After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 65

With no hair on his face, the second son became smug again.

Master Songfeng didn't speak; he simply pointed to his canine tooth. The second brother's eyes widened suddenly, and he reached out to touch it, crying out, "Waaah, where's my tooth! My tooth!"

Just as the second Taoist priest was crying and sobbing, a rustling sound suddenly came from the forest. The sound was like a person walking, no, it was like a person jumping!

The egret suddenly had a bad feeling, and the next second, she saw a tall, dark shadow appear in the east.

Under the clear moonlight, this old forest in Yangcheng appeared exceptionally tranquil in the night.

All was silent, not a sound could be heard, not even the chirping of an insect.

The tall, dark figure was slowly approaching, its movements stiff and eerie, its two hands stretched straight forward, jumping high, falling, jumping high again, and falling again!

The rustling sound underfoot on the grassy ground was crystal clear in the quiet night, tickling one's ears.

Master Qingxu and Master Songfeng immediately stood up, their eyes fixed on the direction from which the sound came.

Those who cultivate have clear eyes and can see even in the darkest night, but the distance was really too far. From its signature hopping movements, Master Qingxu could tell that it was a zombie!
However, it's impossible to determine what level of zombie it is!
Master Qingxu's voice carried a hint of solemnity: "It's a zombie! Grab your weapons!"

Ideally, this zombie would be the one that bit the second brother.

Master Songfeng immediately took out his finger-length peach wood sword. With a flick of his wrist, the peach wood sword multiplied into three swords of the same length!
The two were on high alert.

Bai Lu, standing to the side, asked: What are you copying?
She wondered if she had misheard. How could such a seemingly sage-like Taoist priest utter such thuggish words?
Upon hearing this, the second brother, who had just experienced the brink of death, stopped wailing. He immediately disregarded his pitiful missing fingernails and canine teeth, and quickly stood up. He quietly hid behind Master Qingxu, and with a slouch and a hunch, Master Qingxu, who was a head shorter than him, perfectly concealed him.

Preliminary statement—

He wasn't scared!

We who cultivate the Tao have strong hearts!
He wasn't afraid of zombies, well, he'd just been bitten and there was a tiny shadow on his fingernail, but he wasn't scared, he was just disgusted!

Imagine a ghostly creature with a face covered in black hair, its teeth gleaming with stinky black fangs, its long fingernails digging into your flesh and churning inside, then pressing down on your neck and taking a bite. Who wouldn't feel disgusted in that situation?

He's unsure if the zombie that bit him has returned. If it has, that's fine; if not, it means there's already a victim.

The egret appeared calm on the surface, but was inwardly panicking.

Before she transmigrated, she was so timid that she dared not turn off the lights to sleep, dared not stick her feet out of the blanket, dared not peek under the bed, and would never dare to run into the deep mountains and forests in the middle of the night!
Although she had developed some courage during her ten years in the cultivation world, she was still able to remain calm and composed when facing zombies and ghosts in that tomb because the light was bright and all darkness could not be hidden under the light!

But in this situation, in this dark and boundless mountain forest, she felt that she couldn't take it anymore.

Who knows, there might only be one zombie in these mountains!
That's terrifying!

She didn't want to either, but the goosebumps had their own ideas, and they were even competing with each other, each one faster than the last!

So before the zombies could leap over, she used her spiritual energy as a weapon to chop up a dead tree, lit several bonfires around herself, and even set up a small array to ensure that the fires would not go out no matter how strong the wind or how fierce the fighting!

Seeing Bai Lu's busy little figure, with fires and formations, the three Daoist Masters Qingxu assumed she was preparing to fight the zombies and hurriedly went to help, so they added a few more fires.

The blazing fire illuminated the entire space, reflecting on Bai Lu's face. She breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she could do it again.

Master Songfeng asked, "The zombies are coming soon, what preparations do we need to make?"

Bai Lu blinked, instantly understanding his meaning, but she was too embarrassed to say that she had done all this because she was afraid of the dark, so she could only say, "That's enough."

But soon, the four of them noticed that the zombie's hopping motion had stopped!
It stood there with its hands outstretched, like a piece of wood, as if it were afraid of something. But it didn't leave; it just stood there at a distance, staring at the crowd. The scene was quite eerie.

"Master, it's afraid of fire!!"

The second Taoist priest suddenly said, frowning, "This isn't the zombie that bit me! The zombie that bit me was a hairy zombie! Hairy zombies aren't afraid of fire!"

Otherwise, with his Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation, he wouldn't have been in such a sorry state, almost getting himself killed!

No, if it weren't for this little egret, he would have already gotten himself into trouble.

The most worrying situation happened!

Master Qingxu closed his eyes tightly. When he came over, the second brother was in critical condition, and he didn't have time to ask about the specific situation. Now, hearing what he said, he felt terrible.

He instructed, "Since this zombie is low-level, deal with it as soon as possible and find that hairy zombie quickly!"

The thought of a hairy zombie still roaming freely outside, having already harmed people and drunk their blood, gave him a terrible headache!
The only good news is that this place is in the mountains and forests, sparsely populated. No matter how powerful Mao Jiang is, he can't cause any trouble. But if he comes down the mountain, that would be a disaster!

Therefore, we must catch it before it goes down the mountain!
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"Yes!"

The "second brother" Taoist priest stopped hiding and stood up straight behind the Qingxu Taoist priest. At 1.85 meters tall, he stood out from the crowd of Taoist priests!
However, the tall guy crouched down the next second to look for his magic weapon—he had been defeated by the hairy zombie earlier, and the weapon had been knocked out of his hand by the zombie's claw.

The second brother's magical weapon is a whip, which was left behind by the patriarch of their Sanqing Temple. The original name was too ordinary, so he gave it a new name that sounded very high-class - Nine Dragons Divine Whip!
Whips and dragons have nothing to do with each other, but the name itself sounds incredibly powerful!

He charged forward with the whip in hand, and Bailu hurriedly shouted, "Second brother, be careful! You absolutely cannot get scratched or bitten by the zombie a second time, or I won't be able to save you!"

The second Taoist priest abruptly stopped, turned around and ran, saying to the Qingxu Taoist priest, "Master! You go first!"

This fear of death caught the egret completely off guard.

Upon hearing Bailu's words, Master Qingxu dared not let his second brother step forward. He swung his whisk and went up himself. At that moment, the zombie also moved.

This is a zombie dressed in modern clothes. It is tall, with its arms outstretched, covered in black fur, with long, twisted nails, and two deep teeth marks on its neck.

He was just an ordinary person not long ago, but after going up the mountain at night, he turned into a zombie.

"What's that unlucky guy doing up the mountain so late! Digging for gold?!"

The second Taoist priest went berserk: "Moreover, how can that hairy zombie's transformation ability be so strong? Even if it bit me and then immediately bit this person, it shouldn't have completely transformed into a black zombie so quickly!"

Bai Lu's expression was solemn: "It's very likely because it sucked your blood. Throughout history, the blood of cultivators has been a great tonic for evil creatures, helping them break through. We must find that hairy zombie as soon as possible!" Qingxu Daoist nodded with a very unpleasant expression. He was in no mood to play with this zombie, so he asked Songfeng Daoist to handle it.

If he can't handle zombies of this level, what kind of senior brother is he!

Master Songfeng was eager to try. Most of the supernatural cases he usually dealt with involved ghosts, and he had only ever dealt with one case of an animal becoming a spirit. He had never fought a zombie before, and with Fellow Daoist Bai present, he wasn't afraid of being scratched or bitten!

Master Qingxu glanced at the person who had frozen in place, knowing that Master Songfeng could handle it, so he looked away, took out his phone from his pocket, exchanged the bad news with Mr. Lu, and issued an order for support in their Jiang Province Xuanmen group.

But protecting the safety of the public has become a problem; they can't exactly say, "There are zombies! Don't go out!"
That would cause panic!
The government is keeping paranormal events very secret and it is unlikely that they will be made public anytime soon.

Besides, you can't stop zombies even if you stay indoors!
Zombies can't penetrate reinforced concrete buildings, but not glass windows! Even security bars can't stop them!
If we really encounter zombies, sigh...

Master Qingxu was so worried that he scratched his little bun hairstyle until it became loose.

Perhaps because the "Second Brother" Taoist priest spoke first, the zombie seemed to have identified him. Even though it was being hit by the peach wood sword of the Songfeng Taoist priest and was emitting black smoke, it could not stop it from rushing towards the "Second Brother" Taoist priest. The Songfeng Taoist priest was not paying attention and the zombie took advantage of the gap and ran past.

"Second brother!" Master Songfeng shouted, grabbing his sword and chasing after them.

Why are you always chasing me?!

The Taoist priest on the other side, known as "Second Master," was truly impressed. He didn't confront it head-on and could only maneuver around it.

"It might be because you have my blood on you."

Bai Lu suddenly realized that the zombie was most likely attracted by her blood. It stopped at the sight of the firelight out of fear, but a zombie's instinct is to suck blood, so its instinct must have overcome its fear.

After all, the blood of cultivators is what these evil creatures like the most.

Master Songfeng charged over with a peach wood sword. His peach wood sword had been soaked in black dog blood for a long time, exposed to the sun for an extended period, and blessed with talismans, making it twice as effective against ghosts, zombies, and other evil spirits.

Master Songfeng had never fought a zombie before, so he was unsure of his abilities. At first, it was just a process of mutual probing. Gradually, he figured out the level of the zombie: it was a mindless corpse, a brute who only knew how to act recklessly. He immediately understood the situation and began to target the zombie's heart and head.

Once a zombie is cut by a peach wood sword, a wisp of black smoke will immediately rise from the wound, and you can even hear the sizzling sound of roasting meat.

The zombie howled in pain, its voice not loud, but it sounded especially terrifying in the mountains and forests.

Its bluish-purple face was ferocious, and its five claws hooked around, angrily grabbing at Master Songfeng. However, Master Songfeng easily pierced its heart with a single sword strike. The zombie trembled slightly, let out a long howl, shook twice, and then collapsed to the ground, never to rise again.

It looked exactly like the corpse they had dug out of the tomb.

After dealing with the zombie, Master Songfeng turned to Master "Second Brother" with obvious disdain: "Why are you dodging? Hit it! Use your Nine Dragons Divine Whip to whip it! It's a two-meter-long whip, what are you afraid of!"

"If I were to make a move, it would be a shame to show your bravery, Senior Brother! Look! How valiant you are! You killed the zombie with a single sword strike!"

The "Second Brother" Taoist priest straightened his clothes and said leisurely. If it weren't for his disheveled appearance, he would have seemed like a completely different person from the one who had just been in such a sorry state.

"You talk too much!"

Master Qingxu, who was giving instructions, gave him a sharp rap on the head.

After the second disciple's corpse poison was removed, he wouldn't feel any pain no matter how much he was beaten.

He said to his two apprentices, "What time is it for you to keep talking nonsense? Hurry up and find the zombie! If it gets into the village, it'll be like a monkey in an orchard—eating one fruit and then throwing it away!"

When the zombies outnumber the living, the entire nation of China will suffer a devastating disaster!

That would be a complete disaster.

"Yes!"

The two Daoist masters, "Second Brother" and Songfeng, immediately dropped their joking expressions and responded in unison.

"Wait!" Bailu pointed at the neck of the "Second Brother" Taoist priest: "Clean up the bloodstains, otherwise if you encounter a zombie again, it will chase after you and bite you!"

The second Taoist priest reached up and touched his neck a few times. The blood had dried, and when he rubbed it, mud came off.

He held it under his nose and sniffed it. There was only a faint smell of blood. He clicked his tongue and said, "This zombie really has a dog's nose. It can smell such a small amount of blood and find its way here."

Master Songfeng pinched his clothes with two fingers and said disdainfully, "Do you want to take a look at your clothes?"

Besides the egret's blood on its neck, "Second Brother" also had its own blood on it, which dripped onto its body when it was being sucked by the zombie.

The second brother took a look and it was indeed true, especially around the collar. It was just that the Taoist robe was dark and it was nighttime, so he couldn't see it.

He started by making a hand seal, using a dust-removing spell to clean himself up. His fair and clean face was free of blood and yellow mud, revealing a handsome face. He pulled out a comb from somewhere and combed his loose bun, making him look like a handsome young Taoist priest!
After cleaning themselves up and extinguishing the fire completely, the three egrets set off on their journey to find the zombies.

Standing under the night sky, the egret did some calculations and then led them north.

During the daytime, the yin energy is visible to cultivators.

But at night, the yin energy on the ground rises, making the yin energy of evil spirits seem less abrupt, which is one of the reasons why these evil spirits like to appear at night.

Following the northward path, we soon passed through the mountains and forests and arrived at a flat area.

There is a saying that says——

At half past three in the morning,
If you don't go home at this time, something bad is definitely going to happen.

There weren't many trees to block the view on the flat ground, and the moonlight tonight was clear and bright, offering an unobstructed view of everything on the ground.

The egret spotted the figure squatting on the small mound at a glance.

Her expression changed, and she immediately made a stop gesture. Master Songfeng and the other two stopped in their tracks and followed her gaze to see the figure in front of them.

(End of this chapter)