Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 365 What to do if you encounter a thief on the road?
"Have you found that woman surnamed Li?"

Under a clear blue sky with white clouds, on a vast, boundless plain, a short man surveyed his men. Their faces wore bitter expressions, and none of them responded.

"Damn it, they're a bunch of useless trash, they can't even catch a woman!"

The short man spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto the ground. The phlegm splattered onto the mud, rolled twice, and then stood up on its own, sprouting two small legs as it hopped away into the distance.

This soil once buried several stars, among whom the most powerful, "Shadow Puppet" and "Tree Plant," had their bodies turn to dust after death, their blood soaking the earth. From then on, any liquid that falls to the ground will jump around and run wild like mindless livestock.

For first-time visitors, it may be something new and interesting; but for those who have spent years scavenging in the wilderness, it is familiar to the point of being disgusting.

The dwarf had no interest in paying attention to any of this. He paced back and forth several times with his hands behind his back, his eyes gloomy.

One of his men mustered his courage and cautiously raised his hand:
"Brother, that woman is a Star-level expert. There aren't many Star-level experts in the entire Dust Kingdom. If she's deliberately avoiding us, there's no way we'll find her."

Upon hearing this, the dwarf's eyes widened in shock.

He reached out and slapped him across the face.

The subordinate had no time to dodge. He took a solid hit, spun around, and fell to the ground.

A few drops of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, fell into the mud and turned into tiny figures that circled around him.

Despite the excruciating pain, he dared not move an inch.

Once the wound or eyes come into contact with the soil from this place, the blood and bodily fluids in his body will instantly become activated.

He had witnessed people die like this, falling apart in an instant, as if melting away.

The plants and trees are unharmed, but people are killed by this soil, as if it harbors a deep-seated resentment.

But this cowardly subordinate failed to quell the dwarf's anger. The dwarf stepped forward and kicked him hard in the stomach, shouting angrily:

"That woman from Daxing was cursed by her master before leaving the Dust Kingdom, and her cultivation has almost completely vanished! How can we still not find her? I think you're just deliberately being lazy! Do you know how much that woman is worth? Do you know how many people in this godforsaken place are looking for her right now! We're so close now, if we don't seize such a good opportunity, we deserve to go back to eating shit!"

After kicking his subordinate twice, the short man's anger subsided slightly, and he let out a short, mocking laugh through his nose:

"Don't worry about losing your life. Even if you find her, it won't be your turn to do anything. Grandpa has brought plenty of magic weapons this time. If we really see that woman, I'll make sure she dies on the spot!"

……

Centrifugal light caught a glimpse of the dwarf in the distance, who seemed to sense something was amiss and turned his gaze toward her location.

She quietly concealed her aura, and then her body disappeared from the spot as if it had vanished into the shadows.

A moment later, she appeared on a plain further away.

At this moment, she sat on the grass, looking slightly tired.

The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly, its warm rays bathing her in its warmth, yet her mood remained gloomy.

When the General's Mansion suffered a crushing defeat, she was in a daze. Perhaps the sudden change had disturbed her mind, or perhaps Jiang Jinyue's words had shaken her spirits. In any case, when she came to her senses, she had already fled to the southern border with the surviving troops and arrived at this old battlefield.

Li Ziguang had no intention of going to the Dust Kingdom with the retreating troops.

As she said, her actions at the General's Mansion were based on a genuine belief that they would benefit Daxing.

Now, this group of people is planning to go to the Dust Kingdom, an act that already carries the connotation of treason.

Centrifugal light is naturally intolerable.

This led to a conflict between the two sides.

Unexpectedly, several experts from the Dust Kingdom arrived at the scene. Before Li Guang could even react, these people revealed several strange talismans, which instantly struck her.

The talismans vanished instantly upon touching Li Ziguang's skin, merging into her body and causing her to immediately feel a noticeable stagnation in her breathing.

Li Ziguang knew that the people of Chen Kingdom were cunning and unpredictable, and fearing that they might reveal some strange and unusual treasures, he left the battlefield without hesitation.

Her decision proved to be extremely wise.

Not long after she left, the discomfort in the areas where the talismans had struck gradually worsened, and despite her cultivation, she was unable to completely remove them.

As time went by, her ability to transform herself gradually became ineffective.

Today, the Body Transformation Technique has completely lost its effectiveness.

This situation was extremely dangerous for her.

Li Ziguang primarily studied farming techniques and secondarily martial arts. In terms of physical strength alone, he was far inferior to a traditional martial artist.

Now that the transformation technique has dissipated, the weapon damage that falls on her is now direct and devastating.

Although she is more resistant than those at the sixth level of the Heavenly Realm, a powerful weapon striking her head or dantian would still be enough to kill her on the spot.

Furthermore, the Dust Kingdom clearly had no intention of letting Li Guang leave, and dispatched numerous small teams to search for his whereabouts.

This kind of squad has already avoided countless centrifugal forces, and this one is clearly the strongest.

Especially that short guy.

The feeling this person gave Li Guang was exactly the same as that of the adjutant he had seen in the general's mansion!
It's yet another fake star built up by calamities!

Under normal circumstances, centrifugal light has no fear of these false points.

Skills that are not painstakingly developed are ultimately inferior to those of genuine, top-tier talent.

However, her current path is blocked, and the enemy she once looked down upon has now become a formidable foe capable of taking her life.

The most troublesome thing is that this group of people have acquired many extraordinary treasures in their hunt. Compared to the things made by the Great Ming Forging Bureau, those things are much more unstable and require more valuable items, but relatively speaking, their effects are also significantly stronger!
One such adjutant is troublesome enough, not to mention he also carries a whole bunch of other miscellaneous things with him.

Thinking of this, Li Guang slowly closed his eyes.

A jumble of thoughts churned in her mind, flashing through the past of the General's Mansion and the great principles of justice that her adoptive mother, Li Jinyue, had taught her.

As she reminisced, she remembered Jiang Jinyue's stubborn yet sorrowful face.

The group of people in front of her had blocked her way back to Daxing. Even if she could go back, she wasn't sure if she would be able to see Jiang Jinyue again.

But we still have to give it a try.

We absolutely cannot sit here and wait to die.

Having adjusted his mindset, he simply restarted the centrifugal laser preparation plan.

Breaking through the encirclement from the east was obviously unrealistic; if they were trapped inside, they might lose their lives.

She remembered that there was a town on this old battlefield where fighting was forbidden, and there were also some镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) who specialized in escorting people.

Perhaps I can use those bodyguards to transport it back for me.

……

Lin Jiang and his group declined the invitation to stay overnight in the city and drove away through the side gate while it was still light.

Before their departure, Governor Guo presented them with a copy of the "Old Battlefield Strategy".

Lin Jiang glanced at it on the way and realized that it was actually a map.

However, this map is quite different from the usual ones.

In addition to the illustrations showing the various scenes, the characteristics of each area are also clearly marked:
There are areas where the ground is activated upon contact with liquid, and areas where grassy tides rise up and engulf everything that passes by in the soil.

Lin Jiang even glimpsed a location that stated that if certain actions were performed, the deceased could be temporarily resurrected for seven days.

These seemingly absurd and bizarre phenomena are actually quite commonplace on the entire plain.

Lin Jiang also discovered that there were several towns on the vast plains that were clearly marked as safe.

Although few and far between, they certainly exist.

Lin Jiang's gaze swept across the area, and a sense of doubt arose in his heart. How could someone actually have taken root and survive in such a desolate place that looked completely uninhabitable? With this question in mind, Lin Jiang asked Yu Wenyun.

Upon hearing this, Yu Wenyun pondered for a moment and replied:
“I have never been here before, so my knowledge of the local customs is limited. The town you mentioned was built by a descendant of a fallen star during the struggle for supremacy. His ancestors left behind many rare and precious artifacts. These people neither align themselves with the Great Xing nor return to the Dust Kingdom; they simply engage in transshipment trade in a neutral zone.”

"The world is vast, and indeed, each place has its own way."

Lin Jiang sighed softly, then took out the scroll painting given to him by Liang Huashan from his bosom. Unrolling the scroll, he saw only a blank, unremarkable white space in the center. He placed the map over the painting and whispered, probing into the image:
"Where did Master Liang and Master Ye perish?"

Before the words were even finished, a ripple quietly spread across the surface of the map.

A moment later, a tiny, bright dot quietly appeared on the scroll.

Lin Jiang glanced at the map and decided that if he wanted to get to his destination, he should first rest and recuperate in that town.

After deciding on the course of action, the carriage headed straight towards the town.

As night fell, the group arrived at a wide plain.

On the map, the plains are marked so that any water that comes into contact with people will immediately turn into living things; but rainwater, vegetation, and even the shrubs and trees that make up the valleys are completely unaffected.

Lin Jiang was intrigued and casually splashed a pot of water on it to test it.

As expected, the water that was poured out transformed into a tiny person, about the size of a ginseng root, running around everywhere, just as described on the map.

This excited Little Ginseng immensely. She chased after the little person and ran around playing with it. But after running for a while, the little person suddenly lost its momentum and fell to the ground with a thud, turning into normal water that flowed into the ground.

Little Ginseng became sullen again.

Lin Jiang roughly understood what was going on.

Plains can give stagnant water a brief life, but not a lasting one. Otherwise, this place would probably have already formed a small water spirit settlement.

But how does the water flow determine the duration of contact and why does it repel vegetation? To find out, we must trace back to the origins of the path taken by the star-pointers who once passed away in this place.

Little Ginseng, having lost its playmate, begged Lin Jiang to pour it another pot of water.

Lin Jiang refused to waste the water and instead played with the ginseng root himself.

Not long after the boy and the little ginseng started playing together, Yu Wenyun suddenly perked up:

"Young master, there is a group of people to the west."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jiang immediately turned his head to look in that direction.

He focused his Qi into his eyes and discovered that there was indeed a group of men dressed in coarse linen clothes traveling under the cover of darkness.

Their leader was a short man.

Lin Jiang stared at the dwarf.

I can clearly feel it.
There was a faint aura of calamity within his body.

(End of this chapter)