Xiao Fei scanned the cave, finding no other living souls besides the zombies.
He was young, yet he had already died twice.
His current body was that of a zombie, but it housed the soul of a living person.
From head to toe, every part of him was stiff. His joints were particularly rigid, making movement inconvenient.
He stretched his stiff body, slowly adapting to the sensation.
Within his dantian sea was a pitch-black expanse of spiritual liquid.
Through continuous refinement, his spiritual energy had transformed into a type of corpse qi, a unique spiritual energy belonging to zombies, the very source of their power.
However, deep within this ink-black spiritual energy, a tiny, needle-sized cluster of multicolored primordial spiritual energy slowly rotated, continuously absorbing and converting the surrounding corpse qi.
His primordial spiritual energy formed a self-contained whole, its five elements circulating ceaselessly, like a miniature world creating a cycle within his body.
All things in heaven and earth were composed of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements in various combinations. In theory, the Primordial Five Elements Cultivation Technique could evolve all things.
But this was merely theoretical. The Primordial Ancestor, a man of great talent, had only succeeded in evolving one divine ability, the Primordial Divine Thunder, in his lifetime.
Xiao Fei could not surpass his predecessor for the moment, but his primordial spiritual energy was of higher quality than ordinary spiritual energy.
It was incomparable to the unorthodox spiritual energy of corpse qi. If Xiao Fei's entire spiritual energy were not suppressed, the corpse qi would not stand a chance against the primordial spiritual energy.
It would not be difficult to refine this corpse qi with some time in the future.
As for his own body, which had died and become a zombie, he would have to find a way to deal with it after leaving this place.
He had only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, yet this current body already possessed the strength of the late Foundation Establishment stage. He wondered if this was a blessing or a curse.
With a wave of his hand, a swarm of Iron Fire Ants appeared before him, forming neat ranks and flying towards the entrance of a stone chamber.
There was a formation on the stone door. The Iron Fire Ants immediately began to gnaw at it upon reaching the door.
No matter what profound formation it was, they would all chew through it.
These Iron Fire Ants had been cultivated by Xiao Fei in his space for decades using Dragon Breath Grass. They were now immensely strong, their teeth sharp, and their bodies covered in a layer of shiny black scales.
Their quality was much higher than the previous batch of 5,000 ants.
Twenty thousand Iron Fire Ants clung to the door, gnawing with great force. Soon, a large hole was chewed through the stone door.
A swarm of Iron Fire Ants poured through the opening. After a long while, no danger was triggered, and only then did Xiao Fei squeeze through the hole.
All items related to evil cultivators belonging to the Sect Master were hidden in this stone chamber.
Inside the stone chamber, various items were neatly arranged, most of them exuding an evil and eerie aura.
The bell the Sect Master had used to control zombies was also placed on a stone table.
Xiao Fei did not touch these items for the moment, his divine sense diligently searching the stone chamber.
Finally, in an inconspicuous corner, he found his Soul Nurturing Pearl.
The Soul Nurturing Pearl was still the same as before. The Sect Master had placed a seal on it when he captured Xiao Fei, and it remained unbroken.
Seeing this, a weight lifted from Xiao Fei's heart.
"Thank heavens! It's good that my second sister is alright!"
He carefully put away the Soul Nurturing Pearl.
Only then did he have the mood to examine the other items.
He definitely had to take the bell the Sect Master used to control zombies. As for the other items, Xiao Fei had no intention of leaving a single one behind.
Even if he couldn't use them himself, he enjoyed doing anything that would displease the Sect Master.
All the items in the stone chamber were swept away by him and moved into his space.
After emptying the stone chamber, Xiao Fei still felt his hatred was not appeased.
He unbuckled his trousers, took out an item that had been refined into a bronze color, and intended to urinate on the ground.
However, he discovered that his body had lost this function. After holding it in for a long time, not a single drop came out.
"Damn you! If I ever get my hands on you, I'll make you eat dog shit! I'll make you suffer all the miseries of the world, unable to live or die!"
Xiao Fei cursed, and quickly exited the stone chamber.
It was enough to vent his anger verbally. Escaping was the priority now.
The other stone chambers were not protected by formations, and Xiao Fei frequently moved in and out of them.
He swept away all the zombies stored in the stone chambers. The total number was over 100, meaning more than a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators had met their demise. It was truly insane.
After all, the entire Danxin Sect had only a few hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators. Among these zombies, over 30 were wearing Danxin Sect robes.
After collecting all the zombies in the cave, he looked at the numerous strange and bizarre tools used for his crimes.
He decided to take everything, not even leaving a stool behind, as his space was large enough.
Although he had no intention of developing himself into an evil cultivator, he absolutely would not let the Sect Master benefit.
Thus, including the medicinal liquids for soaking corpses, the alchemical furnaces for refining corpses, and the broken iron hook that had hooked his nose, everything was collected into his space.
After a busy period, he finally took everything he could carry and smashed everything he couldn't.
Only then did he command the swarm of Iron Fire Ants to surge towards the cave entrance.
The cave entrance was protected by a large formation set up by the Sect Master, which was far superior to the small formation on the stone chamber.
Generally, when such a formation was triggered, the formation master would sense it. He had to break the formation quickly.
Although he could now mobilize his spiritual energy, in a space sealed by a formation, he could not use a Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman to escape.
The protective formation at the cave entrance had to be breached. Fortunately, protective formations were generally designed to be outward-facing, not inward-facing, making them relatively easier to break from the inside.
Twenty thousand Iron Fire Ants, under Xiao Fei's command, crawled onto the protective light screen at the cave entrance and gnawed at it with all their might.
Simultaneously, Xiao Fei took out his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, activated the second layer of the formation on the blade, instantly increasing its weight to 2,400 jin.
Having been tortured for these two years, his physical strength had greatly increased. At this moment, lifting the 2,400 jin Green Dragon Crescent Blade felt as light as nothing.
"Roar!"
Holding the blade with both hands, he fiercely slashed at the light screen, immediately creating a tiny crack.
However, before his blade had even left, the crack closed up on its own.
It was fine. If one strike didn't work, he would strike dozens or hundreds more times. He was filled with power now, his mind even occupied by this ferocious strength. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't exert himself.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
He struck the same spot repeatedly with his blade, soon creating a gap about a foot wide in the light screen.
A surge of black corpse qi erupted from Xiao Fei's body, drawing all the Iron Fire Ants into his space. He quickly darted through the gap.
The moment his figure squeezed out, the gap in the light screen had already sealed shut as before.
Just then, he saw a streak of rainbow light flying towards him from a distance.
He remembered this light vividly; it was how the Sect Master had brought him here last time.
He hadn't expected the Sect Master to arrive so quickly. He hurriedly took out the Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman given to him by True Person Guangling, channeling his black corpse qi into it.
The Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman was a third-tier spiritual talisman, and it was relatively slow to activate with his cultivation.
The Sect Master's rainbow light was getting closer, and the talisman in his hand slowly lit up.
At that moment, the Sect Master unleashed a hand seal, and Xiao Fei's entire body immediately fell into a state of rigidity.
His body was immobilized, and the black corpse qi around him could not be mobilized at all. The Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman, which had just begun to glow, was about to dim again.
"Heh heh heh... I didn't expect you to retain a trace of sentience. This is even better. I must cultivate you into the foremost zombie under my command!"
A ferocious and contorted face revealed a look of ecstatic joy, with green pus oozing from the pustules on his face.
A sentient zombie would be more interesting to control, and in terms of combat power, it would be several times stronger than those zombies that had lost their sentience and acted only on instinct.
As for Xiao Fei escaping the cave, he didn't take it to heart. If he couldn't even control the zombies he refined, he would be a laughingstock in the world of evil cultivation.
As an excellent and seasoned evil cultivator, how could he make such a low-level mistake?
He had already laid various contingency plans on Xiao Fei. A single hand seal could paralyze all of Xiao Fei's abilities.
Xiao Fei's internal corpse qi was suppressed, and his body was unable to move.
However, the primordial spiritual energy within him was unaffected. After continuously refining corpse qi during this time, it had grown considerably stronger.
At this moment, the primordial spiritual energy took over from the corpse qi, rapidly flowing into the Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman.
Just as the Sect Master was excitedly reveling in his masterpiece, he discovered that the talisman in Xiao Fei's hand was glowing again.
A dazzling beam of light emanated from the talisman, enveloping Xiao Fei's entire body.
When the light dissipated, the spot where he had stood was empty. Xiao Fei was nowhere to be seen!
"You think you can escape my grasp!"
The Sect Master said, taking out a jade plate. On the edge of the jade plate, a red dot was continuously flashing.