There's a skeleton dungeon connected to my basement.

Chapter 171, Hanging Corpse from a Sophora japonica Tree

As he walked closer, a letter of complaint pressed to the ground appeared in front of Xiao Yang in front of the small red temple.

The same red color was pressed to the ground by a muddy stone.

I didn't take out the letter rashly.

He lowered his head slightly, his sight falling on the space of the small red temple. A pale human head appeared in his sight. A human head was enshrined in this small red temple?
The head looks like a young Taoist priest with his hair tied up, an ebony hairpin in his hair, and a black cloth crown on his head. He looks quite spiritual.

Although it is hard to say whether he really fits this impression.

Xiao Yang still remembered the first level of the corpse tax, in that simple village, which forced the village to be empty and forced people into the stacked coffins. This corpse tax was also collected by a Taoist priest.

Out of nowhere, a strange wind blew over, and the old locust tree in the center of the courtyard made a rustling sound. Suddenly, a corpse fell from the lush crown of the old locust tree and hung in front of Xiao Yang.

The headless body enshrined in the small red temple appeared.

The two are not far from each other, one is on the locust tree and the other is under the locust tree.

The falling corpse did not bring about any further changes. After the strange wind that appeared out of nowhere ended, the square courtyard returned to peace.

Triggering new changes may require conditions, and something needs to be done, such as taking down the corpse hanging from the tree, taking out the head of the red temple and kicking it like a ball, or removing the letter of complaint that is pressed by a stone on the ground.

Both are possible, but there is no rush about this matter. Before fighting with the BOSS, he decided to explore other places in the square courtyard first.

Because he decided to commit suicide, he would probably swing the Shovel of Freedom the moment he defeated the BOSS.

It is difficult to predict what may happen at that time, so it is best to complete the exploration and looting as much as possible before committing suicide.

In the main house of this square courtyard, Xiao Yang found something useful.

A bill.

On the seventh day of the third month, 261 bodies were brought in. 30 of them were still valuable, while 231 were completely worthless and discarded.

At midnight on April 1, 341 pieces of meat were brought in.

The bill was filled with such records, and the reason why he had just been beaten like this became clear. This was a place where corpses were dumped.

The search was not over yet. During the careful search, Xiao Yang soon made some extra gains.

In an ordinary vase placed in the room, there was a pile of shiny black bones and two booklets.

Zombie Bone
Quality: Excellent

Effect: Increases the hardness of bones of undead creatures
Introduction: I couldn't swallow the air stuck in my throat, and my bones were all twisted and smooth.

Of the two booklets, one contains the Taiyin Corpse Refining Method, while the other has no name and is just a random record of many words.

March 7th. Another black zombie appeared in the mass grave today.

[The aptitude is too poor, barely entering the immortal path, and the cultivation level has hardly made any progress]

[Luckily, fortunately, I was assigned to this corpse dumping ground. Here, I can still squeeze out a little bit of money to maintain my practice.]

[Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid!]
You are already a monk, you are no longer the same as before! 】

[Hate, my aptitude is too poor, my cultivation has not made any progress, hate, when will I be able to avenge my grudge? ]

[The senior brother who handed over the meat this time was refining the corpse behind the scenes...]

【I recognized her. She's my little sister.】

[I found a manual in this corpse village.]

The messy sentences ended here, and all that remained were those shiny black zombie bones and the Taiyin corpse refining technique.
Taiyin Corpse Refining

Quality: Epic

Type: Ritual

Effect: Change the body into Taiyin corpse

Introduction: A corpse infused with the power of the Taiyin, an excellent material.]

He paused at the introduction of the Taiyin Corpse Refiner. "Excellent material?"

Later, during the exploration of Sifangzhuangzi, Xiao Yang found a rusty box in the dry well.

After opening the box, Xiao Yang found some rusty coffin nails and a somewhat indescribable blueprint inside.

Rusty coffin nails

Quality: Excellent

Type: Material

【coffin

Quality: Excellent

Type: Architectural Drawing

Effect: Creates a coffin that makes undead creatures feel comfortable

Introduction: Sir, sir, do you need real estate? But I'm already dead? Hey! Look at what you're saying. Aren't we all dead? So do you need real estate? For a standard coffin, I'll give you 100,000 ghost coins. By the way, sir, do you want to pay in installments? ..., yes.]

The square courtyard has two big doors and one small door.

A big door led to the place where Xiao Yang came to abandon corpses, another big door was locked tightly, and finally, the last small door was open, and it led to a desolate and remote mountain path.

Xiao Yang's sight fell on this desolate and remote mountain path.

"Want to go up?"

After a brief thought, the skilled and courageous Xiao Yang gave an affirmative answer.

"Go up and have a look!"

Taking a step forward, the figure moved up along this desolate and remote path.

There is nothing special about going up this road.

If you insist, sometimes one or two zombies, whose faces have been gnawed beyond recognition, will suddenly crawl up on both sides of the road.

It wasn't difficult to deal with, but Xiao Yang was a little curious about what had bitten these zombies into this state.

The answer to this question soon came.

After turning a corner along the mountain path, a dark cave appeared in front of Xiao Yang, with several skinny black dogs wandering in front of the cave.

Xiao Yang's appearance made all the black dogs nervous and they started barking ferociously.

Of course he would not tolerate these black dogs, so he took out the rusty giant axe.

Here, these black dogs have no way to retreat. The time will come to teach these beasts what true cruelty is.

Just as he was about to take action, a weak voice with a hint of surprise suddenly rang out on the field.

"Has anyone come here?"

"Help me! Help me!"

When the words were spoken, these skinny black dogs were still barking madly. The sharp barking interrupted the words of the guy in the cave and made him angry.

"Stop barking!"

An angry roar sounded, and at once, these skinny black dogs stopped roaring, whimpering and holding their tails between their legs.

This situation made people think about the relationship between the unknown figure in the cave and these skinny black dogs.

Xiao Yang stopped swinging the rusty axe in his hand to hit the heads of the black dogs in front of him. The guy in the cave was the first person Xiao Yang met in the large dungeon of Corpse Tax.

"who are you?"

His eyes fell on the dark cave and he asked.

(End of this chapter)