Chapter 659: Driving the Corpses



Long Dan had seen faces that turned pale from fear, faces that turned pale from anger, and of course he had also seen faces as pale and stiff as the one before him.

These are two dead faces.

Even a man as nervous as a dragon had his hair standing on end at this moment, and he couldn't help but take a half step back.

Two figures, no, two corpses remained motionless, like the most dedicated guards standing by the tree.

After the initial shock, Long Dan moved closer and smelled a faint stench of corpse.

Long Dan's face changed drastically.

The weather was like that of corpses. These two people had been dead for at least three days.

Why are corpses that have been dead for more than three days here?

Things seem to be getting weirder.

Long Dan suppressed his fear and looked at the two bodies in the dim light of the snow.

There were two male corpses. Because the light was too dim, their features were almost indistinguishable. One could vaguely see that one was a middle-aged man, and the other was still young, probably not yet an adult.

The sky was so dark that only the snow between the sky and the earth reflected a faint light.

Long Dan couldn't help but move closer, wanting to take a closer look.

The young man's corpse suddenly took a step forward.

A chill suddenly rose from his tailbone upwards. Long Dan turned around and ran, stopping only when he almost reached the temple gate.

At this time, his face had turned snow-white.

Long Dan stood up and slowed down, mustered up the courage to turn his head to take a look, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked into the temple.

The temple was quiet and everyone else seemed to be fast asleep.

Long Dan walked back to Lao Qin and lay down.

In the darkness, Lao Qin opened his eyes and gently touched Long Dan's hand.

Long Dan pulled his hand back and twitched his lips.

Lao Qin needs to change this bad habit. He looks like a taciturn and cold person, but why does he like to grab other people's hands so much?

It's so late at night, it's easy to scare people.

Thinking about the corpse of the young man suddenly approaching him, Long Dan still felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Today is really weird!

Seeing that Lao Qin was still looking at him with burning eyes, Long Dan shook his head lightly and closed his eyes.

Old Qin was somewhat puzzled. He glanced at the grandfather and grandson who were resting at the other end of the dying fire, then looked outside the temple.

His sleeve was tugged, and he was met with Long Dan's eyes, which had just opened.

"Go to sleep first." Long Dan said silently.

At this time, Jiang Si also did not sleep.

Long Dan would not run out for no reason. He just used the excuse of going to the bathroom, but he must have discovered something wrong.

No, it should be Lao Qin who discovered it first, and Long Dan went out to confirm it later.

Long Dan had no reaction after he came in, which only meant that the situation was unexpected and abnormal enough for him to not act rashly.

What is outside the temple?

Jiang Si glanced at the temple entrance.

There was a faint fire in the temple, and all that could be seen outside was darkness.

Jiang seemed to be unable to guess, so he simply let go of everything and fell asleep.

After being drugged, the two Northern Qi people will not wake up before they leave. As for the others, since there is nothing they can do, they might as well have a good sleep and conserve their spirits.

When Jiang Si woke up, it was already bright outside. Lao Qin and Elder Hua were preparing breakfast, while Long Dan was leaning against the wall, snoring softly.

"Has the snow stopped?"

Lao Qin stopped what he was doing and said, "Stop. Long Dan has been on guard for most of the night and didn't sleep for long."

"Then let him sleep for a while longer." Jiang Si said as he glanced at the place where the grandfather and grandson were resting, but they were no longer there.

"The grandparents left before daybreak, but I didn't stop them," said Lao Qin.

He stayed there for the second half of the night and knew exactly when the grandfather and grandson would leave. After thinking it over, he decided there was no need to stop them.

No matter how strange the grandparents were, their chance meeting had little to do with them.

"Lao Qin, you suddenly went out last night. Did you find anything unusual?"

"I didn't find anything unusual about the grandparents. I just went out to check when they showed up. Then I found two people standing under a tree on the roadside. I whispered to Long Dan, and then he went out. When he came back, he didn't say anything and motioned for me to go to bed early..."

Jiang Si did not wake up Long Dan who was taking a nap. After a simple wash, he sat down by the fire.

When the rice porridge was ready, Long Dan opened his eyes when he smelled the fragrance.

He glanced across at once and immediately jumped up: "Did the grandparents leave?"

"Leave."

Long Dan rushed out, only to see that the roadside trees were empty. At the other end was a horse-drawn carriage that had been cleared of snow by Lao Qin. The black horse, which had regained its spirit, was emitting white mist from its nose.

He bent down, grabbed a handful of snow and rubbed his face, then returned to the ruined temple.

"Long Dan, what did you discover last night?" asked Lao Qin, who had been holding it in all night.

Long Dan looked a little unhappy and spat on the ground: "What bad luck. Lao Qin, the two figures you found last night were not living people at all, but two corpses!"

Lao Qin put down his bowl of porridge, looking surprised.

Jiang Si was also surprised and looked at Long Dan.

"He has been dead for at least three days. His face is pale and black, and he looks extremely unlucky. What's even more frightening is that the boy's corpse actually took a step towards me. Fortunately, I am very courageous. If I were a less courageous person, I would have probably peed myself in fear..."

Long Dan talked incessantly. The bizarre experience he had last night was enough for him to brag about to others for the rest of his life.

"That pair of grandparents should be the corpse-driving people." Elder Hua, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

All three looked at her.

Elder Hua's expression did not change at all, and he explained calmly, "There is a tribe adjacent to the Wu Miao, and some of the tribesmen have mastered the skill of driving corpses back to their hometowns. However, they insist on hiding during the day and going out at night when driving corpses. It must have been because of the heavy snow and wind last night that it was difficult to move forward, so they settled in the ruined temple."

Long Dan became more and more curious: "Since they hide in the daytime and go out at night, why don't the grandfather and grandson wait until night to set off?"

Elder Hua was somewhat helpless: "They were worried that you might have discovered something, so they left before dawn, or maybe they found another place to stay and wait for nightfall. In any case, these zombie hunters don't like to meet strangers when they are on the road, so they won't be a hindrance to us."

After hearing what Elder Hua said, Long Dan stopped asking questions and started drinking from the bowl of porridge.

After all the commotion, he found out that someone was chasing after a corpse. He thought it was a fake corpse and was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Jiang seemed to slow down the action of drinking porridge, and his mind changed slightly.

The tribe that Elder Hua mentioned that mastered the skill of driving away corpses should be called the Baixiang tribe. In her previous life, she lived in the Wu Miao tribe for a period of time and had heard of them a little, but had never dealt with the people of that tribe.

The Wumiao and Baixiang tribes coexisted peacefully, occasionally interacting with each other without interfering with each other.

After breakfast, the four quietly left the ruined temple, leaving the two Northern Qi people who were still sleeping there.

Long Dan walked at the end, passing by the tree on the roadside, leaving a mark without a trace.

After an unknown amount of time, the older Northern Qi man woke up, looked around, and found his sleeping companion.

"Wake up." The older man called the younger man's name.

After calling several times, the young man finally opened his eyes.

"You finally woke up—"

The young man punched it and yelled in horror: "Ghost——"


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