Ancient Tomb
Hearing that they would have to refine corpses upon arrival, and that they had to provide their own materials, most people were bewildered.
The unofficial disciples were fine, but the newly promoted disciples were dumbfounded.
The Fatty mustered his courage and said, “Sect Master, we don’t know how to refine corpses!”
Zhao Shouren chuckled ominously, “That’s why I gave you three days to prepare, didn’t I?”
“Someone will distribute the 《Corpse Refining Manual》 and 《Corpse Seeking Art》 later. You will study them yourselves these three days!”
Lin Luochen finally understood why Su Yuyao insisted that he observe her corpse refinement. So this was her plan?
The crowd felt uneasy, but they also knew this was part of the test, a test of talent and adaptability.
Amidst their apprehension, disciples soon came forward to distribute two beginner cultivation methods to everyone.
Zhao Shouren said calmly, “Alright, return to the Disciple Pavilion. Someone will give you your Outing Tokens in three days.”
“Then you will leave the sect on your own and return within seven days. Except for not being able to use external forces, all means can be used!”
Lin Luochen glanced at Su Yuyao above, saw her nod slightly, and followed the others to the Disciple Pavilion.
He was overjoyed in his heart. He had finally escaped the clutches of that Enchantress!
Seeing his uncontainable smile, Su Yuyao’s fists clenched!
Is being with me that painful?
Lin Luochen, you want to escape? Can you escape from my grasp?
Su Yuyao snorted, quickly ran over, and hugged True Person Cuiyin’s arm, acting cute.
“Master, look, they’re trying to steal your grandchild disciple! I only just managed to take on a disciple!”
True Person Cuiyin couldn’t help but smile. The pressure had worked; this little girl was acting cute.
“Yuyao, don’t worry, Master will speak up for you later. Your Little Luochen can’t escape!”
Su Yuyao’s beautiful eyes lit up, and she said sweetly, “Thank you, Master. Master is the best!”
True Person Cuiyin smiled indulgently, “Your junior brother is indeed important, but you mustn’t neglect your own cultivation, understand?”
“Understood!”
Su Yuyao looked obedient, and True Person Cuiyin helplessly patted her head.
“Don’t just talk the talk, Xia Jiuyou is already wielding the Heavenly Sword and traveling the world, but you can’t even lift a Corpse Sword, making me the laughingstock!”
Six Holy Maidens each wielded a Six Paths Sword, and together with the Reincarnation Disk in the Holy Empress’s hand, they formed the Reincarnation Holy Hall’s sacred artifact – the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.
Su Yuyao couldn’t withstand the baleful aura of the Corpse Sword, so the Corpse Sword had always been held by the previous generation’s Holy Maiden, True Person Cuiyin.
Su Yuyao stuck out her tongue and said, “Xia Jiuyou says she travels the world, but isn’t she always followed by a Guardian, afraid of losing the Heavenly Sword?”
“Master, you don’t want to always follow me either, and isn’t there Song Shuhan from the Imperial Spirit Sect as a backup?”
True Person Cuiyin said exasperatedly, “Her spirit beast is a True Dragon, but you can’t even control a corpse demon!”
Su Yuyao declared confidently, “Disciple will definitely work hard in cultivation and strive to take the Holy Empress’s throne to restore your honor!”
Seeing her like this, True Person Cuiyin laughed and walked to the back hall helplessly.
This disciple of hers had excellent aptitude, but she had always been resistant to corpse refinement, especially refining humans.
All she had were demon corpse puppets, justifying it by saying that demon corpses were stronger, which made True Person Cuiyin very helpless.
So this time, she forcibly gave Lin Luochen a corpse beauty, not only out of fondness but also to eliminate his resistance to corpses.
Lin Luochen had no idea he was implicated by Su Yuyao. He was currently in the simple Disciple Pavilion.
However, he shared the same idea as Su Yuyao: he had to join the Corpse Yin Sect, but corpse refinement was out of the question.
Of course, enemies were an exception!
Anyway, the Corpse Yin Sect didn’t forcibly require corpse refinement. If necessary, he could just buy a few to get by.
As for this assessment, Lin Luochen already had a plan, after all, this assessment had too much room for maneuvering.
Lin Luochen leisurely flipped through the two beginner cultivation methods, focusing on the 《Corpse Seeking Art》.
Although it was about corpse seeking, at its core, it was Chi Feng’s geomancy, which could be compared to the cultivation method given by Chi Feng.
Just as Lin Luochen was about to ask Qu Lingyin, he suddenly found that the two koi and the Azure Lotus in his Sea of Consciousness were in much better condition, and he was incredibly surprised.
“Lingyin, did you notice that the Azure Lotus and the koi seem to have recovered quite a bit?”
Qu Lingyin pouted and said, “Of course, I noticed. Otherwise, I would have urged you earlier!”
Lin Luochen murmured, “So it wasn’t my imagination, but where did they get their power?”
“Of course they absorbed the power of Heaven and Earth, they can’t possibly absorb you!”
“But they didn’t change at all after waiting for three months in the Ancient Times.”
Qu Lingyin explained, “Perhaps the Heaven and Earth are different now. Today’s Heaven and Earth are full of stray power of Heaven and Earth.”
Lin Luochen said in bewilderment, “Why is that?”
Qu Lingyin explained, “This world is no longer the seamless whole of the Ancient Times. There are many loopholes.”
“If you compare the Heaven and Earth to a house, in the Ancient Times, it was airtight. If you wanted to take something, you had to get the Master’s permission.”
“Now this house is riddled with holes, leaking everywhere. As long as you have the ability, you can extract the power of Heaven and Earth from it.”
Lin Luochen suddenly understood, but he had new doubts.
“Why did Heaven and Earth become like this?”
Qu Lingyin was silent for a while before giving an answer that wasn’t entirely accurate.
“Who knows? Perhaps it was the endless battles of the various clans’ strong people in the Ancient Times that shattered Heaven and Earth.”
“Or perhaps the strong people who ascended through the generations took the power of Heaven and Earth away from this world, thus causing the imbalance of Heaven and Earth.”
Lin Luochen sighed helplessly, “But this is also quite good, at least we don’t have to work hard to absorb the power of Heaven and Earth.”
Qu Lingyin said calmly, “It’s good now, but it may not be in the future!”
“When Qingxu is damaged to a certain extent, the power of Heaven and Earth will overflow, exposing its location.”
“Then extraterrestrial demons will descend, and the demons and various clans suppressed for many years will rise again, and the Human Race will decline.”
“This is the world I’m in, the future a thousand years from now. You are now merely experiencing the calm before the storm.”
Lin Luochen sighed involuntarily and felt a sense of urgency.
If he didn’t want to be destroyed by the tide of the times, he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible to protect himself.
Qu Lingyin reminded, “When they recover after a while, remember to send me back!”
Whether this guy is the Reincarnation Holy Monarch or not will depend on whether I can return to the future next time!
Although Lin Luochen felt uneasy in his heart, he could only grit his teeth and agree.
“I know, don’t worry!”
Judging by the recovery speed of the koi and the Azure Lotus, it would probably only take two or three months.
Lin Luochen sighed inwardly, what will be, will be.
He collected himself and was about to cultivate when a knock sounded on the door!
Lin Luochen stood up and opened the door, finding Li Gousheng, Lan Shuiyun, and four Grade A disciples standing outside.
Lin Luochen glanced at them and smiled, “Fellow Daoists, is there something you need?”
Li Gousheng smiled obsequiously, “Fellow Daoist Lin, are you confident about passing this assessment?”
Lin Luochen raised an eyebrow, “Fellow Daoists, are you trying to team up with me?”
Li Gousheng nodded incessantly, “Yes, that’s exactly what we mean. Fellow disciples helping each other out!”
Lin Luochen scoffed at this, smiling, “Why should I team up with you?”
“Fellow Daoist Lin, you know Fairy Lan is from a prominent family, right?”
Lin Luochen was bewildered and nodded blankly, “So what?”
Li Gousheng looked around furtively and lowered his voice, “Fairy Lan knows the location of an Ancient Tomb!”
“Her clan elders have been there before. Although there are no treasures, there are corpses suitable for refining Silver Corpses!”
Lin Luochen was astonished, “An Ancient Tomb from the Ancient Times?”
Li Gousheng nodded, “Fellow Daoist Lin, as long as you team up with us, passing this assessment will be a piece of cake. What do you say?”