From the moment those foundation-building corpse-refining corpses first appeared, Song Qingming already knew that they all ran out from behind the wooden boxes, and immediately agreed with Chen Yuting's words.
However, it is not yet known if there are any other dangers in the cave. For the sake of safety, Song Qingming asked Luo Li not to get close there until he could check the situation clearly.
Going behind the wooden box and searching carefully, Song Qingming quickly found a very hidden secret door on the wall. After opening it, a small small space only big enough for one person was revealed behind the secret door. Hole.
After finding the entrance, Song Qingming patted the spirit beast bag on his waist and released two "golden fantasy butterflies" to direct them directly into the cave.
After a while, after sensing the message from the "Golden Fantasy Butterfly" from the cave, Song Qingming waved to Luo Li and the other two, and led them into the cave together. .
After walking along the small hole for about a few dozen feet, Song Qingming quickly jumped into a cave that was several times larger and wider than the outside.
This cave is much cleaner and tidier than the outside. There is not much mess. Apart from some daily necessities, there is only a desk and a few rows of wooden boards filled with various books. shelf.
As soon as he walked into this place, Song Qingming felt a strong spiritual energy coming from the surroundings. It seemed that it had reached the standard of third-level spiritual energy. After taking a few steps forward, he discovered the source of this rich spiritual energy. In a spring.
"It turns out that there is also the Eye of the Spiritual Spring here. No wonder a Jindan monk chose this cave." Chen Yuting, who came in behind Song Qingming, saw the spring not far away and couldn't help but immediately He opened his mouth and sighed.
The aura emanating from this "Eye of the Spiritual Spring" is close to the third-level mid-grade, which is enough to accommodate the daily cultivation needs of a golden elixir monk. This thing is some golden elixir casual cultivators outside. Something that everyone will be jealous of.
It's a pity that there is no way to move this "Eye of the Spiritual Spring". Chen Yuting looked at the spring in front of her and couldn't help but sigh with regret.
Seeing this, Luo Li on the side also stepped forward to take a look, and then smiled and said: "Sister Chen, don't worry about these things that can't be taken away. Let's hurry up and find other spiritual objects. "There must be a lot of good things in the cave of a Jindan senior."
Hearing Luo Li's words of comfort, Chen Yuting immediately came back to her senses and started searching the cave with her.
Song Qingming took the initiative to walk to the desk and looked at some of the classics on it. He wanted to try to see if he could find any information about the owner of the cave from here.
Before coming in, Song Qingming had already used the "Golden Fantasy Butterfly" to carefully explore the cave, and did not find any strange smell. The danger here had been eliminated, so the three of them were moving outside better than before. Be a little bolder.
After scanning around, Song Qingming found that the books on the table were basically classics related to learning alchemy and weapon refining, which showed that the master of the cave was still very studious and versatile.
Failed to find anything useful to him on the table, Song Qingming turned his attention to the wooden shelf at the back and scanned all the books and secrets that he could see.
Until he picked up a circle of relatively simple bamboo slips, Song Qingming's originally very dull expression finally became a little serious.
“Sure enough, there is such a thing as the art of corpse refining.” Song Qingming used his spiritual consciousness to explore the secret method in the bamboo slips, then picked it out and put it aside.
"Senior Song, come quickly, we found a secret room here!"
Just when Song Qingming was about to check other books, he suddenly heard Luo Li not far away calling him, and he quickly put down the books in his hands and walked over to her.
Luo Li and Chen Yuting were standing in front of a mountain wall. Song Qingming, who had just walked over, saw a crack in the wall and immediately understood that there should be a secret room here.
After asking the two women to retreat, Song Qingming took out the "White Dragon Ruler" to protect himself, then stepped forward and pushed hard.
Soon followed by the "creak" sound of stones rubbing against each other, a stone chamber four to five feet wide appeared directly in front of Song Qingming's eyes.
Looking up and looking inside, he found several figures standing not far away with their backs to him. Song Qingming suddenly became nervous and poured his magic power into the magic weapon in front of him.
However, what surprised Song Qingming was that these figures just stood there motionless, and they did not emit any powerful aura.
After realizing that the other party seemed to be "refining corpses", Song Qingming slowly breathed a sigh of relief. After turning around and waving to the two women behind him, he walked directly into the stone room in front of him.
When Luo Li entered the door, they were startled when they saw several "refined corpses" standing inside.
However, when they saw Song Qingming approaching those "refining corpses", they still remained motionless and did not emit any aura. They understood instantly and walked into the stone chamber with confidence.
“This should be the place where that person made the refined corpses. These refined corpses should be semi-finished products that have not been completely refined, otherwise they should have gone out to deal with us just now.”
After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Chen Yuting and Chen Yuting nodded quickly, and then searched the stone room with their eyes.
In addition to several "refining corpses" near the door, this stone room also has a huge refining furnace, as well as many various materials and ores used for refining weapons.
Located in the innermost place, there is also a golden futon with a hint of sparkle, which immediately attracted the attention of Song Qingming and the others.
Just when the three of them stepped forward to put away the spiritual object, Luo Li, who was more sharp-eyed, saw a dusty round jade pendant placed behind the futon and hurriedly ran over to pick it up. got up.
After wiping off the dust on the jade pendant, Luo Li hurriedly shouted to Song Qingming who came to him: "Senior, you see, this seems to be a storage artifact."
Taking the jade pendant handed over by Luo Li, Song Qingming tried to wrap it with his own magic power. He immediately felt a trace of space aura coming from it, and a happy smile appeared on his face.
"We are really lucky. This is indeed a storage magic weapon that can only be used by Jindan monks."
"Oh! It is indeed a storage magic weapon. That's great. , I have never found the owner of the cave, and I thought this was all I got, but I didn’t expect that the storage magic weapon was actually hidden here.
It’s just a little strange, we have found the storage magic weapon, why can’t we see the skeleton of the owner of the cave? Maybe he is not really sitting in this cave.”
See Song Qingming to confirm. After discovering that the jade pendant was a magic weapon for storage, Chen Yuting first looked happy, and then spoke out her doubts.
There was nothing else around the futon except for the storage artifact that a few people had found. Basically everything in the stone room could be seen at a glance.
Since the three people came in, they searched the entire cave but could not find the most important remains of the owner of the cave. Chen Yuting couldn't help but feel a little worried. The storage artifact in front of her might be something abandoned by the owner of the cave. , and nothing good.
Hearing what Chen Yuting said, Song Qingming also smiled and nodded slightly: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, but since we have obtained this storage magic weapon, let's open it first and take a look!< br>
Even if there are no other spiritual objects inside, this jade pendant alone can be exchanged for a lot of spiritual stones. Although it is a bit dangerous for us to come in this time, we will also gain something. It depends on the destiny."
"Senior said that since you have found a storage magic weapon, you should open it and take a look. Let's talk about it. If we really get the chance, there will be something inside.
This time we came here to hunt for treasures, and we did our best. If we are really not blessed to enjoy the things in this cave, it can only be because our opportunities are not enough. "As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Luo Li on the side also echoed.
Song Qingming and Chen Yuting both smiled slightly when they heard her words.
Although they also knew the opportunity You can't force fate, but you still have some expectations for the contents of the storage artifact. On this point, the two of them are not as open-minded as Luo Li.
Casting a spell to remove the objects in the stone chamber. All "refined corpses" are cremated After burning it, Song Qingming came to the "Eye of the Spiritual Spring" outside and used the abundant spiritual energy here to start casting spells to break the restrictions on the jade pendant of the storage magic weapon.
This storage magic weapon at least has. No one has used it for hundreds of years, and the restrictions placed by the original owner have automatically weakened a lot. It only took Song Qingming less than a day to successfully crack the restrictions on the jade pendant and successfully open this storage artifact. < br>
Seeing Song Qingming probe his spiritual consciousness into the jade pendant, Chen Yuting and Luo Li, who were standing aside, also showed a trace of nervousness on their faces.
After a while, seeing Song Qingming open his eyes with a calm expression, Chen Yuting hurriedly asked: "Senior Song, are there any spiritual objects inside? Is this a storage artifact for the master of the cave?"< br>
Hearing this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded to the two girls: "I just I just took a quick look and found that there are many spiritual objects and tens of thousands of spiritual stones and other miscellaneous items inside, which must belong to the owner of the cave."
"Haha! If that's the case, then we're gone this time. It was a waste of time." After hearing what Song Qingming said, Luo Li and Chen Yuting immediately hugged each other excitedly.
Seeing the two girls looking so happy, Song Qingming smiled without saying anything, and directly cast a spell to take out all the spiritual objects in the jade pendant.
Seeing the mountains of spiritual stones and various high-level spiritual objects in front of Song Qingming, Chen Yuting and Luo Li were dazzled for a while, and they couldn't believe that they had just found these things.
Seeing Song Qingming put the jade pendant aside and began to count the spiritual objects in front of him, Luo Li and the others immediately stepped forward to help. It took the three of them another quarter of an hour to count all the spiritual objects inside. All counted. This relatively valuable spiritual object among the storage artifacts contains a total of three magic weapons, five third-level spiritual talismans, a third-level mid-level flying boat, and more than 20,000 spiritual stones.
In addition, there are a bunch of secret books on exercises, many books on learning cultivation techniques such as weapon refining and elixir refining, as well as some weapon refining materials and other miscellaneous items.
In the process of sorting out these martial arts books, Song Qingming accidentally turned over several secrets on the art of corpse refining, so he picked them up and looked at them carefully.
Chen Yuting, who didn't want to be by his side, suddenly looked surprised when she saw the three words "Heavenly Corpse Art" written on Song Qingming's secret book.
"How come this person has the Heavenly Corpse Art in his body? Could it be that he is the Heavenly Corpse Taoist who has been missing in the Scarlet Star Sea for more than six hundred years?"
"The Heavenly Corpse Taoist? Where did this person come from?" After hearing Chen Yuting's words and seeing that the other party recognized the origin of the cave master, Song Qingming immediately asked curiously.
Seeing this, Chen Yuting paused for a moment to sort out her thoughts before replying: "Senior Song doesn't know something. This Taoist Heavenly Corpse is a golden man who shocked our Scarlet Star Sea area hundreds of years ago.
This person has not only reached the peak of Jindan cultivation, but has also practiced the very powerful corpse refining technique. Although he is a casual cultivator, the major sects nearby do not dare to provoke him at will. Characters.
However, Taoist Tianzhi suddenly left the Scarlet Star Sea area six hundred years ago and disappeared. Some people said that he went to other immortal realms to seek opportunities to break through the Nascent Soul after the end of his longevity. Others said that he died in a foreign land. In a secret realm.
This Heavenly Corpse Art is the unique corpse refining technique he practiced. If I guessed correctly, it seems that this cave should belong to the Heavenly Corpse Taoist. No wonder so many corpses appeared just now to attack us. . ”
“Oh! Are you saying that his cultivation has reached the ninth level of the Golden Core? Could it be that the late-stage Golden Core-refined corpse that I just fought with outside was this person? "
Hearing Chen Yuting's introduction, Song Qingming suddenly remembered the gray-robed old man she had fought with before, and couldn't help but feel that this man was somewhat similar to the Taoist Tianzhi Taoist she said.
"Senior Song said this, it is indeed somewhat similar, but this Tianzhi Taoist was already a famous figure six hundred years ago. I have only heard of him from the classics left by my family, and I have not paid much attention to him. Learn more.
I just heard that Taoist Tianzhi was also extremely cruel back then. In order to practice the art of corpse refining, he killed several small sects in the Scarlet Star Sea area.
Later, several major Jindan sects in the Scarlet Star Sea jointly pursued him, and even attracted the nearby Nascent Soul Sect to take action. As a result, the corpse Taoist that day also had great magical powers, and was killed by five Jindan ancestors on Baibi Island. Surrounded by him, he was seriously injured and escaped after a great battle.
In the end, Taoist Tianzhi disappeared for a while just because of force, and soon returned to the Scarlet Star Sea. However, his evil behavior was much more restrained than before, and few people saw him again.
It is really unexpected that Taoist Tianzhi has been hiding next to the Red Star Sea Area, but it is still a little early to say this. I am not sure whether he is this person or not. ”
“It doesn’t matter! Whether it is him or not, I will know after I check. ”
After Song Qingming replied softly, he waved his hand and took out the flying sword magic weapon that the gray-robed old man had just put away, and put it together with several magic weapons found in the jade pendant.
Then I cast a spell and used my spiritual consciousness to carefully examine the remaining monk marks on it, and found that they were exactly the same as I thought. This also proved that these magic weapons were used by the same person.
"Yes, these magic weapons all have this person's aura on them. It can be confirmed that the person I just fought with is Taoist Tianzhi."
I have been here for so long and I still can't find him. The owner of the cave didn't expect that this person had already turned into a "refined corpse", which also made the three of them have a look of surprise on their faces.
“This thief has been practicing for hundreds of years and has done many evil things, but when he was about to sit down and be reincarnated, he also became a corpse and could not enter the reincarnation. It is really karma!”
"The reincarnation of heaven in the world, the cause and effect are determined, but we usually can't feel it. Practitioners need to have correct conduct to achieve the great path." After hearing what Luo Li said, Song Qingming also had a hint of concern on his face. The color of thinking.
Through previous observations and the corpse-refining techniques that Song Qingming had seen before, Song Qingming could probably guess why this "Tianshi Taoist" became a corpse-refiner himself.
This person is approaching his lifespan, but has been unable to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. He probably relied on this corpse refining technique to follow some evil path and wanted to extend his lifespan. However, something went wrong and he eventually became a human. He became a mentally retarded "refined corpse".
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have even brought my storage magic weapon with me, and it would have been thrown aside like an ordinary spiritual object.
In order to confirm his suspicion, Song Qingming opened the "Heavenly Corpse Art" left by the Heavenly Corpse Taoist and scanned it carefully. As expected, he found a secret method similar to turning himself into a corpse king. .
According to the above records, if this method can be accomplished, one can directly switch to the path of corpse ghost and become a "corpse king" whose intelligence is no different from that of ordinary people.
The so-called "Corpse King" is the same as the "Golden Elixir Ghost King" that Song Qingming had seen back then. They both belong to the path of corpse ghosts that is not tolerated by righteous monks.
Although practicing this way can enjoy a lot more longevity than normal monks, after all, the body has been turned into a corpse, and the path to advancement is much slower than that of ordinary monks, and luck is also difficult. Get God's blessing.
Except for people like the "Tianzhi Taoist" who are approaching their end of life and are unwilling to reincarnate and rebuild, normal monks would not have the idea to follow the path of the corpse abandoned by heaven.
This "Heavenly Corpse Taoist" tried to transform himself into the "King of Corpses" and wanted to convert to the way of the corpse to prolong his life, but in the end he failed and turned himself into a mentally retarded person. "Refining corpse".
Because of this, although the "Heavenly Corpse Taoist" who became a corpse refiner still has magical powers that are not weaker than those of the Golden Pill monks, due to lack of spiritual intelligence, he cannot even open the restrictions originally arranged by himself, so he is trapped in this place. Hundreds of years in the cave.
It wasn't until Chen Yuting found this place with Song Qingming by chance that she finally took his life and let his soul escape into reincarnation.
But having said that, this "Tianshi Taoist" was so powerful during his lifetime. If he met him in his heyday, Song Qingming probably wouldn't get much advantage from fighting him.
Fortunately, the opponent has turned into a mentally retarded "corpse" and cannot even use the first half of his magical powers. Otherwise, Song Qingming would not have been able to kill this "heavenly creature" so easily just now. Corpse Taoist".
Thinking of this, Song Qingming also felt a little comforted. This could be regarded as a great blessing among the three of them.
While looking through the Heavenly Corpse Art left by "Tianzhi Taoist", Song Qingming's eyes were suddenly attracted by the secret technique above. After examining it carefully, his face couldn't help but reveal a bit of joy.
"The Celestial Corpse Puppet Formation! No wonder those Refining Corpses in the Foundation Establishment Stage were able to form an formation to fight against the golden wind in a short time. It turned out to be because of the Celestial Corpse Puppet Formation."
According to "Celestial Corpse Puppet Formation" "Corpse Puppet Array" is mentioned above. After practicing this secret method, you can combine the controlled refined corpses to fight against the enemy. As long as there are enough refined corpses in the foundation period, you can even leapfrog against ordinary golden elixir monks. The power is no better than that controlled by ordinary monks of the same level. The magic circle difference.
And this "Celestial Corpse Puppet Formation" is not limited to the manipulation of corpses. Similar things like corpse puppets and puppets can be used to practice this formation.
Seeing the refining method of the "Celestial Corpse Puppet Array" in his hand, Song Qingming couldn't help but start to fantasize in his heart.
If the formation of "Taoist Heavenly Corpse" could be improved, and those corpses refining in the foundation-building stage could be replaced by corpse puppets or puppets in the golden elixir stage, the power it would display would probably make even Nascent Soul cultivators fearful.
Although Song Qingming currently only has "Golden Wind", a golden elixir corpse puppet, and cannot use this method to form a magic circle, as long as he has spiritual stones in his hands, he will always have the opportunity to use this in the future. Tao secret method.
After standing there and thinking for a while, Song Qingming put away the "Heavenly Corpse Art" in his hand and several other exercises about corpse refining techniques, and then turned to Chen Yuting who was standing beside him. The man said:
“These exercises are of some use to me. I'll put it away first, and you can share more with other spiritual objects later."
Seeing Song Qingming put away the "Heavenly Corpse Art" in his hand, Chen Yuting thought he was afraid that the two of them would try it in the future. I wanted to take it away in advance because of my cultivation, so I immediately replied with a smile:
"These evil techniques are of no use to us. Seniors can just take them if they are useful. There is no need to be so polite. We should proceed as agreed before. All the spiritual seniors will take half first, and Luo Li and I will share the rest equally. "
The three people who came to explore the cave this time went through many dangers. Chen Yuting also knew very well at this moment that without Song Qingming, even if they could get in, they would not be able to take anything away, and they would most likely lose their lives in vain. .
When it came time to divide the spiritual objects, Chen Yuting naturally did not dare to let Song Qingming, the biggest contributor to this trip, suffer, even if she was willing to get a smaller share.
However, except for the "Heavenly Corpse Puppet Formation" that he had put away, Song Qingming didn't pay much attention to the other spiritual objects in front of him. Hearing what Chen Yuting said, he immediately waved his hand and said :
"After all, you found this place. This division is a bit unfair to you. I think it is still like this. We will each take 40% of all the spiritual objects, and the remaining 20% will be divided among Luo. It’s good to leave.”
"Yes! Then just follow what the senior said." After hearing Song Qingming's initiative to divide the spiritual objects, Chen Yuting said nothing and immediately nodded in agreement.
On the other hand, Luo Li was a little embarrassed when she heard this. Her main purpose this time was to practice. She did not want to get any spiritual objects from the beginning, nor did she make any contribution in the action just now. .
Hearing that Song Qingming and the others wanted to divide her into two spiritual beings, Luo Li immediately wanted to refuse, but because Song Qingming and Chen Yuting were both very insistent, she had no choice but to give up and nod in agreement with their decision. Distribution plan. (End of this chapter)