These Walking Corpses, if they were to break out of the Corpse Mine and form a Corpse Tide, using Corpse Poison to infect further, I'm afraid not just South Yue City would be annihilated, but even the whole of the Minor Wilderness State Boundary might suffer the doom of all living beings.
The Minor Wilderness State Boundary would become Minor Wilderness "Corpse" Boundary.
Mo Hua stopped reading.
There was not much time left, and he again quietly slipped back.
The gate leading outside was a natural boulder guarded by two Second-Grade Iron Corpses, surrounded by thick mountain walls.
In a short time, he could not free himself; he could only go back first and plan ahead for the long term.
When Mo Hua returned, that Corpse Cultivator guarding the gate had yet to finish refining the corpse.
Mo Hua again controlled Little Tiger to return the key and then went back to his room, frowning in contemplation.
This Corpse Mine was larger than he had thought.
There were also more Walking Corpses in the mine than he had expected.
With so many Walking Corpses, how about Iron Corpses?
How many Iron Corpses were there?
Within the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses, Mo Hua had counted there were roughly twenty-four iron coffins.
This meant there were twenty-four Iron Corpses.
Inside the Stone Palace, in some of the secret chambers, there were also traces of Iron Corpses' presence; Mo Hua roughly estimated there to be seven or eight.
There were also some Iron Corpses in the outer mines.
So, by this count, were there at least forty-plus Iron Corpses throughout the Corpse Mine?
Among the Iron Corpses, mixed First and Second Grade, the First Grade was slightly weaker, equivalent to weak Foundation Establishment, while the Second Grade was significantly stronger and could be considered at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
All together, were there nearly forty-plus Foundation Building cultivators?
A chill ran down Mo Hua's spine.
Forty-plus Foundation Builders was an immense force, not only for South Yue City but even when considering the whole Minor Wilderness State Boundary, it was a leading power...
This strength was sufficient to look down upon the entire Second-Grade Prefecture Border...
Suddenly, Mo Hua felt a little shocked and confused.
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Where did Lu Chengyun get so many corpses to refine this many Iron Corpses?
To refine an Iron Corpse, one needed at least the peak of the Qi Refining Ninth Level and the corpse of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
Taking into account the success rate of Corpse Refinement, even more corpses would be needed to refine Iron Corpses.
It's one thing to find those at the peak of Qi Refinement, but where did he get the corpses of Foundation Building Cultivators?
Even if he killed for them, he couldn't have killed so many...
Where did he get so many Foundation Establishment corpses?
Mo Hua suddenly thought of the Lu Family Old Ancestor.
In the Spirit Pivot Sequence of the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses, the Lu Family Old Ancestor was the "Corpse King," with the highest sequence position.
The Corpse King needed to command hordes of corpses.
Thus, the corpse used to refine the Corpse King was very particular; it had to be either a Sect Leader, a Family Head, or a ruler...
Those under its command were either Sect Disciples, Clan Disciples, or citizens of a country.
The Lu Family Old Ancestor was the "Corpse King."
According to the principles of Corpse Refinement, those who are submissive to it should be...Lu Family cultivators?
It's unlikely to be Mining Cultivators...
Among the Mining Cultivators, there were almost no Foundation Building Cultivators.
Moreover, although the Mining Cultivators were exploited by the Lu Family Old Ancestor, most harbored resentment; their grudges did not dissipate after death, and if refined into zombies that submitted to the Lu Family Old Ancestor, they could easily lose control.
It could only be the Lu Family...
Were most of these Iron Corpses refined from the corpses of Lu Family cultivators, or rather, the corpses of Lu Family Elders?
But Lu Chengyun was the Family Head, and although he could kill one or two Elders, killing so many would definitely cause problems and arouse suspicion from the Lu Family.
He wouldn't do such a thing, cutting off his own roots.
So where did these corpses come from?
Elder corpses...
Mo Hua's brow furrowed tightly.
Suddenly he realized something, and a great alarm struck his heart:
"This Lu Chengyun, he couldn't have dug up the Lu Family's ancestral graves..."
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