Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

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Following the map route of the Loyal King's Tomb ruins, after about half an hour, Lu Feng finally passed through a dense forest and arrived at a secluded and quiet village.

The village was small, nestled at the foot of a hillside, with only about a hundred households. A wisp of smoke could be seen rising from the chimneys, creating a peaceful and serene atmosphere.

"Lin Family Village, this should be it..."

Lu Feng glanced around at the remote village across the way, then put the sheepskin map back in his hand.

According to the map of the Zhongwang Tomb site, there is a thousand-year-old well inside the village, and one of the entrances to the tomb passage leading to the Zhongwang Tomb is located under that ancient well!

"Young Master Lu, something seems off here. Be careful..."

Just as Lu Feng was about to enter the village to explore, Gu Canyang's reminder voice suddenly came from inside the treasure basin, causing Lu Feng's expression to freeze.

Swish!

Subconsciously releasing his Yuan Power to sense the area, Lu Feng discovered that Lin Family Village didn't exude any unfamiliar Yuan Power aura. He looked puzzled. "Ancient man, there's no Yuan Power aura here. It's just an ordinary mortal village. Could you have made a mistake?"

"Perhaps, but I have a feeling something is not quite right. Let's go into the village and take a look."

Inside the treasure basin, Gu Canyang's voice remained solemn, clearly indicating that he had not let his guard down.

Seeing this, Lu Feng didn't say anything more and immediately stepped into the village.

"Nobody here?"

However, as Lu Feng ventured deeper into the village, his doubts only intensified.

The Linjia Village before us seemed to have been deserted long ago. Not only was there no sign of human habitation, but the place was also eerily quiet. There wasn't even the sound of chickens, ducks, or cattle along the way, which was quite strange.

"Father! Mother...! No...!"

Just then, a sharp scream from a young girl suddenly came from not far away, instantly interrupting Lu Feng's doubts.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Feng turned around and rushed towards the direction from which the sound came from.

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In a small courtyard in Linjia Village

An elderly couple was slowly forcing a gray-clad girl with pigtails to a corner of the courtyard wall. Their eyes were purple, their faces were pale, and they were muttering to themselves, as if they were possessed by some evil spirit, which was very strange.

"Father, Mother! What's wrong with you...?"

Looking at the elderly couple in front of her, whose faces were terrifying and whose behavior was strange, Lin Xiaoyu's pretty face was filled with panic and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. She seemed to be at a loss as well.

After all, she never imagined that her parents, who had only gone out to chop firewood today, would suddenly turn into such a grotesque and inhuman creature, and had almost strangled her to death!

"Ugh...uh...!"

Faced with Lin Xiaoyu's calls, Lin's parents only convulsed and their eyes remained vacant, clearly not having regained their senses.

"Dad, Mom! It's me, Xiaoyu! Wake up! I'm so worried about you!"

Seeing this, Lin Xiaoyu's voice trembled slightly. Then, she mustered up her courage and reached out her little hand, intending to touch her parents' faces.

"No! You're not Little Fish...! Roar...!"

Just as Lin Xiaoyu's hand was about to touch the faces of her parents, the two suddenly roared, as if they had been provoked by something, and immediately opened their mouths and bit the neck of the one in front of them.

The sudden change terrified Lin Xiaoyu, leaving her frozen in place, unable to move, and forced to watch helplessly as her crazed parents attacked her.

tumultuous!

At the critical moment, a crimson blade of light suddenly slashed through the sky, creating a rolling wave of scorching heat that immediately repelled the berserk Mr. and Mrs. Lin.

The next moment, Lin Xiaoyu felt a pair of thick, warm hands wrap around her waist and then carry her out of the courtyard.

"You, you are...?"

Coming to her senses, Lin Xiaoyu quickly turned to look at the unfamiliar figure in front of her, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

"Just a random cultivator passing by."

Faced with Lin Xiaoyu's surprised and suspicious gaze, Lu Feng merely nodded slightly, then asked in return, "Miss, you must also be from Lin Family Village, right? May I ask what exactly happened in this village...?"

"I...I don't know either...!"

Lin Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then despair appeared on her pretty face. She shook her head repeatedly, "I came back from chopping firewood on the mountain today, and my parents suddenly turned into this, and everyone in the village has disappeared...!"

"Such a thing exists?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng frowned slightly, also revealing his doubt.

"Young Master Lu, if my judgment is correct, these two mortals must have been possessed by corpse energy, which is why they've turned into this ghastly state..."

At this moment, Gu Canyang's voice slowly came over, which made Lu Feng's expression slightly surprised.

Corpse energy entering the body?

"That's right."

Gu Canyang slowly explained, "In this world, whether it is a human or a demon beast, a wisp of corpse energy will be left behind after death. In most cases, the corpse energy will be dissolved by the natural energy of heaven and earth over time and will no longer exist."

"However, a small number of beings, due to excessive resentment and malevolent energy in their lifetime, suffer from lingering corpse energy after death, leading to corpse transformation."

Although Lu Feng didn't understand these unorthodox methods, he was very clear in his heart that zombie transformation was definitely not a good thing.

"Old Gu, from what you're saying, you're saying that this elderly couple harbored too much resentment after death, which caused them to become zombies?"

Lu Feng continued.

"That's right, but you're only half right."

Gu Canyang grinned again, then said in a low voice, "These two mortals in front of us did not die a natural death. They were killed by brute force and then a large amount of corpse energy was forcibly injected into them using some kind of corpse refining technique, which is why they have become like this."

"To put it simply, they are no longer ordinary beings, but two corpses devoid of pain and emotion, their minds filled only with killing."

"A corpse without the ability to feel pain, whose mind is filled only with killing..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng gasped, his face turning grave. "Could it be that Lin Family Village has been targeted by some heretical cultivator?"

"I guess so."

Gu Canyang said in a deep voice, "In the cultivation world of the mainland, there are quite a few evil cultivators who study the path of corpse demons. These people are far more ruthless than ordinary martial artists. Young man from the Lu family, you'd better be careful later..."

"Great hero! Please...! Save my father and mother!"

"Waaaaah...!"

Just as Lu Feng was pondering, Lin Xiaoyu suddenly knelt down, grabbed his leg, and sobbed and begged.

After all, the elderly couple opposite her were her biological parents. Even though they had become corpses and could no longer recognize her, she couldn't bear to leave them behind.

"Young lady, please get up. Now that I've gotten involved, I won't stand idly by."

Lu Feng gestured for Lin Xiaoyu to get up and comforted her.

"However, although your parents appear to be alive, they have been dead for a long time and are nothing more than two walking corpses."

"And once the corpse energy in their bodies dissipates, they will perish completely and become a pile of white bones."

Changing the subject, Lu Feng turned to look at Lin Xiaoyu beside him again.

"How...how could this happen...!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoyu's already pale face showed a hint of despair, and her lips trembled, unable to utter a single word.