Si Tu Fang cried and laughed, unable to stop, “Who taught you these words?”

“Elder Yu!”

“Elder Yu from Tong Xian City’s demon-hunting branch?”

“Yes.” Mo Hua nodded.

Si Tu Fang sighed and agreed, “Elder Yu is right, listen to Elder Yu more from now on, and don’t listen to your Uncle Zhang.”

Mo Hua nodded on the surface, but in his heart, he secretly slandered, “That’s because you haven’t heard Elder Yu curse, otherwise you wouldn’t say that…”

Si Tu Fang hadn’t interacted with Elder Yu much, so she didn’t know exactly what kind of elder Elder Yu was. She probably still thought that Elder Yu was a senior with high virtue and respect, who was “amiable and approachable.”

Mo Hua shook his head internally and said again, “It’s fine if the zombies burned. Zhang Quan committed many evils, there will surely be other clues. We’ll just look again.”

“However, this isn’t a bad thing,” Mo Hua changed his mind and said, “At least now we know that the Palm Si is crooked. We’ll be more careful next time.”

“Okay.”

Si Tu Fang nodded, her mood also improved. She had been busy all day yesterday and was very tired. She had only rested for an hour. With just a little slack, Palm Si secretly worked behind the scenes and let everything go up in flames. All her efforts were wasted.

Si Tu Fang was anxious, remorseful, and felt guilty towards Mo Hua. Yet, she didn’t expect Mo Hua not to mind, and instead comfort her. He really was a good child.

Si Tu Fang said seriously, “This time it was my negligence. Consider it that I owe you a favor. Next time you need help, just say so.”

Mo Hua smiled and squinted, “Good!”

After coaxing Si Tu Fang away, Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi popped out. They had been secretly listening the whole time.

Bai Zi Sheng asked, “We still have several zombies left. Should we tell Sister Si Tu?”

“Let’s not say anything for now.”

“Why? She’s on our side, right?” Bai Zi Sheng didn’t understand.

Mo Hua considered Si Tu Fang and said, “Letting Sister Si Tu help is good, but she’s only in the Qi Refining stage after all. Zhang Quan is in the Foundation Establishment stage and also a corpse cultivator. If they fight head-on, Sister Si Tu will be very dangerous.”

Bai Zi Sheng thought for a bit and said, “That’s true.”

Bai Zi Xi also nodded. The three of them, however, didn’t consider that they were all still in the Qi Refining stage themselves.

The zombie matter temporarily came to an end. The Dao Court Branch Headquarters destroyed the corpses and eliminated all traces. There were no clues and no progress, making it impossible to investigate further. It seemed like a big deal, but on the surface, it was nothing. Only no one knew that Mo Hua still secretly hid several zombies, and even less did anyone know what Mo Hua was hiding the zombies for.

Inside the small chamber. Mo Hua placed two coffins in front of him. Inside the coffins were the several zombies Mo Hua had stolen. He had drawn arrays all around. There was a sound insulation array, a gas sealing array, an earth solidifying array, an earth fire array, an earth prison array, and a wood binding array.

Bai Zi Sheng looked around and couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t there a bit too many arrays?”

Mo Hua said with a serious little face, “Even a lion fighting a rabbit uses its full strength. Everything must be done thoroughly, without any room for error.”

Bai Zi Sheng looked at the surrounding arrays again, somewhat speechless. You are too “thorough.”

Mo Hua now had twelve divine sense patterns, and his array level far exceeded the first rank. These casually drawn first-rank arrays were layered upon layer like they cost nothing. He drew so many. Bai Zi Sheng felt that Mo Hua simply had itchy hands and wanted to draw arrays for fun.

Mo Hua still wasn’t satisfied. He checked the arrays again, discovered that there were still some empty spaces, and then added several more arrays in the empty corners, filling the entire chamber. Now it looked comfortable.

Mo Hua nodded and then began to “open the coffins and examine the corpses.” Bai Zi Sheng opened the coffins. Inside, several zombies lay stiffly without moving at all. Mo Hua didn’t understand the habits of zombies very well, so he asked Bai Zi Xi, “Little Senior Sister, are these zombies not moving?”

Bai Zi Xi said, “There are many kinds of zombies. Some are naturally formed corpse transformations, and some are man-made refined corpses.”

“Accumulated resentment, gathered yin energy, and body soaked in filthy energy over long periods will cause natural corpse transformation.”

“Naturally formed corpse transformation zombies are fierce and crave flesh. They will constantly kill and eat people, and even other living creatures.”

“Man-made refined zombies are weaker. They need cultivators to control them with evil tools. If no one controls them, most will sink into the coffin and sleep, nurturing corpse gas. At most, they will have some instinctive small movements.”

“However, if a man-made refined zombie loses control, it will also be like a naturally formed corpse transformation zombie, attracted by blood energy, killing and eating people.”

“Oh, oh.” Mo Hua nodded repeatedly and pointed at the coffin again, asking, “Then these few haven’t lost control, right?”

“They’ve lost control,” Bai Zi Xi said.

Mo Hua was startled, “They’ve lost control?”

Bai Zi Xi nodded and said, “They’ve lost control, but these low-level walking corpses are too weak and their corpse gas is exhausted. Even if they lose control, they can’t move, unless…”

“Unless you feed them blood?” Mo Hua said.

“Yes, anything with blood energy will do.”

“And after feeding them?”

Bai Zi Xi’s gaze flickered slightly, “They will become lively themselves and constantly look for flesh to eat.”

Mo Hua frowned, “Still very dangerous.” Then he thought of something and asked weakly, “Then suppose, if you are bitten by a zombie, will you become a zombie?”

“Possibly.”

“Why is it possible?”

Bai Zi Xi said, “Zombies carry corpse poison.”

Mo Hua frowned, “Corpse poison?”

Bai Zi Xi held up her small index finger and explained, “The so-called poison is essentially ‘corpse gas,’ similar to spiritual energy, but its nature is evil and strange.”

Bai Zi Xi looked at Mo Hua and continued, “This type of corpse gas forms corpse poison, which will contaminate the blood energy of ordinary cultivators and cause them to undergo corpse transformation.”

“If the corpse poison is little, or the corpse poison is weak, it will only change a little.”

“Once the corpse poison is too strong, or it invades the heart and pulse, that cultivator will also become a zombie.”

Then she instructed Mo Hua again, “You can’t be bitten by a zombie. Your body is weak, and your blood energy is also weak. If you get corpse poison, the injury will be more severe.”

“Okay, okay.” Mo Hua nodded repeatedly.

Then he pondered in his heart, wanting to think of a way to restrain the zombies a bit and prevent himself from being bitten, so as not to be in a rush if he encountered danger later. However, this was not urgent for now.

“Then how are man-made refined corpses refined?” Mo Hua thought for a bit and asked again.

“You need blood food, filthy things, some evil and strange medicinal herbs, and also a refined corpse coffin, or a corpse-nurturing coffin.”

“As for how to refine it specifically, I haven’t refined it myself, so I don’t know.”

Bai Zi Xi’s voice was clear and crisp. Ordinary disciples of aristocratic families are not allowed to come into contact with evil and demonic knowledge, to avoid giving rise to evil thoughts and corrupting their nature. Only when they gradually grow older and want to travel or study, will their seniors in the family instruct them in private, informing them of some evil demonic methods, so that they can be vigilant and avoid being plotted against by evil demons and dying without a burial place. The Bai family probably wouldn’t teach this knowledge either. Bai Zi Xi knew these things, possibly because she was just too good at studying, had rich cultivation knowledge, and covered a wide range.

Mo Hua looked at Bai Zi Xi as if looking at an elegant and exquisite “Cultivation Encyclopedia.” He couldn’t help but admire and praise her, “Little Senior Sister, you know so much!”

Bai Zi Xi’s expression was still indifferent, only her crystal eyes revealed a bit of smugness.

Bai Zi Sheng pouted, “Flatterer.”

“Then do you know?”

“I… don’t know…” Bai Zi Sheng muttered. Zi Xi had high talent, a good memory, cultivated diligently, and had wide knowledge. In terms of cultivation knowledge, he indeed couldn’t compare with Zi Xi.

Mo Hua patted Bai Zi Sheng’s shoulder and also nodded in praise, “It’s noble to know oneself…” Bai Zi Sheng took a long time to react, and then couldn’t help but scratch Mo Hua’s little head.

Knowing the principles of refined corpses, Mo Hua began to study the arrays. First, there was the coffin. This coffin was called a refined corpse coffin, and also a corpse-nurturing coffin. It integrated the refining, hiding, and nurturing of corpses, and was considered an evil spiritual tool. Each zombie had a coffin. The level varied, and the quality of the coffin also varied. Zombies were divided into walking corpses, iron corpses, copper corpses, gold corpses, etc., and the corresponding coffin materials were also made of wood, iron, copper, and gold. What level of corpse used what level of coffin.

Mo Hua couldn’t help but complain in his heart. People alive wanted to be divided into upper and lower, noble and humble. After they died and became corpses, even the coffins had to be divided into gold, silver, copper, and iron. They were really particular even in death.

Zhang Quan ran a coffin shop. These coffins should all be refined by him. But the arrays on the coffins were absolutely not drawn by him. Zhang Quan was not an array master and fundamentally did not have this ability.

Mo Hua studied the arrays on the coffins for a bit and wrinkled his brow. The arrays on the coffins were not absolute arrays, but a general earth-element evil array. The core of the array was an earth-element array, only the form was evil and strange. The ink was human blood, mixed with white bone powder, and some unknown filthy things. The array medium was bone fragments embedded in the middle of the coffin. The array eye was a rotten heart, as if it had been refined, and as if it had been pickled. The mixture of blood energy, filthy energy, and spiritual energy inside provided the power for the refined corpse array to operate. This array looked bloody and terrifying, but the internal array principles were somewhat crude. Mo Hua didn’t think much of it.

What truly made Mo Hua care was the array at the heart of the zombies. If he wasn’t mistaken, this array was a true absolute array. Mo Hua called out, “Little Senior Brother.”

Bai Zi Sheng nodded, then wrinkled his brow, enduring the disgust, took out his dagger, and slowly cut open the chest skin of the walking corpse, exposing the array fused within the flesh. Mo Hua then observed and recorded on paper at the same time. At the same time, he released his divine sense to perform derivations and calculations, deducing the array patterns. This process was slow and easy to make mistakes. Once a mistake was made, he had to start over. Mo Hua spent an entire day researching all the corpses and comparing them with each other before he finally managed to restore a complete array.

Mo Hua looked at the array on the paper, his expression solemn. This array indeed contained twelve array patterns. It was a true first-rank twelve-pattern absolute array! But he didn’t dare to learn it yet, because this twelve-pattern absolute array was very likely an evil array used by demonic sects to refine corpses. He certainly couldn’t learn to refine corpses.

(End of this chapter)