"Ding! Zombie killed, fifty merit points obtained."
"Ding! Zombie killed, fifty merit points obtained."
The two low-level black-haired zombies contributed a hundred merit points to Xu Yan, making him smile and feel as if the foul odor around him had dissipated a bit.
Unfortunately, a hundred merit points were still too few.
Couldn't his junior disciple be overjoyed just because he killed two zombies? ...
"Let's go!!"
Xu Yan ignored his senior's gaze and announced their continued departure.
With experience gained, the two found it easier to deal with ordinary black-haired zombies.
On the way to the town's intersection, they encountered three more zombies. Qiusheng took the lead, quickly kicking the zombies down, while Xu Yan followed up with a strike from his golden coin sword and incinerated the bodies.
"Sheesh! These zombies aren't hard to deal with at all."
After taking down several zombies in succession, Qiusheng couldn't help but feel pleased with himself.
How could a mere zombie be his opponent? He was completely unaware that Xu Yan's sword strike had assisted him; otherwise, even the most ordinary zombie could have chased him all over the mountain.
"Master!!"
When the two arrived at the rendezvous point, they found Uncle Ninth already waiting there, but the peach wood sword he had taken away was now only half left, its blade dark as if burnt by fire.
Xu Yan's eyelids flickered, and he could deduce the results just by looking at the peach wood sword.
Uncle Ninth had encountered many unfortunate zombies on his way here.
"Are you both okay?"
Uncle Ninth stepped forward, worried that his two disciples might be injured due to their lack of experience. Zombie poison was no joke and required immediate treatment; otherwise, one could turn into a zombie too.
"We're fine, we're fine! My junior and I killed five zombies together!! Master, aren't we awesome?"
Qiusheng was overjoyed and boasted loudly, knowing that bragging wasn't a crime.
How could a mere zombie be his opponent? He didn't realize that it was Xu Yan's sword strike that had made the difference; otherwise, even the most ordinary zombie could have chased him all over.
"Alright, let's go to the town to gather information and look for the old zombie's whereabouts."
Initially, there was only one zombie, and the rest were bitten and underwent zombie transformation, starting the spread. Along the way, Uncle Ninth hadn't encountered it.
The worst fear was that zombies would enter the town, and unfortunately, they did.
"These incompetent sorcerers, they're killing people!!"
Staying at an inn, Uncle Ninth threw the Taoist robe he had found onto the table. Accidents could occur during corpse-driving, leading to zombie transformations. Such incidents were common, and many incompetent sorcerers liked to deceive others.
In the end, they not only risked their own lives but also harmed others.
"But master, where should we start looking?"
Finding a zombie, whose whereabouts were easily discoverable compared to ghosts, within the town was difficult. Qiusheng felt sleepy and didn't know where to begin.
Xu Yan took a sip of tea and had no idea where to start.
"If we knew the zombie's identity, it would be easier. We don't even know if it's someone from the town."
Zombies would first pursue and bite those related to them by blood. Knowing the identity would make things easier.
"Difficult."
Uncle Ninth shook his head and said, "According to your uncle's message, this zombie underwent transformation during the corpse-driving."
There was nothing they could do. Xu Yan helplessly spread his hands.
"What should we do then?"
Qiusheng looked desperate. It was one thing if they were paid for it, but doing unpaid work was thankless and tiring.
"The only option now is to wait!!"
Uncle Ninth looked mysterious, and Xu Yan felt uneasy, sensing that something bad would happen.
"Junior, won't the zombie come for us?"
On the street, Qiusheng kept looking back, afraid that a zombie would suddenly jump out and bite him.
"I don't know."
Knowing that nothing good would happen, Xu Yan felt depressed. While others slept warmly in their beds, the three of them wandered like owls on the street, waiting for the zombie to come to them.
It was strange that even though a town had many people, zombies preferred to attack those wandering on the streets. Movies often depicted the scenario where a night watchman was killed by a zombie.
Xu Yan and Qiusheng pretended to be wandering on the road, while Uncle Ninth followed far behind. As soon as a zombie appeared, the three of them would immediately take action.
Although it was troublesome, it was better than searching for zombies in the mountains.
Ghosts and demons were one thing, but zombies preferred to run towards populated areas.
"Don't look back. It will startle the zombie. Your master bought glutinous rice to make ink lines, which zombies fear. As long as it dares to appear, we'll capture it!!"
The tools to deal with zombies could be bought with money. Glutinous rice could be purchased directly from a rice shop, while ink lines were more luxurious, requiring cock's blood and black dog's blood. Fortunately, prices were cheap these days.
"I can't help it!! I heard zombies like to bite from behind!!"
"Idiot, your master is following behind. What are you afraid of?"
"Junior, do you think the zombie will abandon us and bite our master?"
"......"
Not to mention, this was a high possibility. Ghosts and demons had strong senses and dared not approach powerful Taoist priests casually, but unconscious zombies didn't care about these. They targeted whoever was easiest to bite.
"What are you two whispering about?"
In the darkness less than a hundred meters away from the two, Uncle Ninth hissed. Serving as bait to attract zombies while whispering incessantly felt like they were deliberately going out to chat and joke.
Xu Yan thought Qiusheng was just talking nonsense, but he never expected that in the shadows near Uncle Ninth, a big mouth with four sharp fangs was slowly opening.
An unconscious zombie would bite anyone it saw, regardless of bait, and had set its sights on Uncle Ninth, who was close by.
It could be said that Uncle Ninth was unlucky. While keeping an eye on his two disciples, he suddenly didn't notice something wrong in the alley.
"Stop it. If your master hears that, he'll skin you."
The two stopped and continued wandering ahead, not noticing that a dark shadow was approaching Uncle Ninth from behind.
"Bad!!"
Just when Uncle Ninth wanted to catch up, he suddenly felt uneasy all over, and a chill hit his neck. The experienced Uncle Ninth immediately realized that the zombie had targeted him, standing alone in the shadows!
"Roar!!"
A big mouth with sharp fangs bit towards Uncle Ninth's neck, but he rolled away in time and sprinkled glutinous rice from his hand.
The glutinous rice touched the zombie's body, exploding like fireworks, accompanied by the zombie's screams, which were particularly eerie in the darkness.
"It's behind!!"
Xu Yan was stunned, not expecting Qiusheng's ominous prediction to come true.
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