Chapter 92

Stepping out of the tent, what met his eyes was a thick layer of gray snow. A corpse ghost dragon still coiled around the tent, serving only as a deterrent.

First, he scanned the surroundings and found nothing unusual. Hu Donghan nodded slightly, "The identity of a pill refining disciple from the Earth Fire Hall is indeed extraordinary. Since I took out the pill furnace and identity badge, only one Foundation Establishment cultivator from Xiao Zang Village came to greet me. As for the others, they didn't even come close..."

Hu Donghan stretched his limbs slightly and then made his way out along the path through the gray snow. As he walked, a thought crossed his mind, and the Thousand Ghost Banner appeared in his hand.

After two months of cultivation, the Thousand Ghost Banner was no longer as ordinary as when he first obtained it. After two months of cultivation, the banner now contained over six hundred yin souls. Even without activating the banner, he could feel a significant amount of ghostly energy emanating from it, with some powerful yin souls opening their mouths to bite outward, trying to break free from the banner.

Holding the Thousand Ghost Banner in one hand, Hu Donghan channeled his spiritual energy and silently recited the incantation. Immediately, the banner seemed to tear open, and streams of yin souls burst out, gathering around the banner, wandering and howling. For a moment, it truly felt like a ghostly realm around Hu Donghan.

After letting the yin souls wander for a while, Hu Donghan silently recited the incantation again, drawing the yin souls back into the banner.

"The number of yin souls in the Thousand Ghost Banner remains unchanged, still at six hundred and thirty-two. However, controlling the banner today is much easier than it was a few days ago. It seems that the recent breakthrough, although not increasing my strength, has made my spiritual energy flow more smoothly, enhancing my control over the banner. That's not bad..."

Hu Donghan pondered for a moment, preparing to control the banner again and perform a few more incantations. At this moment, he felt a slight tremor in his soul, where the soul chart within his soul vibrated. The symbol representing a corpse ghost dragon on the soul chart began to move, causing Yao Yi's soul to tremble slightly as well.

"This is..." Hu Donghan's expression changed, and he quickly activated his body technique, the Small Five Elements Ghost Escape, rushing towards the area with dense corpse energy. "The zombie has absorbed too much corpse energy, and its strength has reached the limit that the ghostly soul can bear! If left unchecked, this zombie will likely absorb the ghostly soul into its body, breaking free from the soul chart's control!"

Hu Donghan was not far from the bone pit and arrived in just a few seconds.

Upon arrival, Hu Donghan immediately recited the incantation, his gaze fixed on one of the corpse ghost dragons. The corpse ghost dragon's scales had turned completely black, its appearance still fierce. Although corpse energy still gathered around it, the absorption had stopped. The soul mark on its forehead was moving within a small area, as if trying to break free.

"Corpse Aperture, Close!"

Hu Donghan quickly finished the incantation and shouted clearly. Immediately, the corpse apertures on the corpse ghost dragon's body closed, and the corpse energy around it slowly dissipated.

Without slowing down, Hu Donghan activated the soul chart within his soul, forming the hand seals, and drew the corpse ghost dragon into the soul chart.

After completing this, Hu Donghan used the soul energy within the soul chart to calm the zombie, sighing inwardly, "That was close! This corpse ghost dragon almost broke free from my control! I didn't expect that in just two months, these corpse ghost dragons would reach the peak of Iron Armor Zombies, equivalent to the peak of the Qi Condensation stage. Moreover, the corpse ghost dragons are large, with their scales hardened, making them not much weaker than early Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"Unfortunately, the strength of zombies is greatly limited by soul energy. It seems that the growth of these corpse ghost dragons will reach its limit in the near future. Without the restriction of soul energy, these zombies, after another three to four months of corpse energy cultivation, could evolve into Bronze Armor Zombies!"

"However, this is still quite good. The secret technique for raising zombies has been in effect for two months, which has also had some impact on these corpse ghost dragons. The long-term strong impact of corpse energy on the corpse ghost dragons, even if their bodies were strong in life, has caused some damage to their physical strength. If this continues, it will affect the future growth of the corpse ghost dragons."

"Pausing the Great Zombie Cultivation Technique for a while will allow the corpse ghost dragons to recover their physical strength."

With these thoughts in mind, his hands did not stop. Soon, the other nine corpse ghost dragons also closed their corpse apertures and were drawn into the soul chart.

Glancing around, Hu Donghan saw that the corpse energy in the bone pit was much thinner than before. He thought to himself, "I came to Xiao Zang Village to refine zombies. Now that the zombies are complete, it's time to leave."

"Also, the two-month deadline has passed, and the girl should be coming to find me soon, inviting me to return home. It's time for me to prepare to go back."

"At the Steal Heaven Ancestor's place, he should have eavesdropped on my conversation with the girl two months ago in the Blood Bone Peak's back mountain. However, if I leave the sect, I should still go and say goodbye. After all, the Steal Heaven Ancestor has been very kind to me during this time..."

As he thought, his hands did not stop. He collected the bodies of the ordinary corpse ghost dragons into the zombie refining bag and then left the bone pit.

Outside the bone pit, Hu Donghan tidied up his things and quickly walked out of Xiao Zang Village.

Leaving Xiao Zang Village, Hu Donghan first went to the village's outpost to greet a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, then hurriedly returned to the Old Medicine Mountain.

Hu Donghan had been away for two months, and all matters in the Old Medicine Mountain were handled by Niu Er'gen, Liu Yiqing, and Lu Jianwen.

Upon hearing of Hu Donghan's return, the three came to pay their respects and briefly reported on their respective tasks. Hu Donghan listened casually and continued to have each of them manage their own affairs. After some thought, Hu Donghan instructed them to retain the spiritual herbs for refining Qi Condensation Pills and Spirit Gathering Pills, while the other herbs were to be handled by the three. Whether they kept them for refining pills or sold them was up to them—however, they could only take a 20% profit.

Even just a 20% profit was enough to surprise the three. Especially Niu Er'gen, who had never imagined that merely serving Hu Donghan quietly would bring such a dramatic change in just a few months!

For Niu Er'gen, all of this was like a dream.