Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

Shen Nian picked up the last bite of food, put down her bowl, and took the bowl and chopsticks from Gu Yuncheng's hand: "Come out with me."

Gu Yuncheng, his cheeks bulging from eating, stared wide-eyed: "Now?"

"Now."

Gu Qi asked, "What time will you be back?"

Gu Yuncheng thought to himself that his brother was now acting like a jealous husband who was constantly checking up on his wife.

Shen Nian: "It'll probably be midnight by then."

Judging from the description, this zombie must be a hairy zombie.

Shen Nian thought for a moment and said, "Do you remember the owner of that palace banquet restaurant?"

Gu Yuncheng: "Uh... I mean, the time you two went on a date... oops, I mean, the time you had dinner?"

"Yes, he was bitten to death by zombies."

Gu Yuncheng asked curiously, "Do zombies really exist in this world? Why did it bite the boss?"

There must be a causal relationship between the two, but we don't know what it is yet.

"Anyway, we finally found some traces of zombies, so I'll show you around."

Gu Yuncheng: ...

Won't this "worldly" thing eat him up?

Shen Nian grabbed Gu Yuncheng by the back of the neck with one hand and opened the gate to the underworld with the other.

The next moment, the two appeared at the "Tang Palace Night Banquet".

Hu Die had just finished informing Shen Nian when he unexpectedly appeared in front of her. Startled, she quickly said, "Master Shen, what brings you here?"

She then looked at Gu Yuncheng and gave him an awkward greeting.

After all, in order to save people, she had put on a terrible show of breaking up the couple in front of Shen Nian, and almost scared the young master Gu to death.

Gu Yuncheng glanced at her: "It's you, that red fox."

Gu Yuncheng didn't pay much attention to what had happened before. After greeting everyone, he looked around.

The courtyard was brightly lit, and the boss's body was placed in the very center of the courtyard. Several other people who had seen the body were huddled to the side, trembling, being questioned by members of the Xuanmen Guild.

Gu Yuncheng wanted to go forward to look at the corpse that had been bitten by the zombie, but Shen Nian stopped him.

"Your body has too much yang energy, which will clash with the corpse on the body."

Shen Nian took out a few Yin Spirit Talismans, covered her hands with Yin energy, and then went to check the condition of the corpse.

The people from the Xuanmen Guild knew her identity and did not stop her. When someone asked about Gu Yuncheng's identity, Shen Nian said indifferently, "My disciple. I brought him out to see the world."

"Why weren't the seven orifices of the corpse sealed with yellow paper, cinnabar, and glutinous rice?"

The seven orifices are the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Sealing the seven orifices can prevent the corpse from undergoing abnormal changes.

Lin Xiyue asked, puzzled, "Could this corpse turn into a zombie?"

The conditions for becoming a zombie are harsh; even the lowest level of zombie is not easy to become.

Otherwise, with so many people dying in this world, how many zombies would appear?

"There's no need to worry about ordinary corpses, but he was bitten to death by a zombie, and that zombie was of a high level. Just in case, we should seal it off."

Lin Xiyue immediately sent someone to the kitchen to fetch glutinous rice.

There was plenty of glutinous rice in the kitchen. Lin Xiyue took the rice and hurried to the location of the corpse. Just as she was about to seal his seven orifices, she suddenly heard a very loud meow.

A jet-black cat suddenly appeared, leaped over the corpse, jumped onto the roof, and ran away.

"It startled me; it was just a black cat."

Lin Xiyue patted her chest, but Shen Nian's expression changed, and she pulled him and Gu Yuncheng backward.

"Black cat jumps over corpse—the corpse is about to turn into a zombie."

Lin Xiyue was about to say it was too much when she watched as the corpse, which had been lying motionless on the ground, suddenly jumped up.

Its face was bluish-black, its hands were outstretched, its fingernails were black, and it stared blankly ahead. It began to hop forward step by step, following the scent of a living person.

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked by this change, especially the few ordinary people who didn't dare to breathe and huddled in the corner in a daze.

This is the lowest level of jumping zombie, even worse than purple zombie. It cannot prevent the body from decaying. At best, it is just a corpse driven by resentment that can move after death. It has no intelligence and is easily strangled.

The troublesome thing is that it carries corpse poison. If you are scratched by it, the wound will quickly rot and be difficult to heal.

"Everyone step back and give me the glutinous rice!"

Lin Xiyue tossed the glutinous rice in her hand to her, and immediately told the others to hold their breath and back off.

Newly formed jumping zombies crave the flesh and blood of their closest relatives the most.

The "boss" chased straight in the direction of his two sons, making a strange "thump-thump" sound with each jump and landing.

The two stared blankly at their father, who had come back to life, and momentarily forgot to run away.

Shen Nian caught up with the jumping zombie in a few steps, raised her foot and kicked it in the back, sending the zombie sprawling to the ground.

Shen Nian glanced at the zombie's hand with disdain, took out several talismans, wrapped them tightly, and then stuck a immobilization talisman on the zombie's forehead.

Then, glutinous rice, along with yellow paper and cinnabar, was poured into the zombie's mouth and ears to sever all life force.

The two men recognized Shen Nian as a distinguished guest who had visited before, only after seeing her face clearly.

"Miss Shen...?"

The two were incredulous.

"it's me."

Shen Nian nodded: "The body is under control for now. I have a question for you."

"Please ask."

"Did your father go to any unusual places? That zombie was no ordinary creature; there must have been a cause and effect before he killed people."

The two looked at each other for a while, unable to come up with a solution.

"Then I'll ask one more question."

Shen Nian said, "Where did your family get the recipes for palace banquets? Tell the truth. Otherwise, I can't be sure if that zombie will come a second time."

One of the older men hesitated for a moment before saying, "This recipe isn't a family heirloom. We obtained it by chance."

"Last year, my father went home to pay respects at the ancestral graves. On the night before he left, he had a dream in which this recipe was hidden under a solitary grave near the ancestral graves."

"My dad didn't believe it at first. After all, that lonely grave had been there for many years. Even if there was something inside, it would probably have decayed long ago."

"But that day, for some reason, he changed his train ticket home and went to find that lonely grave. After a few shovelfuls, he actually dug out a small booklet wrapped in rags. For some reason, it hadn't decayed. He took the recipe and studied it for a year, which led to the restaurant we have today."

Shen Nian glanced at them and said coldly, "Tell me the whole story. Did your father promise something but fail to deliver?"

The young man shuddered before saying, "Indeed...it is indeed true."

"The man told my father in the dream that after taking the recipe, we should continue digging down, because there was a coffin down there."

"He told my father to dig up the coffin, open it, and then leave. But after my father dug it up, he heard strange noises coming from inside. Fearing that he might release some unknown monster, he buried the coffin back in and then left with the recipe."

Shen Nian said knowingly, "I see."

"The one who entered your dream is probably that zombie. He knows your father is a chef, so he used the recipe as bait to get your father to release him."

"Who would have thought... he would go back on his word."

"Then, by some twist of fate, the zombie was released by someone and naturally came seeking revenge."

The young man retorted, "But who knows if, if we release him, he might suddenly attack and kill my father the moment he's taken out of the coffin?"

Shen Nian scoffed, "He could have simply refused the recipe, and all this trouble would have been avoided. This is what happens when you make a deal with a monster; he can't blame anyone else."