Chapter 489 Covering the Sky with One Hand

"Not bad!" Lu Chengyun nodded.

Zhang Quan's face was filled with anger.

Lu Chengyun glanced at Zhang Quan lightly, "What do you want?"

Zhang Quan suppressed his anger, his eyes were full of ambition, and he said coldly:

"What else?"

"The corpse king is dormant and the walking corpses are mining. Isn't it the same as letting the evil sword gather dust?"

"When the Corpse King is born, he should naturally command the corpses to be invincible and dominate the state boundaries!"

"With the Corpse King, there are so many iron corpses, and there are so many walking corpses."

"In the entire Xiaohuang state boundary, no, even in several adjacent state boundaries, which force can be our opponent?"

"As far as the zombie army can reach, corpses are everywhere."

"Anyone who disobeys will be devoured!"

"Without any effort, we first occupy Nanyue City, then dominate the border of Xiaohuang State step by step, and then gradually encroach on the border of the adjacent second-grade state..."

"We refine corpses and kill people, and then kill people and refine corpses!"

"It goes round and round, over and over again, and continues to grow in power!"

"We can use this to establish a powerful corpse path demon sect, with a glorious sect and proud ancestors, and a unique world."

"At that time, you and I were the founders of the corpse sect. How could we care about the mere title of family head?"

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As if thinking of this vision, Zhang Quan's face turned red, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked excited.

Lu Chengyun was unmoved. Instead, he sneered and said with a sneer:

"Innocent!"

Zhang Quan's face darkened and he looked at Lu Chengyun with an unkind look.

Lu Chengyun didn't care, but said coldly:

"Although your Zhang family has some background in passing down corpse art from generation to generation, it is still a small clan, passed down from generation to generation alone, with only a few people, so your vision is limited and your structure is small..."

"Dominate the state boundaries, establish a sect, and establish a demon sect?" Lu Chengyun looked sarcastic, "Do you think this is playing house?"

"How can a second-grade corpse king and dozens of iron corpses be called hegemons?"

"Do you think Daoting is a vegetarian?"

"The Daoting has unified the nine states, and some giants of the demonic path that have been inherited for thousands of years know how to lurk and plan secretly, but dare not come forward. With our little family, what state can we occupy and what hegemony can we claim with these first- and second-level zombies?"

"Is it worthy?"

Zhang Quan's face turned blue and red for a while.

Lu Chengyun shook his head and sighed:

"You only know how to refine corpses, but you know very little about this world of cultivation. You are far from understanding how powerful Dao Ting is."

"We act in secret, build a corpse mine, and raise some walking corpses. If we don't show off, the Taoist court may not take care of it.

"Even if you want to take care of it, you may not be willing to pay the price and fight to the death with us."

"But if you make a big show of it, under the guise of inheriting the Corpse Way and establishing the Demon Sect, you will be violating a Taoist taboo!"

"Dao Ting will put us to death at all costs!"

"Once the news leaks out, within three days, hundreds of foundation-building Taoist soldiers will be armed with silver spears and gold armor, and they will march directly to the door in a mighty formation."

"Connect you and me to all the walking corpses and iron corpses in this corpse mine, kill them all, crush their bones and scatter them into ashes!"

"Not to mention one Corpse King, even ten of them are useless!"

"It's just the corpse king, not a big monster, a big corpse, or a big ghost. This is a catastrophe that is rare in a thousand years. Why do you and I dare to touch the Taoist court's bad luck and violate the Taoist court's taboo?"

"Are you stupid, or do you still think you have a long life?"

Lu Chengyun's tone was not polite at all.

Zhang Quan couldn't say a word, he was filled with anger and said angrily:

"But it can't be... just mining..."

Lu Chengyun's eyes darkened, "So your structure is too small."

Zhang Quan was startled.

Lu Chengyun sneered, "What happened to mining?"

“What is mining in exchange for?”

"It's a spiritual stone!"

"In this world, who doesn't want spiritual stones? Who would think there are too many spiritual stones? Without spiritual stones, how can one cultivate immortality or pursue the path?"

Zhang Quan frowned, thoughtfully.

Lu Chengyun looked indifferently and said:

"This monk from Nanyue City, while alive, mines for my Lu family. Even if he dies and becomes a zombie, he will still mine for my Lu family!"

"Life or death, you are all enslaved by my Lu family!"

“During the day, the living people dig it, and at night, the dead people dig it.”

"This mine will always produce output, and our Lu family will have an endless supply of spiritual stones!"

"Spiritual stones are the foundation!"

"With these spiritual stones, we can bribe the Tao Ting Si and various forces, raise them as 'pig', raise them to be greedy, raise them to be stupid, raise them to the point where their desires are hard to satisfy, and raise them to the point where we can only rely on our Lu family to raise them." They are really running amok in this small wilderness!"

"Domination? Is there any point in being hegemonic?"

"Becoming a demon? What if I become a demon?"

"The Daoting is unified, and the demon cultivators who dare to stand out have long since died without a burial place!"

"A true demon must learn to cling to Daotingsi, monopolize industries, earn spiritual stones, suck the blood of state monks, enslave them with power, oppress them with status, and squeeze them with spiritual stones..."

"It doesn't rely on killing, it doesn't rely on corpse poison, it doesn't rely on magic..."

"Eat their flesh, drink their blood, and strengthen yourself in a grand manner!"

"Even if Daoting wanted to investigate, nothing would be found."

"The local ministers are our people; the local sects are like us; the local families look up to us;"

"Those mine repairmen down there are soft-spoken and we step on them. They don't dare to say anything. Even if they say it, no one will believe it..."

"This is how to use spiritual stones!"

"This is the real thing, covering the sky with one hand!"

Lu Chengyun's voice was decisive and his eyes were deep.

Zhang Quan's expression changed.

Mo Hua, who was hiding behind the altar, was also frightened.

There was silence in the altar of ten thousand corpses.

After a moment, Lu Chengyun said lightly:

"Brother Zhang, do you understand?"

Zhang Quan came back to his senses, his eyelids twitched slightly, and nodded as if he understood.

Lu Chengyun nodded slightly, and said meaningfully:

"These zombies, if you drive them to kill people, the Dao Court will kill us."

"But if you drive them to mine, earn spiritual stones, and give them to the Dao Court, or even to the Dao Court..."

"Not only will they not kill us, they will also wish that we kill more people, refine more corpses, mine more, and give them more spiritual stones..."

"Times are different, even if you cultivate magic, it's not all about fighting and killing..."

"Brother Zhang, think about it..."

After Lu Chengyun finished speaking, he patted Zhang Quan on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Only Zhang Quan was left in the altar.

Of course, there was Mo Hua.

Mo Hua hid behind the altar, his heart was shocked, cold sweat oozed from his back.

This Lu Chengyun was more sinister than he thought.

His scheming was even more terrifying.

If he really succeeded, he would take over both good and evil and buy off everything.

Then this corpse mine might really be like a thousand-year-old tree with roots, deeply rooted in this mine, with interests as its roots, implicated from top to bottom, deeply rooted, and difficult to remove...

Mo Hua took a breath of cold air, but at this moment, he heard a voice.

"Nonsense!"

Mo Hua was startled.

This was Zhang Quan's voice.

After Lu Chengyun left, Zhang Quan angrily said:

"What nonsense!"

"He didn't want to be the founder of the Demon Sect, but he succumbed to the Dao Court, flattered the Dao Court, fawned on various forces, and served them like a dog. He really didn't know what he was talking about!"

"Let the zombies keep mining?"

"If zombies don't eat people or drink blood, can they be called zombies?"

"It's a disgrace to our ancestors of the Corpse Sect!"

"What's even more infuriating is that the spiritual stones earned from mining have to be sent out?"

"It's really like serving as a dog for others, I'm used to it!"

"You still say I'm narrow-minded? I think you've been the head of the family for too long, you're greedy for wealth, short-sighted, and timid!"

"How can you compare to the hegemony of the Demon Dao after hundreds of years of petty intrigue?"

"Establish the Demon Sect, promote the Corpse Dao, glorify the ancestors, leave a bad name in the history of the state, and leave a reputation among the Corpse Daoists. Even if it's only prominent for a while, and eventually killed by the Dao Court, leaving no body left, it's enough!"

Zhang Quan looked generous and his eyes were resolute.

...

Mo Hua was silent.

This Zhang Quan has his own ideas...

And... the belief and pursuit of the Corpse Dao?

It's hard for Mo Hua to evaluate for a while.

Zhang Quan scolded Lu Chengyun for a while, calmed down, and after a moment, he smiled coldly and murmured in a low voice:

"Lu Chengyun..."

"Refining corpses is not up to you alone..."

"...Once the corpse king is refined, you have no say..."

"I am not as timid as you."

"I will definitely let the corpse king appear in the world, let the iron corpses slaughter the city, let this Nanyue City be full of walking corpses, let this small wasteland state be reduced to purgatory, let the cultivators in this world be terrified, let them know what a real corpse cultivator is!"

Zhang Quan's voice was cold, and he snorted coldly and left.

Mo Hua's eyes flashed, and the cold light was faint.

Zhang Quan, Lu Chengyun...

Although the two acted differently, they were not good people.

No matter who controlled the corpse king, there would be no good results.

One was floating corpses all over the land, and the other was poisoning people far and wide.

Mo Hua thought of Zhang Quan's angry expression and the words he had just said, and his mind moved.

Zhang Quan and Lu Chengyun were at odds, and from what he said, he also wanted to control the Corpse King?

If he wanted to control the Corpse King, he would have to open the bronze coffin.

In this way, wouldn't he have a chance?

Mo Hua's eyes flickered.

From then on, he used all his free time to follow Zhang Quan.

When Zhang Quan was alone, he was indeed sneaky, and even set up a formation to let his spiritual sense spy on him. I don't know what he was preparing.

Mo Hua didn't dare to spy carefully to avoid alerting the enemy.

But he knew that Zhang Quan would definitely do something tricky.

He was like this now, just like when he wanted to do something bad.

Sure enough, a few days later, one night, while Lu Chengyun was busy with affairs and left the Corpse Mine to deal with family affairs, Zhang Quan also secretly went out.

Mo Hua quickly became invisible, left his room, and went ahead to wait for him at the Ten Thousand Corpse Altar.

In less than a cup of tea, Zhang Quan entered the altar.

Mo Hua still hid behind the altar and watched him secretly.

Seeing that no one was around, Zhang Quan acted sneakily and was a little nervous. He took out a bronze coffin nail from his storage bag.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up and he immediately figured it out.

"It turned out to be a coffin nail!"

This coffin nail is both a key and a formation.

Normal coffin nails are used to seal the coffin, but this coffin nail is used to open the coffin.

Zhang Quan took out the coffin nail, measured along the coffin lid, found a three-inch place, and nailed the coffin nail into the bronze coffin.

Then, the breath on the bronze coffin flashed slightly.

It seemed that something was opened.

Zhang Quan was overjoyed and immediately opened the coffin lid, revealing the bronze coffin with a blood formation painted inside.

Zhang Quan took out a dagger, cut his palm, and dripped the blood along the groove on the coffin.

When the blood groove was filled, Zhang Quan took out a corpse-controlling bell.

This corpse-controlling bell is neither stone nor wood, neither copper nor iron. It is completely black and has the same bloody pattern as the one in the bronze coffin.

Zhang Quan shook the corpse-controlling bell.

The sound was dull and strange, like a zombie muttering.

After shaking it for a while, Zhang Quan fed the corpse with blood, and then shook the corpse-controlling bell again, taking strange steps, walking backwards along the bronze coffin.

Feed blood, shake the bell, walk backwards.

He muttered something in his mouth.

Although Mo Hua didn't quite understand it, based on his previous research and the knowledge of corpse refining he asked Lu Ming, he roughly guessed that this was a special corpse-controlling method in the corpse refining method.

Sure enough, he fed blood seven times, shook the bell seven times, and walked backwards seven times.

A heartbeat sounded in the bronze coffin.

This is the heartbeat of a dead person.

It is completely different from the heartbeat of a living person, and it is evil and weird.

Mo Hua just listened and felt uncomfortable all over, and his heart was a little suffocated.

Fortunately, the heart only beat slightly and then stopped.

Zhang Quan was overjoyed.

He resealed the coffin, removed the coffin nails, and looked around to make sure that there was no one around and no other traces were left. Then he sneered and left the huge and empty altar.

Behind the altar, Mo Hua poked his little head out.