Chapter 127: The Burial Ground

  "Corpse slave?" Shi Yan's face sank, "Is it a Corpse God Cult's?"

  "The Corpse God Sect and the Yin Yang Cave Heaven are very close, both are martial forces in the Tutahai domain. The Corpse God Sect's disciples all have the ability to control corpses and are skilled at refining corpses. Their martial skills are also mostly related to corpse control." Xia Xinyan frowned, her eyes filled with disgust, "The more refined a disciple's cultivation is, the more corpses they can control. A single corpse in the Hundred Calamity Realm, after being refined by the Corpse God Sect, becomes even more terrifying than when it was alive!"

  "These corpses, are they all undead slaves of the Cult of the Dead God?"

  "Uh, this is an unrefined corpse slave, only preserved from rotting using the simplest method. But after undergoing the Corpse God Sect's refinement, these corpses become extremely terrifying. Some corpses, after being refined for thousands of years, possess astonishing power, are impervious to swords and guns, and can even wield the power of the five elements, making them a divine instrument in the hands of Corpse God Sect disciples."

  Shi Yan's heart skipped a beat, and his face turned even uglier.

  "This yin-yang cave heaven, while collecting medicinal materials, also collected these corpses. This time the yin-yang cave heaven should send these corpses to the Corpse God Sect's burial ground, it seems we will have to pass through the Corpse God Sect's burial ground, this journey has added some variables."

  "A burial ground?"

  "The burial grounds are where the Corpse God Sect cultivates corpses. In the Endless Ocean, the Corpse God Sect has hundreds of burial grounds, each containing many corpse slaves. When the sect's disciples fight with others outside and their corpses are destroyed, they will go to the burial grounds to choose new corpses to replenish their combat strength. Some core disciples can obtain extremely powerful corpse slaves. The corpses that have been cultivated for over a hundred years in the burial grounds have extremely fierce combat strength!"

  "How many undead slaves can a disciple of the Corpse God control?"

  "Look at the boundary of cultivation, and also look at the level of corpse slaves. Corpse slaves under 100 years are called human corpses by the Corpse God Sect, those over 100 years are called earth corpses, those that have been around for a thousand years are called heavenly corpses, and those that have been around for ten thousand years are called corpse kings! Human corpses are just ordinary, can only exert 30% of the corpse's original power, but earth corpses that have been around for 100 years can exert 100% of the corpse's original power. Heavenly corpses that have been around for a thousand years can exert 120% of the corpse's original power! Corpse kings that have been around for ten thousand years are the most terrifying, and are said to be able to exert twice the corpse's original power, and also understand how to use the five elements' power! Corpse kings that understand how to use the five elements' power are equivalent to having five martial souls!"

  "Corpse of Man, Corpse of Earth, Corpse of Heaven, Corpse King!" Shi Yan's face changed color, "In the Corpse God Sect, how many Corpse Kings are there?"

  "I don't know, I heard there are only one or two of them. Those two corpses were both top-notch Heaven-ranked experts when they were alive. I heard that the leader of the Corpse God Sect fought against a Divine Realm expert again and used just one of those corpses to make the Divine Realm expert suffer greatly. That corpse, which was refined from a Heaven-ranked expert's body, has strength comparable to a Divine Realm expert! It's extremely terrifying!"

  "Awesome!" Shi Yan's face was shocked.

  "It's indeed very formidable." Xia Xinyan's expression was serious, "The Corpse God Sect can become one of the fifteen major powers in the Endless Ocean, and the credit for this cannot be ignored. The Corpse God Sect's disciples bring corpses with them, which is equivalent to having a few extra lives. When fighting against others, as long as they hide aside and control the corpses, just using the corpses can grind people to death."

  "...a place to bury the dead, I hope these boats from the underworld won't set foot in a burial ground first. It's better not to go to such a gloomy place." Shi Yan said with a bitter smile.

  "We can't help it." Xia Xinyan sighed, "Let's be careful for the next few days. If we see any other ships, we'll leave immediately. This haunted place, I don't want to stay here for another moment."

  "I resealed the box." Shi Yan nodded and once again used his Finger Gun Technique to press those pried steel nails back in place.

  After a while, Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan sat down again in that side room.

  After knowing that this layer was full of corpses, the two people's faces didn't look good, especially Xia Xinyan, who felt unwell all over and only breathed evenly after a long time, entering a meditative state.

  Shi Yan furrowed his brow, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes once more to meditate.

  A night without words.

  The next day, Shi Yan continued to move pots of flowers up to the deck, Xia Xinyan following her closely, unwilling to be left alone on the lower level.

  On the deck, Li Wei and his fellow disciples of the Yin Yang Cave Heaven sect gazed at the two with venomous eyes, their mouths curled into cold smiles, their thoughts unknown.

  Shi Yan pretended not to see, busying himself with his own affairs, secretly being on guard.

  Contrary to their expectations, Li Wei and his men did not come to provoke them, but instead stood at a distance, coldly watching them, as if they had devised some countermeasure.

  Shi Yan remained silent, quietly observing Li Wei and his group on the deck, gazing into the distance, searching for an opportunity to leave.

  Before sunset, he moved those flower pots back downstairs. Xiaofeng arrived on time and presented the food and water that belonged to both of them.

  "You don't know how to appreciate kindness!" After putting things down, Xiaofeng muttered a sentence in a low voice and left with an unpleasant expression.

  This time the food is no longer abundant, still salted fish and steamed buns, and fresh water is only enough for daily drinking.

  Shi Yan had expected this outcome and didn't mind, ignoring Xiao Feng.

  Time flies. Day breaks and night falls.

  Shi Yan gets up every morning and moves the flower pot onto the deck, then helps Xia Xinyan clean up the loot.

  Before the sun sets, he puts those flower pots back in their original place, receives salted fish and steamed buns, talks with Xia Xinyan about some endless sea matters at night, and then closes his eyes to meditate.

  Before I knew it, a month had passed.

  Xia Xinyan's strength had recovered a lot, and the spiritual energy inside her body was now as thick as that of an average warrior. Although she couldn't use the Reincarnation Martial Spirit, she wasn't completely defenseless either.

  Shi Yan was also not idle.

  For the past month, he hasn't been practicing the Violent Walk of Two Heavy Skies, but has been deeply researching the possibility of cultivating it, seeking a way to merge negative energy into his blood, and has gained some insights.

  However, he didn't practice on the boat. The cultivation of violent martial skills requires the release of negative energy, and every time after practicing, his body would be severely injured.

  On the boat, there were many unpredictable dangers. Although Li Wei didn't make a move, Shi Yan dared not relax and remained at the peak of his condition, ready to break the boat and leave at any time.

  Late at night.

  Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan were in that small room, meditating with their eyes closed.

  Suddenly, the iron boat slowed down and had a tendency to stop slowly.

  Shi Yan suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "It seems we've arrived somewhere, let's be more careful now."

  Xia Xinyan's long eyelashes fluttered, and her bright eyes opened. She said calmly: "Use the Xuan Yin Jue to sense it, see if there is any thick yin energy nearby. Remember, never fully activate the Xuan Yin Jue, or it will cause a huge change, and once we attract attention, we will definitely die!"

  "Hmm." Ishi nodded.

  During this time, Shi Yan learned many secrets of the Endless Sea from Xia Xun's mouth, and also knew the mysteriousness of the Xuan Yin Technique.

  Xuanyin Jue is a special martial skill that nourishes the Silver Moon Martial Soul and Starry Sky Martial Soul of the Three Gods Sect, just like Xuanyang Jue, it is also an untransmitted divine technique of the Three Gods Sect. Xuanyang Jue and Xuanyin Jue have a similar yet different effect, requiring the collection of intense yang energy to cultivate, which can nourish the Blazing Sun Martial Soul.

  Whether it's Xuan Yin Jue or Xuan Yang Jue, both are extremely precious in San Shen Jiao. Even ordinary core disciples don't have the qualifications to study them.

  Only the three gods of the Three Gods Sect, the elder and the divine son have the qualifications to understand the mysteries of the Xuan Yang Jue and the Xuan Yin Jue. It is said that with the assistance of the Xuan Yin Jue and the Xuan Yang Jue, the three martial souls of the Three Gods Sect can obtain different degrees of amplification.

  Although Xuan Yin Jue is only an ordinary martial skill, if it absorbs enough heaven and earth yin energy, it can reach the intensity of a Xuan-level or Ling-level martial skill!

  If one utilizes the Xuan Yin Jue to absorb infinite heavenly and earthly yin energy, they can even attain the height of a sacred martial technique!

  According to Xia Xinyan, the Xuan Yin Jue is one of the few cultivable martial skills that has infinite possibilities.

  Of course, on the premise that there is enough heaven and earth yin qi to absorb, this condition seems simple but is extremely harsh.

  The yin energy of heaven and earth is not everywhere, in the endless sea, there are strange places with the yin energy of heaven and earth, which have also been collected by the people of San Sheng Jiao. So, the Xuan Yin Jue seems powerful, but it's extremely difficult to evolve.

  The burial ground of the Corpse God is a strange area where death energy and corpse energy are mixed, and in this mixture of death energy and corpse energy, there is often a small amount of yin energy that comes from deep within the earth, which is the overflow from the corpses of the slaves, very little, but enough to make Shi Yan aware.

  Xia Xinyan had him operate the Xuan Yin Jue to explore, just wanting to know if the place where the iron ship landed was the burial ground of the Corpse God Sect.

  "There's a yin energy!" Shi Yan's face changed, "The yin energy is divided into strands, spread all over the island. It can be confirmed that where the boat landed is indeed the burial ground of the Corpse God Sect. What a coincidence, damn it!"

  "Just observe the changes, if we really encounter danger, we'll jump into the sea to escape." Xia Xinyan let out a light sigh, "I hope there aren't any Shiguang strong practitioners on that burial ground, and I also hope there aren't any water corpses, otherwise we won't even have a chance to escape."

  The Shui Shi is a corpse slave refined by the Corpse God Sect using special methods, sunk to the bottom of the sea, where it gathers corpse energy with underwater whirlpools. After being tempered thousands of times, the Shui Shi can swim like a fish at the bottom of the sea. Although it's not as powerful as the Corpse King, which can control water flows at will, it's still quite extraordinary.

  However, this type of corpse slave has a fatal weakness. Water corpses are powerful in water, but once they encounter flames, their power is greatly reduced.

  This type of corpse slave, although having a special purpose, also has too obvious weaknesses.

  Therefore, the Corpse God Sect will not spend too much energy on refining this type of corpse slave. This type of corpse slave with special purposes is only a small part, and they are all specially refined by the Corpse God Sect to mine medicinal materials in special areas.

  "Boom!"

  The sound of an iron anchor falling into the water suddenly came from outside.

  Before long, the little phoenix appeared at the staircase entrance, with a cold expression saying: "You two can come down now, we've arrived at our destination."

  Xiaofeng's cold gaze still had a hint of pitiful meaning in it.

  Xia Xinyan's heart was as fine as a hair, but she only stared at Xiao Feng for a moment, and her heart sank to the bottom of the valley, realizing that something was wrong.

  "Hey, come out and take a look. The burial grounds of the Endless Ocean are quite famous, but ordinary people never have the chance to enter. You're lucky, you can see the burial grounds of the Corpse God Sect for yourselves, haha!"

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