"But what?"
"This sacred artifact can only reveal its effects with the blessings of my Cultivation Technique, otherwise, whether swallowed or worshipped, it's all for naught!"
The corpse spoke with a smug air, "To outsiders, this object is merely invested with some value, without any real function. But in my possession, it's a priceless treasure! Young fellow, hand over the sacred artifact to me, and I shall teach you how to cultivate, how about that?"
"I don't know where it is."
Song Yun took two steps back as impatience began to show in the corpse's eyes. He used his long nails to slash across his own chest, creating a spiritual connection with the gu insects that had long been buried within the sacred artifact.
Suddenly, his gaze fell upon Wen Shu's belly, and to his surprise, the thing had been swallowed by this young girl!
"Hand over Wen Shu to me, and I can grant you whatever you desire."
"Impossible!"
"Then I have no choice but to kill you both and retrieve the sacred artifact from Wen Shu's body!"
Upon hearing this, Song Yun showed a trace of alarm, amazed at how much this undying old creature knew.
"Die!"
Carrying Wen Shu on his back and with a small knife spinning in his hand, Song Yun struck sparks off the corpse's skin!
This couldn't go on, otherwise, the knife would break before the other party was dead.
Wait a second... Why was this corpse continually commanding the insects to attack?
Clearly, his own combat power was far more formidable!
Determined to experiment, Song Yun abruptly charged toward the window. Just as he was about to escape, the corpse rushed over, landing a whip-like kick on the barrier. Song Yun rolled over four or five times on the ground before neutralizing the force of the blow.
The corpse slowly walked back to its original place. Could this mean that there was something in that area that could restrain him?
A glint of insight flashed in Song Yun's eyes. He charged at the door again, and as expected, the corpse rushed at him with incredible speed. But this time, Song Yun didn't truly mean to escape. Instead, he pivoted and brushed past the corpse, scanning the area. He noticed a bottle of blue liquid on the ground—perhaps this was what the corpse sought to guard or feared!
He snatched up the bottle and said with a menacing look, "Elder, it seems I've got the upper hand now, haven't I?"
The corpse's expression darkened as he asked in a low voice, "What do you want?"
"How about you let me go?"
At these words, the corpse was torn with indecision. As it watched Song Yun about to uncork the bottle, the corpse hastily shouted, "The outside is filled with walking corpses; you will be surrounded even if you escape. There's a secret tunnel under my bed that leads outside!"
Song Yun didn't trust such deceptive words—who knew what lay within that tunnel!
"How I leave is none of your concern, just answer me, will you let me go or not?"
"'Golden water' is the cycle of the five grains..."
"..."
Wen Shu suddenly covered her mouth, the thought of Song Yun using fecal water to induce her vomiting nearly making her nauseous.
Unable to bear it any longer, Wen Shu fell to her hands and vomited violently.
Amidst the nauseating puddle, Song Yun discovered a small black stone with a worm egg on it that was pulsing with light, flickering eerily between brightness and darkness.
With a small knife, Song Yun pierced the worm egg, and a pungent smell instantly filled the entire jungle.
At the same time, the dried-up corpse in the village felt a sudden twinge in its heart, as if it had lost something very important!
"Bastard! I swear I will not share the sky with you!"
That worm egg was indeed the dried-up corpse's life worm, and he had in fact, concealed a lot from Song Yun. If one were to cultivate the technique of immortality, one must fall into a slumber every 60 years until waking ten years later, and to awaken, one would need a human sacrifice to exchange their life for his rebirth!
So, close to his time of slumber in his previous life, he attached his life worm to the sacred object, so even if he woke to find the sacred object gone, he could use the bond with his life worm to find it again.
But now, all of this had been ruined by that outsider!
This also meant that he could not survive very long in this life!
"It stinks so much... ugh..."
No matter how beautiful a woman may be, nobody looks good vomiting, and Wen Shu was now desperately clearing her stomach of its contents until she had even thrown up bile.
"Is this stone your sacred object?"
Song Yun asked, holding his nose.
"Yes...ugh..."
Song Yun poked at it with two sticks, looking somewhat disgusted.
"We can't take this with us; bury it somewhere randomly, we will deal with it when we come back."
Song Yun said indifferently, then used the knife to dig a small hole, pushed the black stone into it, and covered it with earth before marking the spot with a symbol only he would recognize.
"Let's see if we can get out."
Upon hearing this, Wen Shu, stifling the urge to vomit, reached her hand towards the exit, and indeed, the barrier was no longer there.
"Let's go."
Song Yun took the lead, now longing to return to the Magic Capital, to return to his parents and his wife!