After thinking about it, I was a little tempted.
Although orthodox Daoists despised the Corpse Raising Sect, it didn't matter to me. As long as it could increase my strength, I could accept it.
As for good and evil, cultivation was just a method, and good and evil were actions. There was no necessary connection between the two.
Tong Tong was a good example. Although she was a ghost, she was much kinder than most people. Vice President Xu of the Shenzhen Metaphysics Society and Professor Deng, whom I had met at school, looked dignified, but what were they really like?
The boundary between a human and a ghost couldn't be measured by these things.
Next, I began to use the corpse puppet refining technique to slowly deal with the corpse.
According to the corpse refining technique, to refine a corpse puppet, I had to first clean up the three souls of the corpse and turn it into a soulless corpse. Then, I had to use Yin energy to nourish the corpse. After the Yin energy had completely soaked the corpse, I had to carve the refining formation on the corpse.
After these three steps, after a certain period of time, when the corpse stood up, the corpse puppet would be refined.
The first two steps were simple, but the last step was the most important. Moreover, it was difficult to control the time. The time needed for the corpse to wake up was related to the innate talent of the corpse.
Generally speaking, corpses that woke up within seven days couldn't have the innate talent of a Heavenly Master. Only corpses that woke up after seven days had the chance to become a Heavenly Master.
Although Wei Sanpeng's innate talent was good, it was impossible for him to become a Heavenly Master. Thus, it wouldn't take too long. Originally, I wanted to refine him into a corpse puppet, but after cleaning up his three souls, I became hesitant.
On one hand, Wei Sanpeng had a mission this time, and he came back with so many corpses. I had to report on time. I could explain it one or two days later, but if I was too late, I was afraid that the people of the Corpse Yin Sect would punish me, and I would be exposed.
On the other hand, I could only refine one corpse puppet. If I turned Wei Sanpeng into a corpse puppet now, wouldn't I be wasting such a good opportunity to refine a corpse?
A corpse puppet's power was great, which could be seen from Tong Tong's body. Previously, when I encountered the Ghost King Jing Gui, I would have died without a burial place if I were alone. However, with Tong Tong and I working together, we were able to deal with the Jing Gui.
If there was a corpse puppet that was as strong as Tong Tong, that Jing Gui wouldn't have been able to do anything to me.
With that thought in mind, I was at a loss. If I didn't refine corpse puppets, I wouldn't be able to join the Corpse Yin Sect. If I did, I would waste such a good opportunity.
After a few minutes, I sighed. Finding my parents' corpses was more important. If I wasted this chance, I wouldn't mind wasting it.
After making up my mind, I activated the Dao energy in my body and forced my blood out of my fingertips. I was going to use my blood to carve the formation to refine a corpse puppet on Wei Sanpeng's body.
However, at that moment, Tong Tong's voice suddenly sounded in my head. She asked me why I sighed.
While I was drawing the formation, I told Tong Tong the reason behind it.
After Tong Tong heard this, it suddenly came out of the jade bracelet.
When she had captured Wei Sanpeng, her body hadn't fully recovered. She looked a little weak. However, after staring at Wei Sanpeng's corpse for a while, she smiled and said to me, "Brother, you don't need to refine him into a corpse puppet."
I was surprised and asked, "What do you mean?"
Tong Tong gestured with her hand and said, "After dealing with his corpse, it will look like a corpse puppet. Now, we just need to control it."
I nodded. Tong Tong was right. Among the three steps of refining a corpse puppet, the first two were dealing with the corpse, and the last one was controlling it.
Now that I had completed the first two steps, only the last one was left.
"It's fine as long as we can control it. However, the most important thing right now is to refine it into a corpse puppet. Only then can I control it and not let the people of the Corpse Yin Sect discover anything."
After I said that, Tong Tong smiled even more happily. She pointed her chubby finger at herself and said, "Brother, you can't control it, but Tong Tong can. Zombies also have Yin energy, and my Heavenly Yin energy can control them. I can even attach my Heavenly Yin energy to the zombie's body to fight with others.
When the time comes, you just need to tell me what you want it to do. "
After Tong Tong said that, my eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, Tong Tong was a heavenly embryo, and her strength was far greater than Wei Sanpeng's when he was alive. Controlling his corpse wouldn't be a problem.
This way, I could get the best of both worlds and solve my problem.
I hugged Tong Tong and kissed her. Then, I happily said, "Tong Tong, you're amazing. You've helped me solve my problem."
At this time, Tong Tong suddenly became shy. She lowered her head and stamped her foot. Then, she angrily said, "Brother, how can you kiss me … I'm ignoring you!"
Then, her body flashed and disappeared from my sight. She returned to the jade bracelet.
However, at the moment she disappeared, Wei Sanpeng's corpse suddenly stood up from the ground. He reached out his hand and pinched me. At the same time, I could see a trace of reproach on his dark face.
This gave me a fright. His pupil's control over zombies wasn't any less than that of the Corpse Yin Sect's people. However, the zombie's movements were a little scary, and it made my hair stand on end, making me feel very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Tong Tong wasn't stubborn. After pinching me, she didn't do anything else. However, her voice was still a little angry as she asked me what to do next.
I asked her to control the zombie and carry the ten corpses on the ground. "Can you do it?"
Tong Tong didn't answer me. She directly commanded the zombie to carry the corpses on the ground. Then, she jumped twice at me, indicating that it was a piece of cake.
Tong Tong's personality was much more cheerful than before.
I smiled and praised her. Then, I took off all of Wei Sanpeng's clothes and swapped with mine. Then, I asked Tong Tong to command the zombie to obediently follow behind me. We walked to the cave with the water source.
At this time, everything was ready. I could use Yin energy to cover my face. At the same time, I used the dark green energy to cover my Dao energy to the early stage of the acupoint sealing realm. Tong Tong could also use her Heavenly Yin energy to make Wei Sanpeng's corpse show the aura of the middle stage of the acupoint sealing realm. At that time, even if we met people of the Corpse Yin Sect in the Glory of Knowledge realm, as long as they didn't check too carefully, they wouldn't find anything wrong.
Of course, if we met people in the Heavenly Master realm, it would be a different story.
The entrance to the cave didn't look far from us, but we had to walk for around three hours before we reached it.
When I stood outside the cave, I could see that the river flowing out of the cave was extremely wide. It filled the entire entrance of the cave and extended to both sides. The river was even wider than the entrance of the cave.
In this way, there was no path to enter or exit the cave. We could only rely on the boat.
I was a little skeptical. According to Wei Sanpeng's memory, every time we passed through this place, someone would come and pick us up. However, I had been standing here for a long time. How come I didn't see anything?
While I was thinking, I heard an old man's voice.
"Kid from the Wei family, the time to hand over the corpses is today. It's the hour of the morning. If you miss the time, aren't you afraid of being punished by the masters in the Corpse Storage Hall?"
I jumped in fright and hastily turned my head to look. I saw a skinny old man standing next to me with an oar. His pair of dim yellow eyes were staring at me.
I recognized that this old man was only at the late stage of the Dragon Seeking realm. He hadn't even broken through to the Pressure Point realm. However, I didn't know if it was an illusion, but I felt a threatening aura from his body.
Wei Sanpeng was an introverted person, but at the same time, he was a little arrogant. I dodged his gaze and stiffly replied, "I naturally understand."
"Heh!"
The skinny old man smiled and waved his hand to the side. Suddenly, a small boat appeared on the seemingly empty surface of the river.
When he jumped onto the boat, he forced a smile and said, "If it wasn't because I had some friendship with your father in the past, this old man wouldn't have bothered to remind you. Alright, quickly come up. The one on duty today is Lord Hu of the Corpse Storage Hall. You should think carefully about how to deal with him."
I gloomily nodded and jumped onto the boat. Wei Sanpeng's corpse also jumped onto the boat under Tong Tong's command.
The small boat looked very unstable, but even with so many corpses on board, the boat still steadily floated without the slightest danger of capsizing.
After we were seated, the skinny old man swung the oar in his hand and the boat quickly moved towards the cave.
After entering the cave, I looked around for a long time and was immediately astonished.
This karst cave extended in all directions, and had countless branches. Each branch was connected to a slightly smaller cave, and from these slightly smaller caves, countless more branches extended out. As the cycle continued, it was likely that the entire underground of the Taihang Mountains was filled with these large and small caves.