What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

Next, I separated a wisp of my malevolent energy and probed into his body to examine him again.

Only after confirming that his condition had not worsened did he breathe a long sigh of relief.

Then, I dispelled the protective aura around him, bent down, and carried his heavy body back on my back.

After that fierce battle, I've exhausted most of my strength, and my killing intent is down to about 10%.

But I know that now is definitely not the time to rest.

Although I severely injured that woman, she will definitely gather more helpers to seek revenge after she escapes.

This desolate thicket is no longer a place to stay.

……

Midday in the mountains of southern Xinjiang is like a giant, airtight steamer.

In the sweltering summer, although the sunlight could hardly penetrate the dense canopy overhead, the stuffy and humid atmosphere was everywhere.

The air around me seemed to have turned into sticky glue, and with each breath I took, I inhaled warm, humid air that smelled of decaying leaves.

At that moment, I was carrying Li Qing on my back, trudging through this primeval rainforest, my steps uneven.

Sweat had already blurred my vision, dripping down my chin and landing on the moss-covered stones.

Although I tried my best to keep my breathing steady, my chest felt like it was being pumped by a bellows.

Every breath I took was accompanied by a burning, stinging sensation.

After that tough battle with that female Gu master, the evil energy in my body was already on the verge of depletion.

I just forced myself to walk for over an hour.

The evil pill that was originally spinning wildly in his dantian had now become dull and lifeless.

Now, less than one-tenth of the malevolent energy remains in my body.

If another wave of Heli pursuers were to appear at this point...

Even if I only possessed the level of the Demonic Core that appeared on the cliff, I'm afraid I could only gleefully type "GG" and die here with Li Qing.

No, we can't go on like this anymore.

We need to find a place to stop and catch our breath, and let the blue bar recover.

I mustered my strength and released a little of the cool aura from between my eyebrows, using it in conjunction with my vision to search through the complex surroundings.

Fortunately, God hasn't completely cut off our chances of survival yet.

After crossing a ridge covered with thorny bushes, I keenly noticed a natural depression below the mountain wall ahead, half-hidden by dense vines and large banana leaves.

I carefully carried Li Qing and approached her.

After using a scalpel to pry open the thick green vines, I looked up.

Inside, they discovered a dry cave that was about four or five meters deep and just high enough for an adult to stand in.

Although the cave was somewhat dark, there was no foul smell of wild animal droppings or poisonous snakes and insects; there was only a faint smell of dried earth.

"Luckily, it's a good place."

I muttered something to myself, and my tense nerves relaxed a little.

After entering the cave, I first carefully inspected every corner.

Only after confirming that there was no hidden danger did I gently put Li Qing down from my back.

He was laid flat on a relatively flat stone slab at the very back of the cave.

Li Qing's face remained deathly pale, and his breathing was so weak it was like a wisp of smoke that could be blown away by the wind at any moment.

I checked his pulse; although it was weak, it was thankfully still relatively stable.

It's good that the injury hasn't worsened.

After settling Li Qing in, I didn't rush to sit down and rest. Instead, I turned around and walked to the entrance of the cave.

One should always be wary of others, especially in the perilous mountains of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Although the pursuers from Heili have been temporarily shaken off, I cannot rely on the enemy's negligence for safety.

Then, I took out the bone needle, took a deep breath, and mobilized the last bit of evil energy in my dantian, guiding it to gather at the fingertips of my right hand.

As the malevolent energy surged, strands of mirage dragon silk, as thin as hair, slowly extended from the tail of the bone needle.

Because the evil energy was almost gone, I dared not condense a long thread, and could only cut it into a short section of more than a meter long.

I took the mirage silk and walked out of the cave. I began to set up warning traps on several key paths a few meters away from the cave entrance.

Although the Mirage Dragon Silk is magical, it has a physical form and must follow the principles of physics.

It cannot float in mid-air, so I can only tie the two ends of the thread tightly to adjacent tree trunks or solid rocks.

Make them into hidden tripwires that are about ankle height off the ground.

In the middle of each tripwire, I cleverly connected several dry branches and hung some fist-sized pebbles above the branches.

If any living creature accidentally touches these almost invisible mirage threads, the threads will tug at the tree branches.

This causes the rubble above to fall and hit the rocks below, making a crisp impact sound.

Although this purely physical early warning device is rudimentary, it is very practical in this environment.

It will at least buy me a few seconds to react.

After setting up these traps, the evil energy within me was completely depleted.

A strong feeling of weakness washed over me like a tide, making me sway involuntarily.

I quickly returned to the cave, found a clean spot next to Li Qing, sat down cross-legged, closed my eyes, and began to regulate my breathing.

The Qi-refining techniques of the Corpse-Stitching lineage are inherently domineering and ruthless.

Even when the meridians are empty, it still moves with an indomitable momentum.

At this moment, I guided the dim, evil core within my dantian to slowly rotate, greedily absorbing the free spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

As the malevolent energy gradually grew, a tearing, throbbing pain came from the dried-up meridians.

I frowned slightly and immediately activated the cool energy between my eyebrows.

The cool sensation flowed down the Ren and Du meridians, quickly soothing the stinging pain in the meridians and making the circulation of the evil energy smoother.

The cave was eerily quiet at that moment, with only the soft breathing of Li Qing and me rising and falling.

Time passed by, second by second.

About an hour later, I opened my eyes.

Because of the special properties of the Mirage Dragon Silk, once it is out of my control or without the continuous support of evil energy, it will dissipate on its own after an hour.

So after timing it perfectly, I stopped adjusting my breathing.

After standing up, I stretched my body, which had regained some strength, and walked out of the cave.

Sure enough, the transparent threads that had been tied to the tree trunk had turned into specks of light and dissipated into the air.

The hanging pebbles lost their traction and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, it didn't make too much noise.

I sighed helplessly, and once again used up the little bit of evil energy I had just recovered to condense a few more strands of mirage dragon silk and set up the trap exactly as it was.

Although the process is somewhat tedious and boring, it is a necessary price to pay for safety.