Chapter 192: Sword Light Division
After refining the malevolent corpse, its face turned greenish-blue, its fangs elongated, and an overwhelming aura of malevolent qi rolled off its body. It was unmistakably a refined corpse and best avoided in front of righteous cultivators. Once Qin Sang mastered controlling the malevolent corpse, he stored it in the Corpse Puppet Pouch to let it cultivate autonomously, then returned to his cave dwelling.
Though corpse refinement seemed complicated, it actually took less than five days. Glancing at the unchanged pool, Qin Sang dismissed it and sat cross-legged.
After a moment’s thought, he took out the spoils he’d acquired from the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s branch, organizing them while also assessing his own state to prepare for his journey to the Ancient Immortal Battlefield.
First was the talisman astra given to him by Senior Sister Qingting. Although a crack marred its surface, it still retained considerable power and could be used a few more times if not wasted—a valuable trump card to safeguard carefully.
The cracked iron stake had been examined by Shopkeeper Wu, who couldn’t discern much about it but speculated it might be some kind of array artifact, crafted from premium spiritual.
Qin Sang recalled the scene when he first encountered the skeleton: shattered spirit stones littered around the cracked iron stake, and the items on the skeleton hadn’t been scavenged. Shopkeeper Wu’s assessment was likely correct—the stake was probably used for setting up a hidden spiritual array, but the owner, gravely injured, couldn’t avoid death in the end.
As the stake was already damaged, it was essentially useless.
Then there was Hermit Baiyun’s Dragon-Subduing Staff and the spiritual sword he’d acquired from Wu Yuesheng, named the Yanli Sword.
Though not as refined as the Crimson Flame Sword, these two artifacts were both high-grade and some of the finest beyond their primary wielders’ main artifacts. The Yanli Sword spoke for itself, and the Dragon-Subduing Staff had numerous ingenious uses for handling complex situations.