Cultivation through Skin Making

The purple corpse continued to grab fiercely at the bodyless phantom raven.

Just as this strike was about to land, suddenly... the purple corpse stopped moving, and the wind and sand halted.

A few miles away from this mountain, an old man exuding a fishy odor was being held by the neck by a man.

The old man looked at the man in horror, his face squeezing out a fearful smile, and shouted, "Song... Song Master... Master Uncle... spare..."

Crack.

Song Yan did not hesitate at all, directly twisting the neck, while his other hand joined, pointing to the old man's forehead, soul-searching, soul-devouring, all in one...

After a long while, he discarded the old man's corpse.

In the Puppet Sect, from top to bottom, there wasn't a single innocent person...

Then, the figure of the Profound Robe Ghost Face came from afar, lightly spinning and landing beside him.

Madam Ling said, "The snake corpses at Snake Corpse Market are all gone, and the market has dispersed. It seems... the Puppet Sect has bloodied this place, even more ruthlessly than we imagined."

Song Yan looked at the old man on the ground and said, "He was a disciple of the Puppet Sect's Blood Corpse Peak, holding a purple corpse. It seems he was also an advanced Refining Profound practitioner, sent here to guard because there was no hope of him breaking through due to old age...

Just now, he was able to quickly detect the bodyless phantom raven and immediately responded.

He commanded the purple corpse to act, while he fled using a Profound Talisman, intending to escape and report back."

Madam Ling said in surprise, "Then this place... isn't safe anymore."

Song Yan carefully pondered the information he had just extracted, murmuring, "Not necessarily..."

Madam Ling looked at him curiously.

Song Yan said, "If it were before last year, it would be unsafe, but now... it's still fine."

Madam Ling thought briefly and said, "Did the Puppet Sect and Nanwu Sword Sect go to full-scale war?"

Song Yan said, "To be precise, after the Jin Dynasty annexed most of Western Shu, they now march southward again, with cultivators from both sides hidden within the military. Whenever it comes to crucial city battles, the duels between generals are replaced by magical battles between cultivators.

Nanwu Sword Sect has been retreating continuously, but the Puppet Sect seems to have discovered something in the Northern Land and has not fully responded to the south, leaving the south with a bit of breathing room.

As for this Blood Corpse Peak disciple, he was here because he didn't want to be involved in the disputes and magical battles in the south, so he took the task to guard here."

After speaking, Song Yan casually disposed of the corpse and then asked, "What exactly is the snake corpse? Why hasn't it been taken away?"

Madam Ling said, "These were all created by Mama Zhu, and I indeed don't know.

Mama Zhu has rooted here for decades, doing many things... and I only inherited the thought of that insect cultivator from her.

Now that the Snake Corpse Market has been completely cleared out, naturally Mama Zhu's house is empty too.

All I can do is control the Demon Swamp Secret Realm.

However, I am currently only in the Third Layer of Refining Profound, my Divine Soul power is exceedingly weak, and even having the thought of a great power, I cannot simultaneously control two secret realms.

If I can't control the Demon Swamp Secret Realm, I won't be able to transfer its entrance.

To enter, I'd have to linger around the periphery.

I remember before Mama Zhu also only went to Candle Land after reaching the Ninth Layer of Refining Profound, so... I'm afraid I'll need to cultivate to the Ninth Layer of Refining Profound to start controlling the Demon Swamp Secret Realm."

Song Yan said, "There should be quite a few resources in the Demon Swamp Secret Realm, you should first go see if there's any Skin-Stripping Ointment, while I go check out the Blood Pool there. Then we will temporarily hide in the secret realm surrounding here.

Later, even if Puppet Sect disciples come looking, they won't be able to find us."

From daily chats with Madam Ling, Song Yan learned that "if a secret realm is unowned, its opening might follow some rules," but if it has an owner, it's entirely controlled.

The rumor that the "Demon Swamp Secret Realm" opens once every ten years for only a month was merely the "harvest time" set by the shepherding Mama Zhu herself.

And such hidden places as secret realms, although there may be flaws and could be detected, should absolutely not be discovered by someone in the Refining Profound, or Crimson Palace level, certainly not by Song Yan himself.

Once hidden inside, it's as if stepping into another world.

No matter how dangerous the outside is, Song Yan is always in a safe place.

Because of the Shadow Puppet from the demon matriarch, the Skin Painting Strange Soul Technique, and plus the Hundred Forms Divine Control, it's essentially created a physical incarnation that even common cultivators of the Crimson Palace Realm cannot see through, it's extremely useful.

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A few days later...

"Father, I have understood; avoiding is not right, the mistakes made in the past should be compensated for with the future."

"I, Bai Xiuhu, once a sword cultivator, will always be a sword cultivator."

In front of Linwu City, the man carried a sword, donned the silver-white sword robe again, then deeply bowed to his fathers and villagers here, and then did not use Sword Control, just with hands behind his back, long sleeves fluttering, walked out of the city.

His beautiful concubine followed behind him, leaving together...

Once far away from Linwu City, they quickly headed north.

...

These two were naturally both Song Yan's shadow puppets.

Along this way, Song Yan planned to explore the secret realm and seek out Demon Blood suitable for himself.

As for the Demon Swamp, he and Madam Ling had already entered it and seen it.

Everywhere in the Demon Swamp were giant crocodiles, and the Essence Blood of these crocodiles was obviously inclined towards "quick healing of physical injuries," "increased strength," and so on. While not bad, it belonged to a different category than "Changwang Hu" or "Night Candle Soul Insect."

If Song Yan were to absorb this Crocodile Demon Essence Blood, it would be like "a hammer on the east, and a mallet on the west," slightly strengthened in every aspect, but nowhere achieving the extreme.

And a "good Essence Blood combination" is many times stronger than a "poor one."