Chapter 214 Trading

The Terracotta Army is a category of ancient burial sculptures, which has existed since ancient times.
Another portion of the terracotta warriors were made by casting special mud on living people's bodies to form stone-like figurines, to guard the coffins of the tomb's owner.
This form of burial is particularly popular in the cultivation world.
In particular, those powerful cultivators usually force certain cultivators who have a certain level of cultivation to create Terracotta Warriors and Horses during their lifetime, to guard their mausoleum after death.
Because there is a saying among cultivators that as long as their cultivation is strong enough, combining it with array formations can gather the vitality of clay warriors and bring the dead back to life, achieving a unique form of immortality.
In fact, some people have indeed 'succeeded'.
After countless years of accumulation, the deceased's body gathers spiritual power and the remnants of the soul merge to create consciousness.
However, this is a new life form that has completely lost its memories from when it was alive, so whether it can be considered a resurrection or rebirth is a matter of individual interpretation.
Although many people have witnessed turning into a mindless monster, there are still many powerful cultivators who continue to strive, considering it as the failures of their predecessors.
Immortality, has always been the ultimate goal of countless cultivators.
And this is also the origin of the "Ghost Soldiers" mentioned by Jiang Yue.
"I once followed my grandfather into a tomb and encountered two armored soldiers with Qi cultivation around the first level. Later, I found a clue in a collection of strange stories from the Tang Dynasty, which referred to them as 'Ghost Soldiers'. The specific name cannot be verified."
Jiang Yue said as she looked at the door at the forefront of the hall, "It seems that this is a burial ground for cultivators, and the deceased had a formidable cultivation level in life."
The stronger the cultivation level, the higher the probability of forming ghost soldiers and puppets.
After listening, Yang Fan understood that the Ghost Soldiers are actually the Yin Soldiers that he had learned about in ancient books.
The formation principle is the same: Yin Soldiers have extremely low intelligence and no thinking ability. They only instinctively attack people or objects with spiritual energy and absorb spiritual and vital energy, brutally murdering them.
Only a very small number of people with exceptionally powerful souls before their death can develop a certain level of spiritual wisdom after they become Yin soldiers by continuously absorbing spiritual energy over a long period of time.
This falls within the category of corpse cultivation in the cultivation world, but the cultivation traditions have been lost in the Blue Star cultivation world, so they are unaware of it.
The most common corpse cultivator is usually formed when the number of deaths reaches a certain level and the surrounding environment fills with death energy, such as the Corpse Wraith.
There are also the big dumplings in coffins that ordinary people call tomb storages.
However, the process of transforming into a large rice dumpling after death is more complex and difficult for non-graduates. They rely on their lingering obsessions or grievances before death to condense a mass of death qi. Relatively speaking, they may still retain a small portion of their pre-death memories and instincts.
The difference between Shixiao and Yinsoldier is that the former condenses death energy, while the latter gathers spiritual energy.
Generally speaking, Shixiao's combat power is much greater than Yinsoldier at the same level, and compared with the eerie and withered Yinsoldier, Shixiao is still full of rotten flesh with a foul smell.
The spiritual power that sustains the actions of the Yin soldiers in front of me was shattered, and their skeletons scattered into a pile. Their tattered clothes showed no signs of life, but they were not completely dead.
Yang Fan brushed aside the withered flesh and smashed the skull to find a stone core emitting a faint gray aura, about the size of a lychee.
"What is this and what is it used for?" Jiang Yue asked.
"It's corpse nucleus, a condensed form of the lingering souls of Yin soldiers. As long as enough spiritual energy is absorbed, it can be revived and used to create puppets."
Yang Fan said as he collected one corpse core after another, a total of sixteen, plus the two bound by elemental force, making a total of eighteen Yin soldiers.
"Yin soldiers..." Jiang Yue repeated softly, squatting down to pick up a cloth bag with her long sword. "Is this the legendary storage bag?"
Yang Fan glanced and nodded. The storage bag is a tool used by cultivators in ancient times for storage. Later, with the development of alchemy, the storage ring replaced the storage bag, which is more convenient.
The storage bags on the ground have long lost their spiritual power, and the array runes engraved on them are dim and no longer effective.
Even the magical tools have all lost their spiritual essence and become ordinary iron.
From this, we can see how ancient this tomb is.
After carefully inspecting the corpses of the Yin Soldiers, Yang Fan stored the two "alive" ones in his storage ring, deciding to take them back for research.
"This is not the main burial chamber, should we go in and take a look?" Jiang Yue looked towards the door at the front of the hall once again, feeling quite intrigued.
Yang Fan looked at the three unconscious people not far away, pondered for a moment and said, "No hurry, there is plenty of time, I'll come back next time I have free time."
He had to go back and make preparations.
Since dark soldiers can be produced outside, the chances are even greater inside.
And if the tomb owner becomes a Yin Soldier, how powerful is their strength?
It is to be known that these accompanying armored soldiers provide spiritual energy to the tomb owner.
"Alright." Jiang Yue nodded.
杨凡走去门户边上，简单布置了个防护禁制，才挥手卷起杨翦三人，与姜玥原路返回。
抵达矿脉处时，两人动手开始挖洞壁上的一块块黑金岩。
It didn't take long to start.
With a crisp sound, Jiang Yue's face became stunned as her long sword broke.
"This..." Jiang Yue's mouth twitched, her face full of pain. This was her only high-quality magical weapon, bought from the Starry Pavilion. The remaining ones she had originally used were only ordinary iron, and had long been tossed into the corner of her storage ring.
Yang Fan couldn't help but smile, took out a fifth-grade magical weapon dagger from the storage ring and threw it to her, saying, "Be careful, dig through the soil layer."
"This Black Gold Rock is too hard!"
Jiang Yue sighed and forced a smile, continuing to handle it with caution, while asking, "Yang Fan, you should be close to forming a Nascent Soul now, right?"
"Almost there, it's coming soon," Yang Fan did not tell the truth.
"Probably, it won't be cheap for this black gold rock. Although it's a 'see it and own it' situation, if I hadn't followed you, I wouldn't have had this opportunity. And now, I even borrowed the tools from you," Jiang Yue turned her head and hesitated.
Yang Fan's hands kept moving as he listened quietly.
Jiang Yue: "It looks like there are at least two hundred yuan. Can I have fifty yuan?"
Yang Fan smiled and said, "Sure."
Jiang Yue also smiled and stopped what she was doing to look over. She said, "Okay, I'll keep ten yuan, and the rest is all yours."
Yang Fan nodded, "What do you want to exchange?"
Jiang Yue's expression turned serious and after pondering for a dozen seconds, she carefully said, "I want a complete cultivation method, and, um, if you could also throw in a handy magic tool for me, would that be possible?"
After asking, she felt a little nervous, eagerly waiting for Yang Fan's response.
Everyone knows the value of martial arts, let alone complete ones.
This Black Gold Rock is extremely hard and can block divine senses. Its value is indeed incredible, but it is not of much use to her if kept in her hands or even brought back to the clan for a long time. It is best to trade it now.
But Yang Fan also got so much, she doesn't know if Yang Fan still needs it or if it's worth the price.
As for the complete technique, Yin Yang Sect once brought out a part of it at the auction, which was obtained by Kunlun Mountain. She inferred that there must be more.
Yang Fan understands that the techniques of the Five Sects and Four Families are all incomplete. The Zhou family's techniques can only be cultivated to the early stage of Golden Core, and the other eight families probably can't do much better.
As the current trend continues, if spiritual energy recovers, the most precious and scarce thing naturally is techniques.
"Okay, one complete cultivation method, one magical weapon, and I'll also give you one hundred grade three Qi Gathering Pills."
This deal was incredibly beneficial for Yang Fan as the value of ten pieces of Black Goldstone far exceeded these items.
And for Jiang Yue, it is obvious that she has also gained.
Different things have different values in different hands.
With a complete set of techniques, the Jiang family has an invaluable inheritance from a certain perspective.
“……”
Hearing Yang Fan's reply, Jiang Yue's breathing became rapid, not only agreeing to the request but also offering an additional one hundred Qi Gathering Pills, of the third rank!
For a moment, she couldn't help but suspect that Yang Fan still had thoughts about her and was trying to show goodwill towards her.
Realizing this, her heart raced for two beats, then she quickly pushed away distracting thoughts and took a deep breath, solemnly saying, "Thank you, Yang Fan!"
Men, they only affect her speed of becoming stronger, and on top of that, he is a man with a girlfriend.
For her, the resources of Yang Fan, or rather, the Yin Yang Sect, are far more attractive than Yang Fan himself.
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