Oh no! I've been reincarnated as a corpse!

The three treasures that Lu You has obtained so far each have their own uses.

The branches of the laurel tree are cultivation accelerators, and the fragments of the Taiyin disc are universal adapters and cultivation method storage devices.

Although these two items have an impressive background, they are actually of little help in combat.

But the fragments of the dark, gloomy gauze are different.

This thing is capable of fighting.

He can use the veil of the moon to become invisible.

Let alone that mere Qi Refining cultivator surnamed Qin, even a fourth-realm cultivator at the same level as the Cursed Corpse would find it difficult to see through the concealment effect of this treasure.

The difference in quality is too great.

With a thought, a dark shadow flashed out from between his brows.

The tattered, silver-black gauze floated out of his mind, hovering in mid-air and swaying gently.

The gauze swelled in the wind, quickly expanding from the size of a palm until it was almost the size of a bed sheet before slowly stopping.

The Taiyin Huishuo gauze dress has a deep black color throughout, like a condensed night sky.

The fabric surface is adorned with subtle silver patterns and shimmering spots, flickering like stars in the night sky, creating a quiet and mysterious beauty.

Lu You stared at it for a few moments, feeling that it looked somewhat familiar.

Soon he reacted.

This thing looks a bit like the invisibility cloak from Harry Potter.

It is also silver-black, can also make people invisible, and is also cloth-like.

However, the Taiyin Huishuo Sha is not the kind of invisibility cloak that requires manual application.

While absorbing the fragments of Taiyin Huishuo Sha, although he had not yet fully refined this treasure, he had already established a preliminary mental connection with it.

With just a thought, you can control it at will.

With a slight thought, fragments of the dark and gloomy veil floated up automatically, as if an invisible hand had lifted them up and gently enveloped them.

The moment the fabric fell, Lu You's body completely disappeared from the stone chamber.

It's not about becoming transparent or blending into the environment, but about disappearing completely.

The light passed through his location without any refraction or distortion, as if nothing had ever existed there.

The entire stone chamber was silent and empty, as if no one had ever been there.

Not long after, the tightly closed stone door seemed to be pushed open by some unseen force, slowly opening to both sides.

Soft light filtered in through the crack in the door.

…………

Outside the grotto.

Junior Sister Qin, Senior Brother Wang, and Junior Brother Li were gathered around the illusory stone gate.

Senior Brother Wang had a deep wound on his left shoulder, his clothes were torn in a large piece and stained with blood, making him look quite disheveled.

However, his expression remained relatively calm, indicating that his injuries were not fatal.

His corpse puppet crouched beside him.

The corpse puppet also had several new wounds on its body, and its grayish-white bone armor was covered with cracks and claw marks, clearly indicating that the battle just now was not easy.

Junior Brother Li was squatting on the ground on the other side, grinning from ear to ear, looking like he had won the lottery.

Something seemed to be struggling desperately inside the gray pouch at his waist; the pouch would bulge out here and there, and the thing inside was clearly not staying still.

Junior Brother Li patted the bag with a smug grin, as if soothing a grumpy pet, and chuckled, "Don't worry, little darling. When we get back, I'll refine you into the best corpse puppet! I guarantee you'll live the high life!"

Junior Sister Qin glanced at Junior Brother Li's silly grin, then looked at Senior Brother Wang, feeling somewhat annoyed.

She had originally thought that the large fused corpse demon could hold off Senior Brother Wang for a while longer.

After all, the monster's aura was indeed terrifyingly strong, even she felt a chill in her heart upon seeing it.

Unexpectedly, in just over an hour, Senior Brother Wang had completely subdued the corpse demon, which was now struggling in Junior Brother Li's bag.

Senior Brother Wang was much stronger than she had imagined.

Her original plan was to wait for the living corpse to emerge with the opportunity from the cave, then immediately take action, subdue the living corpse and seize the opportunity as quickly as possible, and then turn around and run away.

Although doing this would offend Senior Brother Wang to death, as long as she stayed in the sect and didn't go out, Senior Brother Wang couldn't do anything about her.

The rules of Baiyun Temple are very strict, and he couldn't very well lay a hand on her within the sect.

Once she has controlled the sentient living corpse and digested the opportunities within the cave, it's uncertain who will be stronger then.

But now it seems that this plan is not going to work.

Senior Brother Wang arrived too quickly.

In this situation, she has no choice but to reluctantly give up her options and try to secure as many benefits as possible for herself.

Getting whatever you can get is better than getting nothing at all.

In the end, it's all that zombie's fault!

They've been inside for so long and haven't come out yet!

Are they incubating eggs inside?

She cursed under her breath, venting all her resentment on the living corpse.

Seeing Li's silly grin made her even angrier.

You, a junior disciple venturing out for the first time, didn't have to do anything and just picked up a large, high-quality corpse demon for free.

I chased that zombie for ages, almost broke my legs, and now I have to share the opportunity with others.

Why should I?

She spoke coldly, "Junior Brother Li, you're already incredibly lucky to have obtained that large-scale corpse demon. You don't need to compete with Senior Brother Wang and me for the opportunities in this grotto-heaven, do you?"

Junior Brother Li snapped out of his daze and immediately nodded vigorously, his face beaming with smiles. "Senior Brothers and Sisters, don't worry. I don't need the living corpse or the opportunity to enter the cave. Being able to subdue a corpse demon of such high quality is already an unexpected bonus for me. How could I dare to ask for more?"

Junior Sister Qin nodded, feeling a little better.

That kid knows what's good for him.

Senior Brother Wang glanced at Junior Sister Qin but didn't say anything more.

He naturally knew what his junior sister was planning, but now was not the time to concern himself with such things.

Just then, the illusory stone gate in the sky suddenly swayed.

Immediately afterwards, the stone door slowly opened, and a visible ripple spread out from the crack in the door, like a circle of ripples spreading in the air.

The three of them jumped up from the ground immediately and looked up at the sky in unison.

Senior Brother Wang and Junior Sister Qin looked extremely excited, their eyes filled with anticipation.

After waiting for so long, the main character is finally about to appear.

Li's junior brother's eyes held a hint of envy, but that was all.

He wasn't interested in getting anything from there, so he wasn't particularly excited. Getting a large corpse demon for free was already a good deal.

Senior Brother Wang made a hand seal, and the corpse puppet that had been lying on the ground immediately stood up, its four legs slightly bent, assuming an attack posture, and letting out a low roar.

On the other side, Junior Sister Qin also activated her magic at the same time, instantly activating the pre-arranged Minor Yin Wind Array.

Gray light swirled on several flags, and a chilling wind howled through the formation, making a whistling sound.

Everything is ready; all that's left is for the living corpse to appear.

Lu You opened the gate to the cave and jumped out with great confidence.

With the blessing of the dark veil of the moon, his movements were silent, and no trace of his aura was leaked out.

Low-level cultivators would have no way of noticing his presence, just like trying to spot dust in the air with the naked eye.

His expression was somewhat excited, and his eyes even held a hint of the bloodthirsty glint unique to zombies.

After being chased for so long, my left leg was almost frozen and crippled, and I was almost turned into a corpse puppet and kept as a pet.

Who could swallow this insult?

If it were a direct fight, Lu You felt he might not be able to beat that guy surnamed Qin.

After all, he was just a novice who had just started cultivating. Apart from the "New Moon Qi Induction Chapter", he had not mastered any skills or spells, and his combat experience was practically zero.

That man surnamed Qin knows magic and has a powerful corpse puppet in his hand; he's clearly a seasoned veteran.

If he confronts someone head-on, he will most likely suffer a loss.

But he doesn't need to confront others head-on.

He only needed to sneak up and, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, use his mid-stage zombie physical strength to deliver a punch and the problem would be solved.

Simple, direct, and efficient.

He had already made up his mind, and then he started hitting his head.

One punch to the head, leaving no chance for a comeback.

However, the moment he jumped out of the cave and his gaze swept over his surroundings, the excited and bloodthirsty smile on his face froze instantly.

Three monks.

Two enormous corpse puppets.

Junior Sister Qin stood on the back of a corpse puppet, Senior Brother Wang stood beside another one, and Junior Brother Li squatted on the ground.

Neatly arranged, not one missing.

Lu You: "??????"

No.

Shouldn't the other two still be fighting that fused corpse demon?

Why are they all here?

Does that mean that big guy is already dead?

Holy crap... Dude, you died a really bad death.

A pang of sorrow even welled up in Lu You's heart.

That guy had tried to get him to team up with him before. Although he was a bit rough, he was quite enthusiastic. He seemed like a genuine monster.

But he soon started complaining about that guy.

Why didn't you hold on a little longer?

How utterly disappointing!

It's a waste that he's grown so big!

If there were only one person surnamed Qin, he could easily sneak up undetected, smash his head in with a single punch, and then leave without a trace, concealing his merit and fame.

But now there are two more people.

That would be much more troublesome to deal with.

The moment he attacked, the dark, veiled gauze could no longer conceal his figure.

When he's exposed to the three of them, he'll definitely be ganged up on and beaten up by the other two cultivators.

Although he could immediately reactivate the Taiyin Huishuo Sha to become invisible again after succeeding, activating the Taiyin Huishuo Sha itself requires a large amount of Yin energy.

While in stealth mode, the consumption of Yin energy is continuous, but the amount is relatively small.

Under normal circumstances, even a small fragment of a treasure of the Taiyin Huishuo Sha level would be completely unusable for a mid-stage living corpse like Little Karami.

It's like trying to power a truck with an AA battery—pure wishful thinking.

However, he still had the withered branches of the laurel tree to help him absorb yin energy, continuously recharging him, which was enough to barely maintain the consumption of his invisible state.

However, he wasn't sure if this charging speed would be enough to allow him to ambush and kill three cultivators in succession.

If he runs out of yin energy halfway through the fight and his invisibility fails, he'll truly be trapped.

However, he felt uneasy about letting him slip away quietly like that.

Damn it, I was chased the whole way, my left leg was almost ruined, and I finally got lucky in the cave and gained the means to fight back. And you're just going to let me slink away like this?

Don't I, Lu You, have any pride?

No matter what, that guy surnamed Qin must be killed.

She was the one who chased him the most fiercely, and she was also the one who blew a cold wind at his left leg.

If he doesn't avenge this, he will have a knot in his heart for the rest of his cultivation.

At worst, I'll kill that guy surnamed Qin and then run away.

Anyway, with the Taiyin Huishuo Sha in hand, as long as the Yin energy is not exhausted, no one can stop him from running away.

Thinking of this, Lu You chuckled maliciously to himself, and quietly took a step forward, sneaking towards the direction of the man surnamed Qin.

Their steps were light and silent, like a black cat approaching its prey in the dark.

The three junior sisters stared intently at the illusory stone gate in mid-air, not daring to blink.

"Watch out, that zombie should be coming out soon."

Senior Brother Wang lowered his voice and said, "Don't let him get away this time."

Junior Sister Qin understood the underlying meaning in his words.

Isn't it just that she felt she was incompetent for letting that zombie into the cave earlier?

I'm so annoying.

She gritted her teeth silently, not replying, but focusing her attention even more intently on the stone gate.

However, the next moment, all three of them were stunned.

The illusory stone gate in the sky began to slowly fade under the watchful eyes of the three people.

Like ink diluting in water, the outlines gradually blurred, the light slowly faded, and then it disappeared completely.

The three of them stared wide-eyed at each other in disbelief.

what?

What about the grotto-heaven?

What a huge cave!

That's it?

Junior Sister Qin looked utterly bewildered, her voice rising a notch: "What happened? The cave has vanished? The living corpse hasn't even come out yet!"

Senior Brother Wang and Junior Brother Li were also completely bewildered.

Logically, after the ancient grotto appears, those with the right destiny can enter it and obtain opportunities. Only after those with the right destiny come out of the grotto will the grotto close and disappear.

This is the rule of heaven and earth, it has always been so.

But their three pairs of eyes never left the stone door from beginning to end.

The people inside did not come out.

The grotto-heaven has vanished.

What's going on?

In the instant when the three of them were filled with questions and their minds went blank, Qin Shimei's head suddenly exploded.

There were no signs whatsoever.

There was no sound of wind, no shadow, and no trace of any magical fluctuations.

That beautiful head burst open from the inside, like a ripe watermelon.

Blood gushed from her slender neck, drawing a dazzling dark red arc in the moonlight, shooting up several meters high like a fountain.

Her headless body swayed slightly, like a statue that had lost its support.

Then, he fell heavily to the ground.

She never knew how she died.