Two unusual cries jolted Jiang Yuan awake. He noticed the old woman beside him starting to move around, and Jiang Yuan inadvertently caught a glimpse of a Bagua diagram she was holding.
"That must have been left by the old man's ancestral master!" Jiang Yuan guessed.
The old woman had already lowered her head and approached the culprit. Jiang Yuan, who thought the plot would develop as before, was surprised because it did not.
"With incense as a guide, we respectfully invite the Supreme Immortal Master!"
The old woman flicked three sticks of incense from her sleeve, the fragrance shooting directly at the culprit. She continued chanting, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"
The old man, who had been moving slowly, became as swift as a leopard. Jiang Yuan could no longer contain his curiosity and looked up.
"hiss!"
The ground emitted a faint green light, while a hideous, decaying corpse floated in mid-air, its eyes possessing a bewitching quality.
Jiang Yuan was immediately drawn into a wondrous state upon first glance. Before him lay endless glory and wealth, and in his hands lay supreme power and authority. It seemed that he could obtain everything he desired.
Piles of cores and Holy Spirit Stones, thousands of graceful women, and the ambition to immediately control everything—all these scenes were so real, so real, that he wished he could immediately succumb to them.
Jiang Yuan's little finger suddenly twitched.
"Heavenly Eye!"
The moment the eyes opened, all illusions were seen through.
"Celestial Soul Child, Quality: None, Level: Perfect".
The rotting corpse slowly came into focus before Jiang Yuan's eyes. It was a jade child statue no bigger than half a palm. Below the corpse, emitting a faint green light, was a box, but now the box had become a blood-soaked coffin.
"Ghost, get out of Tieling Village!" The old woman threw out three sticks of incense that pierced straight into the body of the rotting corpse. She then stepped into the air and swung her cane down at the corpse.
Few people in Tieling Village knew that her walking stick was actually made of lightning-struck wood, which was her greatest weapon against the rotting corpse.
When the three sticks of incense touched the rotting corpse, they emitted a liquid similar to molten iron. The corpse glanced at the old woman, and a ghostly light appeared in its eyes.
"Don't try to bewitch me. I fear neither life nor death, nor am I attached to the mortal world!"
The old woman was like a celestial being descended to earth; with a single blow, she smashed the corpse's head.
Just when Jiang Yuan thought he had easily dealt with this unknown evil creature called Tianhun Tong, the rotting corpse suddenly grew another head.
"Lan'er!" The old woman's cane stopped in mid-air.
Jiang Yuan looked at the drastically changed Tianhun Tong with some shock, "Does this old man know this girl?"
Just as doubts arose, the walking corpses suddenly went berserk, rushing towards the old woman with ghostly cries.
"Lan'er, dust to dust, ashes to ashes, don't blame your grandmother for being heartless!" the old woman said, her voice trembling with tears, as she pulled her cane down.
Why did you betray Tieling Village?
"Wouldn't it be great to join us? Wouldn't it be wonderful for us to pursue a new world together?"
The girl's head atop the rotting corpse seemed to speak, "Come on, join us, and everyone can get what they want!"
"Wealth, power, immortality...we will have it all!"
The girl's eyes were filled with longing, and she looked no different from a real person.
Jiang Yuan couldn't sit still any longer. He stood up and slashed at the fastest flying zombie with his sword, then grabbed the old woman and shouted, "Grandma, this place is too eerie. Let's come back during the day!"
Who can withstand the walking corpses roaming the ground at night? It's better to find a sunny day during the day to dig up the grave of the Heavenly Soul Child.
If you love it, let it have no grave to live in!
"This place only exists at night; it can't be seen during the day!" The old woman's voice trembled as she gazed at the face she once loved most, murmuring, "Lan'er, could you call me Grandma one more time?"
The head on the rotting corpse nodded, then cried out with genuine emotion, "Grandma, join us! Let's usher in a new era for Tieling Village, where wealth, power, and immortality will all be within our grasp!"
"Lan'er!" The old woman slowly put down her cane, then closed her eyes and devoutly offered herself.
"Damn it!" Jiang Yuan exclaimed inwardly. The last living person in Tieling Village was gone. How was he supposed to play now?
"The Soul Realm will spread from this place!" Lan'er's head on the rotting corpse wore a holy smile, and then a green light enveloped the old woman.
"Wolf Step!"
"Mountain-Splitting Knife Technique!"
Jiang Yuan was not about to let the rotting corpses succeed so easily, but when he rushed forward, the walking corpses were already prepared. At the rotting corpse's command, dozens of walking corpses surged towards Jiang Yuan.
"First-tier berserk!" Jiang Yuan leaped three meters high, then traversed most of the walking corpses and charged towards the rotting corpse.
"release!"
In Jiang Yuan's eyes, the Heavenly Soul Child within the rotting corpse flickered, and then the walking corpses seemed to be charged with energy, rushing madly towards Jiang Yuan one by one.
"Heavenly Eye!"
"Unknown creature, power level: seven!"
"Unknown creature, psionic power: three!"
...
A series of data appeared in Jiang Yuan's mind. Those seemingly ordinary walking corpses became formidable opponents at this moment, and Jiang Yuan, who was charging towards the rotting corpses, was knocked down.
Just when Jiang Yuan thought the old woman had joined the walking corpses, things took a sudden turn.
"Lan'er, why did you listen to that little rascal and become greedy for evil things!"
The old woman shed two streams of tears. The Bagua compass she had prepared beforehand was already inserted into the rotting corpse's body, positioned precisely on the head of the Heavenly Soul Child.
"Young man, this is your last chance! If you can't kill the walking corpses here tonight, the evil thing will escape and lurk until the walking corpses have gathered enough power to condense a physical body!" The old woman became unusually calm at this moment.
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