Chapter 137: Chapter 45: Corpse Nourishment Reappears

Li Jizhou summoned a small protective array to cover himself, then linked his Divine Sense with Gua Gua, concentrating fully on sharing Gua Gua’s perspective and controlling its movements through his Divine Sense.

“Go deeper!” In his past life’s memory, the tomb was buried nearly a hundred meters underground, not far from the source of the Spirit Vein.

At that depth, generally, a Fake Pill cultivator not specialized in earth-related techniques couldn’t reach it.

However, for Gua Gua, which had long advanced to Tier Two Mid Stage demon beast with innate Earth Escape bloodline talent, it was not a major problem.

Li Jizhou used his past life’s memory to discern the direction. After half an hour, Gua Gua finally reached the core Spirit Vein area of the Main Peak of the Du Xian Sect.

The spirit veins across the Celestial Profound Continent all dispersed from the Spirit Vein Ancestral Source in Central State.

Their dispersal route extends from the earth’s core to a predetermined point, then rises upwards from the subterranean.

From the overall distribution of spirit veins, they seem like individual points, but actually, deep underground, there are interconnecting transmission routes of spirit veins resembling branches.

The largest branch of the spirit vein in the Liang Kingdom is beneath the core area of the Main Peak of the Du Xian Sect. The source is more than a hundred meters from the surface, continuously emitting Spiritual Qi upwards to support the cultivators in the area.

“Slowly!” Upon nearing the core area, it wasn’t far from the underground tomb. Li Jizhou instructed Gua Gua to slow down.

Proceed with extreme caution, taking three cautious steps at a time.

“Stop!” Finally, a sinister aura of death transmitted into Li Jizhou’s sea of consciousness through Gua Gua’s senses.

“Strange, in my past life’s memory, when my Divine Sense merged with the world, I saw golden radiance, solemn and majestic. Though there was the presence of death, it wasn’t this dense of an eerie aura.” Li Jizhou slightly frowned.

“Throw the Transmission Talisman!”

Gua Gua opened its mouth, and three Transmission Talismans instantly pierced through the soil in front, reaching the tomb’s interior.

Immediately, through the talismans’ perspective, Li Jizhou saw the area his Divine Sense had sensed in his past life.

A body emitting a faint golden light sat cross-legged on the ground,

On the floor was a circular groove.

Besides that, the tomb was empty.

The corpse also didn’t seem as majestic as in Li Jizhou’s memory; instead, it appeared rather sinister. Just a glance could evoke a sense of eerie foreboding.

Regarding the information about the Tier Four Talisman Master he gleaned in a flash from his past life, there was no trace of it now.

“How could this be? Where did the knowledge in that instant from my past life come from?” Li Jizhou began to doubt his past life’s memories.

Upon careful reflection, it seems there was never a visual memory, only the impression of those two pieces of information.

Li Jizhou searched again through all the visible information but couldn’t connect anything to the Tier Four Talisman Master.

As for that corpse…

Li Jizhou once more focused on the corpse, certain it was a Golden Core cultivator’s.

“Golden light enduring, the flesh incorruptible, the face…”

Suddenly, just as Li Jizhou looked towards the corpse’s cheeks, its eyes abruptly opened.

A pair of blood-tinged eyes flashed with a hint of sinister charm…

“Retreat! Retreat quickly!”

Li Jizhou instantly destroyed the three Transmission Talismans and immediately called Gua Gua back.

Before Gua Gua could return, Li Jizhou had already mounted a flying sword and shot straight into the sky.

Only after fleeing a thousand miles did he anxiously deploy his flying ship, immediately sitting cross-legged upon it, using annual ring power to cleanse his sea of consciousness, and then had Bai Yi circle around him with a flame.

“Corpse Nourishment!”

After washing his sea of consciousness several times, confirming it wasn’t invaded by sinister charm, Li Jizhou breathed a long sigh of relief.

The recent scene was truly bizarre.

Considering the situation there, the words “corpse nourishment” emerged in his mind.

“Why is it nourishing corpses again in the Spirit Vein Land?” Three years ago, having just experienced the Qi Kingdom’s Thunder Flame Sect nourishing corpses in their ancestral land, Li Jizhou instinctively linked the two events together.

The Thunder Flame Sect nurturing corpses, that was a Tier Four Spirit Vein Land, and coupled with the allure of their underground treasure vault, countless cultivators would have been lured to offer their essence blood willingly, unendingly.

Yet here, a mere Tier Two Spirit Vein Land, inferior even to the Golden Sun Sect’s spirit vein, why would there be corpse nourishment here?

Moreover, it was a Golden Core’s corpse!

Li Jizhou settled into contemplative thought, unravelling piece by piece.

Suddenly, a thought struck him.

“There seems to be a commonality!”

“The Thunder Flame Sect is the highest-level Spirit Vein Land in the Qi Kingdom’s cultivation world, belonging to the largest branch of the Eastern Desolation Central Domain’s spirit veins extending to Qi Kingdom.And the spirit vein of the Du Xian Sect in Liang Kingdom also belongs to the largest branch within Liang.The present major difference between the two is that the Thunder Flame Sect has a treasure vault underground attracting cultivators to sacrifice themselves as blood offerings.Whereas Du Xian Sect has no disputes and hasn’t attracted cultivators to blood rituals.So the blood fiend at Thunder Flame Sect achieved the path, its blood fiend shrouding the sky.But the golden corpse beneath Du Xian Sect has yet to achieve the path.In an instant, Li Jizhou seemed to grasp the cause of those two pieces of information accidentally “seen” in the past life’s merging of his Divine Sense with the world, perhaps it was the golden corpse’s means of enticing cultivators.Only, being deeply buried underground, the highest level of cultivators in this country being no more than the Late Stage Foundation Establishment, it was very difficult for them to connect with their Divine Sense, only during those rare moments of merging with the worldly Divine Sense could it function.”Who exactly is it? Why do this?””If it’s merely to nurture corpses, there’s no need to choose the main spirit veins of various countries, moreover, with the capability to nurture a Golden Core corpse, slaughtering a country’s cultivators for blood sacrifice should pose no challenge, why merely place the corpse under the spirit vein and stop intervening?””The plot must be grand!”Li Jizhou slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of helplessness on his face.A Golden Core corpse, nurtured by main spirit veins, its scale is vast.Such a setup shows the high level of scheming behind its mastermind.With his current cultivation realm, he simply couldn’t capture any valuable information.”Gua Gua~” Several hours later, Gua Gua finally followed the route Li Jizhou had indicated and found its way back.Li Jizhou took it aboard the flying ship, cleansing it several times with concentration power to verify it wasn’t spiritually contaminated, and then had Bai Yi circle it in flames to prevent any Divine Sense attachment, before fleeing afar with the flying ship.Spirit Vein corpse nourishment, the magnitude of the situation is immense, not something he, in his current weakness, can control.Even if he speaks out, no one would believe him, or it could lead to some greedy individuals foolishly sacrificing themselves, becoming the blood feast for the golden corpse.There’s even the possibility of being effortlessly killed by the unknown terrifying force behind the Spirit Vein corpse nourishment.This place is not a place of safety!Three months later, Li Jizhou crossed a small patch of spiritually barren land north of the Liang Kingdom and entered a neighboring small Cultivation Country.This country is not much different from Liang Kingdom, with Foundation Establishment Stage as the dominant rank, and the highest quality spirit vein being Tier Two high-grade.Li Jizhou came here only to verify his speculation.Following the same method, Gua Gua carried the Transmission Talisman into the highest-tier Spirit Vein Land here.But this time Li Jizhou kept it at a greater distance.The results caused Li Jizhou’s heart to tighten!As expected, beneath the largest branch of the spirit vein in this country, there was also a corpse seated atop the spirit vein source.Suppressing his shock, Li Jizhou continued onwards towards a coastal Cultivation Country to the east.There, a minuscule Cultivation Country with only Tier One spirit veins.Inside, there are only four Tier One spirit veins, all extending from the Tier Two branches of neighboring countries, essentially lacking a main vein.The results matched Li Jizhou’s speculations, without a main vein Cultivation Country, there was no Spirit Vein corpse nourishment.In the Eastern Desolate Southern Domain, there are hundreds of countries, with over a hundred possessing Spirit Veins, and at least thirty Cultivating Immortality Countries possessing Tier Two or higher spirit vein branches!According to Li Jizhou’s speculation, perhaps every Cultivation Country with a Tier Two spirit vein main branch has someone conducting Spirit Vein corpse nourishment.With things reaching this point, Li Jizhou already grasped the situation in his heart but was unwilling to be further entangled.

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