn't want to fail in the end. The Xiaoyao Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator stationed in the mine, in order to deter those cultivators who also made mistakes and mined here to redeem their sins, directly executed this person in public.

It just so happened that he needed a cultivator's corpse to refine a corpse puppet. After Song Song Qingming learned of this, he arranged for Song Song Yuanli to send the corpse back to Mount Funiu Mountain.

Refining corpse puppets, because it must use the physical body of a cultivator who has just died, some sects that were good at this way long ago, in order to find a physical body, not only opened graves and dug tombs, but some even acted like demonic cultivators, killing people to take corpses for no reason.

After refining this corpse puppet, Song Song Qingming directly cast a spell to run the "Split Soul Technique," slowly splitting a new split soul from his own soul, and then took this split soul into the corpse puppet in front of him.

As a green light group slowly merged into the corpse puppet's forehead, a trace of luster immediately appeared in the corpse puppet's eyes. Under Song Song Qingming's control, it slowly blinked its eyes, began to move its body and limbs, and gently moved its body.

Just after refining the ghost core, Song Song Qingming immediately felt that the momentum of the corpse puppet in front of him instantly began to change, and its cultivation level quickly broke through from the mid-stage of Qi Condensation to the late-stage of Qi Condensation, and was still rising rapidly.

After planting his own split soul, Song Song Qingming could also control this corpse puppet at will. However, the cultivation level of this corpse puppet was only at the mid-stage of Qi Condensation, and it didn't have much effect. Even if it was controlled by Song Song Qingming, a Core Formation cultivator, it would be impossible to beat a late-stage Qi Condensation cultivator head-on.

When casting the "Split Soul Technique," it would make the cultivator's own soul feel a burst of tearing pain. When Song Song Qingming completed this step, his face was also somewhat pale, and his forehead was covered with sweat beads the size of beans.

This step is the most important step in refining a Core Formation corpse puppet, and it is also the most difficult step. If there is any slight mistake, once the only ghost core on Song Song Qingming's body is refined unsuccessfully, then Song Song Qingming's long preparation and investment will be lost, and he will directly lose his money.

Later, some famous orthodox sects in the cultivation world, in order to rectify this bad atmosphere in the cultivation world, attacked several large sects that were good at this way, destroyed many secret techniques for refining corpse puppets, and treated these acts of digging up corpses as demonic cultivators, which made these sects that were good at this way converge a lot and dare not collect corpses outside casually.

After the "Soul-Devouring Art" broke through the third layer, Song Song Qingming's soul was much more powerful than ordinary cultivators of the same tier. He soon got used to it, and it didn't take long before he could control the split soul he split at will.

For this reason, Song Song Qingming also summoned twelve points of spirit, repeatedly pondered the "Corpse Puppet Secret Technique" in his hand for more than ten times, before he began to prepare for the next step, and spent more than ten days to steadily refine the ghost core into the corpse puppet's body.

After completing the split soul refining corpse puppet, Song Song Qingming spent a few more days slowly learning to control the split soul on the corpse puppet in the cave dwelling. After his split soul was very familiar with the control of this physical body, Song Song Qingming began to refine the ghost core that had been prepared early into the corpse puppet's body according to the corpse puppet refining secret method in his hand.

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming immediately activated the spirit-gathering formation that had been set up early on the side to replenish spiritual energy for the corpse puppet in front of him. In order to allow it to swallow sufficient spiritual energy, Song Song Qingming also prepared thousands of spirit stones in the spirit-gathering formation in advance, increasing the supply of spiritual energy in the cave dwelling.

Time passed quickly for several days, until the cultivation level of this corpse puppet successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the speed of its cultivation level rising slowly dropped. Seeing the results in front of him, Song Song Qingming also showed a gratified smile.

Three years later, the door of Song Song Qingming's cave dwelling slowly opened. After a middle-aged man in a black robe removed the formation restriction at the entrance of the cave, he walked out of his cave dwelling in big strides.

This black-robed middle-aged man had a faint light on his body, and his cultivation level had reached the Core Formation stage. However, from his appearance, it was not Song Song Qingming, but like a strange Core Formation cultivator.

The black-robed man looked around at the entrance of Song Song Qingming's cave dwelling, picked up a few pills placed on the ground, and slowly walked back to the cave dwelling, coming to Song Song Qingming who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, standing still beside him.

A moment later, Song Song Qingming, who was sitting on the ground, slowly opened his eyes, took the pills from the black-robed man's hand and looked at them, nodded with satisfaction, and directly put them into his storage bag.

Song Song Qingming gently patted the black-robed man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Your cultivation level has reached the Core Formation stage now. It won't improve much magic power to take this kind of second-tier pill. Wait until you have more money on you in the future, and I will get you some better pills!"

This black-robed man is the corpse puppet that Song Song Qingming refined with his own hands two years ago. After more than two years of cultivation, this corpse puppet's cultivation level has now successfully broken through to the Core Formation stage. Except for not being able to cultivate a natal magic treasure, it is now no different from a Core Formation cultivator.

The humanoid corpse puppet looks similar to an ordinary cultivator, and it is difficult to distinguish it without looking closely. At this moment, this corpse puppet and Song Song Qingming are standing side by side, just like two Core Formation cultivators with similar cultivation levels.

Successfully cultivating a Core Formation high-tier corpse puppet, Song Song Qingming was also very happy. With this guy helping on the side, his future battles with Core Formation cultivators of the same tier would also be much more stable.

"It's not very convenient for you to follow me every day without a name. Since your previous life was surnamed Jin, let's call you Jinfeng first. If you can think of a better name in the future, I will help you change it."

After talking to himself about Jinfeng in front of him, Song Song Qingming took out the "Qingliu Sword" on his body and handed it to him.

A Core Formation stage corpse puppet can be like an ordinary Core Formation cultivator, refining and controlling magic treasures to fight against enemies. Song Song Qingming doesn't have many magic treasures on his body now, so he can only wrong Jinfeng to use the magic treasure he used first.

In addition to his successful refining of this Core Formation corpse puppet, the Song family also ushered in several happy events in these three years.

First of all, Song Song Qingyu's cultivation finally healed her injuries a year ago, and she broke through her own cultivation to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment, already walking to the edge of forming a core. Song Song Qingming was also very gratified by this and personally handed the "Jade Dust Pill" he obtained from the State of Wu a few years ago to her.

Secondly, Huang Huang Siyuan, who switched to alchemy skills, after obtaining a batch of spiritual herbs brought back by Song Song Qingming from the State of Wu, with sufficient supply of spiritual herbs, her alchemy skills also advanced by leaps and bounds, finally advancing to the second tier and becoming a second-tier low-quality alchemist.

The pills that Jinfeng just brought in from outside Song Song Qingming's cave dwelling were actually refined by Huang Huang Siyuan recently. Now that the family has a second-tier alchemist, the Song family doesn't need to spend more money to buy this kind of pill to improve cultivation in the Foundation Establishment stage elsewhere.

Alchemy is the most popular one among the hundred arts of cultivation. The family has an extra second-tier alchemist, which immediately caused a sensation in the Song family. Many young cultivators began to try to learn alchemy.

In addition to Huang Huang Siyuan, a second-tier alchemist, the Song family also has several alchemists whose alchemy level has reached the first-tier high-quality alchemist. It's just a pity that the family has invested a lot of precious materials in them, but they still can't let them break through their alchemy skills.

As long as there is sufficient resource supply, compared to other cultivation skills, alchemy is not very difficult to get started. However, it is not so easy to improve alchemy skills to the second tier. It still requires a certain alchemy talent. In this regard, the Song family cannot be anxious and still needs to patiently find suitable people to cultivate them.

After leaving Jinfeng in the cave dwelling to refine the "Qingliu Sword," Song Song Qingming walked quickly to the outside of Huang Huang Siyuan's cave dwelling in a happy mood. After sending a sound transmission talisman inside, Huang Huang Siyuan soon greeted him quickly.

"Seeing you so happy, could it be that you have gained a lot after coming out of seclusion this time?"

After Song Song Qingming took out a bottle of pills and threw it to Huang Huang Siyuan, he nodded with a smile and said: "That guy's cultivation level broke through to the Core Formation stage a few days ago. I can't use these pills anymore, so I'll return them to you first!"

(End of chapter)