Beyond three thousand miles from the location of the Deep Cold Long-bearded One, there is a small island with shady trees.
Chen Yun, along with Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming and about forty others, arrived here. The group found a relatively spacious area to stop and rest.
Just like any other day, the group ate dried rations as needed and some practiced their martial arts to recover.
Of course, except for those who couldn't speak due to their recovery, everyone else was still discussing the events that had just happened and praising Chen Yun without hesitation.
"Mr. Chen has once again saved our lives."
"Yes, if you count it up, since we entered the Sun and Moon Lake Realm half a year ago, Mr. Chen has saved us several times already."
"Alas, it's just that 50 years ago when we explored the Sun and Moon Lake Realm without Mr. Chen, how could we have died so many people?"
Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming and the Dragoness Sanjiao were exclaiming and sighing in awe.
Chen Yun was humble for a few words and then found a quiet place to sit down, pulling out a magic wand from the space created by the Totao Art.
He leaned against the root of a big tree, clearing his mind of all distractions and then letting his spirit surge out.
I'm not sure if it's because of the shattered Yin Spirit being poured into the golden cauldron and jade furnace.
This time, when releasing his spirit, Chen Yun felt that his spirit seemed to have grown significantly.
Moreover, he faintly felt that some functions of the Yin Spirit had not dissipated.
For example, in the past, the Yin Spirit could leave the body, but now his yuan spirit has not been officially cultivated yet; it has only been passively nourished during the cultivation of the inner elixir. It is definitely unable to leave the body.
However, when he uses his spirit now, there is a subtle feeling of "spirit" leaving the body.
Ironically, he could also control his physical body.
This feeling is hard to describe.
It's like Chen Yun's "spirit" has gained the function of "extracorporeal projection".
The difference is that the yuan spirit does not need to leave the body, but rather projects its spirit to achieve an effect similar to that of the Yin Spirit.
"And I feel that after the Yin Spirit was shattered and its original form destroyed, it has seemingly nourished the yuan spirit, making it much stronger."
Suddenly, Chen Yun thought of a previous life and a well-known physical theory called "the law of conservation of mass".
The law of conservation of mass is one of the fundamental laws of nature.
The general idea is that in any closed system isolated from the surrounding environment, regardless of what changes or processes occur, the total mass remains unchanged.
Although his Yin Spirit was shattered, its "mass" did not change and was still integrated into his body.
The inner elixir refinement furnace represents the body and mind: the body is like a jade furnace, and the heart is like a golden cauldron.
The image of cooking with fire is used to describe the method of refining the golden elixir.
This is the current understanding of Chen Yun's internal elixir cultivation.
Although from his own comprehension, the current level may be in a lower stage, at least the direction of cultivation is correct.
That means that even though the Yin Spirit was shattered, its energy still remained.
Chen Yun estimates that the increase in his yuan spirit is likely due to the absorption of some energy from the shattered Yin Spirit.
As for the remaining energy, it may have been temporarily absorbed into other parts of his body, but he has not yet sensed it.
"So to speak, by shattering the Yin Spirit, I've actually turned a misfortune into good fortune?"
He had never thought that his yuan spirit could actually become stronger from this, saving him a lot of effort in refining it.
Chen Yun did not dwell on this aspect and instead poured his spirit into the magic wand to find the "instrumental spirit," which was Merlin's soul.
...
Within the magic wand.
Upon seeing Chen Yun's spirit entering, Merlin immediately turned a horrified face, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Please don't kill me! I beg of you, do not kill me!"
Looking at Merlin's grotesque appearance, Chen Yun showed no emotion at all, merely saying calmly, "Translate the contents of that treasure scroll word by word. If I find any falsification, I will immediately extinguish your soul!"
Upon seeing that Chen Yun had a request, Merlin immediately began haggling, "As long as you promise not to kill me, I'll translate it to you right away."
Chen Yun's face remained calm as he looked over, his spirit suddenly strengthened by three times and entangled the soul of the other party with a hard pull.
Merlin immediately let out a wretched voice.
Only after tormenting the other party for nearly half an hour did Chen Yun finally gather his spirit and spoke calmly again, "You have no qualifications to negotiate with me!"
Merlin immediately realized that if he didn't listen to Chen Yun, it was very likely that he would live a life worse than death!
Now, he lost all his arrogance and said dejectedly, "I will translate the treasure scroll for you."
Chen Yun warned Merlin, "When you translate, I will try to see if there is anything wrong. If there is even the slightest bit, you know the consequences!"
Merlin couldn't help but shrink his neck and said bitterly, "I know."
Chen Yun grunted and reached out with his physical body in the real world, summoning the magical scroll from it, ready to compare with Merlin's translation to see what it actually means.
Merlin quickly explained, "This magical treasury scroll is called the 'Dead Spirit Magic Codex'. It records various dead spirit magic, with most of them being the transformation of the practitioner into a necromancer form."
Chen Yun nodded, "Continue."
Merlin began to explain in detail.
During this period, Chen Yun kept trying and asking various questions to Merlin to confirm that there were no errors in the translation.
After about two hours, it was midnight.
He roughly understood the principle of a necromancer.
A necromancer is a dead spirit mage who, through a specific magical ritual, seals the core of his soul in a life box and thus transforms into an undead creature.
The life box is generally a special crystal box.
It could also be an instrument made from other special materials.
For example, this magic staff.
Because the life box is incredibly important, if it is discovered and destroyed, the necromancer will face permanent death, so it must be protected properly.
Some dead spirit mages will use all kinds of bizarre materials to make strange artifacts to confuse people's eyes.
This is the core part.
Once transformed into a necromancer, it can not only transform into various "walking corpses".
Even if there are good enough materials, it can transform the body of a giant dragon, becoming a necromancer of giant dragon form, whose strength is quite powerful.
From Merlin's words, Chen Yun learned that the "walking corpses" he had were different from those of ordinary necromancers; they were not transformed from living bodies but rather used a special material called "forming loess."
According to rumors, humans are made of this "forming loess."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yun couldn't help but think of the myth of Nuwa shaping people.
According to the legend, the Empress Nuwa used "forming loess" to mold clay into humans, not the "rejuvenating soil" as set in later online versions.
"TaipingYulan" cited "Fengsu Tongyi": The popular saying is that the Earth and Heaven were opened, and there were no people. Nuwa molded clay into humans, but her strength was not enough, so she pulled a rope in the mud and made them into humans. Therefore, those who are rich and noble are made of yellow loess people; those who are poor and humble are made of pulling a rope people.
This record can prove that molding clay into humans used forming loess, not the so-called rejuvenating soil.
Chen Yun really didn't know what was special about the forming loess at first.
It wasn't until Merlin explained it carefully that he suddenly understood, realizing that forming loess was a magical material that could constantly "shape".
To put it simply, even if Merlin's body was blown up multiple times, as long as he leaves behind a little bit of forming loess, he can absorb free energy from the air to infinitely regenerate and revert to his original form.
As for how the forming loess, this magical clay came into being, Merlin also made it clear: it was bestowed by Surtur.
And Surtur was obtained from the Greek god Prometheus.
Chen Yun remembered that, in addition to the legend of Nuwa shaping people with clay, there was indeed a legend in Greek mythology that Prometheus had shaped people out of clay.
However, the people Prometheus shaped out of clay in the Greek myth did not have souls.
It wasn't until the goddess of wisdom blew her breath on the clay figure, did the clay become alive with a soul.
The wisdom goddess refers to Athena.
After listening to Merlin's explanation, Chen Yun roughly understood what was going on.
As expected, forming loess inherently has the special function of creating human physical bodies.
But it cannot bestow a real soul.
This point perfectly fits into the necromancy's wizard transmigration technique.
After all, a necromancer only needs a body that can be controlled, not to create real humans.
However, the bodies made of forming loess still belong to ordinary people, and cannot possess powerful abilities.
Therefore, Merlin used magic similar to that of Er Langshen to record his former master's realm in the forming loess and inscribed a special array.
Once the body is blown up by someone, when it grows back with the forming loess, the special array recorded will automatically activate, absorbing free energy from the heavens and earth to transform it into enough spiritual energy, reaching the level of Merlin before his death, and then being controlled by the soul.
In other words, as long as there are corresponding special techniques, anyone can control that body and unleash the power of high-level mages.
Of course, the strength of that body is comparable to that of a high-level mage, entirely due to Merlin having only reached the level of a magic master in his life.
If the soul within could be trained to a higher level, it would allow the body to become even stronger.
Chen Yun finally understands the principle.
If we have to find a metaphor, the body is like a remote-controlled car, and the soul is like the remote.
Although Chen Yun has never practiced necromancy, he is exceptionally intelligent and, upon understanding the contents of the codex, knows that this so-called special method is not very advanced.
Either way, with the methods of the Taoist gate, it can still be effective, and even more reliable.
For instance, Merlin's body can be seized by someone else if they possess the same secret techniques and are stronger than him.
And if Chen Yun treats that body as a treasure for spiritual refining, after 49 days of refining, no one else will be able to take it away.
In order to test whether the other party's words were true, Chen Yun acted first with his magic to erase the "impression" left on the magical body by Merlin, then followed the methods in the codex and made some improvements, injecting his spirit into the body and leaving his own magical mark.
In the end, Chen Yun opened his eyes.
Chen Yun began to activate the body using the secret method, harnessing the power of the Flying Spirit Jade Token to actively absorb "Qi" from the heavens and earth.
After about two hours, the severely damaged body had already been restored to its original state.
Immediately, Chen Yun followed the improved method of control and issued a command, "Use the Technique of Ascending Clouds and Riding the Mist!"
Then...
Well, the body cannot use the Technique of Ascending Clouds and Riding the Mist.
Chen Yun slapped his head, instantly knowing why.
This body's core power is spiritual energy, which is different from the true Qi that Chen Yun has cultivated.
Of course, it cannot use Taoist magic that requires true Qi to activate.
But this doesn't daunt Chen Yun.
He found that spiritual energy shares some similarities with the power of the shadow spirit.
Therefore, he simply treated spiritual energy as the consciousness of the shadow spirit.
Chen Yun had already learned many spells involving the shadow spirit, all of which were obtained from Liu Guibi, Lin Fēiyún, Xiè Wúmìng, and Yīn Wújí, among others.
Chen Yun changed the approach and muttered, "Use the Wind Riding Technique."
In the next moment, the body began to use the improved Wind Riding Technique, and it soared into the air!
Chen Yun saw that it was feasible, so he immediately issued another command, "Activate the Star River Vortex!"
The body's spiritual energy surged out wildly.
In an instant, the surroundings became cold.
Following that, time seemed to speed up.
The originally dark, cloud-covered sky began to brighten.
Suddenly, the stars in the sky began to shine.
A streak of shooting stars broke through the night sky.
The entire sky was instantly filled with stars, covering the azure sky.
It looked magnificent, extremely majestic!
"It works! It's really possible to use magic!"
Chen Yun was overjoyed.
He immediately tried a few more times, testing the strength of this body.
It was almost dawn when he roughly reached a conclusion.
With the improved spells, this body could probably unleash the power of a mid-level high-grade mage, slightly weaker than what Merlin could control.
There's no way, the strongest thing about this body is its spiritual energy. Although it can use some improved spells involving shadow spirits, it's still not a true consciousness, so it cannot achieve its full potential.
The most important thing is that, with the help of secret techniques, this body can be transformed into any form it desires.
What does this represent?
This represents that I have obtained a physical manifestation with the power of a mid-level high-grade mage!
Even if it is blown apart, it can be rapidly restored!
Thinking of this, Chen Yun couldn't help but feel elated.
With this body, I don't have to risk my own life in dangerous situations in the future.
This not only saves me from risking my own life, but also, if I'm looking for some treasure, originally I would have to go in person, which would waste a lot of time. With this body, I can continue to cultivate in the Daoist realm and let this body go to gather what I need.
Good!
This body is too great!
Chen Yun knew he had struck gold!
This is a "body outside the body" that is comparable to the existence of a high-grade mage!
(Chapter complete)
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