Chapter 159: The Peculiarities of the Corpse Puppet

Ji Yao and the others stayed within the Sumeru Space for a total of seven days. Aside from the three days when Mu Baiyun was unconscious, the two spent the remaining time meditating separately in their respective rooms, maintaining an exceptionally harmonious atmosphere.

During this period, no one brought up what happened on the day Mu Baiyun woke up. With her previously unsettled heart distracted by other matters, Ji Yao simply had no spare time to ponder Mu Baiyun's attitude.

It was a pity for someone's proactive gesture; in the end, it was bound to end in disappointment.

Meanwhile, back in the valley outside the space, apart from the times when the corpse puppet appeared to be standing in a daze, it lingered around the exact location of Ji Yao and Mu Baiyun's hidden space for the rest of the day.

Over the course of these few days, several squads of demonic cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages searched the area. Those with low cultivation levels were so terrified upon seeing a corpse puppet that had already developed spiritual awareness that they fled frantically without even daring to approach.

As for those with high cultivation levels, anyone who dared to harbor malicious intentions toward the corpse puppet invariably ended up as nourishment for it, helping it develop intelligence even more rapidly.

On the evening of the seventh day, Mu Baiyun had yet to emerge from his room, but Ji Yao was already standing by the edge of the Lesser Mirror Lake, holding the Universe Tray in her arms. From behind, she looked as though she were standing with her arms crossed, admiring the scenery.

"I feel like this corpse puppet is rather strange," Ji Yao said, seemingly talking to herself.

'Of course it's strange. Having cultivated all the way to the Nascent Soul stage, it still managed to be refined into a corpse puppet by another Nascent Soul demonic cultivator—heaven knows how it even survived to the Nascent Soul stage in the first place.'

Situ Jing's voice did not echo directly within the space, but instead transmitted straight into Ji Yao's sea of consciousness.

"Perhaps there was an internal conflict among the demonic cultivators, and it was plotted against?" Ji Yao guessed.

'You probably still can't tell, but this person was a spiritual cultivator in life. Among the demonic cultivators, aside from the Joy Sect, no one else's cultivation techniques follow the meridian pathways of Taoism.'

Ji Yao had some understanding of Situ Jing's words. The so-called demonic cultivators differed not only in their cultivation aura, but also in the pathways and focal points of their circulating techniques. Clearly, Situ Jing had a way to distinguish them.

"Then why couldn't it be someone from the Joy Sect? It doesn't look bad-looking, either!" Ji Yao carefully scrutinized the facial features once more through the creature's dark green skin.

Had it not been for this, she wouldn't have associated it with the idea that the original Nascent Soul demonic cultivator had actually taken a fancy to Mu Baiyun, which was why they hadn't dealt a fatal blow to them from the very beginning.

'Do you really want me to spell it out?' Situ Jing's voice paused for a moment. 'Before his death, he should still have been a virgin.'

"Uh, I see!" Ji Yao nodded and shook her head with a solemn expression.

"What a pity. If he hadn't become a corpse puppet, judging by his original appearance, people probably would have called him quite pretty."

"What's a pity?" A gentle male voice sounded from behind her.