Chapter 3: Turning Calamity into Good Fortune, Promoted to Corpse Tourist

  Zhang Yang's only way to save himself now is to work hard to control the hot flow in the Qihai and make it circulate along the Zhoutian route.

  Once a true Heavenly Cycle is formed, all the air currents circulate according to the rules and enter the right track, they will no longer cause damage to the body, but instead become Zhang Yang's assistance, thus breaking through the threshold in one move and advancing to the rank of You Shi.

  It's like a flood, when it overflows, it's a disaster; when it flows in the river channel, it can irrigate, transport and benefit the people.

  Having thought it through clearly, Zhang Yang no longer hesitated and immediately took action.

  However, the airflow inside Qihai was too turbulent, giving Zhang Yang a feeling of being at a loss for what to do. With his current strength, those airflows simply wouldn't listen to his commands.

  Having a way to save lives, but lacking the ability to save lives.

  Zhang Yang is confused!

  ……

  The essence of the giant python continued to surge in, and under the effect of "Taiyin Lianxing", it transformed into a thread-like gas, accelerating Zhang Yang's demise.

  Zhang Yang's mind moved slightly.

  How can I tolerate the violent gas in the air sea? Can't I also tolerate these new and gentle gases that are pouring in?

  Strive to concentrate the spirit on the newly incoming Qi, leading it to circulate along the Small Heavenly Cycle route recorded in the "Taiyin Lianxing Pian" of the "Lian Ti".

  Success!

  Zhang Yang was overjoyed to discover that the extremely thin gas began to circulate along the Small Heavenly Circuit route in a very obedient manner.

  Zhang Yang didn't dare to be careless and carefully maintained this strand of "tour silk".

  A miracle has occurred. Every cycle of a week, a strand of the violent airflow around will merge into the "tour silk".

  One day in a week... Two days in a week...

  "The silk" is getting thicker and stronger, with higher efficiency in absorbing surrounding airflow.

  Things have developed to this point, and it can be confirmed that the violent airflow in Zhang Yang's body will no longer cause him harm.

  At this rate, as long as there is enough time, this warm current will be completely digested; however, Zhang Yang is still extremely anxious.

  For at this time the east was already beginning to whiten - daybreak was near!

  Zombies can only act at night, and once they touch sunlight, it's a fate of turning into dust.

  This point has been experimented by Zhang Yang and is undoubtedly true.

  If I can't regain my freedom before sunrise, the sunlight will turn this little hopping corpse into ashes.

  This is the most terrifying way to die for a zombie. According to the records of "Taiyin Lianxing", zombies are born in the land of yin, before advancing to purple zombies, after being exposed to sunlight, they will turn into dust and their souls will not enter reincarnation.

  "Quick! Quick! Quick!"

  Zhang Yang's face was expressionless, but his heart was burning with anxiety.

  But the more anxious you are, the worse things get.

  In a moment of haste, the air circulation route that had just been smoothed out suddenly "jumped" erratically, almost causing an error.

  The corner of Zhang Yang's eyes had already caught a glimpse of the white light on the horizon, with orange and dark blue above it, and further up was the black sky with a few sparse stars hanging from it.

  If you have a good mood to appreciate it, this scene is really absolutely beautiful.

  But for Zhang Yang now, it's a death knell.

  People on the mountain, the sunrise is very fast, I'm afraid it won't take a stick of incense time, and the sunlight will shine over.

  And last night, in order to absorb the essence of the moon to the greatest extent, Zhang Yang chose this place for cultivation with sparse trees; the only ten or so trees, and the shrubs around were also swept away by the giant python's death struggle.

  Zhang Yang had no doubt that as soon as the sun came out, the sunlight would shine directly on him, absolutely unobstructed.

  The east was getting brighter and brighter, but his body still didn't change in the slightest. Zhang Yang's heart had already begun to lose hope.

  "Is this how I'm going to die? Becoming a zombie was already miserable enough, and just when I finally changed my mindset and started accepting it, I was about to make up my mind to cultivate properly and achieve the ultimate undead body. Who would have thought that in the end, I'd end up with a scattered soul?"

  Zhang Yang smiled self-deprecatingly and his heart calmed down instead.

  As the mind calms down, the method of "Taiyin Lianxing: Lian Ti Pian" naturally enters the right track. Under the basic effect of several days of practice, the warm flow in the body circulates rapidly along the route, one week after another...

  Zhang Yang's body also began to change.

  Almost visible to the naked eye, the wax-yellow skin on his body began to become a keratinized existence; his teeth continued to protrude, making his face even more ferocious; his original three-inch-long fingernails did not continue to grow longer, but instead turned purple and black, looking even sharper...

  Just as the sun peeked out and the first ray of sunlight shone on the earth, Zhang Yang felt something inside him suddenly relax.

  Boom!

  It turns out that the air in the abdominal cavity has been increasing according to the small heavenly cycle, and finally exceeded the violent air in total amount.

  Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

  At this moment, the water flow inside the riverbed completely overpowered the water flow outside the riverbed.

  All the breaths are instantly subdued, merged into one, and all start to thoroughly circulate according to the Small Heavenly Cycle, forming a small whirlpool in the abdominal cavity of Qi Hai.

  Zhang Yang's eyes lit up.

  ……

  Whoosh!

  A zombie suddenly popped up from the giant python's body.

  Sizzling...

  Boom! Boom!

  As the sunlight shone on the zombie's body, thick smoke rose in waves, accompanied by faint explosions, as if cold water was poured over quicklime.

  Woooo...

  Zombies have no physical sensation, but sunlight on the body is not only an invasion of the flesh, but also a huge trauma to the soul.

  This heart-wrenching pain made Zhang Yang let out a loud roar.

  But now he doesn't even dare to delay for a second.

  Just landed, and with a burst of speed, he was off again!

  The whole person was like an arrow, shooting straight into a nearby mountain cave.

  Entering the cave without stopping, making several small jumps in a row, and drilling into his own upright coffin leaning against the wall.

  Woooo...

  With a low creaking sound, the coffin lid suddenly sprang open.

  Boom!

  With one loud noise, it was heavily nailed onto the coffin.

  Ouch!

  Zhang Yang finally had a chance to catch his breath. The rotten, dark air in the coffin actually made him feel wave after wave of peace.

  Check yourself, the back and left arm where the sun shines are like being burned by sulfuric acid, clothes are all corroded into strips and pieces, extremely tattered; the body is even more miserable, a part of flesh and blood directly turned to ashes, emitting bursts of charred smell.

  It's okay, the places that weren't exposed to sunlight didn't ulcerate, but instead grew a layer of keratinized membrane, which feels hard to the touch, like a layer of armor.

  But none of this matters; what matters is that I am still alive now.

  Zhang Yang's heart was already filled with immense joy and delight after being kidnapped.

  It's great to be alive!

  Although he is a zombie, Zhang Yang has never given up on his faith in living!

  Another thing that delighted him was that he had inadvertently advanced to the state of a wandering corpse due to his misfortune.

  Zhang Yang carefully sensed the small whirlpool in his abdominal cavity and was filled with joy.

  "Guiding the vital energy to circulate according to the Small Heavenly Cycle, forming a small whirlpool in the abdominal cavity, this is the mark of a first-level You Shi! Haha, I'm indeed a first-level You Shi!"

  Zhang Yang smiled complacently. However, this smile combined with the zombie's ferocious face made it look as terrifying as possible.

  Zombie levels from low to high are divided into jumping corpse, swimming corpse, purple zombie, black zombie, hairy zombie, flying zombie, and drought goblin, corresponding to the human cultivator's mortal, refining qi period, foundation building period, golden elixir period, yuan ying period, transformation of god period, and tribulation crossing period.

  Just like humans are considered to have truly entered the realm of cultivation from the Qi Refining stage, zombies also start their cultivation journey from the Wandering Corpse stage.

  Jumping corpse, with only a bloodthirsty primitive desire, but no consciousness of energy perception between heaven and earth.

  After advancing to a roaming corpse, even ordinary zombies begin to consciously perceive and absorb the yin energy between heaven and earth, and their divine consciousness can introspect (ordinary zombies generally need to advance to purple zombies before they can project their divine consciousness) - the small heavenly cycle of the abdominal cavity and the introspection of the divine consciousness are the two major signs of advancing to a roaming corpse.

  Zhang Yang's heart skipped a beat as he immersed his consciousness into his body.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  Indeed, the situation of each meridian, even bones and organs, was clearly presented in the mind.

  This is different from what is seen, but it is many times more detailed than what is seen with the naked eye, and even every small blood vessel can be clearly reflected in the brain by nerve signals.

  This feeling is very strange.

  What excited Zhang Yang even more was that "Taiyin Lianxing: Miscellaneous Articles" contained a method for cultivating one's spiritual consciousness. And the foundation of this cultivation method was precisely having inner awareness.

  This also means that for Zhang Yang, it is not necessary to wait until the upgrade of Purple Jade, as long as he practices hard, he can achieve the externalization of his divine consciousness.

  Zhang Yang certainly knew the importance of divine consciousness.

  Zombies react with various sluggishness, their consciousness externalized, and a better grasp of the surrounding environment can increase their chances of survival.

  For example, this time being attacked by a giant python was because Zhang Yang's eyesight was poor and he couldn't discover the enemy early.

  If consciousness can be projected externally, it will be possible to detect the giant python when it approaches and make preparations in advance, so as not to be so passive.

  Zhang Yang couldn't wait to mobilize his divine sense and carefully examined his body from head to toe.

  "Hmm, everything is fine! Even the bones that were strangled by the giant python have been repaired under the nourishment of essence and blood energy."

  Zhang Yang nodded in satisfaction.

  Rotate the body's Qi, feeling the small whirlpool in the abdominal cavity of Qihai rotating rapidly according to the cycle of Zhou Tian, with a speed that is several times faster than before.

  Jumping corpse advancing to wandering corpse is indeed a hierarchical leap, with the addition of two major symbolic existences: divine consciousness introspection and small heavenly cycle rotation.

  Zhang Yang is now a first-level corpse that has just crossed the threshold, but he is confident that if he encounters that giant python again, he will win very easily.

  While operating the refined gas, Zhang Yang could even feel the surrounding silk-like yin energy seeping in through his skin and continuously joining the orbit of the body's refined gas circulation, just like a small stream flowing into the vast ocean.

  This situation has never occurred in the stage of jumping corpse.