Chapter 86

Thinking of the backlash, Hu Donghan couldn't help but recall the incident from his previous life when the Five Elements evil ghosts, which he had controlled, turned against him, leaving no trace of his body.

"In this life, I absolutely cannot allow this to happen again! Absolutely not!"

Hu Donghan shook his head to clear the chaotic thoughts from his mind, then slightly narrowed his eyes and pondered, "According to the 'True Explanation of the Ghost Path,' the survival subjects of zombies and skeletons are corpse qi and death qi, respectively! Zombies absorb corpse qi, which naturally enhances their strength; while skeletons absorb death qi, which strengthens the death qi soul fire within them, making them even more powerful!"

"Zombies, classified by their strength, can be green-haired zombies, equivalent to ordinary humans. Then there are iron-armored zombies, whose strength is similar to that of qi cultivation practitioners. After that, there are bronze-armored zombies, silver-armored zombies, golden-armored zombies, and flying zombies. Although zombies absorb corpse qi to enhance their strength, they also have a desire to feed on the life force of living beings, which is why incidents of zombies harming people and drinking blood occur."

"As for skeletons, although they appear to be classified by the color of their bones, in reality, what truly influences their strength is the death qi soul fire within them! The stronger the death qi soul fire, the greater the strength. Of course, if we describe the levels of skeletons, they are still classified by the color of their bones. There are gray brittle bone skeletons, equivalent to the strength of ordinary humans. Above that are white bone skeletons, equivalent to the qi cultivation stage. Further up, there are copper bone skeletons, silver bone skeletons, golden bone skeletons, and purple bone skeletons."

"Like the skeleton of Wu Hao, the cultivator from the Skeleton Sect, whom I saw on the back mountain of Blood Bone Peak, who had reached the golden core stage. After Qin Longhua destroyed his flesh, his bones emitted a silver glow!"

"Of course, not every skeleton of a golden core cultivator will emit a silver glow after death. This is because the cultivation method practiced by that Skeleton Sect cultivator was a special skeleton secret technique, which caused this phenomenon. However, every skeleton of a golden core cultivator has the potential to become a silver bone skeleton, which is true."

Thinking of this, Hu Donghan couldn't help but recall the scene where Qin Longhua burned Wu Hao's bones, feeling a great sense of regret—If that skeleton could have been left behind, it could have been refined into a silver bone skeleton with careful preparation.

"In the 'True Explanation of the Ghost Path,' the path of ghosts and spirits is the foundation! The soul seals required to control zombies and skeletons are extracted and condensed from the soul power of ghosts and spirits! Normally, a ghost can condense five soul seals. This means that I can now increase my strength by refining up to ten zombies and skeletons!"

"The method of condensing soul seals has already been experienced in my previous life, so it's not difficult to perform. However, there were too few suitable zombies and skeletons for refinement in my previous life, and in the end, there were only three zombies and two skeletons. In this life, suitable corpses for cultivation are everywhere, and there are even places suitable for cultivating zombies! Although I haven't found a place suitable for cultivating skeletons yet, being able to cultivate ten zombies and using some secret techniques among the miscellaneous methods should enhance my self-protection abilities..."

"Without a place of death qi, it seems I still need to refine some zombies first."

"Also, the control spells within the Yin Soul Sect, if used reasonably, should have some useful effects."

Hu Donghan closed his eyes and once again reviewed the methods of refining and cultivating zombies in his mind before slowly standing up.

"To refine a zombie, the first thing to do is to find a suitable corpse! Although ordinary corpses can also be refined into zombies, their growth potential and growth rate are absolutely inferior to those of carefully selected corpses!"

"However, the Yin Soul Sect mainly focuses on the path of ghosts and spirits. It's easier to find ghosts, but finding corpses..."

Hu Donghan went through the people he knew one by one, and after much thought, he felt that Wang Rulong was the only one who would be willing to help him.

"Let's go find Senior Brother Wang for help first. If Senior Brother Wang can't help, we'll see what to do next."

After tidying up the surroundings, he walked out of the basement and found that it was already bright outside.

He instructed Niu Ergen to bring some clear water, washed himself simply, and without eating, hurriedly ran to the Earth Fire Hall.

Outside the Earth Fire Hall, there were still two rows of law enforcement disciples guarding.

The law enforcement disciples naturally knew "the little brother-in-law." Seeing Hu Donghan arrive, they didn't even bother to check and let him in.

Entering the inner hall, Hu Donghan directly went into the Earth Fire Cave, reached the second floor, and found Wang Rulong's cave according to the plaques in front of the cave entrances.

Inside the Earth Fire Cave, no one is allowed to enter without an invitation, and this is an ironclad rule! Even the Heaven-Seizing Elder cannot enter a cultivator's cave without permission.

Hu Donghan stood outside the cave, cleared his throat, and then loudly called out, "Senior Brother Wang, this is your junior, Hu Donghan, requesting an audience!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"...

For a moment, the second floor was filled with the sound of exploding furnaces, followed by numerous curses.

Hu Donghan was slightly stunned, and at this moment, a hand suddenly emerged from the cave, pulling him inside—it was Wang Rulong!

Wang Rulong pulled Hu Donghan into the cave, first gesturing for him to be quiet, and then directly asked, "Alright, Junior Brother Hu. What brings you here?"

Hu Donghan was already used to the way these alchemists spoke, so he directly said, "It's not a big deal. I obtained a systematic method for refining zombies and skeletons from the scripture hall and want to try it out, but I don't know where to find suitable corpses, so I came to seek help from Senior Brother Wang..."

"Is that it?" Wang Rulong was slightly surprised, then he scanned Hu Donghan's cultivation level, even more surprised, "You're already at the mid-qi cultivation stage? Not bad! However, isn't it a bit too early for you to study these things? We alchemists live in the sect and face no danger, so why study these useless things?"

Hu Donghan said, "It's just a hobby. Please, Senior Brother Wang, tell me."

Wang Rulong clearly had no intention of asking further, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it! I don't care about these things—If you want to find some good corpses, you should be able to find them in the Earth Fire Hall! A few days ago, the Battle Hall sent over a hundred corpses of corpse ghost pythons, asking us to extract their inner cores to refine detoxifying powder."

"Those corpse ghost pythons, apart from their inner cores, are useless. Their meat can't be eaten, their bones can't be used for refining, and their blood is stinky, not even worth a thousand spirit stones. However, if you want to refine zombies, they are the most suitable. It's said that with enough time, they can even recover their previous cultivation! However, cultivating these corpse ghost pythons takes too much time. It would be better to find some ordinary corpses to refine. It's faster and their strength isn't necessarily weaker..."