Chapter 43: Corpse Spirit

  I never thought of such a ridiculous thing, as soon as I think of the old man's face, I feel a wave of nausea, and he killed Xiaoliang, I am sworn enemies with him, even if he has great skills, I will absolutely not be interested.

  The girl quickly made a delicious meal after entering the cave. Her craftsmanship was not bad, and I could smell a strong aroma of dishes from far away. The girl brought the dish to the table, and I took a bite, the taste was also very good.

  And the dishes are very rich, with cured meat and eggs, making me drool.

  The girl slapped open my hand: "I'm making a delicious meal to thank you for saving my brother today, don't think you're an old man, hurry up and help in the kitchen."

  I glared at her and followed her into the kitchen.

  The kitchen was in a small cave next to it, with windows and chimneys on the cave, and a stove inside, constantly emitting hot air. Although this kitchen is not very good, it is already very good in this mountain cave.

  After entering the kitchen, the girl asked me to cook, but I walked up to the stove and showed off my skills. Cooking is like playing for me, while the girl beside me looked a bit stunned.

  After finishing a dish, I took it out of the pot and handed it to the girl in front of me, letting her try some. As soon as she took a bite, the girl's face changed greatly: "This is the most delicious dish I've ever had, you actually have such craftsmanship."

  I gave her a glance and handed her the dish: "Here, take it out."

  Next, I made several more dishes in a row. When we started eating, the sky had already darkened. This meal was done to my satisfaction, and the girl ate even more satisfactorily, finally almost swallowing her own bowl.

  After a hearty meal, I lay on the chair and almost couldn't move. I found that only when people are full will they feel at ease. Before long it was deep into the night, the girl found me a small hole, spread out several quilts inside, and I fell asleep.

  When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning.

  That little brat is awake, and he seems to know everything already. However, when this guy stares at me, his eyes are still full of hostility. I don't have a good face for him either, and when I meet him, I glare at him fiercely.

  The child whispered in my ear: "One day, I'll make you kneel before me and beg for mercy."

  I chuckled and didn't say anything.

  In the days that followed, I spent more and more time with the girl and the little brat. But from start to finish, I didn't even know their names, nor did I bother to ask. And since the first day I cooked that meal, I naturally became the cook, including washing dishes and vegetables all together.

  This little brat was initially very disdainful, but when it came to eating at the dinner table, he ate faster and more than anyone else.

  Time flies, half a month has passed.

  But in this half month, I haven't seen the corpse old man at all. I asked the girl, and she shook her head, saying that she didn't know either, the corpse old man would not stay on the mountain for a long time, sometimes he would be out for half a year. I had some hidden worries in my heart, this old guy wouldn't go back to that village again to harm those villagers.

  I really want to stop him, but I am powerless now.

  So I calmed down and prepared to study the Ghost Doctor's technique carefully. In this Ghost Doctor's technique, most of it is a means to cure diseases and save people, but there are also some evil techniques that harm people. What interests me the most is a technique called Fragrance Technique.

  What Xiangshu said is precisely about the use of various incenses. Everyone knows that this incense is used to worship ghosts and gods, when lighting the incense, it is equivalent to food for ghosts and gods, they will absorb the incense fire to cultivate themselves.

  It is precisely because of this that incense was born. People who burn incense, if they use different incense to burn, the ghosts and gods will absorb it and produce different reactions.

  Among them is the Soul-Gathering Incense. When the incense is burned, ghosts and gods absorb the smoke, causing the soul to become even more condensed and unbreakable.

  Apart from this, there are all sorts of incense, such as the Soul-destroying Incense. This incense is used to deal with ghosts and gods. After unknown minor ghosts inhale this incense, their souls will shatter, causing them to scatter.

  But since there are incense for ghosts and gods to absorb, there must also be incense for humans to absorb. For example, the Soul-Gathering Incense, Life-Extending Incense, etc. When these incenses are lit, they can gather a person's soul and save a dying person at critical moments.

  It's just a trick of fragrance, and yet one can see the profundity in it. It seems that in this vast world, there are countless strange people with strange skills.

  I first practiced incense art and then repeatedly looked at the content of incense art. After that, I prepared to take the next step, refining incense.

  This is the most crucial step, and also a very complicated one. Because refining these incense requires many things, among which the refining of one kind of incense even needs to use heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

  I chose a relatively simple incense, called Xiang's Incense, to refine. The refining of this incense also requires taking some very complex materials, the most complicated of which is the essence of blood from a corpse that has undergone putrefaction.

  However, the essence of blood is not a problem, as there are all kinds of corpses in the Hanging Corpse Cave that I can use. The difficulty lies in another material, which is called "Ghost Eye", and it's actually the eyeball of a ghost. This thing is really hard to get, and what's more, I haven't seen a single ghost on this mountain, which makes me start to worry.

  After some deliberation, I decided to go and retrieve the corpse's essence blood first.

  After lunch, I went out alone with the Soul-Cutting Knife. I searched around the mountain where the Stone Cave was located and soon found the entrance to the Hanging Stone Cave. Looking inside, it was dark and gloomy, with some people hanging on the walls.

  I walked into the stone cave, and soon I saw the people on the wall quickly convulsing, constantly moving restlessly, as if they wanted to climb down from the wall. At this time, I suddenly beat the human skin drum with a loud "boom", and the moment the drum sounded, the hanging corpse cave instantly became quiet.

  I walked up to a nearby corpse and plunged the Soul Reaper into its chest, stirring it violently. In an instant, a withered heart appeared at the spot on the corpse's chest.

  The essence of these corpses lies in their hearts. This essence is the most precious part of a corpse, and when I take it away, the corpse will be completely destroyed.

  I saw the heart exposed, I found a wooden stick and lifted the heart with it. Then, I used a knife to cut off all the blood vessels connected to the heart, and then took out the heart. At that moment, the corpse convulsed rapidly, just like someone who had epilepsy.

  In less than a minute, the corpse suddenly withered and turned into a skeleton wrapped in skin. Seeing the corpse shrivel up, I furrowed my brow and swiftly exited the stone cave.

  I wrapped the heart in a few leaves and brought it back to the stone cave where I lived.

  Next, I'm going to take the Ghost Eye. However, before taking the Ghost Eye, I need to find someone first.

  After entering the stone cave, I walked straight to that little kid, grabbed his clothes and dragged him into a small stone cave. The little kid didn't react to what was happening, he was shocked with a pale face.

  I said to the little kid: "Brother, I have a favor to ask of you today, will you help or not?"

  The little brat shouted at the top of his lungs: "You just rely on your slightly larger size, bullying me every day. If my dad were here, I'd have him deal with you."

  I patted the kid on the shoulder: "Don't get agitated, I'm only asking you for a small favor. You have to tell me today, or else I'll beat you to death."

  Although I said it was a request, I was clearly threatening. To be honest, I think I'm quite shameless too, but whatever.

  The kid saw me like this, his face turned green: "You're obviously trying to scare me, and you still say please, what a shameless guy."

  "I said: 'Suit yourself, if you don't speak up, I'll really kill you. No, I won't kill you, I'll just break all your tendons and throw you into the hanging corpse cave to let those corpse monsters eat your flesh, then you'll become a corpse monster too.'"

  The child listened to me and his little face turned red and white. When I finished speaking, he suddenly burst into tears: "You're bullying me, I'm going to tell my sister."

  I slapped him with a loud slap: "Don't cry, it's no use telling your sister, I've taken care of her too."

  The kid stopped crying, staring at me with tears in his eyes. At this time, I said: "What was that faceless monster you conjured up last time? Teach me, it might come in handy. If it works out, I promise to never bully you again and teach you the skills of healing and saving people, how about it?"

  The child was taken aback: "Are you serious?"

  I nodded: "Of course it's true, I absolutely won't deceive you."

  The kid shook his head again: "No way I believe you."

  I took out the Soul-Cutting Knife at this time: "You have to believe it whether you want to or not."

  Before long, the kid and I arrived at the Hanging Corpse Cave again. The kid said to me: "The one I refined last time is called Corpse Spirit. Corpse Spirits are a type of spirit that have no consciousness. They can be divided into evil spirits and good spirits. Evil spirits only know how to kill."

  I looked at the kid and nodded. The kid said again, "The refining of the Corpse Spirit requires taking five parts, which are both hands and feet as well as the head. These five parts must be taken from different corpses, you go take them first."

  I walked into the cave with a mixture of faith and doubt, then found five corpses, and cut off their hands, feet, and heads. Finally, I carried these corpses out of the cave, staring motionlessly at the child.

  The kid said, "We have the five corpses now. What we need to do next is wait for the right time. We can only proceed with the refining process when the moon comes out at night. As for the technique of refining, I won't tell you. Just watch me do it later."

  I looked at the kid and felt a bit surprised, how did this little guy suddenly become so obedient?

  I get it, this guy is probably thinking of revenge, and I reckon he's waiting for the corpse to be refined later, so that the corpse can harm me. I couldn't help but sneer, kid, you're really too naive.

  At this moment, I am holding the five limbs of the five corpses. These limbs come from the bodies of the corpses, and even though they have been separated from the corpses' bodies, they are not completely dead. Just like that head, which is now frantically screaming and trying to bite me.

  The kid took me to where he last refined a corpse and had me throw all five limbs into the pot.

  Suddenly, a fire started burning under the pot, and the water in the pot began to heat up incessantly. The limbs of those corpses were now screaming incessantly in the water, as if they had been scalded by the water.

  Before long, the water was boiling thoroughly, and the skin of those limbs in the pot began to ripen, making people feel nauseous. And until then, those limbs were still twitching and struggling ceaselessly.

  Even I couldn't bear it anymore.

  At this time, the child kept chanting the spell, but I saw his eyes staring at me with an unusually fierce gaze. It seems that this kid is indeed playing tricks. I looked at him and smiled slightly as well.