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The Tree Demon Granny, sleeping underground.

"I've found you."

Zhang Chengyi grinned. He wasn't a petty person, but the fact that the Tree Demon Granny had framed him and caused the Black Mountain Demon to harass him was a perfectly reasonable form of revenge.

Sure enough, the tree demon's roots were enormous. No wonder she could control the entire forest, because the ground beneath them was densely packed with roots brimming with demonic energy.

This forest is less a natural formation and more a descendant of the ancient demon tree, Granny, with some of the trees already possessing demonic energy.

In the movie, when the Tree Demon Granny was asleep, Yan Chixia was trying to escape with Ning Caichen and a bunch of ashes. It was these little Tree Demons who blocked his way, which is why Old Yan shot an arrow and said, "I've pinned them down."

It would be impossible for anyone else to capture all the tree spirits in one fell swoop. There are just too many of them. Even if you set fire to the forest, it would be difficult for ordinary fire to ignite the tree spirits. Even if you burn the tree trunks, the tree roots underground can still lie dormant and grow back.

Tree spirits, who cannot leave easily, still have an advantage in certain situations.

This is not difficult for Zhang Chengyi.

With a single thought, the corpse energy in the entire forest revealed its hideous side, and the extremely yin and evil power rapidly corroded all the trees in the forest, from branches and trunks to roots.

The tree spirits, now possessed, attempted to resist, only to be met by hordes of female ghosts. These ghosts, empowered by the aura of death, were like those who had taken a powerful tonic; their eyes glowed red, their expressions were excited, and their souls emitted black mist. Their ability to manipulate objects from a distance was enough to tear apart the tree spirits' resistance.

"..."

Zhang Chengyi watched as the female ghosts dismembered the tree demon and remained silent for a moment.

This isn't right. He's a good person, no, a good corpse, so why does he come across as a major villain just by putting on a little effort?

In just a few minutes, the woods next to Guobei County turned into a plain shrouded in black mist, and the pits left by the decaying trees looked extremely eerie.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the ground shook violently, cracked open in Lanruo Temple, and a gigantic tongue coiled towards Zhang Chengyi. The Tree Demon Granny's furious voice rang out:

"Damn zombies!"

"You want to wipe them all out, is that it?!"

Zhang Chengyi let his tongue entwine around him, and said with a smile, "Old monster, are you still half asleep?"

The Tree Demon Granny immediately realized what she had done wrong and tried to pull her tongue away, but Zhang Chengyi grabbed it with one hand.

"Snap! Sizzle!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

After the scream, the entire tongue was electrocuted and reduced to ashes.

I actually miss those screams.

Zhang Chengyi released his hand, and the ash in his palm was blown away by the corpse energy. To be honest, he missed Young Madam Hua a little. That bull demon was vicious, but he knew a lot of things and was very clever. If only he could listen to him obediently.

Unfortunately, it's not very resistant to electricity.

"Would hiding help?" He took a deep breath, pointing at the hole in the ground.

"Whoo~"

A massive amount of corpse energy surged in.

Apart from him, no other zombie in history has ever wasted so much corpse energy.

The effect was naturally excellent. Anyone who dared to enter the hole that the Tree Demon Granny had created would surely face traps and sudden attacks. However, the corpse energy was not affected by this.

The threatening corpse energy quickly shattered all of the Tree Demon Granny's defenses. Led by Xiaoqing and Nie Xiaoqian, the former subordinates of the Tree Demon Granny rushed in and attacked the Tree Demon's massive root system from all angles.

The poor old tree spirit went through a process of rage, resistance, numbness, wailing, and begging for mercy, before finally being completely destroyed, all within half an hour.

"I'm so strong!"

Zhang Chengyi felt that he had no rivals in the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Having evolved into an aggressive corpse aura and possessing hundreds of female ghosts capable of threatening even thousand-year-old demons, even without the intervention of heavenly lightning, the Tree Demon Granny could only obediently await her death.

Moreover, his trump card is his incredibly tough body and various skills from the world of martial arts.

The little tree spirit was destroyed with a flick of its finger.

Zhang Chengyi looked at the panic-filled atmosphere in Guobei County and dispersed the corpse energy he exhaled. He guessed that the humans there were terrified. The tree demon's wails and pleas for mercy were deafening, and the fighting was extremely fierce. Half of Lanruo Temple had collapsed.

The once uneven plain is now riddled with cracks, and wisps of black gas are rising from the ground, making it look terrifying.

Without intervention from other forces, nothing should grow in this place for the next one or two hundred years.

[If the ability to prolong life can be effective...]

Zhang Chengyi plunged his hand into the soil, controlling the flow of the corpse poison into the earth. The previously dead grass roots, covered by the poison, instantly burst forth with vibrant life. Green shoots pushed through the soil, swaying freely in the wind, and soon transformed into a clump... well...

Dark brown grass.

[Is this thing poisonous?]

He looked at the strange-looking bushes at his feet, somewhat uncertain.

Chapter 238 Going to the Capital

"Squeak!"

The rabbit, after taking a bite of the dark brown grass leaf, let out a terrible scream. The corpse poison had dyed all its fur black from the roots. As its severed leg healed, the muscles became hard and stiff, then softened under extreme pain.

It was all because of the pain that it hallucinated that it was being healed and then cut open by a little dwarf.

"Click~"

Zhang Chengyi couldn't bear to look at it and twisted the neck of the live rabbit.

Well, the grass created by the corpse poison has mutated from the root. Perhaps it's a characteristic of the grass as a plant, but in any case, the healing effect after eating it is quite outstanding. Even a broken leg can be visibly restored.

However, the pain caused by the corpse poison is also more intense.

"Squeak!"

The rabbit, its neck snapped, gasped for breath and began squealing again.

Holy crap, he's still alive?

Zhang Chengyi exhaled the corpse energy and dissolved the rabbit. The process made his scalp tingle. Even after most of the flesh had disappeared, the rabbit was still shouting with great vigor until its internal organs were damaged and it gradually died.

We're just saying, isn't this combination of vitality and corpse poison a bit too sinister?

He did a quick calculation: with enhanced regenerative ability, the life-extending effect should also be stronger. If someone were willing to endure the pain and eat corpse poison grass every day, they could definitely live like a zombie and never grow old or die.

However, if there were such a ruthless person, he would probably give them a thumbs up and say he admires them.

If I evolve one or two more times, the corpse poison alone could probably grant immortality.

This is the ultimate torture.

Zhang Chengyi was a little taken aback. He felt like he had unwittingly created a disgusting skill.

It should be noted that during each evolution, the corpse energy and heavenly lightning are fighting and strengthening each other. No matter how weak either side is, it cannot be destroyed or driven away because of the absolute lock of the modifier. After the upgrade, he modifies its strength to the maximum, and it continues to advance along with his body without even an upgrade process.

If this body has no limit to its evolution, he feels it has great potential for development.

No, to be precise, even if this body has an evolutionary ceiling, this world should still pay close attention to it.

The fact that gods and Buddhas can escape from the world definitely has a reason for being taken into their possession.

"Master, another sister has brought a new ghost."

The female ghost beside him whispered a reminder.

Zhang Chengyi looked up at the timid new female ghost not far away, squeezed his slightly stiff face, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why are there so many ghosts?"

In just a few hours, they've brought over more than twenty female ghosts.

This is just a female ghost; he doesn't even dare to imagine how many ghosts there would be.

It's not like modern times with a high population density. Because of the existence of the Tree Demon Granny, there are hardly any villages near the forest in the vicinity of Guobei County. There are just too many ghosts.

I was engrossed in studying the corpse poison herb, but now I suddenly realize something's very wrong.

The female ghost beside her, who had spoken with many of her sisters before, quickly replied, "My lord, I heard that the imperial court has fallen, the world is in chaos, the north has been occupied by monsters, many people are fleeing south, and more and more people are dying."

"The imperial court is gone? The Manchus have entered the pass?"

Zhang Chengyi immediately perked up. He knew the answer to this question—eating, sleeping, and killing Tartars. He quickly realized, "The north has been occupied by monsters?"

But that doesn't seem quite right.

The female ghost continued, "I heard that a demon dragon named Pudu Cihang established a demon kingdom near the capital, and the imperial court was destroyed two years ago."

Compassionate Salvation? Demonic Dragon? Demon Kingdom?

The plot is so dramatic that even the original mother wouldn't recognize it.

Zhang Chengyi first complained about the wild story after being interfered with by him, then realized something was wrong.

Will Lao Yan and Zhi Qiu not deliver the goods?

His zombie teeth rubbed together, and he felt he had guessed correctly.

"Xiaoqian, Xiaoqing, tell all the ghosts to come back first. We're going to that demon kingdom."

The first monster I wrote down in my little notebook, the Tree Demon Granny, is already dead. As for the Black Mountain Demon, there's not much I can do. That guy can't get out of the underworld, and he can't get in either. I guess I'm out of options. I'll deal with him in the future.

The priority now is to determine the fate of Lao Yan and Zhi Qiu.

Zhang Chengyi wasn't particularly nervous or anxious. Death in this world isn't the end, it's just the beginning. The cycle of reincarnation never ends, and the saying "Eighteen years later, I'll be a Han again" is no exaggeration.

"Yes, sir." X2

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The next morning, in Fengyang.

"Chucky!"

Zhang Chengyi stood in the sunlight, looking at the smoking body, a thoughtful expression on his face.

A few hours was enough time for him to leave Zhejiang province, and out of curiosity, he tried exposing himself to the sunlight.

The corpse energy is indeed completely ineffective against sunlight. Normally, the zombie he obtained was not a particularly low-level zombie; it should have evolved twice and then become a high-level zombie that is not afraid of sunlight.

However, since they can't change jobs now, they can only transform into corpse energy again and again, which means that sunlight still has a restraining effect on corpse energy.

But it doesn't seem like it's entirely restrained.