Lu Si got down from the tree branch and jumped to the ground. He looked calm but his mind kept turning.
He thought, "My guess is not wrong — I really came to the past. But how? They used that array to give Yang Kai all his memories to the past or I can say Yang Kai going to rebirth in past.
There is a possibility the array was not completed and some mistake happened, so I was reborn in the past. Did Yang Kai succeed in getting rebirth?
I can't find him now because he is not born yet. At least fifty years remain until his rebirth. But this is good for me. No matter what this you can't rebirth that time when in past your body not exist.
When I first reincarnated into a novel I already read, I thought heaven had chosen me. Later I discovered I was only a chess piece for heaven.
Lu Si! This body's original owner was the future Ghost King in the Martial Peak novel. I transmigrated into his body. Oh… it's already ten thousand years. I remembered I originally came from Earth.
Last time I chose the evil path so much lately because I had too much morality. But the next thousand years of life showed me the reality of the world. This time I got another chance to start from the beginning. This time I will choose the evil path from the start. Ha ha…"
Three more boys came and met him. They were none other than the future ghost kings — the Green Ghost King, the Yellow Ghost King, and the Purple Ghost King.
The future Green Ghost King was Wu Suo Wei.
The future Yellow Ghost King was Jiang Li.
The future Purple Ghost King was Zi Long.
Lu Si looked at them. Suddenly an evil plan formed in his mind when he remembered all info about them. He thought,I get a good idea If I somehow die then I will rebirth in your bodies. This will be a life-savings method.Last time I read Thousand basal for this but because of that array I rebirth in past an don't get a way to use this."
He said to them, "Brothers, I was going to find you. Today I found a great technique. With this we can reach Body Tempering ninth layer in a few weeks."
Wu Suo Wei asked, "Where did you find it?"
Jiang Li said, "Are you sure it will really work? We joined an evil sect that had many evil methods to increase cultivation easily. But for body tempering there is nothing in the martial library."
Zi Long added, "Yeah. I tried to find this type of technique but the sect elder said at low levels it did not exist."
Lu Si thought, "Obviously this technique does not exist here because I got it during traveling in a star of starry sky. So how could it be possible in this small world?"
He said, "I know you will not believe this, but don't worry. I am going to use it first so all of you will get proof. Just follow me. Oh — don't forget to take a furnace with you."
Some hours later
They were walking over barren land. The wind was dry. The sun was low. Their shadow stretched long across the cracked earth.
Jiang Li grumbled, "Hey, where are you going? You already walked for four hours but you said we almost reached."
Lu Si said, "This is the place. I am only finding that thing." He walked fast and searched the ground with his hands.
He thought, "Where is it? I found it here in my last life.
Shit — if I had divine sense I would find it immediately. But if I had divine sense then I would not need that thing."
Suddenly he saw a rock and shouted, "I found it!"
His brothers looked at him. Lu Si said, "Come here. Dig here."
Zi Long said at least, "Tell us what you are finding."
Lu Si said, "This is the grave of an Immortal Ascension stage demonic cultivator. I want his corpse to perform that technique."
Jiang Li froze, "What? You are asking us to dig a grave?"
Lu Si said, "So what? We are demonic cultivators. If you do not dig up a person's grave then are you a righteous cultivator? Brother, we already joined an evil sect. Here only the powerful get respect. For this you have to do this."
Zi Long tried to argue, "But—"
Lu Si cut him off, "I do not want to hear anything."
They dug the grave. The earth was cold and old. The grave was shallow. When they lifted the coffin lid they found only a skeleton remained.
Lu Si said, "Okay, now we have to take a bath. Bring the furnace and boil water in it. I am going to take something. Wait for a few moments."
He went to a nearby mountain and picked some herbs. He returned with a handful of pale roots and dried leaves. The furnace water boiled fast. He put the herbs into the pot. The water turned green and then blue.
Then he took the corpse and cut it into pieces. He put those corpse pieces into the boiling water. The liquid started to change. He said, "Enough."
The water became purple this time.
He told them, "Every one look carefully. You have to do this next." Saying this he jumped into the purple boiling water. He sat inside it and slowly began tempering his body.
Everyone saw that during the ritual Lu Si cut his skin and absorbed the liquid. At first it was only a small cut. The wound healed, then he cut again. Later the cuts grew deeper. At first he only cut the skin. Then he cut through flesh. Then deeper.
They all thought, Is there a martial brother possessed by an old man who can endure this pain? How could a twelve-year-old boy endure such suffering?
Time passed. Lu Si's cultivation rose by several layers at once. He reached Body Tempering fourth stage in a short moment.
The furnace water, which had been purple, turned fully black. A foul smell spread. It was impurities which get out from Lu Si body during this proses.It was thick and sour. The three brothers held their noses and stepped back.
Lu Si stepped out. He was pale but his eyes were bright. He explained, "This is a body refinement technique. Its name is — [The Bone Reclamation Rite]. You already saw the process by me and saw the result. I am already Body Tempering fourth stage."
Jiang Li asked, "But you said we would be successful to achieve Body Tempering ninth layer by this."
Lu Si said, "Obviously. But for that your used corpses should be of the same bloodline as you then you will directly breakthrough to Body Tempering 9th layer. If not, then you need five corpses mostly."
He thought briefly, then added, "But for me I need only three corpses because I have much experience in how to do it."
Lu Si added more plainly, "The more cultivation the corpse had in its living time, the more it strengthens your body. I used an Immortal Ascension stage cultivator's corpse which gave me Body Tempering fourth stage and roughly sixth layer strength."
Now he turned to them and said, "Now it's your turn."
They looked at the ruins of the furnace and the black broth. Their faces were a mixture of fear and greed. The barren wind blew cold. The sky grew darker. None of them could deny the truth — power came at a heavy cost.