Chapter 196: Resurrection of Black Zetsu

Compared to Honglian's pursuit of joining the Hehuan Sect, Mo Juren is not so obsessed with this.

If the Hehuan Sect is really as powerful as others say, such a large sect must have countless rules, and it probably won't be as beautiful as Honglian imagined.

However, since the beauty was so ambitious, Mo Juren had nothing else to say except to help her.

For many years, Granny Jinhua has been known as one of the three foundation-building cultivators in Lanzhou. Her actual cultivation level should be far more than foundation-building.

Just from her incredible clone technique, the illusion she carried with her, and even the lotus platform she bestowed on her disciples, all of which were at the level of magic weapons, it was obvious that she had cultivation level of at least Golden Core.

Although Liu Ya had been his third wife for more than ten years, she was just one of the more than thirty clones of Liuhua Shaojun.

If I really go to the Hehuan Sect rashly, I really don’t know what kind of treatment I will get.

Mo Juren often paid attention to the "Love-stealing Order" on his hand. After all, it was engraved on his hand by Liuhua Shaojun through a trick, and he couldn't get rid of it even if he wanted to.

Fortunately, this mark has not caused any movement and has no effect on cultivation, so it has gradually faded away.

When practicing in Mount Meng, it is inevitable to encounter many monsters and beasts. Mo Juren and the other three were naturally not idle and hunted quite a few. This was also a good opportunity for the three to practice various spells.

The prey obtained was directly dealt with by traveling merchants at various entrances and exits such as the Mangrove Valley through Honglian Sanren, who was familiar with the area.

The spirit stones obtained were used to exchange for items for Honglian and Madam Xiang's daily practice, which was just right.

Ever since Mo Juren tricked the Yan siblings into giving him those encyclopedia-like catalogs, he would take them out to study them whenever he had time.

In addition, in places like Mengshan, it is possible to identify and study them on site at any time.

As a result, I got to know many new monsters, spiritual beasts, spiritual medicines and herbs, and gained a lot of knowledge.

In this way, this journey to Mengshan, which seemed to be an escape and refuge, was actually a rapid increase in strength in all aspects.

Especially the practice of Tiansha Sword Body Technique, since Mo Juren used most of his practice time to open up acupoints, it also entered a stage of rapid advancement.

Not only have the ninety visible acupoints of the Elephant Armor Skill been temporarily stagnant, but the hidden acupoints have also been opened to more than two hundred, which is thirty percent of the progress towards the extreme number of ninety-nine.

Now, once the evil spirit amplification technique is fully unleashed, even the most common fire bomb technique can be enhanced three times, and its destructive power is almost close to that of a foundation-building cultivator.

I can't imagine that if the Tiansha Sword Body is fully developed and strengthened more than ten times, it would be possible to kill the enemy across the border and defeat the foundation building with Qi training.

Both Mo Juren and Honglian were vying to improve their strength, which made Madam Xiang fall to the bottom.

Mo Juren could not help her with the art of insect poisoning, but he left the feeding of the iron-eating insect to her.

All the corpses of monsters, which were usually of little value, were given to this little guy to eat, making it strong and healthy.

The sharp fangs and thorns on its body were shiny and glossy, and it became even more ferocious.

Perhaps Mrs. Xiang felt helpless because she had become the last one in the group, so one day she said to Mo Juren,
"Master Tie, the Black Jue Master who was put into the storage bag before is about to re-deploy the corpse-controlling Gu. Why not let Master Tie control him? It will be a great help to us in hunting beasts."

Mo Juren recalled the feeling of something wrong when he dug Master Hei Jue out of the soil at Lingshou Mountain, and he hesitated and said,
"Black Zetsu's strength is indeed good, but it is not necessary for us at the moment. I always feel that this Black Zetsu seems a little strange. Doesn't Madam Xiang feel the same?"

Mrs. Xiang recalled,

"I have carried this Black Zetsu with me for many years and I don't feel anything unusual. Black Zetsu's cultivation level dropped a little after the outbreak of the Blood Burning Gu, but he is still under the control of the Corpse Control Gu as before."

Mo Juren still asked in doubt, "Madam Xiang said before that Hei Jue practiced the skills of the Blood Sect and the Evil Sect of the Five Poison Sect. I wonder what the characteristics of these two sects are?"

Mrs. Xiang replied,

"The descendants of the Five Poison Sect's Blood Sect usually practice the Way of Blood, focusing on the power of life, blood essence, and soul. Their skills are usually strange techniques such as blood sucking, restoration, soul refining, and blood sacrifice."

"The cultivation of the Sha Sect is somewhat similar to that of Master Tie. They also follow the path of refining the evil spirit into qi, strengthening the body, and tempering the bones and skin. They treat themselves as treasures to be tempered. The path of cultivation is extremely painful."

Mo Juren considered it for a moment and said,

"That means Black Zetsu's body has many hidden secrets..."

If Black Zetsu's blood and evil arts have been practiced to a certain level, it would not be impossible for him to restore vitality from a corpse.

This kind of practice is worth exploring.

Because the body of Zhang Tie that Mo Juren seized was also resurrected from the state of a corpse. If he could learn some techniques in this regard, his understanding of himself would be clearer.

So Mo Juren said,
"Since Madam Xiang insists, let's give it a try. But before that, just in case, we need to make some arrangements, like this..."

Madam Xiang nodded in understanding after hearing this. Then Mo Juren called Honglian, and the three of them found an open place and released Master Hei Jue who had been trapped in the spirit beast bag for several months.

Dressed in black, tall and thin, Master Hei Jue still looks the same as before.

Although his face was cold, he still looked like a real person and it was impossible to tell that he was actually a corpse.

Mo Juren smelled it carefully and found that the man did not have the special smell of a corpse as he had seen at first, so he became more cautious.

Madam Xiang also controlled the corpse-controlling Gu and gave the order to Master Hei Jue:
"Master Black Zetsu, draw your sword! Draw your sword! Jump up! Turn around!"

Master Black Zetsu completed Madam Xiang's instructions one by one with a slight reluctance, and it seemed that there was really nothing wrong with it.

Then Madam Xiang nodded slightly to Mo Juren, and then began another order.
"Master Black Zetsu, take three steps forward! Back off! Stop!"

Master Black Zetsu still faithfully completed the order, but after Madam Xiang finished speaking, her eyelids twitched wildly, and then she silently approached Mo Juren.

When Mo Juren saw Madam Xiang's actions, he knew that something was wrong with Hei Jue! So he gave Hong Lian a look, and she quickly offered the red lotus platform, and everyone became alert.

Because Mo Juren had previously instructed Madam Xiang to release Master Hei Jue, he deliberately gave one command in the second paragraph while secretly using the corpse-controlling Gu to perform the opposite action.

And now, Master Hei Jue is meticulously following the orders from Madam Xiang, which shows that the corpse-controlling Gu is actually completely ineffective, and Master Hei Jue is still pretending!
The three men surrounded Master Black Zetsu, and the atmosphere became noticeably tense.

Madam Xiang pretended to be relaxed and said,

"Master Black Zetsu, throw away the long sword on your back, squat down and relax, and prepare to return to the spirit beast bag to rest."

However, Master Hei Jue slowly took off the long sword and its scabbard from his back, held it in his hand, but was unable to throw it out for a long time.

His movements were choppy, as if he didn't understand Madam Xiang's orders and was struggling.

Mo Juren sneered and said,

“Master Black Zetsu! Stop pretending. Now that you have regained consciousness, why are you still pretending to be a corpse?!”

(End of this chapter)