Chapter 747: A Massive Profit!
[Ding! The Child of Destiny Qin Yuan's mentality has imploded! Plundering +9999 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! The Child of Destiny Qin Yuan is burning with anxiety! Plundering +9999 Destiny Value!]
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A corpse lay sprawled by the roadside. A gaping hole had been punched through its chest, shattering its internal organs and extinguishing any flicker of life. Even the most advanced medical team in the world would have reached the same, unequivocal conclusion:
He was completely and utterly dead. Beyond saving. The only logical next step was cremation.
But at this very moment, deep within the corpse's mind, in the spiritual space known in Taoist cultivation as the Niwan Palace, a Divine Soul lay dormant. It was, precisely, the Divine Soul of Qin Yuan, the Child of Destiny.
Although his current cultivation was merely at the Qi Refining Stage, his soul was that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator from his past life, now reborn. Even with his physical body destroyed, a Divine Soul of that caliber could survive independently, capable of performing all manner of incredible feats outside the confines of a mortal shell.
It seemed, just perhaps, that Shen Anyu had failed to notice that Qin Yuan wasn't truly gone. This oversight might just allow him to feign death and bluff his way to survival.
However.
Panic, raw and visceral, flooded Qin Yuan's disembodied consciousness. He was anxious, so utterly anxious!
He watched, helpless, as the bronze coffin containing the Xiantian Spirit Corpse, Yaoyao, fell into Shen Anyu's hands. The sheer agony of it nearly made his soul leap from the ruined body.
Yaoyao was not just his greatest trump card, his most precious treasure. She was his predetermined future wife—or, more accurately, his Dao Companion.
According to the records of the Celestial Corpse Refining Divine Method, once a Xiantian Spirit Corpse was refined by the fires of a lightning tribulation and broke through to the Golden Core stage, it would gradually develop its own sentience. It could then be refined into a Xiantian Natal Corpse Puppet.
A Dao Companion who would share in all glories and all ruins, one who would never, ever betray him!
In both his past life and his current one, Qin Yuan had fantasized about roaming the world with Yaoyao by his side, unrivaled and invincible. With the terrifying foundation of a Xiantian Spirit Corpse, once she broke through to the Golden Core realm, she would be an unstoppable existence.
But now… now she had fallen into the hands of his great enemy, Shen Anyu. How could Qin Yuan possibly be reconciled to this fate?
'I have to get her back!'
Qin Yuan's Divine Soul surged with desperate energy, his focus locked entirely on Shen Anyu.
He had a plan. He still had a way!
Although he was no match for Shen Anyu, Yaoyao certainly was.
Based on the lightning tribulation that had just formed, Qin Yuan had made a swift judgment: after leaving the bronze coffin and losing the concealment of heavenly secrets, Yaoyao would have a safe window of seven or eight breaths. The tribulation lightning needed time to brew; it wouldn't strike immediately.
Seven or eight breaths. If he acted without a moment's delay, it would be more than enough time to annihilate Shen Anyu, Wu Shenyun, and every last person standing there.
'Heh heh… Shen Anyu, you never saw this coming, did you? You thought you were saving Yaoyao, but all you did was sign your own death warrant!' Qin Yuan sneered inwardly. If Shen Anyu hadn't intervened and sealed Yaoyao in the bronze coffin, she would have perished under the Golden Core lightning tribulation.
But now, Shen Anyu was about to die a miserable death at Yaoyao's hands, so thorough that not even his bones would remain.
This time, Qin Yuan had no intention of holding back. He wouldn't waste time with words as he had before, nor would he entertain the idea of leaving Shen Anyu's corpse intact to be made into a puppet. He couldn't risk another accident.
'This is my only chance. If this doesn't work, the consequences will be catastrophic!' Qin Yuan held his metaphorical breath, his entire spiritual being coiled like a spring.
"Shen Anyu, what are you doing?" At that moment, a clear and authoritative female voice cut through the air.
Wu Shenyun's delicate brows furrowed slightly. She watched, puzzled, as Shen Anyu walked toward a corpse lying by the side of the road. Her attention had been entirely consumed by resisting the terrifying pressure emanating from the Xiantian Spirit Corpse, Yaoyao, and she hadn't been paying attention to her surroundings.
Her phoenix-like eyes swept over the body. The way Qin Yuan was dressed clearly marked him as someone not from the Wu Shen Cult, nor was he one of those pale-faced, unnervingly smiling powerhouses.
"This man is the true mastermind," Shen Anyu explained casually as he stepped toward Qin Yuan. The bronze coffin floated silently behind him, following his every move.
"This person is the true mastermind?" Wu Shenyun was visibly surprised.
"Mm. Someone ambushed and tried to assassinate me before. I found that something wasn't quite right. The attacker wasn't a living person, but a corpse—a corpse being manipulated by someone, yet it possessed the strength of a Land Immortal."
Hearing Shen Anyu's words, Wu Shenyun's astonishment deepened.
A manipulated corpse that could actually wield the power of a Land Immortal?
But she didn't doubt Shen Anyu. Now that she thought back, the green-robed middle-aged man and the others she had fought earlier hadn't seemed like living people; they lacked the spark of vitality.
To achieve such a feat, however, was simply too incredible.
Wu Shenyun was proficient in witchcraft and understood some of the principles of magic. Simple corpse manipulation was certainly achievable, but enabling a corpse to exert the strength of a Land Immortal was something straight out of fantasy.
"Wait…" Wu Shenyun's gaze swept over the bronze coffin, her red lips parting slightly in shock. "That stunningly beautiful girl… is she also a corpse?"
"That should be correct." Shen Anyu was absolutely certain in his heart, but on the surface, he feigned a thoughtful uncertainty.
"..." Even Wu Shenyun, for all her composure, was inwardly shocked speechless by Shen Anyu's judgment. The power that ethereal girl had displayed was far beyond that of a Land Immortal; it seemed to transcend the very limits of this world.
And she was a corpse?
Being manipulated by someone?
Her gaze fell upon the body by the roadside not far away, and she examined it carefully. Was this the person with such an extraordinary ability? How on earth did he do it?
"After being attacked by a corpse last time, I became more wary," Shen Anyu continued, his tone measured and calm.
"This time, when a Land Immortal came to pay you a visit, I felt something was off. So, I specifically lurked in the shadows, wanting to root out the mastermind behind it all."
"Within a ten-mile radius, he was the only one hiding in the dark, which was highly unusual. The moment I made my move, I indeed found a connection between him and the puppets."
"Perhaps we can even find the method for manipulating these corpses on his person…"
Shen Anyu spoke with a faint smile as he walked, not prematurely revealing that he already knew all of Qin Yuan's secrets.
He had no plans to kill Qin Yuan right now. There were still several million points of destiny value that had yet to be fully plundered. Naturally, he couldn't let on that he knew everything, but he had no intention of letting Qin Yuan have an easy time either.
Taking Yaoyao was just the first step. Shen Anyu was even more familiar with Qin Yuan's subsequent plans.
He wants to find Zhang Zhiyun, the Immortal Doctor Lu Ran, and Jiangbei Master Chen to form an alliance against me, right? Dream on!
By then, Qin Yuan would discover that every step he took was a "surprise," every turn an unexpected twist, all designed to shatter his Dao Heart.
Qin Yuan's past memories, his abilities, and even his greatest trump card, the Xiantian Spirit Corpse Yaoyao, had all fallen into Shen Anyu's hands. What did he have left to fight with?
To deal with Qin Yuan, Shen Anyu had spent a God-Tier Replication Card worth five million destiny value. He was going to get it all back, with interest. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been a huge loss?
[Ding! Detected that the Destined Heroine Wu Shenyun's favorability has increased by +1! Plundering +3000 Destiny Value!]
Wu Shenyun followed behind Shen Anyu, watching him speak with such eloquent confidence. Under the bright moonlight, his handsome face seemed carved like that of a god.
The look in Wu Shenyun's eyes shifted, sparkling with a brilliant light, like a devoted follower gazing upon their idol.
'This man… not only is his strength terrifyingly formidable, but his mind is steady and his methods are brilliant. As expected of the one I, Wu Shenyun, have chosen… hmph. My future man.'
A playful, possessive thought followed. 'Or perhaps, my future male servant.'
Wu Shenyun's phoenix eyes rippled with a complex light. She was absolutely determined to conquer Shen Anyu and become his master
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