Blood Sacrifice To Millions Of Zombies, I Will Be A Demon Cultivator In The Apocalypse

Chapter 97: Incense Poison? Creating a Mysterious Artifact?

Zheng Yi carefully studied the human bodies in this post-apocalyptic world and came to a conclusion. The people in this world are born without spiritual roots, which means they are fundamentally unable to cultivate the cultivation methods of the Immortal Domain.

However, their bodies have their own peculiarities and evolutionary attributes. Through strong external stimuli, such as consuming zombie crystals, there is a chance to obtain these unimaginable powerful abilities and become Ability Users.

Although Zheng Yi has not studied what kind of Body Refining system the Ghost Controllers belong to, it is highly likely that they are similar to Ability Users, but their evolutionary paths have deviated.

Perhaps this is the disparity of the world, determined by different rules and energy levels.

Just like Zheng Yi, who has consumed so many zombie crystals but has not shown any signs of awakening abilities. Because fundamentally, his body structure and evolutionary origin are not completely consistent with the others in this world.

So Zheng Yi also pondered, since the flesh and blood of the Parasitic Bat Egg can evolve by relying on blood, controlling blood, and strengthening the physical body, can another type of evolutionary system similar to the Ghost Controllers be obtained through the transformation of divine soul power through the path of gods?

This is only Zheng Yi's speculation, and if he wants to verify it, he still needs time for evidence.

But Zheng Yi is not lacking in time. This world is already chaotic, with all kinds of ghosts and zombies running rampant, not much different from the Underworld.

Having another deity named Taishan Fuzhun to suppress the Underworld doesn't seem like a big deal.

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With the temple priest's mouth spewing lotus flowers, and with the deliberate instigation of the controllers of the gathering place, many desperate people were shrouded in despair and chose to believe in Taishan Fuzhun.

Although there are still some followers of other deities, under these circumstances, they have no choice but to change their allegiance. After all, within the gathering place, believing in the Taishan god has become a kind of political correctness.

The mastermind behind all of this is naturally Zheng Yi, the true controller of the gathering place. The seeds of faith have been planted in the hearts of all the believers, and now they just need to wait for them to take root and sprout.

In just two or three months, a group of devout believers has truly emerged. With the worship of these believers, a faint, smoky aura gathers on the statue of Taishan Fuzhun.

The originally majestic statue, shrouded in smoke, becomes even more mysterious and magnificent.

In the deepest part of the gathering place, within the tallest building, Zheng Yi sits cross-legged. An unprecedented mysterious power of faith, invisibly pulling, pours into Zheng Yi's body like streams of springs through the channels of belief in his soul.

The faint, colorless power of incense, as the "Five Organs Temple Feeding God Great Method" operates, pulls that power of incense, ultimately converging within the five organs.

A comfortable feeling, like soaking in warm water, almost makes Zheng Yi fall asleep, but he keenly senses a tiny black dot appearing deep in his heart, attached to the atrium.

If Zheng Yi hadn't been observing the whole process, it would have been difficult to detect its existence, but he can clearly perceive that countless stray thoughts are hidden within this black dot.

When these stray thoughts touch the power of the soul, it feels like a cacophony of countless believers chanting and praying, carrying a deep power of temptation, making one's head spin and feel as if they are about to fall into an endless world of desires.

Zheng Yi suddenly opens his eyes, his pupils contracting. His strong willpower keeps his mind firm.

Now he is certain that this is the karmic force within the power of faith, the cause and effect, the very thing he was concerned about from the beginning.

Indeed, the power of incense is poisonous!

Now is undoubtedly the most critical moment. If he can eliminate the karmic force within it, it means that in the future, Zheng Yi can absorb the power of incense without any restraint.

Swish!

A golden light shoots out, and the golden seed's radiance penetrates through most of his body, landing on his heart. Instantly, the black dot, as if with nowhere to hide, is exposed under the golden light and disappears in an instant.

"Success!"

Zheng Yi immediately felt a sense of clarity throughout his body, with excitement filling his heart.

Since the golden seed could eliminate the karmic forces within the incense power, it meant that he could cultivate the Assimilating Soul Sect's one of the three major techniques, the "Five Organs Temple Feeding God Technique." Invisibly, this raised the heights that Zheng Yi could potentially reach in the future.

After all, although divine techniques had their drawbacks, they had advantages in transforming the divine soul that other techniques couldn't imagine.

Zheng Yi already possessed the Blood Lotus Embryo's Hidden Lotus Flower Secret Record. If he could cultivate this Five Organs Temple Feeding God Technique, then his physical body, magical power, and divine soul would all smoothly progress without any hindrance.

He called over the middle-aged temple attendant and praised him, encouraging him to continue working hard and promote the Tai Shan City God Temple.

The middle-aged temple attendant's face was filled with excitement as he expressed his determination. He had developed the ability to observe and understand people's words and expressions in society, and he had long discovered that this seemingly young individual was extraordinary.

He had even witnessed the attitude of the influential figure, Jin Wuqian, towards this young man, which further confirmed his speculation.

This was an unimaginable opportunity. If he could gain this person's recognition, it wouldn't be impossible for him to rise to the top in the gathering place!

The middle-aged temple attendant secretly vowed to seize this opportunity.

Work hard, work diligently, and make more people believe in the Tai Shan City God.

...

Since the Tai Shan City God Temple had just been established, although its followers had expanded throughout the gathering place, there had yet to be any true core believers, genuine followers.

So there was still a long way to go. Zheng Yi was only making a shallow attempt and conducting experiments for now.

Next, it was time for vigorous development, recruiting followers, and obtaining a continuous supply of incense power offerings.

"Should the Blood Flesh Gourd be ripe by now!"

After planting the Blood Flesh Gourd, Zheng Yi had assigned others to take care of a bunch of other matters. Now, the Five Organs Refining Temple Feeding God Technique happened to require this Law Weapon, so Zheng Yi decided to personally go and see how it was growing and if it could be used.

The gathering place had already expanded tenfold compared to before, so even though the crowd had increased, the core area seemed even more empty. Apart from the blood warriors responsible for patrolling and guarding, there were no other idle people.

Zheng Yi was familiar with the terrain. He took a few steps and entered the area where the Blood Flesh Gourd was planted.

It was an open area, with the soil still covered in the remnants of zombie flesh and blood. The space that was originally filled with a large number of zombie flesh and blood had long been covered in massive, sky-obscuring gourd vines.

Various sizes of Blood Flesh Gourds hung from the vines, each with a different color, ranging from deep red to pink, with varying shades. They all had skin similar to human flesh, with a touch of elasticity that gave people a creepy feeling.

"They should be ripe!"

Zheng Yi stood in front of the largest Blood Flesh Gourd, which was as big as a watermelon. It was entirely red, with a lantern-like skin that emitted a bright red luster.

Zheng Yi reached out to touch it and found that it released sharp rays of light, like sword qi, piercing his hand and causing him to retract it.

But Zheng Yi wasn't surprised; instead, he nodded in satisfaction.

After planting the original seed of the Blood Flesh Gourd in the Demon Realm, Zheng Yi had paid a considerable price to obtain it. He then invested a large amount of zombie flesh and blood for cultivation in this post-apocalyptic world. It seemed that after such a long time, it had succeeded.

As a mutated existence that nurtured sword gourds, this Blood Flesh Gourd had been infused with a considerable amount of sword cultivation resources by Zheng Yi. Calculating the time, it seemed to have given birth to a pretty good flying sword.

Back then, it had taken a lot of effort to nurture it to this point, and now it was finally time to reap the rewards.

Thinking this, Zheng Yi reached out his hand again and walked towards the largest cultivated gourd, intending to pick it.

Suddenly, a red light burst out from the gourd, targeting him and shooting towards him at an incredibly fast speed, catching him off guard.

Clang! Clang!~

But Zheng Yi saw that his eyes were shining brightly, and a Soul-Capturing Banner appeared in his hand. The handle of the Soul-Capturing Banner was like a long spear in his hand, constantly pointing towards the void.

It collided with the blood-colored flying sword again and again, and crisp sounds echoed in the space.

The blood-colored flying sword had just matured and its will to control was not very strong. It was quickly suppressed by Zheng Yi.

At the same time, he waved the Soul-Capturing Banner, and the blood-clothed female ghost led many ghost generals to fiercely attack the flesh gourd.

Sharp claws tore at the skin of the flesh gourd, and ghostly energy tore through the external defense and surged inward.

In an instant, the aura of slaughter surged in this space.

Looking at the besieged flesh gourd, the blood-colored flying sword that was being nurtured was also retracted. It seemed to have consumed a lot of blood energy, and the entire gourd drooped down, no longer having any means of counterattack, unable to be used again.

A strange expression appeared on Zheng Yi's face.

"I didn't expect this flesh gourd to be infected by the zombie bloodline and actually 'come alive'?"

This is definitely an extremely rare occurrence. Even in the long history of the Great Yi Immortal Domain, Zheng Yi had never heard of a sword-nurturing gourd or a mutated flesh gourd 'coming alive'. It was simply unheard of.

But in this apocalyptic world, the blood bat hatched and was infected by the zombie bloodline, becoming the ancestor of the zombie blood bat.

And the planted gourd also came 'alive' because of this zombie bloodline, truly miraculous.

It can only be said that this zombie bloodline has a very powerful ability to infect and mutate. Of course, this mutation is not one hundred percent guaranteed, just like gambling, there are good and bad outcomes, completely based on probability.

Obviously, this flesh gourd, which had come alive, couldn't withstand the siege of these terrifying ghosts inside the Soul-Capturing Banner.

It instantly drooped down, looking like it was about to collapse.

Naturally, Zheng Yi didn't really want to kill this flesh gourd, otherwise he wouldn't have carefully nurtured it. It's just that this flesh gourd unexpectedly 'came alive' and launched an attack on him, which made him think more.

This world has mysterious properties, whether it's the blood moon in the sky, the endless zombies, or various ghosts, it's definitely not as simple as the spread of the zombie virus.

After seeing the flesh gourd finally showing signs of decline, Zheng Yi just put away the Soul-Capturing Banner, but saw a scene that surprised him greatly.

I saw that the huge flesh gourd, which had already drooped down, actually extended seven or eight blood-colored tentacles from below, just like an octopus, directly tearing off a small blood gourd that was in its early growth stage next to it. The tentacles inserted into it and crazily devoured its nutrients.

Soon, the small blood gourd became withered and completely lost its color, while the surface of the huge blood gourd, which had a dim luster, instantly recovered, appearing as shiny as before.

"It actually has the ability to devour each other?"

"The zombie bloodline in this world is even more mysterious than I imagined..."

This scene surprised Zheng Yi greatly. Unexpectedly, this flesh gourd had undergone so many changes without him realizing it. Not only did it 'come alive', but it also mutated, gaining the ability to extend tentacles and devour other similar beings.

This kind of situation would not be a big deal if it happened to other creatures, such as animals, but it appeared on a gourd, which was very strange.

When a plant exhibits such strong aggressiveness like an animal, it is truly surprising.

Beyond Zheng Yi's expectations, he pondered quietly for a while, considering whether this thing could still be used.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Zheng Yi pointed his finger and, regardless of the struggles of the flesh gourd, directly cut off its stem, suppressing it with the Profound Demon Flame, and then took it in his hand.

"It seems that I can only refine its will and see if I can try to refine a sinister weapon?"

Zheng Yi said solemnly.

He felt the deepest malice of the apocalyptic world. This place was not a place for innocent rabbits, but a big gray wolf, or even a devouring beast.

These things born in the Great Yi Immortal Domain, after being transferred to the apocalyptic world, have all undergone strange mutations. This kind of mutation seems to have an unimaginable twisted power, affecting the things that are born after being contaminated.

Whether it's the blood bat or the blood gourd, they have undergone tremendous changes, completely altering their original state.

...

Returning to the designated forbidden area in the gathering place, Zheng Yi plans to cultivate the "Five Organs Temple Feeding God Technique"!

Originally, Zheng Yi cultivated these flesh and blood gourds in order to nurture the Five Poison Slashing Spirit Sword, and then use the five spirit swords to refine the blood fetus ghost infant as the spirit of the Little Five Elements Sword Foundation Building technique, thereby advancing to the Foundation Building Stage.

However, things are ever-changing, and Zheng Yi did not expect that he would actually obtain a blood lotus scripture more suitable for himself later on, which is the so-called ancient technique, the Blood Lotus Embryo Hidden Lotus Flower Secret Record.

And now, Zheng Yi is even more surprised to find that in this apocalyptic world, these flesh and blood gourds have also undergone strange changes.

They have actually given birth to a kind of vague consciousness, coming alive, and can directly activate flying swords to attack the creatures around them, which is extremely rare.

However, since he is preparing to cultivate the "Five Organs Temple Feeding God Technique," Zheng Yi has a better idea.

If his plan can succeed, not only can he continue to cultivate the Blood Lotus Scripture, but the previous Little Five Elements Sword Foundation Building technique will not be abandoned either, it will only add a stronger foundation to it.

And now the most crucial thing is how Zheng Yi can make good use of the flesh and blood gourd that has been cultivated at great expense.

Using the Profound Demon Flame, he directly extinguished the newly born will of the flesh and blood gourd, but retained the gourd's own vitality, that is, its ability to devour the same kind.

Now, this refined flesh and blood gourd has become even larger, with a more radiant surface, like warm jade, but it contains an extreme sharpness within.

That is the sword embryo about to be refined within the gourd.

It gives people a feeling of revealing sharpness, hiding the sword in the box, breaking free from constraints.

Now Zheng Yi's horizons have broadened, and he is no longer an ordinary Independent Cultivator.

Whether it is the Qijia's secret collection, or the various wonderful techniques found by the later search teams, and more importantly, the secret records of the Assimilating Soul Sect's main mountain carried by Li Mingqi, they have all increased his horizons and the foundation of various cultivation methods.

Among them, he found a secret method of live refining, and Zheng Yi began to refine this gourd.

In fact, in the Demon Realm, some people, in order to pursue more powerful strength, dare to directly refine zombies or ghosts, using themselves as vessels to inherit some of the abilities of zombies or ghosts, thus possessing more powerful combat power.

In the demonic cultivation world, in order to pursue an increase in combat power, one could say that they would stop at nothing.

The process of live refining went very smoothly. These methods and techniques have been explored for many years in the Demon Realm before finally finding the most suitable method, so there were no unexpected incidents during the refining process.

At this moment, in the secret room, Zheng Yi opened his eyes, his face twisted, and beads of sweat the size of beans slowly trickled down his temples.

It can be seen that at this moment, both mentally and physically, Zheng Yi is suffering greatly.

And even more strangely, the huge flesh and blood gourd quietly floated in front of him, as if defying gravity.

Zheng Yi's hands kept changing, his fingers changing various hand seals, chanting incantations in his mouth, and a continuous stream of spiritual power poured in, producing mysterious runes that penetrated into the flesh and blood gourd in front of him.

And that huge flesh and blood gourd, upright and straight, formed a vertical line between the upper and lower abdomen, with a smooth and uniform connection. With Zheng Yi's breathing and exhalation, it gradually floated up and down, emitting a deep blood-colored light.

Just as the last peculiar rune was injected into the flesh and blood gourd, the huge gourd began to twist and deform.

And it was at this moment that Zheng Yi discovered the truth that was causing him unbearable pain.

It turned out that eight thin tentacles extended from the bottom of the gourd, deeply inserted into his chest, and as he breathed in and out, the light from within the gourd continuously permeated into Zheng Yi's flesh and blood along the tentacles.

With each penetration, the gourd shrank by an inch, and instead, Zheng Yi's belly began to swell. The feeling was as if he was gradually devouring the entire flesh and blood gourd.

Finally, when the blood-colored light erupted to the extreme, faintly visible within the silhouette of the gourd, there stood a delicate and small flying sword, surrounded by a chilling aura of refined iron, gradually merging into Zheng Yi's chest along with the flesh and blood gourd.

(End of this chapter)