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Chapter 164 Yin Xiao Zhenjun

[Of course, before returning to the Infernal Realm]

There's one more thing you need to do.

Two months later, you returned to the desolate cave.

[With the fastest speed, they took away the first strand of primordial yin energy nurtured by Li Yan]

More than forty years have passed since Li Yan entered the Core Formation stage.

You can clearly feel the difference between the primordial yin energy taken and the primordial yin energy taken in the last simulation.

In addition to its still cool touch, it also possesses a subtle, almost imperceptible, feminine quality.

"Is this the first trace of primordial yin energy of the Core Formation stage primordial yin body?"

You secretly marvel, vaguely sensing that if Li Yan were nurtured for several hundred more years, it might even help her break through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul stage.

【"Owner......"】

[Li Yan's face was flushed as she embraced you tenderly. The passionate experience she had just had was something she had never experienced before.]

"Yan'er, I have to go."

[You should not continue to indulge in a life of pleasure; right now, what's most important to you is to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.]

A beautiful woman is indeed lovely, but compared to one's own spiritual path, she is nothing.

The first strand of primordial yin energy in the Core Formation stage's Primordial Yin Body can be preserved within your body for six months to a year.

If you don't absorb it within this timeframe, it will dissipate on its own.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, you should try to break through to the Nascent Soul stage within six months.

"Master, please go and attend to important matters."

Li Yan is very well-behaved.

Two months later, you arrive in the Purple Cloud Domain.

Before stepping into the inter-domain teleportation array, you devoted two months of your lifespan to perform a deep divination for this teleportation.

With the Nascent Soul stage looming, you don't want any unexpected events to occur.

The hexagram's result is neutral and balanced, meaning you will successfully reach the Avici Realm.

[You step into the teleportation array and successfully arrive at the Boundless Realm]

[Shortly after arriving in Chiwu Immortal City, the token given to you by True Lord Beiheng began to vibrate.]

[You take out that token, and the voice of True Lord Beiheng comes from it.]

"Stay in Chiwu Immortal City and don't come out. I'll come get you."

The words of the True Lord of the North were brief, yet they subtly changed your expression.

Clearly, something related to you must have happened during the decades you were away from the Infernal Realm.

You begin to repeatedly perform divination on this.

[Since this matter involves you, the outcome will be determined quickly.]

[Is it related to the Corpse-Raising Mountain?]

The divination you received points to Mount Yangshi (the place where corpses are raised).

Corpse-Raising Mountain is one of the five Nascent Soul level forces in the Boundless Domain.

When you were choosing more places to cultivate your inner energy, you consulted Yanghu Mountain.

[It was only because they sensed that Corpse-Raising Mountain harbored treacherous intentions towards you, and later, True Lord Beiheng discovered a trace of Corpse-Raising Mountain's corpse energy mark on your body.]

That wisp of corpse energy mark originated from a corpse-path spiritual treasure within the Corpse-Nourishing Mountain, which is why it was able to evade your senses and leave a mark on you.

After that, you avoided Yanghu Mountain altogether, never even passing by it.

You then conducted a deep divination on this matter, even sacrificing more than half a month of your lifespan.

"The Corpse-Raising Mountain will ambush me on the only road to Jiuli Valley... However, this poses no danger to me. The Corpse-Raising Mountain has underestimated my strength..."

Your expression is strange.

[At the same time, you realize that the allure of your physical body to the Corpse-Raising Mountain is even greater than you expected.]

"Could it be that the remaining lifespan of a corpse has a significant impact on the art of corpse refining...?"

After a moment's thought, you arrive at the only conclusion.

[Your physical body has reached the late stage of the third tier; however, a physical body of this level is not worth the great effort required by the Corpse-Raising Mountain.]

[You should know that you have already joined Jiuli Valley. The actions of Yangshi Mountain are undoubtedly an offense against Beiheng Zhenjun.]

[But Corpse-Raising Mountain still did it. There's only one possibility: your physical body is very important to Corpse-Raising Mountain, and they're willing to anger a Body Cultivator for it.]

[And your physical body, compared to other late-stage third-tier body cultivators, has only one advantage: abundant lifespan. You still have nearly four hundred years left before your lifespan expires.]

For ordinary late-stage third-tier body cultivators, having one or two hundred years of lifespan remaining is considered extremely rare.

Of course, Ikitoyama cannot determine your true lifespan.

However, there should be some means to sense your physical body and your deeper inner strength, which is related to factors such as lifespan.

"The Path of Corpse Refining..."

Your brow furrows; you too have pondered the transmission of such skills, though you are not proficient.

The path of corpse refining has significant limitations; it requires the creation of a dedicated place for raising corpses, which is quite troublesome.

"The Northern Heng True Lord must have known what the Corpse-Raising Mountain thought of me, which is why he came to pick me up in person..."

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Once the movements at Corpse-Raising Mountain were clear, it became much easier to predict what was happening on True Lord Beiheng's side; there was no need for divination.

"The people of Corpse-Raising Mountain were able to pinpoint my location and the time of my return to Jiuli Valley... Did they hire a top-tier third-level divination master to perform a divination on me?"

[You secretly speculate]

Your divination skills are only at the upper level of the third tier; they cannot stop a top-tier level three divination master from performing a divination.

[Furthermore, you didn't even notice during the divination. This is partly because it posed no danger to you, but it's also likely because the top-tier third-level divination master sacrificed his lifespan and used a top-tier divination artifact for your divination.]

The Boundless Realm is far more prosperous than the Primordial Realm; it's not difficult for Nascent Soul level forces to obtain top-tier divination artifacts.

[A top-tier third-level divination master, in conjunction with a top-tier divination artifact, used his lifespan to perform a deep-level divination, which prevented you from becoming suspicious.]

[Shortly afterward, you learned through the token that True Lord Beiheng had already arrived outside Chiwu Immortal City.]

[You shall immediately leave the city and come before the True Lord of Beiheng.]

"True Lord..."

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[Your expression immediately betrayed a hint of doubt.]

Under normal circumstances, you shouldn't know why True Lord Beiheng came to pick you up personally.

[A superior-grade, third-tier divination skill is your trump card.]

It is not a good thing to rashly reveal one's divination skills before having sufficient strength and confidence.

For example, one day, the Northern Heng True Lord might approach you, asking you to help him with something that would cost him a significant amount of his lifespan.

Will you agree or not?

The art of "occupying" is not the same as the art of alchemy; the former is far more specialized.

"Come back with me."

[The Northern Heng True Monarch glanced at the Crimson Crow Immortal City]

Because of his arrival, a vast divine sense is rapidly approaching this direction.

[The Crimson Crow Immortal City is the most important immortal city of the Crimson Crow Sect, and naturally a True Monarch is stationed there.]

[Whoosh—]

[The Northern Heng True Lord did not interact with the True Lords within the Crimson Crow Immortal City, and led you directly back to the Nine Li Valley.]

"More than thirty years ago, the Yin Xiao Zhenjun of Corpse-Raising Mountain contacted me, saying he wanted your body."

On the way back, True Lord Beiheng glanced at you and slowly spoke.

"The Shadowy Lord..."

Your expression is grim; you know how troublesome this Corpse Path True Lord is.

[Yin Xiao Zhenjun is not only a Zhenjun, but also possesses a fourth-tier corpse puppet.]

It is said that this corpse puppet was crafted by Yin Xiao Zhenjun's most beloved Daoist partner, and that they are able to communicate with each other. When Yin Xiao Zhenjun works with the corpse puppet, the power he can unleash is greater than that of two Zhenjuns working together.

"Don't worry, I refused. No matter what, you are still a guest elder of my Nine Li Valley. How could the Corpse-Raising Mountain possibly spy on you?"

[The True Lord of Beiheng said casually]

"Thank you, True Lord."

You immediately expressed your gratitude.

"However, I believe that since True Lord Yin Xiao personally came to ask me for you, he won't give up easily even if he was refused. That's why I came to pick you up when you returned to the Boundless Realm..."

After speaking, Beiheng Zhenjun has already brought you to Jiuli Valley.

[He also casually asked, "Was your return to your hometown smooth?"]

【"all the best."】

You spoke first.

"I hope everything goes smoothly."

[The Northern Heng True Monarch nodded slightly, "When do you plan to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?"]

"Now."

[You didn't hesitate; the Heavenly Infant Fruit is in your hands, and there's no time to delay your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.]

"Now? Okay."

[The Northern Heng True Monarch nodded, "I will immediately give the order to prepare a fourth-tier spiritual vein cave dwelling for you."]

[Attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage is likely to result in death if unsuccessful. True Monarch Beiheng believes you will not attempt it rashly.]

On a necessary road tens of thousands of miles from Jiuli Valley

Several figures, exuding an aura of death, are lying in ambush.

"No need to wait any longer... that person has already returned to Jiuli Valley..." one of the old men, emaciated with eyes that seemed to burn with ghostly flames, said in a hoarse voice.

"Didn't Elder Mo divine that Wang Lin would pass through here?" A figure spoke up from the side, his tone sinister. It was none other than the deputy mountain master of Corpse-Raising Mountain, the Corpse-Raising Mountain cultivator who had received you in the past.

At that time, the master of Corpse-Raising Mountain vaguely sensed a certain primal surge deep within your physical body, indicating that you were a natural candidate for corpse refining.

[Furthermore, through that spiritual treasure deep within Yanghu Mountain, a corpse aura mark will be left on you. Even if you don't choose Yanghu Mountain as your Nascent Soul condensation site, they can still find you through this corpse aura mark.]

[But later, when you joined the Nine Li Valley, this mark of corpse energy was erased by True Monarch Beiheng.]

Decades later, Yin Xiao Zhenjun of Yanghu Mountain emerged from seclusion, his cultivation greatly improved, and he was expected to be able to control a second fourth-tier corpse puppet.

However, the current top-tier third-order corpse puppets in Corpse Raising Mountain have little potential to advance to the fourth order.

The deputy lord of Corpse-Raising Mountain thought of you and reported this matter to True Lord Yin Xiao.

[True Lord Yin Xiao immediately contacted True Lord Bei Heng, but was directly rejected by True Lord Bei Heng.]

[Left with no other choice, Yin Xiao Zhenjun gave orders to secretly take action against you, even if it angered Bei Heng Zhenjun.]

Although Corpse-Raising Mountain and Jiuli Valley are enemies, at the True Lord level, they value interests more.

[The reason why Yin Xiao Zhenjun took the initiative to contact Bei Heng Zhenjun is that he hopes to obtain your physical body through a normal transaction.]

[The Northern Heng True Lord does not know the exact value of your physical body. If the conditions offered by the Yin Xiao True Lord are very tempting, there is hope of completing the transaction.]

The emaciated old man was named Master Mo, a top-tier third-order divination master trained by Corpse-Raising Mountain.

The matter of taking action against you will be entirely under the command of Elder Mo.

[A top-tier third-order divination master is plotting against a Core Formation cultivator? There's a high chance of success.]

"There's a high probability he'll just pass by here. Wang Lin's divination is shrouded in mystery, making it very difficult to interpret. He must possess some top-tier celestial artifact, which I've sacrificed a significant portion of my lifespan for..."

[Old Mo's heart was bleeding. To fulfill Yin Xiao Zhenjun's orders, he had been constantly performing divination for decades, expending more than ten years of his lifespan.]

Ten years of lifespan is not a long time for a normal Core Formation cultivator.

[But in the eyes of fortune tellers, especially in the eyes of fortune tellers like Old Mo who often has to clean up the messes of the Corpse-Raising Mountain, it's definitely not a small amount.]

Despite his current appearance as if he were about to be buried, Elder Mo is actually only a little over three hundred years old, which is considered to be in his prime among a normal Core Formation stage cultivator.

In fact, Elder Mo has rarely helped with divination in recent years, but the matter concerning you is an order from True Lord Yin Xiao, which Elder Mo cannot refuse.

"What should we do next?" asked the deputy head of Yanghu Mountain, his tone worried.

If he fails to fulfill his master's orders, even a deputy mountain lord like him cannot avoid severe punishment.

【"etc....."】

Master Mo composed himself, took out a few pieces of tortoise shell, and continued his divination.

A moment later, Old Mo opened his eyes, his face deathly pale.

"Go wait outside Jiuli Valley."

[Old Mo spoke, his voice weak.]

"Why is this?" the deputy head of Corpse-Raising Mountain wondered.

"That Wang Lin will be attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage soon... If he fails and dies, we'll have a good chance of getting his corpse in exchange for a deal with the Nine Li Valley..."

[Old Mo coughed violently and spat out blood.]

To obtain this information through divination, he sacrificed several more years of his lifespan.

He was unaware of the outcome of your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage, nor did he know whether True Lord Beiheng was willing to trade your corpse after your failed breakthrough.

[The divination indicates that you will soon attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage.]

Based on normal logic, we can deduce the likelihood of obtaining your body through legitimate channels.

【"I see."】

[The deputy master of Corpse-Raising Mountain suddenly realized]

Once you fail to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and die, your corpse will be of no use to the Nine Li Valley.

[If the price paid is high enough, it's not impossible to get your corpse in return.]

[Inside the fourth-tier cave in Jiuli Valley]

The rich spiritual energy surged like mist.

You sit cross-legged in the center, and your mind begins to settle.

Compared to the fourth simulation when you attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, the difference you've experienced now isn't just in the quality of your magical power, but also in your state of mind.

Having survived a tribulation of inner demons, he started anew, and then another hundred years passed, including several decades spent constantly experiencing illusory worlds in the Purgatory Forest...

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[And continuously contemplate the lotus seed and experience the lotus's state of mind...]

At this moment, your mind is completely at peace, and even if you fail to break through to the Nascent Soul stage again, it will not affect your state of mind in the slightest.

Beyond the simulation, Zhou Qing's expression was solemn.

Compared to the last attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, the chances of success this time are many times greater.

"Nascent Soul stage, here I come..."

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Zhou Qing stared at the constantly changing illusory characters, his expression expectant.

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