Seeing the female corpse's finger move in the coffin, Ye Ling frowned.
He was certain that this female corpse had been dead for a long time, and her body was merely an empty shell.
But when he took out the Phoenix Eye, the corpse began to stir!
"The Phoenix Eye has this effect?"
Ye Ling was puzzled. He still didn't feel any life force from the female corpse in the coffin. Her body was still an empty shell, and the movement was entirely due to the spiritual energy of the Phoenix Eye establishing a connection with the female corpse in the coffin.
Curious about the identity of the female corpse, Ye Ling released the Phoenix Eye, letting it float above the corpse.
The entire bronze coffin and the Phoenix Eye lit up with a red glow. The female corpse in the coffin opened her hollow eyes and suddenly sat up from the coffin.
The exotic fragrance in the coffin disappeared, and the ancient bronze coffin quickly turned pitch black.
"Ah—!"
The female corpse, sitting up in the coffin, suddenly screamed as if she had gone mad. Her eyes turned blood red, her fingers formed claws, and she lunged at Ye Ling!
Ye Ling took a small step back. The female corpse missed with her claws, jumped out of the bronze coffin again, and lunged at Ye Ling.
"What is the relationship between the Phoenix Eye and her?"
Ye Ling didn't retaliate, he just kept dodging, observing the connection between the Phoenix Eye and the female corpse.
Although the power of the Phoenix Eye was extremely weak at this moment, Ye Ling could sense that the spiritual energy within the Phoenix Eye was continuously being injected into the female corpse's body.
The spiritual energy that drove the female corpse into a frenzy was emanating from the half of the Phoenix Eye that had been possessed by the Heavenly Net Ghost King.
Ye Ling dodged the female corpse's attack, grabbed the Phoenix Eye, removed the half that had been contaminated by the Heavenly Net Ghost King, and cut off its spiritual energy.
The frenzied female corpse instantly stopped moving and stood blankly on the altar.
"Interesting..."
Looking at the half of the Phoenix Eye in his hand emitting wisps of black smoke, Ye Ling's curiosity deepened.
The secrets hidden within the Phoenix Eye made Ye Ling even more curious.
He put the other half of the Phoenix Eye back into his spatial ring. The female corpse, activated by the Phoenix Eye, immediately fell to the ground, but before she hit the ground, Ye Ling caught her with his spiritual energy and placed her back into the bronze coffin.
He closed the coffin lid and stored the entire bronze coffin in his spatial ring.
After doing all this, Ye Ling glanced at the human bone lamps on the wall, then his gaze lingered on the blood-stained altar.
"I can go find Qiu Baiyi. As for this place..."
"Let it be destroyed."
Demonic energy surged from Ye Ling's body and spread in all directions.
Rumble!
At 1:30 AM, a magnitude four earthquake struck Jiangcheng.
...
Outside Jiangcheng, Qiu Baiyi was speeding through the countryside, constantly glancing back with an extremely grim expression.
"Damn it! Who is that guy? He came to my Ghost Gate headquarters without a sound and slaughtered all the elites I've painstakingly developed over the years!"
Qiu Baiyi cursed in a low voice, his eyes filled with fear and resentment.
"It's fine if those disciples are dead; I can recruit more later. But now, the Pure Yin Yuan Corpse is left there. This is a huge mess!"
"No... I can't go back and risk it now. I must immediately report this to my master and have him retrieve the Pure Yin Yuan Corpse before that person discovers its secret!"
"Otherwise, if the Pure Yin Yuan Corpse is lost, and my master investigates, how can I survive?"
Qiu Baiyi muttered to himself, ultimately abandoning the idea of going back to retrieve the corpse and fleeing Jiangcheng at full speed.
At this moment, Ye Ling stood in the air, calmly watching Qiu Baiyi escape below.
"Pure Yin Yuan Corpse..."
Ye Ling murmured the name. He hadn't heard of such a corpse on the Eastern Xuan Continent.
However, the physique of the female corpse in the bronze coffin earlier bore a resemblance to a physique on the Eastern Xuan Continent.
Pure Yin Body.
The most top-tier, yet also the most useless, physique on the Eastern Xuan Continent.
Although the Pure Yin Body was a top-tier physique, it had a fatal flaw.
It was precisely because of that flaw that this physique became a nightmare for its possessor!
A woman with the Pure Yin Body, once she formed a union with someone, the male cultivator would inherit all of the woman's strength and talent.
Therefore, on the Eastern Xuan Continent, many heretical sects would spare no effort to cultivate women with the Pure Yin Body if they discovered them. Once such a woman matured, they would either trade her as merchandise with other sects or use her as a cultivation furnace for their own geniuses.
Before Ye Ling became the supreme ruler of a realm and changed the landscape of the Eastern Xuan Continent with his own power, women with the Pure Yin Body, unless born into top-tier sects, would have an exceptionally tragic life!
Even though Ye Ling's Demonic Palace prohibited all cultivators from treating women with the Pure Yin Body as merchandise, and even provided them with places of refuge, many sects still secretly cultivated the Pure Yin Body in private.
Even though those people knew that if their dealings with the Pure Yin Body were exposed, their sects would be annihilated!
It was all due to the immense profit.
It was so great that it made those people willing to risk annihilation.
The Eastern Xuan Continent was too vast, and the Demonic Palace's reach could not extend to every inch of land.
Even Ye Ling could not change this situation.
Because of human greed, the Pure Yin Body, which was originally a top-tier physique bestowed by heaven upon women, ultimately became the source of their lifelong misery.
Although the Pure Yin Body was extremely precious and rare, once a woman with the Pure Yin Body died, the Pure Yin Body would become useless.
"Could it be that on this Earth, there are still means to utilize the corpses of those with the Pure Yin Body?"
Ye Ling's heart was filled with curiosity as he pursued Qiu Baiyi below.
"Hey, Qiu Baiyi."
Qiu Baiyi, who was fleeing through the countryside, suddenly heard Ye Ling's voice from behind. His entire body trembled. He quickly looked back, but saw no one.
"Over here."
Ye Ling landed in front of Qiu Baiyi and patted his shoulder, causing Qiu Baiyi's hair to stand on end!
Qiu Baiyi looked back and saw Ye Ling, his face filled with terror. He quickly retreated, but because he was too frightened, his feet lost their balance, and he stumbled to the ground!
The dignified peak fifth-rank mystic, at this moment, was thrown onto his backside, completely losing face.
Qiu Baiyi no longer cared about his dignity. He widened his eyes and stared at Ye Ling, asking, "How did you catch up to me?"
After leaving the Ghost Gate headquarters, Qiu Baiyi had fled Jiangcheng at the fastest possible speed without stopping!
Qiu Baiyi believed his speed was extremely fast among his peers, and even a sixth-rank mystic couldn't catch up to him!
Moreover, Qiu Baiyi had been paying attention to his rear, and there had been no one tracking him before this!
Seeing Qiu Baiyi's terrified expression, Ye Ling's eyes were filled with amusement. He chuckled, "You are the dignified sect master of the Ghost Gate, and you have a great reputation in China, don't you?"
"Why are you acting so miserably?"
Qiu Baiyi: "..."
Qiu Baiyi clenched his fists and did not answer Ye Ling.
If it were any other time, he would naturally not fear Ye Ling. After all, he had a sixth-rank cultivation evil spirit, and his own peak fifth-rank cultivation combined with the sixth-rank evil spirit was enough to crush ordinary sixth-rank cultivators!
However!
When Qiu Baiyi performed the sacrifice ritual earlier, he had used his spiritual blade to draw his own blood, consuming a large amount of vital energy and causing his spiritual energy to become chaotic.
In his current state, summoning the sixth-rank evil spirit would be tantamount to suicide!
At that time, the evil spirit would probably devour him before it could even attack Ye Ling!
This time...
It's over!