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

The Hall of Longevity has three floors, which are secluded meditation rooms.

This place, with its simple and straightforward name, is the very place where countless early-stage corpse cultivators have secluded themselves to break through to the mid-stage over the past few hundred years.

The dorm rooms assigned to everyone on the second floor had no natural light, making them cold in both winter and summer.

From the perspective of a morgue, it's not bad.

However, the Yin energy within it relies entirely on the black coffin for supply, and is not yet sufficient to serve as a breakthrough point.

"This seclusion room is different. The entire room is made of Yin metal. When closed, it becomes a chamber, and the Qi is locked inside. It belongs to the first-class seclusion treasure land."

Clad in a white cloak, Tian Tong, riding a female corpse, smiled as he surveyed the early-stage corpse cultivators who filed in.

His gaze paused slightly when he caught sight of a handsome young man with long, flowing hair in the crowd.

Ke Hao quickly and discreetly withdrew his gaze and continued:

"Back in my day, just stepping into this place and breathing in a few breaths of its yin energy would have inevitably cost me at least five strands of Yin Corpse Qi."

"Fortunately, the palace needed people at that time, and Sister Huang, being kind-hearted, paid for everyone's expenses for renting the seclusion rooms in advance."

The corpse cultivator's eyes shone brightly:

"It should be understood that whether the place for breakthrough is suitable or not is the difference between life and death for us."

"Trading five strands of malevolent energy for life and the opportunity to seek the Dao isn't unreasonable, is it?"

He spoke nicely, but many of those present were seasoned veterans of the Corpse Cultivation Sect, and everyone was frighteningly cautious.

Even the paper crane that hinted at an opportunity to escape could be ignored, so how could it be moved by his sweet words?

Someone immediately asked:

"The cultivation method bestowed by the sect only says that after cultivating forty-nine strands of evil energy and gathering true energy to impact the center of the chest, one will achieve the mid-stage of Qi Refining."

"However, those who attempted to break through in the past all cultivated forty-nine strands of malevolent energy, so why is the success rate so low?"

His question struck a chord with many people present.

Most of the corpse cultivators present have been at the initial stage of perfection for some time now.

The reason why many people haven't tried to break through is not only to prepare resources to increase their chances of success, but also because they lack confidence and stop there.

Huang Tong, after all, would not personally come to check the cultivation progress of each corpse cultivator.

All cultivators only need to pay the Yin Corpse Sha regularly, and secretly collect the excess Sha Qi on ordinary days. They will not be forced to break through in the short term.

At least that was the case in the past.

However, the meaning of what she said the other day was quite clear:

She would no longer tolerate the early-stage, fully-fledged corpse cultivators suppressing their cultivation and failing to break through.

Don't want to take the risk of a breakthrough?

Alright, then I'll just wait to be turned into a Yin puppet.

A corpse-eating Yin puppet, equivalent to mid-stage combat power, is undoubtedly more valuable to the hall than a whole bunch of early-stage corpse cultivators.

If you don't want to be turned into a Yin Puppet, then try to increase your value and become a promising mid-stage cultivator!

All the cultivators looked at Tian Tong, waiting for his reply.

Tian Tong smiled slightly:

"What I'm about to say should have required at least three strands of malevolent energy to be heard."

"Otherwise, how could I say you're all lucky?"

"In the early stages of Qi Refining, cultivators condense their true Qi, starting from the coccyx and extending to the spine, passing through the two gates, and ending at the center of the chest. This is how they gather Qi into the middle dantian and achieve the middle stage."

"The first hurdle lies in one's inherent qualities."

"Being born with good physical constitution has benefits beyond just making spiritual practice faster."

"When impacting the middle dantian, the flow of qi is even smoother, like a river flowing into the sea, which can prevent the calamity of yin evil going astray and the meridians bursting."

"As corpse cultivators, our physical bodies are naturally weaker than those of living cultivators."

"Meridians, internal organs, muscles and bones, each layer is a challenge."

His smile appeared very gentle:

"Fortunately, Chen Caimin is here in the hall. I'm sure you are all familiar with the secret medicine for strengthening your constitution."

The practice of consuming elixirs to cleanse the marrow is a consensus among almost all cultivators.

It is said that Tiantong himself achieved his success by taking a miraculously effective elixir.

Even Yan Cheng, who was inconspicuous in the crowd at this moment, had not taken the pill, but he was carrying a Wufang pill in his pocket as a pretense.

At that moment, all he could think was:

Let me tell you something you don't know...

Then Tiantong continued:

"Once the foundation is established, the quality of the true qi and qi palace will play a crucial role next."

"Regarding true qi, we all cultivate the 'Yin Corpse Walking and Evil Technique,' which condenses Yin Corpse Evil into qi, so there won't be much difference in quality."

What he said actually made sense, but Yan Cheng secretly thought to himself:

"It's true that the difference isn't that big, but everyone's practicing this lousy technique, so the difference won't be noticeable, right?"

Compared to the Yin Star Qi he had condensed, the Yin Corpse Fiend was truly too weak. Its Qi was turbid and its form heavy. When trying to lift it up for a breakthrough, it would inevitably be sluggish and difficult, resulting in twice the effort for half the result.

It's no exaggeration to say that it has greatly reduced the success rate of cultivators' breakthroughs!

Even if the "Corpse-Walking and Evil-Slaying Technique" is bad, there is no other path for corpse cultivators besides Yan Cheng.

Listen to what the Heavenly Child said:

"Now that you have reached the perfect state, your lower dantian must be complete and able to withstand the impact formed when true qi is condensed."

"The premise is that your Qi Palace is naturally cultivated, and not obtained by forcing growth through the consumption of pills to absorb evil Qi borrowed from others."

His gaze swept over several early-stage Perfected Corpse Cultivators with astonishing expressions.

These individuals have all borrowed large sums of Yin Corpse Fiends and taken Opening Mansion Pills; they are the lender's core clients.

It was only natural that he was looked down upon by Tendo.

This is also one of the rare instances where Yan Cheng agrees with Tian Tong's viewpoint.

If the Qi Palace is perfected by external forces, it is indeed inferior in quality to one that is cultivated by oneself, which will affect the success rate of breakthroughs.

Those who engage in lending and borrowing are essentially cutting off their own future.

If they themselves don't value their own future, why should others respect them?

The fairy tale paused, then held up three fingers:

"The third point, and the most important point."

"When we, the corpse cultivators, cultivate Yin energy and gather forty-nine strands of evil energy to break through the barrier, it will be the time when the Yin energy in our bodies is at its peak."

"The human body inherently possesses two energies, Yin and Yang. Whenever Yin energy surges and gains the upper hand, Yang energy will inevitably fight back against its weakness."

"Therefore, the moment of breakthrough is also the moment most likely to trigger a backlash from the Yang Fire!"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

In fact, many of the corpse cultivators present had already sensed something was wrong as soon as they reached the initial stage of perfection.

The more the yang fire within the body is suppressed by the vigorous yin energy, the more restless and agitated it becomes, often requiring corpse cultivators to constantly divert their attention to suppress it.

Even without Huang Tong's urging, many people felt that they would soon be unable to suppress the Yin energy and would have to break through as soon as possible.

Now that Tiantong had revealed the key to the matter, all the cultivators immediately looked enlightened.

They all felt that this guidance was extremely valuable, and that it would be well worth exchanging three strands of Yin Corpse Fiend for it.

Yan Cheng, however, sensed something was amiss.

It is said that the stronger the yin energy, the more it will stimulate the yang fire to backfire.

In this training room where the yin energy is far greater than elsewhere, wouldn't that actually increase the risk of backlash?