A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Hoo!!!

A barely audible roar was clearly heard by the dozens of young men, sending a chill down their spines.

The zombie leaped up, arms outstretched, and lunged at them.

This ragged zombie was emaciated, with wrinkled skin that looked like it was directly covering the bones. If an ordinary person had this kind of physique, they would weigh at most seventy or eighty pounds.

However, as a zombie, its body structure is quite different from that of a living person, and its actual weight is around 300 pounds.

If it succeeds in a pounce, even strong young men who are used to hard labor will be left sore and weak all over, and will be bitten directly by it.

The blue-robed Taoist stood in front of the strong young men, spun around, twisted his waist, and delivered a flying kick that struck the zombie squarely in the abdomen, as if striking leather.

The two figures separated as soon as they touched, and fell to the ground.

The town's streets were made of rammed earth, covered with a layer of gravel. The townspeople had walked on them for decades, making them so solid that even if a wheelbarrow carrying hundreds of kilograms of firewood rolled over them, the wheels might not leave any marks.

The zombie landed on its feet with a muffled thud, and the Taoist priest had already thrust his sword forward, a flash of cold light aimed directly at the zombie's chest.

The Ling Shu chapter "Root and Knot" states: "The Jueyin meridian originates at Dadun, terminates at Yuying, and connects at Tanzhong."

The Tanzhong acupoint is located in the center of the chest, half an inch below the skin.

The vast majority of naturally occurring zombies are caused by the lingering resentment of ordinary people after death, which gets stuck in their throats, or by changes in feng shui and local energy, causing the resentment to sink and accumulate in the Tanzhong acupoint, gradually reaching the extremities and enabling them to move.

This acupoint is the primary point that can render a zombie incapacitated.

But after the blue-robed Taoist's sword pierced half an inch, it felt like piercing frozen flesh, without the iron-like feel of the yin energy he had imagined.

This is definitely not an ordinary zombie resurrection.

The blue-robed Taoist priest quickly stepped back to avoid the zombie's outstretched claws.

With a flick of his left sleeve, a small Bagua mirror tied to his wrist with a red rope was thrown into his palm. Using the moonlight as a reflection, he shone it on the zombie's nose.

Zombies lack all five senses; their eyes, ears, and mouth are not vital. Only their noses can smell human scents, capture yang energy, and hunt down zombies by following their scents—they are extremely sensitive.

The light from the Bagua mirror shone on the zombie's nose, immediately causing several wisps of black smoke to rise, making it hiss and scream, its feet hopping and leaping wildly, unable to discern its direction.

Judging from the Taoist priest's methods, he could easily subdue the zombie, and Guan Luoyang was relieved.

But after the Taoist priest damaged the zombie's nostrils with the Bagua mirror, he did not take the opportunity to subdue it. Instead, he swung his sword from the side and cut off a piece from the zombie's nose.

The zombie swept its arm across, and the Taoist priest nimbly dodged. In the chase, he would occasionally shine the mirror light on the zombie's nose, causing it to continuously emit black smoke.

The able-bodied men in the town watched nervously, holding pitchforks and machetes in front of them, while slowly backing away.

They were originally scattered throughout the town, but were only assigned to sound the alarm by banging gongs, which delayed the arrival of the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest seemed to be handling the situation with ease and didn't need any help. These people both hated and feared the zombies, so they naturally didn't dare to rush forward rashly.

The zombie's roar was initially very fierce, but after failing to hit its target more than ten times, it gradually weakened.

Because it kept jumping and swaying, it couldn't escape the light from the mirror. Its injured nose, which hadn't been bleeding, started to show signs of melting after being exposed to the light for a long time.

Finally, the zombie let out a long roar, and as it leaped, it turned around and fled out of the town.

It returned the way it came, and in the woods outside the town, many fan-sized green leaves swayed, revealing a human figure.

The blue-robed Taoist priest gave chase for a few steps, but unexpectedly, a young man appeared in the woods. He quickly shouted, "Watch out!"

Bang! !

The zombie flew back, its sparse, disheveled white hair floating on its face, its withered and sunken features vaguely resembling a shoe print.

Guan Luoyang took a big stride through the woods and caught up with the zombie, stepping on its abdomen with one foot and stomping on its neck with the other.

The blue-robed Taoist priest was taken aback. He drew his sword from its sheath with his left hand and threw it, which ironically helped the zombie deflect the kick.

Guan Luoyang frowned and stepped back, looking at the Taoist priest: "What's wrong?"

The Taoist priest spoke very quickly, explaining, "Brother, this jumping zombie behaves strangely and doesn't seem to have been formed naturally. I suspect that a sorcerer is manipulating it with magic. Letting it escape is the best way to eliminate the mastermind behind it."

As they were talking, the zombie stood up straight.

Guan Luoyang stepped aside, letting the zombie leap into the forest, and said, "So that's how it is. Since we've run into each other, may I travel with you?"

The blue-robed Taoist priest observed that the Taoist's skill was even superior to his own. Looking at his face, the Taoist's eyebrows were well-defined and not scattered, his forehead was full, his black hair was thick, his eyes were upturned at the corners, his pupils were dark and his whites were clear, and his upper lip was slightly thick.

He was a man with a murderous aura, yet kind and upright.

The Taoist priest immediately cupped his hands and said, "I couldn't ask for more."

The town was bustling with young men and women, and a few of them even questioned the Taoist priest. He turned around and said a few words to them, his words were very earnest, and he managed to persuade them to stop and continue to take care of the town.

Guan Luoyang and the Taoist priest tracked down the zombies together, exchanging whispers and names.

This Taoist priest called himself Qiu Di and said he came from the Black Heavenly Venerable Temple in Cheng Yin Prefecture, which was more than 20 miles away.

Dao does not inquire about age, but judging from his appearance, he is about the same age as Guan Luoyang.

Qiu Di said, "I just used the magic mirror to test the strength of this jumping zombie. The person practicing the magic behind it must be hiding between five and seven miles away. After walking another hundred feet, we must be careful and not speak, lest we alert that person."

Guan Luoyang walked through the woods, his footsteps falling silently. Only after he had passed did the damp leaves on the ground reveal a few cracks from the crushed leaves.

Upon hearing this, he quickly asked, "You said this zombie acts mysteriously. How is it different from an ordinary zombie?"

Qiu Di pushed aside a branch that reached his eyebrows, his gaze fixed on the zombie's back, and replied, "Jumping zombies suck blood, first seeking blood relatives and offspring, second seeking strong men, and third seeking young children. This is their nature as evil creatures; unless there are no other options nearby, they will rarely choose the other."

"But when the people of that town went to the Black Heavenly Venerable Temple to report the news and ask for help, they said that the people who had been murdered in recent days were..."

The Taoist priest paused, then said in a fierce tone, "They are three pregnant women."

When Qiu Di arrived in town, she heard that of the three families, the first one's husband had fallen to his death in the woods after going out drunk at night, and the second one's husband had a child late in life. Overjoyed, he was overjoyed but also devastated. The family lost all hope and became mentally impaired while holding his wife's body.

As for the husband of the third family, he was the one who went to the Black Heavenly Venerable Temple to deliver the message. Qiu Di saw that his eyes were bloodshot and his lips were dry, cracked, and sunken. Fearing that he would die suddenly, she cast a calming spell on him in the evening. Only after he fell into a deep sleep did she dare to arrange for the able-bodied men in the town to patrol.

Upon hearing this answer, Guan Luoyang stopped asking questions, stared at the zombie, and silently continued on his way.

Having just arrived and met him hastily, he still had much to learn about the place. However, people can make connections. If he had seen similar tragic events before, hearing related descriptions would bring back scenes from his memory.

So this reason is enough, more than enough.