Chapter 520: Adapting to the Situation
The cave dwellings here, like the rough stone railings outside, were crudely made. Each was sealed only with a stone door, behind which barriers of light flickered faintly.
Shi Ying did not have any friends among her fellow disciples, nor did she bother seeking anyone out for idle chatter. She flew straight into her own cave dwelling.
Inside, it looked nothing like the residence of a young woman. The furnishings were sparse, the layout bare, almost as austere as Qin Sang’s former dwelling.
After sealing the cave dwelling, Shi Ying removed the black coffin from her back and gently set it down in a corner. She opened the coffin lid and, upon seeing the refined corpse lying inside, finally allowed herself a satisfied smile. Sitting cross-legged on the stone bed in a duck-like posture, she pulled out her Mustard Seed Pouch.
In her eyes, no treasure could compare to this refined corpse. She merely took a few of the finest artifacts from the collection and spent some time refining them.
As for the rest—the lower-quality items or those whose uses she could not immediately discern—she simply set them aside, lacking the mood to examine them closely.
Afterward, Shi Ying sat cross-legged before the black coffin, linking her spiritual consciousness to the soul imprint, eager to familiarize herself with controlling the refined corpse.
Though she had not personally crafted this corpse refinement, she felt no obstruction while manipulating it. The flow of power came naturally to her, smooth and unhindered.
Opening her eyes slightly, Shi Ying shifted her gaze to the refined corpse's abdomen.
She had not dared believe it before, but after inspecting it several times with her spiritual consciousness, she finally confirmed—there truly was a Golden Core lodged inside its abdomen. She could only imagine how much effort that corpse cultivator had spent gathering all the necessary components for this refined corpse. Only the Celestial Gale Qi was missing.
"Charging the Golden Core with Celestial Gale Qi..."
Shi Ying murmured to herself, her voice tinged with hesitation.