The Primordial Law

Chapter 580 Before departure
Li Weiyi followed her into the Green Robe Garden: "But the curse that struck the Immortal Cloud Sect happened a hundred years ago. The captain doesn't look a hundred years old at all."

Qing Zijin said, "A hundred years ago, my father stayed in Qingyi Garden and was lucky enough to survive. Later, he joined the Sentinel Spirit Army. He thought that everything was over, he got married, and had me. But... he died in the same way, turning into a withered, dried-up corpse and dying at the foot of Yanjue Mountain. He did not escape his destined fate."

As she spoke, she led Li Weiyi to the ancestral hall in Qingyi Garden.

Thirteen immortal corpses sat neatly behind the memorial tablets, arranged in four rows, representing four generations.

The Qing family certainly has more than four generations, or even more than forty generations, but Qing Zijin belongs to the fourth generation.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."

Li Weiyi followed her, lit an incense stick, bowed three times, and then placed it in the incense burner.

"It doesn't matter! One day in the future, I will probably suffer the same fate and turn into a white-haired, desiccated corpse. I just hope that when you see me then, you will bring me here and offer incense to me."

Qing Zijin stood amidst the drifting smoke, her eyes devoid of any emotion, when she suddenly shifted her focus to the conversation from two days prior: "Even if the deceased were strong in life, they are gone and can no longer exert much combat power. Half of these thirteen elders were Great Longevity cultivators in life, but with my Corpse Control Talisman, even if they joined forces, they probably couldn't defeat a Second Realm Peak Martial Cultivator like Qiu Cheng."

"Why is this happening?" Li Weiyi asked.

Qing Zijin frowned slightly, not understanding Li Weiyi's meaning.

Li Weiyi asked again, "Were the elixirs of immortality taken from their bodies?"

"No, not really. No one dares to use longevity pills tainted with curses for alchemy. They even keep their distance from the corpses, fearing that they might be tainted by some incomprehensible strangeness."

She added, "However, the Ancestral Field, Wind Mansion, and Qi Sea have already shrunk."

"I can……"

Li Wei pointed to the thirteen immortal corpses.

Qing Zijin said, "Please go ahead."

Li Wei touched it with his finger and released his spiritual light to investigate: "The blood energy is completely gone, and the Longevity Golden Pill has dimmed, but there is still one or two tenths of usable magical energy inside. This shouldn't be the case, Captain. Is it because your corpse control technique is not refined enough?"

Immortal corpses are not uncommon in the realm of the dead.

But those immortal corpses, buried underground for thousands of years, have almost completely lost their physical essence, like iron about to rust into mud.

The corpses of the Immortal Cloud Sect were different. They had died a hundred years ago, their skin as hard as armor, their bones imbued with inner spiritual essence, and their bodies still brimming with vitality. More importantly, their Golden Cores of Immortality were still intact, even though they had darkened and their magical energy had largely dissipated.

This is why Li Weiyi chose to cooperate with Qing Zijin!
This orphan of the Xianxia Sect possesses a precious power that she herself cannot even imagine.

Li Weiyi specifically inquired with the Deputy Sentinel Master, the last leader of the Immortal Cloud Sect, who was also the previous Sentinel Master of the Cave Ruins Camp. It's highly likely that the Immortal Cloud Sect suffered this fate, incurring the wrath of the Netherworld and meeting a tragic end.

It can be said that Qing Zijin, the sole survivor, has absolute ownership of the Xianxia Sect, and anyone who dares to seize it will be attacked by the entire Dongxu Camp.

Even when the Dongxu Camp was established within the Xianxia Sect, they consulted her first.

Qing Zijin said coldly, "Show me what ingenious methods you have."

"Then I'll have to offend these seniors. Captain, are you sure you've thought this through?" Li Weiyi asked again.

Without saying a word, Qing Zijin turned around, stepped over the threshold, and walked out of the ancestral hall.

"She has never met the Qing family members from a hundred years ago, so she probably won't care too much."

Li Weiyi selected the mummified corpse with the strongest cultivation level in life, probably at the sixth realm. Even though it had lost all its blood and energy, its body still weighed over a hundred pounds, and ordinary magic weapons couldn't cut it at all.

Lay the mummified corpse flat on the ground and remove the sect robes of the Xianxia Sect.

Immediately, he took out ink refined from the blood of a transcendent being, and released wisps of spiritual light as a brush to draw one puppet script after another on the body of the mummified corpse.

The ancestral field has the highest density of puppet characters.

Some of these puppet inscriptions were directly applied to the elixir of immortality.

As darkness fell, Li Weiyi glanced at Qing Zijin's beautiful, picturesque back as she stood outside the door. He wondered why this seemingly cold and aloof beauty trusted him so much.

Aren't you afraid that you're using her?

At this moment, Qing Zijin, gazing at the bright moon, was also pondering the same question. Why did she agree to Li Weiyi's suggestion? Why did she bring him here?

Are they both orphans, finding each other in their shared suffering?

Or perhaps, despite his exceptional talent, he remained completely humble and always addressed her as "Captain." Did calling him that so often make her truly consider him one of her own?
Inside the ancestral hall, Li Weiyi began to sketch the last secret inscription, which was also the most important one.

"Pro!"

The cryptic text of the character "临" landed on the forehead of the mummified corpse.

"Wow!"

The mummified corpse opened its eyes and absorbed all the crimson runes on its body into its body.

Li Weiyi took three steps back, formed a hand seal, and softly shouted, "Rise!"

The mummified corpse stood up straight, its magical energy circulated throughout its body, its pupils glowed with azure light, and a trace of the aura of longevity appeared on its body.

Qing Zijin was startled by the aura emanating from the mummified corpse. She turned around abruptly, only to feel a strong gust of wind sweep over her, causing her body to retreat uncontrollably.

In a flash, the mummified corpse appeared in the courtyard, slamming its palm into the ground and leaving a deep handprint.

"Whoosh!" Arrays of light immediately rose up all around.

Li Weiyi stepped out of the door and manipulated the mummified corpse with his spiritual threads: "Captain, do you think Qiu Cheng is his match?"

Qing Zijin could sense that the magical energy within the dried corpse was circulating, and the sheer aura of longevity alone was terrifying: "With just this one body, one can remain invincible below the third realm."

"It's hard to say when they encounter the third realm! Even if they can't defeat the puppet corpse, they are fully capable of bypassing it and directly killing the corpse controller. Or they can use Taoist techniques to disperse the spiritual light of the corpse controller and erase the puppet runes on the corpse."

"Here, take it to protect yourself," Li Weiyi said.

Qing Zijin's heart skipped a beat: "How many can you refine?"

"Time is too tight! We only have five or six bodies at most before we set off," Li Weiyi said.

"follow me."

Qing Zijin led Li Weiyi toward the summit of Yanjue Mountain. This time, they crossed the summit to reach the other side of the mountain, which was close to the Netherworld of the Dead.

As you descend the mountain, all you see are ruins and rubble, and the place is so dark that even the fire abyss cannot illuminate it.

Upon arriving at the entrance of a cave near the foot of the mountain, Qing Zijin bowed to the old man guarding the cave, whispered something to him, and then said to Li Weiyi, "Come in with me!"

The old man sat cross-legged on the right side of the cave, never opening his eyes. His body was covered in dust and even cobwebs.

Li Weiyi couldn't hear any breathing or heartbeat from the old man, and he suspected that Qing Zijin was just making a fuss and using a dead body to intimidate him.

Enter the cave.

"Whoosh!"

Qing Zijin raised her palm, and a radiant glow of the sun appeared in her palm, illuminating the darkness of the vast cave.

Under the flames, the air was filled with drifting dust.

A sea of ​​coffins appeared before Li Weiyi's eyes, densely packed and neatly arranged, layer upon layer, countless in number.

It's obvious that the deceased of the Xianxia Sect were not cremated but buried here.

Qing Zijin descended the stone steps: "With my cultivation at the first realm, I can only control thirteen immortal corpses, so I only took thirteen members of the Qing family with me. Since time is of the essence, you may choose any immortal corpse here!"

"Those transcendent corpses?" Li Weiyi asked.

She gave him a cold look: "The remains of the Transcendent One are not stored here. With your current level of mental power, can you shake the Transcendent One's Other Shore Heavenly Pill?"

Li Weiyi said, "Excuse my bluntness, but with such wealth in the captain's possession, he could easily sell some of their martial robes for exorbitant prices. Paying me a 6,000-year-old herb to rent a staff and spear shouldn't be difficult."

"wealth?"

Qing Zijin turned to look at him: "If it weren't for the danger of going to the Ancient Kingdom of Time Ruins, do you think I would have brought you here? We are in an alliance and cooperation, each getting what we need. Also, before using these corpses, no third party must know about them."

"Okay, I admit I misspoke, I apologize."

Li Weiyi was not a member of the Xianxia Sect, so no matter how much he sympathized with Qing Zijin, he could hardly truly empathize with her. He could only choose to keep quiet and get down to business.

A light shone from his brow, and countless four-colored light threads spread out, drilling into the coffin to search.

"The remains of the seventh-realm Great Immortals are all stored over there," Qing Zijin reminded her.

Li Weiyi said, "What I'm looking for is an immortal corpse that resembles the two of us in appearance."

"What do you mean?" Qing Zijin asked.

Li Weiyi said, "With my current level of mental power, I am not yet able to refine substitute puppets. However, refining two substitute puppets before setting off might be more valuable than refining five or six puppet war corpses. The puppet war corpses can be refined slowly after entering the Ancient Kingdom of Time Ruins."

"A substitute puppet... How did you learn so much?" Qing Zijin asked.

Li Weiyi said, "I just learn quickly! You come and assist me. Hurry up, once Tu Mian Gou passes on the message, we'll probably have to set off."

Li Weiyi and Qing Zijin worked in the cave all night until dawn.

It was evening of the second day.

The two of them had exhausted their spiritual energy and looked very tired. As soon as they returned to Qingyi Garden, they saw Liu Ye and Chang Yujian already waiting there.

Chang Yujian looked them up and down and said with a smile, "I couldn't find you anywhere in the camp. Where are you hiding under the flowers and moon? Mo Duanfeng and Bai Chuan called everyone to set off two hours ago, and the rest of you have already arrived at the teleportation hall."

Qing Zijin entered the garden without saying a word, treating the Changyu Sword and the willow leaves as if they were air.

Liu Ye looked puzzled. Qing Zijin used to dislike Li Weiyi very much. But today, the way the two of them were behaving made it hard not to think things through.

"Don't make fun of her, I wouldn't dare to mess with her. You guys go ahead, I'll go back and pack my things."

Li Weiyi returned to Qingyin Pavilion. There wasn't much to pack; he'd already stored it in his boundary bag and blood mud space. His main purpose in going back was to pick up the Phoenix-Winged Moth Queen who was left behind.

They hurried towards the teleportation hall.

Li Weiyi passed by Qingyi Garden, but Qing Zijin had already gone ahead of him.

The two gateposts in front of Qingyi Garden, engraved with profound array runes, had vanished, clearly taken away by her. Everyone was making every effort to prepare for this perilous trial.

(End of this chapter)