Chapter 20
Su Yun heard about Su Yiling and Ji Weitang's past from their own accounts, and then learned some bits and pieces from the ghost employees.
According to Su Yiling and Ji Weitang themselves, they worked hard to earn money to accumulate such a huge family fortune. However, in recent years, the country has advocated cremation, and the funeral home business is not very good. Now they basically rely on side jobs to make money.
The so-called side jobs are similar to those of other Taoist priests and fortune tellers, telling fortunes, fighting ghosts, and gathering wealth... In fact, the money given by rich people is quite a lot, three to five million at a time. After working for more than 20 years, they have become billionaires, but their family fortune is not accumulated through legitimate business, so they dare not expose it in front of others.
At first, Su Yun believed what they said. After all, even a family as big as the Su family would hire a fortune teller, and they would even steal her to ward off disaster for Su Yun. It can be seen that this business is indeed quite profitable.
Later, Su Yun discovered something wrong in the occasional nostalgia and subtlety of the ghost employees - his parents seemed to never use their real names outside. Although the various VIP and card names given were all real names, when others came to place an order, they called at least eighty of their names.
During his convalescence, Su Yun even asked Ji Weitong, they had given so many nicknames, what if they got them mixed up one day?
Ji Weitang was feeding her medicine and said with a smile, "If you remember it wrongly, just say it's a character. For those of us in this line of work, we have a real name, a character, a Taoist name, a Dharma name, etc. It's normal."
From here on, Su Yun discovered that she was indeed the biological daughter of Su Yiling and Ji Weitang. Her personality was exactly the same, and her behavior style was almost the same, as if they were copied and pasted.
Before Su Yiling and Ji Weitang went out for their honeymoon, they roughly explained to Su Yun the family affairs, what they had done, and if someone came to the house in the future, who should be called and who should be treated well, and Su Yun must remember.
"Are you worried that it would be impolite to remember the wrong person?" Su Yun asked doubtfully. In fact, she felt that this was definitely not the answer, but she just wanted to ask, how outrageous the answer could be.
As a result, the two men replied, "It's mainly because we're worried that you'll forget to beat someone, so we have to inform you in advance." This means that even if Su Yun forgets to receive someone, he must not forget to beat certain people, and they specifically remind him again.
Su Yun thought she already knew a lot about what her parents had done, but she didn't expect that there were still things she didn't know!
Maybe it was because the "skinning duo" had done too many outrageous things, but the chef was even confused for a moment, and then he reacted: "Oh, yes, it seems to be like this. At that time, the old curator accepted the order and was ready to fight with certain people. As a result, he met a Taoist priest on the road. The Taoist priest caught a female ghost. This female ghost looked very expensive, so they went up and snatched it away."
This kind of thing was fine if it was only said among family members, but when it was said in front of so many people, Su Yun suddenly understood why Su Yiling and Ji Weitang had to use pseudonyms when they were traveling around the world. If they didn't use pseudonyms, they would be the ones that everyone would hate.
"And then... they snatched the master's wife back?" Su Yun felt that the answer to this question didn't seem to be very important.
"After they robbed her, they heard the female ghost say that she was the wife of the master of the Jingling Sect and was abducted by the thieves. She hoped that they would send her back. If they succeeded, she would repay them with gratitude." The master chef glanced at Che Xuming and answered Su Yun's question truthfully.
Che Xuming didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Seeing Su Yun's strange expression, he hurriedly said, "Miss Su, don't think Mr. Su and Ms. Ji did a bad job. In fact, we should all thank them. Because Master's Wife is a female ghost, she has to go out to bask in the moonlight on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Usually, Master accompanies her, but that time he didn't go, and Master's Wife was stolen away. Mr. Su and Ms. Ji were able to send her here. They are really noble people."
Su Yun didn't know whether it was high or not, but she felt that Jingling Sect must have given a lot at that time, otherwise, considering the crazy way Su Yiling and Ji Weitong made money, it was impossible for them to let the wife of the Sect Master of Jingling Sect go back so easily.
He thought about it and decided to say it. It would be embarrassing for his parents to say it out loud. Su Yun maintained a calm smile and said, "So, because of this relationship, you trust me to bring Zhao Tuhu back to you?"
I thought Che Xuming would answer yes directly, but he hesitated and said, "I don't really trust you to bring him back, because according to past records, unless they say he is alive, Mr. Su and Ms. Ji have basically never brought anyone back alive. They always say that the person did too many evil things and was struck to death by lightning. If you want to find him alive, I suggest you find the King of Hell."
Su Yun immediately understood why Jingling Sect had found him: "Oh, so you guys thought that if I couldn't catch him, you would probably do the same as my parents and execute him on the spot, so that Zhao Tuhu wouldn't continue to harm the world?"
"That's right. My master also asked me to tell you that everything we found from Zhao Tuhu belongs to you. If you think it's not enough, we can give you a small Ganoderma lucidum seedling, but you may need to raise it yourself." After Che Xuming finished speaking, he took out the contract. It can be said that he is quite up-to-date.
"How can I say this? It's a deal." Su Yun grabbed the contract without saying a word, read it quickly, stamped it with his personal seal, and signed his name.
Che Xuming was not surprised. Back then, Su Yun's parents also smiled and said, "It's just a piece of cake," and then took away all the rewards prepared by Jinglingmen.
After signing the contract, the matter was settled. Jinglingmen didn't care about life or death as long as Zhao Tuhu could no longer do evil. Judging from his current temper, he must have saved many lives. If Su Yun could succeed, it would be a good deed.
Afterwards, Che Xuming prepared to leave. He wanted to go back to Jingling Gate to ask if there was a disciple who also cultivated zombies and defected twenty years ago. However, Su Yun said that the Fu family had once seen that kind of small flower mold, which really concerned him.
Although the Jingling Sect is not the only sect that practices in this way, in recent years, they are indeed the only ones who still insist on practicing in this way. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals are not allowed to become spirits, most corpses have to be cremated, and there are fewer zombies than before. Logically speaking, if two appear at once, there is a high probability that they are from the Jingling Sect.
As for the secrets of previous years, I’m afraid only the older generation knows them, so I have to go back and ask the sect leader and elders.
After seeing Che Xuming off, Su Yun pondered for a long time in the yard. She wanted to go to the Fu family to take a look, but her relationship with the Fu family was not good. Moreover, so many years had passed, and the resentment that had been left in the Fu family might have dissipated long ago. She might not be able to find out any information if she went there now.
Su Yun looked at the contract in her hand and felt that she had agreed to it too quickly. The entire Jingling Sect hadn't been able to find this person, so what preparations should she make to find Zhao Tuhu?
Seeing Su Yun in a daze, Lin Lang put down his scissors and asked, "Director, are you worried that you won't be able to find someone?"
"Yes, this guy is elusive. The only trace he leaves behind is zombie-like resentment. But he can completely erase or transfer the resentment, so it is basically difficult to find his whereabouts." Su Yun said helplessly.
The Taoists need at least one of the following to find someone: daily items, personal belongings, birth date, and personal aura. Now the Jingling Sect cannot find anyone just by the birth date and the things left by Zhao Tuhu. This means that they have thought of many ways, but still failed, which proves that Zhao Tuhu has special hiding methods.
Lin Lang was silent for a while, then reached out to take the birth date on the coffee table and began to calculate. After calculating once, he found something wrong and said hurriedly, "Director, there seems to be something wrong with this birth date. I'll go back and get the compass."
Su Yun looked up at him and said, "Well, if your compass can't figure it out, I have a better one."
A good compass can get twice the result with half the effort. It seems that Lin Lang is a tough guy who relies on his strength to make up for the lack of hardware. If his calculations fail, then it can only be a problem with the tools.
Lin Lang replied "OK" and returned to his room in a flash. After finding the compass, he returned to the yard and began to calculate Zhao Tuhu's birth date with the compass.
In Su Yun's opinion, Zhao Tuhu's birth date and time meant that he was destined to be a moron. Even if someone gave him a hand, he might not be able to pull himself out of the quagmire. But if he was well-behaved and contented all his life, he would at least live a safe and smooth life, even if he did not become rich.
A person’s life cannot be predicted immediately. It is very likely that various choices will appear in life, and different choices will affect the future destiny.
Unless you are a person with a strong destiny and a character that refuses to admit defeat, and you never turn back even if you hit a wall in your life, then you can see the end of your life at a glance.
Lin Lang calculated carefully, his face becoming more and more solemn, and finally frowned tightly: "Director, this is no longer Zhao Tuhu's fate. Although this fate is still there, the direction is wrong. According to the calculation, this fate today should be located in the southwest where there are lots of wood and water. But Zhao Tuhu has been staring at Ms. Wu, so he shouldn't have run so far."
"Direction?" Su Yun was stunned for a moment and hurried over to recalculate.
After hearing Lin Lang mention the issue of direction, even the beautiful ghosts couldn't help but join in the fun. Although ghosts may not be able to tell fortunes, they can sense the circumstances of one's birth date, otherwise there wouldn't be so many stories of unrequited love between humans and ghosts.
The ghost took a look and said, "It is indeed a very strange fate. He should be catching insects in the southwest now. According to Master Che, Zhao Tuhu was born in a family of corpse drivers. He was originally from Xiangxi. Later, he entered the Jingling Sect and practiced zombie-related Taoist magic. So according to normal circumstances, he should be practicing corpse driving now."
A person who was supposed to be practicing corpse-driving appeared in Bincheng, thousands of miles away, and even created a zombie. It was not right no matter how you looked at it.
Su Yun calculated the time half a month before and after Aunt Wu's death. The birth data showed that if combined with the time of those days, the person with this fate should still be in Xiangxi. That period happened to be the end of April, and the weather was gradually getting hotter. It would not be easy for zombies to be melted by the sun if they were taken to the southwestern rain forest.
The time didn't match, so Lin Lang suspected that Zhao Tuhu's fate had been changed. Of course, he couldn't make a calculation based on this birth date that had lost its effectiveness.
"No wonder Jinglingmen couldn't find the person every time they calculated the location. I don't know when Zhao Tuhu's fate changed. The old birth data can only calculate his past movements. Of course, the disciples of Jinglingmen chased after him, but there was no resentment left, and they couldn't find him either." Su Yun said with a sneer.
The Jingling Sect originally wanted to track down Zhao Tuhu, so naturally they would go wherever he went. Normally, they had never received any information about his whereabouts, so naturally they always thought that they had not found him.
If it weren't for Aunt Wu's incident, they would not have discovered that Zhao Tuhu's whereabouts were inconsistent with his birth date. But the birth date showed that the person was still alive, which made it even more difficult to find him.
The ghost reminded quietly: "But even if we now know that the birth date and time have been changed, we still can't find Zhao Tuhu's trace. It should be said that without even the birth date and time, it's like we are looking for a person who doesn't exist."
Su Yun smiled and said, "As long as a person is alive, it is unlikely that he will not exist. Zhao Tuhu will definitely take orders and do business. People like him cannot refuse the temptation of money. Besides, if his plan fails, he will definitely do other things to continue murdering people from the Wu family."
Aunt Wu was a living zombie created by Zhao Tuhu, who even placed mature Ganoderma lucidum grown on the coffin board of the founder of Jingling Sect in the hope of success. However, he ran into Su Yun, a nosy person, and failed to kill her.
Su Yun narrowed his eyes slightly. "Don't worry, he will come to find me. If he is one of the people who took the order to kill me and found out that I am still alive, he will definitely not continue to hide in the dark. Otherwise, if I continue to appear in Bincheng circle in the future, what will he say to Party A?"
The most important thing is that Su Yun is alive now, which proves his failure back then. Now the plan to murder the Wu family has also failed because of Su Yun. Both orders failed because of the same person. If Zhao Tuhu does not remedy the situation, his value and order price in the circle will shrink in the future, and no one will even be willing to take orders from him.
From the fact that Zhao Tuhu insisted on finding a powerful living zombie as a training tool and was unwilling to pay for it, we knew that he was an insatiable person. This kind of person would not allow anyone to influence his fortune and wealth, and would definitely come to assassinate Su Yun.
"So, shouldn't we make preparations in advance?" The sexy ghost immediately became serious. Su Yun couldn't die a second time now. No matter who it was, no one could enter the funeral home and kill Su Yun.
"What preparations are there in advance? No need. He will come to your door on his own. As long as he enters this funeral home, he will be in big trouble." Su Yun said with a smile.
In fact, Lin Lang was right when he said that Xicheng Funeral Home was a shady shop, because they were just robbing scoundrels and doing so with a clear conscience.
Hearing this, all the ghost employees present smiled eerily, with all kinds of strange lights flashing in their eyes.
Xicheng Funeral Home is the wealth that Su Yiling and Ji Weitong left to Su Yun, and it is also a fortress that protects her... No one can break in and get out alive.
Su Yun was waiting in the funeral home for Zhao Tuhu to come and kill him. He was very leisurely and couldn't wait for him to come.
As a result, the person who arrived first was not Zhao Tuhu, but Che Xuming. He took the fastest train back to Jinglingmen. He ran twice a day and was very tired, but he brought the first-hand information.
"You mean, a disciple of Jingling Sect did leave Jingling Sect thirty years ago, and the reason for leaving was... because he was dissatisfied with Jingling Sect's practice method?" Su Yun couldn't understand. A sect like Jingling Sect, although not completely orthodox, was definitely one that combined education with entertainment. How could one leave if he didn't like the practice method?
Why do you still diss other people's practice methods?
Che Xuming was eating over there, picking at the noodles in his bowl and said, "Yes, his talent is not particularly good, but Taoism never cares about talent, as long as you have the intention, so he still cultivated to the point where he had to choose a fellow practitioner at around the age of 30.
The sect master at that time was not my master, but a wandering sect master who cultivated his spirit. The former sect master believed that it would be best to choose a person that he liked according to his aptitude and character, and he did not need to be obsessed with whether he was strong or powerful. Anyway, as long as his cultivation level improved, he would always be powerful. "
Seeing that he was greedy while eating, Su Yun brought over the fruit plate and ate with him: "So what does he want to cultivate? I checked the information of Jingling Sect. Each of your sect leaders is the strongest of their generation. But except for the living zombie lineage which is rare because of the difficulty in making it, the others are very average. This proves that no matter what you choose, you can become the strongest."
“The previous sect leader said the same thing. My master was his senior brother, but my master was younger than him and he simply called him senior brother because he entered the sect earlier. At that time, my master didn’t have a mistress and he wasn’t sure whether he had to cultivate as a ghost. So he advised that person not to think too much about it since he would have someone to accompany him for many years, so it’s better to choose the one he likes. But he refused to agree.” Che Xuming slurped down a large bowl of plain noodles and then started to eat the snail noodles.
"...Your sect also has snail noodles? So fashionable?" Su Yun was stunned.
Che Xuming sipped the noodles and said, "Oh, because the senior brother who cooks in the cafeteria is from Guangxi, as long as it's not a normal meal time, he has all kinds of noodles and rice noodles. They are very delicious. If you like them, I can ask my senior brother to make them for you. It's guaranteed to be authentic, not the taste of the ingredients packets on the Internet."
It must be said that Su Yun was moved: "Then I won't be polite, Senior Brother, give me ten servings of everything you can make!"
After hearing this, Che Xuming almost choked to death. He patted his chest, his face red from choking: "Ahem... No, Miss Su, you really are worthy of being the biological child of Mr. Su and Ms. Ji..."
Su Yun tilted his head: "Oh, usually saying this means you have to pay extra. Then I'll buy it according to the price of the cooking package, but can you attach the recipe? When I want to eat it in the future, I can ask the chef at the funeral home to make it!"
Che Xuming thought about it and decided that earning some money was better than being a donkey for free, so he nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll treat it as asking you to make some extra money. Oh, by the way, let me continue. That disciple, he really didn't choose one at the beginning, but as luck would have it, we ran into zombies!"
"Zombies? Weren't there a lot of these things thirty years ago?" Su Yun started drinking the sugar water as if he was used to it.
"They are not ordinary zombies. They are royal mother and child zombies accidentally dug out by tomb robbers. Judging from their age, they are from the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there was a system of burying concubines alive with the dead. Many concubines died because of this system. It is also possible that they had children during the struggles in the harem, but they did not report it, resulting in one corpse, two lives, and endless resentment." Che Xuming repeated his master's literary words with difficulty.
As a science and engineering student majoring in computer science, Su Yun had forgotten most of the history and politics she learned in high school, but she could still remember particularly important points, such as the Ming Dynasty's system of burying people alive with the dead. Since this system appeared and was abolished repeatedly in history, it was one of the knowledge points that she still had an impression of.
The royal harem under the system of burying people alive with their dead relatives could basically only be described as living in misery. Whether they gave birth to offspring or not, they were all dead.
Earlier dynasties had the practice of killing the mother and keeping the son to prevent external relatives from monopolizing power. In the Ming Dynasty, this practice was changed to that all concubines without children had to be buried alive with the emperor, from top to bottom, until it was abolished by the "Ming God of War" Zhu Qizhen.
Su Yun recalled some historical knowledge about this era: "The system of royal family being buried alive with the dead. So, the tomb robbers are quite brave. They dug the tombs of the emperors at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty? They dared to go to such a fierce tomb. Do they think they have a long life?"
In the industry, there are some tombs that will not and cannot be robbed, such as the tombs of Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Yongle and other sons of destiny. The mechanisms inside have not been completely broken by anyone until now. With the development of technology, some things can indeed be dug out from the burial pits, but there is no way to completely guarantee that these things will not be damaged when exposed to the light.
Whether for the sake of life safety or the protection of cultural relics, such important tombs cannot be moved. At the very least, you will die, and at worst, eight or nine generations of your descendants will be in trouble, unless your generation is extinct.
Che Xuming was not surprised by such things, and said directly: "People die for money, birds die for food. We who practice Taoism cannot say that we are completely free of desires, but we are at peace with our hearts. Not to mention those who rely on some Taoist skills to make a living. They would rather take a gamble. If they win, they will rest assured. If they lose, they will die. It's normal."
"So, they stole the concubines' burial pit in the emperor's mausoleum and brought out the mother and child zombies?" Su Yun asked with a smile, as if there was nothing to say to such people.
"Yes, they actually wanted to steal the burial objects in the main tomb chamber. The emperor's tomb chamber must have all kinds of good things. If they can take one or two out, they will make a fortune. But after they calculated the Feng Shui points, I don't know what happened, the robbers still didn't dig the hole accurately into the main tomb chamber, but instead fell into a burial pit a little further away." Che Xuming said, pushing the snail noodles aside and taking out a picture to show Su Yun.
The map looks very old, and it must be quite old. The contents marked on it include geography, architecture, architectural feng shui, mechanics, and archeology. It is a very professional... Taoist tomb feng shui map. Most people who have not learned so many things really cannot understand it.
Su Yun was in a bad mental state in the first year after being rescued by Su Yiling and Ji Weitang, but he was able to study in the second year. In addition to doting on him, they also taught him by cramming, making sure Su Yun learned the basic knowledge. But on this matter, they never gave in.
Therefore, Su Yun was able to understand the contents of the picture.
The mausoleums on the map are arranged like the moon surrounded by stars, with the main tomb chamber in the middle. The surrounding tomb chambers are movable. When no one destroys them, the feng shui in other tomb chambers are supplied to the main tomb chamber in the middle. Once someone enters, these tomb chambers will move to allow the main tomb chamber to move to a safe position.
Che Xuming explained on the other end: "This map was redrawn by my master according to the description of the tomb robbers. My master believes that there is a mechanism in this tomb. As long as the main tomb chamber vibrates, the protection mechanism will be activated. Therefore, those tomb robbers still failed to dig a hole directly into the main tomb chamber after calculating the position."
"No wonder they entered the burial pit. It seems that there were many people buried alive back then. The workers who built the mausoleum designed it this way, trying to arrange the number of people reasonably without disrupting the feng shui of the royal mausoleum." Su Yun nodded in understanding.
"Yes, but the bad luck of that group of tomb robbers was that they happened to come across a burial pit with mother and child zombies. According to what they said at the time, most of the concubines in the tomb had turned into mummies, and only some concubines who died by taking mercury and cinnabar still retained their appearance. Only one concubine of a very low rank died of strangulation, but her body did not decay." Che Xuming put down the map and took out another portrait.
The portrait shows a pretty young woman, but her eyes are bulging, her eye sockets are sunken, and her eyes are bloodshot, which is consistent with strangulation.
Su Yun subconsciously looked at her belly and found that there was no bulge: "Is this her portrait? It doesn't look obvious."
Che Xuming nodded: "Yes, it's just not obvious, because when she died, the child was only three months old, that's why she was tricked into being buried with the emperor. The emperor died just after she became pregnant. Whether she was pregnant or not, she might have offended the emperor and would not let her live."
Looking at the still young girl in the portrait, Su Yun sighed: "Feudal society is indeed cruel. You have the portrait because you brought her out?"
"She chased those tomb robbers out by herself. Unless the tomb robbers escaped well, they would not have time to blow up the tunnel. So she followed them out. There were more than a dozen tomb robbers in total, and only three were left when they found the Jingling Gate." Che Xuming talked about this past event in a low voice.
Thirty years ago, technology and laws were not so advanced and comprehensive. Many people went tomb robbing to support their families. They didn't care about ghosts or gods. They only knew that when people died and were buried underground, there were a lot of treasures, and it would be a waste if they didn't sell them.
In the era when tomb robbers were prevalent, almost all tombs had been visited by them. Some of them were so cruel that they would blow up the tombs to prevent later comers from making a fortune, and the archaeological teams were unable to save them.
Because of the special skills of the Jingling Sect, they often encounter tomb robbers who come to ask for help. Every time they make themselves sound so pitiful and miserable, but in fact they are just greedy and want to get rich overnight.
The previous sect leader, Xiu Ling, really disliked these people who went to rob tombs. They disturbed other people's sleep, and then were punished. Then they came crying for help, as if they were wronged. Therefore, during the tenure of the previous sect leader, Jingling Sect rescued the fewest tomb robbers.
In the few times when this happened, the impact was so great that if we didn't take action, it might bring disaster to ordinary people, so we had to take action.
Before the mother-and-child zombies showed up, the former sect leader had just dealt with a man who had released vicious zombies, and was ready to teach him a lesson so that he would know what he could touch and what he could not.
As a result, before they could take any action, someone else came to the door, and it was an even more ferocious mother and child zombie. The former leader wanted to twist the tomb robber's head off directly.
However, the mother and child zombies were not something that could be left alone, and the Jingling Sect had to take care of them. Moreover, if they could not be sent back, they had to consider whether to store them in a forbidden area and let the ancestors keep them under control.
As the name suggests, the mother-child zombie is a zombie formed many years later when the mother died while pregnant and the resentment remained. Because this kind of zombie carries the spirit of the baby that could not be born, one is stronger than two and is very ferocious. There are not many Taoist magics that can deal with it.
Because they are pitiful, the King of Hell also feels sorry for these women and children who died unjustly, and he has special privileges.
The Jingling Sect was overwhelmed at the time. It was true that they had some zombie cultivation techniques, but most of them would just find someone they liked to practice with, and it would take them a lifetime to practice. When it came to exorcising demons, they could not catch up with those powerful Taoist masters.
Just in case, the Jingling Sect also looked for many masters from Taoist temples to go with them to look for the mother and child zombies. However, before setting off, a disciple named Yu Ming secretly sneaked into the team and said he wanted to go with everyone.
The former sect leader naturally disagreed. He was already in a bad mood and didn't want to take care of a disciple who hadn't even started practicing martial arts on the road, so he had Yu Ming tied up and taken back.
In fact, Yu Ming had heard about the appearance of a powerful mother-and-child zombie at that time. It just so happened that he hoped to find a powerful partner to continue his practice, but he had not decided on one before. Now that the mother-and-child zombie had appeared, it seemed as if it was destined for him, so he wanted to take the mother-and-child zombie as his own.
When Che Xuming's master heard that Yu Ming was kidnapped, he secretly went to see him and brought him some food.
Yu Ming begged Che Xuming's master to let him go, saying that he wanted to find zombies. He had already decided that he wanted to cultivate zombies. If he missed this opportunity, there might not be a chance for a powerful mother and child zombie to appear in the future.
The young Master Che Xuming was a little hesitant at the time: "But the mother and child zombies are mother and child. Isn't it the same as choosing a Taoist couple in our sect? Even if it's not a romantic relationship, Taoist couples are for life, and there is only one chance in a lifetime. Choosing a mother and child zombie, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the husband?"
"I just want to find a zombie that can practice cultivation. I'm not looking for a wife, let alone a Taoist partner. What does this have to do with the husband of the mother-child zombie?" Yu Ming was so angry that he was about to spit fire. Ever since he joined the sect, he felt that everyone in this sect was sick.
Instead of looking for a good wife or a Taoist partner, he mostly spends time with the tools he uses to practice his martial arts!
Especially the former sect leader, he practiced spiritual cultivation and had a mountain spirit with him, scattering flowers and leaves in the sect all day long. People who didn’t know would think they were the Emei Sect!
Yu Ming's attitude was not very good, but he insisted that he would not be a Taoist partner with a zombie. He just wanted to find a powerful zombie to practice with. His Taoist heart was to become stronger. If he did not have the strongest tool for him to practice, he was afraid that he would not be able to break through in the future.
The young and naive Master Che Xuming was fooled by him and secretly released the formation that trapped him. He then gave him a sword and a whisk and told him to go and come back quickly and not to make the sect master angry. According to the sect master's temper, if Yu Ming was provoked, he would beat him to death.
Originally, Che Xuming's master thought that after Yu Ming went there, he secretly brought the mother and child zombies back and bound them to confirm that they were harmless. The former sect leader might have turned a blind eye and agreed. After all, he took people to capture the mother and child zombies for the safety of the people.
As long as the zombies enter the Jingling Gate, they will be bound to the disciples. Generally, the disciples will restrain the zombies and will not let them go out to do evil. The disciples will find ways to collect moonlight and spiritual energy every day to feed the zombies, and the zombies will give back to the disciples and practice together to form a special dual cultivation relationship.
Because of this mutually beneficial state of practice and technique, most of the disciples of the Jingling Sect will only form Taoist couples with their friends who accompany them day and night, and rarely give birth to offspring. Of course, Taoists don't care whether they have children or not, and they care more about doing what they want.
After Yu Ming was let go, Che Xuming's master was indeed a little uneasy. He felt as if he had done something wrong, but he also felt that Yu Ming was right. He just wanted a powerful zombie.
What happened later was completely beyond the expectations of everyone in the sect - it was true that Yu Ming caught up with the former sect leader, but he found the mother-and-child zombie in advance, and even used a secret method to cut out the baby in the mother-and-child zombie's belly, in order to prepare to make a pill.
When the former sect master found him, the female zombie had already recognized her master. Yu Ming was still full of corpse energy. He did not have much talent in the past, but the years of theoretical knowledge he had learned were not in vain. Now that his fate had come, he actually broke through his cultivation level and was only one step away from becoming the former sect master.
Yu Ming was still holding the unborn fetus in his hand, and the mother zombie next to him was bleeding and crying, with a numb face.
"Damn Jingling Sect, you are all perverts hahahaha… Look at you, apart from your special martial arts, how can you be normal people? And this so-called sect leader's wife, is she a mountain goblin or a wild monster worthy of the name?" Yu Ming laughed at the former sect leader wantonly and said all kinds of nasty words. It seemed as if all the resentment he had accumulated in the Jingling Sect in the past was about to pour out in one breath.
The other masters who were invited to jointly capture the mother and child zombies immediately looked cautiously at the green-clothed mountain spirit lying on the shoulder of the sect leader in front of them. In fact, they all knew that the former sect leader was a spiritual practitioner, and after he learned Taoism, he picked up a little mountain spirit in the mountains. From then on, the two were inseparable, and his cultivation was improving day by day. Not long after, he became the sect leader. Afterwards, a ceremony to form a Taoist couple was held, and the mountain spirit became the sect leader's wife.
The former sect master looked at Yu Ming as if he were a dead person: "Disciple Yu Ming, you have violated the sect rules. Today, as the sect master of Jingling Sect, I will expel you from the sect. From now on, Jingling Sect and you, Yu Ming, will have nothing to do with each other. Your life and death will be decided by heaven."
As soon as he finished speaking, the former sect leader raised his sword and slashed forward.
Considering the cultivation level and number of people on both sides, Yu Ming had no chance of surviving, but he was shameless - he hid behind the mother-and-child zombie the whole time, only shooting arrows secretly from behind.
In front of him was the mother zombie he used to block the sword, and behind him were the child zombies he tied to his chest. Due to the limitations of Taoist magic, the former sect leader and his men were unable to do any absolute harm to these mother and child zombies that had died unjustly, unless they asked the King of Hell to come up and judge, and prove that the mother and child zombies had been controlled. Then they could ask the heaven to send down thunder to end the suffering of the mother and child zombies.
However, whether it is to pray to the King of Hell or God, it takes time. The former sect leader and his two fellow Taoists besieged Yu Ming, but they were restricted in various ways. They could not fight, so they could only surround Yu Ming and not let him escape.
After the fight, the leader of the former sect became furious and gave the mountain spirit a look, asking her to try to take the zombie away.
As spiritual creatures born and raised by nature, mountain spirits possess absolute affinity. As long as they don't make mistakes, it can almost be said that they are protected by God, and to some extent, they can purify resentment.
Although the mother and child zombies were ferocious, Yu Ming wanted to dig out the child zombie to make medicine. He was too arrogant. Even though he knew that the strength of the mother and child zombies would decrease after being separated, he still wanted to do so, thinking that he could do whatever he wanted with the mother zombie.
Therefore, the mountain spirit didn't have to waste much effort to coax the zombie at the back of Yu Ming's chest over. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the former sect leader pierced Yu Ming's body with a sword, and then immediately drew out the sword, and blood gushed out.
Originally, Yu Ming should have died on the spot when he arrived here, and the former sect leader and the others could have sent the mother and child zombies back. However, Yu Ming was a ruthless man, and with his last bit of strength, he bit the mother zombie's neck, and at the same time, he inserted his right hand directly into the mother zombie's chest, and then ruthlessly dug out the mother zombie's heart.
The Taoist priests present were suddenly shocked. The King of Hell was just trying to please the mother zombie, but the most important heart had already been taken out of the mother zombie.
Yu Ming drank the mother zombie's blood, and while the Taoists were stunned, he ate the mother zombie's heart without saying a word. The whole process took less than ten breaths. No one thought he could do this.
After eating the mother zombie's heart, Yu Ming's strength increased again, and he entered a corpse state. He let out a long roar, grabbed the mother zombie's neck and fled directly - at this time he already possessed the mother zombie's strength and could not be stopped at all.
Like Zhao Tuhu, Jingling Sect immediately issued a hunting order. All disciples, whether they were training outside or not, had to find Yu Ming, even if there were rumors of zombies. However, the result was not satisfactory, because they searched for ten years and still couldn't find him.
The disciples of the sect have been replaced, and with the departure of the former sect leader, this matter has been slowly forgotten. It's not that they don't look for him anymore, but the person hasn't shown up in so many years, so there's no need to keep pressuring the disciples to do this. It's just like the situation of the Jingling Sect against Zhao Tuhu now. If they meet, that's the best. If not, as long as they don't do anything evil, then it's fine.
"Well, time is like this. No matter how big the matter is, if there is no result, there is no way to investigate it further. Moreover, the law has a statute of limitations. We have set it at ten years, which is long enough." Che Xuming sighed after he finished speaking.
Coincidentally, this year marks the tenth anniversary of Zhao Tuhu's defection. The disciples have been tired of searching for the past two years, but they still insist on going there as long as there are clues. Once the ten-year period is over, I'm afraid no one will calculate Zhao Tuhu's fate anymore.
Su Yun looked at the various written materials placed on the table near Che Xuming and felt that Jingling Sect still cared about them, otherwise they would not have preserved all these things intact.
Both sides were silent for a while, and Su Yun asked, "I have no objection to arresting Zhao Tuhu, but if this Yu Ming is really Zhao Tuhu's new master, do you have to pay more?"
[End of this chapter]
Su Yun: I won't do anything that would make me work for free O(∩_∩)O
I got up late today. I feel like the all-nighters I pulled before are paying off. I still feel sleepy even after sleeping for more than ten hours a day.
I just used my finger speed to rush to make the perfect attendance. My fingers are sore and numb now. I almost thought I couldn't catch up. I didn't expect that human potential is unlimited QAQ
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