The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2174 Living Corpses Have Become a Hot Commodity?

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The sound of ice breaking was incessant!
The zombie first broke through the ice to reveal its head, then moved its body forward toward the shore, forcibly breaking through the ice!
The ice was thin and brittle; with a series of cracking sounds, the zombies had forced a passage through it!

The zombies at the back seemed devoid of human intelligence, unaware that following the path cleared by the "preceding zombies" would be easier; they looked like headless flies, frantically pushing forward! Yet, to say they were aimless didn't quite seem right! As more and more zombies began to surge towards Feng Jiuxiao's direction, everyone realized that they actually had a goal!

As more and more zombies emerged, the broken ice gradually solidified, and a "free zone" appeared on the huge frozen lake. The broken ice chunks were constantly impacted by the zombies and gradually gathered on the shore. The "free zone" on the boundless ice field was like a black hole connecting to hell, from which countless demons and monsters were crawling out!

Many martial arts practitioners in the Central Plains have already changed their expressions drastically!

They suffered greatly at the hands of the Corpse General! Many of them fought against the living corpses, and they were lucky enough to come back alive thanks to Feng Jiuxiao!
Will Feng Jiuxiao still save them like before?
The zombies kept popping up, and at this rate, there were probably more than three thousand!

Zeng Yong couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! I finally managed to cook a meal, and before I even had a bite, this guy comes to spoil the fun!"

Suddenly, Pang Shiwu picked up his chopsticks with his right hand, then lifted the pot lid with his left, and with lightning speed, grabbed a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth. As he chewed, he hummed through his nose, "Mmm, delicious!" Although his nasal tone was unclear, everyone could understand what he meant!
Chili laughed and scolded, "Are you a reincarnated starving ghost? So greedy!"

Pang Shiwu was immediately taken aback, then, as if remembering something, quickly picked up another piece of beef and handed it to Chili, "Open your mouth!"

Chili instinctively opened its mouth, but just as Pang Shiwu was about to feed it, it suddenly pulled the chili to its own mouth, blew on it, and then handed it back: "It's not hot this time!"

Chili took a bite of the beef, expecting it to be scalding hot from the steaming heat, but it was just the right temperature! Pang Shiwu had just used his internal energy to cool the beef down, so it wouldn't burn his mouth! If it were too cold, it would affect the original flavor of the sauce, so he hadn't cooled the beef down too much!
Chili pepper mumbled, "Delicious!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Chili, why don't you and Erni Zijin eat first, and watch us solve these problems while you eat!"

Chili chuckled, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons. "You guys are charging into the traps over there while we're eating and watching the show here. Isn't that a bit much? Let's wait until you're done so we can eat together. We're not hungry right now anyway!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Alright, eat when you're hungry. Whoever can't let go will go hungry!"

Chili immediately raised her chin: "Who's being cowardly? You guys go about your business. If I'm hungry, I'll eat. I'm not shy!"

At this moment, Xiong Mengyan said softly, "Young Master Feng, let me handle these troubles!" Her voice was soft and sweet, like a lover whispering in someone's ear. Some martial arts practitioners from the Central Plains couldn't help but feel their hearts race and their faces turn red!

Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: These living corpses have become hot commodities now? Let whoever wants to deal with them deal with them! Whatever!
He smiled calmly: "Please, miss."

Xiong Mengyan's eyes were alluring, and she smiled seductively, "Thank you, young master!" Her voice was soft and charming, her gaze captivating and mesmerizing, making it impossible for anyone to resist! Many of the martial arts masters from the Central Plains in the distance felt their hearts flutter and their bodies heat up! Among the crowd were many women, who, seeing their fellow disciples staring blankly at Xiong Mengyan as if they had lost their souls, couldn't help but show disdain! Men are all the same! They're all lecherous devils!

When Abbess Liaoran of Plum Blossom Temple saw this scene, she couldn't help but shake her head!

The world is in decline!

People's hearts have changed!

She sighed, "If I don't go to hell, who will? I'll take on the offending part!" She coughed a few times, her coughs containing the hidden power of a Buddhist lion's roar, instantly waking many people up! Some people shuddered, then instinctively wiped their mouths! They had actually drooled! This scene was witnessed by her female fellow disciples, who immediately scoffed!
Master Liaoran reminded them, "Esteemed benefactors, it is best to guard your minds and avoid losing your composure!" She looked around and joked, "Esteemed benefactors, you have come to seek opportunities, not to seek marriage!"

Many people burst into laughter upon hearing this!

I never expected that this nun Liaoran would be so witty!
The young Taoist priests of the Maoshan School were starting to get a little uneasy!
They never expected to find zombies here! Real zombies!

Many of the young Taoist priests had just come down from the mountain to gain experience, and they were already eager to try their skills!
Previously, they had only heard about "living corpses" and "skeleton soldiers" from their senior brothers and had seen their portraits and illustrations, but this time they saw the "real thing"!

They have studied Taoist arts diligently for many years, but have never had a chance to use them. Now, their opportunity to make a name for themselves has finally arrived!

Master Yichen gestured for everyone to remain calm!
He naturally overheard the conversation between Xiong Mengyan and Feng Jiuxiao!

What to do? The disciples of Maoshan also need training! Their swords need honing! But would a hasty attack spoil Feng Jiuxiao's fun?
Just then, Feng Jiuxiao called out from afar, "Daoist Yichen, the beef stew is ready. Please come over and have a chat, Daoist!"

Master Yichen's eyes lit up, and he immediately perked up: "Alright! Then this humble Taoist won't stand on ceremony!" He deliberately hesitated for a moment, "Young Master Feng, my disciples..."

Feng Jiuxiao stood with his hands behind his back, smiling as he said, "Come over here!"

Master Yichen smiled at his disciples and said, "Let's go!"

The disciples, still bewildered, muttered, "Uncle-Master, the zombies are almost ashore, and they still have the leisure to invite us to dinner?"

Yichen's expression remained unchanged: "Silly boy! Listen more, observe more, and speak less!"

The disciple beside him also reminded him, "Junior brother, Young Master Feng's invitation for us to go over is an invitation for us to join the battle!"

The group of young disciples were overjoyed!
They were about to shout it out, but they immediately shut up when they saw Master Yichen's eyes!

A dozen or so Taoist priests arrived one after another beside the large stove!

The fire in the stove was blazing, and white steam was billowing from the edge of the pot lid, filling the air with a wonderful aroma.

Yichen clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Young Master Feng, I apologize for disturbing you!"

Feng Jiuxiao clasped his hands and smiled, "Daoist Master, you flatter this junior! Your presence is an honor to our humble abode!"

Master Yichen watched as several living corpses stepped onto the rubble on the shore, their eyes vacant and exuding an aura of death!

"Young Master, these disciples are mostly going down the mountain for the first time for training, and they haven't encountered any living corpses before. This time..."

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "These living corpses are not my private property. You may dispose of them as you see fit, Daoist!" He then said, "These living corpses cannot distinguish right from wrong and are everyone's common enemy. I hope that everyone can work together and achieve a win-win situation!" His gaze swept over Xiong Mengyan, Wang Sheng, Duanmu Yan, Yichen, and the others. They naturally understood his meaning.
Xiong Mengyan's eyes were alluring, and her voice was like a dream: "Whatever you say, young master, I will do!" The young Taoists behind Yichen were all dumbfounded and speechless! They stared at this beauty, their expressions blank, and they involuntarily swallowed!

Master Yichen was not angry with these disciples!
Their blunders were simply due to their lack of skill!

He barely managed to keep his mind from being overwhelmed by Xiong Mengyan's seductive charms! The pot calling the kettle black? He didn't have that kind of shamelessness!
From beginning to end, he was on tenterhooks, pretending to be relaxed! He was even afraid that if Xiong Mengyan's captivating smile had been directed at him, he wondered how long he could have held out. Upon reflection, he knew he would succumb within five breaths!
This demoness's demonic powers are truly terrifying!

I wonder why Young Master Feng is getting so close to this vixen!

The zombies that came ashore were not moving fast, as if they had just been transformed and had not yet adapted!

Or perhaps—it was Bai Di's doing this on purpose!

At this moment, Qin Nu Shi Yin and Die Wu had already set up temporary tables and chairs for Xiong Meng Yan and placed the Seven Absolute Demon Qin on the table.

Xiong Mengyan slowly sat down, and with a gentle flick of her slender fingers, the zither music rang out with a melodious sound that lingered in the ears. Instantly, an invisible blade of energy burst out from the string and shot into the first zombie's forehead with a "poof," piercing a transparent hole in its skull!

But the zombie didn't die; it continued to charge forward!
Xiong Mengyan frowned and murmured, "As expected of the White Emperor's work!" Her ten fingers plucked the strings in rapid succession, producing a deep and desolate melody. In everyone's minds, an image of a cold winter month, with all trees withered, except for the plum blossoms, which stood tall and unyielding against the cold!
Yuan Zishan said calmly, "She played 'Three Variations on Plum Blossom'."

Chili said, "Three Variations on Plum Blossom? Miss, I remember you used to practice the jade flute, and there's a piece called Three Variations on Plum Blossom. How is it different from her zither music?"

Yuan Zishan said, "There's no difference. 'Three Variations on Plum Blossom' was originally a flute piece, but it was later adapted into a guqin piece."

Chili laughed and said, "I still remember the first time I heard you play the flute when I was a child. I asked you what the 'three variations' in 'Three Variations on Plum Blossom' meant. You said that 'three variations' means that the same melody is played three times. Am I right, Miss?"

Yuan Zishan laughed and said, "That's right! I didn't expect you to still remember!"

The living corpses in the lake kept surging towards the shore, and among them were many strangely dressed corpses! Most of them were serfs!

Chili frowned and said, "Those people, no, those corpses, are so well preserved, as if they were asleep."

"The lake water is highly saline and has a low temperature year-round, so the body decomposed only slightly."

"So many serf corpses?... That's way too many!" Chili was somewhat surprised!
The corpses at the bottom of the lake kept surging onto the shore, far exceeding the size of the six hundred Tibetan soldiers!

Wang Sheng couldn't care less about anything else. He immediately shouted, "Qing Shuang, draw your sword!" The long sword behind him suddenly flew out of its sheath with a clang, like a bolt of lightning piercing the sky!
Duanmu Yan also took out the Great Compassion Bow and aimed it at the living corpses on the shore!

Seeing this, Master Yichen immediately said, "Didn't you want to participate in real combat to gain experience? Why aren't you going?" The group of Maoshan disciples instantly drew their swords and charged towards the army of living corpses! Going against the tide, who else but us? The young disciples immediately became excited!
They knew that Maoshan's martial arts were not among the best in the martial arts world, but when it came to "subduing demons" and "taming evil spirits," Maoshan was second to none!
Their Taoist magic is the natural nemesis of evil arts!
Snowflakes filled the sky, and the world was vast and desolate.

A dozen or so Maoshan Taoist priests, wielding peach wood swords, charged into the circle of living corpses!

They raised their swords and brought them down, striking the living corpses with a hissing sound, and wisps of blue smoke instantly rose from the wounds!

However, these zombies controlled by evil magic are different from the "monsters" formed after the corpses mutate. The Taoist book "Da Qian Lu" describes zombies as having "stiff limbs, heads that do not bow, eyes that do not slant, legs that do not separate, and corpses that do not rot." Overall, they are similar to zombies, but the fact that "legs do not separate" means that zombies have a huge weakness in combat power! Moreover, zombies are most afraid of sunlight, glutinous rice, and fire, while zombies are not afraid of these three things!

A zombie pierced by a peach wood sword will instantly perish, turning into countless sparks that fly everywhere!
While a living corpse will only be injured when struck, if it undergoes special refining, its skin will become as hard as iron, making it impervious to blades and spears! Even Taoist magical artifacts imbued with talismans can only severely injure it, not kill it instantly!
So the zombie that was struck by the peach wood sword, though physically damaged, felt no pain and continued to charge forward!
The young Taoist priest swung his peach wood sword and struck again, severing the living corpse's arm!
But the momentum didn't diminish!
The peach wood sword struck again, severing the living corpse at the waist!

Its upper body fell to the ground, while its lower body continued to walk forward for several steps until it lost its balance and fell down. Its upper body, however, bared its teeth and claws and made a low, hoarse roar!

The young Taoist priest roared and slashed several times with his sword. The living corpse was finally reduced to pieces on the ground and stopped moving completely!

Although the killing wasn't as smooth as he'd imagined, he set a good example for his fellow disciples, showing them that killing zombies wasn't difficult!

The Taoist priests of Maoshan roared in unison, "Kill!" More than a dozen figures rushed into the tide of living corpses like a whirlwind!
In an instant, more than a dozen zombies were chopped into pieces!
There seemed to be some kind of connection among the living corpses, and many of their "gazes" began to shift towards the Maoshan Taoist priests! They seemed to have sensed the priests' dangerous aura, and many living corpses began to swarm towards them! Any obstacle was to be eliminated!
The White Emperor's flute music suddenly became more urgent, and the zombies coming ashore also began to move faster!
The melodious flute music completely drowned out Xiong Mengyan's zither playing, making it almost inaudible!

The flute's tone wasn't high, so it wasn't harsh at all. On the contrary, the flute's sound was melodious and gentle, incredibly beautiful! With his incomparably powerful internal energy, Bai Di brought the flute's sound to its fullest potential. The sound clearly resounded through the sky, yet no one could feel any sharpness or harshness in it!
This is strength!
Feng Jiuxiao understood that the White Emperor was demonstrating his power!

He drove the undead to attack him in order to avenge the arrow wound he suffered!
Although the arrow did not wound his person, it forced him to return the Blood Sword to Pang Shiwu in public, which was a blatant humiliation to him!

He had to vent his anger!
Therefore, whoever hinders the zombies from attacking Feng Jiuxiao is now the enemy of the White Emperor!

Those stinking Taoist priests are enemies, Xiong Mengyan, Wang Sheng, and Duanmu Yan are all enemies! That boy in black is one too! Whoever they are, those who oppose me will not be spared, I will kill them all!
It's so domineering, just showing off its domineering power so blatantly!

Xiong Mengyan suddenly frowned. Although Bai Di's flute music was not harsh, it was still annoying!

The flute music seemed to be deliberately interfering with her. Several times, her movements on the zither almost lost their rhythm. Her originally smooth and flowing movements suddenly became chaotic, but those who did not understand music could not hear the flaws!

But Feng Jiuxiao and Yuan Zishan could hear the fluctuation in it!
Small, but it has something!

Although Yuan Zishan disliked Xiong Mengyan, Xiong Mengyan was, after all, helping Feng Jiuxiao solve his troubles!

Therefore, she doesn't want Xiong Mengyan to die on the spot!
She knew very well that with Xiong Mengyan's current combat strength, she was no match for Bai Di's offensive! In no time, she would be killed by Bai Di with his flute music!

"Jiuxiao, if you don't make a move soon, Miss Xiong is probably in big trouble!"

Feng Jiuxiao was taken aback. He wanted to make a joke, but seeing Yuan Zishan's aloof expression, he swallowed his words. He silently took out the Zhentian Bow, condensed his energy into ice, and turned the ice into an arrow. He aimed at the tent where the White Emperor was staying and shot it. Whoosh—the arrow shot out like a dragon, trailing a dark blue comet tail of light, piercing through the heavy snow and instantly shooting into the tent!

The arrow was imbued with innate lightning power and astonishing swirling energy. The moment the arrow dragon touched the tent, it exploded!

The incredibly powerful blast instantly shattered the tent into pieces!

The tattered strips of cloth, along with the dust and snow kicked up, swirled and danced in the air!

The tents were clearly razed to the ground, but Bai Di was nowhere to be seen!
No one believed that the White Emperor could have been "completely destroyed" by this arrow! If the White Emperor had been hit, there would have been a lot of blood on the ground!

Feng Jiuxiao's expression turned solemn. "They actually moved ahead of time. They're quite agile!" The White Emperor must have moved his position before he fired his arrow! Otherwise, even if he were at the sixth level of the Glazed Realm, he wouldn't have been able to dodge his earth-shattering arrow!
Feng Jiuxiao looked around at the surrounding tents and calmed his senses. His sixth sense told him that there was something unusual in the third tent from the left!

There are definitely people there!

Who else could it be but Bai Di?
Feng Jiuxiao immediately shot an arrow!