Chapter Thirty-Four: The Corpse Monster

  I looked at the old man and then glanced at the three pale faces in the darkness, but didn't go inside.

  I didn't say a word, just silently staring. The old man started talking to himself: "You little brat, you don't understand anything and are messing things up blindly. You almost ruined my plan, which I've been preparing for over a decade. How could I let you destroy it with one hand?"

  I remained silent, but my hand tightened its grip on the Soul-Cutting Sword.

  The old man continued to speak in front of the lamp: "I didn't deal with you earlier because I wanted to figure out your identity. I was very suspicious, wondering where this mountain village wild child came from, and yet you know so many things, and even took care of the headmaster."

  "Mind your own business, now that I'm here, you're not going anywhere comfortably."

  The old man suddenly turned his head again: "You're just a young kid, but you've got quite an attitude. I don't care which sect you're from, this is my turf and you're not going to run wild here."

  As they spoke, the old man suddenly waved his hand, and the three pale faces in the darkness suddenly moved. One looked like a cat, one like a snake, and one like a mouse. The three corpses were two male and one female.

  The moment the three corpses walked out of the darkness, the old man suddenly blew out the lamp, and in an instant the room was plunged into total darkness. Unable to see anything, I had no choice but to retreat from the house.

  Just then, a burst of evil air rushed before me, the stench was overwhelming, accompanied by an extremely fierce howl.

  Relying on my instincts, I slashed the Soul-Cutting Knife forward, feeling that it had indeed cut through something. With one slash, the corpse that was pouncing on me stopped in its tracks. However, in an instant, two more corpses charged towards me.

  I retreated again, behind me was a grass nest, and there was no room for retreat.

  Suddenly, two corpses pounced in front of me at an astonishing speed. One corpse had its mouth open and was biting towards my neck, while the other stretched out its hand to grab my neck.

  Life and death are just a blink of an eye apart.

  I suddenly raised my own hand with a dead force, and it hit the human skin drum with a "bang". Suddenly, the two corpses stopped at the same time, and let out a mournful howl.

  I didn't stop, continuing to pound away, and at this time, even more wailing sounds erupted from all around, the surrounding grass nests also bursting into a flurry of activity in an instant. It was only then that I discovered that these grass nests were actually hiding hordes of undead creatures everywhere.

  I didn't dare to stop, and continued to knock non-stop. I don't know how long it took, but the two corpses in front of me disappeared. The grass nests around me also completely quieted down.

  I stopped and panted. At this time, the village chief and several villagers came out with lanterns in their hands, their faces covered with cold sweat. I took a lantern from them and shone it into the house, only to find that there was no one inside, and the old man had disappeared.

  I gritted my teeth and walked around the house again, but I didn't find that old man outside either.

  "Cowardly beast, only knows how to bully ordinary people, why are you still running away?" I shouted loudly at the surrounding weeds, but there was no response from the weeds.

  We walked out of the house, and at this moment we were all exhausted. However, the rest of the villagers couldn't be found, so we didn't dare to stop. Next, we searched around the thatched cottage and found a cellar not far from it. Walking into the cellar, we saw that the missing villagers were all lying on the ground, unconscious.

  Apart from this, there are many white bones in the cellar, and it is unknown how many years they have rotted.

  In the cellar, there was also a large iron pot. The iron pot was still hot. I shone my lantern into the pot and saw that it was filled with water, and in the water, there was a corpse. The corpse had been cooked through.

  It seems this old man is going to boil these villagers one by one like this

  Fortunately, we found the villagers in time and saw that they were fine. I suddenly felt a wave of fatigue. The village chief nodded and discovered that three villagers were missing, apart from the one who died among us earlier and the corpse we found halfway, there was another missing one. However, in my opinion, it's likely to be bad luck rather than good fortune.

  The night gradually passed, and we guarded the whole night in the cellar. At midnight, a few people finally woke up from the unconscious villagers. However, it is not clear what kind of medicine the old man gave them, but these villagers were still confused after waking up.

  The sky was getting brighter and most of the villagers had woken up, with a few having regained their senses. I called on them to support the rest of the people and slowly walked back to the village.

  As soon as we returned to the village, the sound of wailing filled the air, heart-wrenching cries that pierced our souls.

  The funeral was carried out in an orderly manner, and suddenly the whole village became lively. Three families were holding funerals one after another, plus Xiaoliang and the bachelor, making a total of five families.

  "When has our village ever had so many people die at the same time?" The village chief called me to his home that day, and after downing a shot of liquor, he began to blame himself.

  I told the village chief: "It's not your fault, you don't need to blame yourself."

  The village head got drunk and started crying like a woman. I quietly watched from the side, I reckon the village head has already completely stopped treating me as a kid, in their eyes, I should be considered an adult now.

  Seeing him like this, I suddenly thought of Xiaoliang, and my heart started to feel suffocated again. That person, I must find him and avenge Xiaoliang.

  Time flies, and three days have passed. It has been seven days since we went to the mountain. Tonight is their seventh night.

  Xiao Liang's corpse has already undergone rigor mortis, so it won't happen again. The ghost of the bachelor has left his body, so he won't undergo rigor mortis either. What I'm most worried about are the other three people, they have the highest possibility of undergoing rigor mortis.

  Firstly, this is a place of great evil, that is to say, a place where corpses are raised. Secondly, these people were all bitten to death by the corpse monsters and carry the corpse poison within them.

  According to the records in the book, they should have had the possibility of turning into zombies on the day they died, but it never happened, which is very strange.

  Today is the seventh day, if they still haven't turned into zombies after passing the seventh day, it's likely that they won't turn into zombies at all.

  In the evening, I arrived early in front of the memorial hall of three people.

  Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the spirit returns on the seventh day. It is said that on the seventh day, the deceased's soul returns from the underworld and takes one last look at their family members. So on this evening, everyone in the mourning hall had left, leaving only me alone in the mourning hall.

  I just stared silently at the coffin, initially quite spirited, but gradually felt a bit drowsy.

  Just as I was dozing off, what I had been worried about still happened.

  Suddenly hearing a scream, I immediately ran out of the house. Then I found that the corpse was actually that old man, who told me that Little Liang was an idiot.

  His corpse was even more bizarre, when I walked out of the house, I saw that he was actually holding a cow and carrying a hoe on his shoulder. If you don't look carefully, you would think it's a living person. But looking closely, the way he walks is really too strange, too eerie.

  The one who let out a scream was a woman. She probably got up to use the toilet and ran into the old man halfway. I guess when she saw the old man, her first thought was how could someone be plowing fields with an ox in the middle of the night?

  Then he walked towards the old man, took a closer look and found it was a dead body.

  I also walked towards the old man, he didn't react at all, and continued to lead the cow step by step slowly forward. I was a bit helpless, walking all the way to the old man's side, then took out a silver needle and stabbed it into the old man's brow.

  This silver needle was left by Wu Xianyi, named Stingsoul Needle. When a ghost is stabbed, it can make its soul fly away immediately, and when a living person is stabbed, it can also bring the dead back to life.

  The old man was stabbed by me and fell to the ground motionless. I called a few people, and we carried his body back into the coffin.

  Next, the other two corpses also underwent rigor mortis, but both were subdued by me.

  The next day, the three bodies were buried at the same time, and this matter was also settled. After the funeral was over, I packed up my things, put on my backpack, and silently walked towards the back mountain at midnight.

  Before I left, I only told Auntie. At that time, he grabbed my hand and asked me not to take risks. But I resolutely turned around: "I want to avenge Xiaoliang."

  In fact, I want to become stronger. As long as a person makes up their mind, they will have infinite power. I put on my backpack and quietly left the village, looking back one last time, unsure if I would ever be able to return alive.

  And after walking up the mountain, I saw a few willow trees and that piece of tomb land.

  Walking through these places, walking through the woods, I saw the thatched cottage again. And that old man returned to the thatched cottage once more.

  I walked towards the thatched hut, holding the Soul-Cutting Knife in my hand. I seemed to see the old man struggling on the ground already.