Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

At this moment, inside the Marshal's Mansion.

Lin Yi and the others watched the live broadcast with great interest. Uncle Shou stood respectfully behind him, while Zhang Dadan was pinned to the ground by Wang Daniu and dared not move.

"They really were a pair of brothers! They even managed to die on the same day, in the same month, in the same year!"

Ma Dayong, hands on his hips, said in a gruff voice, "That person deserves to die! How dare he say that His Majesty the King of the Underworld is not a good person!"

"Your Majesty, please make sure I throw him into the oil and fry him thoroughly!"

Zhang Dadan huddled at Wang Daniu's feet, his body trembling like a leaf.

Good heavens, what did he hear?

Hades! The person before me is actually Hades—the legendary King Yama?

Oh no, Master, you've really put me in a terrible situation. I'm afraid I'm really going to lose my life here today.

……

A short while later, Qian Youcai brought in Xu Zhenren's still dazed soul.

He tossed Master Xu aside, knelt on one knee, and respectfully bowed to Lin Yi:

"Your subordinate, the Day-Roaming God Qian Kai, pays his respects to His Majesty the King of the Underworld!"

"Get up." Lin Yi waved her hand.

Qian Youcai stood up, and Wang Daniu and Ma Dayong came over to congratulate him: "Congratulations on Lord Qian's return to his divine position!"

"Haha, congratulations to you too," Qian Youcai replied with a smile.

Although these two were merely ox-headed and horse-faced demons, two ranks lower than him, they were former trusted guards of Hades, so he naturally wouldn't act arrogantly towards them.

While Master Xu was still in a daze, he felt terrible after hearing their conversation.

He looked up at Qian Youcai's round, chubby face, at the divine mark between his eyebrows, and then remembered how he had been pointing at him earlier. He wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Daytime Wanderer!

That was one of the Ten Great Underworld Marshals, a mid-level deity, several ranks higher than his master, a lowly clerk without even a rank.

His senior brother not only became a god, but also a day-roaming god.

It's ridiculous that he just called his senior brother a disgrace to the sect.

Wait, he just said something bad about Hades!

Finished!

This time, even the patriarch can't save him!

He desperately wanted money to plead for him, but despite his lips moving several times, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

From childhood to adulthood, he had never asked Qian Youcai for anything; it was always Qian Youcai who was eager to help him. Now, he was too embarrassed to ask for a favor.

To his surprise, Qian Youcai actually took the initiative to plead for him.

"Your Majesty, my junior brother has a foul mouth and has never been very bright. He offended Your Majesty with his nonsense outside just now. I beg Your Majesty to forgive him this time, considering his many years of merit in catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits."

Master Xu suddenly looked up at Qian Youcai. He had never said a kind word to this senior brother in his entire life.

Now, when he needed it most, it was this senior brother, whom he had looked down on his whole life, who stood in front of him.

Lin Yi glanced at Qian Youcai in surprise, not expecting him to plead for Xu Fa. This made him look at him in a new light.

However, he never intended to do anything to Xu Fa; instead, he wanted to recruit this talent under his command.

Xu Fa has principles and a bottom line, which is perfect for keeping an eye on Qian Youcai.

"Ignorance is no excuse." Lin Yi waved her hand and turned her gaze to Xu Fa. "His initial intention was good; he had a heart set on upholding justice."

Since you brothers are so close, then he shall come under your command and serve as a patrol deputy envoy.

The Deputy Envoy is the second-in-command in the Day-Roaming God system, and his rank is only half a level lower than that of the Day-Roaming God.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qian Youcai was overjoyed and quickly kicked Master Xu's foot.

Master Xu jolted, straightened his knees, and kowtowed deeply to Lin Yi, his voice hoarse and solemn: "Thank you for your grace, King of the Underworld!"

Lin Yi nodded and cast a divine talisman for the patrol deputy envoy.

The moment the talisman entered his soul, Master Xu's soul began to undergo a dramatic transformation.

The originally translucent soul body quickly solidified under the transformation of the divine talisman, and a faint divine radiance emerged from the depths of the soul body, refining and reshaping his soul.

A moment later, the transformation was complete. Master Xu's entire demeanor changed, and a faint divine aura of patrolling surrounded him. A divine seal of a patrolling deputy envoy appeared between his brows.

He looked down at his solid hands, feeling the unprecedented power within him, then looked up at Qian Youcai standing beside him, winking and making faces at him. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

……

After bestowing another god title, Lin Yi did not go to rest.

He glanced at his watch; it was nearly midnight, and the Big Dipper was about to sink below the horizon, but this was precisely when the stars were at their brightest—

At midnight, when the first yang energy is born and the yin energy gives rise to yang, the power of the Big Dipper reaches its peak, making it the perfect time to stimulate the bloodline.

When Maoshan Jian was still a mortal, he wasn't confident that he could successfully awaken the bloodlines of both of them in one go.

But now that he has been conferred the title of Dharma King, and his soul has transformed into the body of a ghost god, his control over talismans and star power far surpasses that of his previous life, so this problem is naturally solved.

Lin Yi woke up Ren Tingting and Qingqing, who had just fallen asleep, and then asked Shou Bo to summon Mao Shanjian.

The two were still a little sleepy when they changed their clothes and came to the main hall, but their eyes lit up immediately when they heard Lin Yi say that he would help them fully awaken their bloodline.

A moment later, Mao Shanjian arrived, striding into the main hall with two Seven Star Awakening Talismans in his hand, his brows radiant with energy.

Lin Yi didn't waste any more words. She had Ren Tingting and Qingqing sit side by side on the futon in the center of the main hall, while she stepped aside to give her seat to Mao Shanjian.

Maoshan Jian walked up to the two women, without setting up an altar or displaying incense burners or ritual implements. He simply took seven drops of blood from their fingertips and applied them to the tops of two Seven Star Awakening Talismans.

Then, the talismans were placed on the foreheads of Ren Tingting and Qingqing respectively.

"After the Seven Star Awakening Talisman enters the body, it will draw the power of the Big Dipper directly into the ancestral aperture, shake the seven souls, and awaken the bloodline."

The process may be somewhat painful, so please remain conscious and do not faint.

After Mao Shanjian finished speaking, he made the Big Dipper hand seal with both hands, stepped on the Yu Step, and chanted the Seven Stars Awakening Mantra in a low voice.

There was no wind in the main hall, but Ren Tingting and Qingqing's clothes and hair began to move without any wind.

With each step Mao Shanjian took, the Big Dipper in the night sky shone a little brighter.

Finally, it transformed into seven visible silver-white pillars of starlight, which descended from the sky and entered the talismans between Ren Tingting's and Qingqing's eyebrows respectively.

The seven-star pattern on the talisman shone like two miniature suns under the infusion of stellar power.

"The Big Dipper shines upon the seven souls!"

The first soul is Tianchong, the second is Linghui, the third is Qipo, the fourth is Lipo, the fifth is Zhongshu, the sixth is Jingpo, and the seventh is Yingpo.

"The seven souls trembled together, the bloodline acted as the catalyst, open!"

Mao Shanjian let out a sudden shout, took the final step of the Yu Step, and simultaneously pointed out with both hands in sword-like gestures.

The two Seven Star Awakening Talismans, infused with star power, burst forth with dazzling silver light and suddenly entered the ancestral apertures between Ren Tingting and Qingqing's eyebrows.

Both of them simultaneously let out a suppressed cry of pain.

The moment the power of the Big Dipper entered the body, it was like seven red-hot iron hammers striking the depths of the soul at the same time. Each hammer blow shook the seven dormant souls, and each shock awakened the ancient beast sleeping deep within the bloodline.

Ren Tingting clenched her teeth, her lips pressed into a line, and the veins on her forehead bulged slightly.

The Ying Gou bloodline within her body was fully awakened by the vibrations of the star power, like a giant dragon that had been imprisoned for countless years finally breaking free of its chains, roaring and rampaging through her meridians.

A deep, blood-red light flashed in the depths of her pupils, disappearing in an instant.

Qingqing was in a similar situation. Her brows were furrowed, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her lips trembled slightly, but she did not utter a sound.

After a short while, the star power gradually subsided, and the silver light on the talisman slowly dissipated.

Ren Tingting slowly opened her eyes. The crimson light deep in her pupils had disappeared, replaced by a deep, abyss-like blackness.

She looked down at her hands, where a faint grayish-blue sheen shone through the skin. She could feel the toughness of her skin, as if it were not human skin but a piece of extremely resilient iron!

The moment my fingertips touched the edge of the futon, the bamboo futon silently cracked open in several places, the cuts as clean as if they had been made by a knife.

She felt an unprecedented power flowing through her body, a power that was both cold and powerful.

Her senses were several times more acute than before; she could clearly hear the rustling of every leaf on the trees outside the yard and smell the faint gloom emanating from the dry well in the backyard.

Qingqing opened her eyes, and her entire demeanor underwent an indescribable transformation.

Her gaze turned cold, a stark contrast to her previous innocent and charming demeanor. If she was just a little girl before, she was now a cold and aloof queen.

Lin Yi's heart stirred at the sight; the peaches seemed to be ripe!

The two people no longer had normal heartbeats and breathing, but their blood was still circulating normally.

Some of the knowledge inherited from Ying Gou appeared in their minds, such as how to actively absorb evil energy and yin energy, and even cultivate the soul, as well as knowledge on how to make and control the highly corrosive Xuan Yin Corpse Water.

"It's done!"