Chapter 9

**Thud!** Suddenly, a sound like a heartbeat echoed through the darkness, abnormally muffled.

**Thud! Thud! Thud!**

"Damn it!" Shi Feng's face changed drastically. He heard very clearly that the sound was coming from the stone coffin.

**Boom!** A loud noise, and Shi Feng saw the coffin lid beside his feet explode, sending fragments flying. A fierce and violent yin energy erupted like a violent storm, centered on the stone coffin, sweeping in all directions as if to destroy everything.

Shi Feng was greatly alarmed and quickly activated the Nine Nether Yin Art, generating a powerful suction force in his body to absorb all the violent yin energy into his flesh. If this violent yin energy were to spread, Shi Ling and Bai Yue'e would not be able to withstand it.

"Damn it! Why did it wake up at this time? My luck can't be this bad!" Shi Feng was almost ready to curse. The damned thing didn't wake up earlier or later, but precisely at this moment. Now, it seemed he was in trouble. Forget subduing the Ultimate Yin Corpse; even his own life was in jeopardy.

Amidst the flying fragments, a pale face slowly emerged. Shi Feng saw that it was the face of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, somewhat thin but extremely handsome.

"Fifteen or sixteen years old? Didn't they say that the Ultimate Yin Corpse can't live for more than five years?" Shi Feng frowned. At this moment, the yin corpse in the stone coffin slowly sat up, completely naked, with its eyes open but a blank expression.

"Something's not right, no time to think!" Shi Feng had no choice but to press forward, forming a hand seal and guiding the small vortex above his head downward, enveloping the yin corpse.

As the vortex pressed down, the yin corpse still had a blank expression, making no resistance or movement, just sitting there motionless.

This made Shi Feng even more curious. "Is this guy stupid?" Shi Feng had never expected such a situation. The yin corpses he had seen in his previous life were intellectually low, as fierce as beasts, and would attack any living thing they saw, especially those disturbed from their sleep underground, who would be particularly violent.

But the yin corpse before him was incredibly docile, not making a sound or causing a fuss, docile to an unbelievable degree.

The vortex rotated around the yin corpse, gradually merging into its flesh. Then, a森white, finger-sized, tadpole-like mysterious character appeared on its forehead, making the handsome face look even more eerie.

If one looked closely at this森white character, it resembled the "Yin" character of the Great Emperor of the Nine Nether.

"Was it really subdued by me like this?" Even now, Shi Feng still found it hard to believe. But his soul mark was indeed on the yin corpse's forehead, indicating that the master-servant contract had been successfully formed.

With a thought, the yin corpse stood up from the stone coffin. However, Shi Feng noticed something different about this yin corpse; it actually looked curious, examining itself.

Shi Feng felt that this yin corpse was indeed peculiar. Upon further sensing, he found that the corpse had already evolved into a third-stage Spirit-level yin corpse.

But regardless, with the master-servant contract formed, this yin corpse would be under his control for eternity, unable to escape.

Suddenly, Shi Feng's body flashed with white light again. The violent yin energy he had absorbed had been completely digested, transforming into pure Nine Nether Yin Energy in his dantian.

This was already the sixth time Shi Feng had flashed with white light today, and he had now advanced to the Sixth Rank Martial Disciple realm.

"Although the yin energy it emits now is not as violent as when it first emerged from the coffin, even in this state, it can help me advance to the Ninth Rank Martial Disciple before dawn," Shi Feng said, feeling the yin energy emanating from the yin corpse.

The reason it was so violent when it first emerged was that the yin energy had accumulated and compressed in the stone coffin for many years. When the coffin lid shattered, all the yin energy was released at once, creating the spectacular scene.

This time, Shi Feng had a double harvest. Not only did he gain a Spirit-level enforcer, but he also obtained a treasure for yin energy cultivation.

However, the more Shi Feng looked at the yin corpse, the more he felt something was off. The eyes were too human, but it was definitely a yin corpse, emitting yin energy far beyond that of ordinary yin corpses, consistent with the records of the Ultimate Yin Corpse in ancient books. But the ancient books also stated that those with the Ultimate Yin Body could not live for more than five years.

"Perhaps someone used a heaven-defying method to extend his life," Shi Feng murmured softly. "But it's a pity. Throughout history, those with the Ultimate Yin Body have never escaped their fate. If they could survive and cultivate my Nine Nether Yin Art, and forge the Nine Nether Yin Body, it would be truly heaven-defying."

"I... am... not... dead..." At this moment, the eerie face that had been staring at Shi Feng suddenly spoke, the voice hoarse and broken, as if it hadn't spoken in a long time.

"Hmm?" Shi Feng looked at the yin corpse. Hearing the sound it made, he asked, "Do you still have memories from your past life?" Yin corpses are formed after a person dies, their bodies mutate and gain intelligence, but this intelligence is unrelated to their past life, like a different life in the same body.

"I? Past... life?" The yin corpse still looked confused. "I... am... who... I... am... Nangong... I..." The yin corpse looked at its hands, as if trying to recall something.

Shi Feng understood. This yin corpse was indeed special. It understood human language, indicating that it retained some memories from its past life, but most of those memories had dissipated with death.

Shi Feng sensed that the soul inside this body was indeed gone, but this life was still considered the same as the past life, like a person with amnesia. This state in a yin corpse was something he had never seen before.

But Shi Feng immediately felt relieved. In his previous life, he had been scattered by many Martial Emperors and yet was reborn. How could there be anything more bizarre than that in the world?

Shi Feng had indeed been lucky this time. Because this Ultimate Yin Corpse retained some human nature, it was so docile when it emerged from the coffin. If it were a regular yin corpse, with a beast-like nature, it would have torn Shi Feng to pieces upon waking.

"Your past life is like a passing cloud. From now on, you will follow me and be named Yin Sha." Shi Feng spoke in a commanding tone that brooked no refusal.

"Yin... Sha... I... I..." Yin Sha still looked confused at Shi Feng.

"Absolute obedience to my commands is all you need!" Shi Feng said. With a thought, the ground beneath his feet trembled, and two earth pillars rose, lifting Shi Feng and Yin Sha out of the pit, stopping when they reached ground level.

Looking down at the two earth pillars that had grown from the pit, Shi Feng nodded in satisfaction. "The Ultimate Yin Corpse, truly deserving of the title 'Child of the Earth.'"

According to ancient books, the Ultimate Yin Corpse is born from the nurturing of the earth, naturally possessing earth powers, and is called the "Child of the Earth."

When Shi Feng had a thought, he used Yin Sha to channel earth powers, and the result was very satisfactory.

Then, with another thought, the soil that had filled the pit around them came to life, automatically falling back into the pit. In a few short breaths, the pit that Shi Feng had spent most of the night digging was completely filled, and under his control, there was no trace of it having been dug.

"This... is truly amazing." Even Shi Feng couldn't help but marvel at the incredible earth powers of the Ultimate Yin Corpse.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Shi Feng's face turned cold.