Chapter 27: The Secret Art of Five Burials and Corpse Refining! The Imaginative Girl with the Mask of a Cat!
The black-haired girl with the cat mask lifted her head slowly and spoke:
“The five types of wrongful deaths—sword, drowning, burning, hanging, and burial—are the basis for the Five Burials Corpse Refining Secret Art. This technique, evolved from the Five Ghosts Transportation Secret, does not target the soul, but instead refines the corpse into a poisonous one. The poison is then extracted through a special ritual and mixed into a toxin. This toxin is a new creation from the Holy Corpse Prayer Society. It has immense lethality against flesh-and-blood monsters. If an entire bottle is consumed, even a Morning Star-level monster would be severely wounded.”
Lu Yu listened expressionlessly. The medicine was indeed powerful, but also somewhat useless.
Because, even through the bottle, he could smell a faint stench of decay. Not to mention, animals with senses hundreds of times more acute than humans would certainly find it unbearable.
If the stench could be masked, it would indeed be a decent tool.
However, this poison could at most kill a Morning Star monster, and Lu Yu already had two such monsters under his control, both of which were exceptional at that level. This poison had no real use for him.
He pointed to the pile of books and said:
“Just give me those books!”
The girl looked at him in confusion, unsure why this mysterious person wanted these handwritten basic knowledge books. However, since he wanted them, she didn’t refuse. After packing the books, she said:
“Thank you for your patronage. One Spirit Coin!”
Spirit Coin?
What was that?
Lu Yu froze for a moment, completely unaware of what a Spirit Coin was. What was it made of?
His bewilderment made the black-haired girl frown beneath her mask. She thought he was hesitating due to the price and said:
“Thirteen handwritten copies, and I’ve added many detailed notes. You can take them home for your juniors to read. It’s definitely worth the value.”
Since Lu Yu’s shadowy robe was so eye-catching, the girl had assumed he was buying these for his juniors.
But Lu Yu wasn’t hesitant to pay. He simply had no idea what Spirit Coins were and was momentarily stunned.
The conversation had attracted a lot of attention, and some were curious to know what this mysterious person was doing here.
Among the crowd, a man wearing a monkey mask sneered softly:
“Arguing over a single Spirit Coin? This guy is way too stingy.”
The others began to whisper:
“He might not even want them. Perhaps he doesn’t value them?”
“If he doesn’t, why bother buying them? Maybe he doesn’t have any money?”
As they were speaking, a voice suddenly interrupted:
“That black robe he’s wearing seems to conceal his aura. Could it be that an ordinary person found a treasure and snuck in?”
Though the voice was quiet, everyone present, none of whom were ordinary, heard it. A few of them looked thoughtful, seemingly considering the possibility.
The man in the monkey mask stared at the black shadow surrounding the yellow-clad figure. A greedy look appeared in his eyes.
If this was truly an ordinary person who had found a treasure and sneaked in, he might find a way to snatch it.
With that thought, he prepared to use a probing technique to check if this was really the case.
If it was, he would figure out how to steal it. Even if the person noticed, he could always act clueless and apologize, covering up his intentions.
At that moment, Lu Yu suddenly felt a sense of being watched. He furrowed his brows and quickly located the source of the gaze, although the person was hiding in the crowd, making them hard to spot.
“You’re asking for death.”
Lu Yu sneered softly. Though he didn’t possess psychic abilities, he had once faced terrifying evil gods without flinching. Moreover, he was the master of two Morning Star monsters.
In the future, he would become the master of countless monsters and would need to compete with many evil gods. His will was not something ordinary people could match.
Since the person wanted to spy from the shadows, Lu Yu decided to let him see it all. He began to change his aura, further simulating the presence of an unknown being from the shadow world.
The eternal, deathly, and great presence could not be withstood by ordinary beings!
As soon as Lu Yu shifted his aura, the monkey-masked man’s vision shifted. Lu Yu transformed into a pitch-black monster in his eyes, extending a massive arm to drag him into an endless abyss of silence.
His sanity was eroded by a terrifying force, as though he were being turned into a mindless beast.
“Ahhh… Noooo…”
The man with the monkey mask screamed in terror, stumbling backward. In his panic, he accidentally tripped on a stone and fell to the ground, causing the crowd to burst into laughter.
Although no one knew exactly what had happened, seeing Lu Yu’s aura grow even darker made it clear he had taught the monkey-masked man a lesson.
People began to mock him:
“Such a fool, daring to do anything!”
“No wonder you wear a monkey mask. Are you ashamed now? Maybe you should wear a monkey’s butt mask instead!”
“Next time, learn to mind your own business. You could end up dead on the street, little guy!”
The harsh mockery slithered through his mind like a venomous snake, gnawing at his spirit. If he slinked away now, he would never lift his head again in his life.
The humiliation made his reason falter. He suddenly looked up and pointed at Lu Yu, shouting in hatred:
“You bastard, I’m Xu Jiuzhou’s younger brother. I’ll make my brother tear you apart!”
Before he could continue his threats, an arm suddenly fell to the ground, the bright red blood staining the earth.
“Ahhh… It hurts…”
He clutched his arm desperately, but the blood flowed incessantly, pooling around him.
Standing beside him was a shadowy servant, holding a dagger, its blade dripping with blood.
“What kind of monster is this, a Shadow Demon?”
The appearance of the severed arm and shadowy servant shocked the Xu family heirs, who quickly retreated, afraid of being dragged into the mess.
Although Lu Yu had severed the man’s arm, no one rebuked him. In the world of awakeners, there were rules—strong individuals could not be humiliated!
This was a world where the strong prey on the weak. Only with the protection of the strong could humanity continue to survive.
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Thus, offending a strong person meant preparing to face the consequences!
However, no one expected Lu Yu to be so decisive, without regard for the Xu family’s influence.
The first people to notice were the white-haired person with a fox mask and the burly man with a geisha mask. They looked at the shadowy servant with a knowing expression.
So, it was someone from that faction!
Indeed, in front of that faction, even the Xu family was as insignificant as ants!
“But this guy is quite interesting.”
The man in the fox mask chuckled softly and then walked toward the inner courtyard.
Lu Yu, however, was unaware of the fantasy these people had created. The reason he acted was to expose his fangs!
He had no sympathy for the monkey-masked man. Since he had been greedy and foolish, he had to pay the price.
Furthermore, once Lu Yu showed weakness, it would lead to endless probing. Although Lu Yu was not afraid of these people, he disliked trouble.
To avoid further complications, he demonstrated his power to completely intimidate them.
Lu Yu didn’t even glance at the man who had threatened him, instead walking a few steps toward the black-haired girl with the cat mask.
The girl, scared, took a few steps back, trembling as she said:
“Y-you… what do you want? They’re just a few handwritten books. If you want them, take them all. I won’t ask for money. I’ll do anything but my body…”
Lu Yu’s forehead twitched. Did he look like someone who didn’t pay?
And as for her flat figure, he wasn’t particularly interested.
But Lu Yu didn’t explain. Instead, he took something from his robes and handed it to the girl, speaking softly:
“How about I pay with this?”