Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 63: The Walking Dead Advancement Route and the Golden House

The night is quiet, and the starlight casts mottled shadows of the trees on the forest path.

Lin Beixuan walked quietly towards the grave of the dead and finally stepped in.

He is different from infant spirits. Ghosts are born with the ability to conceal their own breath, but he can't. Especially after his strength is increased to ten points, his blood and energy become vigorous, and he is full of popularity, which instantly attracted the attention of the remaining wandering ghosts.

This vigorous human energy and blood power is exactly what these ghosts and monsters love the most, and they immediately pounced on it when they saw it.

However, Lin Beixuan had no intention of fighting to the death with this group of zombies. Although he relied on the infant spirits to consume a wave of the enemy's numbers, there were still many of them wandering around in the cemetery, and it was impossible to kill them all.

In this case, Lin Beixuan could only change his tactics, that is, relying on his current speed advantage, to release these zombies' kites.

After dozens of experiences of pulling monsters, he found that the speed of these zombies was not actually very fast. With his current physical fitness, he could cover a distance of several meters with a simple jump and could easily avoid being caught up by them.

You just need to control the distance and you can find out what is hidden in the center of the cemetery.

If it was a very dangerous thing, he would turn around and run away, but if it was indeed a treasure, he would take it away.

Twisting his body to avoid the zombie's pounce in front of him, Lin Beixuan lowered his body and rushed out from the side in an instant.

In his eyes, the red gas was slowly rising from the center of the cemetery.

There was an inconspicuous mound of graves, with several small graves standing around it, as if surrounding it in the middle. The white sail flying on the top looked like a lonely flag in the night.

The bodies of those who died unexpectedly and unwillingly were buried here, and the resentment in their hearts became the best nourishment for this dark place. When Lin Beixuan walked around and entered it, he suddenly felt a pair of invisible eyes looking at him.

[You encounter a special target: White-haired roar - Jiang Wencai. ]

[The Monster Encyclopedia is opened, and the White-haired Howler information is successfully unlocked. 】

[White-haired roar: A zombie with hair on its body, an advanced type of walking corpse, with blue eyes, bronze skin and iron bones, and great strength. Its hair can sense the movements around it.]

[Since you have obtained information about the walking corpse and the white-haired roar, the advanced route of 'Spirit-Corpse' has been successfully unlocked. ]

[Spirit-Corpse Advancement Route: Walking Corpse—White-haired Howler/Drought Demon—Evil Disaster/Red Evil—Unmeltable Bones/Flying Night Demon. ]

[You come into contact with and fight against the White-haired Howler - Jiang Wencai, and successfully copy his ability - Farming and Reading for Talent.]

[Ability: Farming and studying for talent (green)]

[Introduction: I have been poor since I was young, and the only way out for me is to take the imperial examination. Although the book says that there is a golden house and a beautiful woman, I just don’t have the money to buy these two things. But what does it matter? Resilience +3, Knowledge +1. ]

Lin Beixuan's eyes narrowed, information flashed across the panel quickly, and fragments of Jiang Wencai's memories instantly flooded into his mind.

He was a child from a poor family with barely any rice at home and who did not have enough to eat every day.

His parents died early due to illness, and the remaining money in the family was spent on his parents' medical treatment. At a young age, he could only rely on the few remaining fields in the family to survive.

There was a master in the village who wanted to take him over to be his servant, but he had his dreams and would never compromise no matter how the other party tried to persuade him.

Because he had no food source, he often suffered from hunger, so he had very little strength. It took him three to five days to complete the work that the adults in the fields could complete in just one day.

Under the high sun, after the setting sun, during the day and in the evening, people can always see a small and stubborn figure in the fields.

His body and will are tenacious, and he can always survive the unexpected festivals. He is like a little beggar, but he has a will that is worthy of admiration. He grew up in hardship and saved some money, and then he bought the first book in his life.

Books contain golden houses and beautiful women. He regarded this book as a treasure, even though he did not recognize the words on it, even though he had almost torn the book to pieces, even though he was beaten out after eavesdropping on the teacher's lecture in a private school... In the face of all this, he still had a smile on his face.

When he was 20, he looked back on his lifelong dream and used all his savings to enroll in a private school. He seemed somewhat out of place among a bunch of seven or eight-year-old children.

But it doesn’t matter, no one stipulates that he can’t go to a private school at his age.

With his dream in mind, he worked in the fields and studied diligently. Gradually, he was appreciated by his private school teacher, who recommended him to go to the county town to take the examination for status as a student.

Fortunately, he achieved fame at one stroke. He was 38 years old that year.

Farming and studying day after day consumed a lot of his energy. He looked older than ordinary people. Among all the students, he was still the most out of place.

He never had a wife in his life because no family would be willing to marry their daughter to a poor boy. But when he passed the imperial examination and became a student, he was already very old and his family was poor, so he was still alone.

Farming and reading, farming and reading...

After five years, he saved some money again and embarked on a journey to seek fame.

The mountain road is difficult, just like his life, winding and tortuous. After climbing over a mountain, there are still cliffs behind. Every step requires tremendous effort.

Although there is a saying that goes "get up from where you fell", sometimes it is impossible to get up after falling.

He died while pursuing his dream since childhood. His throat was cut by bandits, who robbed him of the few dry and hard buns left in his bag.

Until his death, he was still holding tightly in his hand the book he had been reading all his life.

……

Fragments of memory played like a kaleidoscope in Lin Beixuan's mind. Until the moment of the end, he vaguely saw an old and skinny figure leaning on a wooden stick, walking firmly step by step in the direction he had chosen, crossing mountains and rivers.

Farming and studying are the talents of Jiang Wencai, and this also reflects his life.

Lin Beixuan let out a long breath and looked towards the inconspicuous grave mound. His sight was coming from there, and a ray of red air was also located in that place.

Lin Beixuan quickly stepped forward and kicked over the small grave mound with one foot. The soil was lifted up, revealing the things inside.

It was a book. Its surface was tattered and had many places damaged by insects, but one could still vaguely make out some words on it.

The name of the book is, The Book of Songs.

The moment it appeared in the world, the air seemed to become hot, and the floating red gas became more vigorous, burning like a flame.

Lin Beixuan didn't care whether there was any danger in the book. He immediately bent down, picked up the book and put it in his arms, then ran away.

Because just as he took the book away, a skinny claw covered with hard white hair poked out from under the inconspicuous little grave, followed by a head and the entire body.

[You picked up the relic of the White-haired Howler - the Golden House.]

(End of this chapter)