Zhang Pengju had the driver help him carry the coffin off the cart, then let the driver leave. They were already at the foot of the mountain where the Witch Corpse Sect was located. He then used his magical powers to carry the coffin up the mountain himself.
It is estimated that many corpses were laid out along the way along this mountain path, hence the incessant cawing of crows, which was quite irritating.
Chu Nian guessed that the original owner's corpse might be affected by the talisman, and she herself felt extremely distressed, wanting to find someone to kill. This thought flashed through her mind and immediately made her heart tremble; this feeling was just like the original owner's state before she became a poisoned zombie.
Chu Nian quickly composed herself, silently reciting the Heart Sutra to calm her mind, and then simply circulated her spiritual energy within her soul. Although she couldn't use her spiritual energy with this body, and it was incompatible with corpse energy, it could still bring peace to her soul.
Her agitation quickly dissipated.
However, Chu Nian felt that things couldn't continue like this.
She estimated that once she reached the mountaintop, where the Witch Corpse Sect's gate was located, the yin energy and corpse energy there would be even stronger, potentially causing even greater interference to her. She didn't know if she would still be able to control this body then.
Anyway, the corpse is almost ready to emerge from the coffin, and the talisman's suppressive effect on the coffin has weakened considerably, so it's better to activate it now.
So, even though Zhang Pengju had calculated the time with perfect precision, he had only just carried the coffin halfway up the mountain, still quite a distance from the gate of the Witch Corpse Sect, when he noticed a strange vibration coming from the coffin on his shoulder. The numerous talismans affixed to the coffin seemed to be blowing in a cold wind, making a rustling sound.
Zhang Pengju's expression changed, and he quickly launched a signal flare into the air. His fellow disciples would arrive soon to help him quell the restless corpses that were trying to rise from the dead.
Actually, he only fired the signal flare as a precaution. He was confident that with his current abilities, even if there was a slight miscalculation in the timing, he could still successfully turn this resentful corpse into a poisonous zombie.
The only difference is the strength of the poison zombie itself, which may be slightly different from the poison zombie formed by the corpse that was resurrected according to his plan.
He never imagined that because he was the corpse refiner of the poison zombies, he had a natural master-servant bond with them, but his fellow disciples who came to help him did not. Therefore, the poison zombies could not harm him, but they could harm his fellow disciples.
As the fellow disciples rushed over upon seeing the signal flare, the coffin that Zhang Pengju had placed aside suddenly burst open with a loud bang, and a female corpse dressed in a bright red wedding gown flew out of the coffin.
This wedding dress took the original owner three years to make; and the materials used to make it cost the Luo family several years' worth of savings. The Luo family had given everything for her marriage, but in the end, they still couldn't bring her the happiness they had hoped for.
Chu Nian couldn't help but feel sad when she thought of this.
The corpse flew out of the coffin and landed on a withered tree branch by the roadside, looking down at the disciples of the Witch Corpse Sect below.
The members of the Witch Corpse Sect were startled when they saw the wedding dress. It was rare for anyone to dress the dead in such clothes. A wedding dress is a wedding dress, and a burial dress is a burial dress. Unless the deceased died on the day of their wedding or specifically requested to be buried in a wedding dress before their death, such clothes should never be placed in the coffin.
This could be seen as mixing up the funeral and wedding ceremonies, potentially being considered disrespectful to the deceased and disturbing their peace, thus causing numerous troubles for the living.
However, the members of the Corpse-Cultivating Sect also knew that dressing the deceased in such burial clothes could easily arouse resentment, thus making it easier for them to refine corpses. Given Zhang Pengju's current ability in corpse refining, he would definitely be refining a large-scale zombie, so choosing such a corpse was not surprising.
After the eye-catching bright red wedding dress came into view, everyone unconsciously shifted their gaze upwards to the face of the zombie, instantly stunning the entire audience.
These past few days, Chu Nian's corpse first grew hair, but as the corpse energy deepened, the long, black hair all fell out, and she became what she looks like now: although she has the original owner's appearance, because her skin is as white as snow and as beautiful as the autumn moon, she is now many times more beautiful than the original owner.
The forest seemed to fall silent for a moment, but soon, the female corpse on the tree raised her cold, beautiful lips and smiled.
The members of the Witch Corpse Sect felt a chill run down their spines.
Wouldn't those who refine corpses encounter cases of corpse transformation? But this stunning female corpse not only had a lifelike face, but also had expressions just like a human—they had only ever seen such a thing in the ancient books passed down through the mountain sect.
This indicates that this is a zombie standing at the very top, and everything about it is now like a human's, including self-awareness.
These zombies have a very strong sense of self, sometimes even stronger than that of living people. A zombie maker would need considerable skill to truly control them.
Seeing this, Zhang Pengju was filled with mixed joy and surprise. He didn't think he couldn't control the zombie, but just to be safe, he shouted, "Form the array!"
If we suppress the giant zombie with an array first, it will be easier to control her successfully.
Upon hearing this, the members of the Corpse Witch Sect immediately prepared to cast spells, but the female corpse took the initiative. She rapidly formed hand seals in front of her chest, and in the next instant, her magical power was formed. More than a dozen visible green corpse energy blades shot out from her slender fingertips, flying out with a series of "poof poof poof poof" sounds and accurately hitting the vital points of the Corpse Witch Sect members' chests.
The disciples of the Corpse Witch Sect collapsed to the ground instantly. Zhang Pengju was startled. He looked down and saw that all his fellow disciples were coughing up blood, their eyes wide open, and they were all dead beyond any doubt.
Zhang Pengju never expected that even with his extreme caution, he would still make a mistake. This female corpse was too powerful; what kind of magic did she just use? Zombies usually fight using corpse poison and close-quarters combat, so how come this one is different?
What good ideas could Chu Nian possibly have? She was simply using the zombie's abilities to unleash the magic she knew.
Besides corpse poison and special physical abilities, zombies also possess a very powerful ability: corpse fire, also known as will-o'-the-wisp. However, since zombies lack the concept of magic, no zombie in history has ever used corpse fire for offense or defense.
Chu Nian's situation can be described as unprecedented and unparalleled.
As for Zhang Pengju, since he was a corpse refiner, Chu Nian had actually secretly tried to launch a fire blade at him, but unfortunately, the fire blade dissipated automatically halfway. It seems that Chu Nian's attack on Zhang Pengju, a corpse refiner, was just a waste of his magic power.
This is really frustrating.
Although it was a dead corpse, the Witch Corpse Sect trapped the soul that had not left the body in the corpse forever, cutting off the chance of reincarnation. It was quite immoral. However, because the corpse had been refined by Zhang Pengju, there was a natural master-servant bond between them, and Chu Nian had no way to deal with it.
Chu Nian had no choice but to leave first, walking leisurely in the wind with the same steps as humans, just like a real human bride.
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