The Yin Yang Wonderland will collect these corpses along the way, while they collect medicinal ingredients. This time, the Yin Yang Wonderland should be sending these corpses to a burial site of the Corpse Sect. It seems that we will be going to a burial site."
"Burial site?"
"A burial site is where the Corpse Sect refine their corpses. In the Endless Sea, the Corpse Sect has hundreds of burial sites. In each burial site, there are many corpse slaves. When the Corpse Sect disciples fight, and their corpses get destroyed, they will come to a burial site to choose a new corpse, in order to regain their combat power. Some core disciples can get very strong corpse slaves. The corpse slaves that have been refined in the burial site for hundreds of years are very powerful and aggressive in combat!"
"How many corpse slaves can a disciple from the Corpse Sect control?"
"It depends on their cultivation realm, and also on the level of the corpse slaves. The corpse slaves under a hundred years of refining are called Mortal corpses. Over a hundred years and they would be called Earth corpses. Over a thousand years they would be called Sky corpses. And a ten thousand year-old corpse would be called a corpse King! Mortal corpses are mediocre, they can only use 30% of the power that the corpse had when it was alive. A hundred year-old Earth corpse can use 100% of its power it had before it died. A thousand year-old Sky corpse can use 120% of its power! And the ten thousand year-old corpse King is the most frightening. They are said to be able to use twice the amount of power they had when they were alive. They also know how to use the power of the five elements! A corpse King that knows how to use the power of the five elements, this is equivalent to having five martial spirits!"
"Mortal corpse, Earth corpse, Sky corpse, and corpse King!" Shi Yan's expression changed, "In the Corpse Sect, how many corpse Kings are there?"
"I don't know. It's said that they only have one or two, but those two corpse Kings were all Sky realm masters when they were alive. I heard that the leader of the Corpse Sect fought with a God realm master, and by simply using that one corpse King, he was able to make that God realm master miserable. That corpse King was made from a dead Sky realm master, yet it was comparable to a God realm master! It's truly frightening!"
"Amazing!" Shi Yan's expression was aghast.
"It truly is amazing." Xia Xinyan's expression was serious, "These corpse slaves play a huge part in making the Corpse Sect one of the fifteen forces of the Endless Sea. When the followers of the Corpse Sect bring corpse slaves to a fight, it's like they have a few extra lives. When they fight with others, all they have to do is hide on the side and control the corpse slaves. Just by using their corpse slaves, they can wear down their opponents."
"... Burial site. I hope this time the Yin Yang Wonderland's ships won't stop at a burial site first. A creepy place like that, it's better if we steer clear of it." Shi Yan smiled wryly.
"It's not up to you and me." Xia Xinyan sighed faintly, "We should be careful. If we see any other ships over the next few days, we'll leave immediately. I don't wanna stay in this shitty place any longer than I have to."
"I'll seal the trunks again." Shi Yan nodded. He performed his Finger Spear again, and pressed down on those dug-out steel nails.
In a moment, Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan were sitting in their room again.
After the two knew that this level was filled with corpses, their expressions were not that pretty. Especially Xia Xinyan, she felt uncomfortable all over. Then, after a while, she finally breathed evenly again, and entered into the cultivation mindset.
Shi Yan furrowed his brows, he took a deep breath in, and closed his eyes to go into vigorous cultivation.There was no conversation for the rest of the night.
The next morning, Shi Yan continued to carry the flower pots onto the deck. Xia Xinyan followed him, as she didn't want to stay alone in the lower level.
On the deck, Li Wei and a bunch of Yin Yang Wonderland disciples maliciously stared at the two. There were sneers on their lips, god knows what they were thinking about.
Shi Yan pretended like he didn't see it. He minded his own business but secretly was on the look-out.
Unexpectedly, Li Wei and the bunch didn't come up to make trouble. They only glared at them in the distance, as if they already had some plan.
Shi Yan was silent, but he secretly paid attention to Li Wei and his group. He gazed into the distance of the deck, looking for an opportunity to leave.
Before the sun set, he carried those flower pots back down to the lower level again. Xiao Feng came on time, and brought up the food and fresh water for the two.
"Ungrateful!" After dropping off the stuff, Xiao Feng murmured under her breath, and left looking unfriendly.
This time, the food was no longer generous, it was still salted fish and steamed bread, the fresh water was only enough for daily drinking.
Shi Yan already expected this outcome. He didn't take it to heart, so he ignored Xiao Feng.
Time passed quickly, the sun repeatedly rose and set.
Every morning, Shi Yan would wake up and carry all the flower pots up to the deck, then help Xia Xinyan clean up the trash.
Before the sun set, he would carry those flower pots back to their original place, and receive the salted fish and steamed bread. At night, he would chat with Xia Xinyan about the Endless Sea, then he'd close his eyes and cultivate.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
Xia Xinyan's power had recovered a lot, and the Profound Qi in her body was already as vigorous as a Human realm warrior's. Although she couldn't use the Reincarnation martial spirit, she could now defend herself a little.
Shi Yan hadn't been idle either.
Over the course of this month, although he didn't cultivate the skill, he did ponder about the possibilities of cultivating the second sky of Rampage. He tried to find a method to merge the negative energies into his blood, and somewhat gained a little insight.
But he didn't cultivate on the ship. Cultivating the Rampage martial skill would need to stir the negative energies. And after every cultivation, his body would be very worn out.
On the ship, there were many unpredictable dangers. Although that Li Wei didn't make a move, Shi Yan still couldn't let down his guard. He always maintained his peak condition, and made preparations to leave the ship at any time.
Late at night.
Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan meditated in that cramped room with their eyes closed.
Suddenly, the speed of the iron ship slowed down.
Shi Yan immediately opened his eyes, and alerted Xia Xinyan, "It seems like the ship is stopping, we should be more careful now."
Xia Xinyan's long eyelashes flickered, and her bright eyes opened. She spoke indifferently, "Use your Black Formula to sense around a bit, look if there's any strong body of Yin Qi nearby. Remember, don't completely perform the Black Formula, so as not to cause a big change. At that time, if you or I attract attention, we'll be dead for sure!"
"Okay." Shi Yan nodded.
Recently, Shi Yan had learned many secrets of the Endless Sea from Xia Xinyan. He had also learned a bit about the mysteries of the Black Formula.
The Black Formula was a special martial spirit that nourished the Silver Moon martial spirit and the Star martial spirit of the Three Gods Sect. Like the Light Formula, it was a forbidden power that was not passed down. The Light Formula was very similar to the Black formula, but it needed to gather vigorous Yang Qi in order to be cultivated. It could nourish the Sun Martial Spirit.
Only the three gods, the elders, and the god children of the Three Gods Sect were qualified to peek into the profoundness of the Light Formula and the Dark Formula. It was said that with the assistance of the Light and Dark Formulas, the three martial spirits of the Three Gods Sect could reach different levels of growth.
Although the Black Formula was just a Mortal level martial skill, if the natural Yin Qi absorbed becomes enough, it could even reach the strength of Profound and Spirit level martial spirits.
If the Black Formula absorbs the endless natural Yin Qi, it could even reach the level of Sacred martial skills!
Like Xia Xinyan said, the Black Formula was one of the only martial skills that could evolve, it had endless possibilities.
Of course, it required one to have enough natural Yin Qi to absorb. This condition seemed simple, but it was actually very hard to achieve.
There were not many places with natural Yin Qi. In the Endless Sea, Any places that had natural Yin Qi had long been wiped clean by the Three Gods Sect. So even though the Black Formula seemed amazing, it was truly hard to evolve.
The burial site of the Corpse Sect was a strange area where death Qi and corpse Qi were mixed. In the death Qi and corpse Qi, there was often some Yin Qi mixed within. That Yin Qi came from the depths of the earth and seeped out of the corpse slaves. The amount of it was very little, but it was enough for Shi Yan to notice.
Xia Xinyan told him to circulate the Black Formula and search around, just to know if the landing spot of this iron ship was a burial site of the Corpse Sect.
"There is Yin Qi!" Shi Yan's expression changed, "The Yin Qi is separated into wisps, and spread to every corner of the island. The landing location of the ship is a burial site of the Corpse Sect. It's just as we feared, fuck!"
"Let's wait and see. If there really is danger, then we'll just jump into the sea to escape." Xia Xinyan sighed, "I just hope that there are no Sky realm warriors in the burial site. I also hope that there are no water corpses, or else we will have no chances to escape."
A water corpse is formed when the Corpse Sect uses special methods to refine the corpse slave, sinking it into the sea, and using the whirlpools under the sea to gather corpse Qi. After being thoroughly tempered, the water corpse would become like a fish. It could freely swim around in the sea. Although it wasn't like a corpse King, who could arbitrarily control the water currents, the water corpse was still quite extraordinary.
But this kind of corpse slaves had a fatal flaw. Although water corpses were powerful in the water, if they touched fire, their strength would severely decrease.
These corpse slaves did have a special use, yet they also had a far too obvious flaw.
Which was why the Corpse Sect wouldn't put too much effort into refining this kind of corpse slave. Corpse slaves with special uses, were in the minority, as they were only refined by the Corpse Sect to extract ores from special mines and medicinal ingredients in special areas.
"Bang!"
The sound of the anchor dropping into the water suddenly came from outside.
Soon, that Xiao Feng appeared in the staircase, she said indifferently, "You two can come down now, we've arrived at our destination."
In Xiao Feng's cold eyes, there was also a hint of pity.
Xia Xinyan's mind was very sensitive, she only looked at Xiao Feng once, but her heart had already begun to sink. She realized something was very wrong.
"Hehe, you two can come out now. I'll expose you to some interesting knowledge." In the staircase, Li Wei also poked his head out and sneered, "Burial sites are very famous in the Endless Sea, but normal people would never get a chance to step in. You guys got lucky, now you can experience a burial site of the Corpse Sect for yourselves, hehe!"
Chapter 128 Live on!
At the bottom of the iron ship.
Disciples from the Yin Yang Wonderland came down and carried the wooden boxes to the deck, preparing to pass them over to the burial site.
The 32 wooden boxes, which were nailed shut, contained cold corpses.
In the wooden boxes, there were also cold heavy stones, thus disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland needed to carry it in groups of two or three.
Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan walked out of the small room and headed to the deck, gloomy expressions on their faces.
On the deck, Shi Yan looked out, and found that the ship had stopped at an island, which was as big as a city, dull, and covered with odd plants.
Heavy corpse Qi meandered underneath the island. There were hundreds of burial sites on the island, each with a cave that led to the center of that site.
Some of those burial sites were as big as basketball courts, and some were like small rooms.
Long deep gullies ran between the burial sites, which were filled with odd materials, and filled with white smoke.
Hundreds of burial sites were connected by the gullies.
The island looked like a huge spider web, and the gullies were the spider silk.
Beside the burial sites and gullies were boundless gray plants, which were ghastly and depressing.
At the center of the island sat the biggest burial site, which stone towers with gloomy disciples of the Corpse Sect standing on top of them.
The disciples of the Corpse Sect were at Human, Disaster, and Earth Realms, and were walking from the stone towers to the burial sites in silence.
Disciples of the Corpse Sect were sent to the entrances of those burial sites, and some were carrying cold stones and poisonous insects. They were throwing odd materials into the gullies.
The whole island was covered in a ghastly atmosphere. Tombs, evil plants, and gloomy disciples of the Corpse Sect.
Those disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland were busy carrying wooden boxes off the ship.
Dozens of Corpse Sect disciples opened those wooden boxes, one of them writing something down on a book, recording those corpses' information.
The disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland were cooperative, explaining to the disciples of the Corpse Sect about the corpses.
The female disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland were quite careful as they arrived, and looked unnatural while talking to Corpse Sect disciples.
Li Zhuang and Ju Yueru, the priests of the Yin Yang Wonderland, had also disembarked from the ship. They were standing beside the boxes, and talking to a warrior from the Corpse Sect.
Shi Yan and Xia Xin Yan stood on the deck, wearing strange faces.
"Priest Ju had a good impression of you. She still wants you to be her disciple if you are ok with it." Standing beside Shi Yan, Xiao Feng tried to persuade him, "Once you nod, I will tell Priest Ju, OK?"
Shi Yan frowned and took a glance at Ju Yueru who stood far away, and shook his head, "Sorry, I don't want to join the Yin Yang Wonderland."
Xiao Feng turned gloomy and she said coldly, "You will regret this!"
"Hey you two, get off the ship. What are you waiting for?" Li Wei had gotten off the ship, and he sneered, "We will stay here for one day, and no strangers can stay on the ship."
Shi Yan frowned, glanced at Xia Xinyan and said, "Let's get off."
He had to obey them now.
Xia Xinyan was quite calm and, though filled with disgust, she got off the ship with Shi Yan.
Li Zhuang and Ju Yue Ru, the two priests of the Yin Yang Wonderland, kept looking at Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan while talking to the warrior of the Corpse Sect.
That long face warrior of the Corpse Sect also looked to Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan casually, seeming to come to a certain agreement with Li Zhuang and Ju Yue Ru.
The three discussed for a while and nodded, satisfied about something.
Before long, Li Zhuang said loudly, "We will rest here for three days, and then we will leave on our ship."
"Priest Li, can we stay on the ship?" A female disciple pleaded miserably.
"No." Li Zhuang grunted and stared at them coldly, "You have a long way to go. You can't develop your Martial Arts if you are so timid. You have to steel yourselves. Tonight, the Corpse Sect disciples will take you to visit those corpse slaves. Seize the opportunity, it is rare for people from the Endless Sea have a chance to visit."
"Ahh!"
Many disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland were frightened, and their lips trembled.
Disciples of the Corpse Sect showed contempt in their eyes, and took out small rings from their waist and shook them.
"Ahh!"
Disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland screamed again.
With the rings, corpses in white gowns appeared.
Those corpses seemed blind and clumsy as they walked in this direction.
"These are human corpses. They have not been refined for long, so their limbs are stiff. What are you afraid of?" One Corpse Sect disciple glanced coldly at those screaming disciples of the Yin Yang Wonderland, "Corpse slaves are our best friends. They won't betray us."
Those human corpses moved slowly and carried the wooden boxes to a burial site.
Under the moonlight, corpse slaves were wobbling with corpse Qi around them, pale and frightening.
Shi Yan frowned, watching the corpses being carried away by the Corpse Sect disciples.
You two." Li Zhuang pointed at Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan, "Go to the burial site as well."
Li Zhuang never took Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan seriously. He continued to discuss with the Corpse Sect member.
Ju Yueru also glanced at Shi Yan and frowned slightly, then continued to talk with the Corpse Sect member.
They three were negotiating the price of the corpses.
Shi Yan stretched out to grab Xia Xinyan, and said in a low voice, "Let's leave now, the further the better."
"We can't." Xia Xinyan shook her head, "There are water corpses!"
"How do you know?"Shi Yan's expression changed, as he looked around with his bright eyes.
"There are at least three burial sites refining water corpses, which can dive deep into the sea. We will be caught by them even if we leave now." Xia Xinyan said softly.
"Then what should we do?"
"Let's go the burial site first, then kill those water corpses and leave."
"Okay."
Li Wei kept a distance from Shi Yan, but observed him carefully.
"You two, go. Let's have a look at their refining skill. The Corpse Sect can not only refine dead bodies, but also live corpses. You know what is a live corpse? It means refining a living human to be a corpse. It's very interesting, maybe you two will get to see it."
Li Wei smiled cunningly.
Shi Yan's expression changed, and he quickly understood Li Zhuang, and realized why Li Zhuang looked back to him while talking to that Corpse Sect disciple.
Li Zhuang had sold them to the Corpse Sect as material for refining live corpses.
Xia Xinyan's eyes were cold, as she bit her lips and showed indignation.
"We can't separate." Shi Yan grabbed her hand tightly and said firmly, "We can find a chance, as long as we are alive!"
Hearing that, Xia Xinyan suddenly felt safe.
"Okay." Xia Xinyan nodded softly. For the first time, she responded to Shi Yan's hand, "Remember, live on."
Shi Yan felt flattered as he said happily, "Don't worry, we will survive."
"If we can survive, I will forgive, forgive your rudeness, and go peacefully with you." Xia Xinyan hesitated and said softly.
"We will definitely leave here alive!"
Chapter 129 - Two Sky Corpses
Numerous graves were spread around on the Island Burial Site.
In the middle of the island stood many stone towers. In the center of these towers was a giant grave which had three open holes, each directly leading into the depths of the grave.
Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan followed behind the Corpse Sect and Yin Yang Wonderland disciples. They came across many graves along the way, and arrived at the center of the island.
Inside the surrounding stone towers, there were a number of Yin Yang Wonderland disciples. These towers were also occupied by disciples of the Corpse Sect, who were all responsible for finding favourable positions for refining the corpses in the nearby graves.
The two priests from the Yin Yang Wonderland, Li Zhuang and Ju Yueru, arrived at one of the stone towers with the Earth realm warrior from the Corpse Sect. They seemed to be discussing payment.
Li Wei was busy mingling with some Corpse Sect disciples, who were all in the Disaster realm. They stood next to the two Yin Yang Wonderland's Earth realm warriors and coldly stared at Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan.
Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan were temporarily assigned to a room in one of the stone towers. There were no windows inside the room, only a stone door.
Outside the door, a few strong warriors from the Yin Yang Wonderland and the Corpse Sect were secretly guarding the room.
A few Corpse Sect disciples went to the central graveyard, going about some important matters.
Others were busy in carrying out pieces of strange rocks from the stone towers. There were also a variety of strange and creepy shaped wooden pieces, and some bottles containing poisonous insects.
The disciples of the Corpse Sect seemed to be busy preparing the ingredients for refining the corpses.
Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan didn't know about the outside movements, they only knew that they were temporarily in captivity.
In the stone room, Shi Yan's face was calm, but his eyes were cold, and constantly on guard.
With some kind of method, Xia Xinyan seemed to know that there were water corpses hidden in three of the graves on this burial site.
According to what she said, the water corpses would become very strong in water. But on land, they would be very easy to destroy. As long as they could be wrapped in flames, the bodies of these water corpses would easily melt.
The water corpses were not like the ten thousand year-old corpse kings. The corpse Kings could use the powers of the five elements, they could even control water to extinguish fire, plus they also have the power to control fire within them.
The corpse King was the most special and the most powerful corpse slave. The water corpses could only swim in the water, they didn't have the power to control the water, plus they were extremely weak to flames.
On the way here, Xia Xinyan had already secretly pointed out to Shi Yan the three graves that hid water slaves.
Shi Yan took note of it in his mind as he was waiting for an opportunity. Once the opportunity arrived, he definitely would take care of the water corpses buried in the three graves first. Then they would finally be able to go into the sea without worries.
Late at night.
In the different graves of the Burial Site, there often came frightening shrieks.
The Yin Yang Wonderland disciples that went with the Corpse Sect followers to look around in the graves were mostly first-timers. In the silent night against creepy terrifying corpse slaves, of course many would get scared and scream.
Shrieks came from the graves in different areas. In a silent night like this, that kind of chilling scream was pretty scary in itself.
Once someone started screaming, it caused a chain reaction. When the Yin Yang Wonderland disciples from other graves heard someone else's scream, they would scream with fear too.
In a moment, occasional shrieks and howls started coming from the island.
Shi Yan's expression was indifferent. With furrowed brows he listened to the screams nearby. Through the screams, he could determine in which direction there were more Yin Yang Wonderland disciples.
Shi Yan kept calculating in his mind. He calculated which direction would be the easiest to escape to, if he were really to do it.
"You two can come out now." Around midnight, Li Wei's voice came from outside.
Shi Yan sneered in his mind as he walked out of the stone door with Xia Xinyan. After glancing at the Yin Yang Wonderland and Corpse Sect disciples at the door, he said lightly, "Li Wei, what are you trying to do?"
"The ingredients for refining a live corpse are ready, we'll lead you to go see it." Li Wei's eyes were filled with malice, but when saying these words, he was very excited as he subconsciously rubbed his hands, as if he couldn't wait a moment longer.
Shi Yan's expression shifted slightly as he said, "We are not interested in viewing the process of refining live corpses. If you're interested, you can go by yourself."
"That's not up to you." Li Wei sneered and snorted, "You have to go no matter what! Take them!"
The two Earth realm warriors from Yin Yang Wonderland stood on both sides of Shi Yan. Five Disaster realm disciples from the Corpse Sect also walked forward. Their eyes were full of wickedness, they seemed to also look forward to the upcoming live corpse refining process very much.
Two Earth realm warriors, three disaster realm disciples from the Corpse Sect, plus Li Wei.
This amount of power was already very hard to deal with, plus in the nearby stone towers, there were also the Nirvana realm warriors, Li Zhuang and Ju Yueru.
If they start fighting here, then Li Zhuang and Ju Yueru would definitely come out of the stone tower. At that time, it would be extremely difficult for Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan to escape this disaster.
After quickly weighing his options, Shi Yan suddenly grinned, "Then we might as well go take a look. Lead the way."
The five Corpse Sect disciples looked indifferent, there were no special emotions on their faces. They slowly walked towards one of the holes in the middle of the stone towers.
"Get in!" Li Wei stood next next to those two Earth realm warriors, and shouted with a stern voice.
Shi Yan felt cold inside, his eyes rolled over Li Wei. He took a deep breath in, and slowly followed along.
"Wuwuwu! Wuwuwu!"
One of the Corpse Sect disciples had a terrified expression. He quickly swallowed the bell in his hand, and suddenly started yelling out loud.
"Crack crack!"
The coffins holding the Sky corpses suddenly released a strange sound. The thick wooden planks on top of the coffin moved to the side.
Two flows of extremely evil corpse Qi suddenly rushed out of them. They looked like a pale gray smoke as wreathed the top of the coffin, giving off an evil and creepy aura.