The Strongest Dandy in the City Chapter 2375 - 2364: Legacy of the Ancient Corpse Sect

A growing sense of dread washed over him as his gaze lingered on the inscriptions adorning the stone wall.

These characters detailed a profoundly sinister cultivation technique.

Known as the Corpse Demon Art, this method was an ancestral acquisition of the Zhou family, the very power that propelled them to their current dominance in Lingfeng City.

In its nascent stages, the Corpse Demon Art bore little distinction from standard Righteous Path techniques, explaining Ye Chenfeng's prior inability to detect any anomaly in the spiritual Qi of Zhou Zhande, Zhou Yongwang, and the others.

However, the malevolent secret lay in its resurrection property: any practitioner of the Corpse Demon Art, upon being slain with heart and soul intact, would rise again as an undead, zombie-like being.

These resurrected entities retained the consciousness and memories of their former lives but were compelled to sustain themselves by consuming corpses. While their cultivation realm wouldn't advance post-resurrection, their combat prowess would surge, and their unnatural lifespan became indefinite, provided a steady supply of sustenance.

Beneath the surface of this herb garden lay a hidden world, a secret known only to a select few within the Zhou lineage. Even their own disciples remained oblivious to their cultivation of the Corpse Demon Art, as its practitioners exuded an aura indistinguishable from ordinary cultivators until after their first demise.

Both Old White, Wu Fengxian, and Old Black, Jiang Yuntian, also noticed the intricate carvings. In unison, they exclaimed, "The legacy of the Ancient Corpse Sect?"

The legacy of the Ancient Corpse Sect?

Ye Chenfeng inquired internally, "Old White, Old Black, do you recognize this cultivation technique?"

Old White, Wu Fengxian, responded, "During the primitive era, a Sect known as the Corpse Sect flourished, practicing the Corpse Demon Art. Eventually, the Dragon Clan annihilated them. It is astonishing to witness the Corpse Sect's inheritance resurface after such a prolonged period, and even more so that it has fallen into your hands, the third Clan Leader of the Dragon Clan. This is truly destiny!"

According to the stone wall's records, the time required for resurrection after death for Corpse Demon Art practitioners varied; the quickest took over half an hour, while the slowest could require two to three hours.

Ye Chenfeng let out a silent, internal groan.

Within the Zhou family's True Dragon Hall.

Zhou Zhande and Zhou Yongwang, two formidable cultivators at the half-step Divine Venerable realm, met their end with their heads exploding. The three powerhouses of the Zhou family in the Divine King Realm, however, suffered only pierced necks at Ye Chenfeng's hands. Given that the entire Zhou family practiced the Corpse Demon Art, numerous individuals felled within the True Dragon Hall were destined to resurrect.

Concurrently.

Ye Chenfeng also observed that each corpse pool was equipped with a groove, designed to channel the liquefied remains of decomposed corpses into the wall before him.

Considering this technique was acquired by a Zhou ancestor and the presence of hundreds of such pools, it was plausible that this very ancestor still existed, albeit in a zombie-like state.

As Ye Chenfeng's apprehension mounted.

Five rectangular indentations materialized on the stone wall, expelling five obsidian-black coffins.

The instant these coffins were revealed.

Ye Chenfeng immediately detected the auras of two half-step Divine Venerables emanating from two coffins, and the presence of three Mid Divine King Realm cultivators within the remaining three. The wall's capacity to obstruct sensory perception explained why Old White and Old Black had failed to sense the abnormality earlier.

It became apparent that the occupants of these coffins were indeed the ancestors of the Zhou family.

Alas, the Corpse Demon Art's inherently wicked nature bound these Zhou ancestors to this place indefinitely. Should the Orthodox Sects of the Ancient Realm discover the Zhou family's practice of this forbidden technique, the family would instantly become a pariah.

Consequently, these Zhou ancestors, existing in a state neither fully alive nor truly dead, were deemed unsuitable for public appearance.

"Crack-crack-crack!"

A faint sound echoed as the lids of the five coffins were slowly pried open from within.

Having recently emerged from a state of demonic transformation, Ye Chenfeng's combat power was significantly diminished. Confronting Divine King Realm experts was already a daunting challenge, let alone two half-step Divine Venerables.

Without a moment's hesitation, he plunged towards the earth.

Meanwhile, within the confines of the True Dragon Hall.

The inhabitants were still reeling from the shock of Ye Chenfeng's onslaught.

Zhou Tianlu and Zhou Hongjing, prominent figures of the younger generation within the Zhou clan, had their throats obliterated into a mist of blood by Ye Chenfeng, their severed heads still resting on the ground.

Suddenly.

The heads of Zhou Tianlu and Zhou Hongjing began to roll back towards their respective bodies.

Their heads reattached instantly above their chests, missing the necks entirely.

Zhou Tianlu and Zhou Hongjing's eyes flew open; they sprang from the ground, exuding a potent corpse aura.

Following the startling resurrection of Zhou Tianlu and Zhou Hongjing.

Astonishment rippled through everyone in the True Dragon Hall; they found it hard to fathom how Zhou Tianlu and Zhou Hongjing could suddenly come back to life.

Subsequent to their revival.

The three Initial Stage Divine King Realm experts from the Zhou family, whose lives Ye Chenfeng had taken, now bore only a finger-sized blood hole in their necks, facilitating their swift resurrection.

The crimson wounds on the necks of the three Zhou family Divine King Realm powerhouses rapidly mended. Their previously vacant eyes fluttered open once more, the aura of the Initial Stage Divine King Realm surged anew, and their bodies pulsed with a dense corpse aura.

Zhou Zhande and Zhou Yongwang's heads had disintegrated into bloody mist, an irreversible fate, yet their headless bodies began to move with an eerie, unnatural grace.

On the ground below, the remaining Zhou family members' bodies were undergoing a peculiar resurrection, one after another. This spectacle left all the banquet guests gasping, their minds momentarily blank.

Fear flickered in Cheng Yiyao’s eyes as she softly inquired, "Ancestor, what is truly happening? Didn't these individuals from the Zhou family perish? How can they possibly resurrect? What kind of cultivation technique do they employ? The corpse aura emanating from them is overwhelmingly potent."

Cheng Yuanmu stepped forward, shielding Cheng Yiyao, and stated with a grim expression, "Yiyao, it appears the situation with the Zhou family is far from settled. They must have practiced a forbidden technique, one scorned by the Cultivation World. Where is Brother Ye now? Could it be that we are ultimately unable to avert a destiny of death?"