Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse-Chapter 59: Ghost-faced Butcher

Very soon.

Lianwu Mountain was sealed off.

All Night Patrol Department disciples were warned by Si Kongbai not to leak this matter, including Wen Jiu.

As Wen Jiu predicted, Si Kongbai immediately summoned dozens of people to start searching the mountain, leaving no corner untouched. Wen Jiu couldn’t escape and had to join the main group in the search, which lasted for three days.

As for the Cold Pond.

By the time Wen Jiu went back, there was nothing unusual about it anymore.

Although there were traces of ghostly qi, the people from the Night Patrol Department couldn’t find anything.

Meanwhile.

In the daily settlement after midnight, Wen Jiu learned the true name and use of the Ghost Face Flower.

It’s called Ghost-faced Butcher.

It’s an extremely rare heavenly material and earthly treasure.

Not only is its quality Tier One Top Grade, but it’s also a special ghost entity that only grows in the Blood Demon Abyss. Just to make it bloom requires the life force of over a hundred cultivators, and to make it form a grotesque ghost face requires a massive amount of time and Original Ghost Qi, in other words, the grower must feed it for at least ten years.

However, for ordinary people, it is completely useless. It can’t be used for alchemy or artifact refining, and can even be considered a deadly poison.

Not to mention consuming it; just being near it for long periods can result in the ghost qi invading one’s Spirit Body, causing the victim to become neither human nor ghost, turn into a Ghost Puppet, and become a nutrient source for the Ghost-faced Butcher.

But for Yin Souls and Ghost Cultivators, it is a divine medicine because when its ghost face turns crimson, it’s the day it bears fruit. Once it does, its fruit can bring the dead back to life, causing a Yin Soul to regain a body and live again.

In other words, for Yin Souls and Ghost Cultivators, the Ghost-faced Butcher is a chance at resurrection.

Its value is self-evident.

The daily settlement finally mentioned that the Ghost-faced Butcher hasn’t appeared in nearly three hundred years.

Which only elevates the rarity of the Ghost-faced Butcher another notch.

"By stealing this Ghost-faced Butcher, I essentially robbed someone of a chance at resurrection. If he encounters me next time, he’ll probably go all out to kill me." Thinking of this, Wen Jiu smiled wryly.

Inadvertently, he became enemies with yet another ghost.

But Wen Jiu was not worried; next time they meet, the Black Corpse will already be a Three Evil Corpses, and it would be a matter of minutes to kill it.

Honestly speaking.

Wen Jiu actually looked forward to encountering it again.

Just looking at that ghost technique and the Ghost-faced Butcher is enough to prove that the Yin Soul holds a big secret.

As for how to handle the Ghost-faced Butcher.

Wen Jiu wasn’t sure yet.

Sell it?

Maybe it could sell for a sky-high price.

But there’s a nine in ten chance it would bring a fatal disaster.

Letting the Black Corpse directly eat it.

Wen Jiu felt a bit reluctant because the importance of the Ghost-faced Butcher to Yin Soul Ghost Cultivators is really too high.

For it to be devoured by the Black Corpse would indeed result in a massive experience boost, but it would more or less feel like a waste.

...

Night Patrol Department.

Main hall.

Si Kongbai tapped lightly at the retreat room of Gong Chi, not daring to speak, quietly waiting outside.

A moment later.

A cold voice came from inside the room.

"What is it?"

Si Kongbai spoke nervously, "Elder Gong, Mu Ye is dead."

"Such a trivial matter, and you disturb my cultivation?" Elder Gong’s voice was full of displeasure, hidden with killing intent.

Si Kongbai quickly explained, "Elder Gong, on the surface, it seems a Yin Soul killed Mu Ye, but at the scene not only were traces of the Wind Patrol Sword Technique found, but also a strong concentration of Blood Ghost Hand, at least threefold!"

"So you suspect that we have people from Blood Robe Tower within our Night Patrol Department?" Elder Gong revealed Si Kongbai’s suspicion.

But being a spy for Blood Robe Tower.

He knew it was absolutely impossible to have them within the Night Patrol Department.

Yet this also made him a bit curious, because if there were no spies, then from where did the threefold Blood Ghost Hand come?

Si Kongbai spoke again, "That person knows the Wind Patrol Sword Technique, and the Blood Ghost Hand is so strong, it must be someone among the Stewards, or even the stewards in charge... Also, the ghostly qi you asked us to investigate appeared at the crime scene!"

Bam!

The door suddenly swung open.

With an aura much stronger than before, Gong Chi strode out without having yet stepped into the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

"Have you soul-searched Mu Ye?"

"Soul-searching was impossible; Mu Ye’s soul was forcibly extracted by the Yin Soul... But the Wind Patrol Sword Technique is only passed down to our stewards, not many cultivate it."

"It has finally appeared again." Gong Chi let out a cold smile, "I didn’t expect your mistakes to be this numerous this time. Immediately investigate the Stewards and stewards who have cultivated the Wind Patrol Sword Technique over the years in the Night Patrol Department!"

Hide?

Little rascal.

Being at Feixian Peak, where can you hide?

Si Kongbai dared not look at Gong Chi’s expression and just whispered, "Elder Gong, what about the Inspection Hall?"

"Erase all traces... Officially announce that Mu Ye was killed by a Yin Soul, and when investigating, it must be done in utter secrecy."

The Inspector Hall Main Peak Elder is about to visit.

We must find that person before their arrival.

...

Back home.

After dealing with Li Ye, Wen Jiu felt completely relaxed.

At this point, there was no one on Feixian Peak with whom he had any grudges.

No one could stop him from heading to the main peak.

Regarding those who had previously targeted him because of Li Ye, now that Li Ye is dead, unless they are foolish, they wouldn’t continue doing so. Because obviously, with his strength, he will surely pass the assessment and head to the main peak.

To continue making enemies with a future main peak disciple over someone who is already dead?

Those people may not be very wise, but they aren’t that foolish either.

After returning home and just taking a breath, visitors followed one after another, even if Wen Jiu closed his door to guests. What surprised Wen Jiu more was discovering that some even went to make friends with his sister Wen Ya on purpose.

Members of the Xu Family even asked his sister to prepare a gift for him.

A hefty gift, worth twenty to thirty low-grade Spirit Stones.

"It has to be said that mingling in a sect, as soon as your status has a tendency to rise, those who previously didn’t pay any attention to you begin to take interest."

Although he didn’t accept the gift, Wen Jiu was happier than if he had.

If he were a Loose Cultivator, the faster his strength increased, the more frequently he’d be targeted.

Loose Cultivator?

He would never choose that path in this lifetime.

Next, Wen Jiu looked at Li Ye’s storage bag.

There were over a hundred spirit stones.

An artifact Golden Bell and an artifact Flying Sword, both of which Wen Jiu was familiar with, and their value should be around three hundred low-grade Spirit Stones in total.

Several elixirs and talismans, also not low in value, should sell for at least fifty to sixty low-grade Spirit Stones.

As for other things, not very valuable, much like the Wind Patrol Sword Technique, which he couldn’t sell.

Because even if he dared to sell it, no one dared to buy.

Cultivating it once discovered means a dead end.

After returning the spoils to the storage bag, Wen Jiu was planning to visit the Feixian Peak’s library to check if there were any records about the Ghost-faced Butcher.

After all, the daily settlement only provided some basic information, but Wen Jiu didn’t believe the Ghost-faced Butcher had only one use. An item that grants Yin Souls and Ghost Cultivators a second chance at life couldn’t possibly have such a single effect.

But just as Wen Jiu was preparing to send the Black Corpse to the Corpse Remains Death Land, there was a knock at the door.

Wen Jiu initially didn’t plan to respond, but the person outside announced their identity, "I am Elder Changsun Chen Daoqing of the Demon-slaying Department, here to invite Fellow Daoist Wen to a banquet, please come out for a meeting."

Elder Changsun of the Demon-slaying Department.

Not a trivial status.

A bona fide third-generation immortal.

Someone who can definitely walk sideways at Feixian Peak.

"This announcement has made such a change in my status and situation, it’s really making me a bit uncomfortable." Wen Jiu chuckled.

Even the third-generation immortals have come, the first-generation ones probably aren’t far behind.

If it were others, Wen Jiu might have brushed them off, but Chen Daoqing is, after all, a third-generation immortal.

Having such a connection is generally beneficial for a Heterodox Cultivator like him who is determined to work within a sect.

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