Chapter 9: The True Teachings of Talismans, Building the Foundation of the Corpse

[You killed a Qi training stage corpse, and gained 80 experience points, Soul Crystal Fragment (white)*1]

[Current experience value: 9150]

[Innate magical power (32/100): Not awakened]

Lu Chen picked up the scattered light spots on the body of the mage he had just killed, and turned to look at the bronze door next to the corpse.

"Except for the area behind this bronze door, the underground palace of the mausoleum seems to have been explored by me. There should be no other corpses or Qingxuan puppets left outside..."

That’s right, after paying the price of resurrection hundreds of times, Lu Chen finally explored the entire underground palace.

During this process, he killed nearly a hundred magic corpses and a large number of Qingxuan puppets.

It was also at this time that Lu Chen discovered that the soul crystal fragments were not necessarily dropped, but were precious items that only appeared once in every three magic corpses.

In other words, if he wanted to collect the soul crystal fragments needed to awaken his talent, he would have to explore the ancient tomb copy twice more.

But even so, the nearly 10,000 experience points he currently had were enough to make his trip worthwhile.

Not to mention that his combat experience and skill level have been greatly improved during this period.

Not only did Liuyunbu and Shuilongyin reach the level of "great success" in the high-intensity battle with the magic corpses.

Even the sharp technique broke through to a level above great success during this process.

This was also the first time that Lu Chen knew what the realm above great success was.

[Sharp Technique (Full): Breakthrough]

[Effect: Use Qi to transform into a blade, even metal and stone cannot stop it]

It is different from the Qianjin power which can only briefly cover the weapon at the beginning.

When the Sharp Art reached a breakthrough, Lu Chen felt that the original Sharp Art had changed from a spell to a level close to divine power, and the skill was close to being divine.

Now, not only can he add the power of Qianjin to any object, he can even directly use his own spiritual power to condense a special Qianjin sword, reaching the level of turning Qi into a sword.

You have to know that before the foundation-building stage, few cultivators can use Qi to transform swords, let alone control objects.

Because this not only requires the monks to have an extremely high level of control over a certain spiritual power, but also requires them to have sufficient spiritual power.

Although Lu Chen does not have much spiritual power at the moment, his control over the golden spiritual power has reached an abnormal level.

However, 'transforming Qi into sword' is not very useful to him now.

It can only be regarded as a means to enrich his long-range attacks.

Speaking of power, turning Qi into a sword is not as reliable as attaching the "power of gold" to the weapon and then performing Water Dragon Chant.

After all, his Water Dragon Chant has now reached the level of perfection.

It is already possible to make the sword generate fifty vibrations within one second.

And every ten times, the original sword power can be multiplied.

Fifty times of shock force increased the power of Lu Chen's swordsmanship by five times.

In addition, the Purple Cloud Divine Light has a restraining effect on the Dharma corpse.

This allowed Lu Chen to easily kill the corpses in the tomb.

You should know that a Dharma corpse at the fifth level of the Qi training stage is equivalent to having both the physique of a physical cultivator and the magic skills of a magic cultivator.

In terms of strength, they are often one or two levels higher.

Lu Chen can easily defeat them, even if there is a certain restraint relationship, but his current strength is indeed not to be underestimated.

However, due to the lack of reference points, and the fact that all his current energy is focused on exploring the copy.

As a result, Lu Chen did not feel how powerful he was now.

Ancient Xiu’s Tomb, outside the bronze gate.

[Shui Long Yin: Great Mastery 1/3000]

[Liuyun Step: Great Mastery 1/4000]

"Water Dragon Song and Flowing Cloud Step have both reached a bottleneck. It's almost time to explore that strange bronze door."

Lu Chen took a deep breath and then pushed open the bronze door in front of him.

boom……

The heavy bronze door of the party slowly opened, and a strong stench instantly spread out from the door.

The pungent smell made him frown subconsciously.

When he walked into the room and saw the situation inside clearly, his pupils shrank instantly.

It turned out to be a huge underground cave, surrounded by caves that served as tombs.

Judging from the number of these tombs, there are probably hundreds of them.

This means that at least hundreds of Qingyun Sect disciples are buried here.

However, these tombs were all in ruins at this time, and many of the coffins in the caves were even in pieces.

In the very center of the cave, there is a huge square.

On the square, a strange man was sitting with his head down amidst a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Although he was said to be a man, he was actually a transformed corpse.

The corpse in front of him had white hair, an empty left arm, and many broken swords stuck on his shoulders, as if he had just experienced a very brutal battle.

Although he was just sitting with his head down, it still gave Lu Chen a strong sense of oppression.

He had only experienced this feeling from the foundation-building teachers in school.

This made Lu Chen have an idea...

Could it be that the person appearing before him was a corpse in the Foundation Establishment Stage?

With a little curiosity, Lu Chen looked at the panel opposite.

[Foundation-building stage corpse Ye Chenglin (severely injured)]

[Description: True disciple of Qingyun, proficient in talismans, but less than one tenth of his strength in his lifetime]

Looking at the other party's panel, Lu Chen felt very heavy.

A Dharma corpse in the Foundation Establishment Stage, even if its strength is less than one-tenth of its predecessor, it is still considered a jackpot.

At this time, the Dharma Corpse Ye Chenglin seemed to have sensed Lu Chen's arrival.

He raised his head and looked at Lu Chen. His scarlet eyes did not have the madness of an ordinary corpse, but rather an indescribable emptiness and fatigue.

"Who are you?"

Can this corpse speak?

Lu Chen was very surprised to hear Ye Chenglin asking him.

This was the first time he encountered a talking corpse.

Based on the knowledge about the magic corpse he learned at Los Angeles No. 1 Middle School.

Generally, only the Dharma corpse that has reached the Corpse Pill Stage will possess intelligence close to that of humans.

However, a small number of Dharma corpses are able to achieve "enlightenment" before the corpse pill stage.

This kind of magical corpse either has extremely strong willpower and is able to resist the will to become a corpse in the body.

Or they have such a strong obsession that they can't let it go even after death.

But no matter which one it is, such a corpse is very dangerous.

Because they are no longer wild beasts that only act on instinct, but intelligent creatures with a concept of self.

Facing Ye Chenglin's question, Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Qingyun Sect's outer sect servant, Lu Chen."

"Qingyun Sect...outer sect...men...men..."

His words seemed to evoke some memories of Ye Chenglin, making his eyes even more confused.

Lu Chen did not rush to attack, but stood there quietly, waiting for Ye Chenglin's answer.

At this time, he had already understood that the ancient tomb in front of him was the cemetery built by the Qingyun Sect in the game for its disciples.

Although he is currently just a small servant of Qingyun Sect in the game.

But even if he was just a chores, he could still get a lot of information.

For example, he was very clear that the Qingyun Sect in the game had definitely not declined to the extent that its disciples' resting place would collectively turn into corpses.

Therefore, the timeline in the copy and the timeline in the game must be very different.

Lu Chen wanted to know which period of Qingyun Sect the timeline in the current copy was in.

I am also curious about what happened in the Qingyun Sect outside the copy.

After all, it is definitely not an easy task to break into a sect that is guarded by a powerful person in the God Transformation Stage.

There are definitely some shocking secrets behind it.

Anyway, he doesn't have to worry about death in the copy, he can just chat with this magical corpse with its own intelligence first.

"Qingyun Sect, Qingyun Sect..."

Ye Chenglin lowered his head and kept murmuring these three words.

Slowly, Ye Chenglin's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he finally remembered something.

"Oh, right, Qingyun Sect. That's right. I am Ye Chenglin, the 70th generation disciple of Qingyun Sect and Wanfu Peak..."

"But why am I here..."

Ye Chenglin stood up blankly and looked at the corpses lying around him.

These corpses had either rotted away to the point where only bones were left, or were so broken that they looked as if they had been eaten by something.

"Brother Luo, Sister Gao, Sister Zhao, how did you become like this..."

Ye Chenglin walked up to the corpses, his expression slowly changing from confusion to sadness.

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"Oh, now I remember, I killed you with my own hands."

"Master said that I was born with the Nine Yins, and I will become a zombie after I die."

"If the sect encounters misfortune in the future and the disciples' resting place is disturbed, I will intervene."

"Don't let anyone go out, don't let anyone come in, don't let anyone go out, don't let anyone come in..."

Ye Chenglin kept repeating these words, and the deathly aura on his body gradually became heavier.

At this time, Lu Chen roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter.

Ye Chenglin was a rare person born with Nine Yin, and was the type that would definitely transform into a corpse after his death.

His master took advantage of this and assigned him a task.

That is to protect the underground mausoleum in front of us.

Once the corpse of a disciple in the mausoleum begins to turn into a zombie, Ye Chenglin will take action to completely eliminate the zombie disciple.

In addition, Ye Chenglin also has to act as a gravekeeper and deal with strangers who break into the mausoleum.

As for why Qingyun Sect was willing to bury its disciples even at the risk of corpse transformation.

Lu Chen understood this very well.

From ancient times to the present, the world of immortal cultivation has always believed in one sentence.

'The soul returns to its hometown and rests in peace.'

What this sentence means is that only when human bodies are properly buried can their souls return to their hometowns and be reincarnated.

If the bodies of the disciples were left to lie exposed in the wilderness, their souls would wander around.

Not only will they be unable to reincarnate, they will even accumulate resentment and become ghosts, causing harm to others.

Therefore, the rule of burial has continued to this day.

Not only in the game, even in reality, the Jiuzhou Immortal Alliance where Lu Chen is located also abides by this rule.

Normally, as long as the location of the tomb is not in some dangerous place.

There is a high probability that the bodies buried here will not transform into zombies.

But no one knew what had happened in the underground mausoleum, or rather the Qingyun Sect that built this mausoleum.

As a result, the Yin energy in this place was so strong that the disciples in the mausoleum turned into zombies one after another.

The corpses around Ye Chenglin were undoubtedly the Qingyun Sect disciples who had transformed into corpses.

The wounds on his body must have been caused by fighting with these magical corpses.

In a sense, it is because of Ye Chenlin's existence that these large numbers of corpses are sleeping underground and unable to cause trouble on the surface.

It can be said that he is loyal to his duties.

But this is not a good thing for Lu Chen now.

Because in addition to preventing the corpse in the tomb from leaving, Ye Chenglin also has to prevent outsiders from coming in.

And he was undoubtedly an outsider.

"You shouldn't be here..."

Ye Chenglin looked at Lu Chen and slowly walked down from the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

Then he raised his only right arm and skillfully drew something in the air.

His action immediately made Lu Chen's hair stand on end, and he felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.

Without any hesitation, Lu Chen rushed towards him almost the moment Ye Chenglin raised his hand.

Talisman: Small Five Thunder Technique! As Ye Chenglin completed the talisman, a thick black lightning bolt immediately struck Lu Chen.

However, the black lightning failed to hit Lu Chen in the end, but fell on a residual image.

Boom! Black lightning struck the ground, creating a five-meter-wide pit.

A large number of electric arcs were flashing in the pit.

Lu Chen, who had narrowly escaped, did not dare to stay. He used his full strength to perform the Flowing Cloud Step, trying to close the distance between himself and Ye Chenglin.

But just when he approached to within 70 meters of Ye Chenglin, his feet suddenly slipped.

In a hurry, Lu Chen had to use his sword to support himself on the ground, like pole vaulting, and he flipped several times in the air before he finally stood firm.

He looked at the traces of talismans left at his previous resting place, his expression very solemn.

The talisman to soften the ground... When was it drawn?

That’s right, it was not an accident that Lu Chen’s step just now missed the target.

Instead, Ye Chenglin suddenly used the swamp technique at some point, softening part of the surrounding ground.

If Lu Chen had studied the art of talismans, he would have discovered that what Ye Chenglin had just drawn was not a simple "Five Thunder Talisman".

Instead, while drawing the Five Thunder Talisman, he also immediately drew the Swamp Talisman.

It was just that Ye Chenglin drew the talisman so quickly that Lu Chen had no time to react at all.

I thought he just used a talisman technique.

Such means are enough to show Ye Chenglin's attainments in the art of talismans.

This was the case when Ye Chenglin only had one arm and had no talismans prepared in advance.

Otherwise, Lu Chen might not have been able to run more than ten meters and would have been smashed to death by the talismans flying in the sky.

After all, the method of drawing talismans in the air is indeed powerful, but the real advantage of talisman masters lies in that they can use a large amount of talisman paper to prepare a large number of talismans in advance, and use them together at the critical moment.

There is a complete difference between a talisman master who does not prepare talismans in advance and a talisman master who has prepared them in advance.

However, there is not much time for Lu Chen to admire Ye Chenglin's superb talisman skills.

Because more black lightning was coming from afar.

This time, Lu Chen simply didn't hide.

Because he couldn't hide away.

Purple divine light!

As the dazzling rays of light followed his entire body, dense black thunder in the sky immediately struck him.

Boom! With a deafening explosion, a charred figure, like a broken doll, slammed heavily onto a pillar in the cave.

"puff……"

Lu Chen leaned against the pillar and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He looked down at his chest that was pierced by lightning, and his arms that were blown away.

It was only a brief encounter before he was seriously injured by Ye Chenglin's talisman.

Such a huge gap in strength made Lu Chen feel powerless for the first time in a long time.

Looking at Ye Chenglin who was drawing talismans not far away, Lu Chen smiled bitterly and said, "A Foundation Establishment Stage Dharma Corpse, such an enemy... is really powerful enough."

As soon as he finished speaking, the black lightning transformed from the talisman completely submerged him.

The originally noisy underground cave finally became quiet.

After the thunder dissipated, Ye Chenglin looked at Lu Chen's charred body with a very cold expression, as if he had only done something insignificant.

After making sure that Lu Chen was completely dead, Ye Chenglin whispered, "This is the resting place of Qingyun disciples. Anyone who trespasses will... die."

"My fellow disciples, no one can disturb your rest while I am here... no one can..."

(End of this chapter)