Uncle Nine: You were supposed to drive corpses, so you summoned the Monkey King!

Wu Shilang took two steps back.

He recalled the image of Lin Chen knocking away the zombie with a single punch, swallowed hard, and shut his mouth.

Lin Chen turned to look at Daoist Simu.

"Master, Uncle Qianhe is right. That zombie absorbed the lightning, so ordinary magic artifacts are useless."

"We need to come up with a foolproof plan."

Master Simu got up and went to the basin to wash his hands.

"A foolproof plan? That beast has found a place with heavy yin energy to hide in now."

"Wait until it digests the power of lightning and human blood."

"Don't even mention me, even if the patriarch himself appeared, he might not be able to subdue it."

Master Ikkyu fiddled with his prayer beads.

"Does Brother Four Eyes mean to strike while the iron is hot and kill it?"

Master Simu twitched the corner of his mouth.

"What else can we do? Wait for it to come knocking and then wipe us all out?"

"We must take the initiative, find it, and kill it!"

Master Simu went into the study and came out a moment later with a brass compass.

"Lin Chen, get ready, we're going into the mountains."

"Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we'll dig this beast out today!"

The sky outside was already beginning to lighten.

Because of the rain, the sky was still overcast, and the rain had lessened, falling in a light drizzle.

The mountain wind was quite cold.

Master Simu placed the brass compass on the table.

He walked over to Master Qianhe and dabbed a bit of darkened corpse blood on the blood-stained cloth that Qianhe had changed.

"Searching for the dragon in Maoshan, blood guides the way."

Master Four Eyes smeared his blood-stained fingers on the compass needle.

The pointer started to jitter.

Then it started spinning rapidly.

Finally, it stopped and pointed to the northwest direction of the mountain behind the dojo.

"Found it." Master Four Eyes' face darkened.

He tucked the compass into his robes and slung the bronze sword over his shoulder.

He turned to look at Jiale.

"Jiale, you stay at the temple to take care of your uncles and the others."

"Close all the doors and windows tightly, and scatter glutinous rice around the house."

"No matter what noises are happening outside, absolutely do not open the door!"

Jiale nodded, grabbed a large bag of glutinous rice, and ran outside.

Master Ikkyu also changed into a clean monk's robe and held a vajra pestle in his hand.

"Amitabha Buddha, count this old monk in as one of those who vanquish demons and monsters."

Master Simu didn't argue back this time.

When facing mutated royal zombies, having more people means having more protection.

Lin Chen carefully placed the proficient-level corpse-suppressing talisman he had drawn yesterday close to his body.

He was carrying the wood-chopping axe in his hand.

Although the axe was dulled, it was still a usable weapon, albeit one that suited his current strength.

"Walk."

The three pushed open the dojo gate and stepped into the rain.

The road to the northwest is difficult to travel.

Everywhere was covered in thorns and slippery mud.

Lin Chen walked at the very front.

He practiced the Maoshan breathing technique, his breath becoming long and deep.

As he walked, he used his blunted axe to cleave through the bushes blocking his path.

"Young friend Lin Chen, your internal energy cultivation is quite good," Master Yixiu praised from behind.

"When I was your age, I was already out of breath walking on mountain paths like this."

Master Four Eyes snorted from behind.

"You bald monk, stop trying to get close to me. This is my disciple."

"How could my eyesight be bad?"

The two were still arguing at this point.

Lin Chen ignored them and kept an eye on his surroundings.

[Ding! Host detected to be performing a tracking mission.]

This action has been included in the daily settlement of ritual duties.

Current progress: 20/100.

After listening, Lin Chen continued to lead the way.

They walked for more than an hour.

The three of them arrived at a pine forest.

The trees here are very tall, and their canopies block out all the sunlight.

Even though it's daytime, the woods are as dark as dusk.

There was a putrid smell in the air.

Lin Chen raised his hand.

Four Eyes and One Kyu stopped and gripped their weapons tightly.

Lin Chen pointed to the roots of a large tree in front of him.

There lay the carcass of a black bear.

The black bear was quite large, but it was as thin and wiry as a skin.

There were two large, bloody holes in his neck.

"What ruthless methods." Master Ikkyu walked over to take a look.

"This black bear must have weighed at least several hundred pounds, and its blood was completely drained."

Master Simu took out his compass and glanced at it.

The pointer pointed directly into the depths of the forest.

"That beast is not far ahead."

Master Simu lowered his voice.

"Everyone be careful, it has drunk so much blood, its strength has definitely recovered a lot."

The three of them slowed their pace.

I walked very carefully, afraid of breaking tree branches and making a sound.

The deeper you go into the woods, the heavier the yin energy becomes.

The water on the ground had frozen into ice crystals.

Lin Chen felt a chill on the soles of his feet.

He gripped the axe tightly, ready to unleash the divine summoning spell at any moment.

A rustling sound came from the bushes ahead.

It looked like something was being dragged on the ground.

Master Simu made a gesture, and the three of them crouched behind the bushes.

Through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

Lin Chen saw a cave ahead.

The entrance to the cave was covered with black vines.

The stench of the corpse was coming from the cave.

The rustling sound grew closer.

A figure dressed in tattered Qing Dynasty official robes jumped out of the cave.

It was that royal zombie!

It was holding a wild boar that it had gotten from somewhere.

The wild boar was still struggling and screaming.

The royal zombie ignored it and bit down on the wild boar's neck.

"Glug! Glug!"

The sound of bloodsucking was clearly audible in the woods.

Lin Chen looked at the mutated monster.

Its wounds have begun to scab over.

The white mark left by the Four-Eyed Taoist's bronze sword also disappeared.

Lin Chen looked at the scabbed wound.

Cold sweat also broke out on the forehead of the Taoist priest with four eyes.

He gripped the bronze sword and turned to look at Lin Chen and Yixiu.

"A direct confrontation won't work; we need to find a way to lure it out."

"The cave is filled with yin energy, which is beneficial to it."

Master Ikkyu nodded.

"I will lure it away, and you all set up the formation outside."

"No!" Master Four Eyes stopped him.

"With your old arms and legs, do you think you can outrun it?"

Lin Chen exhaled and stood up.

"Master, great master, please let me go."

Lin Chen brandished the axe in his hand.

"I'm young, and I can run fast."

Master Simu was about to refuse.

Lin Chen had already darted out from the bushes.

He stepped on a dry tree branch and broke it.

"Snap!"

The sound carried through the woods.

The royal zombie stopped sucking blood.

It dropped the wild boar in its hand and turned its head away.

Those green eyes were fixed on Lin Chen in the open space.

"roar!"

The royal zombie let out a roar.

It recognized this human.

This is the same person who broke its wrist last night.

The royal zombie opened its mouth.

He lunged at Lin Chen with a powerful leap.

Lin Chen turned and ran.

They ran towards Master Simu's direction.

A man and a corpse started running through the pine forest.

A system notification sounded in Lin Chen's mind.

[Special Daily Quest: Engage with Royal Zombies, Entering Phase Two.]

[Rewards are accumulating rapidly!]

Lin Chen used the Big Dipper Step to nimbly weave through the trees.

The commotion behind them was getting closer and closer.

The stench clung to the back of his head.

The royal zombies are moving even faster than they did last night!

Lin Chen dared not turn around.

If you pause for even half a second, you'll be caught.

"Master! Get ready to receive our customers!"

Lin Chen shouted and slid through the gap between the two big trees.

The royal zombies didn't have time to brake.

"boom!"

It crashed directly into and broke one of the large trees.

Wood chips flew everywhere.

At this time.

Master Simu leaped down from the tree.

The bronze sword in his hand glowed with a blue light as he slashed towards the head of the royal zombie.

"You beast, die!"

Master Ikkyu also attacked from the side.

The vajra, gleaming with golden light, struck the zombie in the back.

The three people sandwiched the zombie in the middle.

Lin Chen got up from the ground.

Quickly form hand seals.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, divine beings appear above the nine heavens!"

The Maoshan divine summoning technique has been activated once again!

He wanted to shatter this body of bronze and iron, his muscles bulging and tearing through his soaked clothes.

Lin Chen, carrying an axe, walked towards the royal zombies that were caught in the crossfire.

Thunder rumbled again on the horizon.