"What's the deal with the four children in that room?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked, pointing to the four children in Lu Siyao's room.
Zhang Lin shook his head and said, "I don't know, that's Master Chen's business, I don't know."
"Hmph, you won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences!" Liu Xiaoyuan snorted coldly and used his Qi Refining Realm divine power to lift Zhang Lin up. After Zhang Lin was suspended in the void, the Zhang family members who were watching the commotion from afar were very surprised to see that their patriarch was also standing in the void.
Little did they know that Zhang Lin had been lifted up by Liu Xiaoyuan using supernatural powers, and that Zhang Lin felt an invisible hand tightly gripping his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe.
"Get out!" Liu Xiaoyuan roared, and Zhang Lin flew out like a stone thrown away, crashing heavily into a door of the house, smashing it into pieces. Zhang Lin was naturally seriously injured.
Liu Xiaoyuan slowly descended from the void to the ground, and then suddenly appeared in front of Master Chen. The speed was so fast that it was like being within arm's reach!
"Tell me, why do you control children and turn them into your puppets?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked, standing in front of Master Chen.
Even at this point, Master Chen remained stubborn and, upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, coldly snorted and said, "Kid, just kill me!"
"Oh dear, still so stubborn? Then I'll let you taste what it means to wish you were dead." With that, Liu Xiaoyuan punched Chen Ye in the chest. The spiritual energy directly entered Chen Ye's body, and like a snake, it stirred up Chen Ye's internal organs.
The reason why Master Chen is invulnerable to swords and spears is not because he has practiced kung fu such as the Golden Bell Cover or Iron Shirt, but because he bathes and applies corpse oil to his body.
Corpse oil, as the name suggests, is the oil from the body of the dead. Such a disgusting substance would be too much for most people to bear to look at, but Master Chen actually uses it for bathing and applies it to his body. He is truly a formidable person.
Over time, not only did his body become impervious to blades and spears, but it also became highly poisonous. The black aura emanating from Master Chen just now was formed from years of applying corpse oil.
It could be said that Master Chen's entire body was poisonous. Because he had been smeared with corpse oil, he naturally carried an aura of death, making him look like a living dead.
Master Chen was writhing on the ground in pain, screaming in agony. The pain was so intense that he even considered ending his own life.
"Can we talk now?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked, looking at Master Chen.
"I'm willing, I'm willing..." Master Chen couldn't bear the suffering any longer and quickly said.
"Then hurry up and tell me." Liu Xiaoyuan said, drawing out the spiritual energy from Master Chen's body.
Spiritual energy is indispensable for cultivators. It is like food for them. Without the support of spiritual energy, cultivators are like ordinary people who do not eat. They will grow thinner and thinner day by day and become powerless.
However, while the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the most precious thing for cultivators, it is of no use to ordinary people.
After the spiritual energy was extracted from his body, Master Chen felt much more relaxed, and his stomach pain was no longer so severe.
"Speak quickly, don't waste my time," Liu Xiaoyuan said, staring at Master Chen.
Master Chen dared not delay and hurriedly said, "I am going to send these four children to my master."
"Your master? Where is he? Is he also a corpse driver?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked immediately. He had heard Zhang San mention that Master Chen was the leader of the corpse drivers, so wouldn't his master be even more powerful?
"My master was also a corpse driver, but I couldn't even match one ten-thousandth of his skill." Master Chen looked fearful when he talked about his master.
"Where is your master?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked again. As for Master Chen saying that his skills were not even one ten-thousandth of his master's, Liu Xiaoyuan didn't care about that. He wanted to find out where Master Chen's master was first. Whether or not to go and find Master Chen's master was a matter for later.
“My master… my master is at his house,” Master Chen stammered.
Upon hearing this answer, Liu Xiaoyuan was so angry that he kicked Chen Ye. "Are you kidding me? I know your master is in his own home!"
"Damn it, are you kidding me? What's your master's name? Which village does he live in?" Liu Xiaoyuan kicked Master Chen and asked.
Master Chen said, "My master is named Yin Zhengdao, and he lives in a village called Jitou Village, which is more than 100 kilometers away from here."
"Then what does your master want these children for?" Liu Xiaoyuan then asked.
Master Chen said, "I don't know either. My master just told me to send four children over, so I bought four children from human traffickers."
"Did you really buy it from human traffickers?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked coldly.
Master Chen immediately changed his story, saying, "I snatched it from human traffickers and killed them."
"What kind of evil magic did you use on the four children? Why do they all look so blank?" Liu Xiaoyuan questioned.
Master Chen said, "This is a skill my master taught me; it can control people and turn them into puppets..."
This so-called control of people into puppets involves feeding these children a drug they have brewed. This drug is like a poison that can control the human brain, making them subject to the command of the controller. Once the controller is not in charge, the controlled person will not listen to anyone else.
The medicine that Master Chen gave to the four children was created by Master Chen's master, Yin Zhengdao. This medicine can only control others for a short time, and it also has a drawback: the controlled person becomes dull and mindless. If they lose the command of the person in charge, they are like a living dead.
Therefore, over the years, Master Chen's master has been researching the true art of controlling puppets, which means that the person being controlled must not only be under his control, but also have thoughts and be no different from a normal person.
Therefore, Master Chen suspects that his master, Yin Zhengdao, has been asking him to send children to him all these years, probably so that he can further improve his puppetry skills.
After listening to Master Chen's story, Liu Xiaoyuan asked, "How many children have you sent to your master over the years?"
"Nearly a hundred." After saying this, Master Chen immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, because these hundred children had lost their lives because of him. That's why Master Chen was so afraid, afraid that Liu Xiaoyuan would take his life.
"A hundred? You really are a good disciple." Liu Xiaoyuan was furious. Giving a hundred children to Yin Zhengdao to practice puppetry was tantamount to killing these children himself. It was simply outrageous and against all reason.
"I...I was forced into this situation, please spare my life." Master Chen knelt on the ground and begged Liu Xiaoyuan to spare his life.
(End of this chapter)
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