Chapter 53: The Corpse Aura Vanishes, Zombies Take Formation!

One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds...
Filled with anticipation, Feng Yang waited, but the statue showed no response.
“What’s going on? Where is the inheritance of the Infinite Celestial Master?”
Feng Yang rose, feeling completely despondent.
Then, a scene from his earlier confrontation with Mu Ruxue flashed through his mind.
“That’s it—it must be her! Damn it, the inheritance of the Infinite Celestial Master was taken by her!”
Feng Yang was nearly driven mad with anger.
This was the inheritance of the Infinite Celestial Master, a supreme master who had fused the top magical arts from various sects.
The inheritance was right before him, yet someone else had beaten him to it.
It felt like having won a hundred million yuan lottery, only to find out someone else bought the ticket.
Bitter.
Painful.
Heartbreaking.
...
A torrent of emotions surged in Feng Yang’s heart like an overwhelming tide.
“Senior Feng Yang.”
At that moment, Wufeng and Daoist Baihe entered.
“It really escaped,” Daoist Baihe sighed.
He had known this monstrous zombie wouldn’t be easily subdued.
The escape meant they had missed the best opportunity to kill it.
Next time they met, the monster zombie would likely be even stronger.
“Hmm? This statue...”
Wufeng took a closer look at the statue of the Infinite Celestial Master.
Approaching it, his face suddenly brightened.
“It’s the statue of the Infinite Celestial Master! Legend says he mastered the top magical arts of all sects and was incredibly powerful... There are words on the ground? What! The Infinite Celestial Master actually left an inheritance here!”
“The Infinite Celestial Master? And left an inheritance?”
Daoist Baihe’s pupils contracted sharply as he hurried over.
“Don’t even think about it—the inheritance has already been taken. It must be that sorceress who was with the zombie. No wonder she wields the skills of the Qingcheng Sect!” Feng Yang ground his teeth, speaking every word through clenched teeth.
“The Infinite Celestial Master’s inheritance was taken by her? Senior Feng Yang, Daoist Wufeng, I suddenly remembered an urgent matter and must leave first.”
Daoist Baihe bowed respectfully to the two, then turned and left.
“I also have urgent matters to attend to. Senior Feng Yang, I take my leave.”
Wufeng hurried away as well.
Only Feng Yang remained in the cave.
He knew exactly why those two rushed off.
They were surely heading back to their sects to report the inheritance of the Infinite Celestial Master.
If one could obtain that inheritance, it would mean mastering the top magical arts of all the great sects—who wouldn’t be tempted?
As for pursuing the monstrous zombie, that matter would have to be postponed.
Besides, no one knew where the monster zombie had fled.
“Hmph, with just your two sects, you dare to covet the Infinite Celestial Master’s inheritance? Overestimating yourselves.”
Feng Yang snorted coldly.
He pulled out three yellow talismans, folded them into paper cranes, and began to cast a spell.

Finally, he whispered to the paper cranes, conveying the details about the Infinite Celestial Master’s inheritance.
“Incantation!”
Feng Yang gave a low shout.
The paper cranes fluttered their wings and swiftly flew away.
This technique evolved from the Thousand-Mile Tracking Curse—a Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission spell.
“As long as we find that monstrous zombie, we’ll surely find that sorceress. First, mark your location; once reinforcements arrive, you won’t have to worry.”
Feng Yang sneered contemptuously.
He cast the spell again.
But when the spell succeeded, no trace of Qin Feng’s aura was found.
“This spell doesn’t work anymore?”
Feng Yang was momentarily stunned, then laughed bitterly, “I have plenty of tricks.”
He changed the spell.
He tried more than ten times, all ending in failure.
Qin Feng’s aura seemed to have vanished from this world.
“What’s going on? Could the zombie be dead?”
Feng Yang furrowed his brows, full of doubt.
Dead? No way.
He refused to believe the monstrous zombie was dead.
It must have used some technique to perfectly conceal its aura.
“Did you tamper with it? The Infinite Celestial Master’s inheritance is truly extraordinary!”
Feng Yang clenched his fists, filled with unwillingness.

Meanwhile, inside the corpse cave,
Qin Feng was still learning the Infinite Celestial Master’s magical arts from Mu Ruxue.
He had already mastered illusion arrays and aura concealment formations.
Now he was studying other skills.
Mu Ruxue tirelessly taught Qin Feng.
Most of the arts she was imparting were ones she herself hadn’t fully mastered.
She only knew the cultivation methods; to fully grasp them, she had to train herself slowly.
If she had Qin Feng’s terrifying talent, she could simultaneously receive the Infinite Celestial Master’s inheritance and master it.
As time passed slowly,
Night finally fell.
Qin Feng ended his day of training.
Holding the yellow talisman given by Mu Ruxue, he stepped outside the cave.
With a wave of both hands, twenty-eight yellow talismans flew out rapidly.
Corpse qi circulated as his hands swiftly formed seals.
Complex and intricate hand signs were formed in an instant.
“Incantation!”
Qin Feng uttered sharply.
The next second,
“Whish, whish, whish, whish!”
Twenty-eight stars in the sky corresponded with the twenty-eight talismans, casting twenty-eight beams of starlight.
In just five minutes, the formation was complete.
The cliff had transformed into a gently flowing creek.

This was the Celestial Star Illusion Array.
Using the number of the celestial cycle and invoking the power of the twenty-eight constellations, it linked heaven and earth, projecting a phantom.
The phantom was the creek.
It appeared real but was actually an illusion projected from elsewhere.
Though the creek seemed authentic, it was purely a mirage.
Without recognizing the illusion, one would believe it to be real.
Only a Taoist master above the Shadow Passage Realm could discern the illusion.
Using this array to conceal the cliff and the corpse cave was more than sufficient.

Next,
Qin Feng continued to set up another array.
This one was an aura-shielding formation called the Five Elements Void Array.
Using the Void Talisman as the array core, yellow talismans were placed at the orientations of the five elements.
It could isolate all auras within a ten-mile radius inside the formation.
The Void Talisman had been drawn by Qin Feng himself just now.
Fortunately, his aunt carried the wolf hair brush and cinnabar necessary for drawing talismans.
After a day of learning, it was no exaggeration to say that Qin Feng had become a Taoist master.
Even many Taoist masters couldn’t match his skill.
If he encountered Feng Yang again, he was fully confident he could confront him head-on without losing.
A mid-stage zombie could rival a Taoist master at the Soul Wandering Realm, effectively leaping two major realms.
This was the power of a zombie capable of casting spells.
However, his current cultivation level was still too low.
If faced with someone above the Soul Wandering Realm, like the Shadow Passage Realm, he would have to turn and flee.
If confronted by a True Person Realm expert, he wouldn’t even have the chance to escape.

After setting the arrays,
Qin Feng returned to the cave, called his aunt, and headed to the city district.
He had originally wanted to bring the peach tree demon along,
But the demon refused to go no matter what.
Qin Feng didn’t force it, leaving it in the corpse cave to guard the place.
One human and one zombie moved swiftly.
This time, they didn’t return to the Taoist temple White Cloud View in Songshan City.
Instead, they went to an apartment his aunt had bought in the Taibang community in the city center.
The apartment was 100 square meters, with three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
It was bought for Qin Feng’s schooling, costing 300,000 yuan at 3,000 yuan per square meter.
Now, prices had risen to 9,100 yuan per square meter, nearly tripling.
If bought now, it would cost 900,000 yuan.

As soon as they arrived home, Qin Feng sank comfortably onto the familiar sofa.
After many days, he was finally home.
Having narrowly escaped death multiple times in recent days, he was utterly exhausted.
Home was truly the most comfortable place.
Relaxing completely the moment he was home,
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Suddenly, urgent knocking sounded at the door outside.