Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 125 Strange New Grave

As soon as Chen Hengyi finished speaking, the Three Pure Bells trembled slightly, and five illusory figures darted into the depths of the pine forest like ghosts.

He leaned against the old pine tree, closed his eyes, and focused his mind. His ability to hear quietly unfolded. The mountain wind at night swept around him, making the rustling of pine needles falling to the ground, the flowing water in the distant mountain stream, and even the crawling of insects underground were all as clear as if they were right next to his ears.

At the same time, Chen Hengyi was also experiencing the differences in this world.

"Huh? The spiritual energy here seems a bit different... it feels much colder and more gloomy?"

Chen Hengyi was taken aback. Isn't spiritual energy supposed to be balanced and peaceful? Why does this place feel like a mutated product tainted by yin energy?

Weird.

Even when he absorbs this spiritual energy, the fire within his body must be purified before he can safely absorb it.

However, the advantage was that he discovered the Yin Mirror of the Infinite Mirror was perfectly suited to this world, absorbing and releasing Yin energy at a speed far exceeding that of the real world.

On the other hand, Yang Jing doesn't seem to be that much better; he's only slightly better than in the real world.

Well, no matter what, it's faster than the real world.

"Or is this an imbalance of yin and yang, a sign that the whole world is sick?"

The thought flashed through Chen Hengyi's mind.

His thoughts drifted away with the air currents, and gradually, he began to notice some clues.

Suddenly, the fire demon's shrill voice rang out: "Boss! There's a village ten miles to the east, with a wooden sign at the entrance that says 'Ma Family Village,' but something's not right."

Jin Gui followed closely: "The soil in the graveyard outside the village is freshly turned, the vegetables aren't moldy, but there's not a soul in sight!"

The water ghost's voice trembled: "The village reeks of corpses! Like—like dead rats that have been soaking for ten days!"

Chen Hengyi opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing in them.

"Oh? I'd like to see what's causing this."

Following the guidance of the five ghosts, he touched the ground with his toes and transformed into a blur as he darted away.

Passing through the pine forest, we indeed saw a quiet village nestled in the mountain valley. The lanterns on the old locust tree at the village entrance emitted a pale light, creaking in the wind and making the well beneath the tree appear eerie and terrifying.

The wind howled, and he also sensed that there were many newly built graves in a cemetery next to the village, but strangely, there was only one grave mound, and the tombstones, sacrificial items, and paper money that should have been there were not.

Chen Hengyi arrived at a grave.

"Dig up this grave."

As soon as he finished speaking, the five ghosts immediately complied. In just a moment, a stench made Chen Hengyi take two steps back.

The grave was dug up, but there was no coffin, not even a straw mat, only a skeleton that had been gnawed away and was now just bones.

Chen Hengyi could clearly see through his eyes that there were marks of teeth scraping on the white bones.

"Is nobody in the village?"

"No, they're all dead, I think."

Chen Hengyi nodded, then walked into the village, and sure enough, there was no one there.

Suddenly he walked to a collapsed wall and saw a charred mud brick, as if it had been corroded by something.

"It smelled like a corpse, but it wasn't a zombie."

Chen Hengyi had a fairly good understanding of zombies and was quite familiar with them.

Chen Hengyi picked up a handful of charred dirt powder: "Find the tail of this thing and see where it went."

As the words fell, black powder was scattered by the wind. The five ghosts beside him inhaled sharply, and the powder was sucked into their nasal cavities.

"Hooray!!! Over here!"

The aura of the village massacre killer lingered on it, and the perpetrator seemed to have made no attempt to conceal it, leaving the place openly after committing the crime.

What puzzled Chen Hengyi was who buried these villagers who had died tragically.

The person who buried the body must have arrived at the village around the same time and discovered the incident, because Chen Hengyi did not see any signs of a struggle.

Five ghosts led the way.

But what he didn't understand was that he had somehow ended up in a town, and it was currently a night market, so it didn't seem like there were any demons or monsters around.

"Have I stumbled upon the town where the Jiang family lives?"

In "The Great Zombie Era", the plot takes place in a town where the richest man is surnamed Jiang, so Chen Hengyi directly named it Jiang Family Town.

The Jiang family made their fortune from cured meat, but they had a strange habit of turning their ancestors into wax corpses after death. Perhaps this was considered bad karma, as their population decreased with each generation.

Furthermore, because Master Jiang acted eccentrically, many people coveted his family's wealth, which led to a lot of trouble.

The wax corpse in that house also lured the zombie king there.

Thinking of this, Chen Hengyi took out the little golden toad wallet.

Upon opening it, well, there wasn't much money, just some loose copper coins and silver fragments.

The little golden toad looked all alone and pitiful, indicating that it was very difficult to be poor.

"But it doesn't really require much money now, so we can just go get it again."

Chen Hengyi walked into the night market, and a moment later, Wu Gui came to report.

Jin Gui: "Boss, this place is called Sanhe Town. The Jiang family's place is 50 li to the west... However, there is also a branch of the Jiang family's cured meat shop here, and the town mayor here is surnamed Fang, who has connections with the Jiang family."

What? He came to the wrong place?!

But since we're already here, let's see what kind of thing that massacred the village is.

After Jin Gui finished speaking, Mu Gui continued, "The aura of that filthy thing disappeared inside the Fang family's house. We didn't go in because we were afraid... Well, boss, it's not that we're cowardly or afraid of death, it's that we were afraid of alerting the enemy and delaying your important business."

Water Ghost: "The Fang family inspected Sanhe Town and found nothing unusual, but the business of dealing with the dead here is quite good; it seems that people in the surrounding villages die frequently..."

Chen Hengyi squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the Fang family's house: "What kind of business does Mayor Fang run?"

Chen Hengyi stood before an ancient and grand mansion. Lanterns hung from the heads of two stone lions in front of the gate, casting solemn shadows that seemed to deter demons from approaching.

Chen Hengyi glanced at the stone lion and listened to the boisterous voices inside... It sounded like a banquet was being held?

"Boss, the Fang family doesn't do business here, but everyone who does business here has to be related to or befriend the Fang family."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hengyi understood.

Listening intently to the sounds inside, a 3D map quickly appeared in Chen Hengyi's mind.

"There are 43 people in total, including servants. A few of them practice martial arts, but I don't know how strong they are... But this seems pretty normal?"

He didn't barge in directly, but instead walked around the Fang residence. The walls were very high and covered with thorns, obviously to prevent outsiders from climbing.

However, this was not an obstacle for Chen Hengyi at all.

Chen Hengyi flashed and leaped onto the mansion wall like a ghost.

Then, with another leap, he silently landed on the rooftop and looked into the mansion. Inside, the mansion was brightly lit, and guests dressed in magnificent clothes were moving about in the courtyard.

However, Chen Hengyi was not interested in those people.

"Go, find that thing for me."

"Oh? What if the boss gets caught?"

The night wind beside Chen Hengyi made his robes flutter, as he looked down over the entire Fang residence.

"No taboos."

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