Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

Dinner was spent in an awkward atmosphere.

Ren Tingting's little actions during the meal naturally did not escape Lin Bei's notice.

Just as Uncle Nine said, he really had no feelings for Ren Tingting. His heart was only focused on cultivating Taoism, and women would only hinder his speed in drawing his sword.

The woman is in love... but the man is indifferent... and there's a lecherous man eyeing her too!

After the meal, Lin Bei spent another hour drawing talismans before returning to his room to continue cultivating the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture.

The purple fake pill in his dantian was perfectly round, with three purple Dao patterns slowly flowing around it, emitting a gentle and restrained light.

As the fake pill slowly rotated, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was drawn into the body, circulating through the meridians for one cycle before converging into the dantian.

The first step to becoming a mage is to cultivate a flawless nascent core. After that, three Dao patterns are cultivated on the core, which is the middle stage of a mage. Cultivating six Dao patterns is the late stage. As for the peak, nine Dao patterns are cultivated!

To break through to the True Person realm, all nine Dao patterns must be fused back into the False Core and merged with the Core body before it can transform into a Golden Core.

The Golden Elixir has nine orifices. After the Dao patterns are incorporated and the Golden Elixir is formed, the first orifice needs to be carved out within the Golden Elixir to truly break through to the Real Person realm.

After that, the three orifices represent the middle stage, the six orifices represent the later stage, and when all nine orifices are opened, one reaches the peak of the True Person realm, where the Golden Core is perfected and one's cultivation is complete!

After a night of cultivation, Lin Bei's magical power improved even further. The moment he opened his eyes, a beam of spiritual light shot out from his eyes and slowly spread out in the area about ten feet in front of him.

call! ! !

"Cultivating to the level of a mage is truly not something that can be accomplished overnight!"

After sighing, Lin Bei walked out of the room, only to run into Qiu Sheng, who had just returned to the mortuary from his aunt's shop.

Qiu Sheng walked in with dark circles under his eyes, looking listless and yawning. He didn't look too good either.

Seeing Qiu Sheng's appearance, Lin Bei was about to go up and greet him, but he suddenly stopped himself from speaking.

He actually saw a faint trace of Yin energy swirling around Qiu Sheng's body. The Yin energy was so faint that if he hadn't cultivated the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture and possessed a Dharma Eye far more acute than other cultivators of the same level, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.

Lin Bei's gaze immediately became playful.

He recalled the stories he had read in his previous life, in which Uncle Nine's apprentice Qiu Sheng did indeed encounter a female ghost named Dong Xiao Yu. That female ghost haunted Qiu Sheng, causing him to lose his vital essence and destroy his foundation for cultivation.

According to the timeline of the plot, it should have been when Uncle Nine moved the grave of Old Master Ren. But now that Old Master Ren's ashes have been scattered, why is Dong Xiaoyu only showing up now?

"Could it be that the plot has taken a turn?" Lin Bei wondered to himself, but remained outwardly calm.

At this moment, Uncle Nine also came out of the main room. Just as he was about to speak, his gaze fell on Qiu Sheng, and he suddenly stopped.

Uncle Nine's face instantly darkened.

Although that yin energy was hidden very deeply, and ordinary cultivators might not be able to notice it, who is Uncle Nine?

With his early-stage geomancer cultivation, his mastery of talisman techniques and Bagua arts was unparalleled. Having operated in the Renjia Town area for over a decade, this unusual occurrence could not escape his notice.

That was clearly the aura left behind by a female ghost, and judging from the degree of the yin energy's entanglement, it had been following Qiu Sheng for at least a whole night!

What truly angered Uncle Nine was that Qiu Sheng had lost his vital essence and his foundation was broken. He was already not very talented, and now he probably had no hope of even reaching the level of a mage.

Anger flashed across Uncle Nine's face. He raised his left hand, and a faint golden talisman light flickered between his palms. He was clearly preparing to drag this ignorant little beast over and teach him a lesson on the spot.

Lin Bei reacted quickly and grabbed Uncle Jiu's wrist.

Uncle Nine frowned and turned to look at him.

Lin Bei shook his head slightly at him, then gestured towards Qiu Sheng's direction with his lip and said in a low voice, "Uncle-Master, don't rush. Judging from his appearance, he's probably bewitched. You can't wake him up by scolding him now; it will only alert him."

"When he goes out tonight, we'll sneak up behind him and raid that female ghost's lair."

Uncle Nine glanced at him, then slowly lowered his hand after a moment, coldly snorted, and turned to walk back into the main room. The anger in his back could be felt even from three zhang away.

Qiu Sheng, completely unaware of what had just happened, walked into the main room with his head down and greeted Lin Bei: "Good morning, Senior Brother Lin Bei..."

His voice was weak and listless, as if he hadn't slept all night.

Looking at his utterly exhausted appearance, Lin Bei couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Having been drained of his vital essence by the female ghost all night, the fact that he didn't faint on the spot is already a testament to his good constitution.

Shi Shaojian then pushed open the door and came out. He was stunned when he saw Qiu Sheng's appearance. "Qiu Sheng? Why do you look like you haven't slept well? Did you see a ghost last night?"

As they were talking, Shi Shaojian seemed to sense something was wrong. He immediately activated his divine eye and looked at Qiu Sheng, his eyes widening in shock: "Junior brother, Qiu Sheng, he..."

"Shh!" Lin Bei put a finger to his lips. "Knowing but not saying anything, we've got something to do tonight."

Shi Shaojian immediately understood, chuckled, and said no more, but his gaze toward Qiu Sheng was full of admiration!

The atmosphere in the mortuary was eerily calm all day.

Uncle Jiu sat in the main room, the tea on the table had been sitting there all day without being touched, and his eyes kept glancing towards the courtyard.

Lin Bei and Shi Shaojian sat in the courtyard drawing talismans, their hands never stopping, while their eyes occasionally glanced in Qiu Sheng's direction.

Only Wencai, that simpleton, knew nothing and even leaned in to ask, "Qiusheng, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Qiu Sheng yawned: "Yes, I helped my aunt with chores last night, I was busy all night!"

"You're really diligent! Do you want me to get you a blanket?"

"No need, don't disturb me, I'm going to sleep a little longer!"

"Alright! Helping your aunt with chores is quite tiring!" Wencai said with a smile, then turned around and went to feed the chickens and ducks.

Upon hearing this, Lin Bei and the others had somewhat strange expressions. Diligent? They were indeed very diligent, having worked all night.

In the evening, Qiu Sheng said he was going back to his aunt's house. He rode his old bicycle out of the mortuary and rode south along the dirt road outside the town.

He had barely ridden a mile when three figures silently appeared at the entrance of the mortuary.

Uncle Nine specially changed into a dark robe, while Lin Bei and Shi Shaojian each changed into a dark short jacket. The three of them exchanged a glance and followed him with light steps.

Qiu Sheng wasn't riding fast; he was struggling to pedal and looked very tired.

The three followed at a distance of forty or fifty meters.

Uncle Nine looked at the route Qiu Sheng was taking and realized it was obviously wrong. Luckily, he followed him. This kid was probably planning to have another night of pleasure!