In an instant, a loud explosion echoed throughout the courtyard.
The Zombie had smashed the entire courtyard, leaving behind a massive crater.
"Roar!!!!"
"Thud! Thud!!"
A moment later, a guttural roar rang out, followed by the thumping of heavy footsteps. A Zombie with a body gleaming with metallic luster leaped out of the villa.
However, upon seeing Ling Xiao, the Zombie immediately bowed stiffly, offering a salute to him.
"Taoist Priest Ling Xiao!?"
Just then, an excited voice came from inside the villa.
Master Ren, with Ren Tingting in tow, ran out in a hurry and took shelter behind Ling Xiao.
"Little Taoist Master, you're finally here! Where's Uncle Nine?!"
Seeing that Uncle Nine hadn't arrived, Master Ren grew anxious.
"My master is handling that feng shui practitioner. Don't worry, just leave this to me!"
Ling Xiao waved his hand, signaling that Master Ren didn't need to worry. Then, he looked toward the direction where Old Master Ren had been blasted away.
"Boom!!!!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion resounded, and Old Master Ren, who had been buried under rubble, burst out of it.
"Roar!!!!"
With a fierce expression, he charged straight toward Ling Xiao.
Seeing the Zombie rushing toward him, Ling Xiao swiftly began forming hand seals with both hands.
"Recite the Primordial Jade Script once,
Expel disease and extend life across the Five Mountains,
Known throughout the Eight Seas, the Demon King bows his head,
Guardians defend me, all evil dissipates,
The aura of Dao persists—By law and decree, act swiftly!"
As Ling Xiao chanted in a low voice, surging waves of True Qi erupted from his body, shooting up into the sky and forming a five-meter-high mountain.
The sight left the father and daughter of the Ren family utterly stunned.
"Zhongshan Divine Incantation! Suppress!"
With a final shout from Ling Xiao, the mountain formed from True Qi came crashing down, landing squarely on the Zombie.
"Boom!!!!"
A thunderous explosion followed.
The ground collapsed several meters deep. Master Ren and his daughter were nearly thrown off their feet.
Even though the Zombie, once Ren Weiyong, had been empowered through dark arts and greatly enhanced, he was still no match for Ling Xiao. Even while holding back, Ling Xiao's overwhelming strength forced the Zombie into the depths of the earth.
"Buzz!!!!"
The divine mountain that had crushed the Zombie then dissipated into pure True Qi and vanished.
"A miracle, an actual miracle! He's really a celestial being!"
Master Ren and Ren Tingting were wide-eyed, staring at Ling Xiao in disbelief.
"Taoist Priest Ling Xiao, are you really an immortal?"
Ren Tingting asked in astonishment.
"What immortal? These are just some Taoist techniques. I'm far from being a true immortal."
Ling Xiao smiled helplessly at their words.
His current power was merely at the peak of the Earth Master Realm. He still had a long way to go before reaching the Heavenly Master Realm—let alone the Dao Lord Realm above that.
As for what realm a true immortal belonged to, even Ling Xiao didn't know.
Just then, Ling Xiao's expression changed. He jumped down into the deep pit and discovered a tunnel at the bottom.
"Trouble. The Zombie escaped!!"
He turned to the Ren family with a serious expression.
"What? It escaped? What should we do, benefactor? Will it come back!?"
Master Ren panicked upon hearing the Zombie had escaped.
"Dad, don't worry. With Taoist Priest Ling Xiao here, we'll be fine!"
Ren Tingting quickly reassured him, her eyes glowing with admiration as she looked at Ling Xiao.
If Ling Xiao hadn't arrived in time to save them, they would've surely died today.
"Don't worry, both of you. With my master and me here, nothing will go wrong!"
As the true master of the Zombie that Ren Weiyong had become, Ling Xiao was well aware of its movements.
Letting the Zombie go was only a means to locate the feng shui practitioner's true body. After all, having a Fourth Heaven Earth Master Realm evil cultivator lurking in the shadows was dangerous.
He and Uncle Nine could handle it, but The Ren Family, Wen Cai, and Qiu Sheng couldn't.
"Ling Xiao, where's the Zombie?"
At that moment, a serious voice rang out.
Uncle Nine strode in, surveying the wrecked courtyard with a grim expression.
Seeing that Ling Xiao was unharmed, he let out a sigh of relief. But when he spotted the Darksteel Zombie, his pupils constricted slightly.
"It really is a Hair Zombie. This kid… how on earth did he manage to raise a Hair Zombie!? And this one doesn't seem like an ordinary Hair Zombie."
Uncle Nine was filled with shock.
Raising a Hair Zombie naturally required a body to be kept in a place with extreme Yin energy for at least a hundred years.
Yet Ling Xiao was only fifteen years old. How could he possibly nurture such a powerful Zombie?
"Master, I injured the Zombie and it ran away. What about the feng shui priest?"
Ling Xiao asked.
"Sigh, who would've thought that damned feng shui priest was so vile as to use a Substitute Corpse? I destroyed his Substitute Corpse and four Zombies before coming here!
But with his Substitute Corpse dead, his soul must have been heavily damaged. We'd best find him quickly!"
Uncle Nine sighed and summarized the situation.
"I see… that's troublesome. If he hides or leaves outright, we'll never find him again!"
Ling Xiao frowned at Uncle Nine's words.
He had already considered this, which was exactly why he let the Zombie escape.
But if the man simply abandoned the Zombie and ran, it would become a real problem.
"Looks like I'll need to upgrade Ren Weiyong's Zombie a bit. Otherwise, that old bastard might get scared off too quickly!"
Ling Xiao's eyes flashed. He willed it with his mind.
Instantly, several kilometers away, Old Master Ren's body radiated waves of blood-colored light.
Under this blood-red glow, his aura suddenly intensified severalfold. Many of the restrictions were lifted, and his strength surged to nearly 50% of his peak state.
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Meanwhile, in a cave not far from Renjia Town, a withered old man sat gloomily, staring at a shattered rag doll in his hands with a grim expression.
"Damn it, I didn't expect Taoist Priest Yi Mei to be so powerful. I miscalculated! A small town like this actually has a Mount Mao Taoist. The Ren family's fortune is truly exceptional!
I just wonder if Ren Weiyong managed to kill his son!"
The old Taoist snorted coldly, then looked toward a black straw figurine in the distance, which was controlling Old Master Ren.
Because his Substitute Corpse had been destroyed, he himself couldn't move. He had no choice but to wait until the next day to recover.
"Buzz!!!!"
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