Chapter 35: The Undead Clan's Blood Feud

  "Alright~" Bing Er said with a smile, shaking her head and swaying from side to side like a storyteller.

  "When it comes to the zombie clan, that was created by a great demon king in the upper realm who had feelings and righteousness. He loved his wife, and for justice and his beloved wife, he led a large army to fight against the invading evil demons, but due to being outnumbered, their city was breached, and his wife fell into the enemy's hands. Unwilling to let her husband sacrifice himself for her, she slit her wrist and died. When the man found his wife, she had already bled out, and as he gazed at the blood-soaked ground, he cursed the heavens, and twelve divine punishments were bestowed upon him. Instead of killing him, they transformed him into a powerful demon king. From then on, if there was a loving couple in the world who couldn't be together due to time, he would use his own blood to turn them into zombies, allowing them to be together forever!"

  "Damn it, that stinky thing is so powerful? Twelve Tribulations of Heaven! It's going to be the death of me. I'll be lucky if I can survive three tribulations in the future. Ugh, I'm even starting to envy those zombies - they get bitten once and they're immortal, while I'm working myself to death and owing people favors just to live for fifty or sixty years!"

  Bing'er shook her head and said, "No, if it's just a bite, almost 100% will die. Only those with heavy emotions and extraordinary talents can survive. Of course, if there is a drop of zombie blood, it would be fine. Don't envy them, although the zombie clan has the power to defy heaven and live forever, they don't have their own souls. In other words, ordinary zombies are equivalent to handing over their lives to the Zombie King to decide, and they must constantly suck blood to survive, with an icy body! It's not good at all!"

  "It's half good and half bad, there's no such thing as a free lunch in the world. If becoming a zombie isn't so smelly, doesn't need to suck blood, just being icy all over is also not that big of a deal!"

  "What!" Bing Er exclaimed in surprise: "Xiao Dou, for eternal life, are you willing to become a zombie? If so, I can help you! With just one move, you'll become the Zombie Emperor, with just one move, you'll possess magical powers that last for ten thousand years, and with just one move, you'll be able to live forever!"

  "Ah~" Xiaodougan laughed and said: "Ten thousand years of magical power, eternal life, every head? Is this true or false, what's going on?"

  Bing'er knelt on the ground and said urgently, "I thought you were a true master of the Mystic Door, with a clear distinction between good and evil. I never expected this to happen. Do you want to hear it? Alright, if you choose the path of the undead, then that's fine. From now on, there will always be someone to accompany me in play!"

  Xiao Dou shouted: "What's right or wrong, I just know that living should be cool, should be enjoyable, and shouldn't be shameful! Bing Er, what's this zombie emperor you're talking about? Tell me more!"

  Ice nodded and said: "The Zombie Emperor, that was a bloodline from the ancient times, was sealed by the former master of Jiuhua Mountain in the tower under the mountain to suppress evil. That was hundreds of years ago. The Zombie Emperor couldn't bear the loneliness and killed himself. I led him to the underworld, wow~ that arrogant guy even dared to fight with our Yanluo King, if not for the formation of the ten kings of the underworld, he would have been beaten out of the underworld. Now he's suffering in the 18th level of hell!"

  "Then so be it, everything that belongs to the Zombie Emperor is yours now, right? Oh yeah! It's from last century, and nobody has discovered it yet, you have the right to intervene!"

  Bing Er smiled triumphantly: "After enduring so many years of hardship, I've finally gotten my reward - this treasure! And there's also a golden Tianmo Huangzhe corpse dan and a gourd containing all his refined blood. If you inherit just one drop of his blood, you'll gain eternal life and retain your own soul. Swallowing his corpse dan will grant you boundless power for ten thousand years... however, from then on, you won't be able to marry a cultivator, unless you reach the Cold Moon Silver Corpse realm - that is, the Tianren stage of your Dao Sect!"

  Xiao Dou scratched his head and said: "Good Ice, keep it all for me. If I don't make it and can't get through the Condensation Period, I'll become a zombie to play with you. Hmm...I still want to be like Lao Da, who has that kind of energy to reach the Condensation Period. It really makes me envious. The girl I like, she's never worried about these things before. Sigh...as long as my heart doesn't die, and I can think of her beauty, I'll be content!"

  Looking at his departing back, Bing'er was lost in thought for a moment. She wished he would become a zombie to accompany her forever, but she didn't want him to be cold and stiff in a coffin either. He was so lively and lovable when he ate ten bowls of rice in one sitting, full of energy and vitality. Her heart liked the sunny side of him, but...

  Xiao Dou returned to Shanshen Valley, where he met with Shui Xian, Xiao Xiao, and Mei Mei, as well as his fellow disciples. Together, they studied the route of their adventure, anticipating all possible dangers that might arise and analyzing how to handle them. They also mapped out their treasure-hunting journey. Given their relatively weak strength, facing such a perilous journey was extremely complicated. If even one mistake was made, over 200 people could become more than 200 corpses feeding wild beasts!

  With Xiao Dou's brain, it's not just analysis that's difficult, even remembering his own things is a chore. It wasn't until he suffered a small torture that Xiao Dou quickly remembered the various dangers of the demon beasts!

  She sat pitifully on a small stool, reciting with a trembling heart:

  "Evil wolves, living in packs of seven, like to hide in marshy grass and water to launch sneak attacks. I need to block the first wolf's attack and quickly counterattack and sound the alarm. Scorpion-tailed monkeys, cute on the surface but deadly from behind, kill them as soon as you see them, don't give them a chance. Frostbite silkworms, with ice attribute magic power, have extremely potent ice poison, once bitten... uh..."

  It's all over! Xiaodou's face turned pale green, and he slowly turned his head to look at Xiaoxiao. The girl had a cruel smile on her face, opened her small mouth, and bit down hard on Xiaodou's arm!

  "Ahh~~~" A loud, ear-piercing scream echoed through the Valley of the Mountain God, causing the younger siblings to involuntarily smile wryly.

  "Alas, poor Master Brother, it seems he hasn't memorized it again and got beaten by Little Poison. Three Pure Ancestors, please bless Master Brother..."

  "Alright, stop lamenting. He only needs to improve his strength and doesn't need to prepare anything else. With just that little bit of luggage, he's going to die trying. Who would I collect if not him? Come on, let's continue researching. If we encounter a Fire Boar on the Poisonous Forest Path, Zhao Kei, you will..."

  On one side studying, on this side Xiao Dou was bitten by a small mouth, and immediately pulled his neck, making a miserable ghost cry:

  "Stop biting, I know! Being bitten here means you'll be frozen into an ice person after being injured. You need to use the scorching sun water to cure it, but our scorching sun water is a defective product. We must rescue within 20 seconds, otherwise, the person will die!"

  "You little scoundrel, you just can't memorize!" Xiaoxiao laughed triumphantly: "I told you, there's no such thing as a stupid person, only stupid methods that can't recall things. Look, you've got everything down pat! My method is effective after all!"

  Xiao Dou was so angry that he almost died, gritting his teeth and shouting: "So to say, I have nothing else to do except being the real master of the solo and improving my own strength?"

  "That's right!" A small, majestic expression smiled and said: "Under the guidance of this wise and great master, you little guy has finally graduated, haha!"

  "Psst..." Xiao Dou suddenly ran to the door of the study room, turned around with a sly smile and said:

  "Look at your small build, you're just a malnourished little bun, thinking you have a good figure? Pfft! You don't even have any feminine charm, and your chest is smaller than mine, hahaha... I'm running away, I'm flying away!"

  "Ah~ah~ah~" Little hand holding a curved knife, with a crazy face and a sharp cry, chasing Xiao Dou "108,000 miles away"

  Luckily, Xiao Dou had prepared early and barely escaped a disaster. Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao immediately started searching for Xiao Dou everywhere, determined to make the man who said she had small breasts pay. She wouldn't let him off until she knocked out his two front teeth; otherwise, she wouldn't be Xiao Xiao.

  A small bean hiding in a broken grass nest smiled miserably and said, "Dú Jiǎo, thanks to you just now. How have you been all these years?"

  "Waaahhhh...!" A lone horned face cried out in a very disgusting tone: "Young Master, I'm so wronged! You said that even though I'm now one of your merged initial cultivations, these Qi Refining and Foundation Building little brats still dare to order me around every day. What's even more infuriating is that they don't even give me enough food to eat! I'm too wronged, Young Master! From now on, don't make me go out and do hard labor for the outer sect disciples again~"

  "Alright, from now on you don't have to help them anymore. However, for the people of Shangong Valley, you must help. And this time, we're going on an adventure to collect herbs, and you have to come with us!"

  The one-eyed ghost shouted: "Ah ~ Little Master, you won't make me risk my life, will you? Don't want to, I'm very timid, I'm not fierce!"

  "It's all over! ~" Xiaodouhu said with a small face: "It's not like you have to be the main force, what are you worried about? You just need to help us collect some out-of-reach medicinal materials as usual!"

  Dújiǎo chuckled and said: "As long as the young master doesn't make me risk my life, that's all I care about. You don't know, actually, apart from this one thing I'm good at, I'm not capable of anything else!"

  Xiao Dou said with a look of impatience: "Alright, alright... let's discuss something. How about we modify the contract? The way things are going now, your damaged soul will never reach the Yuan Ying stage, not to mention how it'll hinder your cultivation. Why don't you just become my bound spirit beast instead?"

  "Lifebound spirit beast?" Du Jiao said in surprise: "If it's a lifebound contract that can only be formed once in a lifetime, little master, you won't harm me and I'll agree to it. However, I'm just a toad, even if I become the king, I'll still be a toad. In the future, many people will mock you, little master!"

  Xiao Dou smiled and said: "You agree, that's all. I'm fine, we're all equally stupid, let's just be happy together, this is more important than anything!"

  At the same time, he formed an eternal master-slave contract with Xiaodou. This contract was divided into masters and servants, and the two made a mutual oath to recognize each other as their own masters and servants forever. Although so, Xiaodou, as the master, could not harm Du Jue, otherwise she would die of whole body decay. Du Jue, as the servant, was at a disadvantage, with the master having the power to order him to die or do anything.

  The contract was toxic, but both were silly and recognized each other. Xiaodou also returned the other half of Duji's soul to him, and brought him home in a small valley, but Xiaohe forbade him from entering, otherwise the fish would be poisoned again!