Dashing Student-Chapter 1068: Super Control of the Corpse Puppet
Chen Nan’s words made the Divine Calculator start seriously considering the situation.
"In terms of arrays, I am no match for you, Daoist brother. If even I could think of it, you must have thought of it as well, right?"
In order to get the Divine Calculator to contribute, Chen Nan praised him lavishly.
"That’s right, the Daoist’s array mastery, if not the best in the world, is certainly the second best!"
The Divine Calculator proudly patted his chest, a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Then please, Daoist brother, inspect it thoroughly."
Chen Nan cupped his hands and went straight over to the Corpse Puppet, crouching down to examine it.
The surface of the Corpse Puppet’s skin looked no different from that of a living person, except there were runes like little snakes swimming across it.
"This thing is driven by a remnant soul. Is there a way to reuse it?"
Chen Nan rubbed his chin in contemplation and, after a moment, suddenly clapped his hands with excitement.
"That’s it, try the ’Spiritual Technique’!"
The Spiritual Technique was a family secret technique taught by Mu Wanqing; its principle was to split one’s divine soul to control inanimate objects.
It was akin to the method of controlling the Corpse Puppet.
So Chen Nan formed a sealing technique with his hands, and then brought his two fingers together, touching his own forehead, causing his divine soul to stir.
He saw an almost imperceptible glow drift from his body and directly enter the Corpse Puppet.
In the next moment, the Corpse Puppet opened its eyes and suddenly stood up straight, standing at attention beside Chen Nan.
"Wonderful, it really works!"
Chen Nan was overjoyed, knowing that the Corpse Puppet had extremely high defensive power, even a Golden Core Ninth Layer cultivator would find it difficult to damage.
If it hadn’t been for his possession of the Demon Suppressing Sword, which was especially effective against resentful spirits and remnant souls, along with the Void Breaking Sword to penetrate defenses, it would have been impossible to defeat.
Thus, the Corpse Puppet could be considered equivalent to a Golden Core Ninth Layer in terms of combat power, although its attack power was lacking by a significant margin.
Compared to normal cultivators, the Corpse Puppet couldn’t use magic, only engaging in physical attacks, but its strong physical power somewhat compensated for the lack in attack.
Yet it still served as a trump card in Chen Nan’s hand!
After recycling and utilizing the Corpse Puppet, Chen Nan could feel, in the area that would be the Dantian in a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a massive fluctuation of spiritual power.
He pressed his hand against the Corpse Puppet’s abdomen, and a thread of mana quietly seeped into its body.
Then, he discovered that inside the Corpse Puppet, there were actually ten top-grade spirit stones!
Chen Nan realized that for the Corpse Puppet to move, aside from being controlled by a divine soul, it also required spiritual energy to sustain its actions.
Upon discovering the ten top-grade spirit stones, Chen Nan almost jumped with excitement.
These spirit stones were worth a million low-grade spirit stones, enough for him to cultivate for a while.
But he quickly realized these spirit stones had lost their luster, clearly having lost most of their spiritual energy due to the passage of time, greatly diminishing their value.
Moreover, he found a crucial issue: once the spirit stones inside the Corpse Puppet were depleted, replenishing them would require a million low-grade spirit stones at once.
It’s practically a gold-devouring beast! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
"Seems like I should avoid using it unless absolutely necessary!"
Chen Nan hurriedly put the Corpse Puppet away, reluctant to use it.
When he returned to the Divine Calculator, he already had a conclusion.
"Indeed, just as you said, this Soul Destruction Sand is the array eye, maintaining the operation of the array."
Soul Destruction Sand, like other Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, contained abundant spiritual energy, yet unlike spirit stones, its spiritual energy was not easily absorbed.
Therefore, some arrays that needed to operate for long periods would seek out Heavenly and Earthly Treasures or high-level spiritual artifacts to serve as the array eye.
The Divine Calculator pointed out the Soul Destruction Sand on the stone platform to Chen Nan: "Look here, the Soul Destruction Sand at the edges has lost all spiritual energy, clearly consumed by the array."
"Daoist brother, you are truly impressive."
Chen Nan nodded but began to worry again.
"But why does this array keep running?"
The array wasn’t particularly special; only the underground palace connected to the array was somewhat unique, leaving no apparent reason for the array to keep operating nonstop.
The Divine Calculator also shook his head, "I don’t know, but since the array is useless, we might as well take this Soul Destruction Sand."
"And this kind of ancient altar isn’t the only one; there might be other connected underground palaces with Heavenly and Earthly Treasures or high-level spiritual artifacts too."
Chen Nan found this reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.
The Divine Calculator eagerly went to collect the Soul Destruction Sand, quickly dividing it into two halves.
This time, he showed no favoritism, perhaps because he had witnessed Chen Nan’s true power, so he divided it fairly into two shares.
Just as they each took their share of the Soul Destruction Sand, a shattering sound seemed to echo from the void.
It sounded like the breaking of chains.
Chen Nan suddenly remembered the chain he saw reaching into the void when the array activated, and a sense of unease crept over him.
"Daoist brother, is what we’re doing really the right thing? What if this array has other purposes?"
The Divine Calculator smiled and patted Chen Nan’s shoulder, saying, "Don’t worry, I’ve seen it all. If I say it’s fine, then it’s fine!"
Though uneasy, Chen Nan didn’t press further.
After all, he was no saint, and with such precious Heavenly and Earthly Treasures before him, it would be foolish not to take them.
Once the Soul Destruction Sand was gone, the array lost its source of spiritual power and shut down immediately.
At that moment, a flash of light appeared in the underground palace, and a figure materialized there.
"Ha, you fools, you really think I’m so kind as to share things with you."
"You should be dead by the Corpse Puppet’s hand by now."
It was Chu Jiaojiao’s voice, and unlike her previous soft tone, this time it carried a chilling note.
When the light dissipated and Chu Jiaojiao saw the situation in the underground palace, she froze in place.
Because she found that the Corpse Puppet had vanished, while Chen Nan and the Divine Calculator remained unharmed.
This was something she hadn’t anticipated at all.
"You dare to chase inside? Do you really think you can bully me?"
The Divine Calculator’s corpulent body suddenly lunged forward, reaching for Chu Jiaojiao’s slender neck in anger.
In a blink, he flew back even faster, crashing heavily into the wall.
Chen Nan, exasperated, rubbed his forehead; this chubby Daoist really underestimated his own strength.
Chu Jiaojiao’s ability to escape from the Yama Hall assassins and run this far indicated her strength was not insignificant.
The fat Daoist might be good with arrays, but in actual combat, he was lacking.
Chu Jiaojiao’s face darkened, venom dripping from her voice.
"How are you two still alive? Where’s the Corpse Puppet?"
When she came earlier, she almost got killed by the Corpse Puppet, so she lured Chen Nan and the Divine Calculator here to kill them by proxy.
The Divine Calculator stood up, clutching his chest in pain.
"Chu Jiaojiao, I know the distance between hearts can be deep, but I didn’t think yours could be fathomlessly deep!"
