Chapter 580 Before Departure
Li Weiyi followed her footsteps and walked into Qingyi Garden: "But, the curse of Xianxia Sect happened a hundred years ago. The captain doesn't look like he is a hundred years old."
Qing Zijin said, "A hundred years ago, my father stayed in Qingyi Garden and luckily survived. He later joined the Shaoling Army. He thought everything was over, married, and had me. But... he died the same way, turning into a shriveled corpse at the foot of Yanjue Mountain. He couldn't escape his destined fate."
As she spoke, she brought Li Weiyi to the ancestral hall in Qingyi Garden.
Thirteen immortal corpses sat neatly behind the spirit tablet, divided into four rows, from four generations.
Of course, the Qing family has more than four generations, or even more than forty generations, but Qing Zijin belongs to the fourth generation.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
Li Weiyi followed her, picked up a stick of incense, lit it, bowed three times, and then inserted it into the censer.
"That's okay! One day in the future, I'll probably meet the same fate, turning into a white-haired, dried corpse. I just hope that when you see me then, you'll bring me here and burn a stick of incense for me too."
Qing Zijin's eyes were emotionless as she stood amidst the drifting smoke, her thoughts suddenly shifting to a conversation from two days prior. "No matter how powerful the deceased was in life, they're gone, and can't exert much combat power. Half of these thirteen elders in my family were immortals, but I'm controlling them with the Corpse Control Talisman. Even if they join forces, they're probably no match for a peak-level Second Realm cultivator like Qiu Cheng."
"Why is this happening?" Li Weiyi asked.
Qing Zijin frowned slightly, not understanding what Li Weiyi meant.
Li Weiyi asked again, "The immortality elixir in their bodies was taken away?"
"Not really. No one dares to use the cursed elixir to refine medicine. They even keep a distance from their corpses, fearing that they might be contaminated by some incomprehensible weirdness."
She added, "However, the Zutian, Fengfu, and Qihai have shrunk."
"I can..."
Li Weiyi pointed at the thirteen immortal corpses.
Qing Zijin said, "Please do as you please."
Li Weiyi touched it with his finger and released his spiritual light to investigate. "The blood and energy have been completely lost, and the immortality elixir has dimmed, but there is still 10% to 20% of magic energy available within. This shouldn't be the case, Captain. Is it because your corpse control skills are not sophisticated enough?"
Immortal corpses are not uncommon in the netherworld of the dead.
But those immortal corpses have been buried underground for thousands and millions of years, and the essence of their bodies has almost dissipated, like iron that is about to rust into mud.
The bodies of the Xianxia Sect were different. They had passed away a hundred years ago, but their skin was as hard as armor, their bones were full of spirit, and their flesh still had a strong vitality. More importantly, their immortal golden elixir was still there, even if it had dimmed and their magic energy had been greatly dissipated.
This is why Li Weiyi chose to cooperate with Qing Zijin!
This orphan of the Xianxia Sect possesses precious power that she cannot even imagine.
Li Weiyi specifically asked the deputy sentry master, and he found out that the last head of the Xianxia Sect was the sentry master of the previous generation of Dongxu Camp. It was likely because of this that the Xianxia Sect suffered retaliation from the Netherworld of the Dead and suffered a tragic end.
It can be said that Qing Zijin, the only survivor, has absolute ownership of the Xianxia Sect, and anyone who dares to snatch it will be attacked by the entire Dongxu Camp.
Even when Dongxu Camp was established in Xianxia Sect, they consulted her first.
Qing Zijin said coldly, "What exquisite tricks do you have? Show them to me."
"Then I will be offending these seniors. Captain, are you sure you have thought it through?" Li Weiyi confirmed again.
Qing Zijin said nothing, turned around, stepped over the threshold and walked out of the ancestral hall.
“She has never seen the Qing family from a hundred years ago, so she probably won’t care too much.”
Li Weiyi chose a mummy with the strongest cultivation level during his lifetime, probably at the sixth level. Even though all his blood and energy were gone, his body still weighed more than a hundred pounds, and ordinary magic weapons could not cut it at all.
Lay the mummy flat on the ground and untie the Xianxia Sect's robes.
Then, he took out the ink made from transcendental blood, and released wisps of spiritual light as a pen to draw one puppet symbol after another on the body of the mummy.
The location of Zutian is the most densely populated.
Some of the puppet texts directly hit the elixir of immortality.
The sky grew darker. Li Weiyi glanced at Qing Zijin's picturesque and graceful back standing outside the door, and was secretly curious in his heart why this cold and indifferent ice beauty trusted him so much.
Aren't you afraid that you're taking advantage of her?
At this moment, Qing Zijin, gazing at the bright moon, was also pondering the same question in her mind: Why did she agree to Li Weiyi's proposal? Why did she bring him here?
Is it the kind of sympathy that comes from being orphans and finding one's own kind?
Or, despite his exceptional talent, he never got carried away, always addressing her as "Captain." By addressing her so often, did she really consider him one of her own?
Inside the ancestral hall, Li Weiyi began to outline the last secret text, which was also the most important one.
"Lin!"
The secret word "Lin" fell on the forehead of the mummy.
“Wow!”
The mummy opened its eyes and absorbed all the blood-colored puppet characters on its body into its body.
Li Weiyi took three steps back, formed a seal with his fingers, and shouted softly: "Get up!"
The mummy stood up straight, the magical energy in his body began to circulate, a blue cloud appeared in his pupils, and a hint of the aura of immortality appeared on his body.
Qing Zijin was shocked by the aura emanating from the mummy. She turned around suddenly and felt a strong gust of wind sweeping towards her, causing her body to retreat uncontrollably.
In a flash, the mummy appeared in the yard and slapped the ground, leaving a deep, large handprint.
“Crash!”
Rays of light immediately rose up from all around.
Li Weiyi stepped out of the doorway and used the spiritual light thread to control the mummy: "Captain, do you think Qiu Cheng is his opponent?"
Qing Zijin could feel the magical energy circulating within the dried corpse. The aura of immortality alone was terrifying: "Just this one body is enough to make me invincible below the third realm."
"When they encounter the third realm, it's hard to say! Even if they can't defeat the puppet corpse, they are fully capable of bypassing it and directly killing the corpse controller. Or they can use Taoist magic to disperse the corpse controller's spiritual light and erase the puppet symbols on the corpse."
"I'm giving it to you. Use it to protect yourself." Li Weiyi said.
Qing Zijin's mind moved: "How much can you refine?"
"Time is too tight! We can only have five or six bodies before we set off," said Li Weiyi.
"Come with me."
Qing Zijin took Li Weiyi to the top of Yanjue Mountain. This time they went over the top of the mountain and went to the other side of the mountain close to the realm of the dead.
Walking down the mountain, there were ruins everywhere. It was very dark and even the fire abyss could not illuminate this side.
Arriving at the entrance of a cave near the foot of the mountain, Qing Zijin bowed to the old man guarding the cave, said something via voice transmission, and then said to Li Weiyi, "Follow me in!"
The old man sat cross-legged on the right side of the cave. He never opened his eyes from beginning to end. His body was covered with dust and even spider webs.
Li Weiyi did not hear any breathing or heartbeat from the old man, and he suspected that Qing Zijin was deliberately playing a trick and using a dead body to scare him.
Enter the cave.
“Swish!”
Qing Zijin raised his palm, and a ball of holy sun appeared in his palm, illuminating the darkness of the vast space in the cave.
Under the flames, the air was filled with floating dust.
A sea of coffins appeared before Li Weiyi's eyes, densely packed and neatly arranged, layer upon layer, countless in number.
It goes without saying that the deceased of Xianxia Sect were not all burned and buried here.
Qing Zijin walked down the stone steps: "With my cultivation level at the First Realm, I can only control thirteen immortal corpses, so I only took the thirteen people from the Qing family. Since time is short, you can take any of the immortal corpses here!"
"That transcendent corpse?" Li Weiyi asked.
She gave him a cold look and said, "Chaoran's corpse is not stored here. With your current level of telekinesis, can you shake Chaoran's Beyond Heaven Pill?"
Li Weiyi said, "Excuse me, Captain, you have such wealth at your disposal. Even if you strip them of their martial robes, they can sell them for a fortune. Paying me a 6,000-year-old medicinal herb and renting a staff or spear shouldn't be difficult."
"wealth?"
Qing Zijin turned and looked at him. "If it weren't for the dangers of traveling to the ancient country of Suiyuexu, do you think I would have brought you here? We are forming an alliance and cooperating, each taking what we need. Also, before using these corpses, you must not let anyone else know."
"Okay, I said something wrong, I apologize."
Li Weiyi is not a member of the Xianxia Sect. No matter how much he sympathizes with Qing Zijin, it is difficult for him to empathize with her. He can only choose to shut up and get down to business.
The spiritual light between his eyebrows blossomed, and countless four-colored light threads spread out, penetrated into the coffin, and began to search.
"The corpses of the great immortals of the seventh realm are all stored there." Qing Zijin reminded.
Li Weiyi said, "What I'm looking for is a corpse of immortality that is similar in shape to the two of us."
"What do you mean?" Qing Zijin asked.
Li Weiyi said, "With my current attainments in telekinesis, I'm not yet able to refine a replacement puppet. However, refining two replacement puppets before departure might be more valuable than refining five or six puppet war corpses. After the puppet war corpses can enter the Ancient Country of Suiyuexu, I can take the time to slowly refine them."
"Substitute puppet...how did you learn so much?" Qing Zijin asked.
Li Weiyi said, "I'm just a quick learner! Come and help me. Hurry up! Once Tu Mian Gou passes the message on, we'll probably have to leave."
Li Weiyi and Qing Zijin were busy in the cave all night until dawn.
It was evening the next day.
The two of them had consumed a lot of their mental energy and were exhausted. As soon as they returned to Qingyi Garden, they saw Liu Ye and Chang Yujian waiting there.
Chang Yujian looked them up and down and said jokingly, "I couldn't find you anywhere in the camp. Where are you hiding under the moon and flowers? Mo Duanfeng and Baichuan called everyone to set off two hours ago. The rest of them have already arrived at the Transmission Hall."
Qing Zijin walked into the garden without saying a word, treating Chang Yu Sword and Willow Leaf as air.
Liu Ye's eyes were filled with doubt. Qing Zijin had always disliked Li Weiyi. But today, with the two of them in this state, it was hard not to suspect them.
"Don't make fun of her. I don't even dare to mess with her. You guys go ahead. I'll go back and pack my luggage."
Li Weiyi returned to Qingyin Pavilion. Actually, there wasn't much to pack, as he had already stored everything in his boundary bag and blood mud space. He went back mainly to pick up the Phoenix Wing Moth King who had stayed behind.
Rushing to the teleportation hall.
When Li Weiyi passed by Qingyi Garden, Qing Zijin had already left.
The two gateposts in front of Qingyi Garden, engraved with profound inscriptions, vanished, evidently taken away by her. Everyone was preparing as best they could for this perilous experience.
(End of this chapter)
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