Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

Xu Feng's expression changed. The name Maoshan carried too much weight. Not to mention a small-time evil cultivator like him, even those famous evil sect leaders would have to think twice when they heard the name Maoshan.

But he quickly made up his mind. So what if it's Maoshan? It's far from the emperor's reach. As long as he kills these two people to silence them, who will know that it was him?

"Young Taoist priests, I advise you to mind your own business." Xu Feng's eyes flashed coldly. "Leave here, and I'll pretend nothing happened. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Lin Bei interrupted him with a laugh. "Otherwise you're going to use this tattered flag to deal with me? With your mid-stage Taoist cultivation, do you even deserve to say 'otherwise' in front of me?"

Xu Feng's face turned ashen from the choking. He stopped talking and suddenly swung the Yin Wind Flag in his hand forward.

"All of you, get them! Kill these two in the way!"

In the dark room, more than a dozen fierce ghosts simultaneously shrieked and pounced on Lin Bei and Shi Shaojian, their ghostly aura churning and a chilling wind blowing in their faces.

"I'll come and have some fun with him!"

Shi Shaojian smiled and took a step forward, his hands forming a hand seal as he chanted an incantation: "Heaven and earth, nature, disperse the foul air, golden light swiftly appears, enveloping my body!"

A golden light enveloped him, forcing back some of the approaching yin energy.

"Senior brother, step back. You don't need to bother with this kind of trash. Leave it to me!" Lin Bei strode forward, pulled out several yellow talismans from his bundle, and held them between his fingers.

"Lord Laozi, by your command, dispel the evil spirits!"

Several exorcising talismans flew out simultaneously, exploding in mid-air into a blinding golden light. The four fierce ghosts at the forefront were struck by the golden light, screaming as they flew backward, their yin energy mostly dissipated.

"Lightning flashes everywhere!"

Lin Bei swung his fists repeatedly, lightning crackling around him. He didn't kill them; these female ghosts were all wronged, and as long as their resentment was removed, they could be sent into reincarnation.

Countless tiny bolts of lightning scattered outwards, and the female ghost let out a shrill scream, her ferocious aura being mostly cleansed by the power of the lightning.

Xu Feng was stunned by the terrifying thunder; he had never seen anything like it before.

Just then, four wooden stakes as thick as bowls suddenly emerged from the ground. Xu Feng was caught off guard and was simultaneously clamped by the four stakes from all sides, unable to move. The Yin Wind Flag in his hand also fell to the ground.

Shi Shaojian chuckled, rushed forward, stepped on the Yin Wind Flag, drew a low-grade magic weapon dagger from his waist, and stabbed it fiercely into the flag.

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The flag was pierced by a dagger, and the yin energy on it suddenly dissipated. At the same time, the vengeful ghosts lost control and flew around wildly in the dark room, emitting terrified screams.

Wang Hu struggled to his feet and ran towards the female ghost's spirit.

"Xiao Cui! Xiao Cui! It's me!"

The female ghost's soul trembled, and the bloodlust in her eyes completely faded the moment the Yin Wind Flag was destroyed, revealing two lines of ghost tears. She threw herself into Wang Hu's arms and let out a sobbing cry.

"Tiger... Tiger..."

Xu Feng was trapped between the wooden stakes and unable to move. Seeing that all was lost, his face was filled with terror.

He hadn't expected these two young men to be so troublesome; one could use lightning magic, and the other could summon wooden stakes to trap people.

Lin Bei walked up to him and looked down at him.

"You have harmed innocent girls and manipulated their souls to create demons. According to the rules of the cultivation world, what should be the punishment?"

A look of fear flashed in Xu Feng's eyes, and he roared, his voice trembling with fear, "I am the owner of Xu's Medical Clinic, and the people of town all respect me! You dare to touch me? Aren't you afraid of being wanted by the security team?"

"Wanted?" Lin Bei laughed, looking at Shi Shaojian. "Senior brother, did you hear what he said? He said the security team has issued a warrant for his arrest?"

Shi Shaojian laughed too, kicking Xu Feng in the leg: "A heretical cultivator dares to threaten a Maoshan disciple? Do you think those talismans plastered all over the clinic will stop anyone?"

Xu Feng was still unwilling to give up: "You...you Maoshan sect can't just kill innocent people!"

"Indiscriminate killing?" Lin Bei's smile vanished completely. "When you murdered so many innocent women, trapping their souls in jars, why didn't you ask yourself if you were innocent?"

Lin Bei turned to look at the vengeful spirits that had escaped their confinement. They were huddled in the corner of the dark room, trembling, some of them whimpering softly.

"Ladies, I am a disciple of Maoshan, and today I will seek justice for you."

Xu Feng was filled with fear and was about to say something when Shi Shaojian took a step forward and made a hand seal.

Two wooden stakes broke through the ground beneath Xu Feng's feet, supporting him high up on either side!

"Junior brother, what should we do?"

Lin Bei walked up to Xu Feng, his eyes filled with coldness: "Since you like capturing souls and refining ghosts so much, then let you taste what it's like to have your soul captured."

He made a hand seal with his right hand and chanted an incantation: "Supreme decree, suppress the soul and lock the spirit!"

A beam of light shot from his fingertip and pierced Xu Feng's brow. Xu Feng screamed, his body convulsing violently, his eyes filled with extreme fear.

"I...I'm willing to repent! Please spare my life!" Xu Feng struggled desperately.

"Repent?" Lin Bei shook his head. "You think you can just let it all go with a simple 'repentance' when you've taken lives?"

He turned to the female ghosts lurking in the corner of the dark room: "Girls, do you think he deserved to die?"

The female ghosts let out sharp wails in unison, their resentment, accumulated over the years, finally finding an outlet. They swarmed forward, lunging at Xu Feng and frantically tearing at his body and soul.

Xu Feng's screams echoed in the dark room for more than ten breaths before abruptly ceasing.

The person was completely unrecognizable, a bloody mess, a gruesome death!

After venting their resentment, the female ghosts' spirits lost most of their malevolent aura and regained their clear and lucid appearance.

Lin Bei looked at them and nodded slightly: "Ladies, you have avenged your great grudge, and it's time for you to go where you belong."

He sat cross-legged, made hand seals, and began chanting the incantation for ferrying souls across the body.

"By the Supreme Decree, your lonely souls are liberated, all ghosts and demons, all living beings are blessed. Those with heads are liberated, those without heads live, whether killed by spears or knives, by jumping into water or hanging from ropes. Whether you die openly or secretly, whether you die unjustly or tragically, whether you are a creditor or an enemy, whether you are a child who has taken your life, kneel before my altar, the Eight Trigrams shine brightly, I will purify you and liberate you in another realm."

"May all of you be reborn in a better realm! May all of you be reborn in a better realm!"

The sound of the Soul-Crossing Incantation echoed in the dark room, and a ray of light spread from Lin Bei's fingertips, enveloping the souls of all the female ghosts.

The souls gradually became transparent in the spiritual light, and the pain and resentment on their faces slowly faded away, replaced by a sense of relief and peace.

They bowed to Lin Bei, then transformed into streaks of light and disappeared into the dark room.

The last soul was Wang Hu's wife, Xiao Cui. She stood in the spiritual light, turned back to look at Wang Hu one last time, her eyes full of tenderness and reluctance.

"Tiger...live well..."

Wang Hu knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, nodding frantically: "Xiao Cui, go in peace... I'll live well... I promise I'll live well..."

Xiao Cui smiled, and her soul transformed into a stream of light, following the other souls and disappearing into the void.