Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 17 The Red String and Glutinous Rice Still Exist

Chen Xiuxian sat upright at the table in the main room, meditating and circulating his qi, while carefully listening to the sounds of the wind and insects outside.

Tonight, the weather was truly "cooperating," with overcast skies and a huge moon appearing and disappearing intermittently, creating a wonderful atmosphere.

As the night drew to a close, nothing happened.

The old village chief's family members all hid in one room, with the door blocked shut. They waited for most of the night, but nothing came of it. They were tense and exhausted, and almost fell asleep.

Just then, Chen Xiuxian suddenly noticed that the chirping of insects outside had stopped!

He slightly opened his eyes and glanced outside the door.

Just then, the moon appeared, and the yard where some vegetables were planted was brightly lit by its moonlight.

But there was nothing there!

That's strange. What's going on?

Although insects are primitive, they have strong instincts. Their sudden cessation of chirping must mean that something has disturbed them.

It's most likely that old zombie. But why haven't I seen it?

Just then, Chen Xiuxian tilted his head slightly to listen... There was a rustling sound coming from the back wall?
Immediately afterwards, a woman's scream was heard from the Li family members hiding in the inner room!
"Holy crap! The old zombie actually used back channels?!"

Chen Xiuxian jumped off the table instantly, rushed to the door of the inner room, and kicked it.

"Dangdang!"

Holy crap, you know what, this door is really well blocked!
Chen Xiuxian kicked again and shouted, "What happened? Open the door!"

Inside the door, there was a cacophony of crying and shouting, along with the clanging and banging of things being moved around.

The door opened in just a few seconds—it had already been kicked to pieces by Chen Xiuxian, and most of the things behind the door had been moved.

"My lord! My father... my father is tearing down the wall!"

The old village chief's eldest son pointed at the back wall with a terrified expression, looking like he was about to die of fright!

Although the old village chief was highly respected in the village and his family was considered well-off, everyone's houses were all made of adobe walls—houses built by making adobe bricks from yellow mud and straw, drying them, and using them as bricks.

It does provide shelter from the wind and rain, but it's certainly not as sturdy as brick or stone and requires frequent repairs.

As it turned out, the old zombie had secretly dug a hole in the mud wall behind it!
Most of his face was peering into the hole!
The old face was wrinkled and ashen, with greenish eyes, sunken eye sockets and cheeks, making the whole corpse look very shriveled.

Only the two rows of teeth in his mouth looked as if they had all grown several centimeters longer, so much so that his lips couldn't cover them, and they protruded outwards, white and quite frightening!
And those sharp claws with black, curved nails that are five or six centimeters long are still digging around!

Perhaps realizing it had been discovered, it stopped hiding and moved its two paws quickly, widening the hole!
Damn it, you didn't use the front door, so you dug a hole in the back wall? You're something else!
Chen Xiuxian flicked his wrist and threw a "flying locust stone," a stone that he imbued with his true energy.

"Thump~" The stone hit the old zombie's face and made a dull thud, like hitting a rammed earth wall. It was definitely not a sound that flesh and blood could make!

Damn! Its defense is that high?
That must be almost 40 points of defense, right?!

This is definitely not an ordinary zombie!
While ordinary zombies can be described as invulnerable to swords and spears, that's just a figure of speech. Ordinary people with ordinary swords and knives certainly can't hurt a zombie.

But this one, which was infused with true energy, only tilted its head back slightly after being hit, without breaking its skin. This is definitely not normal.

Besides, ordinary zombies don't have brains!

How could they possibly bypass the front door and go to the back to break through the wall?
Although he had known for a while that something was strange, Chen Xiuxian still found it very odd when he actually encountered it.

But I don't have that many thoughts anymore.

Chen Xiuxian drew his Long Rainbow Sword and shouted to the Li family, "Get out! Hide in another room!"

As he spoke, he rushed forward. By then, the old zombie had already dug a large hole in the earthen wall, and half of its body had crawled inside.

Chen Xiuxian went up and chopped off the head with his sword.

That zombie actually knew how to block!
He stretched out his thin, bluish-green arm, which blocked the sword, and his sleeve was chopped off!
Chen Xiuxian was extremely surprised as he felt the feedback from the Rainbow Sword.

So strong!

Moreover, his fourth level of the Rainbow Heart Technique has the effect of "True Qi Like a Rainbow". If he pours his true qi into a full-force attack, even an iron rod would be broken in half by this blow.

It seemed like only a small portion of the zombie's arm had been cut through.

For a zombie, this shouldn't cause any serious harm.

This defensive capability feels almost as good as a steel rod!
"Go to hell!" Chen Xiuxian produced a bamboo tube and slammed it across the face.

The heavy fall immediately shattered the bamboo tube, and the mixture of boy's urine, cinnabar, and black dog's blood splattered onto the old zombie's face.

The old zombie's two legs were still inside the cave, not even in the cave yet; there was nowhere for it to hide in that position.

Haha, how much cunning can beasts possess? They only bring laughter!
If you had honestly charged in through the main gate, with your defenses, I'd probably have had to fight you for three hundred rounds. Now you've really brought this upon yourself!
This "secret weapon" was splashed on the zombie's face like a red-hot knife falling into water, with a hissing sound and a cloud of white smoke rising up.

The old zombie shouldn't have felt pain, but this attack instantly dissolved a large amount of its corpse energy, severely injuring it.

The old zombie, wounded, became even more ferocious. With a sudden struggle, it smashed through the mud house with a loud "boom," and yellow dust filled the dim light.

Chen Xiuxian wasted no time at all, braving the flying dust, and slashed the old zombie's neck with his sword.

This time, he activated the Fire Blade. The Rainbow Sword, which was originally red with a white blade, became like a rainbow under the enhancement of the Fire Blade, and it embedded itself hard into the old zombie's neck!

This was extremely effective, almost severing a third of the old zombie's neck. It went straight to the cervical vertebrae!

If this were a normal creature, or even some other spirit or monster, it would be fatal in an instant.

However, zombies are inanimate objects, so these injuries can only be considered minor.

The old zombie twisted its neck slightly, making a strange sound as if air was leaking from its throat, and then pounced on Chen Xiuxian!
The old zombie pounced with incredible speed, like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, its face, which looked as if it had been burned to a crisp, was right in front of Chen Xiuxian.

In a moment of urgency, Chen Xiuxian circulated his inner energy, fell backward, and immediately followed up with a move called "Rabbit Kicks Eagle," kicking the old zombie in the abdomen with both legs!
Chen Xiuxian's two long legs were much longer than the old zombie's arms; even if you added the length of its fingernails, it still wouldn't be as long.

Those claws flew right past Chen Xiuxian.

Chen Xiuxian sprang to his feet and saw the old zombie heading straight for the main room.

Ran?

Oh no! They've gone to find the Li family!

How can this old zombie be so cunning? It doesn't seem like a brainless zombie at all!

The old zombie moved like the wind, its toes barely touching the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it crossed the main room and arrived at the door on the other side.

The two sharp claws of "Bitter Tea" suddenly plunged into the wooden door.

The three-finger-thick wooden door was pierced directly by ten fingers, and then with a sudden jolt, it shattered into a large hole with a crack!
Inside the doorway, the old zombie's family was terrified, their snot and tears streaming down their faces.

Chen Xiuxian then heard his second son cry out, "Father? Don't hurt the family!" His voice was shrill and trembling.

But the zombie has lost all humanity; he's just his father in appearance.

It's a monster born from his father's body, not his father.

How could there be any pity?
Just then, Li's eldest granddaughter reacted decisively, throwing a handful of glutinous rice at her grandfather's face!
There was a series of crackling sounds, just like popping beans!
His grandfather let out a howl~
At this moment, the eldest son also came to his senses. He reached into his pocket, raised his hand, and pulled out a [Green Evil-Repelling Talisman].

This was something Chen Xiuxian had given to Li's eldest son along with Nuomi, just in case something unexpected happened, so that he would have time to rescue them.

I never expected it would actually come in handy!

A beam of yellow light emanated from the talisman, blocking the old zombie's advance.

The old zombie retracted its claws and leaned back sharply, as if dodging something.

At this moment, Chen Xiuxian suddenly threw out a red rope as thick as a finger. This rope was soaked in black dog blood and cinnabar, and it was directly tied around one of the old zombie's arms.

Chen Xiuxian casually flicked his wrist, and the red rope flew over the thick beam of the main room.

He suddenly jumped up, grabbed the red rope and plummeted down, pulling the old zombie back and leaving it hanging in mid-air.

The saying goes, "Power originates from the ground." Since the old zombie's feet left the ground, its power was deactivated, allowing the clever player to reclaim the high ground.
Chen Xiuxian quickly tied the red rope to a pillar and then leaped forward to strike with his sword!
"Thud~" The rainbow sword slashed fiercely into the strangely hard neck.

This sword strike still failed to completely sever the old zombie's head, but only the spine and surrounding area remained.

Chen Xiuxian descended, adjusted his posture in mid-air, pushed off the opposite wall with both feet, flipped over, and stood horizontally in the air, thrusting his sword into the throat!
Die, you bastard!
"Crack!"

The old zombie's body and head fell to the ground.

A black stench emanated from the corpse.

The headless corpse was still twitching, the zombie head was still opening and closing its mouth, and its teeth were clattering together.

But after only a few breaths, he stopped moving.

"Ding~ You have killed a level 12 novice corpse demon and gained 412 experience points."

"Ding~ You have averted a disaster and gained 20 merit points."

What level?
Level 12!
And it's a nascent corpse demon? There's even merit to be gained?!
Corpse demons are different from zombies; no wonder they're both cunning and stupid.

It's only level 12 because it never got to drink the blood of its family.

If the whole family of five gets wiped out, their level will probably exceed 20. If I come here by myself then, I'll just be throwing my life away!
But why didn't I get a notification that the mission was complete after killing the old zombie?

(End of this chapter)