Chapter 589

Chapter 589: Sisters at War

Yu Yingshu looked at her father and whispered, “Why is Grandpa here? Isn’t that old fellow in closed-door training?”

Yu Haolan snickered, “This is your third uncle’s trick, using a substitute to impersonate your grandfather and intimidate us. He wants me to open the door? The secret chamber door is made from Dragon Cutting Stone, so let him fumble around!”

As Yu Haolan said, Third Brother was cunning, trying to trick them into opening the door.

At this moment, the Ground Energy Pool was erupting with explosive sounds. Yu Haolan exclaimed, “Could the Supreme Corpse of Evil have been refined already? Daughter, open the mechanisms and see what’s happening. I feel something is off about this kid; he seems different from the description of a Supreme Corpse of Evil in the texts, so we should be cautious.”

“Don’t worry, Father. I feel my connection with the Corpse of Evil is growing stronger. He can’t escape from my grasp,” Yu Yingshu said, guarding against her father’s possible ill intentions.

Before long, the mechanism opened again.

The father and daughter released their spiritual senses to scan the Ground Energy Pool, only to be shocked. The Beast Soul Banner was covered in cracks, and swirling black smoke fell and formed Shadow Beasts charging towards the Corpse of Evil.

“Damn it, why is Fifth Sister’s Beast Soul Banner damaged like this?” Yu Haolan’s expression turned grim; it was unusual for the fifth sister not to ask for a high price in a situation like this!

Soon, both father and daughter were astonished again as the Shadow Beasts rushed close to the Corpse of Evil and then scattered, roaring as they tried to escape but were pulled back forcefully and vanished in the blink of an eye.

“Father, I can sense that this kid has advanced! He’s reached the Bosa Stage. Look at the Ground Energy Pool; there are traces of lightning and fire all around. The Corpse of Evil must have just faced tribulation, and the Beast Soul Banner was right nearby. This sort of ghost treasure attracts calamity easily, so this kid is fine while the Beast Soul Banner suffers.”

Hearing his daughter’s words, Yu Haolan slapped his forehead. “Right, how did I forget? The mechanisms that seal the Ground Energy Pool have a strong isolation power, blocking not only spiritual sense but also sound. Since the mechanisms were clearly closed yet we heard those explosions, it means the noise inside the Ground Energy Pool was tremendous! I can’t believe the Corpse of Evil has already faced tribulation.”

As the Unrivaled Calamity Master, how precise was Li Hui’s control of calamity power? Within ten moments, the Beast Soul Banner was harmed, injuring its essence, and he was also gathering lightning energy from the calamity power to quickly adjust his Gui Thunder Dao Body, washing away its Gui Shui properties.

Having a dual attribute Dao Body was certainly encouraging, but it wasn’t pure enough. Once cultivation reached a certain level, the Dao Body could become a burden. This body, entering the Dao with corpse energy, was heavy and needed to be lightened rather than intensified.

Thus, Li Hui managed to purge the Gui Shui characteristic from his Dao body, transforming the Gui Thunder Dao Body into the Yin Thunder Dao Body. This way, during the restoration of Yin to Yang, he would have the chance to turn into the Yang Thunder Dao Body, an overwhelming power worth anticipating.

“Great! I want him in the formation to combine with the other thirty-five corpses to create the Ground Energy Corpse Formation,” Yu Yingshu clapped her hands excitedly. Once this Supreme Corpse of Evil was complete, she wouldn’t even consider the entry trial of the Heavenly Gate, but she didn’t notice the corner of her mouth trembling, her expression becoming stiff.

“Precious daughter, I’m worried you can’t control this Corpse of Evil. Why don’t you let me refine it into the Great Corpse Formation?” Yu Haolan said, his eyes filled with greed.

“Hmph!” Yu Yingshu replied coldly, “Father, you’ve been exchanging glances with that vixen Shao San, and you just achieved something remarkable with her five days ago behind my third uncle and Mother’s back. You don’t want to cause a stir in the city, do you?”

“What? You…” Yu Haolan clenched his fist.

“Don’t worry, Father. I’m the most filial daughter. Once I enter the Heavenly Gate, it will only take a few years for my cultivation to progress, and I will surely gain the favor of several ancestors. At that time, won’t the Yu Family Fortress be under your command? Just like Grandfather ten years ago, who rose to power relying on the ancestor’s favor toward my second aunt. To be someone important, you must invest. How can you succeed if you’re extremely stingy?” Yu Yingshu kept her gaze steady on her father.

Yu Haolan hesitated for a moment and then suddenly burst into laughter. “Hahaha! You’re truly my good daughter. With such shrewdness, you won’t suffer when entering the Heavenly Gate. You must strive to excel and not disappoint your father’s efforts.”

“That’s my good father,” Yu Yingshu smiled brightly.

Then, with Yu Haolan’s assistance, Yu Yingshu sent the Corpse of Evil into the wheel treasure.

This wheel treasure was simply a vessel, storing thirty-five Corpses of Evil, and with the newly refined Supreme Corpse of Evil Li Sifan, they perfectly made thirty-six, preparing for the Ground Energy Corpse Formation.

As soon as Li Hui entered the wheel, he opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings, revealing a cold smile.

Not long after, he inverted his body and began to cultivate, slowly pushing out the eighty-one Yin Soul Nails that Yu Haolan had inserted into him.

After several hours, the thirty-five Corpses of Evil around him rang with clinks, the Yin Soul Nails already driven into their bodies. Li Hui finished his efforts, removed the corpse nurturing talismans and controlling talismans from his body, and observed them for a moment before whispering to himself, “The talisman methods heritage of the Nine-Mystic Continent is quite strong! It seems someone has surpassed me in talisman techniques; there must be an exceedingly formidable talisman sect in existence.”

“Swift!” Li Hui flicked his hand to release talismans, which silently ignited on the surrounding corpses. He extricated drops of brilliant essence blood from his forehead and smiled wickedly, “Since you like refining corpses so much, let’s refine everyone in the Yu Family Fortress into Corpses of Evil! Until my grudges have been fulfilled!”

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, Blood Curse Resurrection Talisman, complete!”

In an instant, the essence blood used by Yu Yingshu to control the corpse, which had been dripped onto Li Sifan’s forehead, transformed into a blood talisman, instantly hiding deep within the ancestral acupoint, releasing strands of vitality to awaken life.

Li Hui closed his eyes and began to cultivate through the Corpse Formation, predicting he could reach late-stage Bosa in a month.

As a late-stage practitioner of the myriad forms, his true level needed to exceed myriad forms. Additionally, having gained insights from Old Li over the past two thousand years, his understanding of cultivation was far beyond his time, so such progress wasn’t surprising.

Time flew by, and after more than ten days, just half a moment after Li Hui reached mid-stage Bosa and the Kunpeng Legal Form began to manifest behind him, a clamor occurred, and his senses became alert. Yu Yingshu summoned the Ground Energy Corpse Formation to fend off the enemies.

The sun poured down warmth from above, different from the chilling cold of a great calamity’s descent; this sunlight felt very pleasant. Li Hui looked around, his pupils turning red, and through Bai Ze’s divine eye, he saw spiritual energy flowing like waves between heaven and earth.

“So this is the Nine-Mystic Continent? What rich spiritual energy! No wonder they look down on other continents; just this concentration of spiritual energy can nurture countless Rare Treasures, not to mention the many cave heavens?”

The total number of cave heavens across all continents was only half of that on the Nine-Mystic Continent. In addition, the treasure cabinet adjusted the cave heavens; all the spiritual energy from around the world gathered towards the Nine-Mystic Continent, which is the reason why Nine Maangs Practitioners have such confidence in their superiority over the world.

Yu Yingshu shouted, “Quick, all Corpses of Evil, heed my command and help me defeat the enemies!”

On the opposite cliff, a woman giggled, “Hehe, Cousin, you’re quite impressive. The Yu Family Fortress sent ten disciples to participate in the Heavenly Gate trial, and if even one or two succeed, it would be considered lucky. You really shouldn’t have taken what belonged to me; you’ve made my chances of entering plummet, so I implore my two Wei family cousins to set a trap here to kill you and seize the Corpse of Evil!”