Lu Shimming looked at Wu Feng still in shock. The power he displayed was terrifying, not something a 6th Layer Qi Refinement cultivator was capable of.

“Now, we have them for good. They have been found using Evil Arts, we have all the authority we need to make them speak..” Wu Feng smiled. All the mess until now was for this single purpose of getting them in the right way. Otherwise how were they any different than the brutes of unorthodox faction.

“If you are this strong, you could have handled them all on your own couldn’t you?” Lu Shimming looked at the guy in confusion, before the realization started to turn his face dark.

“Well, I need to conserve my energy for emergency situations. Besides, it was really exhausting..” Wu Feng feigned innocence.

‘This guy..’ Lu Shimming really wanted to punch him. It was obvious that Wu Feng wanted to observe his ability.

“Young Master!” Guard Wang’s voice suddenly rang out in the distance. Their group seemed to have managed to dump the city guards as well.

“This is..”

Looking at the scene, their faces turned grim.

“Do not worry, everything is under control..” Wu Feng reassured them with a smile.

…

Returning back to the Wu Estate, Lu Shimming went back to his abode in a hurry. He was afraid that they would call the physician to look at his injuries, thankfully no one paid much attention since he didn’t act hurt.

Sitting in his room, Lu Shimming meditated, his spiritual Qi continuously being refined under the Thousand Leaves of Bodhi. Today’s experience was a valuable one. He was figuring out his way to deal with things given his new body and powers.

A while later, Lu Shimming slowly opened his eyes, feeling refreshed. His Spiritual Qi flooding his dantian, he felt that he might break into the 4th Layer sooner than he had expected.

‘Should we look at it..’ Lu Shimming took out the Prajna Gate with a smile. He had only cultivated the Thousand Leaves of Bodhi, but there was still the other part of it.

The Thousand Vajra Body.

But, a heavy frown soon covered Lu Shimming’s features.

The technique dwelled on using one’s Blood vitality to cultivate. And, he didn’t possess any. He was dead after all.

On the other hand, he had noticed something concerning.

Every time he got injured, it slowly healed, but that didn’t include his blood vitality. Further he could actually feel the death qi trying to slowly accumulate in his body, taking the place of the missing vitality, only to be pushed away by his spiritual qi.

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As Lu Shimming brain stormed regarding his current situation, he suddenly remembered about the Record of Corpse Cultivation. He immediately took it out from the spatial gourd, and hurriedly turned its pages.

“Gulp!”

There it was..

Blood Cultivation

“It might work..” Lu Shimming muttered to himself, a bit in hesitation. “Even though the effects of losing blood are unknown, it is pushing me away from the state of living.”

Making up his mind, he decided to give it a try.

Once again, repeating those words in his mind, evil is only when evil is done.

‘But where do I get the blood…’

The question was indeed an important one.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Shimming finally decided to give it an experimental try first. Blood carried vitality, it was the same no matter whose blood he used.

In the darkness of night, Lu Shimming quietly sneaked out of his room, and entered the farm of Wu Estate. It was the place where all the livestocks were kept.

Next day, a rumor began to circulate that someone had stolen a Blue Horned Goat from the farm. All the servants who were responsible for taking care of the farm were hence punished.

As for the perpetrator..

Lu Shimming spent the whole night practicing the Eight Trigram Divination and Ten Thousand Paths. Those were the two techniques which really Complemented Spiritual Qi. Hence, he was focusing on them.

As the sun rose, Lu Shimming finally turned his attention towards the main ordeal.

The carcass of Blue Horn Goat hung on a pole in the courtyard, its blood slowly dripping into the big bowl.

“Time to test it out..”

He took the bowl, and after slight hesitation drank it.

“Uh..disgusting..” He immediately threw the bowl away in disgust, that was way worse than he thought.

Suddenly, he felt a throbbing sensation all over his body.

His eyes slowly turned red, as a bloody aura rose from him. He felt a slightly stronger strength in his fists but it was only for a moment. Unbeknownst to him, the smile on his face seemed to become a little different than usual.

“Let me try the Thousand Vajra Body..”

With that Lu Shimming muttered mantra, and the blood which had entered his body suddenly seemed to bubble up, and he could feel the vitality in it slowly starting to be absorbed by his body.

But, it was a short process, barely lasting a minute.

Well, a mortal animal which could live only a few years sure wouldn’t possess enough vitality.

“This is really unreal..a monk's technique is working in such a perfect combination with a Corpse Cultivation method..”

Lu Shimming touched his skin, and he could surely feel a little rigidness in it, unlike before.

‘Is this Iron Skin Realm?’ He immediately shook his head, true Iron Skin Realm would allow one to block all kinds of weapons just with their body. One’s skin would turn into iron at that point.

“Well at least I have stepped on the path ofBody Refinement now..” He couldn’t help but smile. Until a while ago, he couldn’t even cultivate. Yet here he was cultivating both body and spirit.

Time sure had changed.

‘Once I return back to the sect..I will tear those b*stards to pieces..’ A slight hint of madness which was not so natural to Lu Shimming was reflected in his eyes.