Chapter 480: Strategic Thinking

Ink Painting is still researching the Ten Thousand Corpses Revival Array.

The array eye of the Ten Thousand Corpses Revival Array was designed by himself, so Ink Painting knows it inside and out. Most of his time is spent on the array hub and array patterns.

After researching for a while, Ink Painting roughly understood the function of the Ten Thousand Corpses Array.

The Ten Thousand Corpses Revival Array and the scaled-down Ten Thousand Corpses Great Array have similar uses, just differing in size.

This array method primarily has two uses:

One is large-scale corpse refining.

By embedding numerous coffins as the array medium, maintaining them with array patterns, coordinating with the array hub, and supplying energy with the array eye, it can "batch" refine zombies.

Two is enhancing corpse control.

Using the Spirit Hub Array as the core, a complete set is constructed with Bronze Corpses as the core, Iron Corpses as the central hub, and Walking Corpses as the base, forming a Spirit Hub sequence array.

This allows for layered coordination and control.

This requires a rather deep foundation in array methods.

Although Lu Chengyun's heart methods are not upright, he is quite talented and accomplished in array methods.

It's just that these ideas were not used on the righteous path.

Ink Painting shook his head.

He has almost finished researching the Ten Thousand Corpses Array. Next is the altar.

The golden altar shines brightly.

The beast gold incense burner emits curling smoke.

The jade candle holders are exquisite and luxurious, their candlelight flickering.

Only this candlelight seems a bit strange; the wax on the candles also looks like corpse oil, refined from who knows how many killed people.

On the altar are placed five-color spirit flowers, hanging golden-yellow banners, and lanterns with flood dragon patterns.

In front of the altar are also offered spirit meats of pigs and sheep.

These spirit meats are also quite valuable.

Those cultivators desperately mining outside might never eat them in their lifetime.

Ink Painting sighed slightly.

The object offered on the altar is covered by a yellow cloth and has a strange shape, resembling a sculpture, a demon beast, and a dry corpse.

His divine sense cannot peer through it.

He cannot distinguish at all exactly what it is.

"Should I uncover it and look?"

Ink Painting reached out his hand halfway but stopped again.

His heart was somewhat hesitant.

If he uncovers it, will there be any danger?

Will Lu Chengyun discover him?

If the offering is a fierce creature like a zombie or demon beast, uncovering the cloth would unseal it.

Although he could rely on Passing Water Step or Concealment Technique to escape, relying on his cultivation to suppress it is likely impossible.

Once this fierce creature makes noise, it will alert Lu Chengyun.

However, if inside is not a fierce creature but something similar to the "Contemplation Picture," a wooden sculpture or stone statue infested with evil spirits and ghosts, then he would still be in danger.

Since seeing the Strange Daoist's "Strange Shadow," Ink Painting is now much more humble.

He no longer feels that his divine thought manifestation can kill in all directions.

It's better to be cautious when encountering matters.

Especially with this kind of unknown danger, when he doesn't know it well, he shouldn't act rashly.

Ink Painting felt a bit antsy, very curious.

He really wanted to know what exactly was being offered on the altar under the yellow cloth.

But he didn't dare to rashly uncover the yellow cloth.

Ink Painting was tangled for a moment and could only give up.

Caution is a safe ship for ten thousand years.

In the Corpse Mine, it's not like South Yue City; there's no Master to back him up, nor senior brothers and sisters to help.

He can be a bit "cowardly" if he can.

Ink Painting reluctantly moved his gaze from the altar and shifted it back to the Bronze Coffin above the array eye in the middle of the Ten Thousand Corpses Revival Array.

The Spirit Hub Array inside this Bronze Coffin has the final sequence of array patterns.

If the array method is effective, the zombie inside this coffin, once refined, will have the highest authority, able to dominate Foundation Establishment stage Iron Corpses, and further unify the Walking Corpses throughout the entire Corpse Mine.

Lu Chengyun borrows the Spirit Hub Array, greatly succeeding in his corpse control methods.

He will then not only be the Lu family master but also the zombie supreme of this Small Wasteland State.

Ink Painting propped his chin and felt some mischievous ideas brewing in his mind:

"Should I collapse this Bronze Coffin?"

"Or collapse the entire Ten Thousand Corpses Revival Array?"

"Might as well do it all..."

"Directly cut off Lu Chengyun's ambitions."

"Let his hundred years of effort go to waste, all his efforts turn to ashes..."

Ink Painting thought for a bit, then slightly shook his head.

Deriving calculations takes time.

Setting up a Reverse Spirit Array also takes time.

Lu Chengyun is very suspicious and might not necessarily give him this opportunity.

No...

Ink Painting frowned and thought again for a while.

There is still an opportunity; as long as he is patient, he will always catch a flaw.

Lu Chengyun is the family master, busy with affairs, and it's impossible for him to stare here all day.

As long as he is a little negligent and gives Ink Painting the opportunity to set up a Reverse Spirit collapse, then "boom," his hundred-year foundation will be destroyed.

"But what if it collapses..." Ink Painting continued to consider.

"Will the Corpse Mine collapse?"

Can he still get out?

Should he first set up the Reverse Spirit Array, then find a way to escape, and after that use puppets to trigger the array collapse?

But this is inside a mine.

Once it collapses, it will likely cause unpredictable explosions and collapses, possibly pulling on one hair and moving the whole body, not just the Corpse Mine, but the entire mine will be buried.

At that time, not only the Ten Thousand Corpses Revival Array will collapse, the Corpse Mine will collapse, the Corpse Cultivators will die, but even the pitiful mining cultivators in the nearby mines will all die due to the spiritual power shock and mine collapse.

Should he evacuate the mining cultivators in advance?

Ink Painting pondered for a bit and felt it was still not feasible.

The mine belongs to the Lu family; evacuating the mining cultivators inside would definitely alert the enemy and the Lu family.

Once the Lu family becomes suspicious, acting will not be so convenient.

Moreover, the power of a great array collapse is very strong.

But this is a revival array, its power might not be as exaggerated as he thought.

At most, it might collapse the Ten Thousand Corpses Array and destroy the Bronze Coffin.

But once the Bronze Coffin is destroyed...

The highest sequence of array patterns in the Spirit Hub Array will become invalid.

Will other zombies therefore lose control?

Once zombies lose control, they will instinctively crave flesh and blood, choose people to bite, and a large number will form a corpse tide, spreading corpse poison, and the entire South Yue City will face catastrophe.

Ink Painting himself can escape.

Even if hit by corpse poison, he also has ways to solve it.

But what about those poor loose cultivators?

If they can't escape, they will become food for the zombies.

Even if only bitten, without pills to treat, the corpse poison will spread, erode the heart veins, and then corpse transformation will occur, becoming Walking Corpses...

Ink Painting tried to consider thoroughly.

It seems no matter how he thinks or acts, there will be some oversights, making it hard to be thorough.

A bit tricky...

Ink Painting sighed.

"Then should I directly tamper with the array method on the Bronze Coffin?"

Ink Painting looked towards the Bronze Coffin in front of him.

Ink Painting often looked at this coffin during the day; even when Lu Chengyun was drawing the Spirit Hub Evil Array, he was stealthily watching from the side.

Outer coffin and inner coffin.

Lu Chengyun's array method was drawn on the bronze inner coffin inside the outer coffin.

It was not directly drawn on the zombie's body.

But what is inside the bronze inner coffin, is there really a zombie?

If there is, what level of zombie is it?

Walking Corpse, Iron Corpse...

According to reason, behind should be Copper Corpse, Silver Corpse, Gold Corpse...

Bronze Coffin... perhaps it's a Copper Corpse?

But listening to Lu Chengyun's tone, it doesn't seem like it.

If it were a Copper Corpse, its strength should be very strong, likely having cultivation in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Lu Chengyun is only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment; if he were refining a Copper Corpse, could he suppress it?

If he can't suppress it and still refines it, isn't that seeking death?

Once refining corpses backfires, the zombie will definitely eat him clean, leaving no bones.

Lu Chengyun is so shrewd, he shouldn't do such a stupid thing...

But if it's not a Copper Corpse, what kind of corpse is it?

Ink Painting pondered for half a day, then suddenly realized a most basic problem:

He doesn't even know the differences between Walking Corpse, Iron Corpse, Copper Corpse, Silver Corpse, and Gold Corpse...

Aside from hearing the names of these several types of zombies from his little senior sister, he is completely ignorant about refining corpses!

He is a true outsider.

Just like a cultivator who doesn't understand array methods, relying on experience to consider problems with array methods.

He is now only relying on imagination to infer the categories of refining corpses.

An outsider considering insider problems is very prone to taking things for granted.

Are there grades in refining corpses?

Are gold, silver, copper, and iron grades or types?

What effects do different corpses have, and what are their taboos?

He is only half-understanding all of this...

He can still cope a bit with ordinary Walking Corpses and Iron Corpses relying on this shallow knowledge.

But now Lu Chengyun is using obviously more "high-end" refining methods for corpses, and his half-baked experience might not allow him to see anything...

But Ink Painting was worried again.

Practice makes perfect knowledge.

He can't possibly learn refining corpses just to know these things, and then personally refine corpses himself...

Ink Painting thought for a bit and felt that refining them himself was impossible.

But it is still very necessary to steal a few refining corpses books from the Corpse Cultivators when he has time to look at them, to know oneself and know the enemy.

The cultivation world is dangerous.

For cultivators to survive in the cultivation world, all kinds of cultivation knowledge are indispensable.

Some things can be not done, but they cannot be not known.

Otherwise, once there is a "knowledge barrier," no matter how smart a person is, it's useless; they might even be self-smart, cut off their own life path, and die without knowing how.

Ink Painting nodded slightly, then thought about opening the Bronze Coffin.

The Bronze Coffin is divided into an outer coffin and an inner coffin, and the corpse is refined inside the inner coffin.

He only needed to open the outer coffin, not the inner coffin, just like Lu Chengyun, the risk should not be big.

But Ink Painting didn't expect that he couldn't even open the outer coffin.

The entire Bronze Coffin was like it was sealed dead.

Ink Painting struggled several times but couldn't open it, not even knowing if this Bronze Coffin was sealed using array methods or locks.

Ink Painting sighed.

Coming in this trip, he can say he had some harvest, but it was smaller than he had imagined.

He thoroughly researched the Ten Thousand Corpses Array.

But he hasn't figured out what is being offered on the altar or what is sealed inside the Bronze Coffin.

"Looks like... I have to think of other ways..."

Ink Painting's gaze moved slightly, and he said silently in his heart.

The daily routine is a bit messed up, this chapter is late again, alas

(End of this chapter)