novelraw Chapter 385 - 302: Rebirth and the Martial Contest (Double - )
Chapter 385 - 302: Rebirth and the Martial Contest (Double - )
Numerous currents of yin energy and death qi converged on the mountain, gradually forming clusters of black qi vortexes.
Song Changping and Song Chang’an sat cross-legged within the qi vortexes, swallowing the clusters of qi with each breath.
Their skin first turned black, then green, constantly changing and churning.
After an unknown amount of time, the yin energy and death qi here had been completely devoured.
Under Song Changming’s perception, two cold, brand-new living bodies were born!
The entire process was much smoother than Song Changming had anticipated.
Transforming a corpse puppet into an undead corpse was much easier than transforming a living person. His two elder brothers were well-suited to this technique.
Their future cultivation would be simple, requiring only the continuous absorption of yin energy and death qi, refining it for their practice.
"It’s done!" Song Chang’an stood up abruptly, filled with excitement.
This excitement was now able to be clearly seen on his face, no longer as stiff as before.
Moreover, at the moment of becoming an undead corpse, he clearly sensed that his previous puppet body had been completely cast off.
Now, he was an independent entity, no longer needing to depend on anyone for existence.
No one could control them anymore!
This was what Song Chang’an had been hoping for!
"So this is what it means to be an undead corpse." Song Changping’s expression was somewhat complex.
Although he had shed the identity of a corpse puppet and was no longer under anyone’s control, he now had no relation to the Human Race.
Severing ties with the past and being reborn as an undead corpse—he still needed some time to process this, as he had not yet fully accepted his new identity.
In contrast to his elder brother Changping, Song Chang’an accepted it quickly and was already practicing his martial moves on the spot.
The sensation of fully controlling his entire body was truly intoxicating.
On a withered tree not far away, Song Changming listened to his second brother’s unrestrained howl, unable to help but smile.
This journey had indeed achieved perfection.
Bringing the still-unconscious Lou Baoqiu over, his two brothers were no longer his corpse puppets.
His life or death was no longer important, as Song Changming let his two brothers handle Lou Baoqiu.
Given their decades of shared experiences, the two brothers surely had much to discuss with this corpse refiner.
He first returned to their residence, and when evening came, Song Changping and Song Chang’an returned from the cemetery.
As for Lou Baoqiu, according to Song Chang’an, he had been dismembered and fed to wild dogs.
"Brothers, what are your plans moving forward?" Song Changming asked in the room.
"Chang’an and I want to go back and see our parents, and our third sister..." Song Changping suddenly said after a moment of silence.
In their time together, he had learned from Song Changming about many events that had transpired after their death.
Among them, he naturally understood that their parents had been buried for many years, and their third sister was now in her twilight years.
Since they had become undead corpses, free from constraints and able to come and go freely, it was time to visit.
"That’s good." Song Changming nodded, not surprised.
Now that Lou Baoqiu was dead, Elder Lou from the Corpse Refining Sect surely wouldn’t let it go, so it was wise for the brothers to hide in Da Lai for now.
Moreover, as Lou Baoqiu’s top pair of ace corpse puppets, his death while they lived would likely cause a major uproar when the news reached the Corpse Refining Sect.
"I just hope our appearance doesn’t frighten our third sister." Song Chang’an suddenly said.
"Just seeing her from a distance will do, little brother. Let’s not disturb her life," Song Changping, however, had no intention of meeting their little sister.
"Yes indeed..." Song Chang’an touched his rough face, agreeing.
Having died once, there was no need for them to spoil their sister’s cherished image of her two brothers with their undead bodies.
"Then let’s go, go back."
...
Within the Corpse Refining Sect.
"Useless! Still haven’t found him?" Lou Hui scowled, looking at the few disciples kneeling before him.
"Master, we searched all over Cui Bai Dao but found no trace of Junior Brother Lou..." a disciple of the Corpse Refining Sect stammered, fearing further anger, and immediately added.
"I’ve investigated. If there’s anything unusual before Junior Brother’s disappearance, it’s that he suddenly got very close to a fellow disciple in the sect. They frequently went out together..."
"What were they doing outside?" Lou Hui stared at him, asking in a low voice.
That disciple hesitated for a moment, then truthfully confessed to the wicked deeds that Lou Baoqiu and Hu Yan committed together.
"Nonsense! How could my son, who is refined and honest, do such absurd things!" Lou Hui slapped the table apart, standing up and shouting angrily.
Behind him, a corpse puppet seemed to sense the anger of its refiner, its eyes filled with a green light as dense as a swamp.
Its intimidating presence was akin to a powerful golem, inspiring fear and awe.
The few disciples dared not speak, feeling a sense of helplessness.
Their master had overly indulged his son, entirely unaware of Lou Baoqiu’s reprehensible actions outside the sect, still thinking of him as a grown child.
Lou Hui’s expression shifted between light and dark, looking at his disciples.
After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Who is the person close to my son?"
"Master, it was a sect disciple named Hu Yan." That disciple immediately answered.
"Where is he now?"
"He... he is also missing..."
"Useless, useless! If this isn’t a clue, what is? He must be related to my son’s disappearance. Find him and investigate who he’s connected with inside and outside the sect, thoroughly!"
"Yes! Yes!"
Watching his disciples stumble out, Lou Hui remained restless, pacing back and forth in his room.
"My son, you mustn’t be in any danger..."
Cui Bai Dao, Main City.