The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 422 Corpse Beauty
The ghost wolf was just a low-level undead creature. Caught between two skeleton mages' death rays, its soul shattered instantly.

The skeleton warriors, who had originally joined forces against the enemy, saw these soul essences and, like mischievous children seeing candy, began to fight over them.

Although they didn't kill each other, there was still pushing and shoving and tripping.

After a fierce battle, those who were lucky, resilient, and powerful managed to seize the soul essence. After absorbing and digesting it, the quality of their soul fire became even higher.

While the other skeletons were scrambling for the soul essence, the lame skeleton that Moran and the others first encountered was picking and choosing among the pile of bones scattered by the ghost wolves, replacing his own shinbone with one that was more suitable in thickness and length, making his walk more stable.

It couldn't bear to throw away the leg bone that had been replaced, so it dragged it back into the coffin.

After the other skeletons finished fighting over the soul essence, they came to fight over the skeleton.

After all the bones on the ground had been divided up, the skeletons returned to their coffins to sleep.

The four witches, who had been crouching beside the flying carpet and peeking out to watch the whole thing, quickly withdrew their heads.

"That was brutal! The spoils included not only the ghost wolf's soul, but also the bones of its companions!" Sylph patted her chest, still shaken.

Vasida didn't find anything amiss: "That's how undead creatures are. Their souls are incomplete, and their bodies are incomplete. They can only live by patching things up."

I remember when I was little, I accidentally chopped off my whole hand while chopping vegetables for Egg Fried Rice. My mom didn't have any suitable materials to fix it, and since it needed to cook for me, she took a hand from another zombie servant and temporarily sewed it back up for Egg Fried Rice.

Sylph thought about the scene and found it unacceptable: "I'd rather prune and trim the flowers and plants than dismantle the arms of a dead servant."

"These skeletons may look a bit unsightly, but that's mostly because they're completely free-range and no one takes good care of them. Look at those lumberjack skeletons and carpenter skeletons, they're much better; they must have just been maintained."

The appearance of a dead servant depends entirely on the master's craftsmanship and aesthetic sense.

"In this regard, there's a book called 'Corpse Cosmetology' that's definitely worth reading," Moran recommended.

Sylph expressed no interest, but Vasita and Lilith immediately began investigating.

"The Book of Corpse Cosmetology? I copied it down too!" Lilith found the book in her witch's book. "But I haven't read it yet. I'll take a good look at it before I make the humanoid death servants!"

"Huh? This book isn't on my mom's reading list! There's only one book about corpse grooming, called 'How to Raise a Corpse Companion (Corpse Grooming Edition)'?" Vasita said in surprise.

Moran briefly recalled the book:

"If I remember correctly, 'How to Raise a Dead Servant' is a whole series, nine books in total, right? The author is Ms. Geria, your mother."

The Corpse Beauty Edition is the second volume in the series, and its content continues from the first volume, the Corpse Selection Edition.

The content is actually quite good, but the style of the death servant templates is all about tall, strong death servants, and…”

Moran blushed slightly as she recalled the extensive descriptions and illustrations in the book about how to sew reproductive organs onto undead servants so that they would have the ability to reproduce at the moment they transformed into undead.

This book is even more outrageous than the "Illustrated Guide to Body Structure".

Lady Geria was indeed a pioneer among witches in how to raise a dead servant companion, and she was happy to share her experience.

"And what?" Vasita pressed. "Well, if you don't want to end up like your mother, raising a dead servant as a companion to father baby witches, then studying 'Corpse Cosmetology' is enough."

"Your mother's Dead Servant series was really ahead of its time. Some of the maneuvers involved were also extremely difficult," Moran said.

Witches create their own undead servants, which are usually zombies or skeletons.

Pure ghost-type undead servants are all naturally formed and cannot be created later, nor can they be directly captured and bound by undead servant contracts.

Ghost-type undead servants are much easier to care for than zombie-type and skeleton-type servants, and are relatively more valuable.

Therefore, books about making death servants all talk about making zombie or skeleton death servants.

Ms. Ginia's book is no exception.

The bodies of zombies and skeleton servants are pieced together and patched up by witches; generally, as long as they can move, that's enough.

Even zombies don't need to be so detailed that even their internal organs are made; the dead servants don't need that.

In many cases, the stomachs of dead servants were even stuffed with herbs that had preservative properties.

In this situation, providing an extra reproductive organ to a dead servant would incur significantly higher maintenance costs.

Over time, maintenance alone is not enough; replacement materials must also be found.

Limbs and head are relatively easy to find, but intact internal organs are not.

Moran shook his head at this thought, deciding not to cause himself any trouble and to just be a normal dead servant.

Lilith noticed Moran's expression and felt it looked familiar. Combining it with Moran's hesitant words, she immediately guessed what it meant:
"Moran, this set of books won't be as explicit as 'The Illustrated Guide to Body Structure,' will it?"

"Just as explicit?" Moran pondered the sentence, realizing something was amiss: "You...you haven't seen the 'Atlas of Body Structure Appreciation,' have you?"

The original edition was only available at Fayes's place, but the reprinted edition is also available at the clan library.

Lilith said matter-of-factly, "The windowsill of the library for books on procreation all have signs saying 'Must-Read for Adult Witches'! I was thinking that since I left the wilderness this time, I don't know when I'll be back, so I copied down a few classic books recommended in the guidebook. I've only read a little bit so far..."

"Does it say 'Must-read for adult witches'? It clearly says 'Must-read for adult witches before procreation'!" Moran said irritably.

"How did you know! You went in too?" Lilith said with a mischievous smile. "So, which race do you think has the most beautiful bodies?"

"..."

Moran went inside and even copied some books, but she was curious about how witches could successfully reproduce with any race, since different races have different ways of reproducing.

She was also curious about the specific physical structures of the various races in Valen.

She was interested in the witches' reproductive methods and the physical structure of other races, but not in reproducing with other races.

If you were to ask which race has the most beautiful bodies, the intelligent races of Valen are uniquely endowed with distinct physical structures, each possessing its own unique beauty. However, the process of reproduction is another matter entirely.