At 1:30 in the afternoon, the sun was scorching, and the dusty, slightly bumpy streets were emitting scorching heat and distorting the air.

The dusty taxi parked on the roadside, not far away was the memorial archway of Wuhen Hotel. Zhang Yuanqing carried a backpack, put on a cap and a mask, opened the door and got out of the car. "Young man, are you going back to Songhai? I can wait for you!" The driver stuck his head out and shouted enthusiastically at his back. Although he made a lot of money on this trip, he still wanted to make more money.

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a while, turned around and said, "I'll go back in the evening, how about you wait for me?" "Goodbye!" The driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

Zhang Yuanqing pressed down the brim of his hat. He strode through the parking space in front of the store. He pushed open the door to the lobby. A strong cold wind whistled in. Zhang Yuanqing was refreshed and felt relaxed.

Aunt Xiaoyuan stood in front of the counter, still in the uniform of a white shirt and a burgundy blazer, tall and plump, with bright features. Xiaoyuan glanced at him and said calmly: "Come with me!"

Having said that, she left the counter and walked into the hotel in her high heels.

Why is this woman's attitude so hot and cold... Zhang Yuanqing hurriedly followed and entered the elevator. The two of them went to the third floor. Xiaoyuan took out her employee card from her pocket and swiped it to open the door of Room 306.

"The level 3 demon of confusion you want has an experience value of about 30%-60%. He is quite powerful and is the leader of a gang in Jinshan City. He has done a lot of unscrupulous things." Xiao Yuan leaned against the door with his arms crossed. Zhang Yuanqing entered the room and saw a man lying quietly on the bed. He was about 35 years old. His face was thin, his body was well-proportioned and agile, his muscles were full, and there was no excess fat.

He checked and confirmed that there were no obvious external injuries and no broken bones on the body, and nodded with satisfaction.

The body is like material, it must be intact. It is definitely not okay to have missing arms and legs, this body is in very good condition. It is obvious that Xiaoyuan is very concerned. "How long has he been dead?" he asked again.

The time of death of the "material" should be controlled within 12 hours because the concentration of the spirit remaining in the body directly determines the quality of the "material". "Just hunted this morning." She said.

Zhang Yuanqing nodded again with satisfaction, took off his backpack, and took out 20 thick bundles of banknotes, 10,000 yuan per bundle. "This is the reward." Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, her face suddenly turned cold, and she said:

"No reward is required. I promise to help you hunt down the Bewitching Demon. This is just to repay you." Her eyes were fixed on the 200,000 yuan in cash. She hesitated for a few seconds, then moved away firmly.

She thinks I'm pitying her? She's so sensitive. A little kindness can easily hurt her self-esteem... Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice: "Kou Beiyue owes me a favor, and he should pay it back himself. Now, I have to pay back the favor I owe you."

Xiaoyuan frowned and remained silent.

The hotel business is not very good, and the overall economy has been sluggish in recent years, making it difficult to make money. She has to maintain the expenses of a small team, which is actually very stressful. Master Wuhen's team is not just her and Kou Beiyue.

Two hundred thousand yuan in cash is very important. Zhang Yuanqing struck while the iron was hot and said angrily:

"You owe me a favor on behalf of Kou Beiyue, which makes me seem like an outsider. Am I worse than that idiot Dong Er in Aunt Xiaoyuan's heart?" "Yes!" Xiaoyuan said.

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Zhang Yuanqing: ".

A smile flashed across Xiaoyuan's eyes, but she quickly hid it and said with a cold face:

"But you're right. Kou Beiyue should repay his favor himself. He's already 16 years old. He should take on some responsibilities on his own." Zhang Yuanqing handed over 100,000 yuan in cash.

Xiao Yuan was holding a bundle of banknotes, closing the door and about to leave, when she suddenly stopped and said:

"I originally wanted to help you hunt an older woman, but such targets are rare, and you pushed me too hard. Next time you want to refine a Yin corpse, remember to tell me half a month in advance. As for the reward..." She looked down at the large bundle of banknotes on her chest, and the corners of her mouth curled up: "It's still two hundred thousand."

Bang! The door closed.

She actually joked with me? And it was a joke about this... Zhang Yuanqing was dumbfounded. But. Xiaoyuan. I like older women who are warm and gentle, not cold and icy.

After being delighted for a while, he suppressed his emotions and shifted his attention to business.

Zhang Yuanqing took out a small white porcelain bowl, a writing brush, cinnabar, the body fluids extracted from zombies, and the black soil from the graves that had accumulated Yin Qi from his backpack. He poured all of them into the small white porcelain bowl and quickly stirred them with the brush. After a while, the objects in the bowl were mixed into a sticky black-brown substance like paste.

He walked to the bedside, cut the clothes on the body with the bloodthirsty blade, held the bowl in one hand and the pen in the other, dipped it in "ink", and drew the spirit seal on the body of the bewitching demon. After a person dies, the spirit will gradually dissipate. During this process, although the spirit remains in the body, it has actually been separated from the body.

Just like the relationship between a cup and water, the water is in the cup, but it is not one with the cup.

Therefore, the first step in refining a Yin corpse is to allow the remaining spirit in the body to merge with the physical body again.

Only in this way can we refine a low-intelligence puppet. A puppet without intelligence is equivalent to a puppet that can't move. It's meaningless. In addition, after the body is combined with the physical body,

Some attributes will be retained, usually a passive skill.

The Bewitching Demon in the extraordinary stage has only one passive ability - Berserk!

Zhang Yuanqing concentrated his energy and was very dedicated. He carved every stroke very carefully. In addition to the fact that there could be no mistakes in the carving of the spiritual seal, the Taiyin force transferred in every stroke had to be the same. Uneven transfer of Taiyin force would cause the formation structure to be unbalanced and the work would fail.

Ten minutes later, the spirit seal was completed. The twisted and different spells were connected harmoniously and regularly to form an evil and beautiful formation. Zhang Yuanqing clearly felt that the spirit inside the corpse was gradually merging into the flesh and blood and returning to this already cold body.

"It's done!"

Zhang Yuanqing let out a long breath, his face full of joy.

Although the Spirit Seal is the Night Wandering God's innate skill, mastering the Spirit Seal is only the foundation. Whether it can be successful in one go depends on proficiency. In this regard, the gap between novices and veterans is huge.

Zhang Yuanqing, who was refining a Yin corpse for the first time, took a deep breath and took out two glass test tubes from his backpack, each containing purple and red blood. The purple blood was the blood of a powerful Yin creature, produced in the exclusive spiritual realm of the Night Wandering God.

The red ** is the sap of a tree called "Blood Hand Flower", which contains powerful vitality.

The former is used to nourish the corpse, giving it evil spirits and yin energy. The latter is used to bring life to the cold corpse, making the joints less stiff and the muscles more flexible. In a more popular way, it is like the lubricant that makes the rusty gears turn again.

Finally, Zhang Yuanqing took out a yellow crystal that was as clear as amber. Among all the materials, this one was the most expensive, worth two million. It was a material from the exclusive spiritual realm of earth monsters, containing powerful earth attribute spiritual power, and was extremely tolerant and could blend with most things. The attribute he chose for the Yin corpse was "earth", which was decided a long time ago, after careful consideration.

The Bewitching Demon is a good fighter, and its melee ability ranks among the best among all major professions, but its mediocre self-healing ability and defense are its weaknesses. Between self-healing ability and defense, Zhang Yuanqing chose the latter.

Because the Yin corpse will not get tired. It will not feel pain. Its self-healing ability is a bit useless, but its defense is different. As a puppet, a tool, it will be damaged. Especially when it encounters a strong opponent, it is possible to be skinned and cramped.

In this way, the Yin corpse is destroyed.

Zhang Yuanqing poured the purple and red liquid into a small bowl, mixed it with the viscous liquid, and quickly stirred it a few times.

He dipped the brush into the diluted liquid and began to draw the formation on the floor of the room. It is worth mentioning that the floor of the hotel is paved with wooden boards and tiles. If it were replaced with a red carpet, Zhang Yuanqing would be dumbfounded. Drawing the formation is more complicated and more difficult than drawing on a corpse. In order to ensure that there are no mistakes, Zhang Yuanqing drew very slowly.

After all, there is only one copy of the material.

Half an hour later, he wiped the sweat off his forehead and felt as exhausted as if he had finally completed a task after a day of building blocks as a child. Zhang Yuanqing picked up the corpse of the bewitching demon and gently placed it in the center of the formation, then placed the yellow crystal on the chest of the corpse.

"Success or failure depends on this one move!"

He retreated to the edge of the formation, lightly pressed his palm on one corner, and continuously transferred the power of Taiyin.

Suddenly, the room was filled with chilly winds, the temperature dropped drastically, and the dried spells began to glow with purple, black, and red light.

The black and purple light merged into the corpse, condensing into a yin evil spirit, and the red light nourished the corpse, making the pale skin revitalized... Seeing this, Zhang Yuanqing immediately increased the transmission of the power of the yin. The black, purple, and red colors surged and rushed straight to the ceiling, magnificent and gorgeous.

The yellow crystal on the chest of the corpse was like a piece of melted ice cream and was absorbed by the corpse.

The corpse lying in the center of the formation suddenly opened its eyes, its gaze was sinister and violent, and an incomparably powerful force burst out of its body, turning into a cold wind that blew up the curtains and sheets. "It's done!"

Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed.

No, there is still one last step... He strode into the formation, bit his fingertips, and drew a circle on the forehead of the Yin corpse. As soon as the circle was formed, it disappeared into the Yin corpse, and an identical circle appeared in Zhang Yuanqing's sea of ​​consciousness.

This is the master's mark and also the medium for manipulating the corpse.

This mark has two functions. One is to issue instructions to the Inferi, assigning it to complete a certain task, but it can only be a relatively simple and superficial task, such as killing an enemy. The Inferi with low intelligence cannot understand and execute commands that require technical content, such as drawing.

The second is to use the brand as a medium to take over the body of the Inferi and manipulate it like a spirit servant. In this state, the Inferi can perform various delicate operations. "Look at what abilities this guy has retained, and what properties the topaz has given it......"

Immediately, Zhang Yuanqing concentrated his energy, separated all his thoughts, and integrated them into the imprint in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The next moment, he felt himself being "split apart". He felt two of himself, with two bodies. At the same time, through the perspective of the Inferi, he saw himself wearing narrow-legged cropped trousers and a white T-shirt. This feeling was not unfamiliar, and it was the same when he leaned over the little funny guy.

"Fuck, the Yin corpse's physique is stronger than my real body..." After figuring out the Yin corpse's properties, Zhang Yuanqing was shocked.

First of all, it was the physique of the Yin corpse. As a Level 3 Bewitching Demon, its physical fitness was even stronger than its current body, and Zhang Yuanqing felt a strong will to fight from this body. It was as if he was born to fight, and the desire and confidence for fighting were something that Zhang Yuanqing's original body did not have.

"It's like a fighting talent has been forced upon me... Is this the normal state of the Bewitching Demon...?"

Secondly, the attributes, the passive skill of Blood Rage was preserved, which was also the only passive skill of the Bewitching Demon. Bewitching and Marking, as active skills, had returned to the Spirit Realm.

But what really delighted Zhang Yuanqing were the three properties bestowed by the yellow crystal: First, when fighting, the Yin corpse can actively absorb the power of the earth to enhance endurance, without the need for the owner to warm it with the power of the Taiyin. It is worth mentioning that the Yin corpse also has its limits, it is not a perpetual motion machine, and after the Taiyin power in the body is exhausted, the owner needs to re-irrigate it.

Second, the defense of skin and flesh is enhanced.

Although it has not reached the level of iron and steel, ordinary blades and bullets are unlikely to have any effect on it. 3. Summon the Stone Armor.

This attribute is an active skill. The Yin Corpse can transform the earth-attributed spiritual power stored in the body into an invulnerable stone armor that lasts for three minutes. The stone armor has extremely strong defense. Even if it encounters a Bewitching Demon of the same level that is good at breaking armor, it can still resist for one minute. "If I don't use the props, I feel that the Yin Corpse is a little stronger than my body. No wonder they say that the Night Wanderer with the Yin Corpse is different from the Night Wanderer without a bachelor. No wonder those scholars ranked me 11th...

,,"

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly realized.

I couldn't help but wonder, how powerful would the number one city god Zhao be if he had a level 4 corpse?

Even if the Yin Corpse lost most of the Saint Realm skills, as long as it retained one, relying on the Saint's physique, it could almost crush most of the extraordinary. And this did not count the combat power of Zhao Chenghuang himself.

I was too confident before, but now I have my Infernal Corpse, and the gap has narrowed... In two days, the competition will start, and I will make a grand appearance with my Infernal Corpse... He confidently left the room with the Infernal Corpse and took the elevator back to the first floor. Xiaoyuan at the counter heard the noise and looked over.

She paused for a moment on the evil corpse and said calmly:

"You'd better get him a pair of sunglasses and a mask. You don't want to be asked for your ID card by the security guards when you walk on the street." Zhang Yuanqing looked back at the corpse and touched his chin:

"That makes sense!

"By the way, I haven't named him yet, Aunt Xiaoyuan. Do you have any suggestions?" Xiaoyuan said sarcastically; "Just call him Dead One. It suits your taste." Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up: "Good name, that's it."

The spirit servant is called Little Doubi, the corpse is called Dead One, and everyone has a bright future. Xiaoyuan: "......."

"Aunt Xiaoyuan, the competition will be held the day after tomorrow. Wait for me to win the championship... Well, it will be no problem for me to be in the top three." Zhang Yuanqing didn't say anything definite. Xiaoyuan looked at him and said, "It's good enough if you can be in the top five."

"Let's make a bet?" Zhang Yuanqing was not convinced. "What bet?" Xiaoyuan accepted.

If it were the little emperor's uncle, the bet would definitely be dating and kissing, but I am a serious person... Zhang Yuanqing thought about it and said, "The loser has to have sex with the winner!" Then he and the corpse were thrown out of the hotel by Xiaoyuan.

"It was just a joke, seriously..." Zhang Yuanqing ran away dejectedly. Two days later, early in the morning.

After eating breakfast and washing up, Zhang Yuanqing returned to his room and locked the door. He summoned the Infernal Corpse No. 1 from the closet, put on his waist bag, and installed the Elvis speaker. He waited silently for nine o'clock to come.

According to the official announcement, the way to enter the competition is the same as entering the dungeon. Just wait for the spirit realm prompt sound at home. The opening ceremony is at 9 am. "Wait..."

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly remembered something. If Yin Ji was really the Demon Lord's lover, she must have seen the Elvis speaker. After all, this item cannot be stored in the inventory. If she found out that I had the Elvis speaker, although she would not conclude that I was the Demon Lord's descendant, she would definitely question me. She would ask questions. It would only cause trouble. Thinking of this, he quickly took off his waist bag.

You should just stay in the drawer. Sigh, I lost a powerful auxiliary item... He thought with regret. Time passed by minute by minute, and finally it was nine o'clock.

PS: Typos will be corrected later.