Wild Dogs

Zhou Peng lowered his voice and asked.

"What are Master's plans for his cultivation next?"

Yang Fan took a deep breath.

"I have a large number of spiritual herbs and medicines, which can be used to refine many pills. With these resources, I can stay here safely for two or three years without any problem."

He turned to look at Zhou Peng.

"Pay close attention to the movements of the coffins around you during this time. I have a feeling that there is something strange hidden inside them."

"Don't touch these coffins until my cultivation level improves."

"Once my cultivation level breaks through, we'll investigate the situation inside the coffin together."

"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely guard this place well."

Zhou Peng solemnly made a guarantee on the spot.

Yang Fan arranged for Zhou Peng to attach himself to a Qi Refining stage puppet to guard the entire underground palace.

He sat cross-legged and focused on refining elixirs and cultivating his spiritual practice.

The length of time, whether it's two or three years or not, depends entirely on the individual. As long as you calm down and work hard, you can get through it smoothly.

In the days that followed, Yang Fan devoted himself to diligent cultivation.

The people sent by Cangyun City initially searched very frequently.

Every day, two or three divine senses would hover and patrol above the mass grave.

The area was filled with yin energy, and with layers of protective formations, the searchers couldn't detect anything amiss and left immediately.

Later, the frequency of checking decreased, from checking daily to once every few days.

After a year, the check was changed to once a month.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the number of patrols outside has decreased significantly, with divine sense probing only occurring every few months.

Yang Fan has been diligently cultivating for the past two years, relying on elixirs to help him, and has successfully broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Yang Fan was not satisfied with his cultivation speed.

He had plenty of medicinal resources at his disposal, so his cultivation speed could have been much faster.

The heavy yin energy here prevents the gathering of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, which slows down the cultivation progress.

Everything has two sides. It is precisely because there is little spiritual energy here that it does not attract the attention of outsiders.

If the spiritual energy here is stronger than in other places, the searchers will definitely find traces of it.

Yang Fan saw that the patrols outside were gradually decreasing, and then patiently waited for another six months.

Only after confirming that no one else was coming to search did Yang Fan lower his guard.

"The other side has lowered their guard; now is a good time to leave."

Yang Fan stretched and prepared to leave.

He looked around at the coffins, his heart filled with curiosity.

During the two years of seclusion, there were frequent sudden movements from the coffin.

He had always wanted to find out what was inside the coffin.

"The master can first stick the talismans around the coffin to suppress the contents inside."

"As long as these talismans are there to suppress any unexpected situations, nothing unexpected will happen."

Yang Fan nodded slightly.

"I know exactly what to do."

Yang Fan immediately took out dozens of talismans. Although his own talisman-drawing skills were not good enough, he had accumulated a lot of high-quality ready-made talismans.

He carefully affixed the talismans to the surfaces of several coffins that were frequently disturbed, and then slowly opened the first coffin.

As soon as the coffin was opened, a green-haired monster rushed out of it.

As soon as the monster appeared, the talismans pasted around it suddenly emitted a golden light, and golden threads instantly wrapped around them, binding the monster tightly.

The monster was pulled back into the coffin, and a series of roars came from inside.

Yang Fan stepped forward and carefully examined the green-haired monster in front of him. After a while, he slowly nodded.

"It's quite surprising; this monster is actually quite strong."

"It looks like the corpse has undergone a zombie transformation."

Zhou Peng chimed in from the side.

"It was indeed caused by the transformation of corpses. Something must have happened in this underground palace in the past, otherwise the yin energy here would not be so strong, and a large number of corpses would not have undergone abnormal changes."

"But does the master really intend to keep this body? Its cultivation is only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, so it's not very useful?"

Yang Fan gently shook his head.

"This body is indeed not worth the effort."

Yang Fan took out a silver needle and pierced it directly into the monster's head.

The moment the silver needle was inserted, the monster immediately quieted down.

Yang Fan closed the coffin lid again, affixed the talisman, and stopped investigating.

He turned to look at another coffin next to him. This coffin usually made a lot of noise, and Yang Fan planned to find out what was inside.

Yang Fan opened the coffin using the same method as before, and inside lay a perfectly preserved woman.

The woman's body was intact, without a trace of decay.

Yang Fan's expression gradually became serious.

He didn't need to pay any attention to ordinary green-haired monsters; the corpse in front of him wasn't rotten at all, and it was strange in every way.

The yin energy here is so heavy that the corpse should have undergone some kind of transformation, but this corpse neither developed lividity nor turned into a walking corpse, which is really illogical.

Yang Fan turned to look at Zhou Peng beside him.

Can you figure out why?

Zhou Peng chuckled softly.

"I can't figure it out either. This thing looks very strange. The owner must be extra careful."

Yang Fan nodded in response.

I know what I'm doing.

He raised his hand and flicked out several silver needles, accurately piercing several key acupoints on the corpse.

After the silver needles were inserted, the female corpse still did not move at all.

Yang Fan wondered if he was overthinking things.

He decided to test the waters, raising his hand to swing his longsword and thrust it towards the woman's throat.

Just as the longsword was about to touch her body, the female corpse suddenly opened her eyes and let out a sharp, piercing scream.

The cries echoed throughout the underground palace, assaulting Yang Fan's mind and causing him to lose his balance, staggering back several steps.

The female corpse slowly sat up from the coffin, her slender fingers suddenly became sharp and pointed, and her beautiful face instantly turned ferocious and terrifying.

The female corpse's eyes were fixed on Yang Fan, as if she was about to pounce on him.

Fortunately, the talismans around her worked, trapping her firmly inside the coffin.

A look of satisfaction appeared in Yang Fan's eyes.

"My cultivation has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, which is perfect for crafting a corpse puppet. I'll choose this one."

Yang Fan flicked out another silver needle, precisely sealing the meridians in the female corpse's head, and pressed her back into the coffin.

He moved the coffin aside and then went to look at the other coffins.

Although there were also mutated corpses in the other coffins, most of them were at the seventh or eighth level of the Qi Refining stage, or even the ninth level, so they were of little help to Yang Fan.

Finally, Yang Fan selected another male corpse with a cultivation level similar to that of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Only then did he find two suitable materials for refining.

"I will leave this place after I have finished refining these two bodies."

Filled with anticipation, Yang Fan immediately began refining the corpse puppet.

If he can successfully refine them, he will have three Foundation Establishment stage corpse puppets in his possession.

With his own cultivation at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, plus three helpers, the four of them working together could even put up a fight against a cultivator at the early Core Formation stage.