It shouldn't be just because this method is simple, Lou Yi thought.

There are probably two reasons.

First, the attribute panel is innately capable of collecting corpse energy, closely related to corpses.

Lou Yi, being the king of corpse handling, should easily control a corpse.

Second, he possesses a control talent, and corpse control should also be a form of control.

With many people present and the unfathomable Elder Zhuang around, Lou Yi did not rashly advance the Corpse Control Technique.

It was only after returning to the disciple peak's cave that he chose to advance it:

Corpse Control Technique (Beginner 0/1) → Corpse Control Technique (Proficient 0/5) → Corpse Control Technique (Mastery 0/30) → Corpse Control Technique (Minor Achievement 0/300) → Corpse Control Technique (Great Success 0/5000)

Over three hundred points of energy instantly vanished, and the Corpse Control Technique completed a four-level jump, leaping from beginner to the realm of Great Success.

At this moment, he felt that this innate spirit corpse before him was entirely within his control.

It was as if countless invisible threads extended from himself, tightly controlling it.

Whatever he wanted it to do, even crashing into walls to commit suicide, could be easily achieved.

Now, even compared to the higher-ups of the Corpse-Driving Sect, his level of Corpse Control Technique didn't fall short and might even surpass them. Lou Yi had this confidence.

The spirit corpse stood silently beside Lou Yi, dressed in simple gray clothes, motionless.

He looked in his thirties, with ordinary features, expressionless, his blood-colored, amber eyes giving off an eerie vibe.

Through talent control and the perception of the Corpse Control Technique, Lou Yi discovered that the spirit corpse's mind also had weak and scattered consciousness.

According to previous experience, it was stronger than an insect like an ant but much weaker than small animals like cats and dogs.

"From now on, you'll be called Lou Er." Lou Yi gave the spirit corpse a name.

The spirit corpse Lou Er heard it, didn't move its body, but its eyeballs turned slightly, seemingly sensing something.

Next, Lou Yi continued to study the Profound Yin Technique.

Compared to the widely spread Energy-Introducing Technique on the Central Continent, the Profound Yin Technique had two major improvements.

First, the Yin spiritual qi absorbed from heaven and earth passes through the body's most fiery Sanjiao first, neutralizing the cold energy in the spiritual qi.

Second, the spiritual qi is transferred to the lifebound spirit corpse, further reducing the cold attribute before returning to the body.

According to the instructions in the cultivation technique, relying on the Corpse Control Technique, Lou Yi gave the spirit corpse Lou Er a command.

Lou Er heard it and sat cross-legged on the ground, raising his hands in the air, palms facing forward.

Lou Yi similarly sat down, his palms facing Lou Er's.

Then he began to operate the Profound Yin Technique, channeling a stream of spiritual qi that he had just absorbed from the void through his left palm to Lou Er.

Instantly, the black lines on Lou Er's body changed, emitting a faint glow, as if alive, starting to circulate on the body surface.

In less than a breath's time, another milder and purer spiritual qi returned from Lou Er's right palm, entering Lou Yi's body.

It then passed through the Sanjiao, the most fiery part of the human body, and finally reached the Yin vein.

This cycle repeated for several hours, unlocking a small, insignificant segment of the Yin vein.

When it's fully unlocked, it will signal the breakthrough to the first level of Qi Cultivation.

Feeling a slight fatigue in his brain, knowing that his spirit root use for the day had reached its limit, Lou Yi stopped and ceased his cultivation.

Looking again at the attribute panel:

[Name: Lou Yi]

[Age: 20/96]

[Realm: Seven Blood Warrior (292/600), Stone Skin Martial Artist (510/600), Qi Cultivation Level 0 (1/600)]

[Cultivation Techniques: Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique (Second Stage, Great Success 0/10000+1 Spirit Tempering Flower), Skin Refining Technique (Mastery 0/1000+1 Leech Glue), Profound Yin Technique (Beginner 0/200+Dragon Mint)]

[Skills: Lou's Axe Skill (Perfection), Extreme Fist (Great Success 0/3000), Light Body Technique (Great Success), Secret Skill: Dragon Piercing Technique - Fragment (I)]

[Magic: Corpse Control Technique (Great Success 0/5000), Sword Control Technique (Not Beginner)]

[Talents: Petrification (Great Success 0/10000+1 Ice Soul), Swift (Proficient 0/100+1 Celestial Silkworm Silk), Disguise (Proficient 0/300+1 Earth Vein Spirit Marrow), Tenacity (Mastery 0/1000+1 Spirit-devouring Vine), Venom (Beginner 0/20+1 Bone Decay Grass), Control (Proficient 0/120+1 Yanpo Mushroom), Fireproof (Beginner 0/30+1 Hundred-Year Phoenix Tree Core), Wind Stabilization (Beginner 0/30+1 Cyan Sky Feather)]

[Energy: 1166]

The change in the realm section for cultivators was more intuitive.

The Profound Yin Technique also showed a prompt that one point of proficiency could be added per day.

With this, it would take Lou Yi less than two years, six hundred days, to reach the first level of Qi Cultivation.

That's three hundred days shorter than before, when he wasn't using the spirit corpse to aid his cultivation.

No wonder Wang Wenbai coveted his spirit corpse.

A good corpse does indeed significantly help Corpse-Driving Sect cultivators in their cultivation.

"Meal's here!"

Just as Lou Yi was researching the method of cultivation, a loud shout came from the bottom of Disciple Peak.

The many disciples on the mountain immediately went out, heading down the mountain.

The meal was brought by two cultivators wearing light blue Daoist robes, who were using an old-style horse-drawn carriage, unloading wooden barrels of rice and meat from the carriage.

Everyone lined up orderly, handing in their disciple tokens, and with a gentle tap on the faint cyan jade panel carved with a groove on the side of the carriage, they could receive their meal.

The meal was simple: a bowl of rice piled triangularly, a large chicken leg, and three stems of boiled green vegetables.

New disciples within three months could claim it for free.

Those over three months, Lou Yi saw some people taking out silver to pay.

Some were muttering about 'one contribution per month' and then lightly tapping their tokens on the jade panel of the carriage, seemingly completing the operation of deducting contribution points.

Seeing this, the new disciples looked at each other, an urgent feeling welling up within them.

Lest they couldn't even afford to eat, they would have to pack up and return home.

Especially Su Yu, who hadn't yet sensed qi, his face was as dark as water.

"There's spirit rice today!" a disciple exclaimed, "It looks like Cyan Tooth Rice!"

Hearing this, Lou Yi looked at the wooden bowl of rice in his hand.

Each grain of rice was the size of corn, white mixed with cyan, broad at the top and narrow at the bottom, with four distinct points at the bottom, resembling teeth in shape.

The rich rice fragrance wafted over, far surpassing ordinary mundane rice.

Picking up a chopstick, he placed it in his mouth, barely needing to chew before part of it melted into sweet nectar, tasting wonderful.

After eating the spirit rice, Lou Yi, like the others, sat cross-legged on the ground.

He began to operate the Profound Yin Technique, absorbing the spiritual qi contained in the spirit rice into his body.

He felt a slight increase in the fullness of the spiritual qi in his first meridian.

Although not visibly reflected on the attribute panel, he expected that long-term consumption would definitely speed up his cultivation.

'The cultivation routine is much more complex than martial arts.' Lou Yi couldn't help but think.

"Brother Lou, do you have a moment now? I'd like to bother you a bit." A familiar voice came from beside him, it was Su Yu, who had previously climbed the mountain with Lou Yi.

At this moment, his face appeared pale, and there were obvious dark circles around his eyes, clearly indicating that his mental state hadn't been good recently.

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