The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 170 Corruption Reborn Nine Times and Descends (from "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley")

The elevator stopped when it reached the second basement level.

The middle-aged doctor, accompanied by several security guards armed with stun guns, ran out of the open elevator but failed to see Li Zhen standing right next to it.

Watching the people running towards the morgue with shouts and yells, Li Zhen led the red-eyed bat into the elevator.

Detective Li took the elevator to the first floor.

Stepping out of the elevator, the noise and sweltering heat outside hit Li Zhen, giving him a dazed feeling of returning from the underworld to the human world.

It seems there are no shortcuts to becoming an immortal...

Li Zhen looked down at his own body.

He was still wearing the clothes he had worn when he came into this world, but the glove on his right hand had been removed, and his right hand, covered with snake-scale-like growths, hung limply at his side.

The talismans Xie Yali had drawn on his body had dried up, but the wound on his left hand had become dry and withered, as if it had been dried out by the wind.

The talismans he had left on his body to bind his primordial spirit remained unchanged.

Logically speaking, after his primordial spirit separated from his body, it would be difficult for him to sense his own body. However, his primordial spirit awakened directly within his body.

This must have been done by Xie Yali.

Has Xie Yali become an immortal?
Li Zhen remembered what he had heard before he woke up.

The "should" in "should help you once" refers to his ability to assist Xie Yali in his ascension ritual, which is why Xie Yali allowed him to see those things and returned him to his body.
Recalling Xie Yali's words in the Taoist temple, Li Zhen intuitively felt that this might be related to Xie Yali's statement that he had accumulated a lot of merit.

That's not important; what's important is the method of resurrection he saw.

What he had seen before seemed to be imprinted in Li Zhen's consciousness, and when he recalled it, it would reappear in his mind word by word.

The so-called method of resurrection involves burying oneself nine times in a special ceremony, allowing oneself to rot nine times in a coffin, and then growing flesh and blood nine times, ultimately creating a brand new body.

Once Li Zhen completes his first rebirth, his body will be fully restored, and a trace of yang energy will be generated within him to maintain his primordial spirit.

During this process, the "corpse curse" afflicting him and the snake-like features on his right arm will be improved.

Of course, this is only the change after the first rebirth.

After he undergoes multiple rebirths, his body will generate what is known as pure yang energy.

This is the foundation of the path to immortality.

Originally, even if he cultivated to the final leap according to the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method", he could only become a ghost immortal. It would be very difficult for him to return from yin to yang and cultivate from a ghost immortal to a pure yang immortal.

However, as long as Li Zhen continues to cultivate according to this method of resurrection after nine deaths, when pure yang energy is born in his body, it will be equivalent to leaving a seed of yin returning to yang in his body, paving the way for his future path.

This method of living towards death and generating yang from yin is extremely strange.

Having visited so many mission worlds, this was the first time Li Zhen had ever seen such an interesting method.

With Li Zhen's current knowledge, he cannot measure the value of this method, but certain characteristics show that this method is extraordinary.

Of all the witchcraft and black magic he had encountered, none had such a profound purpose.

Both witchcraft and black magic are quick methods that rely on cruelty and bloodshed to please the evil spirits behind them, indirectly borrowing power from them.

After Li Zhen practiced the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method," his witchcraft and black magic became very different from those who purely practiced witchcraft and black magic. However, the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method" did not involve any pure Yang methods.

It wasn't until Li Zhen obtained this method of resurrection that he came into contact with this point.

This method can also solve the problem of Li Zhen's loss of yang energy once and for all.

The saying goes, "No destruction, no construction." His yang energy had been completely dissipated, which meant he was thoroughly "destroyed." The next step was to use this method to "rebuild" his physical body.

The talisman pointed to this place...

In his mind, Li Zhen further emphasized the importance of the golden Buddha.

The talisman drawn from the liquid left by the melting of the golden Buddha could actually have some effect on the runes on his arm.

However, Li Zhen also knew that the talisman had indirectly affected the runes by influencing his own fate, rather than directly affecting the runes, which led him to the world of "Double Pupils".

Although the talisman is strange, it is not capable of directly affecting the runes.

Stopping thinking about that, Li Zhen turned his attention back to the method of resurrection after nine deaths.

This method is indeed strange, but practicing it is not so easy.

After a brief inquiry, Li Zhen realized that this method might conflict with the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method".

Of course, as long as one does not come into contact with pure Yang energy, there will not be too many problems in practicing this method.

This method, like Xie Yali's ascension ritual, has the same ultimate goal, but the process is permeated with an indescribable eeriness.

At least we can get our bodies back to normal first...

I need to find an opportunity to bury myself and try...

Li Zhen walked into the lobby on the first floor of the hospital and looked around.

Doctors and patients who passed by saw the huge bat perched on his shoulder and carefully avoided Li Zhen.

“Sir, you can’t bring exotic pets into the hospital, they might hurt someone.” A nurse caught up with Li Zhen from behind.

Li Zhen did not turn his head.

The red-eyed bat perched on his shoulder turned its head and glanced at the nurse.

The nurse who tried to stop Li Zhen froze on the spot.

I wonder how much time has passed since Xie Yali passed away...

Detective Li saw a police officer walking from outside the hospital.

He walked straight toward the police officers.

When the police officer saw Detective Li, his heart skipped a beat. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but after looking into the red eyes of the Red-Eyed Bat, his expression became confused.

Detective Li stopped in front of the police officer.

"How much time has passed since the murder at the Central World Building?"

"Three days."

Where is the Yellow Fire Earth?

"In the ward."

"Take me to him."

A somewhat dazed police officer led the way, taking Detective Li to the ward area.

This person must be here to guard the Yellow Fire Earth.

With so many people dead inside the Central World building and only one survivor left, the police, under immense pressure, can only hope that Huang Huotu will wake up if they want to solve the case. They will absolutely not allow anything to happen to Huang Huotu.

Following behind the police officer, Detective Li sensed that the ghost fetus and the vampire were both in good condition, so he was relieved.

Only three days have passed; there really shouldn't be any problems.

After the two took the elevator to the fifth floor, the police officer led Li Zhen to a ward where a police officer was guarding it.

Before the police officer could speak, his expression became confused.

With the red-eyed bat in tow, Li Zhen walked past the guard, pushed open the door, and entered the ward.

There was only one bed in the ward.

Wearing a hospital gown, Huang Huotu lay unconscious on the hospital bed.

He wore an oxygen mask, had electrodes attached to his body, and an IV needle inserted into his right hand. His eyes were closed, and a faint smile played on his lips, as if he were having a sweet dream.

A little girl, about seven or eight years old, with pigtails, was sitting next to the hospital bed, doing her homework.

The ward was very quiet. Apart from the beeping of the medical equipment, the only other sound was the scratching of the pen and paper in the little girl's hand.

It wasn't until Li Zhen walked to the bedside and cast a shadow over the homework that the little girl realized someone had entered the ward.

She looked up at Li Zhen, her face showing little emotion.

Li Zhen's gaze shifted from Huang Huotu to the little girl.

"Are you Huang Huotu's daughter?"

The little girl nodded silently.

Li Zhen leaned down and placed his right hand on Huang Huotu's head.

Huang Huotu's soul was merely suppressed in his mind by his primordial spirit. As long as he relaxed the suppression, Huang Huotu would naturally wake up.

"who are you?"

A woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me.

As Li Zhen turned around, he saw a thin, haggard-looking woman standing in the ward.

The door to the ward that Li Zhen had closed had been opened a crack by her at some point.

Li Zhen withdrew his hand: "Are you Huang Huotu's wife, Qingfang? I am Huang Huotu's friend."

"A friend of Huotu?" Qingfang cautiously walked past Li Zhen, went to the bedside, and hugged her daughter. "I've never seen you before."

The sudden appearance of a stranger in the ward, accompanied by a terrifying bat, naturally aroused her suspicion.

Li Zhen instinctively tried to smile, only to find his face stiff and unable to manage a smile.

The atmosphere became somewhat oppressive.

Qingfang said, "Huotu has been unconscious for three days and hasn't woken up yet. If you want to say something to him, you can leave your phone number and wait for Huotu to wake up..."

A soft cough interrupted her.

She turned her head to look at Huang Huotu on the hospital bed, and was surprised to see that Huang Huotu's eyelids were trembling, as if they were about to open.

"Huotu! Wake up! Your sister is waiting for you, right next to you... Open your eyes and look!" Qingfang grabbed Huang Huotu's arm with one hand and touched Huang Huotu's face with the other.

Huang Huotu slowly opened his eyes.

Like Li Zhen, his eyes were also full of confusion, but he still subconsciously reached out and hugged his wife Qingfang.

Qingfang cried tears of joy, saying, "My sister and I have been waiting for you for three days!"

Three days have passed since I saw Huang Huotu unconscious in the hospital.

For the past three days, Huang Huotu has shown no signs of waking up.

The hospital couldn't find out what was wrong with Huang Huotu; they just told her that the patient might wake up at any time, or he might never wake up.

During the days she spent taking care of Huang Huotu in the hospital ward, every day felt like an eternity.

Under the anxiety caused by this life and death, the previous barriers naturally become trivial matters.

How could he not be happy to see Huang Huotu wake up?

Huang Huotu opened his mouth and made a few "hoho" sounds from his throat.

Qingfang quickly removed the oxygen mask from Huang Huotu's face and fed him a few sips of water.

After drinking water, Huang Huotu became much more alert, but he still couldn't speak.

Qingfang wiped away her tears and was about to run outside: "I'll go get the doctor to come and see..."

Huang Huotu grabbed her hand.

Qingfang looked at Huang Huotu curiously, and then Huang Huotu's eyes widened as he looked at Li Zhen.

She then remembered that there was another person in the ward.

Huang Huotu struggled to sit up in bed, pulled his wife and daughter to his side, and opened his mouth as if to say something to Li Zhen, but only made some meaningless sounds.

"You can't speak?" Li Zhen knew what had happened.

Huang Huotu nodded.

After a long silence, Li Zhen asked, "What did you see when Xie Yali died?"

Huang Huotu nodded and then shook his head.

A thought struck him, and Li Zhen asked, "What did you see?"

Huang Huotu shook his head, his eyes somewhat blank.

He seemed to know what he had seen, but couldn't recall what he had seen.

This statement is contradictory, but Li Zhen does not believe it is impossible.

He sighed and finally asked, "Did she become an immortal?"

Huang Huotu shook his head blankly.

Li Zhen turned and walked out of the ward.

As he closed the ward door, he said to Huang Huotu, "You can't speak because she doesn't want you to talk about what you saw. After some time, you should be able to regain your ability to speak, and so should your daughter."

"Huang Huotu, stop dwelling on the past and just live your life well."

After closing the ward door, Li Zhen asked the two police officers to lead the way to the elevator.

When Qingfang helped Huang Huotu to the door of the ward, she only saw Li Zhen's back.

The hospital lobby was somewhat chaotic.

Several police officers and security personnel rushed into the hospital from outside, attracting the attention of many patients.

Li Zhen knew that these people must have come because of the missing important "corpse".

This doesn't affect him much.

He has already sent the red-eyed bats downstairs.

No one noticed him following behind the two police officers for the time being.

It was midday, and although the sun wasn't shining, Li Zhen still felt extremely unwell when he arrived at the hospital.

Without wasting any time, Detective Li took a police car to pick up the vampire, the banshee, and the ghost fetus.

He placed both of them in a dilapidated, abandoned factory.

Three days is not a long time; the ghost fetus and the vampire zombie have not yet been starved to the point that they disobey Li Zhen's orders and go out to find blood food.

However, the ghost child's unruly nature caused quite a stir, turning the place into a lifeless, haunted building.

When Li Zhen arrived, he saw ashes left from burning paper money on the ground.

Upon seeing Li Zhen, the ghost fetus extended its tentacles and wrapped them around Li Zhen's leg, letting out a strange, excited cry.

Judging from the ghost fetus's physical behavior, Li Zhen knew that the ghost fetus was definitely hungry.

He has no intention of finding food for it here.

Once you return to the original world, you can feed it the remaining scraps of ghost meat.

The Yellow Earth has awakened, and its return should be imminent...

The police car arrived at the Central World building.

Detective Li got out of the car with the vampires and others.

Police tape was put up at the entrance of the building, and two police officers were on guard inside the tape.

As they saw Li Zhen approach the cordon, the two men were about to stop him when they were distracted by the red-eyed bat.

After crossing the cordon, Li Zhen entered the building.

As Li Zhen entered the Taoist temple with practiced ease, he immediately smelled a foul, fishy odor.

Although the bodies on the ground had been disposed of, the blood on the ground inside the Taoist temple had not been cleaned up.

Flies of all sizes buzzed around on the ground.

Li Zhen closed his eyes and did not sense anything unusual.

"Have you really become an immortal?"

After glancing around, Li Zhen led the vampires and others out of the Taoist temple.

Immortals are truly mysterious...

Back at the building entrance, Li Zhen suddenly looked at the runes on his arm.

He had thought the rune was sending him a message to go back, but instead it was telling him that he would be going to a new mission world in half a day.

This surprised Li Zhen a bit.

It seems I'll have to postpone the first Corruption Rebirth to the next mission world...

Considering safety concerns and the need to collect certain items, he had initially intended to hold the ritual in the original world, but now it seems more appropriate to hold it in the next world.

His problems can't be delayed any longer.

Li Zhen returned to the hospital, bringing the vampires and other creatures with him.

After unsealing the little ghost and the mahjong ghost, he easily arrived at the morgue and saw Xie Yali's corpse, whose head had been sewn back onto his neck.

Li Zhen didn't see anything unusual on her body.

"You've already become an immortal, keeping your corpse is a waste. You might as well use it to feed my ghost fetus..."

After feeding the ghost fetus to its heart's content, Li Zhen wasted no time and disappeared from the spot with the vampire zombies and others.

……

Everything around me became clear again.

Li Zhen looked around.

He found himself on a path in the wilderness, surrounded by waist-high weeds and various large trees.

Further away are endless, dark mountains and a dark night sky.

It was nighttime, and some mist was floating on the wild grass, making it look very eerie, but Li Zhen felt very comfortable.

This was Li Zhen's first time appearing in the wilderness in a mission world, and he found it rather strange.

The wilderness is a suitable place for him to use his skills.

I don't know if there's an environment suitable for holding a ceremony...

After sensing something, Li Zhen led the red-eyed bat and the banshee forward along the path.

As he walked into a sparse grove of trees, he heard a noise coming from ahead.

Li Zhen stopped in his tracks.

A man carrying a torch and dragging a disheveled woman ran towards Li Zhen in a sorry state.

As they got closer, Li Zhen could finally see the man's face clearly.

The man was wearing an overcoat and sported a 4/6 parted hairstyle popular in Hong Kong during the 80s and 90s. His blood-stained face bore a striking resemblance to Chin Siu-ho, but he wore glasses and looked capable and refined.

The runes indicate that this is the person who summoned Li Zhen to this world.

The moment Li Zhen saw the two people, he already had a guess about where he was in the world.

When he saw the man's face clearly, the man also saw Li Zhen, the vampire, and the banshee standing in front of him, and was so frightened that he stopped in his tracks.

A commotion arose behind the two, and more torches appeared in the grove, suggesting that many people were chasing them...

(End of this chapter)