Chapter 12: The Great Method of Controlling Corpses (Part 2)

  After finishing all this, the sky was already a bit late. Qin Yifan returned to the inn, but except for a few villagers, he didn't see the two fellow disciples or Lin Qiulü. He estimated that his fellow disciples were still recovering from their injuries, while Lin Qiulü must have forgotten about time due to her intense practice. Anyway, they came and went freely, so Qin Yifan didn't bother them much. He took care of himself, had dinner, and continued back to the lake shore.

  It was a quiet evening, except for Qin Yifan's disturbance in the water when he was practicing his skills, there were no unexpected changes. In the guest house, both Shi brothers were injured and resting, and Lin Qiulü had not been seen either, it was very peaceful.

  Lin Qiulü didn't appear until the next afternoon, her face full of fatigue, it was clear that she had been injured again. Qin Yifan almost confirmed that she was affected by the two corpses from yesterday. The flash of red light on the lake was not something she could withstand at the distance she had retreated to.

  It wasn't until two more days had passed that the two fellow disciples of Danting Gate began to appear in the main hall of the inn, and previously their meals were delivered to their rooms by the wives of those mountain villagers. Qin Yifan also listened carefully outside, and it seemed that the two were thoroughly recovering from their injuries, not daring to practice their skills here again.

  Lin Qiulü also took about a day to recover somewhat. Compared to the two Dan Ding Sect disciples, she had been practicing for a slightly longer period of time, and had already received several lessons, successfully cultivating at a distance, so her recovery was naturally faster.

  Looking at the pile of things Qin Yifan had laid out, Lin Qiulü couldn't believe her eyes, to the point where she exaggeratedly rubbed her own eyes, then confirmed that she wasn't hallucinating. Afterwards, an even more astonished gaze stared at Qin Yifan.

  "Where did it come from?" Lin Qiulü picked up the ring and looked at it for a long time, as if confirming something.

  "It was stripped from a dead man." Qin Yifan replied very calmly. From Lin Qiulü's expression, it could be seen that the deceased guy must have been an extraordinary figure.

  Lin Qiulü was a prominent figure in the Imperial Palace's Fengwei, and among the Dragon and Phoenix Guards, she had almost all the characteristics and records of famous figures in the cultivation world, so she could easily tell from these objects whose things they were.

  "Dead?" Lin Qiulü still refused to believe it, and then immediately realized: "Here?"

  Seeing Qin Yifan's affirmative nod, Lin Qiulü really didn't know what to say and remained silent for a long time before asking: "How did he die?"

  When the earth escaped, it suddenly went crazy and was buried alive underground. Such a death occurred on the body of a cultivator, which is simply a fantasy. But the thing is right in front of you, and Lin Qiulü also absolutely doesn't believe that Qin Yifan has the ability to kill that person, besides, she herself was suddenly shocked and injured at that time, such possibility exists, so Lin Qiulü still chose to believe.

  It's just that the person who died was also a world-renowned figure, and to die in such a humble place is truly a lamentable fate.

  "What kind of person was the one who died?" Qin Yifan didn't ask anything else, he just wanted to know the identity of that person.

  It seems that this person is also a character. At least in the circle of cultivation, he is also a role that people hate to see. Because his practice is actually a dark and sinister control of corpses, always accompanied by a dark corpse. Others abhor his desecration of the dead, but it's not heard that he has done any real evil, nor has he been driven out by those cultivators. It seems that this person died here this time, also rushing towards the fierce and evil energy here, but unexpectedly became arrogant and careless, and ended up losing his life in vain.

  "These things can never be seen by anyone again." Lin Qiulü hastily packed the things and handed them to Qin Yifan. Looking at her flustered movements, it seemed as if those things were some kind of untouchable poison. However, amidst the movements, there seemed to be a hint of conflict and reluctance. From the moment she saw those things, she had always had this conflicted mood, but didn't know what the reason was.

  Looking at her evasive movements, Qin Yifan couldn't help but be curious: "What are these things? You're actually afraid of them to this extent?"

  Taking another look at the pile of packages, Lin Qiulü bit her lip: "I'm afraid I won't be able to resist the temptation. Put all these away!"

  According to Lin Qiulü's intention, Qin Yifan put those things in a place where Lin Qiulü couldn't see them, and Lin Qiulü seemed to have recovered. Looking at Qin Yifan's somewhat puzzled gaze, she didn't avoid it at all: "The person who cultivates the Corpse Controlling Technique needs yin energy to refine it, and cultivating here can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Those jade pieces are records of his Corpse Controlling Technique, if I hold them in my hand, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist practicing."

  There is such an estimate, Qin Yifan also understands Lin Qiulü's difficulty. However, after all, Lin Qiulü still can't reach that state of being unmoved by fame or fortune, and when faced with such a readily available temptation, she still can't help but have greedy thoughts. Her Dao heart is not stable enough, although she is already one of the best in Feng Wei, she is still just a beginner in her cultivation path and needs to further temper herself mentally.

  For Qin Yifan, this was a godsend. Originally, he was just an ordinary warrior without any cultivation methods, and he was still in a place of evil spirits. This method was truly like sending charcoal in the snow for him.

  However, Qin Yifan didn't have the slightest intention of doing so. Not for anything else, but because from what he had heard from Lin Qiulü and from the literal meaning, there was no indication that practicing this ** required controlling a specially selected corpse.

  The corpse had very strict requirements, requiring a specific birth time and a female corpse with a certain bloodline. More importantly, the woman must have died tragically within a certain period of time and undergone rigorous refinement. Although that person didn't have much of an evil reputation, just this one point was already unacceptable to Qin Yifan.

  Even if he wanted to enter this circle, he couldn't use such a despicable method. Although Qin Yifan currently has no way to enter this circle, he is also unwilling to use such a method.

  So he buried the things that were priceless treasures in Lin Qiuluo's eyes and even in the eyes of other greedy cultivators, which needed to be hidden from view to prevent himself from being tempted, back with his master.

  The upper three rivers have been navigated.