Journey to the head

Zhao Tiechui was awakened by the noisy noise.

He shook his dizzy head, and with his only remaining left arm, he swept the wine jar on the table to the ground, making a crisp cracking sound and the aroma of wine filled the air.

But no matter how good these mundane wines are, how can they compare to the taste of spiritual wine? So he just let go of the spiritual power protection and drank as much as he wanted to get drunk.

I miss it. Was it sixty or seventy years ago?

The head of the sect achieved the golden elixir, and held a grand banquet at Mianlong Mountain. He opened a hundred jars of Star Wine that had been brewed for a long time, and even a useless man like himself was given a small bottle - it is said that the wine was diluted with a lot of water, otherwise he would not be able to bear it with his cultivation level.

But I still can't forget the taste of that wine. After drinking it, I slept for twenty days. When I woke up, I had lost a lot of weight.

That was twenty days and nights completely free of pain and depression.
Zhao Tiechui supported his head, dipped the spilled wine with his left palm, and sucked it into his mouth with a slurp.

The roof beams suddenly shook violently, and accumulated dust fell on the old scar on the right broken arm. From outside the window came screams one after another, mixed with the roar of some wild beast.

"What's that strange noise? I'm pretty drunk this time." He muttered as he stood up shakily and tried to pick up the wine gourd on the wall. However, his hand brushed against the long knife that was hanging on the edge of the gourd and covered with dust for a long time.

The sword, which had not been unsheathed for who knows how long, was getting hot in the leather, and a gem on the scabbard was flickering like a firefly under the dust.

The alcohol suddenly faded away.

Zhao Tiechui raised his left arm, and the ghost-head knife jumped into his palm. His eyes instantly became fierce.

He kicked the crooked wooden door open, and the strong stench of corpse choked him so much that he retched continuously. He had to use his long-abandoned spiritual power to seal his mouth and nose.

But the whole long street was rolling with blue-grey waves. Those creatures were wearing coarse cloth, but their necks were twisted in all directions strangely. Even though their limbs were incomplete and their chests and abdomens were cut open, they still roared and rushed forward. The peddler Li Er, who was running in the front, had his intestines dragging on the bluestone slab, making a slippery friction sound.

"Help!" A sturdy man dressed as a policeman rolled and crawled, his crotch soaked, but was suddenly grabbed by the ankle by a body that was broken into two sections and fell to the ground. Before he could call for help again, the monsters rushed over, and screams and chewing sounds were heard in an instant, and blood mist rose several feet high.

A few breaths later, the sturdy man, whose body was half eaten, suddenly pushed away the monster on his body, stumbled to his feet, and let out a creepy howl - he also became one of these monsters.

Such a horrifying scene rushed into Zhao Tiechui's eyes, and he was stunned for a moment. Memories that had been buried for a long time suddenly flooded into his mind, and the cultivation knowledge that he thought he had forgotten suddenly became clear.

Is this a zombie?

However, zombies are just ghosts formed by the gathering of evil spirits in special terrain. How can they move so quickly? Moreover, even if they are bitten by zombies and infected with corpse poison, the probability of being transformed into a new zombie is very small.

This is different from the zombies I learned about!
It can be seen that in this long street and in the buildings on both sides, the swarming zombies have formed a tide of corpses, running wildly, biting the survivors like a pack of hyenas, and then turning them into their bloodthirsty fellows.

All I could hear were the roars, biting and chewing sounds of the zombies, the survivors' desperate cries for help, and the dull sound of flesh being torn apart.

The nose was filled with the strong smell of blood and the choking stench of corpses.

Mashi Town, zombies are causing chaos? !
Looking at the town where he had lived for decades and seeing familiar faces dying tragically before his eyes, Zhao Tiechui gripped the long sword in his hand tighter and tighter. His heart, which had been silent for a long time, began to beat violently, and the spiritual power that had been stagnant for a long time began to circulate in his body involuntarily.

"Brother, save us!" Suddenly a woman's cry for help was heard. Zhao Tiechui came to his senses with a start. Looking up, he saw several living people huddled on the eaves of a small building opposite. Several zombies were leaning out of the window, trying to grab them.

But these zombies were not intelligent enough and they crowded into the small window, unable to squeeze out for a while.

As the woman shouted, many zombies were attracted and ran into the building, making the stairs clatter and scaring the baby in her arms to burst into tears. The pale-faced people around her shouted in panic, "Are you crazy? You expected a drunk loser to save us? Now you're going to kill us all!"

The woman was trembling all over and hugged the baby tightly, with pleading eyes fixed on Zhao Tiechui.

Zhao Tiechui suddenly asked: "Do you know me?"

The woman said hurriedly, "My late husband once said that when his grandfather was still a child, he saw you living on this street. But after so many years, your appearance has not changed much. You must not be an ordinary person."

"Perhaps, perhaps, you are the immortal master of Yunshan Sect?"

When these words were spoken, several people were stunned. They looked at Zhao Tiechui, who was drunk, one-armed and sloppy, in disbelief. They never thought that he could be connected with the Immortal Master.

Zhao Tiechui stayed where he was. The three words "Yunshan Sect" instantly broke through all the barriers in his heart.

At this moment, those precious memories that had been deliberately buried came to my mind, from Lingsha City to Mianlong Mountain, those warm, passionate and happy treasures, the horn of battle seemed to echo in my ears, and the rumbling drums of war beat in my heart.

Zhao Tiechui said nothing and turned back to the house.

The men started shouting more and more frantically, "Alright! Alright! You idiot, what kind of immortal master! You're asking for help from a drunkard who should have died long ago. If you want to die, don't drag us along!"

"Throw her out! Feed her to these monsters!"

"Her child is also a nuisance, she only knows how to cry, strangle her to death!"

Several zombies roared and chased Zhao Tiechui into the house. Those people held down the woman with their hands and feet, and the woman closed her eyes in despair.

But there was a loud bang!
A ball of flame exploded, and several zombies flew out of the door!
In the dancing flames, Zhao Tiechui's figure leaped out, several talismans rotated in front of him, a dark knife light flashed in the air, several zombies in front of him were cut off diagonally, and black blood splashed all over him.

"Damn it!" Zhao Tiechui cursed, "I haven't practiced with my left-handed sword for decades, so I'm really not good at it!"

He raised his head again: "I just found my storage bag, what are you guys yelling about?"

Several people stared at him in astonishment, while the woman suddenly widened her eyes and shouted in ecstasy: "Brother, no, Immortal Master, help, help!"

"Master, it's the Master!" They suddenly knelt down, their heads hitting the tiles with a crackling sound.

"Please help me, Master!"

Zhao Tiechui put a stack of talismans in his arms, and with another whirling slash, the ghost-head long sword in his hand whistled, cutting a dozen zombies around him in half.

Dirty blood splattered all over the ground, but the touch of his hand made him frown. This old brother, who had accompanied him in the battlefield, had not been used for decades, and even its power had been greatly weakened. Rust began to appear on the blade, making it difficult to use as desired.

At this moment, there was a crisp sound, and the walls of the wooden building shattered. A large number of zombies rushed out and pounced on the people on the eaves!

"Close your eyes!" Zhao Tiechui roared towards the eaves and threw out three fire talismans.

But these talismans lit up and then went out in the air with a puff!

These talismans have become ineffective as they have not been nourished with spiritual energy for too long!
The zombies pinned several people down in an instant!
Zhao Tiechui roared, and the ghost-head knife shot into the air, cutting off the eaves with a crash, and the zombies and the living fell directly down. Zhao Tiechui flashed, and punched the zombie in front of him, and caught the woman and the child in his arms.

He was about to save others when the tide of corpses surged over from all around him and pale hands reached out to grab him.

There was a dull clang that hurt the eardrums, and a dark jade ring opened around the body, blocking the zombie's attack.

He heard the screams and knew that those people had been killed. He had to summon his spiritual power, hugged the woman and the baby tightly, jumped high, stepped on the surrounding houses several times, climbed to the roof of another building, and temporarily avoided the attack of the tide of zombies.

This pavilion was already the tallest building in the surrounding area. Looking down from above, Zhao Tiechui felt extremely heavy in his heart. He saw a dense tide of zombies that had already occupied every corner of this Mashi town. One house after another collapsed in the violent collision of the zombies. The survivors were eaten by screaming and then transformed into new zombies.

Mashi Town should have a population of nearly 10,000 people, but now they are dying out rapidly!
What exactly happened here?
To deal with this strange tide of zombies, we must seek help from the sect immediately, otherwise it will spread and cause a disaster!
The mortal territory of the Yunshan Sect is ruled at three levels: county, town, and village. Only the county towns have cultivators stationed there, so the first thing to do is to contact the garrison teams in nearby county towns.

"Thank you for saving my life, Master!" the woman in his arms said anxiously, "Can you let me go? I'm crushing the child."

Zhao Tiechui quickly let the woman go. Only then did he realize that the baby had not cried for a while. He felt a sinking feeling in his heart and went over to take a look.

The woman hurriedly pulled open the swaddling clothes, revealing the baby girl's big, shiny black eyes that were rolling around.

Miraculously, she was unharmed.

The moment she looked into Zhao Tiechui's eyes, the baby girl suddenly smiled sweetly, stretched out her little hands, and called out incoherently, "Daddy."

Zhao Tiechui stared at her blankly, and suddenly a warm current surged in his heart, and even the circulation of his spiritual power became faster.

The woman said in panic, "Master, please don't blame me. My husband passed away not long ago. Maybe your figure is similar to my late husband's, and my daughter is too young to tell the difference."

Zhao Tiechui shook his head. He carefully touched the baby girl's cheek, which tickled her so much that she giggled. "What's her name?"

The woman was relieved: "I haven't chosen a name yet."

At this moment, I felt a shock under my feet. It turned out that the tide of zombies had begun to attack this building!
Zhao Tiechui hurriedly used his flying magic weapon, but as soon as the small boat floated up, its spiritual light dissipated and it fell down.

It has become completely ineffective because it has not been nurtured or used for too long!

Zhao Tiechui cursed inwardly and said in a deep voice: "We can't fly. We must go to the mayor's house. There is a talisman there that can contact the surrounding big cities. This is our only chance to escape!"

He told the woman to hold the baby tightly, then stretched out his left arm and held the woman tighter.

"I'm here to protect you. If you're scared, just close your eyes!"

The woman looked down at the corpses filling the streets and her breathing quickened: "Master, aren't you afraid?"

Zhao Tiechui laughed loudly, and with a flash of his body, he jumped high into the air.

"Fear?"

"I followed the leader to fight against the Li Yuan Sect and then the Xuan Guang Sect. We have fought more than ten battles, big and small. I have seen all kinds of scenes!"

"In the 403rd year of Jiashen, I followed the leader again and pointed my sword at Junle County, forcing the Shaoyin Sect to retreat and surrender! But luck was bad, my comrades died in the battle, and I lost my arm. I no longer followed the path of Taoism, and have lived in seclusion here ever since."

"I have eighteen heads of enemy monks in my hand, which I have slain in battles!"

"I am Zhao Tiechui, an inner sect disciple of Yunshan Sect's A9th Squad!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely get you out safely!"

He hugged the woman and the baby tightly, leaped up and down, ran on the roofs of the houses, and quickly approached the mayor's house. The occasional zombies that jumped up were knocked away by his jade ring.

"Master Zhao!" The woman held the baby in her arms and closed her eyes. "You and your late husband are from the same family. His last name is Zhao too!"

"Really?" Zhao Tiechui laughed out loud when he thought of the baby girl's round eyes.

They were just a few zombies! Despite their fearlessness, ferocity and bloodthirstiness, they were just mortal bodies, and any cultivator could easily kill them.

Zhao Tiechui held his head high. As long as he had a Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou, he could easily suppress something that couldn't even fly, even if there were 100,000 zombies.

But at this moment, he heard the sound of wings flashing!
Zhao Tiechui looked up in shock, and saw body bags rising up one after another in the tide of corpses on the ground. Among the body bags, several zombies with bat wings on their backs were flying!

They are evolving, they are definitely not the zombies in the books!
Zhao Tiechui's feet sank, and before the flying zombies pounced on him, he broke through the roof and fell into the mayor's house. Yuhuan zoomed in and pushed away several zombies.

He quickly found the communication talisman that was being enshrined.

Surprisingly, it has already been used, and the dead body of the mayor is wandering around.

This proves that the mayor had already sent out a call for help before Zhao Tiechui arrived!

Next, all we have to do is wait for rescue from the nearby county!
But there was a fluttering sound of wings overhead, and the stairs were shaking. From top to bottom, a dense tide of corpses was pouring in!

Zhao Tiechui swept left and right, pushing the mother and daughter to the corner of the bluestone wall. He unsheathed his long sword, and the jade ring hummed, blocking the two of them.

"Master Zhao!"

Zhao Tiechui murmured, "It would be nice if I had a sip of Star Wine right now."

There was a crisp sound of breaking wooden boards overhead, and the entire roof was blown away by the flying zombies!
The jade ring flew up to protect the three people. Zhao Tiechui's blade had already penetrated the crown of the first zombie to fall, but more corpses fell down like ripe fruits.

“Don’t be afraid!” All the talismans in Zhao Tiechui’s arms flew out. He bit his tongue and spurted out blood mist, forcing them to move with his spiritual blood. Finally, some talismans burned and exploded in the pile of zombies, and a burnt smell filled the air.

There was no way to go anywhere, neither in the sky nor on the earth. Zhao Tie's hammer and knife danced like a wheel, and the broken limbs and debris kept piling up, gradually forming a small hill.

His hands began to tremble, his spiritual power was gradually exhausted, and the jade ring was shrinking smaller and smaller.

But he laughed and shouted.

"I have a connection with you two. How about I give the little girl a name? What's your last name?"

The woman grabbed the corner of his clothes and said, "My last name is Kong."

"That's easy. How about taking the father's surname and the mother's surname and adding one more character?"

Zhao Tiechui swung his knife hard and took a deep breath. "Give her a rough name so she can be raised easily. And she's a girl, so let's call her 'Que'."

"Zhao Kongque, um, not bad!"

He shook off the last of his spiritual power.

"Yunshan Sect A9th Squad, inner sect disciple, Zhao Tiechui is here!"

"Come and fight!" (End of this chapter)