Liu Yanyan slowly walked forward and jumped into the large pit. To her surprise, she discovered that the coffin was made of locust and willow trees, which are the most yin-heavy.
Willow trees have been considered "grave trees" since ancient times. This is because, among all trees, willows and locust trees are believed to possess the heaviest yin energy. Such trees are only suitable for planting in cemeteries, not in dwellings. Furthermore, among the many grave trees, the willow is considered to have the strongest ability to bind souls, hence the ancient legend of the "soul-binding willow." Legend has it that if four people are buried under a willow tree, their souls cannot be released, as they are bound by the willow's yin energy.
But for Liu Yanyan, she is the inheritor of the corpse-driving lineage. Anyone with even a little common sense would not use these two types of trees to make coffins, because it is both disrespectful to the dead and a way to create artificial zombies.
Zombies are born from the resentment of heaven and earth. Because they hold their breath in their throats and refuse to swallow before they die, they slowly turn into zombies. Older willow trees are also known as soul-binding wood, which can restrain the soul of the dead. Once a coffin is made of willow wood, the soul of the dead is imprisoned there, and naturally, it will have resentment.
The presence of resentment creates the conditions for the creation of zombies. However, many have tried this method, but most have failed because everyone's soul is different. Some people have their souls imprisoned, their souls can only wail in endless loneliness until they die, completely dissipating from the world. Others are different; their souls are very resilient, able to continuously generate resentment, eventually merging with the corpse to become a zombie.
The coffin in front of Liu Yanyan was made primarily of locust wood, with willow wood used only as a lid for sealing purposes.
Using locust trees for nurturing and willow trees for sealing, if a propitious site is found and sealed for decades, a powerful zombie can be created.
At this moment, Liu Yanyan seemed to understand something. She laughed self-deprecatingly, then forcefully pushed open the coffin lid and lay down inside.
Today, she was dressed in a red gown, like a bride in a red wedding dress. She had a smile on her lips, but her eyes were calm and peaceful. However, she was not lying in a bridal sedan chair, but in a coffin.
Before she could make a move, the coffin lid moved by itself. As the last ray of light disappeared, the lid closed completely, plunging the coffin into complete darkness. Liu Yanyan could clearly hear her own breathing, and the limited oxygen in the space was being used up little by little.
Countless tons of silt were transported here, and the pit was slowly filled in...
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Chapter 120: Refining
The coffin was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Although death was imminent, Liu Yanyan felt no fear, because she already knew what her future held.
In the cramped space, oxygen was being consumed every second. At this moment, Liu Yanyan began to circulate her corpse energy, but this time it was not to control the zombies, but to refine herself.
This is a secret technique passed down in her family, or you could say a forbidden technique. It's forbidden simply because it's a conjecture that has never been successfully proposed. As for those predecessors who tried this forbidden technique, they were basically turned into inhuman, mindless zombies, and were eventually enslaved or destroyed by their families.
Xu Le quietly watched Liu Yanyan inside the coffin through his divine sense. His purpose was simple: to refine a powerful zombie to serve as his servant.
As a descendant of a family of corpse drivers, Liu Yanyan is proficient in the art of corpse refining. She has a tenacious will, and her body is filled with death energy, which has achieved a clever balance with the corpse energy within her body, making her an excellent material for corpse refining.
Xu Le has already grasped Liu Yanyan's fatal weakness and can easily manipulate her. As the first pawn in the experiment, she can be put to good use after he completes his mission, and perhaps she will be transformed into a perfect pawn.
Moreover, Xu Le is not without feelings. He has seen everything Liu Yanyan has done, but he will not trust everyone. Only absolute control is what he pursues. He does not like so-called feelings. Apart from power, everything can be betrayed, it's just a matter of how much of a bargaining chip there is.
Therefore, human emotions are the most unreliable. Xu Le's ideas are more inclined towards absolute control. His domineering and greed have penetrated to the bone marrow and spread to his soul. His possessiveness is extremely strong, so he conducted a conjecture experiment on Liu Yanyan.
Transformed into Drought Demon, one of the progenitors of zombies!
The *Shenyi Jing* states: "In the south there is a person, two or three feet tall, bare-chested, with eyes on the top of their head, who moves like the wind. This person is called *ba*, and wherever they appear, there is a great drought, with the land turning red for a thousand miles. This person is also called the Drought Mother."
Although it was only a few words, it still showed the power of the Drought Demon. Just walking around would bring drought. How miraculous this was! With a powerful body and the supernatural powers of controlling fire and drought, he could command countless zombies. It could be said that he had virtually no weaknesses.
The Drought Demon is not afraid of sunlight; flames are its power, and it can even boil the ocean dry by spewing evil fire from its mouth. It has virtually no weaknesses and can be considered one of the strongest species.
Although it seemed like a pipe dream, Xu Le had a plan all along.
Xu Le reached out and made a gesture, and the Tiger God Pillar, one of the Twelve Heavenly Pillars, lit up. The power that divided Yin and Yang began to separate the Yin and Yang energies within a three-mile radius of Liu Yanyan's coffin. All the Yang energy was dispersed to other spaces, leaving only pure Yin energy in this area, forming an artificial pure Yin land.
Although it was man-made, this area was divided by the tiger, which represents the law of balance. The yin energy in this area is very pure, without any yang energy mixed in. It can be said to be more authentic than many pure yin places.
After becoming a place of pure Yin, the temperature in this area began to drop rapidly, instantly falling below zero. A thin layer of black frost appeared on the ground, and all the plants were instantly drained of their life force, turning yellow and then losing moisture and turning into withered grass.
Inside the coffin, Liu Yanyan was using the corpse energy to defile her body when she discovered that the surrounding air was filled with a dense, watery yin energy. She was pleasantly surprised, but then somewhat relieved, knowing that it was that mysterious being who had made the move.
Now that a suitable environment had been created, Liu Yanyan naturally didn't hesitate. She began to absorb the continuous yin energy, polluting her body. As she inhaled more and more yin energy, her consciousness began to blur, and she slowly fell into a deep sleep. The death energy in her body reached its threshold, and at this moment, the oxygen in the coffin had also been used up. Her face turned red, then turned deathly pale. Her bodily functions slowly stopped, her heaving chest became calm, and her body temperature rapidly dropped. At the same time, a large amount of yin energy from the outside world poured into her body.
In the instant after her death, her soul left her body, but under the pressure of the coffin lid made of a thousand-year-old willow tree, she was unable to move at all. Because she lost consciousness, her soul became dazed and drifted aimlessly. As the pressure lasted longer and longer, her soul began to feel pain and gave birth to the first trace of resentment.
"The time is ripe!"
Xu Le's gaze remained calm. With a swift movement of his right hand, he grasped a ball of golden liquid, radiating a warm glow. This was the merit he had previously received, the very essence of the world.
The Drought Demon is an ancient god. Xu Le cannot create such a powerful being, but he can create Drought Demons with the same potential. The origin of the world has all sorts of miraculous effects; there is nothing it cannot do if you can imagine it.
Although it is only one-tenth of Xu Le's treasured merits, it is still extremely precious, and it would be a waste to use it as a material for transformation.
However, Xu Le didn't feel bad at all. After all, you have to give to receive. Sacrificing a little would allow him to gain merit to create a powerful subordinate. In his opinion, this deal was worthwhile.
In this divided space, the Yin energy rapidly dissipated, absorbed by the corpse of Liu Yan, and slowly transformed his body. Under the control of the world's consciousness, the Yin energy from other spaces continuously replenished the Yin energy lost in this space, maintaining a constant balance.
Xu Le threw the merit into the coffin. Liu Yanyan's corpse, which was being transformed, paused for a moment, then greedily absorbed the merit, and her body underwent a miraculous change.
Her orange-yellow hair turned silver-white from the ends, and in just a few minutes, she had a waterfall of silver-white hair, shining with a dazzling silver-white fluorescence.
Her eyes opened unconsciously, staring blankly into the darkness before her. Her brown pupils gradually turned golden after absorbing merit, and her originally wheat-colored skin became snow-white, as beautiful as the finest mutton-fat jade. Her skin became delicate and smooth, as women are yin in nature, and under the transformation of the pure yin energy, her features became more and more perfect.
Inside the seemingly fragile body, countless meridians were transformed by yin energy, and the blood gradually stopped flowing. Yin energy surged into every cell, filling it with power.
"Infuse the Law of Fire!"
Xu Le flung out a large amount of azure soul liquid, and the Dragon Heaven Pillar, representing the Law of Fire, emitted a faint crimson fluorescence. After absorbing the soul liquid, the divine dragon wrapped around the pillar spat out a crimson fire pearl. Flames burned on the surface of the fire pearl, and the void around it began to distort in front of the fire pearl.
Following Xu Le's instructions, the fire pearl arrived inside the coffin and slowly floated into Liu Yanyan's mouth. The flame, representing the power of utmost yang, reacted with the yin energy within Liu Yanyan's body, like water dripping into a frying pan, causing a violent upheaval.
Flames and yin energy clashed and surged through her body, causing her to tremble. Cracks appeared on her skin, and the gold in her eyes slowly faded, turning into a terrifying and eerie red.
The clash between flames and yin energy did not stop despite the depletion; instead, it intensified. A burst of fire erupted from Liu Yanyan's body, constantly contracting and expanding, like an active volcano that could erupt at any moment.
"Did it fail?" Xu Le's eyes were somewhat gloomy. He hadn't expected that he would still fail after putting in so much effort. As expected, the ancient gods were not so easy to replicate. Although he could use the Tiger Talisman to balance the conflict, once other laws intervened, this transformation would have flaws that could not be eliminated, seriously affecting his future potential.
Just as he was about to use the Tiger Talisman to balance the conflict, Liu Yanyan suddenly whispered, "Ah Le!" As her words fell, the turmoil within her seemed to be soothed, gradually calming down and forming a subtle balance, slowly merging into her body and soul.
Xu Le's heart trembled again. He hadn't expected that Liu Yanyan's love could even transcend death. However, his seven-colored Dao heart immediately trembled, swallowing up all the strange emotions. Xu Le regained his rationality, took a deep look at the slowly changing Liu Yanyan, and turned to leave the inner world.