Chapter 21: Profit Driven
Time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, another month or two had passed, and winter had already arrived in the Liancheng world.

Zhang Chu sat upright in the quiet room, silently moving his magic power. The magic power seed in his dantian had already sprouted eight roots.

It has to be said that when practicing evil methods, one’s strength will increase quickly.

In just less than a year, Zhang Chu had actually completed the early stage of the Condensation Realm.

It’s not that Zhang Chu’s talent for practicing Taoism is too high, but that he is too blessed. With only a mere Condensation Realm, he has his own Taoist temple and can even refine his own corpses. There is no one to help him slay demons and eliminate evil.

If those who practice evil methods in the zombie world knew about this treatment, they would probably be furious.

In the zombie world, people practice evil magic. On earth, there is Maoshan to uphold justice, and there is the underworld to monitor. It is impossible to live in peace and one has to hide all the time.

With a breath of cold air, Zhang Chu had finished his practice.

Looking at the mirror-like ice surface in the room, Zhang Chu was at a loss.

His magical power is extremely yin and evil, and carries a chilly aura. As long as there is moisture in the place where he practices, it will naturally become what it is now.

Moreover, as his magic power improved faster, he became more dangerous. Now, his heartbeat was no longer barely detectable, but had completely stopped.

Even if you don't eat or drink for ten days, you won't feel hungry.

He is becoming less and less like a human being and more like a conscious zombie.

For two months, Zhang Chu asked Heiyi to find some martial arts for him to enhance his qi and blood. Maybe the level of the martial arts was too low. After Zhang Chu practiced it, it couldn't be said to have no effect, but it was better than nothing.

Moreover, due to the stagnation of qi and blood, Zhang Chu's progress in practicing martial arts was extremely slow.

The purpose of martial arts training is not to cultivate magical powers, but to strengthen the Qi and blood, and to follow the path of refining essence into Qi.

His magical power is sinister and based on corpse qi. His qi and blood have long been weak to the extreme. How could he possibly practice martial arts?
Unless it is a top-level martial arts secret book, like the Nine Yang Manual that he had thought of before, he can practice it and it will be useful to him.

After all, he remembered very clearly that Zhang Wuji, the protagonist of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, was tortured by the cold and gloomy energy for several years before he encountered the Nine Yang Manual. In just a few years, he cultivated it to perfection and became invincible.

However, Zhang Chu cannot obtain that kind of secret manual of magical skills now.

Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Zhang Chu walked out of the room.

Only by improving his strength first can Zhang Chu obtain the complete skills and solve the current drawbacks.

But you can't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Looking at the dark night, Zhang Chu walked directly to the Yin gathering place. Ten zombies were unearthed tonight. After refining the corpse qi of these ten black zombies, the mana seed would be able to grow nine roots.

Zhang Chu's plan is to wait until the early stage of the Condensation Realm is complete, that is, when the mana seed grows twelve roots, and then he will return to the zombie world.

When I get there, I will first upgrade the Corpse King Banner, then incorporate the Iron Corpse into it, and then test Maoshan’s attitude to see if I can find the subsequent exercises.

If that doesn't work, he will return to the Liancheng world and continue his corpse refining business until he has gathered nine iron corpses, and then return to the zombie world.

After all, the zombie world is already in the Dharma Ending Age. Even if there are some righteous practitioners, facing the siege of nine iron zombies, they will have no choice but to die on the spot.

Of course, Zhang Chu would not be stupid enough to attack Maoshan.

A thousand-year-old sect, who knows how much foundation it has?

Maybe the guardian zombies in the sect are all at the flying zombie level. If Zhang Chu goes there, he will just be a delivery boy.

While Zhang Chu was thinking about things, there was a loud bang, and the zombies in the ten corpse pits broke out of the ground at the same time.

Looking at the ten black zombies, Zhang Chu's magic power suddenly erupted, and extremely powerful pressure fell on the ten zombies.

The zombies, which had been restless, suddenly became quiet, like lambs to be slaughtered.

After his magic power became even stronger, Zhang Chu no longer needed to set up an altar to deal with these black zombies. He only needed to emit the pressure from his body, which was enough to suppress the black zombies that had just been unearthed.

"Duh!"

With a clear shout, ten black zombies jumped towards Zhang Chu and obediently gave up their corpse qi.

Zhang Chu absorbed the corpse qi of ten zombies at the same time, and under the burst of cold air, he immediately turned into an ice sculpture. Ignoring the zombies that turned into ashes, Zhang Chu used his magic power to slowly refine the corpse qi.

Ten balls of corpse qi were refined by Zhang Chu, and the seeds of mana immediately began to sprout roots.

Feeling the solid ice outside his body, the magic power gathered in his dantian spurted out.

"Crash!"

The ice around him suddenly turned into pieces and fell to the ground.

In just a few months, Zhang Chu had refined more than fifty corpses, including one iron corpse, two white zombies, and the rest were black zombies.

Now, the white zombies and the black zombies have turned into nutrients for Zhang Chu to improve his strength. As for the iron zombies, they are lying quietly in the storage space.

Judging from the progress of the mana seeds growing roots, Zhang Chu only needs to sacrifice thirty-three more black zombies to complete the early stage of the magic realm.

Feeling the improvement in strength and the situation of the Corpse King Banner, a hint of fierceness flashed in Zhang Chu's eyes.

It is not okay to just sit in the charity cemetery and wait for the materials to be delivered to your door. You have to take the initiative. Otherwise, when will you be able to achieve the perfect state of Dharma?

He turned around and went back to the room, found a shovel, and started digging in the Yin gathering ground again.

Over a few months, several more Yin Qi nodes were added to the Yin Gathering Land. Destroying each Yin Qi node would result in the discovery of a corpse pit for refining corpses.

The magic power is exerted in the eyes, making them appear unusually bright.

Holding a shovel, he carefully followed the veins of Yin Qi and dug out six more corpse pits.

Nowadays, there are twenty-one corpse pits in the Juyin Land, enough for Zhang Chu to sacrifice and refine twenty-one corpses at a time.

“We still have to collect materials!”

Looking at the twenty-one corpse pits, a trace of helplessness flashed across Zhang Chu's face, "But now I have men, so I don't have to work so hard myself!"

"Greetings to the Taoist Master!"

Early in the morning, the Taoist priest in black arrived, exhausted. "What instructions do you have for me, my Lord?"

"Black,"

Zhang Chu obviously had a plan in mind. "I heard that the Blood Blade Sect and Taihang Mountain bandits are rampant recently!"

"You can go and do justice and eliminate violence!"

"Yes, Taoist Master!"

Although Hei Yi didn't know why Zhang Chu asked him to fight against evil and protect the good, he still agreed without hesitation.

"This is a corpse-driving talisman and a corpse-driving bell!"

After thinking for a while, Zhang Chu took out a series of yellow talismans and a bell from his arms, "Put the talisman on the forehead of the corpse, shake the corpse-driving bell, and the corpse will walk!"

"Hide during the day and come out at night, don't disturb the people!"

"I obey my orders!"

After receiving the corpse-driving talisman and the corpse-driving bell, the Taoist priest in black was very excited. He had finally come into contact with the treasures of the immortals.

As for what the corpse was brought back for, he had some guesses in his mind. When Zhang Chu was refining the corpse qi, he did not avoid him at all.

"Wait until you come back,"

Zhang Chu knew clearly that everything should be driven by profit. "I will explain to you how to enter the Dao through martial arts!"

"Thank you, Taoist Master!"

The man in black immediately bowed and said, "I have been Zhang Chu's disciple for two months and have devoted all my efforts to him. Isn't it for this matter?"
(End of this chapter)