The ultimate master in the city

Zhang Shisan blinked, not understanding the meaning behind those words.

Zhou Fengchen glanced back at the way they came and asked疑惑地问道, "Did you see clearly? How did he get ahead of us? What's he doing digging up graves here?"

Monk Yuanzhi thought for a moment, "I see clearly, it's that guy! Unless he has a twin brother."

Zhang Shisan said, "This is meaningless; you must have misread it."

Zhou Fengchen waved his hand, "Never mind, let's chase after them and see."

The three of them descended the hill and followed the direction in which the "green-haired zombie" and the group of people had left.

The group of people fled directly ahead, taking a mountain path instead of entering the forest. The shadows of the green-haired zombies could be faintly seen rising and falling ahead.

As Monk Yuanzhi chased after it, he said, "To be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen a zombie like this. It's quite frightening. How should we deal with it?"

Zhang Shisan shook his head and said, "These zombies should have been raised in a zombie-raising ground. They're not too troublesome. Just immobilize them and burn them."

Monk Yuanzhi asked in confusion, "This kind? There are many other kinds?"

"Absolutely!" Zhang Shisan said, "There are many types of zombies. The simplest are those that don't disappear after death, absorbing yang energy or turning into zombies with the help of human energy; a bit more powerful are monsters or possessed by demons; even more powerful are those raised in natural corpse-nurturing grounds; the most powerful are those cultivated by Taoist priests using the Taiyin Refining Form Method, those guys are extremely difficult to deal with! In short, zombies are divided into purple zombies, white zombies, green-haired zombies, long-haired zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lying zombies, and uncorrupted bones, each more difficult to deal with than the last. This green-haired zombie ranks third; it can't be cut with a knife or chopped with an axe, unless you burn it with fire."

Zhou Fengchen clicked his tongue in amazement, "That's incredible! There are so many kinds of zombies!"

Zhang Shisan nodded. "Of course! But there probably aren't many zombies in western Hunan."

"Why not? The Xiangxi corpse-driving tradition sounds very mysterious!" Monk Yuanzhi asked.

Zhang Shisan said, "There's always someone who can subdue another in this world. Don't underestimate those corpse-driving masters just because their skills seem ordinary. They're professionals in this field. They can handle anything above the level of wandering corpses, and they can take care of the ordinary ones."

Monk Yuanzhi pointed ahead, "Then how do you explain this green-haired zombie? It's right under the nose of the corpse-driving master's lair!"

Zhang Shisan scratched his head. "I don't understand. Maybe I just haven't noticed."

Zhou Fengchen suddenly thought of Yang Wudi and asked, "Thirteen, what do you mean by corpse spirit?"

Zhang Shisan was taken aback. "What corpse spirit? There's no such thing. There's a corpse demon. That thing is very scary and eerie. Just like a person, you can't usually tell unless you look closely."

Zhou Fengchen shook his head and said, "I once encountered a zombie from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It could vomit corpses, speak human language, and even command monsters to eat incense. Its martial arts skills were also quite good."

Zhang Shisan's eyes widened. "Holy crap! This is a wandering corpse created by a Taoist using the Taiyin Refining Method. It has human consciousness and zombie symptoms. It's amazing! Have you killed it yet?"

Zhou Fengchen shook his head dejectedly. "We didn't kill it. It jumped off the train and ran away. We were planning to come to Xiangxi to look for it, but this place is too big. We don't know where to start looking."

Zhang Shisan gave a thumbs up, "Awesome! It's a good thing it was you; even I might not have been able to beat you!"

As they were talking, in the blink of an eye, the zombies in front of them disappeared, as did the people who had escaped.

"what?"

The three of them paused for a moment, then quickened their pace and ran ahead. Looking around, they saw a large house diagonally opposite, with more than ten dark rooms inside, the purpose of which was unclear.

"Did he run inside?" Monk Yuanzhi asked.

Zhang Shisan looked down at the ground, pointed to a row of messy footprints, and said, "Looks like they went inside. Should we go in and take a look?"

Zhou Fengchen thought for a moment, then sneered, "Damn it! This bunch of idiots, well! The revenge has already begun."

"What does that mean?" Zhang Shisan and Monk Yuanzhi were a little confused.

Zhou Fengchen said in a mysterious tone, "I captured a corpse-driver named Aze earlier. He said his master was the corpse-driver Long Tou He Lao Long, and that they have many disciples in the trade, spread across many towns nearby. Yuanzhi just said that the person we asked for directions from ran ahead of us and started digging up a grave, and a zombie ran out. I suspect that person is also a corpse-driver, and we just happened to run into him. Can you guess why he did that?"

Zhang Shisan exclaimed "Ah!" and analyzed with feigned seriousness, "This bastard probably met Monk Yuanzhi before, so he knew we were here to cause trouble. That's why he took a shortcut back to He Tou Zhai, then led people to perform a grave-digging act to attract our attention, so that someone could set a trap here, lure us in, and kill us!"

Zhou Fengchen nodded, "Besides, it's hard to say whether that town ahead is Bald Head Ridge or not."

"You two are being too far-fetched," said Monk Yuanzhi. "What if I'm mistaken? What if it's just a coincidence?"

"Damn it!" Zhang Shisan sighed in exasperation. "Whether it's true or not, you're the one who said it. Can't you give someone a chance to show off?"

Zhou Fengchen also said, "It's so rare for me to feel smart."

Monk Yuanzhi chuckled dryly, "So... should we go in or not?"

"Go in!" Zhang Shisan sneered. "What skills do a bunch of stinking corpse-drivers have to play with us? Kill them all!"

The three of them agreed, drew their knives and swords, and stepped into the house.

The house was very dilapidated, somewhat like a factory or mine from the 1980s or 90s. The yard was overgrown with waist-high weeds, and ice crystals formed on the weeds, so you could get your pants wet if you walked on them.

The surroundings were eerily quiet, without the slightest sound.

Zhou Fengchen whispered, "The green-haired zombie and that group didn't make a sound at all. Maybe I was right. Do you believe me?"

Monk Yuanzhi quietly gave a thumbs-up, "Six!"

Suddenly, Zhang Shisan pointed to a room doorway and asked, "What do you think is that?"

Zhou Fengchen and the other looked up and vaguely saw a slender woman in white taking off her clothes. She was already halfway off and was making strange noises that made one's heart flutter.

The three looked at each other, bewildered. "It's a person, not a ghost. What the hell is going on?"

In the blink of an eye, the woman stripped naked, struck a pose, and walked into the dark room.

Zhang Shisan swallowed hard. "Although I don't know what they're up to, it does make me want to sneak in and take a look."

Zhou Fengchen rubbed his nose. "What a coincidence! That's what I was thinking too."

The three of them walked through the bushes, tiptoed to the front of the room, peeked inside, and were taken aback – no one was there!

"Where did she go?" Zhang Shisan said. "This woman is a person; she can't hide anything from me."

Monk Yuanzhi picked up the clothes from the ground, sniffed them, and said lewdly, "They smell pretty good. Do you two want to take a sniff?"

"Get out of here, you good-for-nothing!" Zhou Fengchen and Zhang Shisan cursed and stepped into the room. Monk Yuanzhi threw down his clothes and followed them in.

The house was very empty, except for some bird droppings on the ground.

As the three were looking around, wondering where the naked woman could have gone, a "buzzing" sound suddenly came from the ceiling.

A large nylon rope net was laid down over their heads.

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