Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 174

"Pfft!"

Xue Liangliang jumped into the lake like a fish into water.

The posture of entering the water is not the most standard, but it is the most suitable for him.

His legs swung continuously and his body immediately dived to the bottom and disappeared without a trace.

No matter how complicated the environment at the bottom of the lake is, it is not as dangerous as the undercurrents deep inside the Yangtze River estuary; no matter how many dead bodies there are, they are not as eerie and mysterious as the ladies of the Bai family sitting at the door of Baijia Town.

This is professionalism.

Li Zhuiyuan lay on the shore, looking at the starry night sky above his head.

The young man didn't feel relieved at all.

Because of this crisis, almost everyone, including himself, was drained of their energy. Even Xue Liangliang, who was not even a non-staff member, was involved in the final finishing work.

It’s not that people have been seriously injured in the waves before, but never have they been injured so thoroughly.

Lin Shuyou used the evil-breaking needle talisman, Yin Meng was poisoned, Tan Wenbin used the ghost-controlling technique, Runsheng Qi gate was fully opened, and he lost too much blood.

It's like taking a wet towel and twisting it hard to squeeze out every last drop of water. If you apply a little more force, the towel will break.

Perhaps for other people who cross the river, it is a rare "blessing" to resolve the crisis after surviving a near-death experience without anyone in the team actually dying.

But for Li Zhuiyuan, this "good" victory after a narrow victory can be regarded as the worst result since he left the country.

In the night sky, a bird was circling alone.

Li Zhuiyuan stared at it for a long time.

He has always suspected that the intensity of this wave is a little too great, or even a little beyond the standard.

Now, he has further strengthened his opinion.

But if we change our perspective,
perhaps,

It was not this wave that exceeded the standard, but himself and his team.

Lin Shuyou, Yin Meng, Tan Wenbin and Runsheng were brought out one by one.

Xue Liangliang not only did not look tired, but after saving the man, he even washed the mud off his body by the lake.

This endurance and persistence are indeed the result of long-term training.

Xue Liangliang carried everyone onto the tractor, and Li Zhuiyuan was placed in the driver's seat.

"Xiaoyuan, sit next to me."

"it is good."

Xue Liangliang drove a tractor, carrying all the seriously injured soldiers, back to the village.

We arrived at the village just after daybreak.

As soon as he arrived at the outskirts of the earth building after entering the village, Li Zhuiyuan discovered that the formation he had set up when he left had been destroyed by someone.

"Brother Liangliang, there are outsiders in the house."

Xue Liangliang was just about to turn off the engine, but when he heard this, he not only withdrew his hand immediately, but also planned to drive past the earth building and leave.

Li Zhuiyuan: "They discovered us a long time ago."

The boy raised his head and saw the bird above his head, which had been circling there until now.

This wave may not be over yet, because the real crisis has emerged soon.

Sometimes, people are more dangerous than evil spirits.

But running away is meaningless.

On a mountain road, a tractor definitely can't run as fast as a bird.

Moreover, extreme actions will force the other party to adopt extreme methods.

Xue Liangliang: "Then what should we do?"

"We'll see what happens." Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and looked at Xue Liangliang, "Zhuge Liang's empty city plan."

"Xiaoyuan, don't worry, I will cooperate with you."

"Brother Liangliang."

"Ok?"

"I cooperate with you."

"Uh-huh?"

"Don't be afraid. The other side is also afraid of us."

When the old woman died completely, there must have been changes in Feng Shui and meteorology above the lake, so she sent a bird out to investigate, which shows her caution.

The formation he had set up to trap Cui Hao and Li Ren and prevent them from running around was very simple and low-level, but the other party still chose to break it forcibly. This was also a manifestation of caution.

This was because the opponent could completely resolve it cleverly, and then try to maintain the formation as it was, trying not to let himself notice.

But the other party did not do so and completely broke the formation for fear of causing misunderstanding. It was considered a frank act.

"Xiaoyuan, I want..."

"Pretend to be an expert."

"How tall is it?"

"Brother Liangliang, do your best."

"What if it breaks?"

"It doesn't matter. We just die together."

Xue Liangliang turned off the tractor, sat in the driver's seat, and took deep breaths.

I originally thought that I was just a "guide" and that being able to take part in the finishing work was already a sense of involvement, but I didn't expect that I would have such an important role in the later stages of the project.

"Xiaoyuan, I'm ready."

"Ah."

Li Zhuiyuan has great confidence in Xue Liangliang.

Tan Wenbin can also pretend the same scene, and do it better, but his workmanship will be too artificial.

Xue Liangliang is different, he has a unique temperament.

Not only is he favored and promoted by his leaders in his career, but he is also recognized by the Queen of the Bai family in his life.

Even Li Zhuiyuan would willingly help run errands whenever Xue Liangliang was involved, and even help them mediate marital conflicts.

Xue Liangliang carried Li Zhuiyuan on his back and pushed open the door.

In the yard, there sat a man and a woman wearing Miao costumes.

Li Zhuiyuan saw the totem pattern on the other person's cuffs at a glance.

The Miaojiang heritage is ancient, and the Miao Gu heritage is also divided into many factions. Most of the factions only have methods that seem a little scary, but they are relatively peaceful, but it is inevitable that there will be extremists.

The patterns on the clothes of these two people indicate that they are from the famous Corpse Gu Sect in Miaojiang.

Although they used the unique spices of the mountains to cover up the corpse stench on their bodies, this fragrance was also recorded by Wei Zhengdao in "Records of Strange Tales from the Jianghu", which can be regarded as a stereotyped feature under concealment.

Wei Zhengdao also introduced the methods of the Miaojiang Corpse Gu Sect in detail in the book. After using a long list of negative adjectives to criticize it, he finally said: It's quite interesting.

If they were in the Central Plains, these two people would be out-and-out evil cultivators.

Even in Miao territory, if someone in a village practices their witchcraft or has contact with them, nearby Miao villages will unite and attack them.

On the edge of the roof, sat a young woman in a floral dress, her feet dangling below, and she was wearing panties so she wasn't exposed.

Around the woman, there were several birds flying around her, being very affectionate to her.

At the staircase on the second floor, there was a strong middle-aged man leaning against a pillar with his arms crossed.

The strong man has large pores and strong muscles, and his muscles all over his body are pulled when he breathes.

The two members of the Corpse Gu Sect downstairs were obviously not in the same group as the ones upstairs. Although they were in the same earth building, they were on equal alert.

At this time, a door on the second floor was pushed open, and an old man walked out. He was holding a pipe in his hand and his face was flushed.

As if he heard the sound of the door of the earth building being pushed open, he came out to check the situation. With just one glance, the old man's face changed drastically.

The old man recognized Li Zhuiyuan, and Li Zhuiyuan also recognized him.

Old man Tian.

Since he is here, it means Zhao Yi is here.

"Master, Master!"

Old man Tian didn't even bother to smoke and immediately turned around and walked into the house.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that he was acting.

The bird was released by the girl on the rooftop. That girl should be Zhao Yi's subordinate.

So, they already knew they were here.

Next, Zhao Yi will be invited to perform.

Zhao Yi came out.

His emotional changes were complex and gradual.

But Li Zhuiyuan is a natural performing artist, and he had just commented on his own performance when he was eight years old, so Zhao Yi’s acting was a little exaggerated.

"Brother Yuan."

Zhao Yi hurried downstairs.

The expressions of the two Corpse Gu Sect members sitting in the yard suddenly became solemn.

In their opinion, although they had fewer people, they were evenly matched. But the other side suddenly got foreign aid, and the situation became difficult to control.

Zhao Yi came in front of Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan patted Xue Liangliang's shoulder gently.

Xue Liangliang turned to Zhao Yi and weighed the boy on his back, intending to hand over the wounded.

Zhao Yi naturally stretched out his hand and carried Li Zhuiyuan on his back.

"You are hurt?"

"Yeah, I lost too much blood. I have no strength left."

"I have some excellent blood-replenishing medicine here."

"Give it to me."

"Row."

Zhao Yi carried Li Zhuiyuan up to the second floor. On the way up the stairs, he deliberately looked back at Xue Liangliang who was standing at the door downstairs.

There was a room that had been cleaned separately, and there were two mattresses in it, one should be Zhao Yi's, and the other was Old Man Tian's.

Zhao Yi placed the boy on his mattress.

Old Man Tian came over and asked with great concern, "Are you okay?"

Li Zhuiyuan asked back: "Look at me now, do I look fine?"

Old man Tian looked embarrassed.

Zhao Yi pushed Old Man Tian away and said to him, "Go and get our Qi-recovering pills."

"Hey, okay young master."

Old Man Tian took out a jade bottle from his bag and handed it over.

Zhao Yi opened the bottle and poured out a pill.

As soon as the pill came out, it immediately gave off a refreshing medicinal fragrance.

Zhao Yi handed the pill to the boy's mouth, and the boy opened his mouth.

"No." Zhao Yi put away the pill and handed it to Old Man Tian. "My brother Yuan is too weak now. The medicinal properties of this medicine are too strong. It's easy for him to be weak and unable to take the medicine. Add water and boil it. Take one bowl when it's boiled into three bowls and give it to him to drink."

"Okay, Master."

Old Man Tian took the pills and left the room.

Just below, Xue Liangliang pointed at Xu Ming, a sturdy man standing on the second floor and said, "Hey, what are you doing standing there like an idiot? Come down and help me carry the wounded up. You've grown so big for nothing, but you don't have any sense of work."

Xu Ming frowned, seemingly not knowing how to respond.

Seeing Old Man Tian coming out, Xu Ming looked at him with an inquiring look.

Old Man Tian nodded at him.

Xu Ming walked down and moved four seriously injured people, all of whom were in a coma, from the tractor to another bedroom on the second floor.

Xue Liangliang walked to the side of Old Man Tian who was decocting medicine on the second floor and patted him on the shoulder: "Old man, do you know medicine?"

Old Man Tian smiled awkwardly and said, "I just dissolved the pill."

"You are too modest." "You are really not modest. My medical skills are very limited."

"Then you can help me take care of the four of them. Even if you are shallow, at least you know something. I don't understand anything at all. Saving people is not my strong point."

"Of course, we are all old acquaintances and have a history. We would do this without your instructions."

"Well, hard work."

After throwing everyone on the second floor, Xue Liangliang walked downstairs alone.

Old Man Tian looked at Xue Liangliang's back, his eyes filled with contemplation.

They had met the rest of the people at the Zhao family's house at Shizhuo before, but this person in front of them was the first time they saw him.

He seems to be in the other team, but judging from his behavior, he doesn't seem to be.

At the same time, the inexplicable sense of affinity he felt when he came into contact with the other person made him feel uneasy.

Xue Liangliang walked up to the two Corpse Gu Sect disciples, sat down casually, and reached out to open the pot in front of them, in which meat porridge was cooking.

"I'm hungry."

The two disciples of the Corpse Gu Sect just looked at him without saying a word.

"Can you give me a bowl of hot porridge? I've been soaking in the water for so long, I just want to eat something hot."

The two looked at each other.

This was the first time someone dared to eat their food.

If you say that he is an outsider and knows nothing, then it is understandable, but this person obviously knows the people on the second floor, so he cannot be an outsider.

Moreover, they were already very wary of Zhao Yi and his gang, but just now he was directly commanding Zhao Yi and his gang.

As for the unconscious injured people who were brought in earlier... he should have been the one who rescued them.

"you eat."

"Thank you."

Xue Liangliang served himself a big bowl.

"Um, do you have chopsticks?"

The woman took out a pair of gray chopsticks from her sleeves and looked at Xue Liangliang with a smile.

Xue Liangliang took it without hesitation, stirred the meat porridge in the bowl, and started eating.

No matter whether it is poisonous or not, he has no choice.

However, the taste of this porridge is really good.

Xue Liangliang asked: "What kind of meat is this? It's so delicious."

The man was about to answer, but was interrupted by Xue Liangliang himself:
"Forget it, just pretend I didn't ask. I don't want to affect my appetite."

"Would you like a drink?" the woman asked.

Xue Liangliang shook his head: "Drinking can easily cause trouble."

Woman: "I brew my own wine, the alcohol content is very low, it won't make you drunk."

"Then I can try it."

The woman placed her hands on her knees, and her third hand reached out from her clothes, holding a gourd, which she handed to Xue Liangliang.

This hand was extremely pale, with obvious corpse spots, and yellow mud embedded in the nails. It looked like a piece of ice and emitted a little white mist.

Xue Liangliang put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, took the gourd with his left hand, and grabbed the hand with his right hand. He spread out the palm, looked at the lines, and then touched it along the wrist to the arm.

"Oh, no, why isn't it even a little warm?"

His reaction made the man sit up straighter.

The woman looked puzzled: "Warm?"

Xue Liangliang pulled out the stopper of the gourd and took a sip of the wine inside. It was sweet and a little greasy, but it was a very suitable drink in the mountains in winter.

"At least it should be a little warm, like a living person."

The woman asked back, "Can the dead be brought back to life?"

Xue Liangliang: "Is it difficult?"

The woman shook her head. “I don’t know how to do this.”

Xue Liangliang: "Think about it yourself."

After thinking for a while, the woman gave a guess: "Living limb grafting?"

Xue Liangliang almost spit out the wine in his mouth. He tried his best to restrain himself from exposing himself, but the more he tried to restrain himself, the more he couldn't hold it back.

"Cough...cough..."

In order to avoid being seen by the other party, he covered his mouth, raised his head and started coughing.

The woman also looked up at the sky. This was a taboo that could not be known by the Heavenly Dao.

She immediately stood up, bowed to Xue Liangliang, and said sincerely: "Thank you for your teaching. I don't know how to thank you."

Xue Liangliang finished coughing, put down the gourd, picked up the remaining half bowl of porridge at his feet, and said:

"It's all in the wine, and it's all in the porridge."

The woman looked at the man, and the man looked at the woman, and both of them now felt that the sitting position was not appropriate.

The man crossed his hands in front of him and asked, "Sir, don't you know who we are?"

Xue Liangliang: "Do you think I know?"

The man asked again: "Since you know our identities, why do you still want to guide and help us?"

Xue Liangliang pondered for a moment and said:

"When looking at problems, we cannot just look at the surface. We must look at them from a developmental perspective. Especially when looking at regional issues, we must respect objective factors such as history, geography, and customs, and we cannot simply judge them. We must guide them based on a deep understanding, so that we can form a joint force in the future."

Education without distinction?

The two of them tensed up again.

After Xue Liangliang finished his bowl of porridge, the woman stood up and took the bowl and helped Xue Liangliang continue to make porridge. The man bent down to add firewood. In short, they were both busy and did not sit back.

Xue Liangliang quickly finished the second bowl of porridge and began to wait for the poison to take effect.

If there was poison in the porridge, he would surely die.

I looked around, not knowing what to say, but I couldn't let the conversation remain silent.

Seeing that the man and woman were squatting by the campfire, he asked, "Why aren't you sitting down?"

The man and woman looked at each other and answered:
"Sitting for too long."

"The rock is hard."

"Indeed." Xue Liangliang nodded, and simply moved his butt away and sat on the ground. When he was closer to the fire, the heat felt more comfortable on his body. "By the way, are you two a couple?"

The woman lowered her head.

The man said, "We can't get married."

Xue Liangliang: "Why?"

The woman lifted her hair and said, "Only people can get married."

Xue Liangliang shook his head, picked up a small piece of wood and threw it into the campfire:
"The layout is smaller."

The man looked surprised and the woman looked surprised.

Xue Liangliang thought of her and said, "Even if she's not human, we can still get married."

Hearing this, the man and the woman's breathing became rapid at the same time.

Xue Liangliang thought of his unborn child and said:
"Not only can you get married, but you can also get pregnant and have children."

Lying requires performance, the truth does not require interpretation.

Only those who have truly experienced it can reveal such real emotional texture.

As soon as Xue Liangliang finished speaking, the two of them turned around at the same time and half-knelt towards Xue Liangliang:

"Please teach us, senior."

……

On the second floor, Xu Ming no longer crossed his arms or leaned against the pillar. Instead, he looked at the three people in the yard below with a serious gaze.

Sun Yan on the roof stopped shaking her legs, and even asked the birds around her to move away a little and looked down.

These two people from the Corpse Gu Sect are the clues for their team this time. The legendary saint of the Miao area in history that they are investigating is from this sect.

Although they were not afraid of these two people, they never let down their guard against them.

Old Man Tian was also watching the scene below. He scooped out a bowl of medicine and carefully carried it into the house.

The two people from the Corpse Gu Sect downstairs were not aware of the identity of the young man's group, but Zhao Yi and his group knew it.

No matter how declining the Dragon King Family is, it is still the Dragon King Family, and it is two families merged into one. Even if there are few people, those who remain are not easy to mess with.

For example, the last time, his young master apologized in front of him, with three cuts and six holes, and he didn't dare to be vague, and he didn't even dare to ask his family members to plead for him.

"Master, the medicine is ready."

"Well, give it to me."

Old Man Tian wanted to lean over and whisper to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi raised his hand: "Just say what you want to say. My brother Yuan is not an outsider."

Zhao Yi: This stupid old man, has he forgotten that this guy has excellent hearing? No matter how softly you whisper to me, it sounds like a loud speaker in this young man's ears.

Old Man Tian had a tangled face. He didn't know how to say it. In the end, he could only utter one sentence:
"I'm afraid the medicine will taste bitter. Would you like some candy?"

Zhao Yi glanced at him and said again: "Just say what you want to say, don't hide it."

Old Man Tian received a clear order and said, "The person who brought them in seems to be very unusual. The two people from the Corpse Gu Sect have already knelt in front of him."

"Oh, I see." Zhao Yi waved his hand.

Old Man Tian left the house while wiping the sweat off his face.

Zhao Yi picked up the spoon and fed the medicine to Li Zhuiyuan, who drank it cooperatively.

After finishing drinking, Li Zhuiyuan smiled.

He recalled the scene when A'li fed him medicine.

At that time, he was blinded by overdraft. Every morning, A'li would bring Aunt Liu's prepared medicine to his bedside to feed him. She accidentally poured the whole bowl of medicine on his head.

"Brother Yuan, what are you laughing at?"

"It reminded me of some happy things in the past."

"Are you remembering the person who gave you medicine?"

"Ah."

Zhao Yi stood up, walked to the washbasin, washed his hands, picked up the towel and wiped them while walking back.

"When I came here, I heard a cry for help from the earthen building, so I broke the formation. The two men told me that the village was full of ghosts, and then they fled to the mountains."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded after hearing this.

Zhao Yi let them leave on purpose, and he should have followed them to find the Zhao Jun Temple on the mountain, and discovered the cracked stone tablet with nothing inside.

"Brother Yuan, it was my negligence. I really didn't expect that you would set up such a simple formation. If the formation was a little more complicated, I wouldn't dare to break it directly."

"Ah."

"But Brother Yuan, I really admire you. I followed the clues and rushed here, but I was still a step late. This wave that should have been completed by you and me together was actually completed by you, Brother Yuan, leading the team alone.

Now, I can only applaud you, Brother Yuan.

Not only did I not get to drink the soup, but I also had to worry about the next wave. "

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Zhao Yi, and Zhao Yi also looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

Then, Zhao Yi squatted down, put his face close to Li Zhuiyuan, and said:
"The Corpse Gu Sect likes to hunt for strange corpses. Although they have a master sect, they don't have a mountain sect. Moreover, it is normal for them to fight against each other and kill each other.

Without a mountain gate, there would be no worries. They were a bunch of lunatics who dared to do anything and were not afraid of anything.

Brother Yuan, what do you think they would do if I took my people and left, leaving them alone?
Whatever they do, it has nothing to do with me."

As he spoke, Zhao Yi moved his face closer, almost to Li Zhuiyuan's ear, and whispered:

"I bet the one below is just pretending to be an expert."

Li Zhuiyuan's expression remained calm, and he said calmly:

"Buy it and leave it. You only have one chance to place the bet."

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Don’t panic, there is still one chapter to be published during the day to make up for today’s word count.

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