I Am A Corpse Collector In The World Of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 1: Cangwu Corpse Collector

Winter, with snow covering the ground.

A vast cliff stands tall against the sky, shrouded in clouds and mist, appearing and disappearing. It is surrounded on all sides, with only a massive sky bridge leading to the other towering peaks.

This is Heaven Burial Mountain of the Cangwu Immortal Sect, the burial ground for the sect's disciples.

"I've been here for three days." Under the thatched roof of a crude grass hut on the mountain, an old man sits on a chair, while a young man dressed in plain white clothes, with the appearance of a scholar, lies on the chair.

Chen Shen plays with an old bell in his hand, murmuring out of boredom.

He is not originally from this strange and fantastical world, but crossed over three days ago.

The original owner of this body came from a scholarly family in Cang Country under the Cangwu Immortal Sect. He was supposed to study at the Imperial Academy, but his family was assigned a position as a companion to an immortal child.

He had two older brothers and several younger siblings, so it was unlikely that he would be chosen.

But luck came and couldn't be stopped. The position fell on the original owner.

Originally, without any spiritual roots, the original owner could have lived a peaceful life as long as he served his master well, perhaps even for a hundred years.

However, after training on the mountain for more than ten days and learning about the world of cultivation, when it was time to be assigned to a disciple of the immortal sect, he had the misfortune of being assigned to Heaven Burial Mountain because all the spots were filled. Then, three days ago, he froze to death in the middle of the night.

That's how Chen Shen crossed over to this world.

And as a transmigrator, Chen Shen naturally came with a cheat.

Although he currently has no spiritual roots, he possesses the Corpse Collector System.

As long as he embalms and buries a corpse, he can obtain the deceased's cultivation experience, techniques, and some spiritual roots.

Originally, Chen Shen was confident that as long as he quietly developed on Heaven Burial Mountain, he would definitely become a powerful cultivator.

But after waiting for three days, not a single corpse was sent over.

Isn't the cultivation world supposed to be governed by the law of the jungle, with fierce struggles? Why haven't I seen any dead bodies?

So these past few days, all he did was enjoy the snow, play in the snow, and drink the snow, feeling bored.

Slowly, Chen Shen fell asleep on the old chair.

When he woke up, two young men dressed in gray clothes were standing in front of him.

Having undergone training in the sect, Chen Shen recognized them as menial disciples with low status.

"Junior brothers, have any corpses been sent over?" Chen Shen didn't complain about being awakened by them. Instead, he rubbed his hands together and looked at them with anticipation.

The lips of the menial disciples twitched, unable to bear Chen Shen's gaze.

"Senior Brother Chen, please come with us." One of the menial disciples adjusted his expression and nodded.

Then, the two of them led Chen Shen towards the direction of the sky bridge of Heaven Burial Mountain.

After walking for about ten minutes, Chen Shen saw a wrapped corpse next to the massive sky bridge, the cloth still stained with blood.

Chen Shen murmured in his heart. Since they came to find him, why didn't they bring the corpse along?

When he approached, he realized that the corpse had already started to decompose and emitted a foul smell.

"Senior Brother, please bury her properly. This girl had a miserable life before she died," one of the menial disciples said with a mournful expression, but Chen Shen interrupted him halfway.

"Junior brother, I can't control what happened in her life, nor do I want to know. Please leave, I will take care of the rest."

Chen Shen waved his hand, suppressing the urge to vomit, and carried the corpse on his shoulders.

He didn't want to hear any stories. If he happened to learn even a tiny secret of some important figure in the sect, he might end up being silenced.

The two disciples didn't say anything more and turned around to leave.

It must be said that dead bodies are very heavy. With Chen Shen's small frame as a scholar, it took him nearly half an hour to reach his destination.

The burial rules of Heaven Burial Mountain are strict. Important figures are buried in auspicious locations, with engraved tombstones and even mausoleums.

But for this lowly corpse he carried, he could only go to the outskirts and couldn't erect a tombstone. Only the blood-stained cloth wrapping the body provided cover.

It is a lonely grave.

Chen Shen took a shovel and spent half a day digging a deep pit, burying the body in it.

Successful burial!

Obtained technique: Cangwu Immortal Art Qi Refining, first level, Fireball Technique.

Obtained cultivation experience!

Obtained incomplete spiritual root!

With the sound of prompts, Chen Shen's mind was filled with a lot of information, and at the same time, he felt as if something had suddenly appeared in his body. He felt light and agile, his vision widened, and his thinking became faster.

He realized that he had established a connection with the heavens and the earth, and it seemed that the earth contained many familiar energies.

At this moment, Chen Shen obtained a spiritual root and sensed the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth.

Just as he was receiving the information about cultivation techniques and cultivation experience, another prompt sounded.

Obtained system-exclusive skill - Great Dao Aura Concealment Technique: After concealing one's aura, no one can see through one's cultivation level.

This is great, Chen Shen was thinking about how to keep a low profile.

"Thank you, Miss Alan!" He bowed slightly towards the new grave.

From the information Chen Shen received from the system, he not only received rewards, but also saw the scene of the girl's death.

It turned out that this girl's name was Alan, and she was a disciple of the sect's miscellaneous duties.

She was killed by a disciple named Zhou Zheng, and then casually discarded in an uninhabited valley. Fortunately, she was discovered by patrolling disciples and brought to Heaven Burial Mountain.

At this moment, Chen Shen began to experience the cruelty and darkness of the cultivation world.

After obtaining the cultivation technique and spiritual root, he immediately embarked on the path of cultivation.

In order to survive in this world, one must have strong power.

Buzz~

Inside the thatched hut, Chen Shen sat cross-legged, and spiritual energy continuously entered his body. He almost formed a vortex-like figure.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, frowned slightly, and said to himself, "The incomplete spiritual root is still too weak. It's been five days and I haven't reached the first level of Qi Refining."

For Chen Shen, the first level of Qi Refining should have been unobstructed with the cultivation experience he received.

Unfortunately, the trouble lies in the spiritual root. His aptitude is too poor, and the absorption speed of spiritual energy is too slow.

But now, he is already a cultivator. The nourishment of spiritual energy has made him several times stronger than an ordinary person.

He can withstand the freezing winter weather that killed the original owner, and he no longer needs extra blankets.

"It seems that I need to bury more bodies to strengthen my spiritual root." He sighed. It's been eight days and only one body has arrived. This doesn't comply with the rules of the cultivation world.

Time flew by, and half a month passed. Chen Shen lived a peaceful life in Heaven Burial Mountain and began to get used to it.

During this period, the sect also sent more than ten bodies, all of them low-level miscellaneous disciples or outer sect disciples who had either been assassinated in a fight or inadvertently offended someone important, leaving only their bodies the next day.

What surprised him the most was that three of them were female disciples who had been persecuted by Zhou Zheng.

After learning about the causes and consequences of their deaths, Chen Shen sighed at the harshness of the world and felt even more deeply the cruelty of the cultivation world.

While sighing, he could only accept the rewards from the system to strengthen his own power and protect himself.

On this day, Chen Shen sat cross-legged on the bed in the room, and the surrounding spiritual energy continuously converged towards him.

Crack!

With a loud noise coming from his body, he finally broke through to the first level of Qi Refining!

The majestic spiritual power flowed through his limbs, constantly nourishing his physical body.

Compared to the emaciated body that froze to death half a month ago, Chen Shen's weak body now contained tremendous power.

(End of this chapter)