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Chapter 204 Ancestor Linghu Invites You to Explore the Fallen Demon Valley!

The ghostly face let out a piercing laugh, its green eyes fixed intently on Lin Chuan.

It was filled with greed and cruelty.

It seemed to have been sealed for too long, its intelligence somewhat confused, but its instincts drove it to devour the powerful cultivator before it.

With a sinister grin, the ghost suddenly opened its mouth and blew, creating a chilling, bone-chilling black wind that swept towards Lin Chuan.

At the same time, the ghost face itself grew to a size of over ten feet, carrying overwhelming resentment and death energy, like a vicious ghost that wanted to devour people, and pounced on Lin Chuan. It seemed that it wanted to possess and seize his body!

Lin Chuan remained expressionless, simply patting a spirit beast pouch at his waist.

A beam of dark light shot out and landed, transforming into a Soul-Crying Beast.

The little creature seemed extremely sensitive and excited by the dense, resentful aura of the ghosts in the quiet room. Without Lin Chuan's command, it suddenly inhaled through its unusually large nose—

"call out--!"

An invisible suction force came, and the green ghost face that had been pouncing in mid-air let out a terrified scream. Its huge soul body was as if it had encountered its nemesis. It was involuntarily pulled and deformed, turning into a green stream of air, and was sucked into the nostrils of the Howling Soul Beast with a miserable cry!

The thick green fog and chilly atmosphere that filled the quiet room were also swept away.

The Soul-Crying Beast let out a satisfied burp, its silver light seeming to brighten even more, and it affectionately rubbed against Lin Chuan's trouser leg.

Thus, the "main soul" that had been born within the body of the corpse demon, possessing independent consciousness and ferocity, was completely erased.

What remains is a pure, powerful "spiritual corpse" that retains some of the physical supernatural abilities and Nascent Soul stage essence from its previous life, making it the perfect vessel for refining the Heavenly Demon Corpse.

Lin Chuan put away the Crying Soul Beast and turned his gaze to the large, chilling jade box.

He took a deep breath and began preparing various auxiliary materials according to the method of refining the "Heavenly Demon Corpse" obtained from the black-robed youth's memories.

For the next six months, deep within Lin Chuan's cave, the sounds of low incantations, crackling of ghostly fire, and the strange aroma of various materials being smelted could often be heard.

He strictly followed the secret method, repeatedly soaking and tempering the corpse demon's body with "Demon Corpse Liquid," a mixture of dozens of rare Yin-attribute materials, and infusing it with complex and bizarre restrictive talismans. He also mixed his own blood essence with several kinds of demonic spiritual flames, burning and refining it day and night.

This is a slow and meticulous process, extremely taxing on mental and magical energy.

Fortunately, Lin Chuan possessed profound cultivation, abundant wealth, complete materials, and accurate secret techniques to guide him. Although his progress was slow, it was steady and solid.

Six months later, a powerful, cold, and deadly aura suddenly erupted in the quiet room!

The aura vanished in a flash, quickly concealed by the restrictions set up by Lin Chuan.

Inside the quiet room, a tall figure stood before Lin Chuan.

This corpse was eight feet tall, with a strange dark gold color on its skin. Its muscles were smooth and full of explosive power, and its joints were covered with fine scale-like patterns.

His face still vaguely resembled his appearance before death, but now his eyes were closed, his face was stiff, and he was lifeless.

Its body naturally exuded the spiritual pressure of the mid-stage Nascent Soul level, and there was also a chilling corpse aura contained within it.

The only incongruous thing was that his left arm was severed at the shoulder and now had been replaced with a prosthetic limb made of some unknown silver metal, with flexible joints and five sharp, hook-like fingers. It fit perfectly into his body, with runes faintly flowing around it.

The Heavenly Demon Corpse has been initially refined!

This demonic corpse retained the copper skin and iron bones, powerful physique, and corpse poison supernatural abilities of the corpse demon in its lifetime. Furthermore, during the refining process, Lin Chuan used secret methods to enhance its power and defense, and planted several seeds of Yin lightning and poisonous fire within its body, which can be activated to fight enemies at critical moments.

The silver metal left arm was made by Lin Chuan using a piece of "sunken silver" obtained from the boundless sea, mixed with other materials. It was extremely hard and had its own magic-breaking effect, which made up for the original defects of the corpse demon.

"good."

Lin Chuan looked at the demonic corpse he had painstakingly crafted and nodded in satisfaction.

With this demonic corpse around, it's like having an extra Nascent Soul stage fighter who's fearless and absolutely obedient to orders, providing a powerful boost whether fighting enemies or exploring dangerous places.

But this is not enough.

Once the demonic corpse is formed, it needs to be continuously nurtured and refined with its own essence and magic power to make its spirituality more compatible with itself, and its strength can be further stabilized or even slowly improved.

So, for the next year, Lin Chuan spent most of his time, apart from his daily cultivation, nurturing this Heavenly Demon Corpse.

Every day, he would mix his own blood essence with a mild yin-attribute spiritual liquid and apply it to the demon corpse, then infuse it with layers of reinforcing restrictions. At the same time, he would use his divine sense to constantly cleanse the demon corpse of any remaining impurities and strengthen its connection with his own mind.

A year later, the aura of this Heavenly Demon Corpse had been completely stabilized at the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Its movements were more agile, and its response to Lin Chuan's commands had reached the level of being able to control an arm with a thought.

Its dark golden body was even more profound, with a faint radiance within, clearly indicating that its defensive capabilities had been further enhanced.

On this day, Lin Chuan had just finished his routine training of the demonic corpse and placed it into a specially made corpse bag. Suddenly, the restrictions outside the cave were triggered, and a voice transmission from Ancestor Linghu came through.

"Junior Brother Lin, how have you been lately? I have something important to discuss with you."

Lin Chuan waved his hand to open the cave's protective barrier, and Linghu Patriarch slowly entered, his face showing a rare mixture of excitement and solemnity.

"Senior Brother Linghu, what is the matter that requires such seriousness?"

Lin Chuan invited him to sit down, but he already had a guess in his mind.

The divination result was updated this morning and is now considered "moderately auspicious," and he has already guessed what it is.

Linghu Patriarch sat down, and without exchanging pleasantries, went straight to the point, his tone tinged with excitement: "Junior Brother Lin, you've been in seclusion for over a year, so you may not know. Recently, the cultivation world of Tiannan has been stirred up by a major event, with countless cultivators discussing it extensively, and even the tense atmosphere of the border standoff has been somewhat eased!"

"Oh? What's so important that it would concern you so much, Senior Brother?"

Lin Chuan pretended not to know and asked casually.

"It's about... Fallen Demon Valley!"

Linghu Patriarch lowered his voice, his eyes gleaming, "Rumor has it that the extremely poisonous miasma surrounding the Fallen Demon Valley seems to be entering a period of periodic weakening! Moreover, some senior experts skilled in formations have deduced that the most dangerous area in the valley, the 'spatial rift' that has blocked countless predecessors, may soon experience a brief period of 'stability'! Although it is still fraught with danger, it is said... there is an opportunity to allow people to venture deeper into the valley! Currently, the four major powers, and even many experts among the rogue cultivators, are all stirring and secretly preparing, wanting to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter the Fallen Demon Valley to search for the ancient cultivators' relics and the legendary Spirit Candle Fruit!"

"Fallen Demon Valley..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan's face showed a perfectly timed expression of "sudden realization" and "interest," and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up. "So that's where it is... I've heard quite a few rumors about it. An ancient battlefield ruin where opportunities and risks coexist... Senior Brother, why did you suddenly bring this up? Could it be...?"

He looked calmly at Elder Linghu, waiting for what was to come.

He already knew in his heart that today's visit was probably to invite him to explore the Fallen Demon Valley together.