Chapter 63 The Price of Arrogance, Lying on a Mound of Graves

Gao Yuda was startled. He left his daughter in the house and rushed out to check on her.

"Boss Zhao!"

Mr. Zhao collapsed by the grass in the yard, clutching his leg in pain. "Mr. Gao, come quickly and help me remove the mousetrap! Those mice are so agile; they managed to avoid the traps I set and made me fall here!"

Gao Yuda went over to help him remove the mousetrap and saw that his foot was still bleeding from being caught.

Gao Yuda couldn't help but ask, "Has the Gray Immortal arrived? Have they caught him?"

"Not yet, all that's come are a bunch of little mice."

Boss Zhao pointed to a spot not far away.

"Look over there, the mousetrap has electrocuted several mice. The Grey Immortal must have been watching from the shadows, and when he saw his disciples and followers dying, he couldn't resist coming over."

"But not all of them were caught."

Gao Yuda said worriedly, "Even some of the little mice have run away. These things might not be able to deal with the Gray Immortal."

Boss Zhao said, "These are just to intimidate its followers. As for dealing with the Gray Immortal, I'll have to use the ultimate weapon I've prepared."

Boss Zhao walked towards the storage room, opened the door, and took out everything inside.

Meow meow meow!

The sound of cats meowing could be heard continuously, and one after another, tabby cats nimbly darted out from the storage room.

"The tabby cat is the best at catching mice."

Boss Zhao said to Gao Yuda, "The cats I prepared are the fiercest stray cats in each neighborhood. They are invincible in the neighborhood and are also good at catching mice. You can go back and rest. They will definitely be able to devour that Gray Immortal."

As Gao Yuda watched the cat leap onto the courtyard wall and disappear into the dark night outside, a strange unease stirred within him.

"I hope so."

Gao Yuda sighed and went back inside.

When he got back into the house, he saw his daughter lying asleep in bed. He covered her with a blanket and sat by the bedside all night waiting.

In the latter half of the night, there was no sound from outside.

Gao Yuda waited all night and was a little drowsy. In the end, he lay down on the table and slept for a while.

The next morning.

When Gao Yuda got up, he couldn't see Boss Zhao. He looked for him for a long time but found that he wasn't in the yard.

"Where did Boss Zhao go? I wonder if the Gray Immortal has taken care of it yet."

Just as Gao Yuda finished thinking this, his assistant suddenly screamed from the courtyard gate, "Ah! Mr. Gao, come out and look outside!"

Gao Yuda rushed out and saw the scene outside the courtyard. His face turned deathly pale.

A strong smell of blood wafted over.

Outside, there were bloody corpses all over the ground. These corpses were all tabby cats that Boss Zhao had prepared. Each tabby cat had been skinned and thrown on the ground outside the yard.

A new countdown appeared on the courtyard gate, and the blood-red number changed from "five" to "four".

"It's the Great Immortal Grey."

Gao Yuda stumbled and almost fell to the ground. He asked in a panic, "Where's Boss Zhao? Where did he go! Didn't he say he could handle it?"

The countdown hasn't ended yet, and the cat is dead! This definitely isn't resolved! It might even have angered the Grey Immortal!

"I...I don't know."

The assistant looked at the dead tabby cats outside with a horrified expression. "I haven't seen Boss Zhao since I woke up this morning. Mr. Gao, should we go look for him?"

Gao Yuda frowned and thought for a while, "Let's go look for him nearby. Hopefully, nothing has happened to him."

The two of them were searching everywhere for Boss Zhao, while Yun Shu had also gotten up and started training.

The training camp mainly consisted of singing and dancing practice, which Yun Shu wasn't interested in. She just wanted it to end quickly so she could go back to her room and make paper offerings.

“Yun Shu”.

Yun Shu's mind was filled with random thoughts, so much so that she didn't hear the training instructors calling her several times. It wasn't until Xiao Yutian tugged at her that she came to her senses.

"Yun Shu, your mentor wants you to go to the front."

"..."

Yun Shu walked to the front, and the instructor looked at her and said, "Do the movement again."

As soon as Yun Shu raised her hand, the instructor began to correct her movements, saying, "There are several classic mistakes in your movements. I'll help you correct them, and everyone else should check their own movements."

[Haha, Yun Shu got caught daydreaming in class!]

[As expected of the last place in the dance group, her limbs were stiff and her movements were completely devoid of grace. I really don't know how she made it through.]

[Our Yunshu got a lot of votes online, don't believe it? This just means she's more popular with the audience!]

[This is only the first day of training. Yun Shu's performance is just temporarily lacking. She'll dazzle you all in a month!]

The next second...

Yun Shu looked out the window and suddenly said, "Professor, I'm not feeling well, I'd like to ask for leave."

【Huh? I was just asking my fans to vote for you and boost your popularity! And you've already taken leave??】

[...It feels like she just wants to give up!]

[Yun Shu: It's impossible to train properly during the training camp; no one can stop me from leaving work early!]

Before the tutor could say anything, Lei Jiao, who was standing next to her, said sarcastically, "With your level of ability, you dare to ask for leave?"

Yun Shu said calmly, "Can't I rest if I'm not feeling well? If I suddenly die, will you take responsibility?"

Lei Jiao scoffed, "A piece of trash is a piece of trash. What excuses are you making? Luckily, you're not in the same team as me."

"Can you shut up?!"

As Yun Shu's teammate, Xiao Yutian immediately stepped forward and glared at Lei Jiao, "Do you live in the Pacific Ocean? Why do you like to meddle in other people's business! Yun Shu took leave, and none of us teammates said anything, but you just keep talking nonsense!"

"you……!"

"Okay, stop arguing!"

Seeing that they were about to fight, the instructor spoke up in time and said to Yun Shu, "Go and rest first, but remember what I just corrected you. Once you've rested, practice this dance again."

"Um."

Yun Shu grabbed her canvas bag and hurriedly left the rehearsal area.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw dark clouds covering the sky and a howling wind, as if a downpour was about to begin.

"Miss Yun!"

Yun Shu was about to return to her house when someone ran towards her from not far away.

Gao Yuda's face turned deathly pale, and he said to her in a panic, "Miss Yun, Boss Zhao has disappeared, and the magic array he set up has been broken by the Gray Immortal. Do you think he was captured by the Gray Immortal? Can you help me find him!"

Yun Shu wasn't surprised to see him. "I told you long ago, he can't solve this."

Gao Yuda's expression turned even more grim. "Then do you know what happened to him?"

"Yes." Yun Shu glanced at the dark clouds overhead, did some quick calculations, and said, "This is a matter of life and death, let's go save them first, head this way."

The energy here changes too quickly. If Boss Zhao dies, it will fuel the evil nature of the Gray Immortal, making him even more difficult to deal with.

Gao Yuda quickly said gratefully, "Miss Yun, we were rude yesterday. You are very kind. Please help us deal with the ashes..."

Yun Shu interrupted him, "I only helped you find someone, I didn't agree to help you deal with Gray Immortal."

Gao Yuda's expression froze.

He saw Yun Shu walking towards the other side of the road, so he had no choice but to follow her.

Yun Shu led him to a secluded spot at the foot of a mountain, where some tombstones lay crookedly overgrown among the weeds.

Yun Shu glanced at Gao Yuda and his assistant, "It's right here, you can look for it."

The assistant felt a chill run down his spine for no apparent reason, and goosebumps rose on his skin.

He couldn't help but say, "This is a mass grave, far from that village. How could Master Zhao have come here? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"If you don't want to look for it, then forget it."

Yun Shu said impatiently, "He only has one breath left. If he dies in the end, it will be because of you, and the consequences will be borne by you."

"We must search! We definitely must search!"

Gao Yuda pulled his assistant along, and the two of them then entered the mass grave to search for the person.

After searching for a long time, they found a body that was still warm. When they turned it over, they found it was the Boss Zhao they were looking for.

"Found it!"

The assistant exclaimed in surprise, but then, upon seeing the state of Mr. Zhao, his pupils constricted, and he said in horror, "Mr. Zhao... how did he become like this!"