Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 393 Corpse Refining Illusion

Amidst corpses scattered everywhere.

The ragged boy stood there dumbfounded, leading the cow. He couldn't understand why he had only gone out to herd the cow.

When he returned, his father, who usually ignored him, his "mother," who always beat and scolded him, his "brother," who called him a bastard, his "sister," who treated him like a servant, and those wicked servants who drove his mother to her death—all of them were dead.

The boy was unaware that he felt no sadness whatsoever; instead, a look of glee appeared on his face.

But at the same time, he was also very worried: "Where's my sister? I haven't seen her body. She must be alright..."

"Hehehe... You little brat, what grudge do you have against this family?" A cold voice rang in my ears.

The boy looked up and saw an ugly man in a black robe looking at him with great interest. The ugly man's face was an unnatural bluish-black color, which looked quite frightening.

"I……"

The boy hesitated, afraid to tell the truth, for he feared that the person in front of him would mistake him for his father and kill him.

"Huh, it even has a spiritual root!"

The ugly man was somewhat surprised. He pulled the boy over, and after examining him, he was even more shocked: "He actually has a Heavenly Spiritual Root!"

"Little fellow, would you be willing to become my disciple?" The ugly man looked down at the boy, his expression a mixture of surprise and delight.

The boy noticed his change and immediately knelt down: "Ye Xu greets Master."

His original name was Wang Xu, but he was worried that the ugly man would discover his true identity, so he changed it to his deceased mother's surname.

"Good disciple! Today, your master will borrow the essence and soul of this entire family, using this woman with a special destiny as the foundation, to refine a natal corpse for you as a gift for becoming my disciple!" The ugly man held a comatose girl in coarse cloth stained with blood, who was unconscious, and laughed loudly.

Through the bloodstains on the girl's face, Ye Xu recognized her as his sister.

After his mother was forced to her death, he and his sister depended on each other for survival. His sister was older than him and took care of him in every way, preferring to go hungry herself to save the little food she had for him.

"elder sister!"

Ye Xu roared inwardly, his expression instantly changing.

The ugly man noticed this change and looked at Ye Xu suspiciously: "My dear disciple, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Xu dared not let his nominal master know his true thoughts, much less his true identity. He feigned hesitation and said, "Master, is the essence and soul of this family enough? If we kill everyone in this manor to refine corpses, will the foundation of our natal corpse be stronger?"

"I can't let him know my true identity!" Ye Xu said, his face showing trepidation, but his mind remaining remarkably calm. "Besides, these people from this manor have bullied my siblings and me countless times. They all deserve to die. Die, die... Only when you're all dead can my secret identity be preserved forever!"

Upon hearing Ye Xu's words, the ugly man was first stunned, then stared intently at him until Ye Xu could no longer hold on. Only then did he let out a long sigh: "I, Zhao Du, call myself a member of the demonic path, yet I am not even as ruthless as a little child. No wonder I have ended up like this."

Before Ye Xu could say anything more, Zhao Du nodded slightly: "My good disciple, you're right. Using the essence and souls of everyone in this manor to refine corpses will greatly strengthen the foundation of the natal corpse. I will kill them now to refine corpses!"

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Not long after, Ye Xu followed Zhao Du away from the village. In the storage bag at his waist, there was a corpse that was his only relative.

He was constantly thinking about how to avenge his sister, but his eyes were full of docility when he looked at Zhao Du.

The two wandered through various markets, practicing their skills and engaging in plunder.

With Ye Xu carefully currying favor, Zhao Du began to train him as his personal disciple.

Ye Xu finally understood that Zhao Du was a disciple of the demonic sect "Yin Shi Sect". Decades ago, he was targeted by a senior brother in the sect, and not only did he lose his Core Formation qualification, but he was also expelled from the sect.

The main reason he took Ye Xu as his disciple was that Ye Xu possessed the aptitude of a Heavenly Spiritual Root and was expected to form a Nascent Soul in the future. He wanted to train Ye Xu to kill his senior brother and avenge his hatred!

Ye Xu was filled with righteous indignation and vowed to avenge his master.

Ten years later, Ye Xu established his foundation.

Seventy years later, Ye Xu achieved the Core Formation, surpassing Zhao Du in cultivation.

At the very moment of his Core Formation, to Zhao Du's astonishment, Ye Xu killed him with a single sword strike, a maniacal smile on his face: "Master, though your name is Zhao Du, you are not poisonous enough, nor ruthless enough!"

"But don't worry, I will kill my senior brother and avenge you!"

After killing Zhao Du to avenge his sister, Ye Xu embarked on the path of resurrecting her.

He believed that there must be some extraordinary magic in the world that could reverse Yin and Yang and restore his sister, who had been turned into a corpse, to life!

Along the way, he traveled all over the world, studying various corpse refining techniques and extracting their essence. Finally, at the age of three hundred, he successfully refined a fourth-order silver-winged yaksha, reaching the fourth order in the art of corpse refining!

Although he still couldn't bring his sister back to life, he didn't give up!

"It must be because my cultivation level is too low. Once I reach the Nascent Soul stage and am qualified to access the true secrets of the cultivation world, I will definitely find a way to revive my sister!"

After cultivating to the peak of Core Formation, he secretly infiltrated the Yin Corpse Sect, turned his senior brother Zhao Du, who was in the mid-Core Formation stage, into a walking corpse, and used the Yin Corpse Sect's fourth-order spiritual vein to form a Nascent Soul!

Once the Nascent Soul is formed.

The Supreme Elder of the Yin Corpse Sect not only did not pursue his murder and theft of spiritual veins, but also allowed him to be recognized as a member of the sect and become the second Supreme Elder of the Yin Corpse Sect!

With his tacit approval, he, as Zhao Du's disciple, purged all those who had grudges against Zhao Du back then.

"Master, you taught me the path to immortality, I will avenge you. You killed my sister, I will kill you too."

"We're even now!"

Ye Xu stood at the highest point of Yinshan Mountain, overlooking all living beings in the world!

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he had more time and read through many classic texts in the cultivation world. However, he regretfully discovered that throughout the long years, there had never been anyone who had been turned into a zombie and was able to reverse their life force and be resurrected!

This also means that his plan to revive his sister has completely failed.

"I'm not reconciled!"

Ye Xu roared, veins bulging on his forehead!

Just because something hasn't happened in the cultivation world doesn't mean it won't happen; just because predecessors couldn't do it doesn't mean I can't!

In his quest to revive his sister, Ye Xu descended into madness.

He wantonly slaughtered mortals and cultivators under the rule of the Yin Corpse Sect, using them as subjects for experiments to research forbidden techniques that reverse Yin and Yang.

Even the Nascent Soul stage elder who brought him back to the Yin Corpse Sect perished in a sneak attack by him and the Silver-Winged Yaksha, becoming his corpse-refining material!

Rumors circulate that Ye Laoguai of the Yin Corpse Sect is a madman who will kill all the disciples in the sect sooner or later.

Thus, during the years he was engrossed in his research, disciples of the Yin Corpse Sect kept fleeing, and those who did not flee all died at his hands.

Until his lifespan was nearing its end, the research made no progress.

He hid his sister's transformed corpse in a secret chamber, and then sadly passed away in the prepared burial ground...

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