Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet.

Chapter 429 Living Corpse!

Gu Yuan was no longer the ignorant man he once was, and he naturally knew that demons often roamed in some human cities.

These demons are either greedy for pleasure, running rampant in the human world, devouring flesh and blood, and committing all sorts of evil deeds.

Alternatively, they could use the energy of the mortal world to conceal their demonic aura, evade enemies, and cultivate diligently.

Therefore, it would not be surprising if he discovered traces of demons in a city one day.

However, the scene before us was somewhat different.

The number of these demons and evil spirits... is indeed quite large.

Even in some remote mountain villages, there are traces of demons.

……

Niu Er is a villager from Heishi Village.

Blackstone Village is located in a remote mountain village, and the nearest city is more than 200 miles away.

The villagers have difficulty traveling, but fortunately they can make a living from the mountains and rivers. Although their lives are poor, they are quite content.

Niu Er has been physically strong since childhood.

It is said that his mother stayed in his womb for a full year and a half before giving birth to Niu Er.

After that, Niu Er's mother's health was never very good.

On the contrary, Niu Er himself had a big appetite since childhood. When he was three or five years old, his appetite was comparable to that of an adult, and the little food at home was not enough to satisfy him.

Fortunately, although Niu Er had a big appetite, he was also strong. When he got a little older, he started to go up the mountain to hunt and pick wild fruits and vegetables.

When Niu Er grew up, he was tall and strong, and he was able to do the work of three to five people. He was able to easily support himself.

Niu Er even got married later.

Just a few days ago, his wife accidentally fell into the water and drowned while bringing him food.

Niu Er was heartbroken and cried bitterly while holding his wife. He could only take her home and planned to ask a coffin maker in the next village to make a thin coffin for his wife the next morning.

However, something strange happened.

The next morning, while Niu Er was fast asleep, he smelled the aroma of food.

This smell is so familiar.

Niu Er opened his eyes and saw that his wife had already prepared the meal and was waiting for him at the table.

A handsome face was smiling at Niu Er.

However, upon seeing this scene, Niu Er felt his scalp tingle and almost explode.

Yesterday, he saw with his own eyes that his wife had stopped breathing and that her body was already cold and stiff.

But now it's actually alive! What's going on?!

Niu Er was terrified, but when he got up, his wife gently called him to eat.

Niu Er carefully observed and questioned his wife, even reaching out to hold her hand. He found it was warm to the touch, clearly indicating she was alive, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He told his wife what had happened yesterday, but she said that she had fainted yesterday. Fortunately, she woke up in the middle of the night, vomited up the sewage in her stomach, and then woke up.

Niu Er believed this explanation. Because his wife was breathing, had a heartbeat, and remembered everything that had happened before.

The fact that his wife had come back from the dead was naturally a joyous occasion, but in the following days, she began to act strangely.

Every night in the middle of the night, Niu Er would hear strange noises in his drowsy state, like someone chewing something, making crunching sounds, and there was also a faint smell of blood.

The next day, when he asked his wife, she said she hadn't heard anything.

However, his wife looked rather haggard and thin, and he didn't know why.

However, some chickens, ducks, and sheep belonging to certain families in the village have gone missing.

As time went by, more and more things were lost in the village, and eventually even a family lost a cow.

For ordinary mountain people, let alone a cow, even a chicken or a sheep is a treasure to the whole family. If it is lost, they will make a big fuss and try every means to find the thief.

However, what puzzled Niu Er was that the villagers seemed to be doing nothing, continuing to do what they were supposed to do every day.

Furthermore, even Niu Er's wife is becoming increasingly strange.

She became increasingly thin, and even developed a foul odor; her hair was disheveled.

Furthermore, when he was with his wife, being stared at by her direct, unwavering eyes always gave Niu Er a chilling feeling.

He grew increasingly uneasy, and it wasn't until today, when Niu Er returned home from working outside, that he secretly opened the door and discovered that his wife was looking in the mirror.

The wife outside the mirror had a gloomy and emaciated face, but she still had a human form. However, the wife in the mirror had a rotting face, with pieces of skin cracking open to reveal the rotting, black flesh and bones beneath.

Especially its eyes, which were a deep, eerie green, containing a chilling aura of death that was truly terrifying.

His hands were dry and rotten, but his fingernails were extremely sharp, gleaming with a cold light.

Niu Er was no exception; upon seeing this scene, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his bones chilled to the bone.

Thinking of all the strange things that had happened recently, including the sound of chewing flesh and blood at night, he was terrified and stumbled as he turned and fled.

Niu Er didn't know what had happened, but one thing he was certain of was that the person in front of him was definitely not his wife!
Niu Er hadn't gone far when a voice came from behind him, wooden and stiff, with a hint of eeriness: "Husband... it's time to eat, hurry back and eat, why did you run away?"

Niu Er was so frightened that his legs went weak. He subconsciously turned his head and saw something with a rotten face, like a living dead, walking towards him.

He was so frightened that he almost lost his mind and fled in panic.

However, no matter where he went or how far he went, the figure behind him was always there, impossible to shake off.

Niu Er grew more and more tired as he ran. His legs went weak, his thighs trembled, his breathing became rapid, and his heart beat faster.

However, he dared not relax for a moment, because the thing behind him, which seemed to be a demon, was relentlessly pursuing him, drifting and stiff, with a chilling voice echoing in his ears.

Strangely enough, apart from himself, there wasn't a single other living person to be seen in the village.

But Niu Er had no time to think, because the ghostly thing behind him was getting closer and closer, and judging from the sound, it was already a few meters behind him.

Finally, Niu Er was exhausted and could no longer run. He tripped over a stone and fell headfirst to the ground.

The ghostly thing behind them pounced straight at them.
Niu Er was heartbroken and filled with despair, watching as the ghost was about to pounce on him.

Even the stench emanating from the other person was overwhelming; the stench was utterly repulsive.

Niu Er could see the maggots crawling around inside the flesh of this monstrous thing. He closed his eyes in despair, thinking to himself, "My life is over."

(End of this chapter)