The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 239 Borrowing the Five Elements Compass and the Ending
Chen You subconsciously used his left hand, which was holding a cigarette, to shield his eyes, but he couldn't completely block out his physical discomfort.

The talisman he affixed to his body burned to ashes not long afterward.

He quickly took out more talismans from his pocket, turned around, threw a few talismans at Qian Xiaohao and the other two, and stuck the rest on his own body.

The newly applied talisman started burning again.

Chen You clearly felt that the stench of corruption emanating from him was growing stronger.

As the compass turned, the force he felt in his right hand increased, gradually shifting to an angle that made him uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the scorching heat from ahead gradually subsided, and Chen You's discomfort also decreased rapidly.

He slowly raised his head and saw that the beings resembling underworld officials within the fiery barrier were standing still, their clothes and umbrellas charred black.

The flames on their bodies had not yet died down; several of them were still glowing faintly, and wisps of black smoke rose continuously from their bodies.

Li Zhen, who had his back to those figures, slowly turned around.

The flames on those beings suspected to be underworld officials suddenly flared up, like burnt-out black ash, and drifted upwards with the black mist before disappearing completely.

Retracting his right hand, which had begun to twist, Chen You stared blankly at the black smoke drifting in the wind.

Are those things really underworld messengers?

If so, what changes would occur if so many underworld messengers died here?

These thoughts flashed through Chen You's mind in a jumble, chaotic way. He took out a new cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth.

As the barrier disappeared, Li Zhen walked past the few remaining ashes after the beings who seemed to be underworld officials vanished, and shook his head with some regret.

After those things disappeared, nothing was left behind.

When Li Zhen took off his clothes, he also left the palm leaf whip outside the barrier.

He didn't even sense the remnants of these things when they were burned to death, so his preparations to capture the remnants and devour them with the palm leaf whip were naturally in vain.

These things exist in a very special way...

As Li Zhen reached out his hand in front of the vampire and "Uncle Dong," he saw the demon fetus suddenly appear in front of the two zombies, holding one in each hand and giving Li Zhen a fawning smile: "I'll do it, I'll do it."

Although these two zombies were not Li Zhen's targets, they were affected by the evil fire ignited on Li Zhen's body within the barrier, and their corpse aura was greatly reduced, making them completely different from their previous ferocious appearance.

If Li Zhen hadn't brought the jade piece brimming with yin energy that he obtained from the foot of Yandang Mountain, the vampire zombie, injured to this extent, would never have been able to recover in such a short time.

Li Zhen straightened up and walked towards Chen You.

Chen You slowly stood up, patted his clothes, and said to Li Zhen, "If those things really came from the underworld, killing them will cause you a lot of trouble later."

Li Zhen said dismissively, "I offended them a long time ago, and I was one of their targets this time."

Chen You was speechless.

He sniffed at Li Zhen and warned, "You have a peculiar scent on you. It's hard to describe; it's a scent emanating from your body, or rather, your soul. It's possible that those things have marked you in a special way. You need to be careful."

With a sudden thought, Li Zhen sniffed his arm and indeed detected a faint, peculiar scent.

However, he didn't take it to heart.

From the moment he killed the first underworld official, he began to have a grudge against the underworld.

It doesn't matter if there's an extra expense now.

After a moment of silence, Chen You looked at the vampire: "What are you going to do with this thing? I told you, the two female ghosts inside its body are very pitiful, and the resentment in its body is very strong, which is why it has such strong soul power left behind."

He took the cigarette out of his mouth and continued, "They are actually very pitiful. If you don't spare their lives, they won't even have the chance to be reincarnated."

"Although you have suppressed this zombie, it will still turn on you when it recovers, which will affect the zombie you are raising."

"It looks like it's about to turn into a hairy zombie. Even without the soul power of those two female ghosts, if it had the chance, it could definitely become even more ferocious than it is now."

Li Zhen said, "I can't let them leave for now; I still need them. But I can assure you, I will let them be reincarnated in the underworld."

Chen You turned his head and looked into Li Zhen's eyes.

Li Zhen said calmly, "I have no reason to lie to you."

After a few breaths, Chen You nodded: "You really have no reason to lie to me. I can't stop you from doing whatever you want."

Just then, Aunt Mei, who had been released by Qian Xiaohao, walked blankly to "Uncle Dong".

"Old man, get up, let's go home together." She squatted down in front of "Uncle Dong," a smile naturally appearing on her face, and reached out to try to pull "Uncle Dong" up from the ground.

The seemingly dying "Uncle Dong" suddenly turned his head and bit Aunt Mei's arm.

Qian Xiaohao reacted quickly and pulled Aunt Mei away.

Aunt Mei's smile vanished, replaced by despair as she looked at "Uncle Dong" lying on the ground: "The old man won't bite me..."

Seeing this, Chen You sighed: "What goes around comes around... it's all fate, and we have no control over it."

He took a drag of his cigarette and asked Li Zhen, "What are your plans now?"

Li Zhen replied, "I only came here because I found out there were zombies. Now that the zombies are gone, I'm leaving immediately."

After saying that, he looked down at the compass on the ground and, without beating around the bush, said directly, "Could I borrow this magical artifact of yours for a while?"

Chen You looked back at Li Zhen, the wrinkles between his brows deepening.

After taking several puffs of his cigarette, he said, "If you want to take this, I can't stop you."

There was a clear element of sarcasm in his tone.

Li Zhen naturally knew that after crippling two zombies and burning a group of underworld officials, making such a request to others was very likely to be seen as a threat.

He said sincerely, "I'm just borrowing it. If I have the chance, I will definitely bring it back to you."

Actually, he also wanted to make an equal exchange with Chen You and directly take the magic weapon away.

However, after thinking it over, he couldn't think of anything on him that was as valuable as this magical artifact.

In fact, his most valuable possessions are his various magical techniques, but they are all unorthodox and evil. Even if he wanted to give them to Chen You, Chen You wouldn't need them.

After making glutinous rice for so many years, Chen You only encountered one instance of unorthodox zombie-making.

It is foreseeable that he will not encounter this again until the day he dies. Naturally, those evil spells will have no effect on Chen You.

The golden Buddha is indeed very valuable.

But Li Zhen urgently needs the golden Buddha statue and cannot give it away.

Chen You shook his head slightly: "I probably won't need this in the future. You can take it if you want, but you know your own situation. Even if you get this, you probably won't be able to use it."

This naturally refers to Li Zhen's evil aura, which prevents him from using the Five Elements Compass, a Taoist magical artifact.

Li Zhen said, "I will find someone to use this thing."

Chen You flicked his cigarette ash: "You're in trouble?"

"Yes, it's a big problem."

"How big?"

Even if I get your compass, I don't feel very safe.

“This is indeed troublesome.” “If I die, then all will be lost. If I live, I will definitely find a way to send this magical artifact back to you.”

Taking a deep breath, Chen You waved his hand: "Take it, take it. I probably won't be able to use this magic artifact in the future. We'll talk about returning it later. I hope you remember your words and give those two female ghosts a happy ending."

Li Zhen sincerely thanked him.

He had been to so many mission worlds, but he had never seen a magical artifact that could compare to this compass, so he naturally knew how precious it was.

Even in a major sect like the Changshan Sect in the original world, this compass would be considered an ancestral artifact.

If it were me, I certainly wouldn't be as magnanimous as Chen You when it came to giving away something like that.

Chen You shook his head again: "If it weren't for you this time, I don't know how many people would have died. Consider this my payment to you, no need for thanks."

"Once I've rested, I'll compile a manual for using this magical artifact, including all the talismans and incantations, as well as things to be careful about when using it."

“These things are too complicated. If I explain them directly, I might overlook some details, and you might not be able to remember them all.”

"It will probably take... a day. Come and pick it up then."

After taking a few more puffs of his cigarette, he looked at "Uncle Dong" and said, "This body... you want to take it with you?"

Li Zhen nodded: "I didn't disperse its corpse energy; I plan to refine it into my second zombie."

"You already have one zombie, do you need to create a second one?"

"I have a lot of troubles, but I can never have too much of this."

"It seems you're in serious trouble. But I must warn you, zombies and ghosts have a lot of yin energy and malevolent energy. Long-term contact with them will have a very negative impact on you. Refining too many corpses will affect your yin virtue."

"I have a deep grudge against the underworld officials, and I probably don't have much good karma left." Li Zhen finished dressing, packed his things, and turned to walk towards the stairs.

Before sending the vampire to chase "Uncle Dong," Li Zhen had already removed a part of the thing from the vampire's back and placed it on the banshee's body.

After a fierce battle, quite a few things fell from the vampire's body, some of which had been burned by the heavenly fire within the barrier.

These were all unimportant things, and Li Zhen didn't pay them any mind.

The vampires can no longer carry things, so they have to pile everything onto the banshee, which took some effort from Li Zhen.

The demonic fetus dragged two zombies behind Li Zhen.

The succubus, who had been silent until now, also followed behind Li Zhen.

The red-eyed bat that Li Zhen had left on the banshee's head shook its head, flew to Li Zhen's shoulder, sniffed at Li Zhen, and perhaps smelled the strange odor on him, it let out a few wary cries.

Aunt Mei stared blankly at Uncle Dong's corpse.

Chin Siu-ho and Chan Yau kept watching Li Detective's back.

Li Zhen suddenly remembered that a vampire in this form couldn't go out and meet people, so he turned around and borrowed Qian Xiaohao's coat.

Qian Xiaohao paused for a moment, then tossed his coat to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen tore open his coat and covered the heads of the vampire and "Uncle Dong" with it.

Although both zombies had large areas of exposed skin and still looked terrifying, they were much better than before.

"Thank you so much this time!" Chen You suddenly called out as he watched Li Zhen's retreating figure.

Li Zhen waved his hand behind him.

Only after watching Li Zhen's figure disappear into the corridor did Chen You finally breathe a sigh of relief, leaning against the wall and slowly collapsing to the ground.

Qian Xiaohao asked with concern, "Master, are you alright?"

Chen You took a few puffs of his cigarette, then weakly shook his head and said, "I lost too much blood and I'm a bit exhausted. Sigh, I was lucky this time to have a helper, otherwise I really don't know how this would have ended."

Qian Xiaohao chimed in, "That person didn't seem like a good person, but in the end, he helped us."

Chen You sighed and lamented, "Who can really tell the difference between good and bad people?"

As the commotion outside subsided, the doors on both sides of the corridor opened one after another, and many people were observing what was happening outside.

Chen You shouted to those people, "The outside isn't ready yet, so don't come out."

The yin energy here is too heavy. Even ordinary people who inhale this yin energy will have trouble. Those who are unlucky will at least fall seriously ill.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something, and turned his head sharply to look at Aunt Mei, just in time to see Aunt Mei walking blankly towards the stairs.

With a jolt of fear, Chen You scrambled to his feet and shouted anxiously to Qian Xiaohao, "Quick! Don't let her go over there!"

……

As Li Zhen walked downstairs, he suddenly heard the howling wind from above.

He turned his head and saw a figure falling from a height.

A dull thud.

The figure fell heavily two or three meters away from Li Zhen, and the smell of blood quickly spread.

The moment Li Zhen saw the falling figure, he recognized it as Aunt Mei.

Aunt Mei, who had fallen from the building, had her limbs twisted and pinned to either side of her body. Her head was facing Li Zhen, and her eyes were open. It was unclear whether she was looking at Li Zhen or Uncle Dong's corpse, but the light in her eyes was rapidly fading away.

Fresh blood spread rapidly beneath Aunt Mei's body, and a strong stench of blood gradually permeated the air.

The zombie "Uncle Winter" trembled, seemingly attracted by the blood on the ground.

Li Zhen said to the demon fetus, "Let it eat."

The demon immediately threw "Uncle Dong" next to Aunt Mei's corpse.

"Uncle Dong" moved his body and lay down on Aunt Mei's neck, sucking blood voraciously.

In just two breaths, "Uncle Dong" had drunk a lot of blood, and the corpse energy on his body began to gather again.

Detective Li had the demon fetus take "Uncle Dong" with him and continued walking out of the staircase.

Qian Xiaohao, who had run down, glanced at Li Zhen's back, then rushed to Aunt Mei's side. After checking her over, he discovered that Aunt Mei had become a corpse.

Chen You, who was running downstairs supporting his back, then ran to Qian Xiaohao's side.

Qian Xiaohao looked at Chen You and whispered, "Aunt Mei is dead..."

Chen You glanced helplessly at Aunt Mei's body: "How could someone who jumped from such a height survive? There's no one left in his family, and we'll have to trouble the neighbors to handle the funeral arrangements."

Qian Xiaohao was speechless.

After a moment, Chen You sighed, "It's good that he's dead, it's good that he's dead, there's no need to be sad anymore."

……

It was just getting dark, and there were quite a few pedestrians outside the apartment building.

To avoid drawing too much attention, Li Zhen had the demon fetus return to the banshee's back, controlled the vampire to barely get up, and carried "Uncle Dong" on his shoulder.

After sensing the surroundings, Li Zhen chose a direction and slowly disappeared in front of the apartment building with the female demon and the others.

To get the vampires and "Winter Sol" back to their peak as quickly as possible, a suitable environment must be chosen...

(End of this chapter)