Chapter 407 The Three-Party Talks of the Fourth-Order Thunder Corpse

If Kim Myo-sun arrives in time, she can lend him a helping hand.

That would be a brilliant move.

As he came into contact with the secret technique of mental power, Wang Yu slowly opened his eyes inside the cave. His aura surged for a moment, and then he disappeared from the cave in the blink of an eye.

At the foot of Xiaoling Mountain.

Wang Yu frowned as he looked at the Two-Tailed Shadow Cat. A quick scan with his divine sense revealed that the entire territory of the Demon Cat Clan was empty. Anger quietly rose in his heart, but he quickly calmed down.

He sighed.

“Brother Hei, you have betrayed Wang’s trust.”

At times like this, he couldn't bring himself to address his brother as "my worthy brother."

“Master Wang, there were reasons for this and it was not my intention, but Hei Liu is still my daughter. I will give you a satisfactory explanation for this matter.”

"Then why did you move all your people away?"

Two-Tailed Shadow Cat did not want to fight Wang Yu, but it was also worried about his identity as a demonic cultivator named Chi Yuan, and dared not gamble with the lives of its people.

He said in a deep voice, "I can compensate you. Name your terms. As long as I can afford it, I will!"

"It's meaningless."

The implication is, do I owe you a pittance?

He originally wanted to capture Hei Liu and use the Soul Searching Secret Technique to confirm whether Jin Lin was the mastermind behind it all. Now that Jin Lin is gone, it means he has been protected.

It was a waste of his initial goodwill towards them. That was a Nascent Soul Pill, even if it was only of medium grade, it was still a rare opportunity in the world, and countless people wanted to buy it but couldn't.

Just as tensions were running high between the two sides.

A thunderclap suddenly rang out, and Wang Yu turned around sharply. The aura of the Thunder Corpse was rapidly expanding, devouring two Nascent Soul bodies in succession, and then being infused with the fourth-order Thunder Fruit.

The already exceptionally talented Lei Shi, after years of training, has finally reached the threshold of the fourth tier and is about to usher in another crucial breakthrough.

This is the benefit of the path of corpse refining and puppet making.

As long as resources are sufficient and the potential of raw materials is adequate, it can far surpass methods such as cultivating spirit pets. If the Thunder Corpse can advance to the fourth rank...

In addition, there are other methods such as the Yellow Springs Grudge Puppet and the Ice Flame Emperor Butterfly.

Even against a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he was confident of victory. That's how he gradually built up his foundation; it's just that his Corpse Refining Technique was a bit lacking.

He needs a higher-level corpse refining technique; otherwise, he can only deduce and advance the Yin Sha Corpse Refining Technique.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Wang Yu glanced coldly at the Two-Tailed Shadow Cat and said succinctly.

"Notify the Tianpeng Clan that we will settle accounts with you later regarding the Black Glaze incident."

For some reason, the two-tailed shadow cat breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Yu was very strong, a fact he had long been aware of, and the Nascent Soul magic treasures displayed at the treasure exchange were the most powerful proof of that.

But when he actually faced it, he found that even though he had the cultivation of the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage, he was still shocked and broke out in a cold sweat, which was really puzzling.

"Is it because I witnessed him comprehend the rudiments of the Dharma last time...?"

In no time at all.

Wang Yu arrived at the foot of Xiaoling Mountain and gently stomped his foot.

The earth suddenly split open with a huge gash, and the lightning-encrusted corpse leaped out from it, standing in mid-air and roaring to the sky.

Both of the sharp corpse fangs were crackling with lightning.

The intense baleful aura and thunderous energy intertwined, as if the wearer were clad in lightning armor. The aura continued to rise, and the thunder runes on the body surface were evolving towards a higher level.

"The fourth level of the Armored Corpse is the Undying Bone, and the fourth level of the Fiend Corpse is the Flying Yaksha."

These two pieces of information are generally known to any cultivator who has practiced the art of corpse refining, but what lies beyond that is a secret of the corpse path cultivators.

Wang Yu was born into the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect. He had slowly read through the million books in the Sutra Recitation Hall during the time he served as an elder on Cold Blood Peak.

I just happen to know this secret.

For ordinary zombies, the limit is reaching the third-tier Golden Armor Zombie or Flying Zombie; going beyond that usually requires a different species.

Its unyielding flesh and bones provide invincible defense, and its strength can uproot mountains.

The Flying Yaksha's Corpse Technique is divine, devouring souls and spirits, and is extremely effective against Soul Path cultivators. The two seem to be at opposite ends of the physical path and the magical path, typical diode paths.

If an Undying Bone can advance to the fifth rank, it can be called a [Ba]!

The most typical example is the drought demon. If a thunder corpse has this opportunity, it will become a thunder demon! It is already equivalent to the body of a Nascent Soul Venerable. In the corpse path inheritance of the Ice Prison Realm, the drought demon is one of the peaks.

As the Flying Yaksha advances further, there are two types: Silver Wings and Golden Wings. Silver Wings wield malevolent energy and possess unparalleled spellcasting abilities, while Golden Wings, on the other hand, possess a body imbued with malevolent energy, making them nearly immortal.

Furthermore, it possesses the ability to command and control zombies. If a zombie king were to emerge from among those wild zombies, it would most likely be the Golden-Winged Yaksha, whose combat power would be slightly weaker than that of the Ba.

However, their methods are complex and no less sophisticated than those of cultivators.

Extremely rare!

Wang Yu was somewhat confident in cultivating the Thunder Corpse into a Thunder Demon, after all, the raw material of this corpse was an ancient corpse demon, which must have been an extraordinary creature in life, second only to the Thunder Spirit Corpse found in the Thunderfall Pit.

That thing was suspected to be a spirit-possessed corpse of a Nascent Soul cultivator, which had already been given to Lei Hou Jun. Its potential was actually greater than that of Lei Shi, but unfortunately, its strength was insufficient at the time.

We have no choice but to give up this opportunity.

His little notebook still contains the name of the old man Xuanyan; sooner or later he will go to his door to demand an explanation.

This person is only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. He should be stationed in the capital city of Yunling Prefecture right now, in such a dangerous place. I wonder if he is still alive.

The Taiyin Sha Corpse in his hands actually had the potential to advance to the fourth rank, but it was ultimately too low-end, as the raw material was nothing more than Jin Miaoshan's protector from years ago.

With only a late-stage Core Formation cultivation level, his physical body was both old and weak.

If it weren't for the Taiyin Moon Fiend, this potential would never belong to it. And that's precisely the problem: the Taiyin Fiend Corpse has potential, but it's far inferior to the Thunder Corpse.

If the same promotion materials are prepared, Lei Shi can be promoted, but it cannot; this is the difference in aptitude.

The Thunder Corpse is about to trigger the Ninefold Thunder Tribulation.

As Wang Yu approached, he waved his hand and threw out several blank array flags. Since he had fully comprehended the Earth Mother Scripture, his mastery of feng shui arts had reached new heights.

Under the guidance of the feng shui compass, the blank array flags quickly became covered with mysterious patterns. This was a feng shui formation that aided in refining lightning. It was similar to an array, but relied on a profound and mysterious structure.

It is quite different from a real formation.

"Boom—"

Thunder roared, and tribulation clouds carrying the might of heaven rapidly gathered. As the master of the thunder corpse, Wang Yu was connected to it by aura, but he could not openly bear the burden for the thunder corpse.

Even if one covets the opportunity of the tribulation lightning, one cannot directly seize it.

He could only unleash a series of corpse-controlling seals to continuously strengthen the master-servant relationship between the two, and his powerful divine sense even reached out directly, using the advanced techniques of the Heavenly Soul Sect to deeply penetrate the mind of the Thunder Corpse.

He had previously considered using the Thunder-Swallowing and Lightning-Spitting Secret Technique to directly devour the Heavenly Tribulation and transform it into a Thunder Seed, thereby obtaining the Thunder Spiritual Root aptitude, but unfortunately, it was just a thought.

The correct course of action is to honestly follow the guidance of the Thunderfire Remnant Map to search for the treasure left behind by the first Thunderfire Temple Master.

As the lightning tribulation struck, Wang Yu controlled the lightning corpse to meet it head-on. As a naturally divine lightning corpse, devouring lightning and controlling lightning was its instinct.

Its resistance to lightning is even higher than that of Wang Yu himself.

The mere ninefold tribulation of lightning is nothing!

Amidst the roar of the lightning tribulation, the two-tailed shadow cat retreated to a more distant place, fearing that it would be targeted and affected by the lightning tribulation. Its pupils widened as it looked at the lightning corpse undergoing the tribulation.

"I never expected that Master Wang's Thunder Corpse would be so powerful, already on the verge of advancement. He is a Crimson Kite... how could he not have demonic methods to protect him?"

He muttered to himself that he had actually noticed Wang Yu raising corpses before, but he didn't expect him to advance so quickly. He used a sound transmission jade talisman to notify the envoy from the Tianpeng Clan.

He didn't know how things would develop, but he was prepared to bleed heavily in order to resolve Hei Liu's offense.

If the Tianpeng Clan were to act as referee, considering they are both demons and he is a key member of their forces, they wouldn't necessarily side with Wang Yu, but they would definitely have to pay compensation.

The Five-Colored Saint's main elixir has not yet been refined.

However, if he were to reveal that Wang Yu would be leaving soon, the Tianpeng Clan might side with him and choose to imprison him.

The problem is, I've offended the alchemist.

Are the elixirs he refined still edible?

"trouble……"

Getting back to the main point, Lei Shi's tribulation went as smoothly as predicted, without any unexpected incidents, and the tribulation clouds quickly dissipated in less than half a day.

At the foot of Xiaoling Mountain.

Wang Yu sensed the state of the Thunder Corpse. Its talents and abilities, such as summoning thunder and lightning, heavenly thunder magic, and thunder escape techniques, had all been greatly enhanced. Although the Thunder Corpse was a different species.

However, it also falls under the classification of Armored Corpse and Fiend Corpse.

Its physical body is more like that of an armored corpse, so after reaching the fourth level, it has a body of thunder bones and the zombie characteristic of not dissolving bones. Even if its flesh and blood are pulverized, it can quickly recover by absorbing blood.

Zombies don't have the concept of "forming an infant" (a concept in traditional Chinese medicine); they are born without a soul.

In addition to common types of supernatural abilities such as immense strength, steel bones, and regeneration through blood absorption, there are also exclusive realms of supernatural abilities that give rise to incorruptible bones and thunder corpses.

Just like the Nascent Soul's [Teleportation Technique] and [Demonic Essence]!

It also possesses two new abilities: [Undying Bones] and [Transforming into Lightning], which are also divine abilities brought about by its realm.

The former is easier to deal with, as every uncorrupted skeleton has one.

Its effects are similar to those of the immortal bones obtained through body refinement, giving the bones the quality of being indestructible and difficult to completely destroy. This alone is enough to cause the physical strength of the Thunder Corpse to surge.

Transforming into lightning is its unique characteristic as a lightning corpse.

As the name suggests, it can transform the body into a pure form of lightning, greatly increasing the power of lightning-based divine abilities, and also granting immunity to most physical attacks, significantly enhancing resistance to divine sense techniques.

The effects are very comprehensive, and with the various innate abilities that reach the fourth rank, even a newly promoted cultivator is enough to crush ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Combined with the Yellow Springs Grudge Puppet, plus Wang Yu's combat power.

He had established himself at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Wang Yu controlled the Thunder Corpse to perform various exquisite movements and found that there was no delay. His divine sense could also suppress its ferocity.

Only then did I gradually feel at ease.

"Before the Yin Sha Corpse Refining Technique is advanced, the Thunder Corpse doesn't need to be improved anymore. Otherwise, the ability of the Corpse Control Seal will be insufficient, and it will be troublesome if it breaks free."

Having made up her mind, she summoned the Taiyin Nourishing Coffin and threw it inside, then hung it back on the jade hairpin that bound her hair.

"The Nourishing Demon Coffin is only a mid-grade third-level item. It seems that not only the alchemy furnace, but also the coffin and the insect jar need to be upgraded. Fortunately, the corpse of the Dragon Blood Demon Tree is large enough. I can try out the profound mysteries of the weapon chapter of the Demon Refining Technique in the next few days."

In that case, he would need a lot of demon corpses to work with him. The equipment he had was mostly made of metal and iron with yin and ice attributes, which would be sufficient as auxiliary materials.

If used as the main material, it is not suitable for the flesh and blood refining method of the Demon Refining Techniques: Weapon Chapter, as this is a less orthodox weapon refining method.

I thought that after twenty years of seclusion, I had enough methods.

It seems the problem still lies with the placement area; there aren't enough!

The art of demon refining holds a great secret, even though the array chapter is so fragmented that only one sentence remains, making it impossible to deduce or repair.

The sections on alchemy, weapon crafting, and talismans can all be restored.

Currently, only the first two have recovered to level three.

To complete his alchemy to the fourth rank, he would need at least twenty years. His Blood Pill Technique and Human Pill Technique also need to be developed and advanced to the fourth rank to supplement his demonic alchemy methods.

While using his divine sense to search for materials within the Sea Heart Ring.

Wang Yu landed back in front of the two-tailed shadow cat.

His expression was unreadable: "Have you notified the Tianpeng Clan?"

"The notification has been sent. At the speed of the Tianpeng Clan, they should be able to arrive in at most half a month."

"Then we'll settle the score with you later."

After saying that, Wang Yu paused slightly.

"My friend will come to see me in ten days. The clan leader will help to entertain him."

"good."

Two-Tailed Shadow Cat understood that a rift had formed between him and Wang Yu, and the other party no longer trusted him at all. However... he didn't know who his friend was.

Remembering what his daughter Hei Liu had told him, he decided to send someone to investigate the name "Wang Yu".

After a brief conversation, Wang Yu returned to his cave at Xiaoling Mountain.

For the demon cat clan, our friendship ends here.

Considering the problem with the Nine Evil Sword Lord, and the fact that he still needs the help of demon experts to get rid of this person, he actually has no way to completely break ties with the Two-Tailed Shadow Cat.

The adult world is always filled with interests and compromises.

Since he hadn't suffered any serious damage, Wang Yu planned to hold Jin Lin and Hei Liu accountable for the extortion by the demon cat clan.

Once Jin Miaoshan comes to support him, and both sides are on equal footing, he will let these beasts know what a gluttonous stomach is.

When he sat down again, he had a bottle of pills in his hand.

It contains the [Taiyin Demon Essence Pill]!

The fourth-tier cultivation-enhancing elixir came from a commission from the Heavenly Frost Demon Lord. He helped the other party refine the elixir to ease tensions and pocketed a portion of it.

This is considered a reasonable loss of fuel.

I didn't swallow it before because I only had a hundred drops of demonic energy when I first broke through, while a high-grade Taiyin Demonic Energy Pill can increase demonic energy by at least three hundred drops, which is a bit difficult to digest.

Secondly, while sitting on the Heavenly Enlightenment Platform, his main body didn't cultivate much and had to refine pills, relying entirely on the feedback from the placement panel for growth, so he didn't have the time to refine spirit pills.

This elixir is exceptionally potent, and it will take at least two years to refine.

Recently, apart from perfecting his demon-refining techniques and alchemy, he had nothing else to do, so he took the opportunity to refine these techniques to improve his strength.

Thus, ten days later.

Jin Miaoshan, accompanied by a senior cultivator with whom she had a close relationship, arrived at the territory of the Demon Cat Clan in the Northern Broken Realm Mountains through Jin Manlou's secret teleportation array.

Wang Yu sensed it with his divine sense, but did not meet it directly.

Instead, they waited several more days until Peng Qing's envoy arrived before leaving the cave to hold a tripartite meeting in the Demon Cat Council Hall.

Meeting in the Heart Lake Space and meeting in person are two completely different things.

A century has passed since then.

When they met again, Jin Miaoshan had already reached the ninth level of Core Formation, not far from the peak. However, when she saw Wang Yu, she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Nascent Soul! You've broken through to the Nascent Soul stage?!"

The first update will be followed by the second update around 2 or 3 a.m., as expected.

(End of this chapter)