I Am A Corpse Collector In The World Of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 12: Medium-Grade Spirit Root, the Town's Problem Solver!!

"I also need a good Spirit Gathering formation," Xiao Liu replied impatiently, his face filled with regret.

Chen Shen glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Being at the initial stage of the third level of Qi Refining, Xiao Liu must have spent several years mining before being promoted from a menial disciple.

Well, it doesn't matter. The highest level in Cangwu Immortal Sect is only Gold Core True Lord.

If I become a True Lord in the future, I will definitely set up a five-year Spirit Gathering formation for Junior Brother Xiao Liu!

The two of them continued eating for a while before leaving the scene after being full and satisfied.

Two months later.

The commotion caused by the Spirit Gathering formation in the outer sect subsided a few days after the incident, and the culprit was not found.

However, a few incidents occurred in the following month.

Some disciples on the outskirts of the Formation Path Peak, not fearing death, imitated the great master of the Spirit Gathering formation and sold formations at low prices, only to be caught on the spot.

There was no other way. Outer sect disciples had to constantly take on tasks for resources, risking their lives, while inner sect disciples also had to compete for resources and benefits.

It's not true that once you enter the inner sect, you will have a constant supply of resources waiting to be distributed. Everything still needs to be fought for with strength.

And trading formations also require skills. Those without skills will naturally take risks.

But after the first incident, the elite disciples of the inner sect became vigilant and set up many informants in the outer sect to prevent such situations from happening.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Chen Shen.

After two months of secluded cultivation, his cultivation level broke through once again, reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining. With the inner sect's standard cultivation method, his speed was much faster than before, only a hair's breadth away from breaking through to the sixth level.

With the second level of the Profound Turtle Body, he could fight against a fourth level Qi Refining cultivator with just his physical strength.

This was the result of him collecting corpses during the day and cultivating in the underground palace at night.

Of course, this was also related to his spiritual root talent.

After the reward for collecting corpses during this period, his spiritual root smoothly broke through from the lower-grade to the medium-grade a month ago.

It can be said that he was no longer the lowest-level cultivator, both in terms of talent and strength.

With the reward for collecting corpses, he almost learned all the Divine Abilities of the outer sect disciples, and gradually began to touch on the four arts of the immortal sect.

Among them, the highest level was the quasi-grandmaster level in alchemy, while the others were just scratching the surface.

Unfortunately, he didn't receive the body of a powerful figure. Chen Shen's strongest sword technique, the Four Seasons Sword Technique, still only had the Spring and Summer chapters.

But with these two chapters of sword technique, he had already practiced them to a high level, greatly increasing their power.

Chen Shen pushed open the door and went to Xiao Liu's house across the street to attend the banquet.

After more than two months of getting along, the two had become friends and would often have a few drinks together.

Xiao Liu had thought about coming to Chen Shen's house for a gathering, but unfortunately, after getting lost in front of Chen Shen's house once, he never mentioned it again.

Afterwards, Chen Shen attributed everything to the deceased Ma Ru Hai.

At the dining table, the two scholars chatted about everything, from the endless countries underground to the gods and buddhas in the sky, from the various schools of thought to the kings and generals. They talked about everything and anything.

As they chatted, the topic turned to Xiao Liu.

Chen Shen only knew that the other party was also a scholar before cultivating immortality, but he didn't know why he gave up literature for martial arts.

Xiao Liu sighed, "Everyone calls me Xiao Liu, but it's because I'm the sixth child in my family that I got this nickname."

"My surname is Lu, my name is Xiangru, and my courtesy name is Changqing. I come from the scholarly family of Cang Country. You should know this. We can consider ourselves fellow villagers with similar family backgrounds."

"Nice name." Chen Shen nodded sincerely. He had already known that both of them were from Cang Country, but it was the first time he heard Lu Changqing's real name.

"My parents gave it to me. I have to accept both the good and the bad." Lu Changqing smiled and continued, "Before I started cultivating, I was a scholar with lofty aspirations. I always wanted to make great achievements in the imperial court."

"I took the exam three times in total." He recalled the days of studying hard in the cold room back then and couldn't help but reminisce, "The first time was when I was seventeen. I passed the local examination, but unfortunately failed the provincial examination. The second time, I didn't even pass the local examination."

"The heavens reward hard work. Brother Lu, you passed the local examination, so you should have had the opportunity to become an official. Why did you still want to take the exam?" Chen Shen didn't understand.

The ancient exams were much more difficult than the college entrance examination in his previous life. If it were him, passing the local examination would have meant entering the official system, so there was no need to take the exam again.

"At that time, I had ambitions and always wanted to go to the capital to pay respects to the emperor, so I became obsessed with it." Lu Changqing laughed.

"What about the third time?" Chen Shen asked.

Lu Changqing poured himself a glass of wine, drank it in one gulp, and sighed, "The third time was the same as the first time. In the end, I still couldn't make it onto the list. Later, I heard from a few friends that the officialdom had long been firmly controlled by those prominent families in the imperial city. The chief examiners were their people, and all the places for the palace examination were taken by those children of the families. Even the exams were rigged. Very few of us outsiders were admitted."

"So you gave up on the civil service and turned to cultivating?" Chen Shen asked.

Lu Changqing shook his head, "If it were just that, I would have been disappointed at most. After passing the local examination, I could still become a government official. But on the day the results were announced, our hearts were unbalanced because we mocked those cheaters a bit, and as a result, we were ridiculed."

There was a trace of reminiscence on his face, not disappointment, just a sense of ridicule, "I still remember that day. One of the chief examiners who gave us the exam mercilessly mocked us, calling us small-town scholars who would only take exams for a lifetime but never pass."

"It's not the mocking of the prominent children who didn't make it onto the list, nor the gloating of enemies, but the chief examiner responsible for our exams on behalf of the court!" Chen Shen fell silent. He poured a glass of wine for Lu Changqing himself and raised it.

Lu Changqing waved his hand, indicating that everything was in the past. He had already let go of it. When he recalled it, he only found himself ridiculous.

After thinking for a moment, he smiled, "Do you know why I was punished to come to Heaven Burial Mountain to collect corpses?"

Without waiting for Chen Shen to ask, he answered himself, "I spent three years mining in a mine at the foot of Cangwu Mountain. On the day I was promoted to the third level of Qi Refining and became an outer disciple, I returned to the imperial city and killed all four examiners from the provincial examination. After that, I caused a commotion in the imperial city."

"Enough talking, I toast to you!" Chen Shen filled his glass.

Time flew by, and another year passed with snowflakes falling.

Chen Shen built a large snowman in front of the attic.

He had been in this world for a year, staying in Cangwu Immortal Sect.

From a weak Qi Refining first level to the peak of the sixth level, it could be said that he was invincible among the outer disciples.

But he didn't become complacent because of this. The road ahead was still long, and he needed to be cautious in his actions.

But what troubled Chen Shen was that he had almost used up his resources, and it was time to make money with pills.

Since the last transaction at the Spirit Gathering Array, he hadn't left Heaven Burial Mountain, but now he had to go to the market.

"Junior Brother Chen, come over and have a drink!" Lu Changqing shouted in his own yard.

After they had opened up to each other that time, they became even more familiar with each other, speaking without reservation.

"No, I want to send a letter home!" Chen Shen politely declined.

He had already refined many pills and, while it was still early, he was ready to sell them.

(End of this chapter)