Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse

"What do you mean?"

Wen Jiu was quite surprised by Li Hun’s request.

Li Hun responded, "To be honest, Chen Li and his accomplice have already challenged me, targeting my Thousand Corpses Cave. Recently, he has sought the help of many evil cultivators, intent on using others’ resources to bolster his strength.

However, many of those evil cultivators have some connections with my Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect or, at the least, respect it somewhat, so they didn’t lend him anything. But you, my friend, are different.

You are not of the Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks, and no matter how strong my Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect is, you probably don’t care. So these two Blood Corpse Mushrooms are my token of gratitude to you to compensate for your losses."

Hearing this, even though Wen Jiu would not lend the corpse, he did not nod, because there is a difference between accepting and not accepting gifts.

Despite the two Blood Corpse Mushrooms having good corpse-nourishing effects, Chen Li still possessed the Gathering Yin Poison Technique. To cultivate ghosts or breed Law-Devouring Yin Insects more efficiently in the future, it would be necessary to enhance the Earth Demon and Ghost-faced Butcher levels, making the cultivation of Evil Yin Spiritual Medicine crucial.

After all, Tier Two Yin Evil Spirit Medicine is hard to come by. Of course, it isn’t scarce but monopolized.

The Gathering Yin Poison Technique might be a way to break this monopoly.

"Do you think it’s insufficient?" Li Hun spoke again.

Wen Jiu shook his head, "I will not lend the corpse, regardless of the reward. So, you can take back these Blood Corpse Mushrooms."

Li Hun did not take them back, as he didn’t believe these words. Seeing the Three Evil Flying Corpses, and experiencing the kind of pressure from them comparable to his master, the Undying Blood Corpse, he decided he must secure this matter.

Otherwise, the Thousand Corpses Cave would be in jeopardy.

"I can add more." Li Hun took out another Blood Corpse Mushroom, and seeing Wen Jiu unmoved, he took out two more.

A total of five.

Worth a lot.

Already exceeding the value of a top-quality Tier Two Lower-grade Spiritual Artifact.

"Fellow Daoist Li, even if you help Chen Li, they won’t be able to hold the Thousand Corpses Cave in the future. Frankly speaking, the Thousand Corpses Cave is an important place for cultivating Corpse Mushrooms in the Divine Fall Mountain Range for my Three Corpses Blood Corpse Sect. If Chen Li seizes it, the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect will surely send people to reclaim it."

After finishing, Li Hun emphasized a few more points.

"But as long as you don’t help him, Chen Li will certainly meet his death outside the Little Demon Realm. Chen Li’s enemies are the Thousand Extremes Sect, one of the three vassal forces under Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks. Though not as formidable as my Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect, they have a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator holding the fort.

That late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator has always wished to eliminate them, making it impossible for Chen Li to survive. As long as you refuse, even if Chen Li finds out, he won’t have a chance to harbor a grudge against you."

Upon hearing this, Wen Jiu realized.

No wonder Chen Li was willing to trade the Gathering Yin Poison Technique for help from the East Spring Undying Bone.

Under these circumstances.

He was even less likely to lend the corpse.

"I don’t want the Corpse Mushrooms; take them back. In fact, even if you hadn’t come, I wouldn’t have lent the corpse. When they took over Lengxi Mountain, Chen Li and his companion had already approached me."

"Did you refuse?"

Wen Jiu nodded.

Feng Jue, standing nearby, also spoke up.

"Back then, Chen Li offered the Gathering Yin Poison Technique in exchange for borrowing the Three Evil Flying Corpses, but Fellow Daoist Li didn’t agree, so why would he deceive you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Hun was overjoyed.

"I see; it seems I was being overly suspicious." Li Hun did not take back the Corpse Mushrooms, saying, "Consider these five Blood Corpse Mushrooms an apology. I’m sure if your Three Evil Flying Corpses could transform into an Undying Blood Corpse, they’d certainly advance further.

Even if there’s no hope for a Golden Core, reaching Tier Two Perfection would be enough. Fellow Daoist Chen, if worried and concerned that I would speak out, I, Li Mouren, could make a Heavenly Dao Oath not to divulge this matter."

Since Wen Jiu wouldn’t lend the corpse, he might as well give the Corpse Mushrooms to make friends with "Li Mu."

No loss either way.

He could bear the cost of five Blood Corpse Mushrooms.

...

After a moment.

Wen Jiu accepted the five Corpse Mushrooms but didn’t require a Heavenly Dao Oath, as those who break a Heavenly Dao Oath are plagued by Heart Demons, and corpse nurturers are ostensibly evil. Without sufficient personal strength, zombies could be enhanced, so a Heavenly Dao Oath was useless for corpse nurturers.

As for why he accepted the Blood Corpse Mushrooms.

It was because Wen Jiu sensed a longing and greed for the Corpse Mushrooms from the East Spring Undying Bone.

This emotional fluctuation was similar to when facing the Yin Evil Qi in the Little Demon Realm and the True Demonic Qi.

This piqued Wen Jiu’s curiosity.

Through examining Fang Xiaolin and the Demon Soul’s memory, Wen Jiu found little information on the Blood Corpse Mushrooms.

Fang Xiaolin, understandably, had nothing, but the lack of records in the millennium-old Demon Soul’s memory signified that the Blood Corpse Mushrooms were likely a corpse-cultivating item studied by the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect in the past few centuries.

A force possessing Undying Blood Corpses and Foundation Establishment Perfection Corpse Cultivators, specifically cultivating this item in the Little Demon Realm, even resorting to using their power to prevent others from helping Chen Li, surely have reasons for doing so.

"Fellow Daoist Han, this Blood Corpse Mushroom should be used with caution." Just as Wen Jiu prepared to try it back at the cave, Feng Jue suddenly reminded him.

Wen Jiu inquired, "Why?"

Feng Jue explained: "I’ve heard rumors that there’s an issue with these Blood Corpse Mushrooms; the ’Old Zombie’ of the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect went mad from overusing them."

"Tell me more."

"It’s said that the ’Old Zombie’ of the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect, Li Hun’s master, has already gone mad. He intended to use the Blood Corpse Mushrooms to break the heterodox Golden Core barrier as the Lord of Wind and Cloud Immortal City did, but he ended up insane instead... Fellow Daoist Shankui also mentioned it, which is why he hasn’t interacted much with the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect."