Chapter 1650: Chapter 628: Flaw
This situation also surprised him, so he quickly employed the Heart Lotus Scripture to clear his heart and focus his spirit.
Afterwards, he no longer allowed the zombie to attack, and directly flicked his sleeve to summon the Dragon and Tiger Golden Rings, which encased the zombie’s limbs and restrained it.
The power of the high-grade magical treasure was evidently not something that this recently transformed fourth-order low-grade zombie could withstand.
After being restrained, although this beast continuously roared and struggled, it was unable to move a step further.
At this point, Zhou Daoquan snapped out of his shock, and couldn’t help pointing at the zombie, exclaiming to Zhou Chun, “A fourth-order Enlightened Zombie, Zhengchun, where did you find this kind of monster?”
“The matter is complicated; let me explain it to you slowly later.”
Zhou Chun replied, then looked at the zombie with a serious expression.
To tell the truth, he hadn’t expected that the assassin from the Ice Hell Sect, which he had sealed with the Soul-Sealing Suppressing Corpse Art for many years, would truly be directly transformed into a zombie!
This result was completely beyond his expectations.
After assessing the zombie for a while, Zhou Chun then turned to Zhou Daoquan and asked, “Uncle Ancestor, do you have a way to capture this beast and seal its consciousness?”
Hearing this, Zhou Daoquan paused, then replied in a deep voice, “If Zhengchun, you can suppress the Corpse Fiend Qi within its body, I might be able to give it a try!”
“This matter is simple.”
Zhou Chun responded, then patted the Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist and released Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai.
Subsequently, Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai spat out lightning, striking the zombie continuously to consume the Corpse Fiend Qi within its body.
Before long, the Corpse Fiend Qi within the zombie was consumed more than half, and its aura suddenly became extremely feeble.
Zhou Daoquan, upon seeing this, immediately formed hand seals and attempted to seal the zombie’s consciousness using the Ghost Path Secret Technique.
Generally, trying to seal the consciousness of a fourth-order zombie equivalent to a Golden Core Stage cultivator with the cultivation level of the Purple Mansion Phase is basically impossible.
However, firstly, ghost cultivators are inherently more skilled in this path, and secondly, the zombie was newly transformed and hadn’t yet fed on fresh blood, so its vicious aura was somewhat lacking.
After Zhou Daoquan’s attempts, he indeed successfully sealed its consciousness.
After sealing the zombie, Zhou Chun withdrew the magical treasure and placed it back into the Soul-Sealing Coffin, covering the coffin lid.
“Now Zhengchun, you can tell us about the origin of this zombie, right?”
Once Zhou Chun closed the coffin lid, Zhou Daoquan eagerly inquired about the previous issue.
Seeing this, Zhou Chun could only recount his past actions.
And after hearing his account, Zhou Daoquan also showed an expression of disbelief.
He couldn’t help but exclaim softly, “So, you only sealed that Ice Hell Sect assassin, who was half-corpse flesh, for less than a hundred years, and he turned into a fourth-order Enlightened Zombie!”
No wonder he was so shocked.
If fourth-order Enlightened Zombies were really this easy to cultivate, the Corpse Demon Sect wouldn’t have only held such modest power in the past.
In fact, even when possessing a complete Golden Core Stage cultivator corpse, using the Corpse Demon Sect’s unique corpse refinement secret technique combined with various precious materials to nurture, the probability of cultivating a fourth-order Enlightened Zombie is less than thirty percent!
“I also don’t know why this happened, but the fact remains as you see it now.”
Zhou Chun furrowed his brows, also feeling puzzled, sensing that this matter was quite odd.
Nonetheless, strange occurrences in the world are endless, and not every anomaly can be explained.
Thus, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan did not continue to investigate this matter deeply.
Zhou Daoquan quickly asked him, “Then what do you plan to do with this zombie now?”
“Considering that this beast was a Golden Core Stage cultivator of the Ice Hell Sect in life, this assassin sect is better left unprovoked if possible. I think it’s better to destroy it to avoid any hard-to-detect means by which the Ice Hell Sect might trace it back here!”
Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment before expressing his thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoquan couldn’t help but shake his head repeatedly and said, “That’s too wasteful! Such a uniquely talented fourth-order Enlightened Zombie is much more valuable than a fourth-order puppet; destroying it this way is overly wasteful!”
“You mean…”
Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Daoquan in surprise, taken aback by his words.
Facing his astonished confusion, Zhou Daoquan candidly said, “In the ghost cultivation method that I practice, there is a secret technique that can refine such Enlightened Zombies into corpse servant avatars. If I could master this technique, I would be able to leave here and move freely!”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun fell silent.
“Alright then, if that’s the case, I’ll leave this beast for you to handle!”
After a long silence, Zhou Chun finally sighed softly and agreed to Zhou Daoquan’s request.
Subsequently, he left the Soul-Sealing Coffin behind, took other relics from the Ice Hell Sect assassin, and departed from this Land of Yin Fiend.
Once he was far away, Zhou Chun looked back at the Land of Yin Fiend behind him and couldn’t help but let out a long, melancholic sigh.
Actually, he had long known that once transformed into a ghost cultivator, apart from the drawbacks and taboos recorded in the ghost cultivation method, there is another unnamed flaw.
That is, after losing the shackle of flesh and blood, the consciousness gradually becomes corrupted and twisted by the Netherworld Ghost Qi and Energy of Yin Fiend, changing one’s disposition, often becoming far more selfish and self-serving!
Before converting to a ghost cultivator, Zhou Daoquan would, knowing the potential dangers of allowing the Enlightened Zombie to remain, definitely prioritize the greater good and not insist on keeping it for personal gain.