"The ominous things that have their eyes on your Lu family are not only ghosts, but also zombies."

The Lu family must have committed too many sins to attract intelligent zombies.

"Zombies?" Did the characters in the storybook jump out of the book?

Mom, I'm so scared, I want to go home!

The weak-willed members of the Lu family crumbled and began to weep and wail.

Liao Kongmin shook his head. Once Lu Jingsheng falls, his descendants will either die or be crippled.

"Master Xu." Liao Kongmin looked at Ji Xiaoxiao with burning eyes.

Liao Kongmin knows what a zombie is, but what is the death mark of a wise zombie?

The erudite Liao Kongmin searched his memory but found none of it matched the "intelligent corpse" Ji Xiaoxiao had mentioned.

"Master Xu, what is the death mark of the intelligent corpse?" Liao Kongmin asked without shame.

Ji Xiaoxiao shook her head, her heavy mood affecting everyone.

"To understand the death mark of the intelligent corpse, we must first understand what an intelligent corpse is."

Corpses are categorized into various types, including zombies, walking corpses, and roaming corpses. Zombies, with their stiff bodies, are born from the resentment and bad luck of heaven and earth. They are ageless, immortal, and indestructible, and can be further divided into purple zombies, white zombies, green zombies, hairy zombies, flying zombies, wandering corpses, lying corpses, and those whose bones do not decay. Zombies can also become demons, transforming into drought demons, or what might be called drought demons. Intelligent corpses are the product of white zombies that have mutated after mistakenly consuming the Yin-Yang Pearl of Soul and Spirit.

"So that's what happened." Liao Kongmin said thoughtfully.

Although the Wise Corpse evolved from the White Zombie, as its name suggests, it possesses sound intelligence and is adept at scheming, plotting, and seeking revenge. Initially, the Wise Corpse was incredibly fragile; a single grain of glutinous rice could kill it. However, once it gained sentience, it learned to temporarily avoid direct confrontation and lie low to cultivate. Once it achieved the strength of copper skin and iron bones, its ferocity and bloodlust surpassed even that of the Drought Demon, the pinnacle of zombies.

"If they're that powerful, aren't we doomed?"

People are different. The Lu family cares about the power of the intelligent corpse, while Liao Kongmin stands out from the crowd and focuses on other things.

"The Soul Yin and Spirit Yang Pearl?" Liao Kongmin looked like he had an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Ji Xiaoxiao drank her tea and continued, "Taoism records that the soul is a yang spirit, attached to a person's qi, and governs mental and spiritual activities. The spirit is a yin spirit, attached to a person's form, and governs a person's physical activities. After a person dies, they are buried in a place for nourishing corpses. The soul and spirit leave the body but cannot be reincarnated. They receive the essence of the sun and moon, as well as the qi of the corpse and resentment day and night. Over time, they can form a soul-yin and spirit-yang pearl."

Ji Xiaoxiao's mouth was so dry from talking that she had to smack her lips repeatedly to produce a single drop of saliva.

Liao Kongmin remained silent for a moment, then pressed on, asking, "If we have the Soul Yin and Soul Yang Pearls, will there be many intelligent corpses?"

Judging from this, it's as if intelligent zombies are everywhere.

"Do you think Soul Yin Po Yang Pearls are as common as cabbages? To form a Soul Yin Po Yang Pearl, not only are the requirements for the corpse-nurturing ground extremely high and rare, but it also requires tens of thousands of corpses that died unjustly, along with the right time, place, and people, before a single Soul Yin Po Yang Pearl can be found."

Ji Xiaoxiao glared at Liao Kongmin, who awkwardly looked away.

With such a large family burdened with the death marks of intelligent corpses, the glutinous rice in Ji Xiaoxiao's bag was simply not enough. Moreover, glutinous rice was only a temporary solution; to truly resolve the death marks, much more was needed.

"You really don't have the Death Mark?" Ji Xiaoxiao asked Lu Rantu.

The Lu family members all have death marks left by the intelligent corpses, so there's no reason why Lu Rantu wouldn't have one.

Upon hearing this, Lu Rantu's expression became awkward, clearly indicating that he was hiding something.

"Were you bitten or not?" Ji Xiaoxiao asked seriously. "If you are hiding anything, it could cost the lives of hundreds of people in your Lu family."

"I..." Lu Rantu lowered his head, looking extremely pitiful.

Hold on, hold on, I am a lady.

Ji Xiaoxiao kept reminding herself to be polite and not to get angry.

After a while, Ji Xiaoxiao said, "The Death Mark is a death curse placed by a wise corpse. Once it covers the entire body, the person will lose their mind and automatically seek out the wise corpse that planted the Death Mark."

"Sister, why do we need to look for it?" asked the first boy who stepped forward.

Ji Xiaoxiao patted his head, "You're just making a selfless sacrifice."

Sacrifice?

After racking their brains, everyone suddenly understood what Ji Xiaoxiao meant.

Devotion, that's another name for feeding.

Like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, the hungry and wise corpse is filled with food, truly showing great fearlessness.

"Master Xu, you must beg us. We are still young and don't want to die."

Ji Xiaoxiao ignored their wailing and stared intently at Lu Rantu with her beautiful eyes.

"Aren't you going to tell the truth even now?"

Even the servants of the Lu family have the death mark of the intelligent corpse, so it's impossible for the eldest son and grandson not to have one.

"I..." Lu Rantu settled the unconscious Lu Jingsheng, blushed, and walked over. He leaned close to Ji Xiaoxiao's ear and whispered, "I have one too, it's over there."

"Where is that? Be more specific."

Lu Rantu said in despair, "My butt."

After he finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.

Ji Xiaoxiao patted Lu Rantu encouragingly, saying that the child had a tough time.

"Thank you for your hard work." Ji Xiaoxiao suppressed a laugh.

Enraged, Lu Rantu flung Ji Xiaoxiao's grotesque hand away, turned away in a huff, and refused to even look at the woman who had embarrassed him.

Ji Xiaoxiao didn't have time to properly comfort a man; she immediately ordered people to investigate how many people in the Lu family still had the death mark of the intelligent corpse on their bodies.

"Once discovered, keep a close watch on the person immediately." Ji Xiaoxiao said solemnly.

The intelligent corpse absorbs the power of the souls of the living by devouring them, wielding the power of Yin and Yang. The more people it devours, the greater and more terrifying its power becomes. Once it breaks through the boundaries of evil and undergoes the baptism of heavenly tribulation, it will shed its mortal form and become a demon, bringing devastation to the vast land.

"Yes," the crowd answered decisively.

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