Chapter 729

From the moment those Foundation Establishment corpse-refining beings appeared, Song Qingming already knew that they all ran out from behind the wooden box, and immediately expressed his agreement with Chen Yuting's words.

However, he didn't know if there were other dangers in the cave dwelling now. For the sake of safety, Song Qingming still let Luo Li and the other not approach there first, and wait until he checked the situation clearly before saying anything.

After carefully searching behind the wooden box, Song Qingming soon found a very hidden secret door on the wall. After opening it, a small hole only large enough for one person to pass through was revealed behind the secret door.

After finding the entrance, Song Qingming patted the spiritual beast bag at his waist and released two "Gold Illusion Butterflies," directing them to enter the hole directly.

After a short while, after sensing the information transmitted from the hole by the "Gold Illusion Butterflies," Song Qingming waved to Luo Li and the other on the side and led them into the hole together.

Walking along the small hole for about a few dozen feet, Song Qingming soon jumped into a cave that was several times wider than the outside.

This cave is much cleaner and tidier than the outside, without too many messy things. Except for some daily necessities, there are only a desk and several wooden shelves full of various books left.

Just after walking into this place, Song Qingming felt a rich spiritual energy coming from around, which seemed to have reached the standard of a third-tier spiritual vein. After walking a few steps, he discovered that this rich spiritual energy came from a spring eye.

"So there is a spiritual spring eye here. No wonder a Golden Core cultivator would choose this place as a cave dwelling." Chen Yuting, who followed Song Qingming in, saw the spring eye not far away and immediately couldn't help but sigh.

The spiritual energy emanating from this "Spiritual Spring Eye" is already close to the third-tier middle-grade, which is enough to accommodate a Golden Core cultivator's daily cultivation needs. This thing is something that some Golden Core loose cultivators outside would be jealous of.

It's just a pity that this "Spiritual Spring Eye" cannot be moved away. Chen Yuting looked at the spring eye before her and couldn't help but sigh with some regret.

Seeing this, Luo Li, who was on the side, also stepped forward to take a look, and then smiled and said: "Sister Chen, don't care about this thing that can't be taken away. Let's hurry up and find other spiritual items. A Golden Core senior's cave dwelling must have many good things."

Hearing Luo Li's comfort, Chen Yuting immediately came back to her senses and began to search in the cave dwelling with her.

Song Qingming took the initiative to walk to the desk and check some books placed on it, wanting to try to see if he could find information about the owner of the cave dwelling from here.

Before coming in, Song Qingming had already carefully explored the cave dwelling with the "Gold Illusion Butterflies" and did not find any strange aura, having already ruled out the danger here, so the actions of the three were also bolder than before outside.

After scanning a circle, Song Qingming found that the books on the table were basically classics related to learning alchemy and artifact refining, which shows that the owner of this cave dwelling is still very studious and talented.

Not finding anything useful to him on the table, Song Qingming set his sights on the wooden shelves in the back, and scanned all the books and secret methods he could see.

It was not until he picked up a circle of relatively ancient bamboo slips that Song Qingming's originally very plain face finally became a bit serious.

"Corpse-refining technique, there really is such a thing." After Song Qingming used his spiritual sense to explore the secret method in the bamboo slips, he picked it out and put it aside.

"Senior Song, hurry up, we found a secret room here!"

Just when Song Qingming was about to check other books, he suddenly heard Luo Li calling him not far away, so he hurriedly put down the books in his hand and walked towards her.

Luo Li and Chen Yuting were standing in front of a mountain wall. Just after walking over, Song Qingming saw a crack on the wall and immediately understood that there should be a secret room here.

After letting the two women step back, Song Qingming took out the "White Dragon Ruler" to protect himself, and then stepped forward and pushed directly with force.

Soon, with a "creak" sound of stone rubbing, a stone room four or five feet wide appeared directly before Song Qingming's eyes.

Looking inside, he found that there were still a few figures standing not far away with their backs to him, which made Song Qingming feel a bit nervous, and he poured magic power into the magic treasure in front of him.

However, what made Song Qingming a bit surprised was that these figures were just standing there motionless, and there was no powerful aura emanating from their bodies.

Understanding that the other party seemed to be "corpse-refining" as well, Song Qingming slowly breathed a sigh of relief, turned back to wave to the two women behind him, and walked directly into the stone room before him.

Luo Li and the other two were also startled when they entered the door and saw the "corpse-refining" beings standing inside.

However, when they saw Song Qingming approaching the side of those "corpse-refining" beings, they were still motionless, and there was no aura emanating from their bodies, so they instantly understood and walked into the stone room with peace of mind.

"This place should be where that person made corpse-refining beings. These corpse-refining beings should be semi-finished products that have not been fully refined; otherwise, they should have gone out to deal with us just now."

Hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Chen Yuting and the other nodded hurriedly, and then their gazes searched in the stone room again.

Except for the few "corpse-refining" beings near the door, this stone room also had a huge artifact refining furnace, as well as many various materials and ores used for artifact refining.

Located in the innermost place, there was also a golden cushion with a trace of shine, which immediately attracted the attention of the three Song Qingming.

Just when the three stepped forward to collect this spiritual item, Luo Li, who was relatively sharp-eyed, saw a circular jade pendant full of dust placed behind the cushion and hurriedly ran over to pick it up.

After wiping the dust on the jade pendant clean, Luo Li hurriedly shouted to Song Qingming, who had come to her side: "Senior, look, this seems to be a storage magic tool."

Taking the jade pendant handed over by Luo Li, Song Qingming tried to wrap the jade pendant with his own magic power and immediately felt a trace of spatial spiritual energy coming from it, and a happy smile immediately appeared on his face.

"We really have good luck. This is indeed a storage magic tool that only Golden Core cultivators can use."

"Oh! It really is a storage magic tool, that's really great. I haven't found the owner of the cave dwelling, and I thought there was only this much gain. I didn't expect the storage magic tool to be hidden here.

It's just a bit strange, we found the storage magic tool, why don't we see the skeleton of the owner of the cave dwelling? Could it be that he really didn't pass away in this cave dwelling."

Seeing Song Qingming confirm that the jade pendant before him was a storage magic tool, Chen Yuting was happy first, and then said the doubts in her heart.

Except for the storage magic tool that the few found, there was nothing else around the cushion, and everything in the entire stone room was basically in full view.

Since the three entered, they searched the entire cave dwelling and never found the most important remains of the owner of the cave dwelling, which made Chen Yuting also have a trace of worry in her heart, fearing that the storage magic tool before her might be an abandoned item of the owner of the cave dwelling and there was nothing good in it.

Hearing what Chen Yuting said, Song Qingming also smiled and nodded slightly: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, but since we have obtained this storage magic tool, let's open it and see! Even if there are no other spiritual items inside, this jade pendant alone can be exchanged for many spirit stones. This trip we came in, although there was some danger, there was also some gain. Next, it depends on fate."

"Senior is right. Since we found a storage magic tool, let's open it and see. If it is really the fortune we should get, there will naturally be things inside.

This time we came here to search for treasure, we can be considered to have done our best. If the things in this cave dwelling are really things we cannot enjoy, then it can only be said that our fortune is not enough." Just as Song Qingming finished speaking, Luo Li on the side also echoed.

Song Qingming and Chen Yuting heard her words and all smiled slightly on their faces.

Although they both knew that fortune cannot be forced, they still held a trace of expectation for the things in the storage magic tool in their hearts. In this regard, the two were not as open-minded as Luo Li.

After casting a spell to cremate and burn those few "corpse-refining" beings in the stone room, Song Qingming came to the side of the "Spiritual Spring Eye" outside and began to cast a spell to break the restriction above the storage magic tool jade pendant with the help of the rich spiritual energy here.

This storage magic tool had not been used by anyone for at least several hundred years, and the restriction set by the original owner above had automatically weakened a lot. Song Qingming only spent less than a day to successfully break the restriction on the jade pendant and successfully open this storage magic tool.

Seeing Song Qingming probe his spiritual sense into the jade pendant, Chen Yuting and Luo Li, who were standing on the side, also showed a trace of nervousness.

A moment later, seeing Song Qingming open his eyes with a calm face, Chen Yuting hurriedly asked: "Senior Song, how is it, are there any spiritual items inside, is this the storage magic tool of the owner of the cave dwelling?"

Song Qingming nodded to the two women with a smile upon hearing this: "I just took a rough look, there are many spiritual items and more than 10,000 spirit stones and other sundries inside, it should be the owner of the cave dwelling, no mistake."

"Haha! Sure enough, then we didn't run for nothing this time." Hearing Song Qingming's words, Luo Li and Chen Yuting immediately hugged each other excitedly.

Seeing the two women so happy, Song Qingming smiled and didn't say much, and directly cast a spell to take out all the spiritual items in the jade pendant.

Seeing the spirit stones piled up like a mountain before Song Qingming, as well as various high-tier spiritual items, Chen Yuting and Luo Li were also dazzled for a time, and couldn't believe that all these things were found by them just now.

Seeing Song Qingming put the jade pendant aside and start counting the spiritual items before him, Luo Li and the other also took the initiative to step forward to help. The three spent a full quarter of an hour to count all the spiritual items inside. The more valuable spiritual items in this storage magic tool included three magic treasures, five third-tier spiritual talismans, a third-tier middle-grade flying boat, and more than 20,000 spirit stones.

In addition, there were a pile of cultivation techniques and secret books, as well as classics for learning cultivation skills such as artifact refining and alchemy, and some sundries such as artifact refining materials.

In the process of organizing these cultivation classics, Song Qingming accidentally flipped through several secret methods about corpse-refining techniques, so he picked them up and looked at them carefully.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuting, who was beside him, glanced at the words "Heavenly Corpse Art" written on the secret book in Song Qingming's hand and suddenly revealed a look of surprise.

"How could this person have the Heavenly Corpse Art cultivation technique? Could it be that he is the Heavenly Corpse Daoist who has been missing from our Chixing Sea Area for more than six hundred years?"

"Heavenly Corpse Daoist? What is the background of this person." Hearing Chen Yuting's words and seeing that the other party recognized the origin of the owner of the cave dwelling, Song Qingming immediately asked with some curiosity.

Chen Yuting paused for a moment, organized her thoughts, and then replied: "Senior Song may not know, this Heavenly Corpse Daoist is a Golden Core loose cultivator who shook our Chixing Sea Area hundreds of years ago.

This person not only has a cultivation base that has reached the Golden Core peak, but also has cultivated a very powerful corpse-refining technique. Although he is a loose cultivator, he is a figure that major sects nearby dare not provoke at will.

However, the Heavenly Corpse Daoist suddenly left the Chixing Sea Area and disappeared six hundred years ago. Some people say that his lifespan was near and he went to other cultivation worlds to seek fortune for breaking through to the Nascent Soul, and some people say that he fell into a secret realm outside.

This Heavenly Corpse Art is his unique corpse-refining technique. If I didn't guess wrong, it seems that this cave dwelling should be the Heavenly Corpse Daoist's. No wonder so many corpse-refining beings appeared to attack us just now."

"Oh! You mean his cultivation has reached the ninth layer of the Golden Core. Could it be that the late Golden Core corpse-refining being who fought with me outside just now is this person?"

Hearing Chen Yuting's introduction, Song Qingming suddenly remembered the gray-robed old man he fought with before and couldn't help but feel that this person was somewhat similar to what she said about the Heavenly Corpse Daoist.

"Senior Song says so, it is indeed somewhat similar. However, this Heavenly Corpse Daoist is a figure who became famous six hundred years ago. I only heard about him from the classics left by the family and don't know much about him.

It is just said that the Heavenly Corpse Daoist's actions back then were also extremely cruel. In order to cultivate the corpse-refining technique, he killed several small sects in the Chixing Sea Area.

Later, several major Golden Core sects in the Chixing Sea Area jointly pursued him, and even attracted Nascent Soul sects nearby to take action. As a result, the Heavenly Corpse Daoist also had extraordinary supernatural powers. He was surrounded by five Golden Core ancestors on White Wall Island. After a great battle, he was still seriously injured and escaped.

In the end, it only forced the Heavenly Corpse Daoist to disappear for a period of time. Not long after, he returned to the Chixing Sea Area, but his evil actions were much more restrained than before, and few people have seen him again.

It's really surprising that the Heavenly Corpse Daoist has been hiding next to the Chixing Sea Area all along. However, it's still a bit early to say these things. Whether it is this person or not, I am not too sure now."

"No matter! Whether it is him or not, I will know after checking."

Song Qingming replied softly, then waved his hand to take out the flying sword magic treasure of the gray-robed old man he had collected earlier and put it together with the several magic treasures found in the jade pendant.

Then he cast a spell to carefully probe the cultivator marks left on them with his spiritual sense and found that they were exactly the same as he had thought, which also proved that these magic treasures were refined and used by the same person.

"That's right, the aura of this person remains on these magic treasures, which can confirm that the person who fought with me just now is the Heavenly Corpse Daoist."

Having been in here for so long and unable to find the owner of the cave dwelling, unexpectedly this person had already turned into a "corpse-refining" being, which also made a trace of surprise appear on the faces of the three.

"This thief has done many evil things in his cultivation for hundreds of years, but in the end, he turned into a corpse-refining being and did not enter reincarnation. It is really karmic retribution!"

"The reincarnation of the Dao in the world, cause and effect all have fixed numbers, it's just that we can't feel it usually. Practitioners still need to correct their conduct to achieve the Great Dao." Hearing what Luo Li said, a trace of thoughtful expression also appeared on Song Qingming's face.

Through previous observations, as well as the corpse-refining techniques Song Qingming saw before, Song Qingming could probably guess why this "Heavenly Corpse Daoist" turned into a corpse-refining being himself.

His lifespan was near, and he was unable to break through to the Nascent Soul realm for a long time. It is estimated that he relied on this corpse-refining technique to take some evil path, wanting to extend his own lifespan, but something went wrong, and he finally turned himself into a "corpse-refining" being with incomplete spiritual wisdom.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have even carried his own storage magic tool with him and was thrown aside like an ordinary spiritual item.

To verify his guess, Song Qingming opened the "Heavenly Corpse Art" left by the Heavenly Corpse Daoist and scanned it carefully. Sure enough, as he expected, he found a secret method similar to refining himself into a corpse king.

According to the records above, if this method can be achieved, one can directly turn to cultivate the corpse-ghost path and let oneself become a "Corpse King" with spiritual wisdom no different from ordinary people.

The so-called "Corpse King" and the "Golden Core Ghost King" that Song Qingming saw back then belong to the corpse-ghost path that is not tolerated by righteous cultivators.

Although cultivating this path can enjoy much more lifespan than normal cultivators, after all, the physical body has turned into a corpse-ghost, the path of advancement is much slower than that of normal cultivators, and luck is also difficult to be favored by the Dao of Heaven.

Except for people like the "Heavenly Corpse Daoist" who have near lifespan and are unwilling to reincarnate and re-cultivate, ordinary normal cultivators will not have the idea of taking this corpse-ghost path abandoned by the Dao of Heaven.

This "Heavenly Corpse Daoist" tried to refine himself into a "Corpse King" and wanted to turn to cultivate the corpse-ghost path to prolong his own life, but in the end, he failed and turned himself into a "corpse-refining" being with incomplete spiritual wisdom.

Because of this, the "Heavenly Corpse Daoist" who turned into a corpse-refining being, although still having supernatural powers not weaker than Golden Core cultivators, because of the lack of spiritual wisdom, could not even open the restrictions he originally set up, so he was trapped in the cave dwelling for hundreds of years.

It was not until Chen Yuting accidentally brought Song Qingming here to find this place that his life was finally ended and his primordial spirit was allowed to escape into reincarnation.

However, having said that, the Heavenly Corpse Daoist's supernatural powers were so powerful when he was alive. If he had encountered him in his prime, Song Qingming would probably not have taken any advantage in fighting him.

Fortunately, the other party had already turned into a "corpse-refining" being with incomplete spiritual wisdom and couldn't even exert half of his original supernatural powers. Otherwise, Song Qingming wouldn't have been able to solve this "Heavenly Corpse Daoist" so easily just now.

Thinking of this, Song Qingming also felt some comfort in his heart. This can also be considered the greatest luck among their misfortunes.

When flipping through the Heavenly Corpse Art left by the "Heavenly Corpse Daoist," Song Qingming's gaze was suddenly attracted by a secret method above. After checking it carefully, a trace of joy couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation! No wonder those Foundation Establishment corpse-refining beings could form a formation to resist Golden Wind for a short time just now. It turns out it was because of the Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation."

According to the Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation, after cultivating this secret method, one can combine the corpse-refining beings under control to exert combined force against the enemy. As long as the number of Foundation Establishment corpse-refining beings is large enough, they can even cross levels to resist ordinary Golden Core cultivators, and the power is no worse than the formations controlled by ordinary cultivators of the same level.

And this "Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation" is not limited to controlling corpse-refining beings; things like corpse puppets and puppets can all be used to cultivate this formation.

Seeing the refining method of the "Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation" in his hand, Song Qingming couldn't help but start to fantasize.

If he could improve this formation of the "Heavenly Corpse Daoist" and replace those Foundation Establishment corpse-refining beings with Golden Core corpse puppets or puppets to control, the power displayed would probably make even Nascent Soul cultivators fear three points.

Although Song Qingming only has one Golden Core corpse puppet "Golden Wind" on him at present and cannot use this method to form a formation, as long as he has spirit stones in his hand, he will always have a chance to use this secret method in the future.

Standing on the spot and thinking for a while, Song Qingming directly put away the "Heavenly Corpse Art" in his hand and several other cultivation techniques about corpse-refining techniques, then turned to Chen Yuting and the other on the side and said:

"These sets of cultivation techniques are of some use to me, so I will take them first. Later, you can take an extra share of other spiritual items."

Seeing Song Qingming put away the "Heavenly Corpse Art" in his hand, Chen Yuting thought he was afraid that the two of them would try to cultivate it in the future, so he wanted to take it away in advance, and immediately smiled and replied: "These evil cultivation techniques are of no use to us. If the senior finds them useful, just take them away. There is no need to be so polite. Let's still follow what we said before, the senior takes half of all spiritual items first, and the remaining half will be divided equally between me and Luo Li."

The three people who came to explore the cave dwelling this time experienced dangers. Chen Yuting now also knows deeply that without Song Qingming coming, even if they could get in, they wouldn't be able to take away any things, and they would be very likely to die in vain.

When it came to dividing the spiritual items, Chen Yuting naturally didn't dare to let Song Qingming, the greatest contributor to this trip, suffer a loss. Even if she took less, she was willing.

However, except for the "Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation" that had already been put away by him, Song Qingming didn't really look at the other spiritual items before him. Hearing what Chen Yuting said, he immediately waved his hand and said: "After all, this place was found by you. Such a distribution method is also a bit unfair to you. I think it's better to do this: all spiritual items, we each take four parts, and the remaining two parts will be divided for Luo Li."

"Hmm! Then follow the senior's plan." Hearing the distribution plan proposed by Song Qingming, Chen Yuting didn't say much and immediately nodded in agreement.

Luo Li on the side was a bit embarrassed. Her main purpose this time was to come out for training. She didn't want to take any spiritual items from the beginning, and she didn't make any contributions in the actions just now.

Hearing that Song Qingming and the other wanted to divide two parts of spiritual items for her, Luo Li immediately opened her mouth to refuse, but because both Song Qingming and Chen Yuting were very persistent, she finally had no choice but to nod in agreement with the distribution plan they set.