"Ah..." Ai Shengfan let out a long sigh, "I'm doing this for your own good...ah, never mind, I won't say more, I'll do as you ask."
Shi Feiyang named this new book "Heavenly Mechanism Book," which contained over a thousand rules within the Five Elements pages, and he had injected a great amount of Yin Yang Five Elements Essence Qi into the book for Ai Shengfan to utilize.
He then brought the youth over and cast his Primordial Spirit into the book. The "Heavenly Mechanism Book"'s Golden Talisman page already had his name and details registered, which would change according to his transformations in the future.
On the Golden Talisman page, written neatly in tiny script was: Cao Yunfei, male, seventeen years old, six feet two inches tall, weighing 100 pounds and nine liangs... level eighteen, martial arts Eight Diagrams Mysterious Sword...
Using the spellcasting within the book, Ai Shengfan manipulated various types of Yin Yang Five Elements Essence Qi to strike the young man's Divine Soul, swiftly crafting a body that could sustain itself for twelve two-hours. This was beyond Ai Shengfan's own ability; he was merely borrowing the power of the Magical Treasure to achieve this, before moving the person to the square in front of Liangyi Palace.
According to the rules written on the Five Elements pages, Cao Yunfei's level would change whenever he killed a certain number of zombies. His body, born from the book, did not require Ai Shengfan's manipulation; once the conditions were met, the book would remotely grant him True Qi within his body.
When he left, his body would disintegrate and disperse, returning all the Essence Energy to the book.
Each page of the book could expand infinitely and could never be completely filled. Three hundred and sixty pages were divided into seventy-two categories, each consisting of five pages.
Inside each page was enough space to contain a mountain, where characters' weapons and Magical Treasures could temporarily be stored.
In Chenwei Village, there were many types of zombies; some were villagers who had directly transformed, some were ancient corpses awakened from graves outside the village, some had been physically strong blacksmiths and others weak and sick patients, all different even after being transformed into zombies by the Heavenly Corpse Great Technique.
The worst were the Green-skinned Zombies, whose joints were stiff and movements sluggish.
There were also Black-haired Zombies and White-haired Zombies, both transformed from ancient corpses in graveyards, capable of emitting foul Corpse Qi. Any living creature sprayed by it would be infected with the corpse poison, their limbs would become numb and muscles stiffened, gradually losing the ability to move, until they eventually died, not long before transforming into Green-skinned Zombies.
Cao Yunfei was accidentally sprayed all over his face, and no matter how desperately he exerted his inner power, he couldn't resist. His muscles began to stiffen, and his vision became blurry.
Staggering and running to the outskirts of the village, he yelled loudly, "Emperor Yuanyang! Emperor Yuanyang! Save me! Hurry and save me! Save the child..."
Shi Feiyang told him, "You can seek help at Dai Family Field... but you have to pay."
He calculated his accounts and added rules about Dragon Coins in the "Heavenly Mechanism Book," determining that killing each zombie would earn one Dragon Coin. He summarized the total and filled in the amount in his profile.
Upon arriving at Dai Family Field, Cao Yunfei first went to Liangyi Palace to retrieve a large handful of Dragon Coins, then went to the valley entrance to seek healing for his injuries from Jiugugu.
Jiugugu had been very beautiful in life, now clad in white clothes, with long hair fluttering and barefooted on the hillside, appearing even more bewitchingly beautiful from a distance. Yet upon closer inspection, her skin was purple and leathery, her eyes glowed red, her mouth bore sharp fangs, and her fingernails were as long as a ruler.
Cao Yunfei offered a Dragon Coin on the small temple's offering table, beseeching the celestial woman to cure the corpse poison in his body.
Xiang Jiugu stared at him, her joints rigid as she leaned forward stiffly, opening her fanged mouth and lunging towards Cao Yunfei for a kiss.
Cao Yunfei was terrified, wanting to run away, but his body wouldn't respond and he couldn't move; wanting to yell for help, but no sound came out when he opened his mouth.
Xiang Jiugu stared deep into his eyes, their faces inches apart, and with a fierce inhalation, she sucked out the corpse Qi from Cao Yunfei's body.
Then, Xiang Jiugu stood up straight again, paused for a moment, and without looking back, flew away to her small temple.
Cao Yunfei plopped down on the ground, touching his mouth with his hand, "Is this how NPCs in this village cure people of poison? Luckily, I didn't lose my first kiss."
With the corpse Qi removed, he felt a great relief wash over him. He jumped up from the ground and ran back to Chenwei Village to kill more zombies.
Shi Feiyang had written rules in the "Heavenly Mechanism Book" stating that for the first twenty levels, each level added a streak of True Qi, equivalent to three years of martial arts accumulation in Jianghu. By reaching level twenty, one would possess sixty years of effort and become a top-notch martial arts master.
After level twenty, one would directly gain the Sword Control Skill which allowed for controlling flying swords and knives through the air, although flying with the swords was still not possible. Further, the increases would no longer be in efforts but in mana.
The Heavenly Book provided Cao Yunfei with three Sword Refining Techniques:
One was to dig up fire-refined red copper left by Lv Xianming at the Lü family's brick kiln, rent the Sword Furnace at Dai Family Field, buy a wisp of Geng Metal Sword Qi from Liangyi Palace to infuse it with a sharp essence, and forge a Seven Stars Ancient Bronze Sword.
The second was to find an Immortal Slaying Sword in a side hall of Liangyi Palace, communicate with it, and follow its guidance to forge a Blood Evil Demon Rainbow Sword.
The third was to visit the temple at the valley entrance, offer sacrifices to the zombie Xiang Jiugu, follow her directions to dig up century-old corpse bones behind Chenwei Village at the Burial Ground, gather Corpse Qi, and eventually forge a pair of Copper and Iron Double Corpse Swords.
In the end, Cao Yunfei chose to dig for copper, rented a Sword Furnace, hired a smith to forge, and made a Seven Stars Ancient Bronze Sword.
The elementary Sword Control Skill, which could control a flying sword through the air and decapitate someone from ten steps away, didn't seem much to Shi Feiyang, who could observe heaven and earth from thousands of miles away as easily as noticing the pattern on his palm. However, for Cao Yunfei, it was his first time experiencing the joy of controlling objects outside his body merely by thought. He formed a sword technique with his hand, controlling the flying sword to circle around and dart towards the distance, his excitement uncontainable.
Shi Feiyang told him, "Chenwei Village was originally a normal village. Although the villagers were fierce, they were still relatively simple. Until recently, two demonesses from the Pima Sect arrived. They wanted to practice the Heavenly Corpse Great Technique, turning all the villagers into zombies. As long as they are here, the zombies will never cease. Their Heavenly Corpse Great Technique is nearly complete; you need to try hard to kill them. However, you are too weak now, you need to find more allies to join you here and exterminate these zombies."
"No problem!" Cao Yunfei buzzed with eager anticipation, rubbing his hands together, "What reward will I get after successfully killing them? Can't you give me this village so I can develop it into a guild base?"
"No, after you succeed, I will give you a Magical Treasure," Shi Feiyang thought for a moment then decided to write this as a mission in the "Heavenly Mechanism Book."
Shi Feiyang planned not to directly converse with this fellow anymore, conducting all communications through the "Heavenly Mechanism Book" to avoid bargaining with him!
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