Chapter 370: Crises Emerge One After Another
Who could it be, the one who guides the way?
Xinyi groped into her sleeve and found a brocade bag inside.
Three years ago, after the incident with Yuan Qing, Shou Cheng found him one day and handed him a brocade bag, saying that Ling Xiang had specifically asked him to give it to him after the competition with the Tai Shang Sect.
On the ochre blue brocade was a spell embroidered with gold thread. Xinyi didn't know what it meant. Inside the brocade bag was a note that read: "On the day the phoenix sings, I will return home."
Fengming...return date...
It seems that Lingxiang had already planned it out, but how did she know?
Although he had doubts in his heart, Xinyi had no time to care about them, because when the Black and White Impermanence disappeared, in addition to the voice of the Black Impermanence, he also heard the words of the White Impermanence.
"There is trouble down the mountain, return quickly..."
What happened down the mountain? Could it be that something had happened to the thing they had previously kept secret?
Thinking of this, Xinyi quickened her pace.
Although the village is guarded by Zhao Wuyang and Caiwei, Caiwei is not good at Taoism after all. Although Zhao Wuyang has some experience, he is still inexperienced and young. He has been under the protection of Xinyi for many years and has not seen many dangers in the world. I am afraid that he will panic when encountering things and will not be able to handle them properly.
At this moment, Zhao Wuyang was indeed extremely panicked.
Three years ago, Yuan Qing was in trouble and Lingxiang fled. Since then, the world has changed drastically.
After that day, not to mention humans, even birds, beasts, fish and ants were not reborn, let alone mayflies and cicadas, which were as insignificant as the ocean.
Therefore, those outsiders who are ordered to go down the mountain must be accompanied by a person who is proficient in medicine. On the one hand, it can provide convenience for these practitioners, and on the other hand, it can also provide diagnosis and treatment for ordinary people in the world.
Listening to the wailing of the women in Manshan Hall and Caiwei's panicked comforting voices, Zhao Wuyang was a little confused for a moment.
When he first arrived in the village, he saw many women with big bellies. Zhao Wuyang thought they were sick, but later he found out that they were actually pregnant. Some of them were about to give birth, but they had been dragging on for two or three years and still couldn't give birth.
The man who became a saint in the flesh at Chentang Pass back then was probably no more than this!
However, what was strange was that just after a strange cry from the sky, the pregnant women in the village began to shout out in abdominal pain one after another. They were about to give birth, which led to such a chaotic scene.
There was no midwife in the entire village, only Caiwei, a healer. But she had no experience with childbirth, so how could she know how to deliver a baby? In her panic, she could only force herself to remain calm, just to comfort the women in labor.
Fortunately, there were two women in this group who had given birth before. Although they were about to give birth, they knew what was going on and saw Caiwei's embarrassment. While enduring the discomfort, they told Caiwei what to do. Only then did Caiwei calm down a little.
Hot water is essential. Although Zhao Wuyang doesn't know why hot water is needed for women giving birth, this is the only thing he can do to help. After all, it is not convenient for him, a man, to enter the delivery room, not to mention that there are women in the room.
Zhao Wuyang completely forgot about the fire formula. When he was frantically looking for flint in the woodshed, he heard a series of screams outside the house. The screams did not come from the women next door, but from a man.
A man's screams? A man also wants to give birth?
Zhao Wuyang shook his head, cursing himself for being stupid, and got up to go out to check. But as soon as he lifted the door curtain, he bumped into someone.
The visitor was Ade, the village guard. Two years ago, he was exiled due to illness, but fortunately, he met Xinyi and her group and was able to save his life. The court's actions had disheartened Ade, so he ultimately stayed in the village.
Ade was a big guy and he rushed in very fast. Zhao Wuyang was hit so hard that he saw stars, but he knew that Ade would not be so panicked if it was not an emergency. So before he could stand still, he hurriedly asked what happened.
"Outside... there are so many... so many zombies coming outside! They want to eat people... We can't hold on anymore..." Ade said in horror, gasping for breath.
Zombies?!
Could it be those people from before?
It shouldn't be...
The zombies we met before were a little clumsy in their speech and behavior, but they were very rational. How could they suddenly come to a village of living people to eat people?
Zhao Wuyang didn't have time to think about it. He just told Ade to stay and help, and then hurried to the village entrance. The village entrance was in chaos. The person leading everyone's defense was a former lieutenant in the army and a scout on the battlefield. Everyone called him Lieutenant Gan.
Captain Gan was gravely wounded and nearly dead, abandoned by his army on the battlefield. Resigned to his fate, he encountered Caiwei, a woman who had come down from the mountains to gain experience. Thanks to her meticulous care, he narrowly escaped death. He remained with Caiwei, accompanying her until the present moment, never leaving her side.
When the village was first established, Captain Gan started working on its defense. However, due to limited manpower, he could only make some simple fences and wooden doors. Although they were not as strong as city gates in resisting large armies, they were more than enough to defend against occasional zombies.
However, the zombies that came today were very different.
The zombies had an extremely foul odor that could be smelled from a distance, making them very easy to identify. However, the zombies I had encountered previously were all able to speak properly, but today's zombies would bite anyone they saw, as if possessed.
When Zhao Wuyang arrived, he felt as if he were in a hungry ghost hell. The wooden door at the village entrance was nearly falling apart. A pair of rotting, gray hands kept reaching in, scratching, and digging, the dead flesh rotting between their fingers. The broken wooden door was covered in blood and flesh, a horrifying sight. The men holding the door had their clothes torn to shreds, their bodies and faces covered in bloodstains, a shocking sight.
Even if someone were scratched like this by a living person, it would easily cause convulsions, not to mention that these zombies might have corpse poison.
Although Lingxiang had once told me that corpse poison was merely an epidemic, and wouldn't be fatal if properly diagnosed and treated promptly, it was still a painful condition. Furthermore, with the vegetation now withered, who could guarantee they'd be able to find the necessary medicine?
Just as Zhao Wuyang was about to step forward to help, the wooden door finally gave way and completely collapsed. The wooden pillars scattered everywhere, clanging loudly, and the people blocking the door were also knocked to the ground.
The zombies rushed in, howling and climbing like vicious wolves in the mountains. Among them was the group that the three of them had placed earlier.
The people who fell to the ground were the first to suffer. The zombies opened their bloody mouths and tore their flesh and blood. Their wails reached the sky, and cries for help came one after another.
After all, Captain Gan had served in the army, so he made a quick decision and swung his axe to chop at the zombies. However, the zombies seemed to be insensitive to the pain. Even with their limbs broken, they still twisted their bodies and crawled to bite the living people.
Seeing this, Zhao Wuyang hurried forward to help, but after raising his sword, he hesitated.
The girl in front of him was wearing a pigtail. Although he knew that the shell was not the real body, Zhao Wuyang just couldn't bring himself to kill her. Besides, he had just talked to her a few days ago.
Just as Zhao Wuyang was hesitating, two zombies grabbed him tightly and bit his neck with their bloody mouths.
As the roar was heard, a black shadow suddenly appeared and flashed by. Without any weapon, it cut the zombies in half in the blink of an eye and attached a yellow talisman to them.
This is……
"Lotus Heart Sword Intent!"
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