Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 264: Corpse Control, Demonic Traces
The secret room, which was less than ten meters long and wide, was filled with an extremely strong smell of blood. The pearls inlaid on the wall were dyed red by the red light reflected in the blood pool, making it look somewhat eerie and strange.

Chu Zheng concealed the light in his eyes and stood up from the coffin, his movements somewhat stiff.

A slightly skinny figure was reflected in the pool of blood, covered with a foot long black hair all over the body.

With just a slight movement of his tongue, Chu Zheng was able to lick the nearly inch-long canine teeth in his mouth.

The two people not far away had average cultivation levels. The middle-aged Taoist who had just issued the order was named Song Zhao, and his cultivation level had just entered the third level.

The cultivator standing next to him was named Gu Zhenxun, and his cultivation was only at the second level of perfection.

After Chu Zheng had been refining Qi for a hundred days and the Yin Qi in his body had been compressed into Yin Dan, the cultivation level of this corpse has now reached the third level.

With this body, which absorbed the metal and iron energy from the iron coffin, the body became even stronger, and its actual combat power was already at the upper level among the three levels.

Chu Zheng stepped out of the iron coffin, gradually adjusted his body, stepped on the blood, and walked slowly to the edge of the pool.

These two people do not pose much of a threat to him now.

Seeing that the corpse in the coffin finally responded, Song Zhao's expression remained solemn. He could sense that he simply could not control the zombie in front of him as easily as he did in the past.

This situation was as if this zombie had its own consciousness, which made him feel a little uneasy. He immediately activated the corpse control technique again and issued an order:

"Stop!"

Hearing this, Chu Zheng continued to walk slowly, not moved at all.

Seeing Chu Zheng getting closer, Song Zhao subconsciously took a few steps back, with a hint of panic in his eyes for a moment.

"Fellow Daoist Song, what are you doing?"

Seeing his strange reaction, Gu Zhenxun next to him also realized something was wrong. His expression changed, and as he looked at Chu Zheng who was getting closer, his face turned slightly pale.

The monster was covered in long black hair and had bloodshot eyes, which made people shudder at the sight of it.

After a few breaths, Chu Zheng dragged his stiff body and slowly walked out of the blood pool. He did not fight with the two of them, but just stood there quietly without saying a word.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to speak, but his cultivation is not enough and he can’t make the corpse make any sound.

He is no longer a living person, but another special kind of creature. The reason why his spiritual consciousness can enter this body is purely an accident.

Now he knew nothing about the situation in the outside world and could only rely on these two people to find out.

Seeing that Chu Zheng had not moved for a long time, Song Zhao secretly clenched various talismans and magical instruments and slowly approached Chu Zheng.

Soon, he walked in front of Chu Zheng, tentatively stretched out the magic sword in his hand, and pressed it against Chu Zheng's throat.

Cold sweat had already seeped out of his forehead and his heart was beating like a drum. Judging from the aura coming from this zombie, its strength was obviously stronger than his, and he could not help but be nervous.

The sword was at his throat, but Chu Zheng remained motionless.

For a moment, Song Zhao's expression was a little complicated. Now, with just a little effort, he could cut off the zombie's head and prevent future troubles.

But it was precisely because of this that he hesitated just now. At this moment, he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart that the zombie in front of him might not be out of control.

"Fellow Daoist Song, what are you going to do?!"

Gu Zhenxun's face changed slightly, and he said repeatedly: "In order to raise this zombie, my Gu family has painstakingly searched for ten years. It was not easy to find such a gloomy place. We raised the corpse for twelve years before it became like this. Now you want to kill it again?"

His words were full of confusion, this was the hope of the Gu family. Hearing this, Song Zhao took a deep breath, clenched the spirit sword in his hand, and looked solemn:
"Brother Gu, this zombie's movements are no longer controlled by the corpse control technique. You must be aware of the dangers it contains. If we don't get rid of it now, it will definitely become a big problem in the future!"

Out of control...

Gu Zhenxun was slightly startled, looking at the black-haired monster in front of him, with some hesitation in his heart.

The out-of-control zombies will inevitably cause huge casualties, but this magical weapon that took more than twenty years to obtain is going to be destroyed before it can be effective. This is tantamount to asking for Gu's life.

All the preparations made before were shattered to pieces, and the loss of manpower and material resources is really unaffordable.

"Brother Song, can you think of any other solution?" Gu Zhenxun looked embarrassed, as if his feet had taken root and he couldn't move at all.

This is the hope for the Gu family to rise. If he were to give up like this, he would find it hard to bear to do so.

Song Zhao took back the spirit sword, was silent for a long time, and said in a voice transmission:

"There is a certain probability that the corpse control technique failed because this zombie has developed consciousness and is about to become a real living being. If Gu can provide good care for it during this period of time, there may be a chance to influence it and bring it under his command, but..."

Song Zhao did not continue at this point, but Gu Zhenxun understood the subsequent contents without listening.

The art of controlling corpses is, to some extent, very similar to controlling magical instruments. Once a corpse develops its own intelligence, it will be very difficult to deal with.

After all, it is a living being and cannot be completely refined directly like ordinary magic weapons.

It is extremely difficult to subdue an unrestrained creature, and it is even more difficult when it is a zombie with deep resentment.

"I'm willing to give it a try." Gu Zhenxun nodded heavily.

"Then please be careful and act with caution."

After a while, Song Zhao reluctantly put away the magic sword and sighed. He really couldn't bear to see his hard work go to waste.

This zombie's talent is too strong, much stronger than many so-called chosen ones and evildoers. If it really has the opportunity to become a zombie king in the future, the benefits will be limitless.

The only thing to note is that there is a huge risk of losing control.

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After leaving the secret room, Chu Zheng was quickly properly settled and learned some information about this world.

The world before our eyes is called Tianwu Realm, where the sky is round and the earth is square.

In the center of the world, there is a giant tree that supports the sky, named "Tian Wutong", on which live various kinds of divine phoenixes, blood birds, golden crows, and countless powerful alien species.

This world was not called this name in ancient times. It was only after this Tianwutong tree crossed over from this world that it was officially renamed Tianwu World.

In this world, the distribution of power is extremely chaotic. There are more than a hundred races, and the human race is in the middle. The relationship between the human race and the upper and lower races is ordinary. There are friendly groups, and there are also tense relations with other groups.

What surprised Chu Zheng the most was that in this world, the existence of the universe did not seem to be a secret, and many living beings knew about it.

Regarding these evil demons coming out of the universe, many creatures among the many tribes in this world do not call them evil demons, and even worship them as Yin gods and worship them with the rituals of gods.

It is even said that there are living creatures around the Tianwutong tree.

(End of this chapter)