Chu Nan spoke coldly, his icy gaze fixed on Lai Changchuan.

Zhou Xiaohao was trembling with excitement; he truly hadn't expected Chu Nan to be this strong.

"I'm really foolish, knowing him for so long and never asking about Chu Nan's cultivation."

"His cultivation is strong, and he's a corpse refinement genius. As long as I cling to him, I'll have free reign in the Spirit Corpse Sect!"

Lai Changchuan's legs trembled; his own cultivation was not high, barely surpassing that of Zhou Xiaohao.

Chu Nan moved closer step by step as Lai Changchuan kept retreating.

Seeing himself with no place to escape, Lai Changchuan threatened, "Chu Nan, my master is Elder Chen Bo; if you kill me, he'll find out and won't let you go."

"You should think it through. Do you really want to risk your life out of a moment of anger?"

Zhou Xiaohao's excitement gradually faded as he said to Chu Nan, "Chu Nan, outer sect disciples are different from inner ones; each inner sect disciple has a master. If we kill him, Chen Bo will trouble us."

"And it's unlikely anyone will help us."

Zhou Xiaohao's practical considerations were not without reason.

Chu Nan replied, "I destroyed all his spirit corpses; if I let him go, won't Lai Changchuan retaliate?"

"Killing him will buy us some time. If we don't, as soon as we enter Spirit Corpse Sect, Chen Bo might come after us."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaohao realized and resolutely said, "Then we kill!"

Lai Changchuan saw the two resolve and kneeled in fear, pleading, "Spare me, spare me. I know I've erred. If you spare me, I swear I won't retaliate."

He trembled all over, crying bitterly, kowtowing and pleading for mercy.

Chu Nan merely sneered coldly, "You think you've erred? No, you merely understand you're about to die."

"Chu Nan... spare!"

Lai Changchuan tried to plead, but Chu Nan's fist already fell.

Lai Changchuan's skull shattered on the spot, his body twitched unwillingly a few times before falling silent completely.

Chu Nan took Lai Changchuan's storage bag and handed it to Zhou Xiaohao, saying, "This guy didn't have anything good, take it."

Zhou Xiaohao was secretly pleased; he hadn't expected to benefit just by accompanying.

After, Chu Nan used fire attribute spiritual power to burn Lai Changchuan and his spirit corpses, making it difficult to trace back to them even if investigated.

...

After returning to Spirit Corpse Sect, Chu Nan and Zhou Xiaohao separated.

Back in his room, Chu Nan immediately took out the sword puppet and tried inserting spirit stones to see if it could awaken.

The result was that even after a spirit stone was inserted, the sword puppet showed no signs of awakening.

However, to Chu Nan's delight, the puppet's injuries seemed to show signs of healing with the insertion of spirit stones.

"It seems spirit stones can restore these puppets to complete condition, but one thousand five hundred spirit stones is far from enough." Chu Nan pondered, deciding not to continue inserting spirit stones.

He planned to sell the remaining treasures and then proceed to restore the puppets in one go.

"Once back at Cyan Profound Mansion, it'll be difficult to restore these puppets. Better to restore them all here; once having a trump card, it's not too late to return to Qingxuan Province."

Chu Nan secretly decided to delay leaving for a while.

Currently, advancing as an inner sect disciple is the most important task.

And becoming inner sect is possible by cultivating a flying corpse.

With the Yin Evil Celestial Eye and the higher-grade corpse refining technique obtained as an outer disciple, crafting a flying corpse is not a problem.

But crafting a flying corpse requires a large amount of Yin Evil Qi to be infused into the spirit corpse, which Chu Nan currently lacks.

"Crafting a flying corpse isn't difficult, but obtaining Yin Evil Qi is." Upon realizing this, Chu Nan immediately went to find Zhou Xiaohao to express his need.

Zhou Xiaohao was somewhat surprised and said, "You want a large amount of Yin Evil Qi? You shouldn't ask me for that, should you?"

"Why's that?" Chu Nan puzzled.

Zhou Xiaohao pointed behind Spirit Corpse Sect and said, "You go to Wan Corpse Mountain; there are countless corpses with endless Yin Evil Qi, as much as you want."

"Sect disciples take chances finding spirit corpses or enhance their spirits' quality there."

Chu Nan slapped his forehead, realizing suddenly.

The Spirit Corpse Sect's strength today rests on Wan Corpse Mountain; how had he forgotten such an important point?

But quickly Zhou Xiaohao warned, "Entering Wan Corpse Mountain requires five spirit stones, and you must prepare something to ward off evil."

"The Yin Evil Qi in Wan Corpse Mountain is extremely dense, harmful to martial artists; many sect disciples look haggardly due to its impact. If you don't want to become like that, better prepare items to ward off evil."

Regarding those, Chu Nan felt no concern.

He possessed the Yin Evil Celestial Eye, capable of controlling any Yin Evil Qi; standing amidst it wouldn't affect him, it even had advantages.

"If you want to upgrade your spirit corpse, it's best to find the mountain's Qi eyes. The Yin Evil Qi surged from them is the richest, meeting breakthrough needs."

"Here's a map; you can use the marked locations to search."

Chu Nan accepted the map and said, "Thanks, I'll head to Wan Corpse Mountain first; who knows, I might come down as an inner sect disciple!"

Zhou Xiaohao was shocked hearing this, thinking internally whether it was this outrageous.

Chu Nan had been in Spirit Corpse Sect for less than three days and already aimed to become an inner disciple; compared to him, wouldn't his corpse refining efforts be wasted?

Without minding Zhou Xiaohao's shock, Chu Nan took the map and headed straight for Wan Corpse Mountain.

Wan Corpse Mountain's entrance was always guarded by at least two elders daily, with accompanying spirits numbering ten.

This is the Spirit Corpse Sect's forbidden zone; apart from its disciples, no one else is permitted on the mountain.

Chu Nan showed his identity token, paid five spirit stones, and smoothly entered Wan Corpse Mountain's entrance. Upon stepping in, his expression changed dramatically.

Though merely separated by a gate, it felt like two different worlds.

Chu Nan had just stepped onto Wan Corpse Mountain's land, and his vision turned dark, immediately met with incredibly dense Yin Evil Qi.

Looking around, Wan Corpse Mountain's ground was pitch black like ink, its aura chilling. Dark clouds loomed overhead, streaks of lightning surrounded it.

Occasional lightning pierced the gaps in the clouds as though pairs of eyes watched below, chilling the spine.

A chilling wind howled past, its sound resembling whispers in the dark, prompting even Chu Nan to shiver.

Glancing ahead, a lightning bolt struck, illuminating the path.

Chu Nan clearly saw, on a nearby hill, countless dried corpses layered from top to bottom.

The corpses interwove intricately, tangling with each other like a fortress of corpses never to be assailed.

"What kind of ghastly place is this."

"I thought it was a metaphor, but it's reality."

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