Due to the limitations of this physical body on the use of spiritual power, Chu Nian was unable to exert his full strength, and thus was unable to break through the coffin.

However, Chu Nian soon discovered that the talismans outside seemed to be absorbing a special kind of energy, which not only prevented the coffin from being broken open from the inside or outside before the time was right, but also injected this special energy into the corpse.

Having roamed the world of immortals and heroes, Chu Nian's knowledge was far greater than before. Now, upon sensing this energy and using her spiritual power to examine the talismans affixed to the outside of the coffin, she quickly determined that they were talismans for refining corpses.

Then, as if God was proving her judgment correct, hair began to slowly grow out of this body.

This is going to turn into a giant rice dumpling!

Chu Nian thought that since she was currently restricted by various factors and unable to break out of the coffin, she might as well let things develop as they were for now. She believed that the corpse refiner would definitely want the corpse to break out of the coffin so that he could use it; otherwise, what would be the point of refining it?

She began to calm down and sort out the original owner's memories.

The original owner's name was Luo Nian, a girl from a poor family in the early years of the Republic of China. Although her family was poor, she was the only daughter her parents had, so she was pampered from a young age and was engaged to Chang Fenglin, the son of a scholar from the same town.

Chang Xiucai passed away when Chang Fenglin was very young. Because of this arranged marriage, Luo's parents took extra care of Chang's mother and son. After Chang Fenglin grew up, he went to study in another city, and the Luo family sponsored his travel and tuition fees. However, he met a female student named Chen Baiying at the university, fell in love at first sight, pursued her, and then married into the Chen family.

The Chen family is considered the largest family in the area, with shops all over the country. After Chang Fenglin married into the family, he lived a very wealthy life. However, Chen Baiying was spoiled by her family, which caused Chang Fenglin headaches from time to time.

Luo Nian, having lost both her parents and Chang's mother in her hometown, was left destitute and had no choice but to come to S City to find Chang Fenglin. However, at this time, Chang Fenglin was seen as an orphan by the Chen family, who had no idea that he was already engaged.

Luo Nian searched for him for many days before finally finding him. Chang Fenglin thought she was gentle, virtuous, and obedient, much better than the spoiled Chen Baiying, so he secretly kept her outside.

But secrets can't stay hidden forever, especially since the Chen family wasn't an ordinary family. Chen Baiying's older brother, Chen Baiteng, was a very shrewd guy, and it wasn't long before he discovered that Chang Fenglin had bought a house outside and was keeping a girl as a mistress.

After some investigation, Chen Boteng learned that the girl was Chang Fenglin's fiancée from childhood. He then spoke with Chang Fenglin and asked him to get rid of the girl quietly.

As for how to deal with Chang Fenglin, Chen Boteng didn't say. He just wanted the girl to stop coming to him so that Chen Baiying wouldn't be upset if she found out.

Chang Fenglin felt that Luo Nian was already helpless in her hometown, and even if she was allowed to return, she was unlikely to obey. If she went to the Chen family and caused trouble, the consequences would be unimaginable. So he strangled Luo Nian to death when she was not paying attention.

Chang Fenglin originally planned to find someone to send the body back to his hometown, saying that his distant cousin had passed away. However, when he was hiring someone, he met a young man who said that he was also going to X town and was willing to send the body back to his hometown for free.

Chang Fenglin immediately felt that this young man was a bit strange: who would rush to help a stranger carry a corpse back to his hometown for no reason? But thinking that he could dispose of the body without spending any money, he readily agreed and handed Luo Nian's body over to the young man.

Thus, the original owner's corpse ended up in its current state.

The young man's name was Zhang Pengju, a disciple of the Corpse Witch Sect. Although he was only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, he had already achieved considerable skill in the art of corpse refining.

In this book, Zhang Pengju is a major villain. Chen Baiying's brother, Chen Boteng, is the male lead, while the female lead, Jiang Yuxuan, comes from Maoshan and has learned Maoshan Taoist arts since childhood.

The original owner, Luo Nian, died with extremely strong resentment, which Zhang Pengju successfully refined into a powerful poisonous zombie. She was controlled and harmed many people. In the end, because of her resentment towards Chang Fenglin, she died but did not become a zombie and found the Chen family. When Jiang Yuxuan was chasing her, she met Chen Boteng, and after spending time together, the two fell in love.

Luo Nian was eventually captured and burned by Jiang Yuxuan. Because her soul was trapped by Zhang Pengju after death, she harbored deep resentment and extreme malevolence, making it difficult for her to reincarnate. In the end, both her body and soul perished.

The original owner's resentment stemmed from her life and grew after death. She couldn't find peace in life and didn't want to suffer even more after death. However, after becoming a poisonous zombie, she couldn't break free from Zhang Pengju's control. Although she went to the Chen family, she was forced to leave after Chang Fenglin gave Zhang Pengju money, and she was unable to kill Chang Fenglin to take revenge.

Zhang Pengju went even further. Fearing that the original owner's soul would be discovered in the underworld after entering it, he kept the soul locked inside the corpse. This was probably a long-standing practice among corpse refiners in the Corpse Witch Sect.

Although the original owner was pampered by her parents since childhood, she was ignorant and foolish in many ways because she lived in an inconspicuous small town.

After arriving in S City, she secretly observed Chen Baiying several times and understood very well why Chang Fenglin chose to marry Chen Baiying. The Chen family's background certainly played a significant role, but Chen Baiying's usual fashion sense and elegance were something the original owner could never match.

From the moment she first saw Chen Baiying, the original owner of this body admired her elegance, confidence, and style. Therefore, she not only hoped to take revenge, but also hoped to live like Chen Baiying: confident, elegant, and undaunted by anything.

According to the original owner's memories, Chu Nian's previous predictions were correct: once the corpse refining was successful, the refiner would make the corpse automatically break out of the coffin. But if the corpse wasn't successfully refined, she couldn't get out of the coffin.

The problem is that once the talismans are successfully refined, their magical energy will penetrate deep into the marrow of this physical body, and Zhang Pengju may be able to completely control the body.

Even with such deep resentment towards Chang Fenglin, the original owner was unable to break free from Zhang Pengju's control and take revenge. Chu Nian's mental strength is now greatly limited in this body, and she can basically do nothing except investigate. She can't help but worry about what will happen if she can't get rid of Zhang Pengju's control.

Chu Nian could only recall the ancient books she had read in the previous timeline, searching for a way to resist the talismans outside the coffin.

The coffin was covered with a cloth, and Zhang Pengju took the least traveled paths. Apart from the coachman he had hired, he rarely encountered anyone else, so no one noticed anything unusual about the coffin.

They must have traversed many ancient mountain trails along the way, where the sounds of mountain streams, animal calls, and bird calls could be heard from time to time.

On the third day after Chu Nian's transmigration, presumably having reached her destination, the coffin was finally removed from the vehicle.

Although Zhang Pengju verbally agreed to Chang Fenglin's request to deliver the body to his hometown, X Town, he actually led the body all the way to the deep mountains and forests where the Witch Corpse Sect was located.