Chapter 740: A Bountiful Harvest and a Settled Grudge
So, there you are.
Shen Anyu secretly extended his Divine Sense, and it didn't take long for him to perceive an extremely faint aura emanating from the hollow of a large tree, five li to the northwest.
To be able to precisely control a corpse puppet from five li away… this Qin Yuan's spiritual strength was indeed extraordinary.
A flicker of calculation passed through Shen Anyu's eyes as he mused internally, 'System, identify Qin Yuan.'[Ding! Congratulations, Host. 30,000 destiny value has been successfully consumed to use the Son of Destiny Identifier on the Child of Destiny, Qin Yuan!]'Thirty thousand destiny value?'
Shen Anyu raised an eyebrow. The identification of an ordinary Child of Destiny only cost ten thousand. The fact that this Qin Yuan required three times that amount only served to pique his interest.
Looks like I've hooked a big one.
Immediately, a panel of information materialized before Shen Anyu's eyes, a stream of text invisible to anyone else in the world.
[Name: Qin Yuan]
[Age: 28]
[Background: Child of Destiny from "Rebirth of the Jing River Corpse Fisher." They say humans fear ghosts, but ghosts know the true venom that festers in the human heart. He discovered his best friend and the woman he loved most tangled together in bed. The pain was a blade through his soul.
Heartbroken, Qin Yuan returned to his hometown to inherit his grandfather's trade, becoming a humble Corpse Fisher on the Jing River.
During an accidental fall into the river, he was swept into a treacherous undercurrent. Just as Qin Yuan thought he was doomed, he stumbled upon a world-altering opportunity—a partial legacy of the Ancient Corpse Refining Sect. He began cultivating the Celestial Corpse Refining Divine Method, granting him the power to refine corpse puppets and wield extraordinary abilities.
Just as Qin Yuan, full of ambition, began raiding graves and stealing corpses to build his undead army, he ran into his fated nemesis. His path to immortality was cut short, but by a stroke of fortune, he was caught in a spatio-temporal turbulence and granted a second chance at life through rebirth.
In this new life, Qin Yuan has sworn a blood oath: he will exact his revenge swiftly, starting with the one who ended him—the Young Lord of a top-tier aristocratic family, Shen Anyu!
, he will spare no one who has ever offended him!
Qin Yuan: The greatest satisfaction in life is to refine one's enemies into corpse puppets, to step upon their undead forms, and ascend to the peak of the immortal Dao…]
[Cultivation: Qi Refining, Seventh Layer (Mental energy is comparable to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Most of his strength lies in his corpse puppets; his peak in his previous life was as a False Core stage Great Cultivator)]
[Abilities: Core Legacy of the Ancient Corpse Refining Sect, Celestial Corpse Refining Divine Method (Nascent Soul Legacy), other partial legacies, numerous secret techniques obtained from grave digging and tomb robbing]
[Personality: Quick to seek revenge, cautious, decisive, prefers to remain low-key]
[Items: Xiantian Spiritual Corpse, Storage Ring, one Land Immortal corpse puppet, five Celestial corpse puppets, eighty-three Great Grandmaster corpse puppets, numerous Grandmaster and Xiantian realm corpse puppets…]
[Associated Female Lead: Yaoyao]
[Destiny Value: 10,000,000+] (Relatively high growth potential)
'He obtained a cultivation legacy, died once, and was even granted a rebirth. This Qin Yuan's luck is truly something else…'Shen Anyu scanned Qin Yuan's background profile, a faint sound of amusement escaping his lips. It was a textbook protagonist's tale: betrayed by his lover, blessed with a fortuitous encounter, and possessed of heaven-defying luck.'However, there will be no second chance at rebirth in this life.'
A cold chuckle echoed in Shen Anyu's mind. So, he wanted to refine his enemies into corpse puppets? An interesting idea. Perhaps refining Qin Yuan himself into a puppet to serve him would be an even more excellent outcome.
Shen Anyu found himself quite taken with this method of refining corpse puppets.
'The Divine Rank Copy Card I received from the lottery on Zhong Lingyin's birthday hasn't been used yet. Now seems like the perfect time.'
[Divine Rank Treasure: Divine Rank Copy Card]
[Type: One-time special item]
[Effect: Can silently copy all of the target's memories, abilities, and physique!]
The difference in value between Divine Rank Treasures could be enormous. In the System Mall, ten hundred-year zhu fruits could be purchased for a mere one million destiny value, but the Divine Rank Copy Card cost a staggering five million.
Shen Anyu had been reluctant to use it until now; an ordinary Child of Destiny was simply not worthy of a treasure valued at five million destiny value. Besides, the Divine Rank Copy Card could only copy memories, abilities, and physiques—it couldn't copy a System. If it could, he would have long since copied Ren Zhacheng's Goddess Future Diary System.
Ren Zhacheng had started with twelve million destiny value, slightly higher than even this reborn cultivator, Qin Yuan. His potential was clearly stronger. The system had rated Ren Zhacheng's growth potential as "extremely high," while Qin Yuan's was only "relatively high." That Goddess Future Diary System held immense power.
'Perhaps tonight, I can finally gather twenty million destiny value and devour the Goddess Future Diary System once and for all.'
A sharp glint in his eyes, Shen Anyu let the thought pass and activated the card.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. The Divine Rank Copy Card has been used successfully. The memories and abilities of the Child of Destiny, Qin Yuan, have been perfectly copied. No special physique was detected!]
As the system's prompt faded, a thick, spectral book materialized in Shen Anyu's mind, its cover inscribed with four mysterious characters: "The Book of Qin Yuan."
With a mere thought, Shen Anyu's Divine Sense flipped it open. Qin Yuan's entire life, from childhood to his current age, including the memories from before his rebirth, unspooled before him like a film. The memories were contained, a story he could watch without it affecting his own personality.
The legacy of the Ancient Corpse Refining Sect that Qin Yuan had obtained, along with the countless secret techniques he had plundered from tombs, surged into Shen Anyu's sea of consciousness. The knowledge circulated through his limbs and meridians as he absorbed it all.
After a long moment, the corners of Shen Anyu's mouth curved into a genuinely pleased smile.
'As expected of a Nascent Soul legacy. This Celestial Corpse Refining Divine Method is quite exquisite.'
The methods for refining corpse puppets within the text were unique and ingenious. At its highest level, one could even merge with their Innate Life Corpse Puppet to become a Drought Demon Corpse King—a being of immense power. Even among Nascent Soul cultivators, this was considered a supreme technique, yielding a physique incredibly resilient to magical treasures and impervious to heavenly lightning.
Still, Shen Anyu felt that the Two-Aspects Life-Death Medical Scripture he cultivated was ultimately more deep. He had no plans to change his primary cultivation method. Its innate divine ability, the Two-Aspects Life-Death Mystical Light, which could grant or strip away lifespan, was a truly heaven-defying power. As for the Celestial Corpse Refining Divine Method, Shen Anyu planned to use it as a reference, learning its puppet-refining techniques to supplement his own arsenal.
'Still, this Qin Yuan's luck is truly astonishing.'
While Qin Yuan was busy trying to intimidate Wu Shenyun, Shen Anyu was reviewing his memories, clicking his tongue in wonder. Qin Yuan's fortuitous encounter had been extraordinary. When he acquired the legacy of the Ancient Corpse Refining Sect, he had also found a Xiantian Spiritual Corpse that had been nurtured for a thousand years. If he refined it into his Innate Life Corpse Puppet, its potential would be limitless, its power mysterious and divine.
Given enough time, Qin Yuan had a very real chance of reaching the Nascent Soul stage, or perhaps even higher, all by relying on this single Xiantian Spiritual Corpse.
This Xiantian Spiritual Corpse had been named "Yaoyao" by Qin Yuan. It was the body of an exquisitely beautiful young woman.
'Necrophilia is a bad habit. I'll be merciful and help you break it.'
A faint smile touched Shen Anyu's handsome face. He, too, wanted to see just what wondrous qualities this Xiantian Spiritual Corpse possessed.
Don't misunderstand. He wasn't a necrophile. He just had a friend who was very curious...
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Qin Yuan, is furious. Plundering +9,999 destiny value!]
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Qin Yuan, is overcome with shame and anger. Plundering +9,999 destiny value!]
At that very moment, Qin Yuan's attempt to win over Wu Shenyun had completely and utterly failed. Whether through coercion or temptation, Wu Shenyun remained as cold and unmoving as a statue, a fact that was rapidly pushing Qin Yuan toward exasperation.
Wu Ming, that cowardly turtle, was hiding away in his Blessed Land Secret Realm, and Qin Yuan had no way to drag him out. For Wu Shenyun to repeatedly reject his advances in this manner… she was truly courting death.
"Wu Shenyun, you refuse a toast, only to be forced to drink a forfeit. Since it has come to this, don't blame this Seat for being ruthless!"
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