Chapter 593

Chapter 593: Nine Maangs Practitioners Only Speak of Profit

Heavenly Gate is situated in the midst of the Small Heavenly Cave, renowned for its vast expanse and extensive territory.

Its true strength lies in several altars that hide ancient treasure cabinets, enriching the foundations of its disciples. Regardless of whether in cultivation or competitions, any small gain can be amplified by ten or even a hundred times, something no prestigious family from other continents can compare to.

To be honest, Li Hui really wanted to enter Heavenly Gate and experience the ambiance among the Nine Maangs Practitioners. Besides, they had treasure cabinets to assist in cultivation! For some unknown reason, however, the Evil Dragon Master chose Yu Haonan, making the other boys very envious.

Yu Haonan’s face brightened with excitement as he brushed off the dust from his garments and prepared to take off.

Beiming Mountain was a bit far away, and it took flying three incense sticks before he landed on a steep cliff. He proceeded along a narrow, frightening stone pathway and reached a small pool about six feet wide.

There, he saw a white-haired old man with a hawk-like nose sitting cross-legged over the pool, eyes closed, sneering, “The Yu Family Fortress truly wastes good materials. In your Ground Energy Corpse Formation, there is a Corpse of Evil that possesses a Yin Thunder Dao Body. Calculating it carefully, it turns out to be the bastard child of Duoming’s female disciple and an ordinary person.”

“Master, please see clearly; this child is indeed from my second sister, named Li Sifan! Before, our family did not know he possessed the Yin Thunder Dao Body. Had we known, we might have raised him differently.”

“Hmph! Sifan? Only Duoming’s disciple would be so naive. That’s why he ranks lowest among the sixteen masters, without a determined heart to face tribulation. This world of Nine Maangs does not accept him.” The Evil Dragon Master continued, “Nine Maangs is the center of the world, where ninety percent of the world’s spiritual energy gathers. After six hundred years, heaven and earth will be upturned. Heavenly Gate has the role of observing; in short, it is the scout of the Nine-Mystic Continent.”

“Scout?” Yu Haonan didn’t understand.

“Is it that hard to understand? It means gathering intelligence. Whether regarding the Yin Moon Dynasty or the Heavenly Realm, as well as other continents and Extreme Huans, all fall within the scope of our Heavenly Gate’s probing! Thus, our sect has Demon Cultivators, Sword Cultivators, practitioners of malevolent sects, and even ghost cultivators. I, the Evil Dragon, am the ancestor of the malevolent sect and understand the importance of pure bloodlines better than anyone. When cultivators mate with other cultivators, their descendants are often cultivators too; mating with ordinary people will taint the bloodline. Without such strict control, how can Nine Maangs face the upcoming calamity?”

“Master speaks truth. Heaven and earth are unkind, treating all beings as straw dogs. We, as Nine Maangs Practitioners, must strive for self-improvement and must not take a single wrong step.”

“Hmm!” The Evil Dragon nodded, saying, “I have used a marvelous method to trace back and found that your bloodline has been purified for twenty-seven generations, with many from malevolent sects. You have exceptional advantages in ghost control and corpse refining. Had it not been for this, that Li Sifan would have likely already retaliated against you. Before transforming him into a Corpse of Evil, he must have been tortured severely, which led to accumulating formidable resentment and Corpse energy. Moreover, since he is a Dao Body, his hatred remains. He thinks constantly about taking revenge on the Yu Family Fortress!”

“What? Li Sifan still has consciousness?” Yu Haonan was dumbfounded. Had the Evil Dragon Master not pointed this out, he might have exhausted every extreme developing the Ground Energy Corpse Formation. With a little thought, he understood how strong Li Sifan would retaliate once he grew powerful.

“Do not worry; this is a good thing. Only under such circumstances can we refine him to form the Heavenly Corpse Patrol Formation,” the Evil Dragon Master said, pulling out an ancient coin with a ghostly face. He instructed, “With this coin, you can subdue the Corpse Formation. I will impart three marvelous methods to you, but to what level you achieve depends on your own fortune.”

“Yes! Disciple bows and gives thanks to Master.” Yu Haonan was extremely happy. He initially thought the Evil Dragon Master would demand the Supreme Corpse of Evil from him but did not expect the Master to wholeheartedly help him grow stronger. Perhaps there was a deeper meaning, so he would take the opportunity to investigate the situation of the Evil Dragon Master in the Heavenly Gate carefully.

“Go! Bathe and fast at the Heavenly Silkworm Altar for three days, and you will receive the marvelous methods.” With a wave of his hand, the Evil Dragon left Yu Haonan bewildered. By the time he appeared, he had already entered the Heavenly Silkworm Altar, and with the naked eye, he could see the spiritual energy there. The immense spiritual pressure was something even ordinary practitioners at the Bosa stage found overwhelming.

After sending off his newly accepted disciple, the Evil Dragon Master suddenly spoke, “Duoming, the favor I owed you is now settled. Helping you does not mean I agree with your methods. Nine Maangs Practitioners only speak of profit. To mobilize such forces for the sake of a corpse filled with resentment, I truly do not know what you were thinking?”

“Ai! Thanks, Evil Dragon Friend, for your help. I, Duoming, am unable to protect my beloved disciple or her child. Those powerful figures ordered the purification of bloodlines, and anyone bold enough to oppose them was killed! Ultimately, it is Duoming who fears death, and I can only leave a memory for my poor disciple in this manner.”

“Hmph! A sentimental person cannot achieve great things.” The Evil Dragon waved his sleeves, casting away Ancestor Duoming’s Divine Thought without a trace.

Meanwhile, Li Hui originally thought he would face suppression, but the ghostly-faced ancient coin handed down by the Evil Dragon Master not only did not suppress him but instead helped nurture his soul. It was truly strange!

“Nurturing the soul? Does this mean I am to become a ghost cultivator?”

As soon as Yu Haonan settled down at the Heavenly Silkworm Altar, Li Hui was surprised again.

“Hmm? This place is quite interesting. This altar is very ancient, and the treasure cabinet possesses extraordinary power, capable of calming souls and enhancing vitality. It appears someone wants Li Sifan to regain some semblance of consciousness. If I am not mistaken, it is the mentoring Master Ancestor Duoming from his mother.”

Li Sifan harbored resentment against Ancestor Duoming, hating him for allowing the Yu Family Fortress to hunt his mother and for letting her jump off the Heavenly Cliff…

This hatred was deeply radical, with an invisible force in the Nine-Mystic Continent blocking cultivators from pairing with ordinary people, even becoming a legal matter. Ancestor Duoming clearly lacked the power to challenge this authority.

Today’s Li Sifan was still Li Sifan, but he was also the sect leader of the Heavenly Talisman Sect, and the trajectories of their lives intertwined into a cycle, inherently defined. Thus, Li Sifan’s perspective was no longer that of an ignorant youth but an adult who held the esteemed position of a sect leader, seeing all details clearly.

“The treasure cabinet is wonderful! Since a high-level cultivator is secretly assisting, I must seize this rare opportunity.”

Spiritual energy swirled around Yu Haonan, with Li Hui as the true controller of the Ground Energy Corpse Formation. He began to push forward the remnants of the Nanhua Classics’ Heavenly Dao.

Before long, vibrant and beautiful spiritual energy surged into the Ground Energy Corpse Formation, containing very powerful nurturing effects. The thirty-six Corpses of Evil seemed to have taken a breath, coordinating their movements.

Under Li Hui’s deliberate push, spiritual energy transformed into Corpse energy swirling within the formation. All the corpses became plumper, and those Corpses of Evil without cultivation below the Bosa stage made crackling noises, faintly on the verge of facing tribulation to ascend.

As the commotion grew louder, just as it was about to attract Yu Haonan’s attention, suddenly everything fell silent.

Calamity power vanished without a trace, and all Corpses of Evil successfully broke through.

Li Hui nodded, continuing to operate the Corpse Formation to deepen its cultivation. The Barrier Zombie had fully recovered, but it no longer contained barrier energy, resulting in a drop in rank. This came at the cost of a collective enhancement for the Corpses of Evil.

Two days later, Yu Haonan released the Ground Energy Corpse Formation from the magical artifact wheel, feeling both delighted and confused. The Barrier Zombie had dropped to become a Corpse of Evil, while those refined and new corpses had instead been promoted to Corpses of Evil. Was it possible that using the ghostly-faced ancient coin enabled the formation to share cultivation? Overall, this was still a gain!