In the iron coffin, an iron corpse was sealed.

The iron corpse is one level higher than a wandering corpse.

A wandering corpse’s skin and flesh are pale and rotten, containing corpse poison. Although fierce and fearless of death, its strength is relatively ordinary, mainly relying on numbers and corpse poison to gain an advantage.

An iron corpse’s skin is iron-green, like forged iron. Its strength is stronger, fully comparable to a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator’s strength.

Refining an iron corpse is more costly and takes longer.

Similarly, controlling an iron corpse is also more difficult.

Only Foundation Establishment cultivators, relying on their Foundation Establishment divine sense and using a corpse control bell as the lead, can relatively stably control an iron corpse.

Qi Refining stage corpse cultivators lack sufficient divine sense. If they control an iron corpse for too long, it can easily go out of control, leading to backlash.

Therefore, Zhang Quan thought of sacrificing the bell to enhance the stability of controlling the corpse by borrowing divine thought.

Mo Hua opened the iron coffin.

A body with black-green skin, an iron face, and fangs, the iron corpse lay in the coffin with its eyes closed.

Dense corpse qi filled its body, and dark green corpse poison flowed within its flesh and blood.

Bai Zi Sheng held a long spear, the tip pointed at the iron corpse’s forehead to prevent it from suddenly going out of control, rising up, and injuring Mo Hua.

Bai Zi Xi also held a golden long sword, standing beside Mo Hua.

Mo Hua used a dagger to cut open the iron corpse’s upper clothes, exposing its iron-green, sinister chest.

There was nothing on the surface of its chest skin.

But Mo Hua’s eyes immediately lit up.

He had indeed perceived the aura of an Absolute Array.

Mo Hua used the dagger to make several cuts on the iron corpse’s chest, but the iron corpse’s skin was hard, leaving not even a scratch.

Mo Hua sighed and handed the dagger to Bai Zi Sheng, saying:

“Senior Brother, I’ll rely on you.”

Bai Zi Sheng took the dagger and said:

“You stand back a bit.”

Mo Hua obediently retreated several zhang away.

Bai Zi Sheng then activated his technique, wrapping the dagger with golden spiritual power. He carefully cut the iron corpse’s chest and peeled off the surface skin.

Beneath the surface skin, the flesh and blood were dark green, and corpse poison misted.

And above the flesh and blood, what was condensed was a blood-red, complex, and profound array!

“Mo Hua, come and look!”

Bai Zi Sheng shouted.

Mo Hua then quickly ran over and leaned in to examine it.

After examining for a moment, Mo Hua’s eyes lit up.

That’s right!

It was indeed a Ling Shu Array, the same type as the walking corpse, but the array patterns were slightly different.

He quickly took out paper and pen, first simply recording the array patterns.

But as he recorded, Mo Hua’s expression became somewhat off.

He looked at the iron corpse and said in a deep voice:

“Senior Brother, this iron corpse is about to go out of control…”

Bai Zi Sheng was startled, “How do you know?”

Mo Hua’s gaze was somewhat profound, “The array is in operation, someone is controlling this iron corpse… ‘going out of control’…”

Bai Zi Sheng was shocked upon hearing this. He immediately took out his long spear and used one spear to pin the iron corpse in the iron coffin.

At the same time, the iron corpse suddenly opened its eyes.

Its eyes were red, filled with blood and violence.

It stretched its arms forward, its iron claws sharp and long, quenched with corpse poison. Its body stiff, it desperately wanted to stand up.

But its body was pinned down by Bai Zi Sheng’s long spear and was temporarily unable to break free.

And as it struggled, the blood array on the iron corpse’s chest also gradually became clear.

Between the array patterns, blood seemed to be flowing. As the blood flowed, a sound gradually grew louder, like a strange pulse.

The array patterns became redder, the iron corpse’s violent aura grew heavier, and its struggling force became greater.

Bai Zi Sheng frowned and said:

“Move back a bit, I can’t hold it!”

Bai Zi Xi took light lotus steps and retreated with a graceful posture.

Mo Hua also subsequently retreated several steps back.

Although only a few breaths of time had passed, the iron corpse roared, corpse qi surged through its body, and a surging force came, directly shaking Bai Zi Sheng away and breaking free from the long spear’s restraint.

The iron corpse, free from restraint, had a ferocious expression, similar to a demon beast’s low roar, but it wasn’t bloodthirsty or murderous.

It seemed to know that it couldn’t kill any of the cultivators in this room.

The iron corpse leaped up and wanted to break out through the door.

Once it escaped outside into South Yue City, it could feast, devour flesh and blood, and restore its blood qi.

The iron corpse crashed toward the door, wanting to escape.

But the dense, spiderweb-like array patterns around it lit up, and several spiritual power shackles appeared, directly tying up the iron corpse, making it unable to break free.

The iron corpse was greatly enraged. It tore horizontally with its iron claws, destroying several arrays, wanting to break free.

Before it could break free, Bai Zi Sheng’s long spear had already attacked.

Bai Zi Xi’s sword qi, also burning with pure white flames, went straight for the iron corpse’s head.

And Mo Hua’s several fireballs accurately flew toward the joints of the iron corpse’s two legs.

In the side room, arrays shook, and spiritual power overflowed everywhere.

Although a sound isolation array was laid, such a big commotion and the fluctuations of spiritual power were still transmitted outwards.

In the courtyard, Teacher Yan was drinking tea with Mr. Zhuang.

Teacher Yan heard the sound, his face showing doubt, and said:

“Did something happen?”

Mr. Zhuang smiled calmly and said:

“No harm, the children are just playing around.”

Teacher Yan was startled, seemingly half-believing and half-doubting, and nodded.

In the side room, the noise continued for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, then gradually subsided.

The arrays in the room were laid too densely by Mo Hua, layer upon layer, like a spider’s lair. The iron corpse simply couldn’t escape.

And Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi’s techniques were extremely strong.

Plus Mo Hua was at the side looking for openings to launch sneak attacks.

So the iron corpse was quickly suppressed.

Bai Zi Sheng’s long spear pierced through the iron corpse’s throat, pinning it to the ground.

But the iron corpse’s four limbs were still struggling and scratching non-stop.

Bai Zi Sheng said: “Little Junior Brother, is there a way to make it stop moving?”

Mo Hua stared at the array on the iron corpse’s chest, thought, then said:

“Destroy this array.”

Bai Zi Xi asked: “You’ve learned it?”

“Not yet.” Mo Hua shook his head, “But I’ve remembered the array patterns. I’ll slowly comprehend them later.”

“Good.” Bai Zi Xi said in a clear voice.

Afterward, she pinched her slender hand, and several golden sword lights condensed out and flew together, piercing through the iron corpse’s chest, destroying the blood array above.

The iron corpse’s four limbs struggled again for a while, then gradually stopped moving.

All three people slightly relaxed a breath.

“How should we handle this iron corpse?” Bai Zi Sheng asked.

Mo Hua pondered and said: “Let’s seal it in the iron coffin first. I’ll use arrays to suppress it to prevent it from changing again and running out.”

“The Absolute Array?”

“I’ve recorded it.”

Bai Zi Sheng was somewhat disbelieving, “You remembered it in such a short time?”

“Um.” Mo Hua nodded, somewhat uncertainly, and said:

“This Absolute Array seems not difficult…”

“Where are Absolute Arrays not difficult?” Bai Zi Sheng said worriedly, “Don’t remember it wrong, you’ll have worked for nothing.”

“It doesn’t matter. Even if I remember it wrong, Si Tu Sister still has four more.”

“Alright.” Bai Zi Sheng said, suddenly frowning again:

“Si Tu Sister’s four iron corpses, will they also go out of control?”

“They won’t.” Mo Hua asserted, “Si Tu Sister and the others don’t know arrays, they don’t move the arrays, so the iron corpses won’t go out of control…”

“This iron corpse going out of control is likely because something was discovered.”

“Someone doesn’t want me to see the array in the iron corpse’s heart veins…”

Mo Hua supported his chin, pondering.

Bai Zi Sheng nodded and said: “Then you properly research it. I can’t help with arrays, but if we need to fight, you must call me.”

“Um.” Mo Hua agreed.

After that time, Mo Hua spent it researching the arrays on the zombies’ bodies.

The walking corpse body arrays and iron corpse body arrays, combined, formed a relatively complete, self-consistent in spiritual power operation, with a beginning and end, and mutually responsive array patterns, a Grade Twelve pattern Absolute Array.

And this Absolute Array was a Ling Shu Array.

Several days later, Mo Hua sat in the courtyard, looking at an array before him, somewhat dazed.

He could already draw this Absolute Array.

This far exceeded Mo Hua’s expectations.

Mo Hua originally thought that learning the Ling Shu Array, not to mention comprehending any special Dao essence, would at least require spending some time to comprehend the special operation rules of spiritual power.

But Mo Hua learned this Ling Shu Array very quickly.

Although it had only been a few days, he could already master the array.

Mo Hua tried to draw the Ling Shu Array on a toy wooden tiger.

This tiger was made by Kui Lao and given to Mo Hua.

After the wooden tiger had the array drawn on it, Mo Hua inserted a spirit stone and urged it with spiritual power. He found that he could actually control the wooden tiger’s actions with his divine sense.

Whether walking or sitting, running or rushing, crouching or jumping, it was lifelike.

Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi watched, both feeling quite novel.

Ordinary toys in the cultivation world could move by themselves.

Mo Hua had bought many such toys in Tong Xian City. He would insert some broken spirit stones and urge them with spiritual power, and the wooden puppets would run forward “clack clack”.

But their actions were mechanical and fixed.

Different from the one Mo Hua had made now.

This wooden tiger could be controlled with divine sense to make many intricate actions.

The two looked not much different, but the arrays involved were as different as heaven and earth.

One was a shallow array that only needed a few array patterns.

While the other required a transcendent grade, a Grade Twelve pattern Absolute Array.

Mo Hua again carefully researched the principle of the Ling Shu Array.

He found that what Teacher Yan had said before was correct, the core of this Absolute Array was indeed in the word “control.”

It was about dividing spiritual power into finer threads and completing fine and detailed control through these spiritual power threads.

But was that all?

What he had comprehended, was it still only the shallow layer of the array?

Was there something more profound that he hadn’t comprehended?

Mo Hua furrowed his brows.

Moreover, besides comprehending the rules of the Ling Shu Array, he discovered another problem with this array.

This array might still not be a complete Ling Shu Array.

It was clearly already effective, but why was it still not considered complete?

Mo Hua thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out.

Until he recalled the iron corpse that had gone out of control, then he suddenly realized.

The iron corpse’s going out of control was actually a “loss of control” under array control.

That is to say, the iron corpse controlled the walking corpse, while the iron corpse was similarly under some form of control.

The Ling Shu Arrays on the iron corpse and walking corpse bodies could basically constitute a spiritual power cycle and achieve the effect of the Ling Shu Array.

But above the iron corpse, there was still another type of Ling Shu Array.

This type of Ling Shu Array was higher than the arrays on the iron corpse and walking corpse bodies.

It was a component of the Ling Shu Array at a higher layer.

That is to say, what Mo Hua currently mastered was still only a mid-low layer Ling Shu Array.

This type of array exceeded Mo Hua’s past understanding of arrays.

“Arrays are indeed vast and profound…”

Mo Hua sighed again.

If his guess was correct, the so-called Ling Shu Array was not simply a single array.

But an array that derived a class of special arrays from top to bottom, from high to low, forming a self-contained system.

All Ling Shu Arrays were arrays of the same class, but they were also divided into authority levels of control.

The walking corpse body was the lowest layer Ling Shu Array, with the lowest authority, and could only be controlled.

The iron corpse body was a higher layer Ling Shu Array, with higher authority, and could control walking corpses.

Since that was the case, there must still be something controlling the iron corpse!

Was the thing controlling the iron corpse an evil artifact, a cultivator, or another zombie?

And this unknown object, person, or corpse thing, within the system of the Ling Shu Absolute Array, had the highest authority and could dominate all mid-lower layer zombies whose heart veins were painted with the Ling Shu Array.

It could dominate all walking corpses and iron corpses!

Just thinking about it, Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart.

(End of this chapter)