Wild Dogs

Yang Fan's expression darkened, and he immediately dripped a large amount of essence blood into the mark, intending to suppress it with the essence blood.

He then activated the Blood Path Secret Technique, preparing to completely control the Corpse Puppet.

Unexpectedly, after the secret technique was performed, the dripping essence blood suddenly burst into flames.

A moment later, the mark on his chest rose into the air and slowly condensed into the figure of an old man.

The aged, illusory figure looked at Yang Fan with a cold expression.

"This man is my grandson. Please show him mercy."

Yang Fan was startled and quickly took a few steps back, raising his hand to draw his weapon and aim it at the illusory figure.

Zhou Peng quickly spoke up to comfort him.

"Master, there is no need to panic. This is just a residual image of the divine consciousness left on a junior by a powerful person. Its strength is not particularly formidable."

Yang Fan relaxed slightly, but his expression remained serious.

"It seems this person has a powerful background."

Zhou Peng looked helpless.

"That is indeed the case; we have probably inadvertently provoked a powerful enemy."

Yang Fan clenched his fists tightly.

"Even if someone has someone backing me up, I will not back down if they take the initiative to hunt me down."

"What should we do now?"

Zhou Peng looked up at the illusory figure in mid-air and answered.

"This residual image of divine consciousness is not difficult to deal with; Master can simply disperse it."

"However, this person's identity is extraordinary. After we deal with the corpse puppet, we'd better leave this place as soon as possible to avoid attracting unnecessary trouble."

After thinking for a moment, Yang Fan slowly nodded.

"What you said makes perfect sense; we shouldn't stay here any longer."

Yang Fan looked at the Foundation Establishment stage corpse puppet in front of him. He had already spent a lot of effort and precious resources, and he really couldn't bear to give up.

Moreover, if the corpse puppet is discarded carelessly, the other party can still trace it back along the clues.

Rather than leaving hidden dangers, it's better to refine the corpse puppet completely by hand.

Yang Fan no longer hesitated, enduring his physical discomfort to continue channeling his essence and blood. His face gradually turned pale, but he persevered through gritted teeth.

As the essence blood continued to be integrated, the strange marks on the corpse puppet gradually faded.

Yang Fan raised his hand and struck out several times, sealing all the major acupoints on the corpse puppet's body.

This method can completely seal off the pathways of spiritual energy circulation, so that the corpse puppet can only move by relying on its physical body in the future and will no longer be able to cause trouble on its own.

After three more days of refining, the corpse puppet became completely quiet and stopped making any resistance.

Yang Fan knew that the refining process was about to reach its final step.

Zhou Peng spoke up to remind him.

"Master can now imprint a mental imprint and use his essence blood to stabilize his mind, thus completely subduing this corpse puppet."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

We've reached the final stage; all that's left is to finish crafting this corpse puppet.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan immediately dripped more of his divine sense and essence into it.

As these divine senses and essence dripped into the corpse puppet's body, a connection gradually formed between him and the corpse puppet.

Just as Yang Fan was doing his best to restrain the corpse puppet, his expression suddenly changed slightly.

Someone is coming from a distance.

Yang Fan immediately looked in that direction warily.

This is the final stage of creating the corpse puppet, so we must be extra careful.

With this in mind, Yang Fan immediately sped up the process of creating the corpse puppet.

He needed to complete the creation of the corpse puppet before these people approached the mass grave.

While sensing the presence of the people outside, Yang Fan continued to refine the corpse puppet.

Fortunately, this time it didn't take too long. In just a quarter of an hour, he had completely refined the corpse puppet.

Immediately afterwards, the corpse puppet flew out and knelt on one knee in front of Yang Fan.

Seeing this, Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Very good. Once this corpse puppet is completed, we won't have to worry about so many things anymore."

At the same time, he sensed several figures outside who had arrived near the mass grave.

"Interesting, why is there a mass grave here?"

"Should we go in and check?"

The group walked to the outside of the mass grave, and one of them asked the others beside him.

Upon hearing this, the others shook their heads slightly.

"What's there to investigate?"

"The person we're looking for is said to be deep in the mountains."

"There's no point in staying here. Let's go straight into the mountains and check everything one by one."

"There's no need to check the mass grave."

After saying that, the group immediately flew past the mass grave.

Seeing this, Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But then, his heart jumped into his throat again.

From their conversation, it's clear they're searching for someone.

Who exactly is this person that warrants such a large-scale search?

Yang Fan felt a surge of unease.

Thinking of this, he immediately and carefully walked out of the underground palace.

After taking only a few steps, Yang Fan heard a "thump-thump" sound coming from a coffin in a corner of the underground palace.

Upon hearing this sound, Yang Fan's expression changed.

He immediately sped up and flew outside.

Whether the coffin contains living or dead creatures, it's certainly not something good.

Yang Fan must not remain in the underground palace and be at the mercy of others.

Before long, Yang Fan had already flown out of the underground palace.

He looked around, thought for a moment, and then decided not to take down the battle flag.

The formation in front of him can conceal his presence and prevent outsiders from discovering his whereabouts.

The formation will remain here; perhaps he will return later.

With that thought in mind, Yang Fan immediately flew off into the distance.

Just to be on the safe side, he wanted to check if it was safe outside first.

If it's safe, he'll leave.

If any problems arise, he will quickly try to return to the mass grave.

Fortunately, Yang Fan stopped shortly afterward.

At this moment, his face turned extremely ugly.

The reason was simple: he was shocked to discover that many cultivators were searching back and forth in this mountain range.

Seeing this, Yang Fan's expression grew even more unpleasant.

"Why are so many cultivators suddenly here?"

Yang Fan said in surprise.

Zhou Peng, standing to the side, lowered his voice.

"Master, in my opinion, it's mostly because you killed that young master."

Yang Fan was taken aback.

"It can't be that bad. Even if that young master has some background, he wouldn't need to mobilize so many cultivators."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Fan suddenly realized something.

I encountered this young master near Cangyun City.

This kid dares to act recklessly around Cangyun City, which is obviously related to the city lord of Cangyun City.

Considering the other party's background, Yang Fan's heart sank.

He had most likely offended the faction of the Cangyun City Lord.

Yang Fan couldn't help but give a wry smile.

I'm really unlucky; I escaped one danger only to fall into another.

The city lord of Cangyun City is no ordinary man; he is even stronger than Xue Ming from before.

He's gotten himself into big trouble again.

"What should we do? We need to find a safe place to hide."

Yang Fan was so anxious that he was pacing around in circles.

There's simply no way to get out of the mountains now.

The interior of the mountain range is being searched thoroughly, and the area outside is certainly completely sealed off.

This makes it extremely difficult for Yang Fan to leave.

After much deliberation, Yang Fan could only shake his head and retreat to the underground palace for the time being.