I am Jinshan Youxia

Even after Pudu Cihang died, the matter of the dragon vein was far from over.

He shattered the dragon vein with heavenly lightning, but finding no target for revenge, his resentment remained. He then combined with the malevolent soul of Pudu Cihang after his death, transforming into a dragon soul.

The imperial court spent a great deal of effort to seal it off, but it couldn't solve the problem at all, and it would become a major threat to the world in the future.

Even before Zhang Tianshi arrived at Lanruo Temple, the dragon soul, though sealed, was still gradually consuming the fresh dragon vein. He didn't know how it did it. It wasn't surprising that Pudu Cihang, an old monster who had lived for over a thousand years, knew all sorts of tricks. As for the specific consequences of the dragon vein being consumed, he only said in his letter that it was unimaginable.

Then comes the important part—

The fat man mentioned that if they could kill the dragon soul, capture the demon soul of Pudu Cihang, and help it pass on, they could travel along the Yin Road, descend into the Valley of Extreme Yin, and go through nine turns and eighteen bends, thus having a chance to reach the Underworld.

"Damn it, that fat old man held back back then."

Zhang Chengyi muttered curses.

Updated tonight

I'll update once around 9 PM and once before midnight. This is mainly because too much content has been censored, and I need to revise the outline for the later parts. I don't know why Shen He is cracking down on things so strictly again.

By the way, I revised the post I updated tonight twice.

Chapter 251 What's it to you?

"A female ghost! I want a female ghost!"

After Zhang Chengyi and all the female ghosts completed their soul-merging, he was horrified to discover that forty-seven female ghosts were far from enough.

Even if Nie Xiaoqian and the others become stronger after their souls merge, there is still a significant gap in maximizing the quantity and intensity of the corpse energy.

If the corpse energy is raised to its maximum value of 100, even forty-seven powerful female ghosts can only help him raise it to around 20 without taking any damage. The remaining 80% will start to have problems once the soul is raised.

He also planned to collect some ghosts after waking up, then go back to sleep to evolve again, and then go find the sealed dragon soul and try to go down to the underworld.

After all, his current level of enhancement is not comparable to that of Pudu Cihang, who temporarily transformed into an Arhat back then. Although he is tough enough not to be instantly killed and is not afraid of being consumed while locking in the corpse energy, and can even withstand the Arhat's attack without much problem, he probably still cannot break through the Arhat's defense.

Unfortunately, he focused all his evolution points on defense and lightning resistance, relying mainly on lightning to boost his attack power. The problem is that the enhancement of lightning is much slower than his hardness, causing his attack power to lag far behind his defense.

Now a big problem has arisen: there aren't enough female ghosts, and he can't even take another nap.

Twenty years later, Zhang Chengyi had no choice but to leave Lanruo Temple again, and his first stop was naturally Zhuge Village nearby.

After all, there are offerings for him on the edge of Lanruo Temple. According to Nie Xiaoqian's records, since the year he fell into a deep sleep, Zhuge Village has never stopped offerings to him during festivals. If he wakes up and goes to check on him, he can certainly show off his superb medical skills if there are any elderly, weak, sick, or disabled people.

It hurts a bit, but he can get rid of the corpse poison, and the healing speed must be very fast now, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

This awful name wasn't given by Zhuge Wolong; it was changed by the villagers to commemorate the deceased Zhuge Wolong. Years ago, it was called Linghuan Village, meaning a ephemeral village that only exists by relying on the power of ethereal zombies and ghosts.

Changing it to Zhuge Village sounds a bit rustic.

The village is not far from Lanruo Temple, only a few kilometers away. Zhang Chengyi can walk there in just a few steps now, but he is not in a hurry to run there. With his current perception, it is easy for him to realize that there are no ghosts or monsters nearby.

Since there are no ghosts, let's just treat this as a walk; there's no point in rushing over.

Passing through the dense forest, one sees vast stretches of fields, completely unlike the barren land that was once tainted and destroyed by the stench of death.

"Zhuge Wolong did a good job; he really came up with a way to solve the problem I created."

Zhang Chengyi sighed, "It's a pity that Zhuge Wolong is such a rough old man. Otherwise, I would really like to take him under my wing as a servant or something. No matter which world he's in, he always manages to create a lot of messy things, some of which I can handle, and some of which even give me a headache."

It's really good that someone can help solve this.

Even if the union of souls is unrelated to gender, he still doesn't like men entering his body; he can barely accept female ghosts.

The waning moon hangs high in the sky, its bright light shining on the fields, creating a rather beautiful scene.

Dark clouds gradually drifted in from the horizon, obscuring the crescent moon. The rice paddies were flattened by an invisible wind, and the chirping of insects and birds disappeared. The scarecrow planted in the paddy field, which had released some kind of magic, fell to the ground with a thud.

From a distant village came the sounds of panic from a dozen people; their breathing was rapid and their hearts were pounding.

Has some great demon descended?

Zhang Chengyi looked around and then realized, "Oh, it's him."

That's fine.

A zombie powerful enough to be considered powerful would be subject to the "Heavenly Tribulation" state simply by existing. Normally, the heavenly lightning would strike a few times depending on the severity of the sins committed, but there was always a higher quality heavenly lightning on his body, and his karmic burdens could not be detected, so the Heavenly Tribulation was blocked.

Before this evolution, it was already capable of stirring up storms. Now, after evolving once more, it stepped out of Lanruo Temple, which was shrouded in the aura of heavenly thunder, and was immediately locked onto by the tribulation of lightning. Even the lightning was ready to roam the sky.

Unfortunately, it still got stuck.

This thing won't fall apart, will it?

After Zhang Chengyi calmed his breathing, he looked at the dark clouds in the sky again. They still showed no signs of dissipating. He couldn't possibly have a dark cloud hanging over his head every time he went out.

He planned to run a bit further away later to test whether he could actively fly up and accept the tribulation lightning. As for Zhuge Village—

Forget it, let's not go into the village.

The people inside were terrified just by sensing the atmosphere. He felt like someone's heart was about to jump out of their chest just from the sound. He thought that if he went into the village, he would scare several people to death.

[A bunch of unlucky people, isn't this just like Lord Ye's love of dragons but fear of them in reality?]

Zhang Chengyi exhaled the corpse energy, which, as if it were tangible, enveloped his body and lifted him into the air. He had finally escaped jet-like flight.

Now, flying up is more like exhaling corpse energy to turn into ropes and lift yourself up. You can pose however you want, it won't affect anything.

He would stretch out his fists in a Superman-like flying pose, then lift himself up and do somersaults like the Monkey King. After a while, he ran more than 200 miles away, found a desolate mountain, and slowly landed.

That's right, wherever he flies, the dark clouds follow.

Before Zhang Chengyi could even rush up to the sky and say something to the lightning tribulation, he sensed a spirit wearing armor emerging from the ground.

This spirit didn't feel sinister at all; instead, it exuded a sense of grandeur and righteousness. With its brows furrowed and eyes wide, it held a Guan Dao (a type of halberd) in its hand and said, "I am the Shackled General of the City God Temple in Jinhua. What kind of demon are you, daring to swagger around like this!"

"What nonsense!"

Zhang Chengyi looked over with a puzzled expression. "I'm flying my own way, what's it to you?"

He was used to flying around aimlessly before going to sleep, so he naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with himself. But now it's no longer a chaotic world, and the underworld is more stable. More than ten years have passed since the Great Liang Dynasty conferred the title of City God of the world. With the order of the underworld stable, how could it allow demons and monsters to roam around freely?

Every prominent monster has been vanquished by the City God appointed by the Great Liang Dynasty, who led his fallen army to suppress it; otherwise, how could there be a peaceful world?

"You insolent fiend!" The shackled general was furious upon hearing this, taking Zhang Chengyi's usual frivolous remarks as a provocation against the Jinhua City God Temple, and raised his Guan Dao high in the air.

"Shh!"

With a flash of light, the blade appeared out of thin air in front of Zhang Chengyi.

"when!!!"

After the halberd in the shackles of the general struck Zhang Chengyi's forehead, it shattered into pieces and vanished.

"Whoo~"

Zhang Chengyi opened his mouth and exhaled a little bit of corpse gas.

General Shackles was knocked back more than ten meters by the corpse energy, and came to a stop, his expression a mixture of shock and anger, his face turning red and blue.

"Interesting, the dead look almost the same as the living, and can even make expressions."

Zhang Chengyi observed the shackled general with great interest, then exhaled another breath of corpse energy.

"Let me see."

Chapter 252 Yin Yang Dharma King

"If you kill me, you will be making an enemy of the Jinhua City God Temple and an enemy of all City Gods in the world!"

The shackled general, who had been grabbed by the corpse energy and placed in front of Zhang Chengyi, said in a panic.

Having only been a 'god' for a little over a decade, he simply couldn't remain calm when facing an unimaginably powerful monster.

"Can't you speak properly now?" Zhang Chengyi complained. "You were using 'so-and-so' and 'you' all the time just now."

The shackled general stiffened his neck and remained silent.

"I see."

"interesting."

Zhang Chengyi watched as the shackled general shook his head and nodded repeatedly, muttering to himself.

"What...what did you see?"

The shackled general felt a little uneasy under the gaze. Given the power of the monstrous genius before him, he really didn't know what strange things he had discerned.

If only I had chosen to reincarnate instead of hoping to return to the mortal realm and spend some years as a tiny, insignificant spirit.

Zhang Chengyi released the corpse energy with a straight face and said, "I didn't see anything."

Just kidding, his understanding of magic is limited to Yan Chixia, and Old Yan's knowledge is even far superior to Zhi Qiu Yiye's.

It would be a miracle if you could figure something out.

Hmm, it seems like I'm seeing a ghost right now.

"Then why are you nodding or shaking your head and saying those things?!" General Shackles couldn't help but shout.

Zhang Chengyi, though not entirely convinced of his own position, declared confidently, "I'm willing."

"You!" General Shackles held back.

Zhang Chengyi looked at the other person and asked, "No, you're the one who yells at me to fight and kill, and you still have the nerve to question me?"

The shackled general was speechless and choked with emotion. People sometimes laugh in anger when they are speechless. He found that even as a god, he could be made to laugh in anger. The difference was that in his previous life, he was a warrior who made others laugh in anger, but now, as a god, he was the one being made to laugh in anger.

"And another thing, why are you following me?" Zhang Chengyi pressed his advantage, pointing at General Jiasuo's bushy beard and saying, "Let me tell you, I'm a legitimate zombie. Even if you're a Chengdu ghost following me, I'll still kill you."

headache.

General Shackles sighed. By now, he no longer saw the other party as some kind of evil monster, although zombies weren't exactly righteous or unrighteous either—

Wait, a zombie.

His eyes widened as he recalled a certain fat old man from back then—no, he was thinking of Zhang Tianshi—and exclaimed in surprise, "You are Zhang Chengyi, the Wandering Swordsman of Jinshan!"

"Hmm."

Zhang Chengyi revealed an expression of aptitude and said, "What, you've heard of my name too?"

I've not only heard of it, but I remember it vividly.