The ultimate master in the city

Asi-kyo should be happy, right? They've found this guy, so they should see if they can follow the clues to find the treasure, shouldn't they?

However, for some unknown reason, Asi-no-miya was terrified.

The employer's ancestors had already rotted into bone fragments, so there was no need to transport the corpse anymore. He secretly took away "Bo Qiya's" corpse, hid it, and took the identity jade pendant to discuss it with his senior brother, the old man A Kui.

The two men were drinking and chatting at a small restaurant in town. They got drunk and couldn't keep it a secret. The news of the emergence of "Bo Qiya's" corpse was overheard.

Now things are really messed up; both the corpse-driving master, Longhu Laolong, and the Miao witch, Atupo, are looking for him.

Axigong was terrified and hurriedly returned to the village. He took his wife Hu Cui and fled to a distant place, opening a small restaurant in Donghai City and living in seclusion.

Three years later, Old Man Akui came to his door, saying that Old Dragon Crane needed the corpse and the jade pendant, and that his hometown was about to collapse, so he hoped that Axi Palace would cooperate.

Asigong also wanted to go back and see, but he suspected that he might be silenced, so he informed the landlady in advance. As a result, he returned to his hometown in Xiangxi, handed over the body and the jade pendant, and was indeed killed by Crane Dragon.

Not long after, several of Asigong's fellow disciples were killed by the Miao shamans.

Monk Yuanzhi patted the table as he finished speaking, "Alright, that's all. That's all that woman knew. After that, I got beaten up again, and then I was poisoned with corpse poison along with that stupid woman and carried here."

Zhou Fengchen blinked, scratched his head, and said, "What nonsense are you spouting? It's like you didn't say anything at all!"

Monk Yuanzhi said, "It's enough to have a general understanding of what's going on. Why do you need to know so much? It has nothing to do with us."

Suddenly, Zhang Shisan said, "I know what happened."

"You know about this?" Zhou Fengchen and Monk Yuanzhi asked in unison, both finding it very strange, as this matter had absolutely nothing to do with Zhang Shisan.

Zhang Shisan said, "The Axigong family and my family are actually old friends. My master is also my uncle. Zhang Yingsong, a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, is a genius who has dabbled in many esoteric arts. A few years ago, he suddenly started studying corpse driving, so he came to western Hunan and met He Ajin, the grandfather of the Axigong family. The two of them stayed together for three years and had a very good relationship. Later, when He Ajin died of illness, my master even brought me to a banquet..."

Zhou Fengchen interrupted, saying, "I just want to know what exactly happened at the Asi Palace."

Zhang Shisan said, "Actually... the legends of Miao territory are false."

Monk Yuanzhi frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Shisan asked, "Do you know about the Miao Ghost Kingdom?"

Zhou Fengchen and Monk Yuanzhi both shook their heads.

Zhang Shisan said: "This Ghost Kingdom is different from the Rakshasa Kingdom and Ghost Fang Kingdom recorded in official history. It is a mysterious small country in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Miao territory during the pre-Qin period. It is cut off from all contact with the outside world. The people of the country regard ghosts as totems. In legend, the supreme ghost is a two-headed ghost dragon that feeds on the yin energy of the abyss. The people of the Ghost Kingdom are protected by it. Only two people in the Ghost Kingdom can communicate with it. One is the king and the other is the high priest. The last high priest of the Ghost Kingdom is called He Mujia."

Later, for some unknown reason, the two-headed demon dragon became enraged, first killing the king and then massacring the city. He Mujia fought it head-on, but the two-headed demon dragon sank into the abyss, He Mujia died tragically, and the demon kingdom was destroyed.

He Mujia had three disciples who, seeking revenge, jumped into the abyss and used their own soul fire to suppress and seal the two-headed demon dragon. They left a dying message: the day their bodies are discovered by their descendants will be the day the two-headed demon dragon is unearthed. One of these three disciples was named Bo Qiya. Therefore, the legend of the treasure is false, but the legend of the demon might be true.

Zhou Fengchen frowned, suddenly remembering the saying that there was an evil creature in Miao territory that was about to cause trouble. He wondered if it was this two-headed ghost dragon? This thing was too illusory!

"Legends are just legends, they're too exaggerated!" Monk Yuanzhi said. "According to this story, Asi Palace accidentally dug up this Bo Qiya, and was so terrified that he thought a two-headed demon dragon was about to be born?"

Zhang Shisan nodded. "That's right!"

Monk Yuanzhi asked, "How did you know that?"

"Axi Palace's grandfather, He Ajin, was a direct descendant of one of the three disciples, Ke Sulun. His bloodline was much purer than that of the Miao corpse-driving dragon, the old crane! Of course, he was the one who told my master this!"

Zhang Shisan said: "After Axigong dug up Boyaqi's body, he immediately went to discuss it with his grandfather's eldest disciple, Old Man Akui. As a result, he got drunk and let it slip, and the news was spread. Later, He Laolong and Atupo found out about the news at the same time. Axigong did not know what he would face, so he could only take his wife and run away to a place that no one would expect, after all, China is so big."

After that, the Miao shamans and corpse drivers kept looking for him.

Unable to bear the mental anguish any longer, Axigong secretly contacted his senior brother, Akui. After Akui's persuasion, he quietly returned to Miao territory and handed over Bo Qiya's body and the jade pendant to He Laolong. He intended to rid himself of the burden, but He Laolong demanded his death. He Laolong wanted to keep the secret of obtaining Bo Qiya's body and the jade pendant from the Miao shamans; the dead were the safest.

Zhou Fengchen was a little confused. "If an evil entity is about to be born, why do the Miao shaman and the corpse driver still need this corpse and jade pendant? They should be on guard against the evil entity!"

Zhang Shisan smiled and said, "Think about it, Bo Qiya's corpse has been out of existence for several years and nothing has happened. Who would still be interested in some evil thing? Bo Qiya's corpse and the jade pendant are both treasures! Corpse drivers have an instinctive fanaticism for corpses, let alone the legendary ancestral corpse from more than two thousand years ago."

Monk Yuanzhi asked, "But surely the Miao shamans wouldn't be interested in corpses?"

Zhang Shisan said, "Are you stupid? It's an Ancestral Gu! Miao shamans all have a Mother Gu. This thing is extremely difficult to refine. Hundreds of poisonous creatures are put together and devour each other until only one remains. The Mother Gu is then swallowed and nourished with the host's body and blood, and a bond is cultivated. After the host dies, the Mother Gu falls into a deep sleep along with it, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it can live forever. That thing is incredibly powerful!"

"Swallow it!?" Zhou Fengchen and Monk Yuanzhi both felt a chill run down their spines. This thing was terrifying; how dirty could it be?

Zhou Fengchen couldn't help but think of Shangguan Xianyun, such a beautiful young woman, who swallowed a bunch of toads and poisonous snakes. Damn it...

Zhang Shisan nodded. "So, Bo Yaqi should also have a two-thousand-year-old Gu inside him. We don't know anything about it, so we don't know if it's still alive after thousands of years, or what its use is. But the Miao shamans are going crazy; they want it, so they're looking for Axi Palace!"

"Then... did Old Dragon Crane take this Old Mother Pot?" Zhou Fengchen asked.

Zhang Shisan shook his head. "No! Old He and the others don't understand the Gu. After all, it's a secret recipe, not passed on to outsiders. Coincidentally, when Axi Palace was moving the corpse, they found the Gu. For some reason, they hid it. When they saw Old He's men trying to kill them to silence them, they panicked and swallowed the Gu, thinking it could protect them. In the end, they still died!"

Zhou Fengchen suddenly realized, "He Laolong's people didn't know about the Mother Gu's existence, so they didn't care after killing Axigong. Miao Wu's people also didn't know that the Mother Gu had been swallowed by Axigong. So after Axigong's death, Miao Wu's people must have talked to He Laolong and, finding no trace of the Mother Gu, went after Axigong's wife?"

Zhang Shisan scratched his head. "I don't know about that. I only know that the Miao witches later took away Asigong's body. The Mother Gu seemed to have become conscious inside Asigong's stomach and was discovered, but it couldn't be removed. So they turned Asigong into a walking corpse."

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