Translator: Cinder Translations
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Holding the jade bottle, Song Wen sensed the pure and flawless essence blood within.
Song Wen was very satisfied.
This was currently the only thod he could think of to quickly earn spiritual stones.
Yesterday, at the market, Song Wen noticed the high price of refined essence blood.
The essence blood he forced out was pure, singular, without any impurities or blemishes. Anyone who inspected it would think it had been completely refined from the blood essence of a late-stage Qi Refinent righteous cultivator.
Song Wen estimated that if he set up a stall at the market, this half-bottle of essence blood could fetch at least 80 to 100 spiritual stones.
After storing away the jade bottle, Song Wen took out the Corpse Qi obtained yesterday and concurrently consud a Corpse Blood Pill, beginning to cultivate the "Corpse King's Blood Refining Technique."
As for the "Forbidden Divine Art," he planned to wait until the soul fragnts in his sea of consciousness approached saturation before cultivating it again.
In the blink of an eye, over ten days passed. With abundant qi and blood, Corpse Qi, and the assistance of Corpse Blood Pills, Song Wen's cultivation progressed extrely rapidly. His current cultivation had already stepped into the mid-stage of the second layer of Qi Refinent.
Such cultivation speed would be considered remarkable even in the fast-progressing demonic path.
During these ten-plus days, Song Wen had been continuously stealing essence blood from the Corpse Dissecting Cave. However, unlike the first day, he dared not devour blood as recklessly. He daily controlled his qi and blood within a range he could freely manipulate.
Even so, he had already condensed three full bottles of essence blood.
After finishing dissecting corpses for the day, Song Wen planned to go to the market and discreetly dispose of these three bottles of essence blood.
At the hour of the third watch, Song Wen completed his daily corpse dissecting and took the resolved essence to Yuan Cheng's cave.
After handing over the storage bags, he was about to leave but was stopped by Yuan Cheng.
"Ji Yin, please wait a mont."
"Brother Yuan, what instructions do you have?"
Song Wen had to stop his steps, put on a respectful smile, and said.
"I have a corpse here that needs to be processed quickly. Ji Yin, please first resolve this corpse."
As he spoke, Yuan Cheng handed over a storage bag.
Although reluctant in his heart, Song Wen dared not show it.
When under soone else's roof, one has to lower one's head!
He nodded and said with a smile, "No problem, Brother Yuan."
Song Wen took the storage bag and headed towards the corpse dissecting platform.
"Ji Yin, please be careful when dissecting this corpse."
Yuan Cheng's voice sounded behind Song Wen. Suddenly, Song Wen felt he had agreed too quickly just now, as if he had overlooked sothing important.
For an ordinary corpse, Yuan Cheng wouldn't hurry soone to resolve it on the sa day; they could easily wait until the next day.
The fact that it had to be resolved today ant that if this corpse were left until tomorrow, sothing unexpected might happen.
But what unexpected event could happen with just one corpse?
Could it be a false corpse?
Even if it were a false corpse, within the Necromancer Sect, a newly transford corpse wouldn't cause much trouble.
Song Wen couldn't figure out the reason behind this and could only turn around, looking at Yuan Cheng in confusion.
However, Yuan Cheng said nothing more, already closing his eyes and ditating in his own cave, as if the warning he had just given was not from him, completely ignoring Song Wen's movents.
Seeing that he didn't want to speak further, Song Wen could only continue with trepidation towards the corpse dissecting platform. However, in his heart, he beca wary of this particular corpse.
At this thought, he felt sowhat annoyed. If he hadn't been the last one to finish dissecting corpses, Yuan Cheng wouldn't have singled him out to dissect this corpse.
Song Wen didn't imdiately open the storage bag but instead took out a pair of leather gloves and a leather apron from his own storage bag.
This was an experience he had observed during nearly two months of working in the Corpse Dissecting Cave.
So other experienced corpse dissectors would wear gloves and aprons for protection when dissecting certain specific corpses. So even wore gloves and protective gear of the Fa Yan level.
TL Note: "Fa" (法) often refers to law, principles, or dharma in Chinese, while "Yan" (衍) ans developnt, evolution, or extension.
The Fa Yan level gloves and protective gear were not affordable for Song Wen, so he could only use leather substitutes.
Even if Song Wen sold those three bottles of essence blood now, he wouldn't dare to buy even the lowest-grade Fa Yan gloves and gear. Otherwise, it would definitely attract attention from others.
As a lone newcor who had barely been in the sect for less than three months, where would he get the spiritual stones to purchase Fa Yan equipnt?
Keep wealth concealed, words unspoken!
This was the first rule Song Wen had set for himself in this dangerous world.
Seeing the corpse appearing on the corpse dissecting platform, Song Wen didn't imdiately start dissecting it but carefully observed it.
The owner of this corpse seed to be an old woman, appearing very aged with a sowhat hunched figure. The wrinkles on her skin were very pronounced, resembling the body of an ordinary elderly person who had died of natural causes.
There were many water stains on the corpse, lted from ice crystals. Additionally, there were sporadic unlted ice crystals on the body.
The fatal injury to the corpse was at the back of the head, where there was a bowl-sized hole, as if soone had smashed her skull with a claw.
Inside the hole at the back of the head, there were still many ice crystals that had not completely lted.
It was apparent that she had been killed and then frozen using ice-based techniques.
Since she had already been killed, why would soone waste energy freezing her like this?
This doubt surfaced in Song Wen's mind.
If the old woman had been frozen with ice spells before she died, the ice crystals would only appear on the surface of her body, not in the hole at the back of her head.
Song Wen took out a bone-picking knife and began carefully cutting open the old woman's clothes.
The thin layer of ice crystals on the corpse was unexpectedly tough, posing a significant challenge for Song Wen.
Following the frozen areas, Song Wen struggled to cut through the clothing and then peeled it off.
"I wonder if these ice crystals were left by a Foundation Establishnt stage cultivator?" Song Wen thought, shocked.
A skeletal, bloodless, emaciated corpse appeared before his eyes, resembling the body of soone who had suffered from long-term malnutrition and starvation.
Of course, Song Wen did not believe that soone killed by a Foundation Establishnt stage cultivator would suffer from malnutrition.
The old woman's body seed more like it had been depleted of qi and blood due to sothing continuously sucking away its vitality.
There weren't many ice crystals on the corpse, and they weren't connected in a continuous layer. Song Wen could still find gaps between the ice crystals to dissect the body.
However, due to the low temperature affecting the corpse and the high cultivation level of the old woman, estimated to be a Foundation Establishnt stage powerhouse, the body's natural strength was extrely high, making the dissection very difficult.
In theory, this corpse should have been an excellent material for refining corpse puppets. However, for so reason, it had been sent to the Corpse Dissecting Cave to be dissected for obtaining essence blood.
This puzzled Song Wen greatly.
"If only I could refine this corpse into a corpse puppet."
Since obtaining the "Ghost Corpse Technique," he hadn't found a suitable body to refine into a corpse puppet. Now, he had to dissect such an exceptional corpse. He couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
However, with only a cultivation level of the second layer of Qi Refinent, Song Wen was very clear that he couldn't guess the decisions of the higher-ups in the Corpse Demon Sect. He only needed to follow orders and dissect the corpse.
Due to the various abnormalities on the corpse, Song Wen didn't dare to devour its essence blood. He began the dissection cautiously, hoping nothing unexpected would occur.
(End of the Chapter)
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