Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 264 The Wax Corpse of the Jiang Family
"Master Jiang, do you know where this place is?"

We arrived at the Jiang Family Ancestral Hall.

Guan Shaoqing turned to look at Master Jiang and asked.

"To be honest, young marshal, this is the ancestral hall of my Jiang family. Usually, no one comes here," said Master Jiang.

“Senior brother, the aura of death is so strong, it’s definitely coming from here.” The four brothers, Feng Yu Lei Dian, looked at the ancestral hall in front of them and said.

"The aura of death here is indeed astonishingly dense." Guan Shaoqing nodded, then turned to Master Jiang and said, "Master Jiang, may we go in and take a look?"

"Of course, young marshal, please."

Master Jiang smiled and nodded, but in his heart he was both surprised and worried. He was surprised that his ancestral hall had really become a hiding place for zombies, and worried that Guan Shaoqing and the others would find out about his family's wax corpse.

creak-

The door creaked open.

The gate of the Jiang Family Ancestral Hall was pushed open by Master Jiang.

Guan Shaoqing and his party then entered the Jiang family ancestral hall, where the hall was filled with coffins.

After entering the ancestral hall, the four brothers, Feng Yu Lei Dian, immediately split up to search. Guan Shaoqing walked side by side with Master Jiang, looking at the coffins in front of them.

"Master Jiang, if I'm not mistaken, these coffins should all be empty."

Master Jiang's face stiffened, then he gave a bitter smile.

"Young Marshal, you have a good eye. These coffins are indeed all empty."

At this moment, Master Jiang also understood. With Guan Shaoqing's cultivation level and strength, and the fact that he had personally come here, what could he possibly hide? His very clothes were probably completely exposed.
"It seems the Jiang family is hiding some secrets. But Mr. Jiang, you can rest assured that everyone has secrets. As long as they don't affect or harm others, I won't meddle."

Guan Shaoqing continued.

"Thank you, young marshal." Upon hearing this, Old Master Jiang felt a little relieved. He then realized that he couldn't hide anything from Guan Shaoqing, so he simply spoke frankly: "For a long time, my Jiang family has indeed been hiding a secret. Now that the young marshal has asked about this matter, I may tell you."

"Young Marshal should know that my Jiang family has been in the wax business for generations, and the most famous product is wax corpses. Wax corpses made with wax from my Jiang family can be kept from decaying."

"When faced with the passing of loved ones, people often find it difficult to let go of their reluctance. Therefore, all the deceased relatives of my Jiang family have been preserved using wax culture techniques, ensuring that their bodies do not decay and remain in the world forever. In this way, if one misses them, one can look at them once to ease the longing in one's heart."

In the end, Master Jiang couldn't help but sigh again, and at the same time, he felt a sense of relief.

Over the years, Master Jiang had kept the secret of the Jiang family's wax corpses hidden, fearing that it would be discovered. Now that it's out, he feels a strange sense of relief.

"It is only natural to feel reluctant to let go of deceased loved ones when faced with life and death separations."

Guan Shaoqing nodded. He could understand the Jiang family's actions, but while he could understand, the potential dangers of their actions were undeniable and could not be ignored.

So after Guan Shaoqing nodded and finished speaking, he changed his tone and said...

"However, after a person dies, it is always said that he should be buried in the ground for peace, and that dust should return to dust. Master Jiang, do you know that if the body continues to decompose without decaying, there will be problems?"

"Will there be any problems?"

Upon hearing this, Master Jiang's heart tightened. He had never considered this point, and for a long time, there had never been any problems with the wax corpses of his Jiang family.

“That’s right, there will be problems.” Guan Shaoqing nodded and told Master Jiang, “If a person’s body does not decompose for a long time after death, it will easily turn into a zombie. In particular, if a large number of undecomposed corpses gather together, the natural accumulation of corpse energy will only accelerate the transformation of the corpses into zombies.”

"Then the wax corpse of my Jiang family."

Master Jiang's expression immediately changed.

"If I'm not mistaken, all of Master Jiang's relatives should have turned into zombies. The corpse energy here is from this, not from the flying corpse my uncle and junior brother encountered. However, the gathering of corpse energy has a natural attraction to zombies. If the corpse energy here is not resolved, that flying corpse will be attracted here sooner or later."

Guan Shaoqing continued.

In the original series, the flying corpse was attracted here by the corpse energy of the wax corpse of the Jiang family, and then bit Master Jiang, turning him into a zombie as well.

Upon hearing this, Master Jiang's expression changed again. If anyone else had said these words, he would have scoffed at them, but since Guan Shaoqing had said them, he couldn't help but care.

After all, given Guan Shaoqing's current status and strength, it would be impossible for him to lie under normal circumstances, let alone deceive someone he had never met before.

As for whether Guan Shaoqing might have any ulterior motives towards him.

Master Jiang was well aware of this. Although his Jiang family was considered a large and powerful family in Taiping Town, what did it amount to to Guan Shaoqing? Even if he gave it to him, Guan Shaoqing might not even look at it.

"Senior brother, there are so many zombies!"

At this moment, the voices of the four brothers, Feng Yu Lei Dian, also rang out from inside the Jiang family ancestral hall. It turned out that the four had discovered the wax corpse of the Jiang family.

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing and Master Jiang also went over.

Passing through the ancestral hall, a hidden door to a secret chamber came into view. Entering the secret chamber, a room filled with various lifelike wax corpses appeared in Guan Shaoqing's sight.

These wax corpses were all covered with layers of smooth, oily wax. The people inside all had their eyes closed, and it was impossible to tell how long they had been dead. Yet, the corpses were all lifelike, as if they were asleep, with their skin and expressions extremely vivid. However, these wax corpses all emitted a strong corpse aura, which was so strong in the entire sealed chamber that it was almost condensing into liquid and dripping water.

Clearly, these wax corpses had all turned into zombies, but none of them had woken up.

These wax corpses are also the wax corpses of the Jiang family.

Guan Shaoqing roughly counted that there were more than a hundred zombies in total, which meant there were more than a hundred zombies here.

“Master Jiang, your relatives have all turned into zombies. Once they wake up, they will be zombies. I suggest that all these corpses be burned immediately.”

Guan Shaoqing looked directly at Master Jiang and said.

As Master Jiang looked at the group of wax corpses before him, his expression changed drastically.

"In a way, what your Jiang family is doing, Master Jiang, can be considered raising zombies," Guan Shaoqing continued. "Raising zombies and ghosts are all acts that damage one's karma. I've heard that Master Jiang now only has one son who has some intellectual disabilities, and his three wives all died mysteriously."

"Has Master Jiang ever considered that this might be because of the wax corpses in your Jiang family?"

"This"

Old Master Jiang was torn. Thinking about the current situation of his Jiang family, he had to admit that Guan Shaoqing was right. He asked himself if the Jiang family had done anything wrong over the years, but it had been declining day by day. Even his only son was simple-minded and had run into trouble when he got married.

What is this if not retribution for losing one's good karma?

"If we stop it now, there might still be a chance to turn things around; otherwise, if they continue to be stubborn and refuse to see the light at the end of the tunnel, the consequences will be dire."

"Moreover, if I were to make a move, even Master Jiang would not be able to withstand it. However, I believe that Master Jiang is a man of great principle and knows the advantages and disadvantages."

Guan Shaoqing then looked at Master Jiang and spoke.

Although his strength was more than enough to easily suppress Master Jiang, there was no need to consult the other party's opinion.

But Guan Shaoqing was not the kind of person who bullied others or acted unreasonably.

If we could directly persuade Master Jiang, that would be even better.

Old Master Jiang was torn between two conflicting emotions: the corpses of his loved ones on one side, and his son and the continuation of the Jiang family line on the other.

But in the end.

After some thought, Master Jiang agreed, because he clearly realized that even if he disagreed, he would not be able to stop Guan Shaoqing at all, and in the end, it would only worsen his relationship with Guan Shaoqing.

"Okay, I will follow the young marshal's arrangements and trust him."

"Master Jiang is a man of great integrity."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing immediately cupped his hands in greeting and then gestured to the four brothers, Feng Yu Lei Dian.

burn!
Soon, a raging fire broke out in the courtyard outside the Jiang family ancestral hall. The four brothers, Feng Yu Lei Dian, immediately began to carry the wax corpses of the Jiang family out of the ancestral hall and throw them into the fire.

"Roar--"

As these wax corpses were thrown into the fire, the wax on their bodies melted.

These wax corpses, which had turned into zombies, also awoke one after another, roaring and trying to rush out of the fire.

"Zombies!"

Even though he was initially somewhat reluctant to burn the corpses, Master Jiang's expression changed drastically upon seeing this scene, and he no longer had any doubts.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!—"

Soon, the roars of corpses echoed throughout the Jiang family ancestral hall. One after another, the wax corpses were thrown into the fire and turned into zombies, which then roared and tried to break free. Moreover, some of these wax corpses had already become armored corpses.

However, with Guan Shaoqing in charge, and it being broad daylight, they were facing a formidable enemy.

These waxen corpses, which had turned into zombies, naturally couldn't cause any trouble.

They can only be converted into Guan Shaoqing's merit points one by one.

[Ding! You have slain a demon and eliminated a zombie, gaining 4 merit points.]

[Ding! You have slain a demon and eliminated a corpse, gaining 31 merit points.]

【bite!.】

In Guan Shaoqing's mind.

The notification sound from the Book of Creation also rang out.

(End of this chapter)