Chapter 190: A Pleasant Surprise
As Hermit Baiyun's transformation made him look more and more like a zombie, Qin Sang suddenly stopped and interrupted the technique.
He shifted his gaze to the Corpse Puppet Pouch. With a quick gesture, he summoned the grayish-white qi composed of assembled demonic souls into his hand. With a slight movement of his spiritual consciousness, he drew out a demonic soul from within.
The demonic soul twisted in Qin Sang's grasp, at times taking on the form of a fish—the soul of a fish demon.
The creatures Qin Sang hunted were all low-level demons in the Ordinary Demon Realm, lacking intelligence. Their resistance was weak, posing no trouble during the corpse refinement process. However, as a result, he required a greater number of demonic souls, which prolonged the refinement process. Since it was Qin Sang’s first attempt at corpse refinement, he had chosen to proceed cautiously.
Now came the second step of corpse refinement: infusing these souls directly into the refined corpse, skipping the lengthy process of nourishing it with yin qi, and forcibly granting it a semblance of spiritual awareness.
Holding the demonic soul in his grip, Qin Sang formed a hand seal. This time, the barrier he created differed significantly from the previous one. As it took shape, the demonic soul was gradually encased by it, until it finally dissolved, merging entirely with the barrier.
With a flick of his finger, Qin Sang released the transparent barrier, which hovered in front of him, a faint wisp of gray-white qi drifting within.
Unexpectedly, he succeeded on the first attempt.
Encouraged, Qin Sang quickly seized another demon soul and repeated the process. But just as the barrier was about to solidify, the demonic soul shattered.