Refining Oneself Into A Corpse

In the underground pit, Chen Xing lay quietly. The moon had already disappeared, and the horizon was tinged with the white of dawn.

Chen Xing's consciousness awoke. He was somewhat familiar with this body now, but still not entirely comfortable.

He straightened up and then leaped into the shadows.

He began to recall the memories in his mind…

After being driven out of the small sect.

Chen Xing didn't fall to the bottom of the cliff after jumping; instead, he was caught halfway by a vine and hung near a cave.

He felt that his life wasn't meant to end, so he abandoned his suicide attempt and went into the cave.

Initially, it was pitch black inside, but gradually he could see some light, and finally, he arrived at the depths of the cave.

Strange rocks inside emitted a hazy white light, illuminating the entire depths of the cave.

The depths of the cave were exceptionally wide, and Chen Xing's gaze was drawn to a stone coffin, and he couldn't look away.

He fantasized that there might be gold and silver jewelry in the stone coffin for him to use as travel expenses to return home, or that there might be immortal cultivation techniques inside for him to obtain, so that he could fly and be all-powerful. So, he began to consider the coffin.

Unfortunately, he was alone and weak, and after trying some methods without success, he had no choice but to apologize silently to the existence in the stone coffin, and then he picked up a stone and started smashing it.

This method really worked. After smashing for most of the day, he finally smashed a large hole in the side of the stone coffin, which also exhausted him.

He rested for a while before climbing into the stone coffin.

The corpse inside had long since decayed, leaving only white bones. These bones were cold to the touch, and even after who knows how many years, one could still feel their exceptional hardness.

Chen Xing rummaged through the stone coffin, and finally found only three intact items.

A small bead, a small box, and a small booklet.

The small box and the small booklet were made of unknown materials, but they had not rotted.

Chen Xing picked up the booklet, wiped off the dust, and the booklet immediately looked brand new.

He saw four large characters written on the booklet—'Refining Oneself into a Corpse'.

The booklet wasn't thick. Chen Xing opened it with doubt. The words on it were ancient characters, which Chen Xing recognized. After all, although he used to be a纨绔纨绔, Chen Da-shanren kept a close eye on his learning to read and write. If he didn't work hard, he would be severely punished by Chen Da-shanren, so he put a lot of effort into this aspect.

At first, he thought it was about demons and ghosts, but in the end, he closed the booklet with a look of fear, and only then did he understand that it was about how to become a demon or ghost.

Chen Xing looked puzzled, opened it again, and then closed it again in fear.

After reading it ten times, Chen Xing finally stopped reading it and put the booklet away, keeping it close to his body.

He had a look of worry on his face, and he couldn't say whether he should be happy or disappointed.

What was happy was that this was a treasure that could give mortals the means of immortals, and what was disappointing was that this was an evil art.

The booklet introduced that it was necessary to use corpses to form a 'Three Talents' corpse-raising array, turn a place into a corpse-raising ground, and lie in it to refine oneself into a zombie.

However, it required the blood and souls of living people, preferably those that were most compatible with oneself. This part was heavily smudged, presumably because the person who created this booklet had spent a long time exploring it.

It also mentioned something called the 'Corpse Bone Transformation Yin Bead', which was the key to whether a living person could become a corpse, and living people compatible with oneself were the key to preserving one's sanity after becoming a corpse.

Chen Xing picked up the small bead, which was very similar to the Corpse Bone Transformation Yin Bead mentioned in the booklet, and Chen Xing also kept it close to his body.

Then he picked up the small box, and saw a black and shriveled object inside. The booklet didn't introduce this object, and with Chen Xing's knowledge, he naturally didn't know what it was, but he knew that it must be a treasure.

Chen Xing was very happy with these gains, but he was unwilling and searched the coffin again for a long time before he was completely sure that there was nothing else inside, and finally he had no choice but to exit the coffin.

Leaning against the coffin, Chen Xing observed the cave. Next, he had to find a way out.

"There must be a way out of here, otherwise how did this coffin get here? It can't have just appeared out of thin air, right?" Thinking of this, Chen Xing began to search the cave.

During this time, he found traces of people living here, which made him even more certain that there must be a way out.

During this time, he ate some dried food several times. Because he didn't have water, he didn't dare to eat too much at once. Three days passed like this, and he still hadn't found a way out.

This made him irritable and he began to destroy everything, smashing anything he didn't like.

But this made him even thirstier. Without water, he didn't know how much longer he could last, and even the dried food was running out.

This time, Chen Xing came to the outer cliff wall. Looking at the scenery below, he actually had the idea of jumping down. This idea scared him a lot, and he quickly scrambled back into the cave.

He calmed down and carefully observed the cave.

But he found nothing.

Finally, he fixed his gaze on the stone coffin.

He came to the coffin and suddenly knelt on the ground, then kowtowed and muttered to himself: "Senior, I have no choice, please forgive me this time."

Chen Xing once again crawled into the stone coffin, and then he took the white bones inside and knocked around.

Chen Xing was very tired, but when he thought that he could leave next, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

Time slowly passed, and I don't know how long it had been.

Chen Xing looked at the crack that had been smashed open at the bottom of the stone coffin, looking at the dark cave entrance that could only be crawled through, Chen Xing's face suddenly became even more ugly.

In the end, Chen Xing simply packed up his things and resolutely crawled in.

The days of crawling inside were the most difficult days Chen Xing had ever spent. He couldn't see the light, didn't know where the destination was, and didn't have much dried food left.

Chen Xing would rest for a while after crawling for a while. Finally, after crawling for an unknown amount of time, he finally reached the end. Chen Xing spent a lot of effort to push open the stone at the end.

What came into view was a huge lake. Chen Xing drank water, ate dried food, and collected some wild fruits before leaving. He knew this place. This was the foot of the mountain he had come to, and he had encountered it when he came.

But what he didn't know was that after he left, the cave he pushed open was discovered, which eventually led to him being hunted down.

Chen Xing hid all the way. He had only one goal, which was to go home. On the way, he earned some money with some talent, but he didn't dare to stay in one place for too long.

He didn't know who was hunting him down, but he knew that these people were not simple.

Finally, Chen Xing returned home, and finally had a period of stability, but eventually he was found. Fortunately, he saw their people when he was out shopping that day. In the end, he decided to take Chen Jiang and escape, without notifying his family, because those people had already surrounded them, and he didn't have time to notify them even if he wanted to.

But what he didn't expect was that he eventually heard the news of the family's extermination.

In the underground pit, the sky was already bright. Chen Xing closed his eyes tightly, hiding in a dark corner.

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