You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

"Wang Xuansheng of the Qingwei School!"

As Wang Xuan once again easily defeated his opponent by conjuring nine flames out of thin air with his "fire control technique," the Daoist cultivators of Xixia Prefecture were completely dumbfounded!

"Such strong control! With a thought, fire arises, and he controls nine flames as if they were his own limbs... It seems that his Yin Spirit realm is even stronger than we imagined!"

"This...is this too exaggerated?"

"How long has Wang Xuan been a disciple of the Mountain God of Helan Mountain? It's already unbelievable that he has reached the seventh level of Qi Refining in such a short time, but he can also master two basic Five Elements spells, and his Yin Spirit is extremely powerful?"

"No wonder he could attract the gods to take him as a disciple..."

As the live stream progressed, the name Wang Xuan became known to the people of Xixia Prefecture.

At the same time, the "Qingwei School" also came into people's view.

Unlike other Taoist sects such as Maoshan, Longhushan Tianshi Mansion, Xijiangfu Wanshou Palace Jingming Sect, and Quanzhen Sect, Qingwei Sect, although one of the "Three Sects of Talismans" and once glorious, is now little known among the common people.

Today, there may still be some lineages of the "Qingwei School" among the people, but they are difficult to establish and most of the lineages have been scattered overseas.

"Wang Xuan, you're awesome!"

Yang Shuai looked at Wang Xuan as he walked off the stage and covered his mouth, saying, "Impressive! If he keeps this up, he might even win first place in Xixia Prefecture."

Gu Jinghui grinned from ear to ear: "Of course, you don't even know whose apprentice you are!"

With only two matches left, observing the other cultivators' "battles" and understanding the level of some of the participants gave Wang Xuan confidence. He said spiritedly, "Master, don't worry, I will definitely compete seriously and get a good ranking."

At this moment, He Wanzhong walked over.

"Master Chen."

He leaned closer to Chen Yang and whispered, "Master Chen... something's happened."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang's eyes flickered slightly: "What is it?"

He Wanzhong glanced around; the stadium was crowded and noisy. He said, "Master Chen, could we speak in private for a moment... Our Director Wei has also come over."

When the two arrived outside the stadium, they saw Wei Rufeng wearing a baseball cap, mask, and sunglasses, covering himself up completely and dressed like a celebrity.

He stepped forward, saluted, and said, "Commander Chen!"

Chen Yang chuckled and said, "Wei Rufeng, what are you doing?"

Wei Rufeng said with a wry smile, "There are too many people from the Jianghu circle in Xixia Prefecture here. Many of them know me and even attended my funeral. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to appear openly, would it?"

No wonder he was once a bureau chief.

Enlightenment makes all the difference.

Look at Gu Jinghui and Yang Shuai, they never care about these things when they go out. At most, Yang Shuai will wear a mask and cover his mouth when he speaks so that his tongue will fall out and scare people.

They exchanged a few pleasantries.

Wei Rufeng asked, "By the way, Lao He, what happened?"

He was clearly invited by He Wanzhong and had no idea what had happened.

He Wanzhong's expression was grave as he said, "We have just received news that an extremely serious paranormal event has occurred in a village under the jurisdiction of Tongxin County!"

"A group of villagers who were digging for treasure unearthed a strange tomb in the mountains... After that, they all went insane."

"Oh?"

"A mysterious tomb?"

Wei Rufeng frowned. He had served as the director of the Xixia Prefecture for ten years and had seen all sorts of supernatural cases. Upon hearing this, he said, "Could it be that something unclean has been unearthed?"

"Or perhaps... he was driven mad by what was inside the tomb?"

He Wanzhong said, "The specific situation is still unclear. I have already sent Wang Lin, Ma Lin, Lin Miao and Cao Zepan to investigate on the spot... The main problem is that the group of treasure hunters have gone crazy and we can't get any useful information from them."

Seemingly remembering something, He Wanzhong added, "By the way, after they went mad, they kept muttering about black rain and ominous signs. It's said that a strange black rain fell in that area a few days ago. Could all of this be related to that black rain?"

Chen Yang: "Huh? Black Rain?"

"Yes!"

He Wanzhong said, "All the villagers in that village have moved away, but a few households went back to their hometowns to herd sheep because they lacked skills and had difficulty finding work due to poor health. According to what I know so far, there was indeed a strange black rain there at that time."

Chen Yang: "..."

After pondering for a while, Wei Rufeng asked, "Where are those people now?"

He Wanzhong: "That group of people are from Dawacun Village, Zhangjiayuan Township, Tongxin County. Since 2013, their village has implemented the ecological migration policy and the whole village has been relocated. They are now in Tongjin Village, Qingtongxia."

"After learning about the situation, I ordered the local police station to put those people under centralized management."

Qingtongxia is a county-level city, only a 20-minute drive from Wucheng.

Wei Rufeng said, "Let's go...to see them."

He Wanzhong: "I've arranged a car, it'll be here soon."

soon.

A minivan with red license plates pulled up in front of the stadium, and three people...

No.

To be precise, the two people and the ghost got into the car, and Wei Rufeng asked, "Commander Chen, what do you think about this matter?"

“I think the main factor in this matter is that large tomb. As far as I know, apart from that Ming Dynasty prince in Weizhou Town, no great figures have ever emerged from the southern mountainous area of ​​Tongxin County. How could there be such a large tomb?”

Chen Yang said, "As for the black rain, it may be a normal natural phenomenon."

"This……"

He Wanzhong clearly had a different opinion, but how could he dare to refute Chen Yang on the spot after he said that?

He had no choice but to take out his phone and say, "Director Wei, Master Chen, look... this is a picture of black rain taken by a shepherd in that village."

Wei Rufeng took the phone and watched the video carefully.

Chen Yang also looked over.

The video is six minutes long. It begins with a huge black cloud drifting in from the sky, followed by black rain. In just a few moments, the black rain pours down, seemingly dyeing the entire area black.

This scene……

Chen Yang, the instigator, was all too familiar with this. After a dozen seconds of silence, he couldn't help but say, "I heard that the policy of closing the mountains to grazing was implemented in the mountains a few years ago. There are staff members patrolling the townships every day, and the forestry department has also built forest protection stations and arranged forest rangers. How come there are still people grazing sheep?"

He Wanzhong explained, "There are mountains everywhere there, and the township staff can only patrol the area near the highway every day... As for the forest rangers?"

"We're all neighbors, who would actually do something that would offend anyone?"

"And as long as they drive the sheep into the mountains far from the road, it's very difficult for patrol officers to spot them!"

"........."

No wonder.

Before it rained, Chen Yang made a point of observing the village to make sure no one was there.

It turns out he went out to herd sheep.

He even filmed himself in the rain.

After watching the video, Wei Rufeng's expression grew even more serious. He said, "This rain... seems to have been deliberately brought down by someone."

Chen Yang: "No way? Who would be so bored as to go to some deserted mountain area and make it rain?" "It might not be a person!"

Wei Rufeng watched the black rain curtain in the video repeatedly and said, "Normal rainwater could never be this color. In my opinion, either a ghost or a demon brought this rain!"

He Wanzhong: "I think so too."

Chen Yang: "..."

"Humph!"

He snorted coldly, feigning anger, and said, "In broad daylight, in the Western Xia Prefecture where I am stationed, there are still demons and monsters causing trouble... Wei Rufeng!"

Wei Rufeng quickly replied, "Your subordinate is here!"

Chen Yang: "After you've seen those crazy people, go to the scene of the incident immediately and make sure you get to the bottom of this!"

Wei Rufeng accepted the order and said, "Marshal Chen, rest assured, if it is truly the work of demons and monsters, I will dig three feet into the ground to find it!"

In the car.

He Wanzhong felt something was off.

His own boss... has now become Master Chen's subordinate.

The van got on the highway and sped along, soon arriving at "Qingtongxia".

Qingtongxia is a county-level city located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. It faces Wucheng across the Yellow River to the east, borders Zhongning County of ZW City to the south with Niushou Mountain as the boundary, is adjacent to ALSZQ to the west with the Ming Great Wall (Ming Bianqiang), and is connected to Yongning County of Yincheng to the north.

Qingtongxia has a long history and is one of the "ancient counties" of the Western Xia Prefecture. It is rich in water resources. Nine major canals, including the Qin Canal, Han Canal, and Tanglai Canal, which were excavated successively since the Qin and Han dynasties, all originated from Qingtongxia. It has unique advantages in terms of irrigation conditions by drawing water from the Yellow River.

At the same time, this county-level city is also extremely rich in mineral resources!

The Qingtongxia Aluminum Plant within its territory was a "super-large industrial enterprise" of the Western Xia Prefecture. It was one of the top 500 enterprises in the Western Xia, ranking 271st in the Western Xia manufacturing industry, 18th in the non-ferrous metallurgy and rolling processing industry, and 24th in the national non-ferrous industrial enterprises in terms of sales revenue. It was also among the first batch of electrolytic aluminum production enterprises in the country that met environmental protection regulations.

In addition, Qingtongxia also has attractions such as the 108 Pagodas, the Yellow River Grand Canyon, the Yellow River Altar, Niushou Mountain, and the Zhonghua Yellow River Tower.

After exiting the highway at Wucheng, we drove into the western part of Wucheng, crossed the Yellow River Bridge, and entered the territory of Qingtongxia.

soon.

We've arrived at "Tongjin Village".

In the very center of the village is a small square, next to which is the village committee office. At this moment, a large crowd has gathered outside the village committee office, and the resident police officers are maintaining order.

There were no other spacious public spaces in the village, so the few villagers who had "gone mad" were temporarily detained in the village committee office.

Their family members were crying and sobbing. A middle-aged woman wailed, "Officer, I know digging for treasure is illegal... but my son has gone mad, please let me see him!"

"He hasn't eaten since last night."

Inside the village committee, screams could be heard intermittently. People shouted words like "black rain" and "ominous," their voices filled with terror.

Chen Yang got out of the car and looked towards the village committee.

But a peculiar atmosphere permeated the air above the village committee building…

Inside the village committee building, wisps of peculiar mist continued to rise.

"This is……"

"Corpse Qi?"

Chen Yang's face darkened, and he said, "Old He, go and quickly disperse the crowd!"

As they were talking—

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a deep roar came from the village committee, followed by a sound that shattered the glass of the third-floor corridor and rushed towards the crowd below.

Chen Yang flicked his finger, and a wisp of yin energy flew out, knocking the figure that was pouncing in mid-air back down.

He flashed and, in a blur, disappeared into the third floor of the village committee building.

Wei Rufeng then transformed into a wisp of yin energy and followed.

He Wanzhong looked grave and rushed forward to take out his ID. He began to evacuate the villagers. The villagers were startled by the figure that had just broken through the glass and rushed out. At this moment, they dared not continue to surround the village committee.
Some sharp-eyed people even managed to clearly see the appearance of that "figure".

Upon hearing that He Wanzhong was from the "Special Administration Bureau," he couldn't help but ask, "Boss, that just now... was it a zombie?"

Years ago, "zombie movies" were a huge hit in the Great Xia Dynasty, so the people of the Great Xia Dynasty still have a deep impression of the image of "zombies".

He Wanzhong did not hide anything and said, "Fellow villagers, the village committee is filled with corpse poison. Everyone should leave here immediately to avoid being infected!"

In less than two minutes, the crowd had completely dispersed, and even the old lady who had been crying earlier had run away in a flash.

The police officer stationed in the village looked bewildered, a look of horror flashing in his eyes. He said, "This...this...where did this zombie come from in the village committee?"

…………

The corridor on the third floor of the village committee building.

In the corridor, wisps of "corpse aura" as thin as mist, invisible to the naked eye, drifted slowly. The zombie that Chen Yang had previously driven in was nowhere to be seen.

Wei Rufeng, transformed into Yin energy, landed beside Chen Yang and reformed into a Yin body. He said, "It seems those guys have all been infected with the corpse poison, and some have even turned into zombies... Could all of this be because of that black rain?"

"........."

Chen Yang was speechless and cursed, "Why are you and Lao He so fixated on the black rain? It's just a rain, it just makes the color a little darker, what harm could that do?"

Wei Rufeng was taken aback, somewhat puzzled as to why Chen Yang was so confident in eliminating the dangers of "black rain".

But considering Chen Yang's identity and strength, he must be very knowledgeable, so he added, "If it's not because of the black rain... could the problem really be with that large tomb?"

"The owner of that tomb has already turned into a zombie?"

"They went into the tomb and were bitten?"

Chen Yang did not answer; he strode forward.

At the end of the corridor was a "conference room." When the door to the "conference room" was opened, the stench of death emanated from it.

…………

at the same time.

Beside the mountains and ravines, at the foot of the mountains.

From inside the cave that had only been dug out not long ago, a series of hurried footsteps echoed—

Immediately afterwards, Wang Lin, Ma Lin, Cao Zepan, and Lin Miao sped away!

"Damn it!"

"Those bastards aren't doing anything productive, they're digging for treasure... digging for treasure, what exactly did they dig up?"

Marin said in a deep voice, "Quickly, everyone, don't stay in the shade, go out into the sun. It would be best if you could circulate your qi and blood to stimulate your own yang energy. The corpse energy in the cave is too terrifying. If we don't remove it as soon as possible, I'm afraid we will all perish here, infected by the corpse energy, and turn into walking corpses!"

Wang Lin then took out his phone and called He Wanzhong.

"Hey, Lao He!"

"We've explored the cave... There is indeed a large tomb hidden inside the mountain, and a coffin is being suppressed inside. The corpse inside the coffin should have undergone a transformation!"

Where did it go?

"It escaped; it's not in the coffin!" (End of Chapter)