All Heavens: Starting with Little Li Flying Dagger

Chapter 155 The White-Haired Zombie?

The Angry-Eyed Chicken circled in the air a few times before finally flying down.

Partridge Whistle shouted, "Bamboo basket!"

"oh."

The old foreigner immediately brought over a bamboo basket.

Partridge Whistle seized the opportunity and put the Angry-Sun Chicken into the bamboo basket.

"Gurgle~"

The old herbalist finally came to his senses, swallowed hard, and murmured, "A miracle worker!"

Gu Yu smiled, stepped forward and patted the old herbalist on the shoulder, saying, "This is the leader of the Mountain Moving Clan, Partridge Whistle."

"what?"

The old herbalist looked stunned, then quickly clasped his hands in greeting: "I am a disciple of Beiji Mountain. I have long admired your name, Master. It is truly an honor to meet you today."

Partridge Whistle returned the greeting with clasped hands, saying, "So, sir, you are a disciple of Jinzhai Leitan in the Taoist sect. My apologies for my disrespect."

"No, no!"

Partridge Whistle then pointed to Chen Yulou and introduced him, "Old sir, let me introduce you again. This is the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction."

He then pointed to Gu Yu and the others: "These are all disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect."

The old herbalist was startled and quickly clasped his hands in greeting: "So you are all heroes of Changsheng Mountain. My apologies for not recognizing you."

Chen Yulou cupped his hands and smiled, "Sir, there's no need for such formalities. We just hope you won't mind our intrusion."

"No, no, everyone, please sit down and have some tea."

So the group sat around the long table, drinking tea and chatting.

Seeing that Partridge Whistle and Chen Yulou were relatively amicable, the old herbalist couldn't help but ask, "What are the rumors in the martial arts world about tomb raiding, excavating tombs, and..."

The Mountain Moving and Ridge Unloading factions never visited each other; now it seems the rumors were probably wrong.

Chen Yulou laughed and said, "Our four sects had no contact before, so this time it was a coincidence that we met."

"So—you're going into Bottle Mountain?"

Chen Yulou nodded and then asked, "Old sir, you often go into Ping Mountain to collect herbs, could you tell us about what it's like inside?"

The old herbalist said, "To be honest, I have never been inside Ping Mountain; I only gather herbs around it."

Hong Gu frowned and said, "Didn't you say before that with the Baoji protecting us, no poisonous creatures dared to get close?"

"That's true, but that Bottle Mountain is too strange—" The old herbalist paused, glanced at the group subconsciously, and then said, "But since there are many of you, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Partridge Whistle asked, "Old sir, I heard from the villagers that there's a man-eating zombie king in Bottle Mountain?"

The old herbalist nodded: "There is such a saying. Someone once saw it with their own eyes. It was said to be about ten feet tall and covered in white hair."

Chen Yulou couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "That amazing?"

According to ancient texts, the white-haired zombies are extraordinary and beyond the power of ordinary people to fight.

The old herbalist sighed and said, "Actually, I've seen it too—"

"What?"

"You've seen the Corpse King too?"

The group looked at the old herbalist with surprise.

The old herbalist said, "At the time, I only glanced at it from afar, but I'm sure it wasn't some kind of corpse king."

Hong Gu exclaimed in surprise, "If it's not the Corpse King, then what is it?"

"It should be an old white ape that has become a spirit, just like in the legends, standing ten feet tall, covered in white fur, and with a pair of fangs."

tooth."

Gu Yu agreed with his statement.

Because there really was such an old white ape in the original work, with at least several hundred years of cultivation, if not a thousand years.

It's not unusual for an old white ape like this to eat people; as the story spread, it became known as the Corpse King eating people.

After chatting for a while, Chen Yulou said to Partridge Whistle, "Partridge Whistle, may I have a word with you in private?"

The two walked to the side, and Chen Yulou whispered, "Brother, I have an idea. Why don't we bring the old herbalist along and give him some benefits? After all, he's familiar with Ping Mountain, and he raised the Angry Sun Chicken. Having him lead it will save us trouble. What do you think?"

Partridge Whistle said, "I don't care. You know that we tomb raiders never hunt for funerary objects, only for elixirs and beads."

"Okay, as long as you don't object, let's invite him along."

Then, Chen Yulou called the old herbalist aside and said, "Old sir, I want to discuss something with you."

"I wonder what brings you here, Mr. Chen?"

"Here's the thing, this time it's the first time that the Unloading Ridge and Moving Mountain factions are joining forces to explore Bottle Mountain. You're familiar with the terrain of Bottle Mountain, and you even raised the Angry Sun Chicken, so why don't you come with us? You'll definitely be rewarded if we succeed."

I thought it would take a lot of talking, but to my surprise, the old herb farmer was very excited.

"That's wonderful! I thought my life would end like this, but I never expected to have the chance to explore Bottle Mountain with your sect and the Mountain Moving Sect."

"That's excellent!"

Chen Yulou nodded with a look of satisfaction.

Afterwards, Chen Yulou instructed Kunlun and Guaizi to return to Changsheng Mountain to gather their brothers and prepare all the necessary tools.

After everything was ready, Guai Zi and Kun Lun led nearly two thousand Xieling disciples to Lao Xiong Ridge in a grand procession.

After that, led by the old herbalist, they set off towards Ping Mountain.

After entering the Ping Mountain area, Chen Yulou chose a riverbank to set up camp and cook a meal.

The next day, the old herbalist led Chen Yulou, Partridge Whistle, and several disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect to scout ahead.

Gu Yu, Hong Gu, and Guai Zi stayed behind at the camp. Hong Gu was mainly responsible for directing the disciples to cut down trees. There were many rivers in the mountains, which people could wade across, but rafts were needed to transport a large amount of supplies.

The kidnapper was responsible for inspecting various supplies and maintaining order.

To make things easier, Gu Yu wandered around to prepare for any unexpected events.

Around noon, a disciple suddenly stumbled back to the camp, shouting, "Something terrible has happened—"

Gu Yu happened to be wandering around nearby, and immediately ran over when he heard the sound.

Unexpectedly, the kidnapper was even faster, already reaching the disciple's side and urgently asking, "What happened?"

The disciple, his face filled with terror, gasped, "Something's happened! Hong—Miss Hong, and—the brothers—"

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Yu shouted, "Guai Zi, bring your men here right now, I'll go check it out first."

As they spoke, they dashed out of the camp like a gust of wind.

They hadn't run far when they saw Hong Gu covered in blood, hurrying back to the camp with a group of Xieling disciples.

"Red Girl!"

Gu Yu was startled and rushed forward.

Upon seeing Gu Yu, Hong Gu felt much more at ease for some reason and stopped in her tracks, saying, "I'm fine."

"You're covered in blood, and you say you're fine?"

"It's the blood of our brothers—"

Hong Gu quickly gave a brief account of what had happened.

It turned out that she was leading dozens of her brothers to cut down trees in the forest ahead. Suddenly, a scream rang out, and Hong Gu ran towards the sound.

They went to investigate, but there was no one in sight, only a pool of blood on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, several more screams rang out.

Hong Gu quickly called on her disciples to stop logging, gather together, and then search everywhere.

As a result, several disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect were found in the forest, but they had already turned into corpses, their flesh and blood mangled.

"It's a mandrill, it must be a mandrill!"

One of the disciples, pale-faced, spoke in a trembling voice.

Gu Yu reassured everyone, "Don't panic, I'll go check it out."

Hong Gu hurriedly said, "Don't go, let's report to the boss first."

"Don't worry, Miss Hong, everything will be alright."

Gu Yu threw down a sentence and turned to run towards the woods.