The Demonic Cultivator In Zombie World novel Chapter 243

Chapter 243: Merit has no use, after all. Isn’t it all about my artifact-refining talent?

With Four-Arms, a Ghost King wielding four lifebound ghost artifacts, attacking a major city of the Slaughter Faction was simply unstoppable.

Chu Xuan had imparted to Four-Arms a soul technique called the "Hidden Soul Method" to conceal his aura. This technique, a skill from the Husbandry Faction, could slightly alter the soul's form.

Four-Arms' arms were thus disguised to look indistinguishable from those of the Husbandry Faction's specters.

Chu Xuan had also instructed Four-Arms to deliberately let a few Slaughter Faction specters escape. This way, the news would spread. The minds of the Slaughter Faction's specters were more single-minded compared to those of the Husbandry Faction. They believed their only significant enemy was the Husbandry Faction, thinking that if they could eliminate them, Soul Star would be theirs.

Now, with a major city of their faction destroyed, they would undoubtedly blame the Husbandry Faction, further intensifying the conflict.

Days later, Chu Xuan was by the Ice Soul Formation, continuing his cultivation of soul techniques. He received a message from Soul One.

"Master, the Slaughter Faction's specters have learned that a major city has been destroyed, and they are all furious. Only a few advocate for investigation; most are claiming they will immediately launch a massive attack on the Husbandry Faction. Some have already started taking action without a second word."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly. The situation was unfolding exactly as he had planned. Next, he only needed to watch as the Slaughter and Husbandry factions fought each other to the death. If the Ghost Kings from both sides died in direct conflict, the situation would escalate even further.

Eventually, the Slaughter Faction's Slaughter King and the Husbandry Faction's Greedy King would have to step in to clean up the mess.

By then, Chu Xuan would truly understand the strengths of these two Kings. His own accumulated power would be considerably formidable by that point, and striking like thunder at that moment would not be too late.

"I've been on Soul Star for some time now; the Spirit Mechanism Formation should have yielded some results, right?" Chu Xuan didn't recall that part of his soul. Instead, he immediately rose, steering the Imperial Sky Mirror towards the Spirit Mechanism Formation.

Before long, he hovered over the Spirit Mechanism Formation, looking down at the array filled with shriveled heads. The Spirit Mechanism Formation only refined the heads; other parts of the body were not needed. The parts below the heads were put to full use. These torsos were transported by corpse puppets to other formations and transformed into large blood pearls.

At this moment, Chu Xuan fixed his gaze and discovered that among the layers of heads in the formation, some were now emitting a jade-like radiance, the fluid slowly solidifying into shape.

Stretching out his hand, he used his spiritual consciousness to retrieve a piece of Spirit Mechanism Jade, gripping it tightly in his hand. At a glance, the Spirit Mechanism Jade was a piece of translucent stone, exuding a faint fragrance. Sniffing it closely, it even seemed to make one's thoughts sharper and more focused.

Chu Xuan recalled from the archives of the Myriad Souls Sect that carrying this item over time could significantly speed up a cultivator's comprehension of various techniques and scriptures—a truly rare treasure.

However, the method of its creation was deemed excessively cruel and thus shunned by righteous cultivators. Of course, while they might verbally reject it, whether they used it or not was another matter entirely. The cruelty of its creation was the creator's burden, not the user's.

"The materials needed to refine the Acquired Miraculous Jade are now complete," Chu Xuan thought. "I could begin the refining process now, but given the high grade of this item and True Master Tianqing's specific mention that it has a substantial chance of success, I prefer to be patient. I will wait until there is more Spirit Mechanism Jade before I proceed with the refining."