I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

At this moment, a bell rang out ahead, Tian Lin and Zhou Jin's expressions both changed.

Zhou Jin raised his hand and his flying sword instantly pierced into the forest mist, but as the flying sword entered two zhang into the forest, not only was its figure obscured by the dense Corpse Qi mist, it also lost contact with Zhou Jin.

Yet the bell sound ahead was still approaching through the forest towards them.

"Run!"

After Tian Lin spoke, he and Zhou Jin dashed out of the Chaotic Burial Forest.

As soon as Zhou Jin emerged from the Chaotic Burial Forest, he coughed and spit out the Detoxification Pill he held in his mouth.

Though he had the Detoxification Pill, a small amount of Corpse Qi had still entered his body.

At this moment, his face turned pale green, and his hands looked as if they had dug through coal, also having a burnt appearance.

Tian Lin protected him by his side, watching Zhou Jin sit cross-legged to expel the Corpse Qi.

After more than an hour, Zhou Jin finally got up from his meditation.

He looked at Tian Lin in surprise and couldn't help but praise: "Junior brother, although you only have early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, your True Qi seems even denser than mine."

Tian Lin explained: "Perhaps it is because I cultivate the Sealing Earth Skill? The Sealing Earth Skill is originally a Divine Skill from Xiangxi Sect, and the Death Qi refined through this skill—although Corpse Qi isn't the same—contains elements of Death Qi—

Thus, as long as I hold my breath and focus while holding a Detoxification Pill, Corpse Qi can hardly harm my body."

Zhou Jin nodded and accepted Tian Lin's explanation.

By now, it was dark, and the surroundings were utterly silent, with the chilling aura of the Chaotic Burial Forest especially intense at this moment.

Inside the Chaotic Burial Forest, strange roars rose, sounding terrifyingly like both human and beast.

"It seems difficult to find an unclaimed corpse at this moment. Let's wander around the area a bit more, and if we still can't find one, we might have to spend spirit stones to cheat."

The two flew up high in the sky on their flying swords and saw that people living in these mountains had already retired for the night.

Only the disciples from Class C were still moving through the night sky on their flying swords like shooting stars.

"No need to think further, unclaimed corpses won't appear in such places. Even if we were lucky enough to encounter one, it would still be far from enough compared to the six corpses we wish to capture."

Zhou Jin sighed, and Tian Lin followed up, "Should we go find that woman now?"

"That sounds good, let's go now."

After Zhou Jin spoke, their moving lights instantly headed towards the village where the woman was located.

In the deep of the night, when it was quiet and deserted, only the large river outside the village continued to flow loudly.

At the entrance of the village, an old locust tree had a wind lantern hanging on it.

Zhou Jin and Tian Lin approached the old locust tree and paid their respects to the shrine under it.

Zhou Jin hesitated for a moment, then took out three incense sticks from his Storage Bag and handed them to Tian Lin, while he himself first lit the incense with his True Qi.

After he placed the incense sticks in the incense burner in front of the shrine, Tian Lin also stepped forward to place his three incense sticks there.

The two paid their respects to the wooden statue in the shrine again, then strode into the village.

The barking of dogs arose due to their arrival, and as barks echoed everywhere, lights were lit in four or five households.

The courtyard door nearest to the village entrance at the east end was the first to open, and an old man came out to greet them with a bow: "Fellow Daoists visiting Huilong Village late at night, may I ask your business here?"

Tian Lin and Zhou Jin returned the greeting, and Zhou Jin spoke: "Earlier today, I spent spirit stones to buy six corpses from a woman in the village, we've come tonight to collect."

While he spoke to the old man, Tian Lin's gaze drifted towards the western side of the village.

Several coffins were placed outside a courtyard there, piled up with a set of huge logs.

Tian Lin had helped the woman 'move' logs in the river during the day and recognized a few of them which were some of the driftwood that had floated downstream in the daytime.

Sure enough, the courtyard door opened, revealing a woman carrying a wind lantern, followed by a Qi Refiner dressed in robes approaching from the front.

The Qi Refiner was a middle-aged robust man; he first bowed to Tian Lin and Zhou Jin, and then greeted the old man by saying: "Elder uncle, these are the guests Diao'er mentioned to you today."

At this, the old man nodded:

"So they are immortal disciples from Wendaos Sect, my apologies for my earlier rudeness."

After he spoke, he then addressed Tian Lin and Zhou Jin: "The corpses you requested have been prepared, may I know when you would like to inspect them?"

Tian Lin responded: "The sooner the better, just don't mind us bothering you."

The old man took the wind lantern from the woman's hand and led the way to an ancient well in the village with the lantern.

Meanwhile, many men from the village, who had been awakened, walked towards them.

However, among those present, only the old man had mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, and these people, aware of Tian Lin and Zhou Jin's identity and cultivation, did not dare come too close.

Only the old man led Tian Lin and Zhou Jin to the ancient well; when Tian Lin and Zhou Jin peered into the well, a chilly wind blew up from inside, making their hair flutter wildly.

"Is there Corpse Qi here, are the corpses hidden inside?"

Hearing the old man say, "This corpse well is specially used for nurturing coffins and corpses. The corpses that we, the corpse chasers, bring back from outside are all made into dry corpses using this well."

"It's all thanks to this well that we corpse chasers are able to survive on this land."

After he finished speaking, he gestured for the man clad in clothes to come over.

The man walked over to the ancient well, picked up a thick rope from the well's mouth, and then tied the rope around the windlass.

As the crank handle was turned, the rope wound around the windlass several times, finally stretching taut all the way to the bottom of the well.

A squeaking sound that made one's teeth tingle followed, the man grunted as the rope continued to wrap around the windlass.

From the dark abyss of the well, a black casket was pulled up.

Zhou Jin pulled Tian Lin back two steps to avoid the Corpse Qi gushing out from the well.

However, the mid-stage Foundation Establishment old man seemed unfazed and stepped forward to grab the bottom of the casket.

With the old man's arms exerting force, the casket was skewed and pulled out of the ancient well.

A loud 'thud' echoed as the casket hit the ground, emitting a dull sound.

This casket was tightly bound by thick ropes all over, but a shaking sound came from within it, and the tightly bound ropes seemed slightly loosened.

The old man cut off the ropes connecting the casket to the windlass, and the clothed man picked up a second rope from the mouth of the well and wrapped it around the windlass.

Tian Lin looked at the dozen or so thick ropes from the mouth of the well and said, "Are there about a dozen mummies hidden in this ancient well?"

While observing the ancient well, the old man replied:

"Only nine mummies, the rest are fresh corpses recently buried in the well. With some luck, we might be able to cultivate a few more mummies in less than two months—"

"How long does it take for a mummy to become an undead?"

Tian Lin continued to inquire, listening to the old man's explanation: "It also depends on the quality of the Corpse Qi where the bodies are kept. For example, our ancient well can only cultivate mummies and not undead.

That Chaotic Burial Forest over there, however, is an excellent place for cultivating undead."

At that moment, the second casket was pulled up, and the old man, mimicking his earlier method, pulled up this second casket as well.

Once these caskets were on the ground, it seemed as if the contents inside came alive.

But the lids of these caskets were not simple—otherwise, just the thick ropes tied on the caskets would hardly be sufficient to contain the mummies inside.

As another man pulled up the third casket, Tian Lin asked the old man:

"As far as I know, this Corpse Qi is extremely harmful to the human body. What Divine Skills do corpse chasers use to keep themselves safe while working with mummies and Corpse Qi for such long periods?"

The old man explained, "The disciples of Xiangxi Sect cultivate Death Qi, which is no less inferior to Five Elements True Qi. But we corpse chasers aren't so fortunate; we rely entirely on medicine to suppress the Corpse Qi.

However, it's only a matter of time before problems arise. You must have visited the Chaotic Burial Forest, which was a mundane place in its early years.

But as more and more corpse chasers buried bodies there, it gradually became a stronghold for the Shi Family, making it a place where low-level corpse chasers dare not venture deeply."

Soon, six caskets were retrieved from the well.

Fifteen Mid-Grade Spirit Stones bought six low-class mummies, technically speaking, the people of Huilong Village made a profit.

But these uniformly black caskets, cultivated with Corpse Qi, are actually more valuable than the mummies themselves.

Thus, the old man would not possibly give Tian Lin and his companion all the mummies along with their black caskets.

He said to the clothed man, "Go find six caskets, let's allow the two immortal disciples to inspect the goods."

The man gestured for someone to fetch caskets from his home.

Shortly after, six unpainted caskets were carried over.

Meanwhile, the old man had already cut the rope on the first black casket.

Once the rope was cut and the casket lid was opened, a ragged, sparse-haired corpse jumped out from the casket, transforming into a blur as it lunged towards the old man standing closest.

The old man stood unmoved, and when the mummy got closer, bit his index finger, pressing it onto the mummy's forehead.

The mummy fell backward with a 'bang,' only its pair of green eyes still moving, its body completely immobilized.

"Look at his teeth, their eyes, and then look at his fingernails—"

The old man went forward and introduced to Tian Lin and his companion, "From any angle, this corpse is quite beautiful."

Tian Lin couldn't see the beauty, but they just needed to hand over the mummies, not caring whether the corpses were missing hands or feet, and simply said:

"Then please help us prepare this mummy for entombment."

A middle-aged man then stepped forward, hoisted the mummy from the ground, and placed it into one of the newly arrived, unpainted thin caskets.

At that moment, the second casket was opened.

Out of the casket jumped a woman.

The old man quickly immobilized the woman with a press of his finger, then turned to introduce to Tian Lin and his companion: "This mummy is even more extraordinary; she was a lady of high status. If only she had cultivation, she would be a top-grade mummy.

Look at her chest, her face, and her skin, perfectly deserving to be kept in a room for personal amusement."

Tian Lin was somewhat speechless, and remarked, "Bluntly speaking, does anyone actually play with corpses?"

The old man gave Tian Lin a peculiar look, saying, "In this world, mummies are much more obedient than living people."