Wild Dogs

Hearing this, Zhou Peng felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Master, I am now just a soul, and I am to be reborn in the Human King Banner. If you want to find out which places have heavy Yin energy, you will have to do it yourself."

"However, if the master looks around, he should be able to find it."

"Places with heavy yin energy like this usually have a lot of dead people. They are often ancient battlefields or cemeteries where many cultivators are buried."

Upon hearing the word "cemetery," Yang Fan stroked his chin and immediately began to survey his surroundings.

After a while, he indeed found an ancient tomb.

It's called an ancient tomb, but it's more like a mass burial ground, with tombstones and other things lying around haphazardly.

The reason we were able to find this mass grave so quickly is ultimately thanks to the King's Banner.

This Human King Banner is derived from the Thousand Soul Banner, and is inherently more sensitive to things like Yin energy and souls.

Therefore, using this thing, Yang Fan quickly found this mass grave.

Zhou Peng glanced around and then spoke to Yang Fan again.

"Master, the ancient tombs here have a particularly heavy yin energy. Although it's not the place with the heaviest yin energy, it's not far off."

"Why not set up a protective array here to ensure safety, and then use the yin energy here to create a corpse puppet?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan nodded emphatically.

"Hmm, this place is indeed filled with yin energy. According to what you said, it should be possible to create powerful puppets here."

I hope what you're saying is true.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Peng repeatedly assured Yang Fan.

"Don't worry, Master. Although I'm not a particularly skilled cultivator, I'm quite adept at crafting corpse puppets."

"Master, you can rest assured."

Then Zhou Peng started flattering Yang Fan.

"To find such a place where yin energy gathers shows that the owner is blessed with great fortune and will surely achieve great things in the future."

"Once this corpse puppet is completed, the master will have another helper."

"I would like to offer my congratulations to my master in advance."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan burst into laughter.

"You're really good at flattering people."

"Then I'll take your good wishes."

After saying that, Yang Fan leaped into the air and landed directly in the center of the mass grave.

He then immediately began preparing to set up the formation.

With Yang Fan's strength, he naturally couldn't set up a protective array on his own.

However, he had previously purchased several battle flags and battle arrays.

With the array plate and array flags, he doesn't need to worry much; he can set up the array using the array plate.

A moment later, as the array plate rotated, array flags flew around, and then a protective array appeared around the tomb.

With this protective array, he no longer worried about others interfering with his actions.

Moreover, in case anything goes wrong, this formation can transmit information to him at any time.

After doing all this, Yang Fan finally felt at ease and went to the center of the cemetery.

"Master, let's go to the underground tomb. I feel there should be an extremely large underground palace here. It would be more effective to refine corpse puppets in this palace."

"Oh, there's also an underground palace?"

Yang Fan became increasingly interested.

After searching the surrounding area, he indeed found an entrance.

Clearly, this mass grave was originally the burial ground of a prominent family, but it turned into a mass grave for various reasons.

A moment later, he arrived at the entrance to the underground palace, opened the entrance, and Yang Fan went inside.

A strange aura immediately surged out from the underground palace, a feeling that sent a chill down Yang Fan's spine.

Clearly, the yin energy here is much stronger than expected.

The heavier the yin energy, the more satisfied Yang Fan became.

He then chuckled.

"Indeed, this place is so yin in nature, it is indeed suitable for making corpse puppets."

"Okay, we can begin now."

Next, Yang Fan brought the corpse to the very center of the underground palace.

As he moved forward, he looked around.

He could see that there were two wide avenues in the underground palace, with coffins placed on both sides.

These coffins were stacked on top of each other, and there were at least a hundred of them.

This made Yang Fan click his tongue in amazement; this underground palace actually buried over a hundred corpses.

Shaking his head slightly, Yang Fan arrived at the very center of the underground palace, the place with the heaviest yin energy in the entire tomb.

He then placed the young man's body there.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a corpse-refining furnace from the side and began to refine the corpse puppet.

Although this corpse refining furnace is only a small one, the yin energy here is extremely heavy, so there is no problem in refining corpses here.

As the flames rose, Yang Fan immediately began adding various rare materials.

The next steps in crafting the corpse puppet must be approached with utmost care.

Just to be on the safe side, Yang Fan even took out several of his Qi Refining stage puppets.

He then extracted all the rare materials from these Qi Refining stage puppets in reverse.

Next, the materials were added to the corpse-refining furnace to create the corpse puppet.

Although the Qi Refining stage corpse puppets are quite strong, they are much weaker than those in the Foundation Establishment stage.

If Yang Fan could create a Foundation Establishment stage corpse puppet, his safety would be greatly improved.

Therefore, Yang Fan had no interest in these Qi Refining stage corpse puppets. After disposing of them, he kept only one corpse for Zhou Peng.

Over the next few days, Yang Fan focused all his attention on crafting the corpse puppet.

Crafting a puppet at the Foundation Establishment stage requires far more effort than crafting one at the Qi Refining stage.

Yang Fan would drip some of his essence blood into the furnace almost every few hours.

Even with such careful steps, they nearly failed on the third or fourth day of the process.

Yang Fan looked at the struggling corpse puppet, his heart filled with doubt.

"This person is clearly dead, so why is he still fighting so desperately?"

Zhou Peng spoke up to explain.

"Master, you may not know this, but refining a Qi Refining stage corpse puppet is inherently quite difficult."

"If the master's cultivation level far surpasses that of the other party, the refining process will be very smooth, and the corpse puppet will naturally submit."

"Now that the master's realm is not as high as when he was alive, the corpse puppet will rely on its instincts to struggle and try to break free from its restraints."

"Master, now do your best to imprint your spiritual mark into the corpse puppet's body, while continuing to add essence blood to suppress it."

Yang Fan immediately nodded and did as instructed, continuously transferring his essence and blood to imprint his divine consciousness.

His mental strength far surpasses that of cultivators at the same level, and his spiritual awareness is comparable to that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Imprinting a spiritual mark was not difficult for him.

However, when all of his divine sense was sent into the corpse puppet's body, the opponent's resistance became even more intense.

Yang Fan looked on in astonishment.

"Why is the resistance becoming even more intense? Could it be that he's hiding something special?"

Zhou Peng lowered his head and pondered for a moment before slowly speaking.

"Most likely, there's something unusual on this person; the owner will know once they examine him carefully."

Yang Fan nodded in response and immediately began to carefully examine the entire corpse puppet.

Not long after, he discovered a strange mark on the chest of the corpse puppet.