The one offered upon the altar was indeed the Lu Family Old Ancestor, and this Old Ancestor, having been duped by Lu Chengyun, indeed died with his eyes unshut.
"Old undying thing!"
In the midst of the altar, where there was no one else, Lu Chengyun ripped away his cultured and genteel facade and suddenly became fierce and hysterical.
"Greedy fool!"
"Old beast!"
"You looked down on me because of my marital entry into the family?"
"You belittled me!"
"In front of all the Elders, you cursed me as a dog raised by the Lu Family, an ungrateful cur…"
Lu Chengyun's face revealed a sneer, "But the Spirit Stones I mined with Corpse Refinement, you still took them, didn't you?"
"The 'dead meat' fetched by this hound of yours, you old beast, you still ate it, didn't you?"
"Never content in your greed…"
"Even as your death approached, when I deceived you, saying you could attain transcendence through Corpse Transformation, living a thousand years, you actually believed it?"
"The Heavenly Dao is constant, there are limits to life and death, how could they be so easily deceived?"
"Thinking you could become immortal as a Zombie? Dream on!"
After cursing a good deal and venting his emotions, Lu Chengyun then laughed coldly and darkly.
"Come to think of it, I should thank you."
"Thank you for incestuously birthing that bad and stupid daughter."
"Thank you for your greed, which allowed me to become the Family Head of the Lu Family."
"Otherwise, even if I had learned the Spirit Pivot Formation, I couldn't have built the Corpse Mine, couldn't have constructed the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses, couldn't have refined the Corpse King…"
"This Corpse Mine was built with the manpower of your Lu Family, this Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses was also made with your family's wealth."
"Now, it all serves as a bridal gown for me!"
Lu Chengyun couldn't help but let out a gloomy laugh.
"You never imagined, did you…"
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"But in death, refined into a Zombie by me, you have to listen to me, becoming my servant, under my command, forever without the chance of revolt."
"The Lu Family still bears the name Lu, but it's no longer the 'Lu' of Lu Tianliang, it's the 'Lu' of me, Lu Chengyun!"
Having finished speaking, a slight tremble passed over the altar.
Below the yellow cloth, the Corpse Qi was intense.
It seemed as if a violent energy surged within it.
The Lu Family Old Ancestor was dead, this violence merely the remnants of primal consciousness, the residue of Divine Thought.
Lu Chengyun was not only unafraid but was also overjoyed and laughed:
"Good!"
"The angrier you are, the more intense the Corpse Qi, the more the refined corpse aligns with my desires!"
The Corpse Qi surged, then seemed to contain a reluctance that gradually subsided.
Lu Chengyun sneered softly:
"Your time is up, once refined into a corpse, controlled by the Spiritual Pivot Formation, you can only be my servant, forever at my mercy."
After that, Lu Chengyun "hmphed," brushed his sleeves, and left the altar to return to the bronze sarcophagus to meditate and recover his Divine Sense.
His words, without omission, were all overheard by Mo Hua, who was hidden behind the altar.
Mo Hua sighed inwardly and couldn't help but admire:
Lu Chengyun was indeed a "talent."
The Lu Family Old Ancestor truly picked up a "gem."
Lu Chengyun and the Lu Family, such a perfect match, a white-eyed wolf entering a den of wolves, truly a match made by heaven.