If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 95
Space-time transformation.

During the Republic of China, foreign powers invaded, warlords fought, and the world was in turmoil.

Coupled with the once-in-a-century "drought in the north and floods in the south" disasters, crops in many places have failed. In order to make a living, countless people have left their homes and started to flee.

There is a mountain range in Xiangyin in western Hunan, which is called Changsheng Mountain.

"There are tall buildings on Changsheng Mountain. Heroes from all over the world come here. Long and phoenix make good friends.

Changsheng Mountain is famous in the world because this mountain is the stronghold of the Xiling faction.

Xiling is one of the four mysterious and ancient tomb robbing sects in the world. The other three sects are: Touching Gold, Moving Mountains, and Faqiu.

His disciples are generally called: Xiling Lishi, Mojin Xiaowei, Banshan Taoist, and Faqiu Tianguan.

The four major sects have been passed down to this day, but the three sects of Touching Gold, Moving Mountains, and Faqiu have gradually declined due to various reasons and have almost faded out of people's sight.

Only the Xieling sect became stronger and stronger, with tens of thousands of Xieling warriors under its sect, becoming a famous Green Forest sect in the world.

The Xiling Sect has always respected Emperor Guan and the Overlord of Western Chu as their ancestor. They imitated what the Red Eyebrow Army did in the past. When there were ancient tombs and huge tombs, they swarmed up and excavated them with all their strength, searching for treasures to help the people in troubled times.

The current leader of Xieling is named Chen Yulou, also known as Jintang. He is unparalleled in both man and machine, with extraordinary skills, extraordinary knowledge, and tolerance for others. Therefore, he is deeply respected by all the disciples of Xieling.

Chen Yulou was born with a pair of night eyes, and he could see things around him clearly without lighting a torch in the ancient cemetery.

When he was young, he worshiped a stranger as his teacher and learned the skills of "looking, hearing, asking, and sensing". He could observe traces of mud, recognize the color of grass, and find hidden treasures.

Chen Yulou has an arrogant personality, but he has kind thoughts and is quite chivalrous.

Seeing that the people were in dire straits, he ordered his own granary to be opened to store grain, and he also took in many refugees, which was quite popular.

But what he didn't expect was that refugees from all over the country kept coming. As time went by, the granary gradually became empty. Chen Yulou couldn't help but worry about the disaster, and felt that his body was about to be hollowed out.

After all, he is the leader of Xiling, and his tens of thousands of disciples also need to eat.

On this day, a subordinate hurriedly came to report: "Commander, some villagers in Blackstone Town came to ask for help, saying that zombies appeared there, killing several people, causing people to panic..."

"Zombie?" Chen Yulou couldn't help but be stunned.

As the leader of Xiling, he has personally visited many ancient tombs, large and small, and is no stranger to zombies.

In the lingo of the industry, it is called big brown, which means that some corpses that have not decomposed for many years have undergone corpse transformation.

"Back to the boss, that's what the villagers said."

Chen Yulou smiled: "Zongzi usually doesn't leave the tomb, so why would he appear outside? Haha, maybe it's those cigarette dealers who are responsible..."

And he was right.

Some people say that the devil is one foot high and the Tao is one foot high. Others say that the devil is one foot high and the devil is one foot high.

Those who sell cigarettes will do anything to make huge profits.Among them, using the mysterious Xiangxi corpse exorcism technique to traffic in cigarettes is a very clever method.

When ordinary people hear the sound of copper bells and the shouts of "yin people go on the road, yang people stay away" at night, they often avoid it for fear of getting bad luck.

Including the checkpoints set up along the way, unless there are special circumstances, they will generally not be checked and the corpse chasers will be allowed to pass the checkpoints.

Those who sell cigarettes take advantage of this and hide the smoke inside the dead bodies, and then the corpse drivers drive the smoke to the destination.

In order to create panic, they spread rumors about corpses and zombies from time to time, and even killed a few people, creating the illusion that zombies were killing people, which made the people more and more panicked and avoided them.

His subordinates raised their hands and asked, "General Manager, how should we reply to those villagers?"

Chen Yulou held the folding fan and thought for a while: "In this case, you go to Miss Hong and tell her that it's my wish and ask her to take people to Blackstone Town to see what's going on."

"Yes, keep your head up!"

The men responded and left.

Honggu is Chen Yulou's most trusted subordinate and his right-hand man. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is the second head of Changsheng Mountain.

She is the descendant of the Moon Gate's ancient magic tricks. She lost her mother when she was young and started performing in the arena to support her family at a young age.

When she was 16 years old, she was attracted by the bullies in the village because of her beautiful appearance. They sent people to her door to force her into marriage, and forced her father to death.

Honggu killed the bully's family in a rage, and later defected to Changsheng Mountain.

Perhaps this unfortunate experience made her fierce and jealous.

Honggu has extraordinary skills and is good at deciphering the mechanisms of ancient tombs. She is very affectionate and righteous. Almost all Xiling disciples dissatisfy her. She is truly a woman who cannot be outdone.

Black Rock Town.

There is an old teahouse at the west end of the town. The young and old men in the town like to come here to sit for a long time making a bowl of tea, bragging and eating melon seeds when they have nothing to do.

"Ma San, have you really seen a zombie with your own eyes?"

"Why are you lying to me? The zombie jumped and jumped, so scared that I hid in the ditch on the roadside and didn't dare to move..."

"I heard that six people have died in Yejiazhuang..."

"Hey, they say that demons appear in troubled times. This is an ominous sign, an ominous sign!"

"There are really zombies in this world? Why don't I believe it?"

"Sanwa, you really don't believe it. How many years has that Xiangxi Corpse King in Lao Xiongling been causing trouble? How many people has it killed?"

"hiss……"

At the mention of Xiangxi Corpse King, many tea drinkers couldn't help but feel cold all over and took a breath of cold air.

The legend about the Corpse King of Xiangxi has been circulating for many years. It can be said that it is so vicious that it makes people talk about it.

At this time, Ding Xiu was also sitting among the tea guests, drinking tea and listening to the tea guests talking about various rumors about zombies.

Ding Xiu didn't say whether he believed it or not whether it was a real zombie or not.

After all, this is a world of ghosts and lights, with a lot of strange and weird things.Of course, human factors are not excluded.

When he heard about it, Ding Xiu couldn't help but close his eyes slightly and subconsciously called up the character interface:

Name: Ding Xiu

Life: 9/9
Potential development degree: 16.8%
Boundary: the third layer of Qi Refining

Special props: storage bag (lower grade)
Current plane: The Wrath of the Ghost Blowing the Lamp, Qing Xiangxi World
World Progress: 1%
This time the character interface finally looks less rudimentary, with more realms and special props.

Not to mention the realm, it was the result of Ding Xiu's own hard work. However, being rewarded with a storage bag was an unexpected surprise.

The storage bag looks very ordinary on the outside, like a coarse cloth money bag, only the size of a palm, but it has something inside.

It's a pity that it's just a low-quality product, and the internal space is still a little small after all, about the size of a child's backpack.

But it's better than nothing, and it's okay to pack a dagger, a few clothes, and some miscellaneous items.After a while, Ding Xiu stood up and paid for the tea, then walked toward the east of the town, preparing to go to Changsheng Mountain.

When he came to this world, his main purpose was to explore the Pingshan Underground Palace.

After all, Ding Xiu has now entered the ranks of immortal cultivators. In addition to basic breath control, he also needs the assistance of various spiritual medicines to speed up his cultivation progress.

Pingshan, due to its unique terrain and rich production of cinnabar, has been chosen by emperors since the Qin and Han dynasties as a treasure land for alchemy, in an attempt to refine the elixir of immortality.

Although it was not refined in the end, as far as Ding Xiu knew, there were still many rare elixirs, various alchemy materials, and alchemy-related books and records left in the underground palace.

In addition, there are also the thousand-year-old six-winged flying centipede, the mausoleum-protecting white ape, the scorpion spirit black pipa...

Their inner elixirs are rare treasures that can be encountered but cannot be found, and are great tonics.

However, the Pingshan Underground Palace is extremely dangerous. In addition to the six-winged flying centipede, the mausoleum-protecting white ape, and the scorpion-spirited black pipa, there are also countless mutated small centipedes, as well as the widely rumored Xiangxi Corpse King.

In short, Ding Xiu is self-aware that it is almost impossible for him to break into the underground palace alone, not to mention that he is not familiar with the mechanisms in the ancient tomb.

The best way is naturally to join hands with Chen Yulou, Partridge Shao and others to explore the treasure together.

Partridge Shao, whose original surname is Yang, is a descendant of the ancient Zagrama tribe and the leader of the Banshan Sect. He has extensive experience, extraordinary courage, and is proficient in local dialects and customs of various places. He is quite famous in the world.

He was good at ventriloquism and could imitate various sounds, so he was nicknamed Partridge Whistle.

The Banshan sect was founded by its ancestors in order to find the legendary Muchen Bead.

The Muchen Bead is said to be the phoenix gall transformed by Mother Earth. The bead contains the essence of fire, which is the most yang thing in the world, so it is also called the phoenix gall.

There are also legends that this pearl was obtained by the Yellow Emperor when he offered sacrifices to heaven. It is a spiritual object of heaven and earth. It can be reborn and transformed into an immortal through cultivation.

The purpose of the Banshan sect in searching for the Muchen Bead is to lift the strange curse on the tribe.

This curse has plagued the Zagrama tribe for more than three thousand years, causing the Zagrama tribe to wither. Now there are only three people left: Partridge Whistle, a junior brother, and a junior sister.

The three brothers and sisters traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers and explored countless ancient tombs. They had hope again and again, but left disappointed again and again.

If given the chance, Ding Xiu wouldn't mind taking the Muchen Bead into his pocket as well. After all, it is a legendary spiritual creature from heaven and earth that can transform a person into an immortal.

Let's say that when Ding Xiu just walked to the entrance of the town, he saw a woman who looked very familiar from head to toe: Ding Baiying!
wrong……

This is not the Xiuchundao world, so she can only be the red girl.

As polished as ever, as heroic as ever.However, Ding Baiying's temperament is a bit cold and aloof, while Honggu's is a bit more carefree and gangsterish.

Accompanying Honggu were two Xieling disciples.

One of them asked passers-by: "Excuse me, aunt, how to get to Yejiazhuang?"

The aunt couldn't help but look surprised: "You are going to Yejiazhuang? Haven't you heard that there are zombies in Yejiazhuang?"

Honggu smiled: "Auntie, we are going to deal with the zombies."

"That's it...you go out along this street and go forward for a mile. There is a branch road there. You go north..."

After the aunt finished pointing the way, Hong Gu and the others thanked them and continued moving forward according to the directions.

It was already evening when we arrived at Yejiazhuang.

"I'm coming……"

At the entrance of the village, all the villagers had been looking forward to it for a long time. When they saw the arrival of Hong Gu and the others, they were all excited and rushed forward to greet them.

"The little old man is the village chief here. On behalf of the villagers, I would like to thank the heroine and the two heroes for their help."

Miss Hong waved her hand: "You're welcome, village chief. I heard that another person died this morning. Where is the body?"

The village chief raised his hand and pointed to the west end of the village, sighed and said: "The corpses were parked outside the village. Five villagers had died in the past few days. Everyone was afraid that the corpses would transform, so they burned them that day.

The villager who was killed last night was named Tieniu. He was a carpenter. He usually traveled from house to house repairing doors, windows, furniture, etc. for others.

Yesterday morning, I went to work in a neighboring village. I might have come back late. But like the previous villagers, I was bitten to death by zombies. I just found it at the entrance of the village this morning..."

After a while, under the leadership of several villagers, Miss Hong saw the corpse named Tieniu.

The Xieling disciple standing on her left couldn't help but exclaimed: "Miss Hong, this really looks like it was bitten to death by a zombie."

Hong Gu did not say anything, but took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose, and then moved closer to the deceased's injury to observe carefully.

There were two injuries to the deceased. One was on the left shoulder, as if scratched by a wild animal. A piece of flesh was torn off alive, and the shoulder bone was faintly visible.

It seems that the deceased was first grabbed by the shoulders and struggled violently.

The fatal wound was located on the left side of the neck, where there was a row of tooth marks and two horrific bloody holes.

The area around the blood hole was black and swollen, exuding the stench of rotting corpses, causing gastric juices to churn.

Fortunately, Honggu often went to the grave, and she had covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief early, so she could barely bear it.

After checking for a while, Honggu took a few steps back, frowned and murmured: "Strange, it does look like it has been poisoned by corpse poison. Is it really a zombie?"

At this time, a disciple named Er Hu couldn't help but stare with blood-red eyes, clenched his fists, and said bitterly: "Damn zombie, if I catch it, I will break it into thousands of pieces, crush its bones and spread ashes!"

A few months ago, his brother unfortunately encountered Da Zongzi when he was going to the grave. Although he was rescued by a group of brothers, his injuries were too serious and he eventually died.

The state of death was similar to that of an iron cow, with its body black and swollen, exuding a disgusting and thick corpse odor.

Honggu sighed, raised her hand and patted Erhu on the shoulder to express comfort.

Another disciple couldn't help but said: "Miss Hong, do you want to go back and call a few more brothers?"

Hong Gu pondered for a moment and replied, "No need for now. We'll see what happens tonight."

"Okay! Then...this corpse..." The disciple subconsciously glanced at Tieniu's corpse.

Hong Gu sighed again: "It's better to burn it as soon as possible to prevent any villagers from accidentally getting the corpse poison."

Soon after, a group of villagers brought firewood and set it up in the open space outside the village, lighting it on fire and burning Tieniu's body.

Beside the fire, a mother and her son cried their hearts out, causing many people in the village to wipe away their tears.

Honggu said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, since Mr. Chen has sent us here, no matter whether the harmful thing is a human or a ghost, we will definitely find it and hand it over to everyone for disposal."

Upon hearing this, the village elder burst into tears and quickly stepped forward to bow and thank him.

Several villagers even knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, crying to express their gratitude.

Later, Hong Gu ordered a group of villagers to prepare some black dog blood, chicken blood and the like, which would have some restraint effect in case zombies really appeared.

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(End of this chapter)