The Corpse Sect's corpse refining technique had three steps. The first step was to remove the three souls. The second step was to infiltrate the corpse with Yin energy. The third step was to carve a refining formation on the corpse.
After the third step, the corpse would continue to be nourished with Yin energy. When the corpse stood up, it would become a corpse puppet.
This was the most accurate record of the corpse puppet refining technique in the Corpse Sect's cultivation technique.
However, this method was only suitable for ordinary corpses. It wasn't suitable for Xiao Jin, the so-called Heavenly Dao Corpse.
First of all, Xiao Jin wasn't a human, so the three souls and seven spirits weren't suitable for him. Second, Xiao Jin's Yin energy was much more than my Dao energy and shaman energy. Thus, infiltrating the corpse with Yin energy wasn't suitable.
After pondering for a while, I decided to give up on the first two steps.
From the results, the first two steps of the corpse refining technique were used to cultivate the corpse into a suitable material for refining.
Xiao Jin was a life form that far surpassed human beings. I wasn't sure if he was suitable for refining a corpse puppet, but I was sure that the success rate of refining a corpse wouldn't be higher than keeping Xiao Jin in his original state.
After thinking it through, I directly started to carve the refining formation on Xiao Jin's body. However, I encountered a problem while carving the formation.
According to the Corpse Sect's cultivation technique, the caster's blood essence and Dao energy were needed to carve the formation. However, besides Dao energy, I also had shaman energy, and Xiao Jin's power was also shaman energy.
After thinking for a while, I decided to give up on using Dao energy and directly use shaman energy.
For ordinary corpses, whether they were refined corpses or corpse puppets, the essence of their power was still Dao energy. That was why they needed to carve the formation with Dao energy. However, Xiao Jin and I cultivated shaman energy, so using Dao energy to carve the formation wouldn't be very useful.
I stood up and patted my chest. Three drops of blood essence that contained my original power flew out of my mouth.
I carefully caught them and forced the shaman energy in my body to fuse with the blood essence. Then, I dipped my index finger in the blood essence and carefully smeared it on Xiao Jin's body.
The sacrificial formation was extremely profound and complicated. Fortunately, there was no requirement for the size of the formation. Otherwise, with the size of Little Gold's head, not to mention its entire body, I would have to use up all the blood in my body just to fill up its head.
Inscribing a formation was like writing a talisman, and it was definitely a very difficult process. Not to mention that the entire process was extremely exhausting, it must not be stopped in the middle, otherwise, all the previous efforts would be wasted.
I took a deep breath and gathered all of my energy to focus on carving.
After nearly half an hour, I finally finished drawing the sacrificial refining formation.
After finishing the last stroke, the dark green brilliance of the entire sacrificial array circled once and disappeared into Little Gold's head in the blink of an eye.
According to the Corpse Sect's corpse refining method, after the formation was successfully engraved, it would need to be nourished by the Yin energy for a period of time. Only then would the formation hide inside the corpse. This meant that the corpse puppet had been successfully refined.
Perhaps because of Xiao Jin's special physique, he skipped this stage.
I was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up. I tried to open my mouth and say, "Little Gold, bring the corpses on the hair to the shore …"
Before I could finish, Little Gold understood what I meant. The countless thick hairs on his head swung and reached the shore. Countless corpses were neatly piled up on the shore.
It really worked!
This time, I could finally relax and couldn't help but smile.
I had personally witnessed the battle between Liang Tianxin, the Great Elder of the Ghost Raising Sect, and Little Gold. With Little Gold's strength, he could easily suppress Liang Tianxin. Moreover, I could faintly feel that Little Gold was only protecting me and didn't want to deal with Liang Tianxin. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a problem for him to kill Liang Tianxin.
With Little Gold by my side, even if I were besieged by ten Heavenly Masters like last time, I wouldn't be in too much danger.
It would still be difficult to defeat them, but I wouldn't have to worry about escaping.
If I was lucky, I could find a chance to face the Lu family's Heavenly Master alone. I could even rely on Little Gold to take my revenge against the Lu family in advance!
The more I thought about it, the more excited I became. Just as I was about to call Little Gold to come out of the Yellow Springs River, I suddenly heard a timid voice in my mind. "Mas … Master."
I was stunned, then my eyes turned to Xiao Jin in front of me. Is Xiao Jin talking to me?
A corpse puppet can communicate with its master?
I hurriedly asked, "Little Gold, is that you?"
Little Gold, who was in front of me, revealed a happy expression. The timid voice immediately sounded in my mind again. "Master, it's me."
It really was Little Gold. This was an unexpected surprise. Little Gold was much smarter than normal corpse puppets. Moreover, he had intellect. If we could maintain communication, we would be able to cooperate better with each other. During a battle, we would definitely be able to display greater strength.
In fact, after normal corpse puppets reached the Heavenly Master realm, they would also have intellect and be able to communicate with people. I just didn't know that yet.
While I was pleasantly surprised, Little Gold's urgent voice resounded in my mind again. "Master, the full moon is about to pass. Please move aside and let me out."
As he spoke, a rumbling sound came from the river.
I had seen the huge Heavenly Corpse in the Corpse Yin Sect. Little Gold's body wasn't smaller than him.
I hurriedly retreated. As soon as I left the riverbank, Little Gold seemed to be very anxious. His huge body suddenly jumped out of the river, creating a large splash that hit the riverbank.
After I had run far away, I stopped and lifted my head to look at him.
Although I already knew that Little Gold's body was very big, I was still scared when I saw him.
The Heavenly Corpse from the Corpse Yin Sect was already very big, but Little Gold's body was even bigger. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that he was like a small mountain.
Looking at Little Gold, I had the same feeling as watching Ultraman in the anime when I was young.
I was dumbfounded. Before I came here, I had planned to put Little Gold in the jade bracelet. I had asked the red shadow. Although Little Gold wasn't a ghost, he had thick Yin energy. Moreover, he was very powerful. It shouldn't be a problem for him to live in the jade bracelet. However, Little Gold's current body was so big that even the red shadow's underground palace couldn't fit him. How could the jade bracelet hold him?
While I was frowning, Xiao Jin was exceptionally happy. He stood there and jumped a few times. The sound of his feet hitting the ground was as loud as thunder, spreading far away and echoing in the distant mountains.
While I was worried that such a big commotion would attract the people of the Metaphysics Society, Little Gold suddenly sat cross-legged by the riverbank. He lifted his head to look at the bright moonlight in the sky.
I wanted to ask him what he was doing, but Little Gold's body suddenly emitted thick white smoke. When the white smoke dispersed, I gawked.
Little Gold, who was as big as a small mountain, had disappeared into thin air!
No, he didn't just disappear. He had turned into a child!
His golden head and fluttering black hair were still there, but his height had shrunk to around one meter. He had shrunk dozens of times!
Little Gold didn't look scary anymore. Quite the contrary, he looked like a porcelain doll that had been plated with a layer of gold. He looked very cute.
What's going on?
I hurried to ask him. Little Gold timidly got up from the ground and walked to me. He lowered his voice and said, "There's a restriction on my body. I can only return to my original form on the second day of the lunar new year. Moreover, I can only do it for one hour each time."
I nodded and asked, "Every time you show yourself on the river, is that when you return to your original form?
What about the corpses that float out? "
Little Gold nodded. "Those corpses float out from the bottom of the river periodically. Since I'm imprisoned here, I have to absorb the Yin energy from those corpses to maintain my energy."
Imprisoned?
Who could imprison Little Gold?
If I'm imprisoned, why did he come out now?
Xiao Jin told me that after I used my blood to carve a formation on his body, it was my power that helped him get rid of the power of the formation that imprisoned him. As for the person who imprisoned him, Xiao Jin's face showed a frightened expression. He moved his mouth but didn't say anything.
I was surprised, not because of Little Gold's fear, but because of what he had just said.
Even with Little Gold's terrifying power, he had been imprisoned by the formation for many years. Now, he could use my power to escape?
How is that possible?
I couldn't figure it out no matter how hard I thought about it. In the end, I could only guess that the Corpse Sect's refining formation was exquisite enough to break the formation that imprisoned Little Gold.