Chapter 728: Art of Corpse Refining, Profound Yang Blazing Flame (Seeking Monthly Votes)

From the moment he entered this cave abode, Song Qingming had vaguely felt that the owner of this cave abode had deliberately built it in such a hidden place, seemingly not just for his own safety, but to hide some unknown secrets.

Seeing so many cultivators’ corpses in front of him, Song Qingming finally guessed some of it. The other party was hiding here, certainly to practice the art of corpse refining, which is regarded as a taboo by righteous cultivators in the cultivation world.

The art of corpse refining and the method of refining corpse puppets are roughly the same in principle.

It is just that many who practice the art of corpse refining do so directly with living people, and the speed of cultivating corpse refining is much faster than the corpse puppets that Song Qingming and the others cultivate.

As long as there are sufficient resources, a Core Formation cultivator can easily cultivate ten or twenty Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners. Used well, this is definitely a great combat power boost for an ordinary Core Formation cultivator.

However, because the act of practicing the art of corpse refining directly with living people is too cruel, it is no different from the behavior of demonic cultivators.

As early as tens of thousands of years ago, the cultivation world unified the art of corpse refining as a taboo art. As long as someone is found practicing this evil method, righteous cultivators will attack them in groups.

After so many years, there are no longer any sects in the cultivation world famous for the art of corpse refining, and many cultivation classics about this art have been lost.

However, because the art of corpse refining can enhance a cultivator’s combat power after practice, even if righteous cultivators in the cultivation world have regarded it as a taboo art, there is no way to completely eradicate it. Many rogue cultivators will choose to find a hidden place to hide and practice secretly, and the owner of this cave abode in front of them is nine times out of ten one of them.

It is just that the other party has not been found yet. Although Song Qingming has some guesses in his heart, he did not choose to tell Chen Yuting and the others directly, also not wanting to frighten them all at once.

After Song Qingming explained, his eyes turned to the wall behind these wooden boxes. Just as he was about to step forward to investigate, a sudden movement came from the wooden boxes at the side.

"Senior, this corpse puppet seems to be still alive!"

Hearing Chen Yuting’s reminder behind him, Song Qingming hurriedly turned around and found that the few Foundation Establishment cultivator corpses he had just found had all suddenly come to life.

As soon as Song Qingming turned around and walked over, these corpses jumped out of the wooden boxes and began to fight with Chen Yuting and Luo Li, who had already taken out their magic tools.

Seeing the eyes of these Foundation Establishment cultivator corpses still emitting a hint of strange green light, Song Qingming immediately saw that his previous guess was correct; these were all corpse refiners controlled by someone.

There were four Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners in total. Their cultivation bases were not high, and the most powerful one was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. Moreover, because they had not been out for a long time, their strength had also weakened and was not comparable to their peak period.

Although the number was double that of the opponent, the strength of corpse refiners without independent consciousness is still different from ordinary cultivators. Facing Chen Yuting and Luo Li, two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, they did not take any advantage.

Seeing that the two women were not in any danger, Song Qingming did not rush to intervene, but stood at the side and observed these corpse refiners quietly, wanting to see who was controlling them.

Seeing that Song Qingming did not intervene directly in the battle, as if he had the intention to test the strength of the two, Chen Yuting and Luo Li also used their most powerful supernatural powers, wanting to solve the enemies in front of them quickly.

Luo Li and Chen Yuting came from the East Sea cultivation world and also often dealt with demonic beasts in the sea. Although their fighting ability among Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot be said to be very strong, they are definitely not weak.

This point was already seen by Song Qingming when he met them that day, which is why he was relieved to leave these few Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners to the two of them to deal with.

Although they had no experience in dealing with this kind of corpse refiner at first, Luo Li and the other could only barely stabilize their position and fought to a draw with the other party.

However, as time progressed, Luo Li was the first to find the weakness that these corpse refiners feared fire-attribute spells, found an opportunity, and used a second-rank fire-attribute spiritual talisman on her body to solve her opponent directly.

Afterward, Chen Yuting and Luo Li fought more and more bravely, gradually gaining the upper hand and suppressing the other party in turn.

The fight between the two sides lasted for nearly half an hour. Only one mid-stage Foundation Establishment corpse refiner with a higher cultivation base remained on the battlefield, and the other three opponents had all been solved by Luo Li and the other.

Just as Luo Li and Chen Yuting joined forces to kill the last corpse refiner, a hint of blood mist suddenly appeared on the body of this guy who was forced into the corner, and then a strange blood light lit up.

"Be careful, step back!"

Seeing the abnormal change on the body of this corpse refiner, Song Qingming immediately reminded the two women, then flashed and leaned toward their side.

Just as Chen Yuting and Luo Li retreated, the spiritual energy on the corpse refiner in front of them suddenly began to soar in an instant, but in a moment, the whole person exploded directly.

However, at this time, Song Qingming had already hurried to the front of the two women, used his hand to directly prop up a protective escape light in front of them, and resisted the power of the corpse refiner’s self-destruction.

"Blood Explosion Technique! These corpse refiners were actually set with such vicious secret methods in their bodies. The person who refined them is really somewhat vicious."

Seeing this corpse refiner suddenly explode, Chen Yuting and Luo Li also had lingering fears.

If Song Qingming hadn’t taken action in time just now, although they had the confidence to avoid most of the power of the corpse refiner’s self-destruction, they would probably have inevitably suffered some minor injuries.

Hearing Chen Yuting’s words, just as Song Qingming was about to answer, he suddenly felt a danger coming from behind and hurriedly turned around to use his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," to protect his side.

Song Qingming had just made defensive measures when he felt a very strong force shake him back several steps, and he hurriedly strengthened the injection of spiritual power into the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" to stabilize his figure.

After blocking a sneak attack, Song Qingming, feeling that the opponent’s strength was not weaker than his own, immediately took out another defensive magic treasure, the "White Dragon Ruler," to protect himself.

As the smoke and dust around quickly dissipated, Song Qingming also saw clearly the person who attacked him not far away. It was a white-haired old man with a somewhat withered face wearing a gray Daoist robe.

This person held a very sharp third-rank high-grade flying sword, stood not far away staring closely at Song Qingming and the three, and the pressure emitted from his body exceeded Song Qingming’s cultivation base, seemingly reaching the ninth level of Core Formation.

Seeing that the other party’s cultivation base was so high, Song Qingming also did not expect it and couldn’t help but frown slightly.

Seeing that the other party had been looking at him strangely and had no intention of speaking, after thinking for a moment, Song Qingming still took the lead and asked: "Fellow Daoist, are you the owner of this cave abode?"

Hearing Song Qingming’s question, the gray-robed old man did not answer.

After a while, just as Song Qingming was about to ask again, a hint of red light suddenly appeared in the gray-robed old man’s eyes, then he flashed and disappeared from where he was. The next moment, he appeared in front of Song Qingming and slashed his sword directly at the protective shield turned into by the "White Dragon Ruler."

Facing the sudden attack of the gray-robed old man, Song Qingming was also prepared long ago, desperately pouring spiritual power into the "White Dragon Ruler," and steadily blocked the opponent’s flying sword.

Only hearing a loud "bang," the gray-robed old man was directly bounced back by the white protective shield turned into by the "White Dragon Ruler," and his whole body even hit the wall not far away.

The "White Dragon Ruler," this third-rank high-grade magic treasure, was found by Song Qingming from Zhao Jibai at the entrance of the "Heavenly Source Sect" secret realm years ago.

This magic treasure’s defensive ability was already very outstanding, and after being strengthened by Song Qingming using the "Green Jade Treasure Refining Technique," its power was even more powerful than before.

Even if the gray-robed old man’s cultivation base was higher than his own and had reached the ninth level of Core Formation, it was impossible to break the defense of the "White Dragon Ruler" in one blow.

After defending against this attack from the opponent, seeing that the opponent did not seem as difficult to deal with as he had imagined, Song Qingming also had some confidence in his heart at this moment.

Before the gray-robed old man could stand firm, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" beside him had already been controlled by him to surround from all sides, wanting to trap the opponent directly in place.

The gray-robed old man holding the flying sword just wanted to continue his attack, but found that he was being attacked by several huge copper mirrors from his side. He hurriedly swung a few sword lights to fight hard to resist the copper mirrors in front of him, and took advantage of the gap before the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" completed the encirclement to escape directly from inside.

The gray-robed old man who had just escaped saw that Song Qingming not far away seemed somewhat difficult to deal with, looked at Song Qingming with some anger, and then suddenly turned around and flashed toward the location of the cave entrance, seemingly wanting to escape from this cave abode.

However, when he arrived at the location of the cave entrance, a black-robed person was already waiting here, swinging a sword light to block the gray-robed old man’s way, forcing him to stop his steps.

From the moment he entered this cave abode and felt the strangeness inside, Song Qingming had been prepared. This black-robed person was "Jin Feng," whom he had specifically left at the entrance of the cave abode to prevent accidents.

The gray-robed old man was blocked by "Jin Feng," and this pause also gave Song Qingming, who was chasing, a chance. He took the opportunity to cast a spell to control two golden ring magic treasures to put on the gray-robed old man, making it difficult for his figure to move again for a while.

Afterward, the five huge copper mirrors turned into by the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" immediately followed, surrounding the gray-robed old man from all sides and trapping him in the middle.

Trapped by the two magic treasures, the "Golden Brilliant Treasure Light Ring" and the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," the gray-robed old man also felt that it was not good, and hurriedly struggled to escape from this golden cage that made him somewhat uncomfortable.

However, Song Qingming obviously did not want to let him out easily. He poured spiritual power into the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" and controlled the "Profound Yang Qi" stored in the magic treasure to emit intense spiritual light to burn the opponent constantly. This gray-robed old man seemed to be somewhat afraid of the Profound Yang Qi in the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror." Facing the burning of these scorching spiritual energies, he actually let out a few painful screams.

Seeing that it seemed difficult for him to escape the predicament by himself, the gray-robed old man’s eyes lit up with a strange red light again, and he suddenly let out a roar that shook the entire underground cave abode slightly.

Before Song Qingming could see the opponent’s movements clearly, he felt a violent sound coming from the position of the large wooden boxes placed not far behind him.

Song Qingming, who was struggling to control the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," turned his head and saw that more than twenty Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners had appeared from nowhere and were rushing toward him quickly, seemingly wanting to help rescue the trapped gray-robed old man.

These Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners were clearly stronger than the few that Chen Yuting and the others had dealt with just now. Their cultivation bases were at least at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, and many of them had already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately gave instructions to "Jin Feng," who had been guarding the entrance of the cave abode, to go and block these Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners so as not to affect his dealing with the gray-robed old man.

These Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners, although their individual cultivation strength was far inferior to "Jin Feng," who was already at the fourth level of Core Formation.

However, what surprised Song Qingming was that they actually knew how to form a formation. More than twenty Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners formed a strange formation together and fought with "Jin Feng," and for a while, they did not fall into much disadvantage.

"Senior Song, please rest assured, we will block these corpse refiners!"

Seeing that the Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners summoned by the other party were somewhat difficult to deal with, Chen Yuting and Luo Li, who were watching the battle at the side, also immediately held their magic tools and took the initiative to step forward to help, assisting "Jin Feng" in blocking those Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners.

After observing for a while, seeing that they had stabilized their position and were in no danger, Song Qingming slowly felt relieved and focused on controlling the magic treasure to deal with the gray-robed old man trapped in the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror."

After fighting with the opponent for so long, Song Qingming gradually saw that this gray-robed old man was not a living cultivator. Like the corpse refiners beside him, he was also a person who had been dead for many years.

It is just that unlike other corpse refiners, this gray-robed old man not only had a profound cultivation base but also knew how to summon other corpse refiners to help, and it seemed that he was not being controlled by anyone.

Moreover, the opponent fled immediately when he saw that he was difficult to deal with, which clearly showed that he was not an ordinary corpse refiner without self-thought, and it was very likely that he had already given birth to some spiritual intelligence.

It is just that now I don’t know what his identity is, why he was trapped here, and who is controlling all this behind the scenes.

The gray-robed old man trapped in the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" was already somewhat unable to support himself from being burned by the "Profound Yang Qi," but he did not see the Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners outside coming to help for a long time, and his heart was already extremely anxious.

Seeing that the reinforcements outside could no longer be counted on, the gray-robed old man suddenly spat out a cloud of blood mist, his momentum climbed again in an instant, and then he smashed a blow with his bare hands at the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him.

Although he was prepared, the power of this attack was still somewhat beyond Song Qingming’s expectations. With just one punch, he smashed a crack in his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror."

Seeing that the other party was already jumping over the wall in a hurry and fighting for his life, Song Qingming also knew that this battle had reached a critical moment.

Taking a drop of "Millennium Spiritual Milk" from his body and swallowing it, Song Qingming’s spiritual power, which had already been consumed by more than half, was quickly restored. Afterward, he poured his "Green Jade Treasure Refining Technique," which he had practiced for many years, into his natal magic treasure in front of him. The "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" immediately shone brightly, and a layer of faint green spiritual light gradually covered the golden copper mirror.

Afterward, under Song Qingming’s strenuous control, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" shot out dozens of white spiritual lights, which turned into a giant hand in the air and grabbed the gray-robed old man who wanted to continue attacking the copper mirror.

This white giant hand turned into by spiritual light also carried a large amount of "Profound Yang Qi." As soon as it grabbed the gray-robed old man, it burned him so much that he let out a scream. Its power was much stronger than the "Golden Brilliant Treasure Light Ring" controlled by Song Qingming before.

The white spiritual light in the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," like the purple spiritual light that could imprison the opponent’s magic treasure before, was the second supernatural power of his natal magic treasure, "Profound Yang Blazing Flame," which Song Qingming had just practiced not long ago after this magic treasure was promoted to the late stage of Core Formation.

This "Profound Yang Blazing Flame Hand" is a supernatural power with relatively strong offensive ability. Once an ordinary Core Formation cultivator is grabbed by it, it will be difficult to escape. The white light it contains carries a very powerful "Profound Yang Qi," which can turn into flames and constantly burn and consume the opponent.

After learning the powerful supernatural power of "Profound Yang Blazing Flame," Song Qingming also had a relatively powerful offensive means when fighting with others.

Although it was the first time to display this supernatural power in battle, the power it displayed also made Song Qingming show a look of satisfaction on his face.

After the gray-robed old man was grabbed by the giant hand turned into by the "Profound Yang Blazing Flame," he successively urged the blood light on his body and a black corpse aura in his body, wanting to get rid of Song Qingming’s control.

However, even though he had used all his skills, it was still in vain, and he could only watch helplessly as the corpse aura on his body was slowly refined by the white light flames.

Although casting the supernatural power of "Profound Yang Blazing Flame" consumes a lot of spiritual power in the cultivator’s body, Song Qingming has a remnant map on his body that can help restore spiritual power, so using this supernatural power is easier than ordinary people.

When spiritual power is insufficient, he can also take "Millennium Spiritual Milk" to supplement it. This is also his greatest confidence in consuming the opponent. As long as the opponent cannot break free from the control of "Profound Yang Blazing Flame," he will eventually be defeated in his hands.

On the other side, "Jin Feng" and Chen Yuting also firmly blocked the Foundation Establishment-stage corpse refiners who were desperately coming to support. Song Qingming and the others had already occupied an absolute advantage on the battlefield and only needed more patience to solve the opponent.

Half an hour later, seeing that the corpse aura on the gray-robed old man trapped in the "Profound Yang Blazing Flame" had been completely refined by the white light, Song Qingming then felt relieved to open the white giant hand.

At this time, although there was still a hint of blood light in the gray-robed old man’s eyes, there was no corpse aura on his body, and he didn’t even have the strength to stand up, so he could only look at Song Qingming walking toward him with unwillingness on the ground.

"Since you have already died, don’t stay in the world and continue to harm the world. Only by reincarnating early can you be reborn as a human again. I hope you will take care of yourself!"

After Song Qingming finished speaking, there was already a white spiritual talisman in his hand, which he directly pasted on the opponent’s forehead, then cast a spell and patted it lightly on the spiritual talisman. The gray-robed old man’s whole person was immediately stunned, and then there was no movement at all.

Not long after, a group of white mist suddenly rose from the gray-robed old man’s corpse, turning into a human-shaped phantom in mid-air.

This phantom was the primordial spirit of the gray-robed old man. After he looked at Song Qingming, he did not hesitate anymore and fled directly into the underground netherworld to reincarnate.

Although there are cultivators fighting everywhere in the cultivation world at all times, generally speaking, unless they are mortal enemies who have committed heinous crimes, cultivators will let the opponent’s primordial spirit reincarnate after killing them, so as not to get involved in the heavenly cause and effect of this interface for no reason.

Only when facing those demonic cultivator inheritances that do not belong to this interface will they choose to kill the opponent’s primordial spirit, so as to prevent these demonic cultivator primordial spirits from seizing the house and being reborn, continuing to harm the world.

Although this gray-robed old man was a corpse refiner, because he was refined by someone before his death, his primordial spirit had also been trapped in the corpse for hundreds of years and could not reincarnate.

Song Qingming letting his primordial spirit out this time can be considered as doing a good deed, helping him to be completely liberated so that he can reincarnate and be reborn as a human again.

After solving the gray-robed old man, Song Qingming collected his corpse along with the flying sword magic treasure into a storage magic tool, then turned around and immediately came to "Jin Feng," who was still entangled with those Foundation Establishment corpse refiners.

At this time, "Jin Feng" and the others had already occupied some advantages and solved seven or eight opponents. After Song Qingming joined the battlefield, he immediately accelerated the battle process and knocked them all to the ground in less than a quarter of an hour.

Since discovering this senior’s cave abode, Chen Yuting had also thought that there might be some danger inside, but she really didn’t expect that it would be so dangerous after coming in, and even Core Formation-stage corpse refiners ran out.

If it weren’t for bringing Song Qingming here this time, just relying on Chen Yuting alone to enter this place would undoubtedly be like a sheep entering a tiger’s mouth to die. At that time, not only would she not get any spiritual objects, but she would also die.

Just after the battle ended, looking at the corpse refiners all over the ground, Chen Yuting, who still had lingering fears, hurriedly turned around and came to Song Qingming, bowing and saluting:

"I didn’t expect that there would be so many powerful corpse refiners hidden in this place. If it weren’t for Senior coming here together, even if I could come in today, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to live out. This junior thanks Senior for saving my life."

Hearing this, Song Qingming immediately waved his hand: "Since we agreed to come together, I will naturally take action if there is anything. You don’t need to think too much, stand up first."

After comforting Chen Yuting, Song Qingming took the two women to search these Foundation Establishment corpse refiners and found many second-rank magic tools they used. Afterward, Song Qingming cast a spell to burn all these corpses with elixir fire.

Looking at the flames in front of him slowly burning, Luo Li, who couldn’t bear it, couldn’t help but say: "I don’t know who the owner of this cave abode is, to refine so many living people into corpse refiners. His heart is really vicious."

As soon as Luo Li finished speaking, Chen Yuting immediately pointed to the position where these corpse refiners had just appeared and said to Song Qingming beside her:

"Senior, these corpse refiners seem to have run out from behind those wooden boxes. I think there must be some mechanism hidden there. Let’s go and look for it. Maybe we can find the place where the owner of the cave abode is hiding."

"Hmm! You stay here and don’t go over first. I’ll go and check the situation first."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he gave an instruction to "Jin Feng," arranging for him to continue guarding the entrance of the cave abode, before walking alone toward the wall behind the pile of wooden boxes.