Starting with the consumables of the Demonic Sect, one can barely achieve immortality.

"Junior brother, you're asking about the hangman?"

In the lecture hall at night, Tian Tong sat high on the back of a female cultivator as strong as a mountain, with a smile on his face and an elegant demeanor, seemingly not caring at all about the head-splitting murderer who terrified the corpse cultivators.

Few of the corpse cultivators present could remain as calm as him.

Rumors of the executioner had already spread among the cultivators, and many even recognized the corpse cultivators who had been killed, fearing that they themselves might be the next to be executed.

and……

Everyone stared at the corpse-controlling reins that Tian Tong was playing with between his fingers, and then thought of the murder weapon that was rumored to be used to strangle the killer, which seemed to be a similar silver-white thread.

Could you be the real culprit?

The cultivators glanced at Tian Tong for a moment, and then at the long-haired boy who had asked the question with the courage of a leopard.

Each heart, like an image, is suspended from the roof beam.

As the one asking the question, Yan Cheng remained calm and waited for Tian Tong's response.

Just kidding, if Tian Tong wanted to kill a group of early-stage corpse cultivators, he wouldn't need to resort to such supernatural tricks.

If Huang Tong simply nodded, the other party could easily wipe out all the early-stage members of the First Palace with a flick of their wrist.

Similarly, Huang Tong doesn't need to hide his identity if he wants to kill a few zombies to create puppets.

The killer is someone else.

Slaughter the corpse cultivator, scatter his soul...

Such actions have undoubtedly harmed the interests of the cultivators in the Hall of Longevity, and Yan Cheng believes that Huang Tong will not stand idly by.

The information that Tendo gives next may very well become the key to his escape from disaster in the future.

The child chuckled:

"His Highness is already aware of this matter. All the disciples will handle it personally, so fellow disciples need not worry."

"Now that you've become a disciple of our Immortal Sect, your life is under the sect's protection. How can we tolerate bandits running rampant?"

His eyes narrowed slightly:

"With the golden bell in her hand, even a corpse cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining is no match for her. She can definitely protect everyone."

"You are all outstanding talents of the sect, and the higher-ups will not allow such talents to be lost without cause."

"Do not let the instigation of some busybodies in the hall make you anxious and uneasy, thus delaying your daily practice."

Yan Cheng didn't know if others would be reassured after hearing Tian Tong's words, but he did deduce quite a few things from them.

The "troublemakers" that Tiantong mentioned were clearly referring to the three loan sharks on the third floor.

The fact that the fat man casually invoked the gallows to intimidate him, and that the rumors spread so quickly throughout the palace, is undoubtedly thanks to the efforts of these three.

Judging from Tian Tong's tone, the person behind those three is not from the same faction as Huang Tong.

The purpose of the three spreading the rumors was also quite obvious.

However, with everyone in the temple feeling insecure, more people will naturally borrow money to accelerate their cultivation or increase their strength, thus consuming their future in advance.

Yan Cheng was certain that there was a huge trap hidden behind the Yin Sha Loan, but Tian Tong simply couldn't reveal it.

From Huang Tong's perspective, it seems they do not want the corpse cultivators to break through to the mid-stage too early.

At the very least, it shouldn't be done by using Yin Sha Loan to break through.

Is it because once the corpse cultivators reach the middle stage, they become consumables needed by higher-ups and are no longer at Huang Tong's disposal?

Yan Cheng didn't want to get involved in the factional struggles in the palace, so he pondered the deeper meaning behind Tian Tong's words:

"The true disciples certainly have the ability to deal with the hangman, but if they truly intended to, would they allow him to continue killing so many people?"

"Talented individuals should not be lost without cause, but what if their deaths bring sufficient potential benefits?"

Just like those cultivators who were pushed to their deaths because of the matter of the moonlight!

Yan Cheng was startled and remained silent for a long time before bowing to Tian Tong:

"Please grant me a piece of silk thread."

Everyone fell silent.

But then Tian Tong's eyes lit up, seemingly quite impressed by Yan Cheng's keen insight and decisiveness:

"Junior brother wants the puppet strings I possess? You've come to the right person."

"If it were that stingy Chen Caimin, he would definitely make you lower your guard a lot before he would take the silk thread away."

"I am not skilled in puppetry, so this thing is of little use to me. It is enough to just restrain this restless thing beneath me."

He casually cut a piece from the silk thread and threw it at Yan Cheng's feet:

"Go figure it out yourself."

"This thing naturally suppresses the Yin body. Ordinary living corpses will freeze in their breath and be unable to resist as soon as they touch the silk thread."

"For hundreds of years, this has been the only thing used in the sect to control the corpse puppets. If Senior Sister Huang hadn't been given the Soul-Capturing Bell, she would have needed it to control the corpse puppets as well."

"If you are fortunate enough to reach the mid-stage, you can use that to control a few corpse puppets for fun, just don't attack your living fellow disciples."

Yan Cheng bowed again without comment, but then Tian Tong said with emotion:

"The path of corpse puppets is ultimately an external thing, and it is of no benefit to cultivation."

"Now that Senior Sister Huang has the Golden Bell in hand, the production of puppet-pulling silk has been decreasing in recent years."

"I wonder... where that hanged murderer got so many threads."

No one present dared to respond to him, and the sermon that night ended abruptly.

……

Back in his dormitory, Yan Cheng sat cross-legged on the coffin and carefully unwrapped the cloth wrapped with silver-white silk threads.

Just a touch of the silk thread sent an electric shock through my entire body, leaving me numb and unable to exert any strength.

However, the numbness was quickly dispelled by the clear energy within the body.

He gazed at the silk thread, lost in thought:

"Just as I expected."

"This object suppresses Yin energy. Although I am a Yin being, I do not cultivate Yin energy, so the threads do not restrict me as severely as they do others."

"The hangman killed many people by taking advantage of this object's ability to restrain ordinary corpse cultivators."

Aside from that, his cultivation level might not be that high; it's very likely he's only at the initial stage.

Yan Cheng knew very well that a mid-stage cultivator like Tian Tong could kill an early-stage cultivator without needing any silk threads.

If the perpetrator is merely an early-stage cultivator, even if their cultivation has reached perfection, Yan Cheng is confident he can defeat them using his superior stats.

He flicked his fingertip, and a bright white purple flame ignited on the surface of the silk thread, only to be extinguished in the next instant by a gust of wind from his sleeve.

as predicted.

From the moment he first saw the silk thread, Silver Mirror had the information about the Puppet Silk imprinted in his mind, giving him a profound understanding of its nature.

"It is a product derived from the yang fire of cultivators, therefore it naturally has the ability to suppress yin and nurture yang."

"In that case, it's reasonable that it can bear the Yin Star Flame, which is essentially Yang Fire."

"The Upper Yin Star Flame is yin on the outside and yang on the inside, with extremely strange properties. Ordinary objects simply cannot withstand the star flame adhering to it; only this Puppet Silk can endure it for a relatively long time."

Yan Cheng knew this would be a crucial move to turn the tide, so he carefully put away the silk thread, still puzzled.

Neither the description in the Hidden Immortal Mirror nor the words of the Celestial Child mention anything about this item being able to shatter a cultivator's soul.

"This is very likely the reason why the true disciples are so wary of the hangman, yet temporarily allow him to commit the crime."

"These sinister creatures intend to use the worthless lives of early-stage corpse cultivators to test the killer's methods of scattering souls!"