I Am A Corpse Collector In The World Of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 91: Astonishing Performance (Seeking Subscriptions)

Soul Formation breakthrough in progress...

Once again, the five senses are sealed, and the body's surface is devoid of any aura.

Meanwhile, within Chen Shen's body, a tremendous transformation is taking place.

Flesh and blood are reshaping and purifying, and beneath the dim skin, a faint golden light is emerging.

The strength of his Body Refining has once again reached an unimaginable level, to the point where it can be described as an indestructible body.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Chen Shen takes out an extraordinary sword and forcefully slashes his own abdomen.

The sound is crisp and clear, as if striking the hardest metal in the world.

And the sword itself becomes dull and develops a notch.

"Merely in terms of physical strength, under Soul Formation, even cultivators would find it impossible to break through my defense. Moreover, with the strength of my physical body, I can even defend against attacks from the Primordial Spirit," Chen Shen thought to himself, then continued to focus on his breakthrough.

After reaching Soul Formation, his cultivation solidifies once again, and the amount of mana he can control increases several times over.

In fact, after advancing to Gold Core Nascent Soul, he can already preliminarily control a small world, instantly converting the spiritual energy within a considerable range into his own mana.

At this stage, the focus is on the comprehension of various complex and immensely powerful spells, known as Divine Abilities.

Furthermore, as the cultivation realm continues to improve, cultivators can no longer be described as mere mortals.

Their bodies continuously become more ethereal, and their lifespans increase by multiples of years.

According to Chen Shen's understanding, cultivators beyond the True Immortal stage are more like higher-dimensional beings.

They can easily destroy heaven and earth, contain energy comparable to nuclear bombs within their bodies, traverse the skies and the earth, and have limitless abilities and long lifespans.

In the eyes of ordinary mortals, it is not an exaggeration to call them immortals.

And when they reach the Soul Formation stage, their control and understanding of spiritual energy, as well as their own transformations, reach an unimaginable level.

At this critical juncture, the most obvious characteristic is the control of the most profound power of the soul, the comprehension of the Primordial Spirit.

Not only can they perceive the divine within three feet above their heads, but they can also glimpse the underworld within three inches below their heads.

Reaching this stage represents the maximization of a cultivator's potential.

It also represents infinite possibilities.

Cultivators at the Soul Formation stage not only tap into the most mysterious power of the Primordial Spirit but also possess the ability to forcefully possess others.

The Primordial Spirit is indestructible, and the physical body can transform like flowing water, continuously possessing others until breaking through to higher realms or the soul decays and the energy is exhausted.

In simpler terms, it is difficult to kill someone at the Soul Formation stage. Unless one possesses absolute strength to crush them, the Primordial Spirit can roam freely between heaven and earth, possessing or creating new physical bodies.

Of course, Chen Shen's soul power is definitely far superior to that of cultivators at this stage.

...

It takes a full three days for Chen Shen to finally achieve his breakthrough, with his spirit, energy, and divine essence all advancing together, becoming a true ancestor in the mortal realm.

"With my current Primordial Spirit power, I am definitely comparable to a True Immortal. Even if I am not, the difference won't be much.

But there's no need to test it out. The Purple Garden has extraordinary individuals, and I should be cautious.

Moreover, this is just my own assumption. When I was in the Gold Core stage, I could already perform Primordial Spirit Astral Projection, and it took decades to cultivate this level of strength.

But True Immortals are different. Almost their entire bodies can be transformed into energy, merging with the world, ethereal and empty. They are called immortals in the mortal realm, something that I, as a newly entered Soul Formation cultivator, cannot comprehend or grasp," Chen Shen muttered to himself, silently reciting an enhanced version of the Clear Mind Mantra to suppress his thoughts of crossing borders to confront enemies.

"This is the mortal realm, where Imperial Laws are rare, or even nonexistent. In the future, when encountering ordinary old ancestors, I should be able to confront mid-stage Soul Formation experts head-on.

But if I come across renowned geniuses, I should turn and leave, because these individuals possess great luck and surely have extraordinary Divine Abilities. Unless they are one realm lower than me," Chen Shen earnestly evaluates his own strength.

...

"It has been three days since Old Mo's death. I wonder if Master Wang Lan has succeeded in lying down and winning?" Chen Shen takes a bath and comes to the window, his gaze directed towards a certain direction in the city.

At the same time, in a coffin shop in the city, Wang Lan stands at the entrance, feeling somewhat absent-minded.

When she first learned the complete chapter of divination, she also had grand ambitions and envisioned a glorious future.

But her old partner, with whom she had spent ten years, encountered the King of Hell due to taking on private jobs.

This made her, who also had such thoughts at the time, immediately give up her aspirations.

And becoming the most prestigious Luck Master was the ultimate dream.

On the surface, she was the most famous destiny master in the neighborhood, but in reality, she studied divination diligently every day. Even when she went out to tell fortunes, it was just for practice.

However, by chance, she heard about the insider information of Xu Wenjing and the others, as well as Chen Shen's talent as a Luck Master that was ten times stronger than hers.

This greatly struck her, and she went to get drunk after meeting a few acquaintances.

After that, she let it go. The shop had a high salary, and she could earn some money by going out to tell fortunes. It was enough to support a man, and her life became easy and carefree.

But as she continued to live this leisurely life, Chen Shen entered the Purple Garden, and one day, the shopkeeper suddenly died.

She took care of the funeral, and then, she became the shopkeeper of the coffin shop just like that?

"Shopkeeper, I have prepared the body for you. You should engrave the White Oriole Formation now!"

Inside the coffin shop, a pale-faced Foundation Building cultivator smiled.

"Come in." Wang Lan entered the shop.

...

Six months later.

A piece of news surprised many people.

"Chen Shen has completed his apprenticeship?"

"Supervised by Master Zhao Decai himself, he should have completed his apprenticeship without a doubt. But this person's apprenticeship, I'm sure it's the result of Master Zhao's careful guidance."

"So what if he completed his apprenticeship? He's the last one among the thirty apprentices to complete it. His skills are probably not that good. He should be at the bottom of the White Goose Luck Masters in the next quarter's competition."

"He completed his apprenticeship?" Zhang Ping shook his head lightly when he heard this news, not paying much attention to it, and continued to study the path of luck.

His current goal was to be in the top three among the White Goose Luck Masters and break through to the Grandmaster level within ten years.

The other White Goose Luck Masters were somewhat surprised by the news of Chen Shen's completion of his apprenticeship, but they didn't discuss it much.

Perhaps only the one who ranked last in the previous competition would be happy about this news.

The former exclusive NPC's expression became complicated upon hearing the news, but after receiving comfort from a friend, she felt relieved.

Zhao Decai's courtyard.

"These are the tokens for three empty graves. The proceeds are all yours."

Old Zhao handed three jade plaques to Chen Shen.

"Thank you, Master Zhao."

Chen Shen took them, feeling somewhat excited. He could finally start making money.

The first step to earning wealth was to buy a large mansion...

"By the way, don't rush to sell the spots for the empty graves. You should first improve your reputation. There will be a quarterly competition in two months, and you should understand what I mean."

Old Zhao reminded him again.

"Yes." Chen Shen nodded.

He certainly understood the importance of it. Although he didn't need to sell the graves immediately, he could go and take a look, get to know the market.

Purple Garden had a dedicated trading place for selling graves, and it was done through auctions.

Almost every day, graves were sold, and the prices were higher than all the mansions in Anwang City.

Not to mention in the Heavenly Dynasty, even in the entire cultivation world, perhaps only the vast Luck Immortal Dynasty had such a characteristic.

The dead lived more luxuriously than the living...

When Chen Shen arrived outside the Purple Garden's grave auction house, it was already crowded with people.

Not everyone could enter. Those who could enter were either buyers with status or Luck Masters like Chen Shen.

Guarding the entrance were two Soul Formation cultivators. Chen Shen took out a token and entered the auction house under the envious gazes of the crowd.

Purple Garden's luck attracted not only the aristocratic families of the city but also cultivators from one-third of the Southern Region of the Immortal Dynasty.

For the prosperity of their families and the prosperity of their sects, many cultivators were willing to take a gamble.

Chen Shen found a seat in the back.

"Chen..."

He seemed to hear someone calling his name. He looked over and saw Xu Wenjing turning her head.

He shook his head slightly and didn't pay attention.

The bidding is in full swing.

Chen Shen missed the introduction session, but he already knew what was being discussed from the surrounding discussions.

The auction item is the Green Sparrow-level Luck Cemetery, with a starting price of 250,000 high-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to 2,500 top-grade spirit stones.

However, with the bidding, it has already surpassed the threshold of 3,000 top-grade spirit stones.

The starting price goes to the royal family, while the spirit stones from the bidding are taken as a small portion by the auction house, and the rest goes to Luck Master.

This has always been the rule in Purple Garden, and the royal family tacitly approves of this behavior.

Everyone has something to gain, and no one loses.

In the end, the cemetery was acquired by a Xian sect.

"Next, we have the Purple Crane-level Luck Cemetery!"

As the old man on the stage spoke, there was a commotion all around.

There are not many spots for the Purple Crane-level cemetery. They usually appear every six months or one or two years, and sometimes even four or five years.

After all, the burial level is only for those who have achieved the Perfect Return to Void and the Great General who protects the city, like the current one.

This shows how precious it is.

"My Wang family will take this large cemetery!" As the old man spoke, a True Venerable expert stood up and spoke confidently.

"Hmph, the Wang family dares to compete with my Shangguan family?"

Another True Venerable expert sneered.

"Get lost, you newcomers!"

At this moment, a burly man stood up, with the same high cultivation level as a True Venerable. He said:

"You bastards, my family ancestor's coffin has been in Anwang City for twenty years, just waiting for a Purple Crane cemetery. Every time you snatch it away. This time, even if I have to give up everything, I will secure this spot!"

"Fuck off, don't even mention my master's remains not being buried for a hundred years. Twenty years is nothing to talk about."

"..."

Chen Shen watched for a while and lost interest, leaving the auction house.

He already had a good understanding of the price trend, so there was no need to stay any longer.

Of course, the main reason was that he didn't participate in the auction, otherwise he would definitely find it interesting.

Back in the courtyard, he began to study the Purple Mountain and River Art, specifically the Green Sparrow chapter.

After becoming a Grandmaster of the White Goose, he could start to make breakthroughs, but the Green Sparrow chapter was much more complicated than the White Goose chapter, and it would be much more difficult to cultivate.

"If there is a burial of a Grandmaster of the Green Sparrow or even the Purple Crane, everything will be much simpler."

Chen Shen closed the Mountain and River Art and thought to himself.

Then, he shook his head again. The remaining ones were mostly Nascent Soul and even Soul Formation, so it shouldn't happen so quickly.

...

In the blink of an eye, two months passed.

"I don't have the experience package, but with Old Zhao's guidance, I can cultivate the Green Sparrow Formation much faster than practicing on my own. I can already engrave half of the Green Sparrow Formation. I estimate that I will be able to complete it in one or two years."

Chen Shen muttered to himself.

It seems like he is a genius in the Luck Dao?

"The new quarterly Daoist ranking competition is about to begin. I should secure one, or even two spots!"

Chen Shen walked out of the courtyard.

There will be several White Goose and Green Sparrow cemeteries in a few months.

But above the Purple Crane level, they become rarer. When they appear, a group of Grandmasters of the Purple Crane will compete for this invaluable spot. If they don't appear, they will work hard in their cultivation.

Therefore, in order to be fair, Purple Garden does not allow Luck Masters to fight to the death. Instead, they compete through Daoist discussions to determine the allocation of spots, which also allows everyone to be satisfied.

"Is this person Chen Shen? He looks impressive, but unfortunately, his talent in the Luck Dao is mediocre."

Someone commented when they saw Chen Shen, who had come to the Daoist discussion arena for the first time.

"Xiao Li, you don't have to be at the bottom anymore. Congratulations."

There were also Luck Masters surrounding a young man, saying.

The latter blushed a bit. When did being ranked second to last become something to be happy about?

Well, it is worth celebrating. People only remember the first and the last, and it becomes a topic of conversation.

"That's Zhang Ping, average appearance but good talent. He ranks first among the thirty newcomers and even made it to the top five in the last White Goose Daoist ranking competition. Not bad."

A ordinary Luck master walked into the arena, attracting the nod of approval from many seniors.

Of course, before this person became a disciple of the Grand Master Zhehe, even if he had graduated as the first person, he would not have attracted the attention of the seniors.

"Oh? Isn't that Master Zhehe? He is Zhang Ping's master. There are no spots for the Grand Master Zhehe this time, so he must be here to watch Zhang Ping's competition."

"That's Master Zhao! Why is he here?"

"..."

Amidst the discussions, the debate competition of the White Goose Luck masters began.

A group of White Goose masters stood in the square.

"The number of participants from the White Goose Luck masters is thirty-eight!"

A host from the Zhehe faction announced, then he waved his arm, and more than thirty beams of light flew towards the White Goose Luck masters.

Those were coffins.

"I will seal off the square, infuse it with a burst of Luck energy, and you must carve out the White Goose Luck formation within the specified time, and control the formation to absorb Luck."

The Zhehe master said.

The content of the debate was simple, competing in the speed of carving the formation and the degree of absorbing Luck, that is, the quality of the formation.

"Are you ready? Then let's begin!"

As the words fell, the Luck masters took their carving pens, formed seals, and quickly engraved runes into the coffins.

"That's Murong Yue, a former batch of Luck apprentices, and now she is in the realm of a White Goose Grand Master. Look, there are White Goose illusions on her body. This is a manifestation of a formation above the level of a quasi Grand Master. The stronger the illusion, the higher the achievement. This woman is undoubtedly a Grand Master. She was still a quasi Grand Master last time, it seems she has made a breakthrough..."

People below the stage were discussing, and there were several White Goose Luck masters in the field, who could be said to be the worst performers of the previous batch. But with time, they are now able to rank at the top.

All thanks to the new talents.

"That Zhang Ping is not bad either. He also has White Goose illusions blooming. He must have broken through to the quasi Grand Master level, otherwise his master wouldn't have come specially to watch. This person is ambitious, I estimate he wants to be in the top three!"

The Green Sparrow masters commented.

At this time, a surprised voice rang out:

"Look, who is that? Why is there a white goose standing on his head?"

"Chen Shen? Does this person dare to cheat and bring a Luck white goose to help?"

Many Green Sparrow masters were suspicious.

"You only pay attention to those with good talent, your eyes are blind. That is clearly the result of this person reaching the pinnacle of the White Goose formation. It is the highest level of a Grand Master!"

Now, both the people below and on the stage were not calm.

The people below were not calm because the solidified illusions were difficult to distinguish between true and false. They could no longer be described as Grand Masters. It is feared that this person has even comprehended the Green Sparrow Mountain and River Art.

The higher the level, the more likely this phenomenon would occur.

These Green Sparrow masters asked themselves, now they could also make a white goose appear on their heads, and it would be difficult to distinguish between true and false.

But that's because they are Green Sparrow masters, so of course they can do it if they go back to engrave the White Goose formation.

When they were not yet Green Sparrows, very few people could do it.

"Didn't they say that this person only became a master after more than four years? Wasn't he a mediocre talent?"

"Maybe he was hiding his talent. Look at Master Zhao's expression, he's smiling so brightly. It should be Master Zhao's instruction, it seems that he wants to make a name for himself, to make a surprising appearance."

"Master Zhao is so cunning, he actually hid such a genius!"

The seniors below the stage were amazed, but the opponents on the stage did not react like this.

They were all dumbfounded, finding it unbelievable.

"How could this be? This person has reached such a level in just four or five years. I, the first graduate, am not living up to my name!"

Zhang Ping's face didn't look good. In the past, he didn't pay attention to any of the twenty-nine classmates. But now, this scene made it hard for him to bear.

The older generation of White Goose Luck masters felt that talents were emerging one after another, and each generation was stronger than the previous one.

They struggled for decades at this stage to reach the level of a Grand Master, or even not reach it, and yet this person surpassed them in just a few years.

A genius, an absolutely astonishing talent.

"Xiao Li, you're at the bottom again." Someone murmured, causing the young man named Xiao Li to blush.

Being second to last was just a big dream before the competition.

And as for who was the most surprised and troubled on the stage, it was probably Xu Wenjing.

(End of this chapter)