After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 66

The dark figure emanated an aura of yin energy so intense it almost darkened the moonlight.

The eerie figure trembled slightly for some unknown reason, seemingly doing nothing. Long hair was spread out on the ground, making it difficult to distinguish between male and female in the pitch-black night…

"What the hell is that?"

The second Taoist priest and Bai Lu and the others communicated telepathically: "Is it the hairy zombie that bit me? The hair looks quite like it, but a zombie... it doesn't squat down, does it? But it's not quite like a vengeful ghost either..."

Suddenly, a series of "snap" sounds came from the direction of the shadowy figure, interspersed with smacking noises...

The second child: "..."

"It..." is eating?!

The second Taoist priest swallowed hard, made a eating gesture, and his face was full of expressions that said, "His whole family was shocked."

The egret also felt a little nauseous.

No wonder, following the smacking sound, the chewing sound of bones was just too obvious in this silent mountain forest!

The sound was like chewing sugarcane, chewing and slurping at the end, but unlike chewing sugarcane, it didn't spit out any residue!

"Oh no! That hairy zombie must have turned into a wandering corpse!"

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Bai Lu's mind, and she shivered violently. Her voice trembled slightly, even carrying a hint of barely perceptible tension: "Ordinary zombies only drink blood, but the wandering zombies drink both blood and eat flesh! Moreover, they possess a certain level of intelligence and are extremely difficult to deal with. Everyone, be careful!"

Master Qingxu's heart clenched instantly. A wandering corpse—that was a legendary, evil creature! Several generations of his family had only heard of it, never seen one.

Ah, no, I've seen it now.

"We absolutely cannot let it go down the mountain; we must deal with it here at all costs."

Master Qingxu gripped his whisk tightly, a resolute glint in his eyes: "Eldest brother, second brother, protect Xiaolu and go first if necessary."

The egret was taken aback by what it heard.

"Yes! Master!"

Master Songfeng and Master "Second Brother" exchanged a glance, both seeing struggle in each other's eyes, but in the end they nodded.

“Master, senior brother, let’s try to survive. If necessary, I’ll cover the rear. I’ve already been bitten, so one more bite won’t matter.”

The second Taoist priest took a deep breath and gently drew the Nine Dragons Divine Whip from his waist. The whip gleamed coldly in the moonlight, reflecting on his already pale face due to blood loss. His expression was more serious than ever before.

"Don't mess around!"

Master Songfeng frowned and said, "Xiaolu warned you that if you get bitten again, there will be no saving you. Let me do it. If I get bitten, there's still a chance to save me, right, Xiaolu?"

He looked at the egret with hope.

Egret: "...It's best not to get bitten. This is a wandering corpse. With my current abilities, I may not be able to completely eliminate its corpse poison. Moreover, if a zombie that has been bitten by it successfully transforms, it will at least become a hairy zombie, but it is more likely to become a green zombie."

Master Songfeng choked on his words: "A green zombie?!"

"Moreover, your cultivation level is higher than the second brother's. If you get bitten, the zombie will suck your blood and eat your flesh. Who knows what level it will evolve to! We don't even know how much trouble it will take to deal with a zombie. And we don't know what it's eating now. If it's a human, then it's a zombie. If you're added to the mix, we're all doomed. None of us will escape! So, we all have to protect ourselves."

The three of them were chilled to the bone by Bailu's words. If they were to be wiped out, the village at the foot of the mountain would be the first to fall, and the fall of the whole country would only be a matter of time.

Thinking about it, Master Qingxu really wanted to beat up the second brother!
He wouldn't listen when we told him to practice diligently, and now look what happened! He delivered food to Mao Jiang and sent him straight to the top!
The second son must have realized this as well, and he looked extremely annoyed.

I regret it now. If I had known things would turn out this way, I would have dragged him down with me no matter what!
But since things had come to this point, further words were useless. The four of them continued to conceal their presence, watching the wandering corpse that was happily eating, and still secretly discussed their countermeasures through telepathy.

The three disciples checked their equipment, which was pitifully little. Apart from Master Songfeng carrying a bag, Master Qingxu and the second disciple only had a whisk and a whip. The second disciple originally had a backpack, but he lost it while chasing the hairy zombie.

"Little Egret, here you go."

The second brother also called Bailu "Little Lu" along with Master Qingxu and handed her his "Nine Dragons Divine Whip".

They all have magical artifacts, but Bailu doesn't. Her master was willing to sacrifice himself to protect her, so how could he not have a magical artifact by his side?

However, the egret shook its head, pulled out a talisman from somewhere, and then...
He pulled out a piece of jujube wood, as thick as an arm, struck by lightning, weighed it in his hand, and then nodded in satisfaction.

The three people standing nearby were almost stunned. There really were talismans that could store items!

The patriarch did not lie to them!
It really is just a lost art!

The second son stared longingly at the storage talisman. When Bai Lu handed him the talismans, he thought they were storage talismans and was flattered, saying, "I don't have anything to store right now!"

As soon as he spoke, he realized he hadn't used telepathy and immediately covered his mouth. But it was too late. The corpse paused, slowly turned around, and stared intently at the four of them with its green eyes.

The second child clenched his teeth, his mouth full of soft flesh—Grandma, he's in trouble!

They were supposed to discuss the battle plan, but he ruined it all by speaking up!

The zombie in front of him was no longer the hairy zombie that had bitten him. Previously, it had long hair, long facial hair, and long hand hair, but now, except for its head hair, all the other hair had fallen out, revealing a bluish-white and purplish face with protruding fangs. Its original black teeth had now turned white, but they were now stained red with blood, and its mouth was covered with bits of flesh and blood!
The most terrifying thing is that it can be clearly identified as a female!
He got his neck gnawed by a woman; he's definitely not clean anymore!
"Roar--"

The female zombie screamed, her open mouth emitting an extremely foul stench that rushed straight towards Bai Lu and the others. She was almost vomited by the stench and immediately shut off her sense of smell.

At that moment, the female zombie, with her long hair flowing down her back and her blood-soaked hands outstretched, charged forward with a fierce gust of wind.

She is agile, and her elbows and knees are fully functional, just like an ordinary person!

—She smelled the scent of fresh flesh and blood.

Having just completed her evolution, she urgently needs to ingest a large amount of blood!
"Form ranks—"

Bai Lu shouted, then realized that this was not the world of cultivation, and that Master Qingxu was not her fellow disciple who fought alongside her, so he had no idea about their usual formations. She threw out a lightning talisman, forcing the female zombie back, and then said to them, "Everyone, form a circle around her from all directions, don't let her escape, and also pay attention to the woman she just bit! Whoever she is, find an opportunity to put a corpse-shaking talisman on her!"

The woman lying on the ground was wearing a skirt. I don't know why she was here in the middle of the night.

But that's not important. What's important is that she can't get up and cause trouble while they're fighting!
Just as Master Songfeng was about to say something, he saw the female zombie attack and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

The four stood in their designated positions, holding magical artifacts. The female corpse attacked Bai Lu, her long, curly fingernails gripping the lightning-struck jujube wood, touching it and immediately pulling away, as if she had touched a red-hot iron, emitting wisps of black smoke. She was furious and pressed on!

Master Qingxu then discovered that runes had been engraved on the lightning-struck jujube wood at some point!
Master Songfeng brandished his peach wood sword and launched an attack, aiming directly at the zombie's heart. The zombie seemed to sense the danger, paused for a moment, and then grabbed the peach wood sword with its backhand. Surprisingly, the peach wood sword, which could easily kill a black zombie, was actually held by the female zombie. Although it caused some damage to the female zombie, it was not much.

The female corpse bared her teeth and pulled away forcefully, sending Master Songfeng flying. The second brother then swung out the Nine Dragons Divine Whip, which, like a nimble snake, wrapped around Master Songfeng's feet and pulled him back.

With a flick of his whisk, Master Qingxu sent needle-like threads piercing the female corpse's body, causing them to explode one by one, and the female corpse screamed in agony.

Bai Lu assisted from the side, throwing out several lightning-attracting talismans. However, on such a fine night with a bright moon and few stars, not a single lightning bolt was attracted. She had no choice but to switch to fire talismans. The talismans in her hand flew out continuously, turning into streaks of fire, while also leaving burn marks on the zombie's body.

Master Qingxu's whisk resembled a long snake, constantly coiling around the zombie and restricting its movements.

The battle appeared extremely intense, but it did not inflict fatal damage on the female zombie.

The female zombie's strength far exceeded their expectations; each attack carried immense power, putting them under tremendous pressure.

Suddenly, the female zombie broke free and, before the others could react, disappeared from their sight with a few leaps.

"Quickly chase after them!" Master Qingxu urged, but he stumbled after only two steps.

It's incredibly difficult for a Qi Refining stage cultivator to kill a wandering corpse.

Bai Lu also collapsed to the ground, exhausted, and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, I have to admit that we can't catch up with her now, Daoist. What we need to do now is to inform the higher-ups about this matter, discuss countermeasures, and how to protect the people. Moreover, the wandering corpse is too strong, and we need more manpower!"

Master Qingxu nodded: "Then you should handle the situation at the scene. I will go back and inform my superiors immediately."

“Okay.” Bailu nodded. “Could you please make a call for us? We’re going to set the mountain on fire later, so we need to tell the fire department not to come.”

"Row."

After Master Qingxu agreed, he disappeared into the Ghost Realm.

Bai Lu was so tired that she didn't want to move a single finger, so she could only say to Master Songfeng, "Now you can tear off the corpse-shaking talisman."

Master Songfeng shook his head: "I was just about to tell you, we didn't bring any corpse-shaking talismans, and we didn't have time to draw them."

Egret: "..."

This isn't an official organization at all; it's clearly a makeshift operation! It has absolutely nothing!

But now, there's no need to put up the corpse-shocking talisman. Originally, it was to prevent her from causing trouble, but now that the female zombie has run away, this potential danger must be nipped in the bud.

Bailu picked up the second brother's Nine Dragons Divine Whip and handed it to him: "Go, strangle the female corpse."

The second child: "..."

It wasn't that he was afraid to go, but when he suddenly remembered being bitten and about to turn into a zombie, he thought about committing suicide. However, suicide couldn't stop the zombie transformation, so he didn't do it.

Suicide is out of the question, but decapitation is possible!
Thank goodness, he wasn't thinking straight then, otherwise he would have been so ruthless as to cut off his own head...

what--

The second brother trembled and nervously went to hang the female corpse. He was completely focused, afraid that she would rise up when he put one end of the whip under her neck. Fortunately, there was no danger. The female corpse's head was strangled and rolled far away.

So Bailu put the corpse into a storage talisman, then went back to find the black zombie body that she couldn't remember for a moment and put it back as well. Then she set a fire and burned all traces of zombies in the old forest.

As dawn approached, the fire brigade received numerous emergency calls from concerned citizens. Following instructions, the fire brigade responded only symbolically, and the wildfire was extinguished shortly afterward.

……

Dongshi Village.

Bailu hasn't returned for three days in a row, and Baiwei and Baichen can't eat or sleep!
Every day, I would look down on the entire village from the rooftop.

I don't know how the zombie incident is going. They call Bailu every day, but they often can't get through. The gentle female voice tells them that the user is not in the service area!

We have no idea where it has gone!
If she hadn't been able to reply to WeChat messages, they would have thought something had happened to her!

And she seemed very busy, only saying a few words each time.

"Chenchen——"

Qin Xiu, supporting her aching back, went to the second-floor balcony and looked at the three newly set-up tables in the yard. Her face turned green.

The courtyard downstairs was where people were playing mahjong, the lobby on the first floor was for playing Dou Dizhu (a card game), and the lobby on the second floor was for playing Big Two (another card game). The three places were bustling with activity.

She rubbed her lower back—she had been playing Big Two for three days straight. Apart from eating and sleeping, she had been at the card table for the past three days and was almost sick of it.

Most importantly, it's too noisy!

There are people at home 24 hours a day. People come and go, and there hasn't been a moment of peace at home for the past three days!

Some people even smoke!

The house is a complete mess!

Who could tolerate this?!

Bai Chen and Bai Wei, those two kids, didn't know what was going on. That night, she just said she was going to play cards, and the next day they invited the whole village to their house to play cards in the village group chat. There were unlimited drinks, free fruit platters and snacks, and food was included!
He said he was accompanying her!

She and Bai Jiang didn't have to do anything. They didn't have to feed the pigs or cook for them. They didn't have to go anywhere; they just played cards!
I don't know if I'm just destined to be a workaholic, but I feel uneasy and anxious when I'm not doing anything, as if being lazy is a sin.

"Chenchen, come and stack the fruit platters, okay?!"

"okay!"

The rice transplanting season is approaching, and the villagers have a rare free time during this period. They all gather at the small shop to play cards and chat. Bai Chen uses Qin Xiubaijiang's name to lure people into his home—this is the only thing he can do.

People have a herd mentality. As long as there are more people in his family, more and more people will come to his house. If there is an emergency, he will save as many as he can.

I'm a storyteller, and this story is one I made up.

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