I am Jinshan Youxia

Yan Chixia sighed and carefully put the letter away. He was different from a zombie; he was just a human. Even if he could fly on a sword and slay demons, his lifespan was still no more than a hundred years. Who knew if he would ever see the other person again?

Consider it a keepsake.

He lived a peaceful life, no different from usual. With the absence of one person, one corpse, and many female ghosts, Lanruo Temple was much quieter. This was the secluded life he had initially sought.

It seems there's nothing wrong with it.

Time passed day by day, and nearly three years went by in the blink of an eye.

One morning, Yan Chixia was practicing his sword in the open space of Lanruo Temple when he suddenly looked up and saw a paper crane struggling to fly over. He reached out and caught it.

The paper crane with blood-stained wingtips lay in the palm of the hand, quickly losing its spiritual power and turning into an ordinary talisman.

"Is it dead?" he asked, looking at the paper crane.

After a long while, he answered himself in a low voice, "I'm dead."

The paper crane wasn't coming to ask for help or anything; it was simply sending a message before it died.

Yan Chixia carefully tucked the paper crane into his bosom and continued practicing his sword, drawing talismans, meditating, and eating.

Then, he calmly packed his things, slung his sword case over his shoulder, left a letter, and walked away from Lanruo Temple.

Chapter 236 Continued Vitality

Half a month later, in the capital city, at the imperial palace.

"Heaven and earth are boundless, and the universe borrows their power!"

"Boom!" A pool of blood appeared out of nowhere on the blasted wall.

Yan Chixia, sword in hand and expressionless, walked step by step toward the main hall not far away.

The vast imperial city was completely deserted except for those invisible monsters.

"Tap~" Before we even started climbing the steps, footsteps came from above.

Yan Chixia looked up and saw 'Zhi Qiu Yi Ye' dressed in official robes, saying indifferently, "What kind of heretical Taoist dares to trespass into the palace!"

"it is good."

Yan Chixia grinned, stomped his foot on the ground, and lightly darted to the nearby spot. His long sword cut through the air as he unleashed a move of the inexplicable sword technique, "Sorrowful and Unpredictable."

"laugh!"

The 'Autumn Leaf's' shell burst open, and the invisible demon tried to escape, but was pinned to the ground by a sword. It struggled in pain and howled, with blood spurting out continuously, revealing its form from the splatter.

Yan Chixia didn't even glance at the dying monster. He reached out and slapped the sword box, drawing his flying sword which hovered above his head. After making thorough preparations, he stepped into the hall.

All the court officials were present, all expressionless, staring intently as the 'evil Taoist' entered.

The emperor, seated on the dragon throne, said in a shrill voice, "Yan Chixia, do you know your crime!"

"I'll sin against your mother!"

Yan Chixia pointed his sword at the distance and shouted, "Demon, prepare to die!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The flying swords flew in a string, piercing through the entire Golden Palace in the blink of an eye, whistling as they hurtled straight toward the 'Emperor'.

"I am an emperor who will never be seen again in ten thousand years. How can I be harmed by ordinary weapons!" the 'emperor' said slowly, golden light flashing in front of him. The flying sword was frozen in the golden light and could not move.

Yan Chixia narrowed his eyes and said, "Bullshit! I can smell your demonic aura even outside the imperial city. Do you think you can become emperor just by putting on a skin?"

"Old monster, you can fool the world, but you can't fool me!"

Suddenly, the sound of skin being torn open was heard repeatedly, and the ministers all hung their heads and lost their vitality, while invisible monsters took the opportunity to attack.

"You can't keep up the act anymore?"

Yan Chixia waved his hands, and the Tai Chi pattern in his palms transformed into countless Taoist techniques that burst forth. In the blink of an eye, the Golden Palace was blown to smithereens.

He reached out and grasped the flying sword, which was solidified by golden light, and said:

"Slash! Slash! Slash!"

After a brief tremor, the flying sword broke free of its restraints and slashed down repeatedly with a sound. The golden light shattered, and the sword struck the 'Emperor', producing a series of clanging sounds.

"You swallowed the imperial dragon vein?!" Yan Chixia's eyes widened in anger. Now he understood why Zhi Qiu Yiye couldn't even escape.

"A traitorous and rebellious person."

The 'Emperor' slowly stood up, a malicious smile appearing on his handsome face beneath his crown.

"I hereby sentence you to death!"

"Buzz~" The flying sword cried out in anguish, breaking into powder and dissipating inch by inch.

"Pfft!" Yan Chixia coughed up a mouthful of blood, his black hair turning white in the blink of an eye. Instead of retreating, he advanced, gripping the Diamond Sutra in his left hand and his sword in his right, unleashing another attack...

I am overwhelmed with grief.

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Five years after Zhang Chengyi fell into a deep sleep, at Lanruo Temple, at night.

"Splash!"

"Snap! Sizzle sizzle sizzle"

Zhang Chengyi crawled out of the underground cave, covered in dust. Instead of Yan Chixia's smiling face, he was greeted by a room full of dust. His body was once again in a state of constant electric shocks, and the dust flew around the room with each electric current, making him filthy all over.

"Whoosh~" He exhaled a breath of corpse air, blowing the dust and the window out.

Luckily, he reacted quickly and caught the fluttering envelope; otherwise, the letter would have been lost.

Having undergone a second evolution, his Yin energy has become so strong that it can blow people away. It can barely be considered a strong wind and can be used as an attack method.

"Go out and scout the situation."

Zhang Chengyi quickly released the female ghosts; they had really had a hard time over the past five years.

Only then did I begin to check my own status and situation.

The first thing that catches the eye is an upgraded version of an old status: [Lightning Resistance]. At least the weakness has been removed, but it's still unclear how to release the accumulated lightning within the body.

Then there's [Copper Tendons and Iron Bones]. The effect is simple and direct: it makes you tough. Unless it's something extremely yang or hard, like heavenly lightning, it won't break through your defenses. Magical artifacts and talismans will also have a significantly reduced effect when they hit you.

That's good. He likes this kind of simple and brutal approach. To beat someone, you have to be able to withstand the beating first. His body, forged into steel by the torment of heavenly lightning, is so tough that ordinary methods would be a problem to not only kill him, but even break his skin.

Next is the [Continuous Vitality] state, which is a bit strange. It's normal for heavenly lightning to bring some vitality, but there's just too much heavenly lightning on him.

At first, he was just a little lively. After the last evolution, his muscles and skin recovered somewhat. This time, it's even more outrageous. He's even showing his true form. Apart from his dark skin and the four zombie fangs that are in the way, he looks completely like a human.

"Continuous Vitality" is a state that appears under the influence of the vitality brought by heavenly lightning. Its effect is that his corpse poison has a strong healing ability. Moreover, the vitality is not just simple healing, but revitalization. The most direct effects, besides healing wounds, are also the extension of lifespan.

But that's corpse poison, the kind that turns people into zombies.

Zhang Chengyi was already on edge just looking at the information being read.

Infection with the corpse virus will shorten one's lifespan, while the Prolonged Life effect will extend one's lifespan. One adds up the other subtracts from the other, resulting in stagnation and causing intense pain.

What the hell is this ultimate torture king?

Finally, there is a somewhat ordinary status called "Lightning Tribulation," which is an out-and-out negative status. Zombies that have evolved to a certain level must undergo the baptism of lightning tribulation in order to evolve further.

Without the tribulation of lightning, zombies cannot reverse death and be reborn, eliminating the weakness of the waxing and waning of the soul and corpse energy, and becoming the zombies in myths and legends who can fly and burrow underground like living creatures and are not afraid of sunlight.

But the problem is...

Zhang Chengyi is covered in heavenly lightning. May I ask, God, where is the lightning tribulation?

He glanced at the unresponsive sky and realized he was stuck in some strange place again.

He has the chance to survive, but how does he transform into a demon, or some kind of flying zombie, or some other kind of high-level zombie that doesn't dissolve bones?

Zhang Chengyi tried it out, and even after raising the corpse energy to the maximum level, there was still no problem with evolution. However, his soul was still weak and looked like he was about to die without any connection with his spirit.

"What the hell?" He turned dead fish-like.

He has everything, but he can't seem to transform his corpse energy and soul. He feels that even if he removes the heavenly lightning now, he probably still won't be able to evolve into a drought demon.

Corpse energy and heavenly lightning fought fiercely during the evolution process. Both sides continuously increased in quality while locking in their numbers, eventually creating a zombie that was neither one thing nor the other.

He'd heard of zombies; he was practically a living zombie himself.

Let's go down and see how it goes.

Zhang Chengyi, adhering to the simple concept that since he was already here, had already made mistakes, and had already evolved, didn't dwell on the messy things and tore open the envelope left by Yan Chixia.

"Ok?"

Chapter 237 I've Found You!

I'm leaving.

If I could become a judge, I would invite you to the underworld.

"I have a feeling that Old Yan is a bit petty."

Zhang Chengyi smiled at the message on the letter, not paying much attention to it. He casually tossed the letter to the female ghost beside him and then stepped out of the room.

His body hadn't walked for a long time, but now it was full of vitality and could no longer only hop and jump like before.

"That feels pretty good."

After leaving the room, Zhang Chengyi sighed and felt a bit smug. Walking made him feel good, which showed how inconvenient it must have been to jump around like that in the past.

"Hoo~" He slowly exhaled the corpse energy, and the originally bright Lanruo Temple was quickly shrouded in deep darkness.

Surrounded by the dense and powerful corpse energy, this zombie felt as comfortable as if he were soaking in a hot spring. He casually stretched his body, controlling the corpse energy to prevent it from destroying anything, and quickly expanded into the forest, soon covering the area originally occupied by the tree demon.

Similar to releasing the "Eternal Youth" energy in the world of Tianlong, a corpse aura that is dense enough will not be dispersed by the wind. If he is willing, he can persevere and soon cover the Earth in this world.

Unfortunately, as a kind of energy, the areas covered by corpse energy cannot be identified as part of the body by abilities, unlike the Inuyasha world where bugs can be exploited.

Zhang Chengyi did not intend for the corpse energy to permeate the entire planet. Under the cover of such sinister power, humanity would probably die out in large numbers, turning the world into a world of ghosts and monsters.

That would be pointless.

As the corpse aura spread, his senses were enhanced. His zombie instincts allowed him to hear the sounds of countless flowing blood, smell all kinds of sweet blood, and feel different scents. His mind automatically formed a dynamic map based on his senses.

Snakes, insects, and rodents on the ground; humans in Guobei County in the distance; humans who had just been frightened away in the forest by the black fog; and—