The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 251 Chaos and Detective Li's Scheme

After listening for a while, the old man confirmed that he hadn't misheard.

If there is no other person with the surname Ji in Fukang County who is also a Taoist master, then this "Taoist Master Ji" must be him.

This made him feel a little strange.

That flying zombie was incredibly terrifying. Even with his decades of cultivation, he could only try to perish together with it by igniting the swamp gas. Unexpectedly, the zombie didn't die, and he himself wasn't injured. So he decided to chase after the zombie alone to prevent it from harming anyone.

This pursuit caused him to lose contact with several of his apprentices.

When he suddenly heard someone calling his name, Master Ji naturally thought of his disciple.
But the explosion that night caused quite a commotion, so how could his apprentices know that he was actually alive and were still searching for him everywhere?

He ran towards the direction of the sound and saw a man holding up a sign that read "Master Ji" and calling out to people.

After hesitating for a moment, Master Ji went to ask a few questions and found that someone had indeed hired that person to carry that sign around looking for people. Finally, the person revealed his identity and said that he was Master Ji.

Upon learning that the old man before him was "Master Ji," the man immediately smiled with delight, grabbed Master Ji, and ran back, claiming he would take Master Ji to find the person who had paid them.

On the way, Master Ji saw many people holding signs and searching for someone. After learning that the "Master Ji" had been found, many people showed regretful expressions.

When they arrived at a small teahouse, Master Ji saw from afar that his youngest disciple, Dian, was sitting with a simply dressed young girl, drinking tea and eating snacks.

Judging from their expressions, these two definitely have something going on.

"That brat..."

Master Ji nimbly jumped over the fence, ran up behind Dian in a few steps, and gave Dian a heavy tap on the back of the head.

Dian clutched his head, turned around, and saw Master Ji standing behind him. His face lit up with joy: "Master! You really didn't die?!"

Master Ji could no longer maintain his composure and a smile appeared on his face: "You all thought I was dead?"

He glanced at the girl a few times.

"Master, please sit down first. I'll talk to you after I pay." Dian pulled the man who brought Master Ji aside, paid the reward, and immediately ran back to Master Ji's side.

He was about to speak when Master Ji raised his hand to interrupt him.

After pouring himself a cup of tea and drinking it, Master Ji looked at the girl in front of him and said, "Explain to me what's going on here?"

Dian scratched the back of his head, somewhat embarrassed, and introduced, "I forgot to introduce you. Master, this is Ah Ling. Her family runs a mortuary and has helped us a lot. Ah Ling is a very good person."

Then, he introduced Ah Ling to me: "Ah Ling, this is my master, Master Ji of Maoshan. I came to the county town to find my master."

Knowing that this was an elder of the Electricity Sect, Ah Ling, who had been keeping her head down, raised her head and looked at Master Ji with a blush: "Greetings, Master Ji."

Master Ji nodded: "Okay, whatever, make yourself at home. I'm a very open-minded person."

Ah Ling smiled sheepishly.

Dian breathed a sigh of relief and started grinning foolishly.

Setting down his teacup, Master Ji looked at the seated man and asked, "Where are you now? I thought you would come to the county town, but after searching for a while, I couldn't find you. So I had to go find that zombie first."

Dian immediately said, "After the methane explosion that day, we all thought... we thought something had happened to Master. We went back to look for him for a while, but couldn't find him. We followed the compass all the way to the Jiang family's house, about twenty miles outside the county town..."

He recounted how he and his companions chased them to the Jiang family, how the compass broke, how they infiltrated the Jiang family, and how they discovered the Jiang family's preserved corpse. He talked until his throat was dry before stopping to drink some tea.

Master Ji frowned and said, "Those dried corpses should be disposed of as soon as possible. If they turn into zombies, it will be troublesome. In today's world, chaos is rampant and the violent energy is increasing. Those things are very likely to turn into zombies."

Dian shrugged: "Master Jiang doesn't listen to us. He thinks we're after his family's treasure. Master Jiang only wants to continue the family line. Who knew his son would be bitten to death by a poisonous snake on his wedding night? So he said he would adopt Lei as his godson and marry his daughter-in-law to Lei so that Lei could continue the family line for his Jiang family."

Master Ji shook his head: "Those who work in this line of work naturally have a heavy yin energy, so it's only natural that they'll be childless."

At this point, he abruptly changed the subject and said, "You said you saw treasure while searching for the mummified corpse. Weren't you tempted?"

Dian subconsciously shook his head, wanting to answer the question in a lighthearted manner, but when he looked up, he saw Master Ji's serious expression and eyes that seemed to see right through him. He immediately suppressed his smile and answered honestly, "Master, we have lived for so long and have never seen so much treasure. If we obtained that treasure, we could do whatever we wanted. It would be a lie to say that we are not tempted."

Master Ji withdrew his gaze: "You didn't lie. It's only human nature; as long as your true nature hasn't changed, that's good."

Dian laughed: "We were raised by Master together since we were little, how could we be so easily fooled? By the way, Master, the person who reminded us that Master is not dead and that we can use this method to find Master is someone else."

"Oh? Who is it?" Master Ji became interested.

Dian immediately recounted to Master Ji how Li Zhen had found them and what Li Zhen had said to them.

After listening, Master Ji remained silent for a moment before saying, "So he was the one who set that fire. He's quite capable to have escaped unharmed after encountering that flying zombie."

"I had some contact with the corpse-driving lineage in western Hunan in my early years, but I have never seen anyone as powerful as the person you described."

Dian said, "He was very powerful. When he brought the zombie to the Jiang family's door, our compass started spinning wildly and finally pointed to the door. I think that even though the zombie he brought had been injured by the flying zombie, it was still terrifying."

"He not only raises zombies, but also little ghosts. Those little ghosts are different from ordinary little ghosts. I can't figure out where those little ghosts came from, but they are all quite powerful. However, he doesn't seem to have any evil aura, unlike those people with eerie and sinister auras."

Master Ji nodded: "He sent you to find me to get rid of that flying zombie?"

When the topic of eliminating the flying zombie came up, Dian's expression became serious: "He said that we should find you, Master, as soon as possible and try to get rid of that zombie tonight, otherwise more innocent people will die at the hands of the zombie."

"That's right, we need to get rid of that zombie as soon as possible. Are you sure that zombie is in the Jiang family's house?"

"After we saw the corpse, we thought the corpse's aura had misled us, but after hearing his words, we felt that we hadn't gone in the wrong direction, and that the flying zombie should be hiding inside the corpse."

"That zombie is very clever."

"That person also said that the more essence blood the zombie absorbs, the higher its sanity becomes. It is hiding inside the dried corpse to avoid us tracking it down."

"I've been guarding the county town for days without finding its hiding place, and this must be the reason. Let's go to the Jiang family. I want to see that person in person."

Master Ji was a decisive person; as soon as he finished speaking, he stood up and left.

"Hey, Master, wait for me!"

Dian grabbed Ah Ling and quickly chased after her.

……

Behind them, the steward wearing a melon-shaped hat peeked out and watched as the three figures of Master Ji disappeared into the crowd. He then said to one of the men behind him, "See? I wasn't lying. That kid has found help again."

Standing behind him was a young man with a small mustache.

The man was somewhat thin, yet exuded a powerful aura. His face was sinister and ruthless, clearly the mark of a ruthless and ambitious figure. "He's a master," the man commented on Master Ji.

The steward counted on his fingers and said, "Before, these lads took three families to the Jiang family. One of them was clearly not a simpleton, and the other two didn't even show their faces. These days, besides notorious bandits, who would cover their face so thoroughly?"

"Now this kid has found another expert to help him, it's obvious he's determined to take over the Jiang family."

"I don't think they'll wait any longer. They might make their move tonight. If we don't hurry, it will be too late."

The sinister-looking man said, "Should we make our move tonight?"

The steward analyzed, "You've already seen the skills of that Xiangxi zombie-driving king I took you to see. As long as those preserved corpses become our helpers, we won't have any problem taking over the Jiang family."

The sinister-looking man frowned.

The butler continued, "Your sister is still at the Jiang family's house. That place is no place for a human to stay. Every day you go later, she will suffer for another day."

"We've already managed to kill the Jiang family's only son and done so much else. Are we really just going to watch those people take away all the money that rightfully belongs to outsiders?"

"That's a treasure that we can use for a lifetime. Once we get it, your gambling debts won't be a problem at all."

The sinister man was becoming increasingly attracted.

The butler pressed on, saying, "Master Jiang is skilled, but he's only one person. No matter what, he can't stop us. Things could get complicated if we wait too long, Tang Long. If we work together from the inside, everything the Jiang family owns will be ours."

The man named Tang Long slowly nodded: "I'll go gather some men. You go back to the Jiang family and see what they're up to."

The butler was overjoyed and said, "I'll go right away! No matter what they want to do, I won't let them have their way."

……

After leaving the county town, Dian spoke a few words to A-Ling, telling her to go home first and promising to come find her after he finished his work. Then he followed Master Ji toward the Jiang family.

Both of them were very skilled, so they traveled very quickly and arrived at the Jiang family's residence in less than ten minutes.

The dark clouds above the Jiang family's residence grew thicker and thicker.

The sense of oppression felt by Master Ji and his companion grew stronger and stronger.

When they reached a bridge where they could see the Jiang family's residence, Master Ji and Dian suddenly heard a low, hissing roar coming from the Jiang family's residence.

After the sound was heard, a massive amount of corpse energy, like a gray mist, surged out from below the Jiang family's residence, quickly covering part of the Jiang family's courtyard.

Both Master Ji and the other person standing on the bridge could feel the terrifying aura emanating from the corpse energy.

Master Ji said solemnly, "The zombie is indeed hiding here. He was right."

Dian said, "Master, this zombie seems to have become stronger than before."

“It’s not just a feeling, it has really become stronger. If this zombie absorbs a little more essence and blood and fully acquires the ability of a flying zombie, then there will really be very few people in this world who can deal with it.” Master Ji walked forward.

Dian hurriedly chased after it, asking, "If this monster turns into a real flying zombie, is there anyone who can deal with it?"

"That guy from Longhu Mountain, haven't you heard of him?"

“My master is also a Celestial Master, and he might not be much worse than that one from Longhu Mountain.”

Without saying a word, Master Ji plunged headfirst into the surging corpse energy, his vision immediately becoming blurry.

……

The number of preserved corpses hidden in the Jiang family's home exceeded Li Zhen's imagination.

After he affixed the talismans that absorbed the corpse energy to various locations and activated the talisman array he had set up, he immediately saw a continuous stream of corpse energy surging from all directions of the Jiang family and converging into the vampire's body.

With so much corpse energy gathered together, the vampire trembled all over.

Seeing that some of the corpse energy was still dissipating, Li Zhen immediately moved "Uncle Dong's" body into the magic circle, allowing "Uncle Dong" to absorb the continuous corpse energy along with the vampire.

Time flies by.

The more corpse energy the vampires and "Winter Sol" absorbed, the thicker the dark clouds above grew.

Seeing this scene, Feng, Lei, and Yu all had a bad feeling.

Fearing something might happen, the three gathered everyone from the Jiang family in the hall.

Even the depressed Master Jiang, upon witnessing the changes in the Jiang family, began to doubt the words spoken by Feng Yulei and the others.

At one moment, Li Zhen, who was sitting cross-legged not far from the vampire, suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the depths of the Jiang family.

After a loud bang, more chaotic corpse energy mixed with ferocious aura surged out from underground, obscuring Li Zhen's vision.

The zombie's intense reaction surprised Li Zhen.

Suddenly, a wall sank into the ground.

Immediately, the ground continued to sink, heading straight towards Li Zhen from that wall.

It was that flying zombie that made the move!

However, Li Zhen was not too worried.

It's daytime now, so that thing can only appear underground, not directly in the sunlight.

Looking at the ground, Li Zhen retreated continuously until he reached a large rock in the courtyard.

As the entire boulder sank into the ground, Li Zhen climbed onto the wall behind him.

Just then, a figure flashed past Li Zhen out of the corner of his eye.

Then he saw a man wearing a straw hat appear in the courtyard and suddenly thrust his long sword into the ground.

As the ground sank, the man took a few steps and nimbly flipped over from the courtyard onto the wall next to Li Zhen.

After the vampires retreated to a safe place, Li Zhen looked at the man and said, "This junior greets Master Ji."

(End of this chapter)