Chapter 178 An Unexpected Discovery
Yuan Ming looked at the nail for a few times, and soon ignored it, looking at the last jade slip.
He used his spiritual sense to immerse himself in it, and his face showed joy. He finally found something useful.
This jade slip recorded a technique called "Ghost Spirit Technique". According to the introduction below, it is a subtle inheritance of the Black Fire Sect. The jade slip records all the formulas from the Qi Refining Stage to the peak of the late Foundation Building Stage, which is of great value.
"Ghost Spirit Technique" also contains some secret methods of corpse refining and corpse control experience at the end, which should be written by the bone diagram. There are many exquisite points in it, which really opened Yuan Ming's eyes and gave him a preliminary understanding of the Black Fire Sect's corpse control secret technique.
Strictly speaking, the Black Fire Sect's corpse control secret technique is similar to the corpse control supernatural power of the Dark Moon Technique. Both of them seal part of their own soul in the corpse to control the other party.
However, the starting point of the corpse-controlling magic of the Dark Moon Art is very high. It requires practicing the Dark Moon Art to the second level and having an extremely strong soul to perform it; while the threshold of the corpse-controlling secret art of the Black Fire Sect is relatively low. As long as the soul is not too weak, it can be practiced.
Although the entry threshold of the Black Fire Sect's corpse-controlling method is low, it takes a long time of sacrifice and adaptation to control a refined corpse. It is very easy to suffer backlash in the initial stage, which is far less convenient than the Dark Moon Art, which can be controlled immediately.
Yuan Ming didn't bother to study it carefully at this moment. After putting away the jade slip, he checked the storage bags of Sang Yan and the other four.
Sang Yan and the other four are all cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. They don't seem to have a strong background in the Black Fire Sect. They all use low-grade magic tools, and their power is not satisfactory. The only one with some characteristics is Sang Yan's black gloves.
This pair of gloves is very different from ordinary magic tools. It contains a space of about ten feet inside, which is filled with a lot of black fog, but it is rich in corpse gas and is quite toxic.
Yuan Ming had seen Sang Yan use this glove before, releasing the corpse gas in it to attack the enemy.
The structure of the black glove is quite similar to that of a storage magic weapon, but unlike a storage magic weapon, the space in the glove is very fragile and can only store fog, smoke and other gases.
This glove can be used well, but the corpse gas in it is too weak, so it must be discharged later and some black toad poison fog can be put in.
Yuan Ming then took the storage magic weapon of Sang Yan and the other four and used his spiritual sense to check.
The four of them were not rich, and all the spiritual stones added up to less than three hundred, and the other things in the storage magic weapon were also quite ordinary.
Yuan Ming's face suddenly moved, and he found a palm-sized gray bag in Sang Yan's storage magic weapon. The bag was woven with special materials, and there was no spiritual energy at all. It was bulging with things.
He untied the hemp rope at the mouth of the small bag, and a piece of white ore the size of an egg rolled out, emitting a faint white light. A flame-like light and shadow was suspended inside the ore, which could be clearly seen from the outside, which was quite magical.
He showed joy on his face. Could these ores be the white flame refined gold mentioned by the third cave master?
Judging from the appearance and shape, it is very likely. The third cave master said that Sang Yan had obtained it at the last Bailuqiu meeting, so it is not surprising that she is on her body now.
After Yuan Ming put away the white flame gold, he gathered the things of the other people together and began to check the corpse bags of the four people.
The corpse bags of the black-clothed woman, the sword-browed young man, and the rough man are all ordinary corpses, and their combat power is comparable to that of a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining. They cannot be compared with the two Qinggang corpses in the bone diagram, and they are not of much value.
Yuan Ming took Sang Yan's corpse bag and immersed his consciousness in it casually, but his face suddenly changed.
The corpse bag contained a corpse about ten feet tall, covered with green hair, very similar to a human goblin.
There were nine talismans on the green-haired corpse. Judging from the aura, it should be a spiritual talisman with a similar effect to the sealing talisman.
However, the aura of the green-haired corpse was extremely strong, obviously far beyond the foundation-building period, and these talismans could not be completely sealed.
Yuan Ming was shocked. Could this green-haired corpse be the corpse of a Jindan-stage cultivator? Sang Yan and others sneaked into the Snake King Valley and worked hard to break the formation in the ancient castle. Could it be related to this green-haired corpse?
Now, combined with various performances before and after, it makes some sense. The Black Fire Sect is a corpse-refining sect. The only things they value are some corpses with powerful power.
Yuan Ming looked at the green-haired corpse, and his consciousness suddenly looked at his forehead. There was a thumb-sized blood hole there, and the scalp next to it was stained with blue-black mucus.
This wound...
He flipped his hand and took out an object, which was the iron nail magic weapon stained with blue-black mucus.
The size of the iron nail and the mucus on it matched the green-haired corpse. Could it be that this nail was previously inserted into this Jindan-stage corpse?
At this moment, the aura of the green-haired corpse suddenly began to strengthen, and a strong corpse aura vented outward like a raging wave. The nine talismans fluttered, and the talismans on them flickered and quickly became dim, and it seemed that they would not last long.
The control methods applied to this green-haired corpse were all done by Sang Yan. Now that she was dead, those methods naturally became ineffective. The nine corpse-suppressing talismans alone could not suppress this green-haired corpse at all.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming was anxious and hurriedly took out the jade slip of the bone map and quickly browsed the content about corpse control in it, hoping to find a solution.
However, the corpse-controlling secrets of the Black Fire Sect were profound and unfathomable. Yuan Ming could not study them thoroughly in a short time, and many corpse-controlling techniques required external assistance, and he did not have any of them.
The aura of the green-haired corpse was getting stronger and stronger, and the nine corpse-suppressing talismans were on the verge of collapse.
Yuan Ming gritted his teeth and tried his best. He put a soul crow into the corpse bag, immersed it in the eyebrows of the green-haired corpse, and performed the corpse-controlling magic.
The green-haired corpse's breath paused immediately, and quickly converged. The tightly closed eyes slowly opened, revealing dark green pupils.
Yuan Ming was surprised and happy. The corpse-controlling ability of the Dark Moon Art was so mysterious. He just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect to really control this corpse in the Jindan stage!
He pinched the art and the green-haired corpse flew out of the corpse bag and fell to the ground, motionless.
Yuan Ming circled the corpse twice and urged it with his mind.
The green-haired corpse let out a beast-like roar, and the green-haired blue-black fist pounded forward.
The air in front exploded, and a fist wind visible to the naked eye burst out, easily tearing the barrier set by the four-sided soul-sealing talisman and hitting the wall of the cave.
With a loud "boom", a huge pit about ten feet deep appeared on the mountain wall. The spider-web-like cracks spread to the entire cave with the huge pit as the center, and large and small gravel fell.
Yuan Ming opened his mouth slightly. He knew that this corpse in the Jindan stage contained amazing power. He didn't expect it to be so terrifying. A light punch almost collapsed the cave.
After being surprised, he was filled with joy.
After the soul crow possessed him, he had already explored clearly that this corpse in the Jindan stage had transformed into a human-like existence, unable to use magic power and magical powers, only physical strength remained.
Even so, this corpse was still a great fighting force.
Yuan Ming closed his eyes and operated the corpse control magic to familiarize himself with the various conditions of this green-haired corpse for future use.
Time passed little by little, and soon a quarter of an hour passed.
Yuan Ming was still sensing the situation of the green-haired corpse, and did not notice that the green-haired corpse's dark green eyes suddenly gushed out a black gas like ink.
A murderous aura suddenly came out from the depths of the corpse, entangled the soul crow, and followed the soul crow to invade Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness.
Yuan Ming's body shook violently, and a bloodthirsty killing thought suddenly arose, which was several times stronger than the backlash of the fur-covering technique.
He was startled, and while he was using the Dark Moon Art to suppress his bloodthirsty thoughts, he took back the Soul Crow.
However, the evil spirit in the green-haired corpse was like a tentacle, grabbing the Soul Crow and not letting go. Yuan Ming spent a lot of effort to barely pull the Soul Crow out, and the bloodthirsty killing thoughts immediately dissipated.
However, without the control of the Soul Crow, the breath of the green-haired corpse burst out again, and the nine corpse-suppressing talismans were all shattered.
The green-haired corpse broke free from all restraints, and the breath surged wildly. The originally empty eyes actually had a tendency to regain their spirit.
Yuan Ming was shocked and anxious, and was about to grit his teeth and use another Soul Crow to control the corpse again.
At this moment, a "buzzing" sound suddenly came, which was the black iron nail in his hand.
The black iron nail hummed and vibrated, and the tip pointed to the head of the green-haired corpse.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming decisively inserted the iron nail into the blood hole on the forehead of the green-haired corpse.
The burst of breath from the green-haired corpse immediately died down and quickly disappeared.
After a few breaths, the powerful aura of the corpse completely dissipated, leaving only a tiny residue, which was not much stronger than an ordinary corpse.
Yuan Ming breathed a sigh of relief. This iron nail was indeed used to seal the green-haired corpse. And judging from the old aura on the iron nail, it should have been originally on the corpse, not done by the people of the Black Fire Gate.
He became interested in this green-haired corpse. Such a powerful corpse could never appear out of thin air.
Yuan Ming took the storage magic tools of Sang Yan and Gu Tu, and examined them carefully. He soon found a broken map from Sang Yan. Judging from the terrain, it was exactly here in Snake King Valley. There were some words written on the back of the broken map.
After reading the map and the words, he understood the origin of the corpse. The corpse was originally named "Heavenly Snake Master". No wonder he chose to bury it in Snake King Valley.
There are many secrets in Snake King Valley. The ancient castle and the black stone pillars deep in the Snake King Cave are very strange.
However, he has no intention of exploring these for the time being.
Yuan Ming put the corpse of the Heavenly Snake Master into the corpse bag of the bone map, turned around and walked outside, and soon came to the entrance of the Snake King Valley.
"Gugu..."
In the spirit beast bag, the black toad made a series of anxious calls, and a thought of not wanting to leave this place came over.
"Do you want to stay here to practice?" Yuan Ming communicated with the black toad with his mind.
After the black toad broke through the second level, its intelligence improved a lot, and it nodded repeatedly.
Yuan Ming looked at the Snake King Valley. It was warm and humid, and it was indeed a suitable living environment for the black toad. Although the two snake kings had fallen, there were still many golden flower poisonous pythons in the Snake King Valley, which were all great supplements for the black toad.
And with the black toad's current magical powers, there was no need to worry about safety issues.
"Okay, you stay here for the time being, and I'll pick you up if you need me." Yuan Ming said, and released the black toad.
The black toad cooed twice to Yuan Ming, jumped into the Snake King Valley, and its figure quickly disappeared in the thick miasma.
Yuan Ming did not stay for long, and flew towards the Biluo Cave.