Mr. Zombie lingers in the city

Snap! The white rubber glove fit perfectly against the cold skin.

Looking at Hu Xiaoyu, who was wearing a dust mask and goggles and was just short of putting on a protective suit.

Sitting on the sofa, hugging a white cushion, with her legs crossed in an X-shape, Gu Xixia spoke helplessly.

"If you're really scared, you might as well just buy a protective suit."

"I'm not afraid of anything."

"Aren't you afraid? Aren't you afraid it'll look like you're doing *that* kind of thing..."

Hu Xiaoyu pounded the bark of the Amur cork tree to increase the contact area and facilitate the release of pigments, making the subsequent dyeing process easier.

Meanwhile, cut the purchased hemp paper into long strips and place them aside, as the dyeing ability of Phellodendron bark is very strong.

However, Hu Xiaoyu doesn't need to sell the yellow paper; it's enough for the hemp paper to absorb enough of the Amur cork tree's aroma.

"For zombies, this stuff called cork tree bark is like fiberglass."

"In most cases, it's not fatal, but it will make you feel extremely uncomfortable."

When Hu Xiaoyu mentioned fiberglass, Gu Xixia recalled her childhood memories of mischievously touching broken fiberglass tiles.

The stinging and itching sensation remains vivid in her memory to this day.

"In movies, they always stick a talisman on a zombie and it stops moving. Is that true?"

"There's some truth to it and some lies."

Go to the kitchen, take out the rooster, cut open its comb, and squeeze out all the blood from it.

"Should we stew it or stir-fry it?"

"Hmm...make spicy chicken, I want to eat spicy chicken."

"OK."

After a casual chat about Gu Xixia's dinner, Hu Xiaoyu continued talking about the relationship between talismans and zombies.

"The scene in the movie where a zombie stops moving as soon as a talisman is applied is basically fake, or rather, there isn't enough of it."

"Um?"

Gu Xixia looked at Hu Xiaoyu with confusion, not understanding what he meant by "not enough quantity".

"Simply put, it's possible to subdue zombies with talismans, but you have to use the talismans to mummyize them."

"Only in that way will the less intelligent zombies not move around because they don't want to be disgusted by berberine."

"And what about you?"

Hu Xiaoyu slaughtered the chicken; it was a genuine free-range chicken that he had bought for two hundred yuan.

You can tell from the smell of the blood that it hasn't eaten much artificial feed; the quality is excellent, so the chicken blood shouldn't be wasted.

"It means little to me. Faced with a life-or-death crisis, I will teach those Taoist priests who covered me up like a rice dumpling a lesson they will never forget."

The filter started working, and Hu Xiaoyu put the prepared chicken blood into the refrigerator.

"I want to eat blood tofu..."

A disdainful look came from behind her goggles, but Hu Xiaoyu didn't even bother to stop her.

That brat is always causing trouble, fighting with an old man like me for food, being so naughty...

After teasing Hu Xiaoyu a little, Gu Xixia smiled sweetly at his speechless and disgusted expression.

"Continue, besides talismans, what else can harm you?"

"It was mainly the peach wood sword, and the superb physiques of the Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain that caused me the damage from physical weapons."

"Exceptional physique, physical damage?"

His narrow eyes behind his glasses widened slightly.

"The kind of extraordinary physique Lao Tzu described when he encouraged learning?"

"almost."

The cinnabar was mixed with the rooster's blood. Fortunately, it was from a reputable pharmacy. The cinnabar was expensive, but at least it wasn't counterfeit, so Hu Xiaoyu wouldn't have to make a second trip.

"The Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain may not be able to kill a tiger with one punch, but they can definitely take on ten of them."

"Back then, the Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain who dared to attack zombies and other strange creatures were all incredibly strong."

"Don't be fooled by his usual natural and unassuming demeanor. Once he takes off his clothes, he can scare most robbers into staring blankly."

"Robbers?"

"Hmm, there were three things bandits in ancient times wouldn't rob."

"Which three things should you not rob?"

Hu Xiaoyu nodded in satisfaction as he ground cinnabar and rooster blood into a thick ink.

"Do not rob women and children who are fleeing, do not rob officials and soldiers, and do not rob monks, Taoist priests, or nuns."

"The reason why they didn't rob the first two people is that the women and children had all fled, which must have been a major incident, and robbers generally don't rob people like that."

"If you drive people to the brink, they might just pull off a big stunt that wipes out their entire village."

"A big job?"

While Gu Xixia was asking her questions, Hu Xiaoyu took a stick and started stirring the Phellodendron amurense juice in the basin.

"I won't go into specifics, but as far as I know, there was a village where a pair of fleeing women and children were driven to desperation."

"After surviving the ordeal, the mother and daughter were forced to sell the daughter. Then, the daughter, who was both cunning and beautiful, was taken as a concubine by the prefect by chance."

"Then, the prefect turned that village into a meritorious achievement. Not a single man survived, and all the women were sold to the brothel."

"What about monks, Taoist priests, and nuns?"

Hu Xiaoyu took off his gloves, went to the kitchen, and vigorously washed his hands for a while before returning to the living room.

"It's very simple. Back then, ordinary Taoist priests all knew some martial arts skills, so the risk of robbery was higher for them than for ordinary people."

"And if you accidentally manage to rob the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, hehe..."

With a cold laugh, Hu Xiaoyu continued speaking.

"In an era before grueling training, a group of guys with muscles comparable to bodybuilders charged into the village with weapons."

"Just ask how many villages could hold out, not to mention that if the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain found that he couldn't win against a larger force, he would call for reinforcements."

"If we let them start calling out names, the composition of the randomly selected people becomes unpredictable."

Gu Xixia blinked, moved closer to Hu Xiaoyu, and then bumped him with her shoulder.

"You seem to have a lot of opinions about the Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain?"

"Those idiots chased me the most and beat me the hardest, of course I have a problem with them!"

Seeing his angry, grimacing expression, Gu Xixia gently raised her hand and patted his head to comfort him.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry~"

Snapped!

"So you're rebelling against the Heavenly Gang, huh?!"

Gu Xixia smiled, nudged him, and continued to ask.

"Then why are the Taoist priests of today so different from those you described?"

Hu Xiaoyu sighed at this point.

"Not just anyone can become a Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. First, one must have the right physique; second, the corresponding training methods; and third, the medicinal soups have all been lost. How can it compare to what it used to be?"

"Don't be fooled by how tough monks are these days; some monks in ancient temples were incredibly fierce."

"Most monks are just like that, but many of those warrior monks, when the country was in danger, went directly to the battlefield just like those Taoist priests."

"Was it lost, just like the Taoist priests', for various reasons?"

When Gu Xixia asked him a question, Hu Xiaoyu nodded sadly.

"It is human nature to be lazy and averse to work. Those monk soldiers and the Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain really suffered a lot, which is something that ordinary people cannot learn."

"So under normal circumstances, even if I'm badly beaten by the Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain, I won't kill them."

"We should at least show some respect to these guys."

"After all, besides hunting down outcasts like me, in an era when royal power didn't extend to the countryside, they also helped many people by standing up for what they saw."