“Let me study it thoroughly, and as soon as I have results, I’ll find you immediately.”
Qian Duoduo used these words to brush off Pang Yunxiao.
Pang Yunhan chimed in from the side, “Zeng Ruohai used a Mystic Art, he is a Golden Core cultivator. To refine a Dan artifact, Senior Brother Jin must become a Third-Rank Refiner.”
After much persuasion, they finally convinced Pang Yunxiao to leave. Qian Duoduo, Guan Tusheng, Ming Huanhuan, and Pang Yunhan spent an hour or two, loading and rushing, to move the five or six thousand corpse puppets they had exchanged from Left Ear Peak to Nose Peak.
Upon entering Qian Manor, Ming Huanhuan let out a long sigh.
“Only now do I understand why Senior Brother made me dig a cave for seven days.”
Guan Tusheng said with a smile, “You even said at the time, ‘Isn’t this grave digging?’ And it really turned out to be grave digging.”
“Didn’t you hear Senior Brother Pang say that if corpse puppets were exposed to the sun, they would bankrupt their owner? That was for a dozen or so. We have five or six thousand. If we don’t find a cool place to store a batch, we’ll go bankrupt too.”
After Guan Tusheng and Ming Huanhuan completed The Righteous Foundation Establishment, Qian Duoduo had them dig a deep cave beneath the cliff.
This deep cave was also divided into many compartments, capable of holding one corpse puppet at a time.
They didn’t dare to ask too many questions, but they often whispered behind his back.
As Guan Tusheng, Ming Huanhuan, and Pang Yunhan were placing the corpse puppets one by one into the deep cave, Qian Duoduo’s Jade Slip flickered. His Spiritual Awareness merged with it, and it was a sound transmission from Zeng Zifang:
“Remember, you are first and foremost Nose Peak’s Protector. Don’t busy yourself with other peaks; be careful not to lose your life. The Feng Fan Battle begins in one month. If you don’t make it into the top three, you won’t have the chance to comprehend at the Refining Saint Wall. Don’t blame me for deceiving you.”
From her voice, Qian Duoduo knew she was displeased.
Qian Duoduo had created these Magic Treasures specifically for corpse puppets, especially the Soul Locking Chain, which greatly enhanced the combat power of Left Ear Peak’s Disciples. This ran counter to her original intention of using Qian Duoduo to strengthen Nose Peak’s power.
She chuckled twice, “However, I quite like you bringing these corpse puppets to Zhao Yanran’s house. You’d best accidentally let a corpse puppet burrow into her house from underground, or let out a terrible stench to half-kill her.”
Qian Duoduo shivered. “This woman is too malicious.”
Only thinking of the coolness at the bottom of the cliff, Qian Duoduo had forgotten that this was directly beneath Zhao Yanran’s Immortal Cave.
He truly needed to be careful not to let any mishap occur with the corpse puppets, or Zhao Yanran would surely kill him.
After moving the corpse puppets into the deep cave, Qian Duoduo called Guan Xuansheng, Ming Huanhuan, and Pang Yunhan to the main hall.
“Watch closely, and see how I perform soul separation and soul condensation.”
Qian Duoduo activated all the shielding Formations, took out three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage corpse puppets and placed them aside, then waved his fingers, setting up a black and white Condensing Soul Array on the ground.
The three, Guan Tusheng, immediately held their breath and concentrated fully.
Especially Guan Tusheng, as he was a Soul Cultivator and knew the preciousness of soul condensation techniques.
Taking out a box of purified Spirit Liquid and dripping it into the Condensing Soul Array, Qian Duoduo began to explain one by one.
“The white represents the Three Souls: Fetal Light, Clear Spirit, and Hidden Essence, also known as the Heavenly Soul, Human Soul, and Earth Soul, which are Yang. The black represents the Seven Pores: Corpse Dog, Bowel Motion, Sparrow Yang, Thief Swallower, Non-Poison, Filth Remover, and Stinking Lung, also known as Joy, Anger, Sorrow, Fear, Love, Hate, and Desire, which are Yin…”
Everything Liu Boli had taught Qian Duoduo, Qian Duoduo revealed without any reservation.
“This is soul separation; now we begin soul condensation.”
As Qian Duoduo’s fingers moved, he mixed the ten soul materials—Fetal Light, Clear Spirit, Hidden Essence, Corpse Dog, Bowel Motion, Sparrow Yang, Thief Swallower, Non-Poison, Filth Remover, and Stinking Lung—together according to their primary and secondary roles, and their ruler and minister relationships.
During the mixing, they consistently rotated counter-clockwise at a fixed frequency.
Seeing all the soul liquid collected into the vortex above, Qian Duoduo softly exclaimed:
“The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things!”
