I, a cultivator, have ended up in the world of tomb raiding.

There was no time to think about how an ancient corpse could have appeared out of nowhere in the recessed cliff halfway up the mountain.

Seeing that the two inside the cave were holding each other back, and that the girl in red was breathing rapidly and her arms were trembling slightly, almost unable to hold on, Li Yue no longer hesitated.

He is now at the second level of the Body Refinement Realm, with a powerful physique that makes it difficult for ordinary toxins to penetrate his body.

He immediately stepped forward, reached out and firmly grasped the male corpse's wrist, preparing to pin him down.

Red Girl's face changed drastically. She opened her mouth as if to warn him, but before the words could even escape her throat...

Suddenly, the face of the rice dumpling that Li Yue had grabbed twisted violently.

The ancient corpse's fat, swollen features were twitching erratically in a stiff yet bizarre manner.

It was as if every muscle in his face had its own consciousness, twisting in different directions one by one.

His already ferocious face instantly became terrifying, like a demon appearing in the world.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yue used his elbow to forcefully suppress the body of the black-robed ancient corpse, firmly controlling it.

With no more restrictions, Hong Guniang nimbly turned around and immediately pulled out a throwing knife from her sleeve, looking for an opportunity to help.

Suddenly, the rice dumpling broke free from its restraints and bounced up.

Then it opened its dark, foul-smelling mouth towards Li Yue, revealing its yellowed, sharp teeth as it lunged to bite.

Li Yue's eyes turned cold, and his reaction was as fast as lightning.

With an extremely swift and decisive move, he struck the zongzi in the chest with a palm strike.

The ancient corpse was violently blasted out of the cave entrance and plummeted into the abyss below.

This sudden change happened in the blink of an eye.

Before the girl's face could recover from the fear, Li Yue shook his hand and turned his gaze to her.

"Are you alright? I don't know what's wrong with this zongzi, it's covered in deadly poison."

Just now, I saw Li Yue touch that rice dumpling several times. Hong Guniang hurriedly stepped forward, took his hand and examined it carefully, and said with a tone full of worry.

"Just now, one of our brothers from the Unloading Ridge faction only got a little bit of its bodily fluids on him, and he immediately went insane and lost control."

"I'm fine." Li Yue pulled his hand back, looking at the girl in red with a slightly suspicious gaze.

As he flicked his hand, he had already shaken off all the remaining poison powder that was stuck to his hand.

At the same time, the body circulates its Yin energy to completely expel the little bit of poison that was trying to invade the skin.

The poison didn't even penetrate the surface of his skin.

After a careful examination, Hong Guniang found that there were indeed no signs of poisoning, blackening, redness, swelling, or ulceration on his hands, and her tense expression gradually relaxed.

"How did this zongzi end up here?" Li Yue asked the girl in red.

Still somewhat shaken, the young woman shook her head slightly upon hearing this: "I'm not really sure either."

She calmed her rapid breathing and briefly recounted the whole story.

Li Yue listened quietly, his doubts lessening slightly.

It turned out that when Ping Mountain suddenly collapsed, the bandits of the Unloading Ridge were terrified and hurriedly fled with their leader Chen Yulou.

If they were to return to Danjing and Wuliangdian via the same route, the journey would be too long and take too long, and they would certainly not have enough time to avoid the collapse.

Partridge Whistle made a quick decision, suggesting that everyone break out through the hidden gaps in the Dan Palace.

But in the critical moment, the path through the crevice was winding, narrow, and difficult to traverse, and in the ensuing panic, many people were swept away.

Hong Guniang followed Chen Yulou and the others, clearing a path as they struggled to pass through, but luckily managed to escape through the gap.

Just as everyone was about to climb down the rock face to escape,

Suddenly, a figure dressed in black, boots, and hat, resembling a malevolent ghost, emerged from the crevice behind them and lunged at them.

The brothers from the Unloading Ridge faction were busy building bridges and securing the ropes, preparing to descend the mountain and evacuate.

Who would have thought that such an monstrous being, like a vengeful ghost, would suddenly appear?

They were immediately terrified and chaos ensued.

Those who rob graves always act solely on momentary courage.

The more uneasy one feels, the more prone one is to suspicion and the dark thoughts that arise within.

Therefore, there is a saying that those who raid tombs do not believe in ghosts, while those who believe in ghosts do not raid tombs.

At this moment, the Unloading Ridge bandits were hanging on the cliff face in mid-air.

Rocks and sand were falling all around, and the rumbling sound echoed through the sky. It was a time of great anxiety and tension.

The sudden appearance of this monster, so strikingly similar to the Black Impermanence, threw everyone into a state of panic.

They thought it was the Corpse King from the Yuan Tomb appearing to take revenge, or the Soul Reaper from the underworld coming up to take them to hell, and for a moment they lost all courage.

But Chen Yulou was a ruthless character. As the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction, he did not rise to the position of leader of Changsheng Mountain by mere words.

In his early years, he roamed the outlaw world and experienced countless life-and-death battles.

Although he has now supported the warlord forces and has Luo Laowai helping him handle some of the dirty work,

Only then did he put on a long gown and occasionally provide relief to disaster victims, putting on the airs of a scholar.

But the true nature of this leader of Changsheng Mountain was still that of a bandit chief who lived on the edge of a knife.

In such a critical moment, no matter what kind of ghost or the Heavenly King you are, fire a few shots first.

Seeing that the bandits were in a state of panic and on the verge of collapse,

Chen Yulou immediately grabbed the centipede-shaped mountain ladder tightly with one hand.

He pulled out a 20-shot Mauser pistol from his waist, released the safety, and fired five or six bullets at the black-robed impermanence.

The immense impact propelled the eerie black-robed figure off the cliff.

Although the ancient corpse was knocked down by the force of the shot, the bullet that entered the body also splashed out the putrid fluid inside.

Two brothers from the Unloading Ridge faction who were standing nearby were accidentally splashed with a little water.

Before long, he became deranged, grabbing his own neck and screaming madly.

Finally, he lost control, let go of his hands, and fell to his death from the cliff.

It was only later that everyone realized what had happened.

What suddenly emerged from the crack in the rock to attack people was not some malevolent ghost, but a strangely shaped, uncorrupted zombie.

It's likely that this ancient corpse contains some kind of rare and highly poisonous substance; its bodily fluids, if they come into contact with it, will cause intense hallucinations.

Some even went mad and self-harmed, ultimately leading to their deaths.

When Hong Guniang was building a bridge to escape down the mountain, she was unexpectedly separated from the bandits.

After finally finding this cave, they entered and saw that the "Soul Hook" that had been shot several times by the leader was actually sitting peacefully inside.

The girl in red was so shocked that she didn't know whether to retreat or advance.

If Li Yue hadn't suddenly barged in, she would have preferred to turn around and jump down the mountain again.

Do not get your hands on the poisonous saliva of this rice dumpling, lest you fall into such a frenzied state.

"This zongzi (rice dumpling), did it catch up with you after you left the mountain pass?"

After listening quietly, Li Yue suddenly asked a question.

The young woman nodded, then realized that his words seemed to have a deeper meaning, and looked at him with some doubt:

"Do you know the details of this thing?"

Li Yue did not answer, but he had a guess in his heart.

Dressed in black robes and boots, hiding among the cliffs of Ping Mountain, he is most likely the Guanshan Taibao who infiltrated this place during the Ming Dynasty to spy on the secret treasures of Ping Mountain.

He only remembered that in the original story, this Guanshan Taibao had always behaved himself as an ancient corpse and had never made any unusual moves.

It's utterly baffling how someone could suddenly become so agitated as to launch a zombie attack.

He had also clearly noticed the unusual changes in the black-robed rice dumpling.

The ancient corpse only began to contort its face after seeing itself.

Even his body trembled slightly, as if he had encountered something extremely frightening.

"Why does this rice dumpling seem afraid of me? Does it recognize me?"