After the corpse breeder's body softened and collapsed, I quickly retrieved the Pure Yang Karmic Fire back into my body and used my Dao Qi to nourish it.
Then, I formed a Soul Searching Seal and prepared to search his soul.
This is what I calculated from the beginning. The Corpse Sect is a hidden sect. For this kind of sect, the location of the sect must be very hidden. Even the souls of the people in the sect are likely to have restrictions placed on them. Therefore, killing them and searching their souls won't guarantee that I can find the Corpse Sect.
That was why I deliberately pretended to be polite to this corpse breeder, making him believe that I had something to ask of him and take the initiative to bring me here.
From the very beginning, I could feel that this corpse breeder didn't know much about the ways of the world. He had been immersed in cultivation since he was a child and didn't have much contact with people.
After I probed him, I found that he was indeed like that. After discovering that I had something to ask of him, he immediately agreed. Moreover, from time to time, he revealed a mocking smile. I guessed that he was planning to find someone to deal with me after arriving at the Corpse Sect.
Unfortunately, this fellow's thoughts were too simple. He only wanted to scheme against me, but he didn't expect that I would use his scheming mind to achieve my own goal.
Now that I had found the Corpse Sect, I didn't have to worry about killing someone and searching their soul.
It would be good if I could find some valuable clues. Even if I couldn't, it wouldn't affect anything.
Not long after, the Soul Searching Seal was formed in my hand, and I directly pressed it on the corpse breeder's body.
This was the first time I had used the Soul Searching Seal. After I pressed my hand on the corpse, my Dao Qi turned into a gray mist that was similar to Yin Qi. However, it was different. Even with my current cultivation base, I couldn't completely understand it.
In short, the gray fog instantly enveloped the Corpse Breeder's entire body, then directly penetrated his body surface and immersed into his three souls.
Around three minutes later, the gray mist suddenly rushed out of his body. This time, the color of the mist became darker and returned to my body at a faster speed. Then, fragments of memories crazily surged into my brain.
I felt like I was watching a movie. I could vaguely see many scenes of the corpse breeder's life. From when he was young, his father took him to touch the first corpse. Then, he started to practice the Sound Testing Technique. Then, he started to refine his own corpse puppet … All kinds of experiences were scattered in front of me.
However, just as I had guessed, there were many things in his memory that were clearly restricted. They looked very vague, and I couldn't see them clearly.
This included the location of the Corpse Sect.
Fortunately, I thought too much and didn't kill him to search his soul. Otherwise, this clue would have been broken.
However, aside from the location of the sect and the specific situation within the sect, I saw many other things in the Corpse Sect, including the Corpse Sect's cultivation method.
At first, I didn't think that there was anything special about this evil method of raising corpses. However, after a quick glance, I was startled.
The disciples of the Corpse Sect only had one chance to refine a corpse in their lifetime, and they could only refine one corpse. This was the corpse puppet that the corpse cultivator was talking about.
Once a corpse cultivator successfully refined a corpse puppet, it would never change for the rest of its life, even if the corpse puppet died.
No wonder this Corpse Breeder with the surname Wei harbored such deep hatred towards me. I could feel it from the start.
Judging from this cultivation method, killing his corpse puppet was equivalent to destroying the foundation of his cultivation for the rest of his life.
Moreover, the reason he was able to boast shamelessly after being controlled by me was because he had confidence in the Corpse Sect. On the other hand, after the corpse puppet's death, he also had the thought of dying.
As for why the Corpse Sect's cultivation method surprised me, it was because I saw a legend about the Corpse Sect in the Corpse Cultivator surnamed Wei's memory.
Although I had never heard of the Corpse Sect, it had a very long history. According to the legend, several hundred years ago, a Dragon Seeking Realm disciple of the Corpse Sect had a Heavenly Master corpse puppet by his side!
In the cultivation of the Corpse Sect, one's own strength was one aspect, and the strength of the corpse puppet was another. One's own strength could only be slowly increased, but the corpse puppet could reach the heavens in a single bound!
Although Tong Tong's cultivation was higher than mine, she was willing to stay by my side, so I couldn't control her.
In fact, it was almost impossible for someone with a lower cultivation to control an otherworldly item with a higher cultivation. Just like when the Jing Ghost was trapped by Tong Tong in the jade bracelet, I didn't even think about borrowing her power because I knew I couldn't control it.
Unless I also reached the Glorious Knowledge realm, but to be honest, once I reached that realm, the Jing Ghost wouldn't have much meaning to me. It would be of little value.
However, the Corpse Sect wasn't like this. Their cultivation method was extremely overbearing. The corpse cultivator had complete control over the corpse puppet. Even after the refinement was successful, as long as the corpse puppet was a certain distance away from the corpse cultivator, it would lose all ability to move.
With this kind of terrifying control, the corpse puppet's ability could be said to be the corpse cultivator's own ability. That was why that Dragon Seeking Realm corpse cultivator used his own corpse puppet to become the youngest elder in the history of the Corpse Sect!
This made countless young Corpse Keepers envious. All of them dreamed that they could find such a corpse puppet. This included the Corpse Keeper surnamed Wei, whom I had searched his soul.
Of course, it was almost impossible to find a corpse puppet at the Heavenly Master realm. However, the magical aspect of this cultivation method lay in another aspect. A person's talent was limited, and it was almost predetermined when they were born. It was very difficult to change, and the corpse puppet was a turning point.
As long as one could find a corpse with excellent quality, even a mediocre corpse cultivator could use his corpse puppet to reach a position equal to a Heavenly Master!
This was a chance to choose again. For those with mediocre talent, this cultivation method was simply a gift from the Heavens.
Of course, there were very few corpses with excellent talent, and finding one depended on luck. This was probably what the Book of Changes referred to as "Da Yan's Number 1".
I was also very interested in this cultivation method. Fortunately, although part of the cultivation method was hidden in the memories of the corpse cultivator surnamed Wei, the most basic things were still there.
That was why I wasn't in a hurry to go to the cave near the water source after reading the corpse cultivator surnamed Wei's life. Instead, I sat there and slowly studied the cultivation method of the Corpse Sect.
I could see that the cultivation method was divided into three parts. One was the Yin Refining Technique, the second was the Corpse Puppet Technique, and the last was the Corpse Controlling Technique.
The Yin Refining Technique was actually the cultivation of Daoist energy. However, not much of the Corpse Sect's Daoist energy had been transformed into Yin energy. That was why it was called the Yin Refining Technique. It was useless to me, so I directly threw it aside.
As for the Corpse Puppet Technique, it was a method to refine corpses into corpse puppets. I was very interested in it, so I immersed myself in studying it.
After reading it, I was even more shocked.
The Death Scripture had recorded that among the three souls and seven spirits, the three souls were good while the seven spirits were evil.
Monsters like zombies were controlled by the seven spirits.
That was why the Corpse Sect's Corpse Puppet Refining Technique was also a sacrificial formation that could be used to refine the seven spirits.
However, it was easy to sense the three souls, but the seven spirits were illusory. With my current realm, I couldn't touch the seven spirits.
The consensus in the Metaphysics world was that one could only study the seven spirits after reaching the Heavenly Master Realm!
However, the Corpse Sect's Corpse Puppet Refining Technique could only be studied after reaching the Earth Master Realm, which was the Dragon Seeking Realm!
It was incredible. After studying it for a long time, although I had learned the refining technique, I couldn't understand the principles behind it. It was too profound.
Then, I turned my eyes to the third part, the Corpse Controlling Technique. This part was much simpler and didn't involve the seven spirits. It only recorded how to command zombies to fight and how to train them to increase their strength. It looked very ordinary.
Such an ordinary technique was able to control a corpse puppet whose cultivation was much higher than his. The reason for this should be that the method of refining the corpse puppet was too exquisite.
By the time I finished studying the three parts, most of the night had passed. I looked at the cave near the water source in the distance and began to think about how to sneak in.
My initial plan was to impersonate this Wei Sanpeng. From his memories, I knew that this boy was a lonely person. His parents died early and he didn't have many friends in the Corpse Sect. Moreover, his body was very similar to mine. Most of the people in the Corpse Sect had Yin energy covering their faces. As long as I was careful, it was possible to sneak in.
However, the only problem was that the people of the Corpse Sect all had corpse puppets. Moreover, whether it was in daily life or during cultivation, corpse puppets were inseparable. If I wanted to impersonate this Wei Sanpeng, I would have to make a corpse puppet.
But where could I get a corpse puppet now?
I frowned and looked at Wei Sanpeng's corpse in front of me. An idea popped up in my mind. Since I had already obtained the Corpse Puppet Refining Technique, should I directly refine Wei Sanpeng into my own corpse puppet?