Soon after Du Wuchen and Gao Xufan were sent back, only Su Mo and the three girls remained inside the underground facility.

The underground chamber below had finally quieted down completely.

The horrifying screams from earlier were gone. Only the faint rustling of ants feeding on the remaining flesh occasionally echoed upward through the silent underground space.

Zhang Xulin subconsciously avoided looking down toward the chamber.

Even after everything ended, the atmosphere there still made her uncomfortable.

Yang Qingxi noticed Su Mo standing beside the balcony without moving and asked curiously,

"What’s wrong, Su Mo? Aren’t those criminals already dead?"

"Is there any point in staying here longer?"

Leng Shuang also stepped forward and spoke seriously.

"If Master is worried about disposing of the skeletons, you don’t need to trouble yourself. Leave it to me."

"No need, Shuang."

Su Mo shook his head slowly.

Yang Qingxi narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

"...Don’t tell me you still have something else planned for them?"

"Are you not going to let them rest peacefully even after death?"

Su Mo looked at her in surprise.

"Eh? How did you know?"

Then he sighed emotionally.

"I have to admit, Miss Yang understands me best."

Zhang Xulin and Leng Shuang immediately looked at him in shock.

Even after their death, he still had plans for the corpses?

Su Mo ignored their strange expressions and looked toward the underground chamber below.

"I just hope this works."

The next moment, crimson light flickered faintly inside his Devil Eyes.

Then he jumped directly from the balcony.

Yang Qingxi followed after him almost immediately.

When Su Mo landed on the blood-soaked ground below, the countless ants covering the chamber instantly dispersed and gave him a clear path as if welcoming their king.

However, Su Mo’s attention wasn’t on the ants. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Instead, he focused on the thick Yin energy gathering throughout the underground chamber.

The resentment here had become extremely dense after the criminals died in such miserable conditions.

A smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Haha... it worked."

Yang Qingxi landed beside him and asked,

"What worked?"

Su Mo turned toward her and explained patiently.

"It’s about cultivating Yin energy."

"You know how places filled with resentment after mass death naturally gather Yin Energy, right?"

Yang Qingxi nodded lightly.

"Of course."

Then she frowned slightly.

"But without a suitable medium, the Yin Energy will naturally disperse over time."

"We’re not inside some special tomb built with feng shui formations capable of trapping Yin Energy permanently."

She glanced around the chamber.

"Although the resentment here is indeed enormous, the Yin Energy itself won’t remain useful for long."

Su Mo grinned.

"But what if I already have a medium?"

Yang Qingxi paused slightly.

Then Su Mo casually took out a small plant pot from his storage ring.

The moment Yang Qingxi saw it clearly, her eyes widened.

"Ghost Apple Plant?!"

Instantly, she understood his plan.

"With the amount of resentment generated here..."

Her expression became strange.

"...this place really might be enough to grow a Black Apple Fruit."

"Exactly."

Su Mo nodded in satisfaction.

"Now we just wait."

He walked toward the centre of the underground chamber and carefully placed the Ghost Apple Plant there.

Under the effect of his Devil Eyes, he could clearly see streams of Yin energy floating throughout the underground space.

Soon, those dark currents slowly began converging toward the Ghost Apple Plant.

The plant visibly trembled slightly.

Meanwhile, behind them, Leng Shuang still looked confused.

Fortunately, Zhang Xulin kindly explained beside her.

"The Ghost Apple Plant absorbs Yin Energy... Then it creates Black Apple Fruits..."

Leng Shuang’s eyes widened slightly.

"Master’s ruby eyes can become stronger and gain new abilities... Amazing."

At the side, Yang Qingxi also silently observed Su Mo.

She was honestly becoming increasingly curious about what kind of terrifying changes his Devil Eyes would gain in the future.

Right then, she suddenly noticed Su Mo spreading his spiritual energy throughout the entire underground chamber.

A faint blue glow spread outward silently.

At the same time, Su Mo’s inner voice sounded in her mind.

[Get up, my undead~]

"..."

A black line instantly appeared on Yang Qingxi’s forehead.

This bastard.

Why was he suddenly acting like some mid-villain necromancer boss?

Below, the blue spiritual energy gradually entered the scattered skeletons spread throughout the underground chamber.

Soon, the energy condensed inside the bones.

Then something strange happened.

The originally blue spiritual power slowly transformed into dark Yin Energy.

A cold atmosphere spread silently.

Then, one skeleton suddenly moved.

*Crack.*

Its fingers twitched.

Then another stood up.

And another.

One after another, the skeletons slowly rose from the blood-soaked floor.

Zhang Xulin immediately screamed softly, "G-Ghosts!"

Leng Shuang also became shocked. "Master did this?!"

Yang Qingxi quickly calmed down after the initial surprise. "There are no ghosts."

Then she looked toward Su Mo thoughtfully.

"Your corpse puppet technique?"

"All this time you mostly used it for memory reading, so I almost forgot this was its actual purpose."

Su Mo shrugged casually.

"I never had much use for it before."

"Besides, I don’t like disturbing unrelated dead people."

He looked toward the standing skeleton army calmly.

"But using my enemies as undead puppets doesn’t really hurt my conscience."

Yang Qingxi smiled faintly. "As long as your conscience agrees."

Then she suddenly noticed another issue.

"Wait."

"Where are you even planning to store all these skeletons?"

"You know they’ll start smelling terrible soon, right?"

Su Mo’s expression stiffened slightly.

Indeed.

That was troublesome.

His current storage ring definitely couldn’t fit this many skeleton puppets.

After thinking briefly, he sighed. "Then I’ll just bury them here temporarily."

"Once the ants completely clean up the remaining flesh and the smell fades away naturally, I’ll deal with them later."

Yang Qingxi nodded casually.

"Alright. From now on, this underground place already belongs to you. Use it however you want."

At that moment, Leng Shuang suddenly spoke seriously.

"If Master wants to remove the smell faster, I can bring chemical agents later. I promise I’ll handle it properly."