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IW: Chapter 145 - High-tier Zombie? Isn't it just one lightning strike away from being solved? Four-Eyes, what are you afraid of?
"Ouch!"
Jia Le was kicked awake, and before he could complain, he was met with Four-Eyes's murderous glare.
This made him swallow all the complaints he had.
He nodded guiltily and immediately ran off to make food.
He had indeed fallen asleep last night, but how could he be the only one? Hadn't Qing Qing also seemed uninterested earlier?
"Qing Qing, how was listening last night?"
Looking at Jia Le, who had rushed away, Master Yixiu shook his head with a chuckle, then turned to Qing Qing. When it started yesterday, he still cared whether Qing Qing was listening.
After the three of them got engrossed in their discussion, he didn't pay much attention to Qing Qing's situation.
However, he remembered that Qing Qing had been listening with relish at first.
"Although it was a bit obscure, it felt quite interesting."
"Is that so? Then have you ever thought about cultivating?"
In these chaotic times, cultivators like them were actually better off than ordinary people.
At least in terms of safety, they were definitely better off. They not only had to face this chaotic world but also various demons and monsters.
Qing Qing following him was clearly not a long-term solution.
After all, he was a monk, and he couldn't keep a woman by his side indefinitely.
And Qing Qing was clearly stunned after hearing this sentence.
This is?!
"Does Master want to take me as a disciple?"
Qing Qing was a little surprised. Hadn't he explicitly stated before that he didn't want to take disciples?
Even Four-Eyes, who was beside them, was a little strange. This old monk would actually take a female disciple.
"No, I just think you might have a talent for cultivation. You're right, Bai Taoist, aren't you?"
Master Yixiu shook his head with a chuckle, then turned to Bai Ye and asked. Following his words, Qing Qing also looked over, clearly, for her, she was also a little expectant.
My talent should be pretty good, right?
Even if I don't go down the path of cultivation in the future, I don't want to be told that my talent is lacking.
"The talent is pretty good, at least she didn't fall asleep."
Bai Ye joked, and this answer left Qing Qing a little bewildered. She completely didn't understand whether her talent was good or bad.
"Master, Master Qianhe is here!"
Jia Le was out of breath, pointing outside. He had been washing vegetables outside earlier when he saw a group of people walking over in a grand procession.
Jia Le was initially puzzled as to who would come to such a remote mountain forest, but when he got closer, he saw Master Qianhe's four disciples: Southeast, Northwest.
So he quickly ran in to tell Four-Eyed Taoist about it. Master Qianhe's visit here was probably to see his Master.
"Chizuru?"
Four-Eyes suddenly stood up and then walked quickly outside.
Chizuru has always been on the frontier. Could he be back now because of something urgent?
"Senior Brother!"
"Junior Brother!"
The two brothers greeted each other warmly. Bai Ye looked at this high-tier Daozhang with interest, and at the same time, his gaze fell on the copper-horned golden coffin.
Frontier Royal Zombie.
Although the royal family doesn't seem to be very useful in this world, there is indeed dragon qi. Living in a high position for a long time, coupled with dying in a foreign land and dying on the battlefield, the resentment is indeed very heavy.
Speaking of which, in the movie, even without that lightning, this zombie might not have been suppressed.
The ink string and glutinous rice simply couldn't suppress it. This zombie was much more powerful than Ren Old Master.
"Oh, by the way, Junior Brother, let me introduce you. This is Bai Ye Daoshi, the sect leader of the Shenxiao Sect, and this is Master Yixiu."
Although he had a private grudge with Master Yixiu, Four-Eyes felt that their discussion last night was pretty good, and he was in a good mood today, so he introduced them.
The two sides greeted each other, and Four-Eyes then began to inquire about what exactly was in the coffin.
"Master, is the zombie in this coffin so strong? Stronger than my grandfather?"
Ren Tingting listened to the conversation between Master Qianhe and Four-Eyed Taoist. She didn't expect it to be another zombie. But speaking of which, how did this zombie compare to her grandfather?
"This zombie has dragon qi and died in battle at the frontier, so its resentment is even heavier. Your grandfather is different; he was nourished by the 'Dragonfly Touching Water' formation, so he is naturally weaker."
When your grandfather first emerged, he could only run when he met an unarmed Lin Jiu, but Lin Jiu wouldn't necessarily be guaranteed to win if he encountered the newly emerged Royal Zombie.
This is the difference. If the Royal Zombie hadn't been beaten by the summoned deity, and then internally damaged by poison and the snake that drank glutinous rice water, Master Yixiu and Four-Eyed Taoist would most likely have died.
"Oh, I see."
Ren Tingting nodded ignorantly. It seemed her grandfather wasn't that powerful after all.
When she first saw Ren Old Master, she was startled, but she didn't expect her grandfather to be so low in rank in this regard.
Looking at Ren Tingting, Bai Ye shook his head. This disciple seemed a little disappointed.
Could it be that she still wanted her grandfather to be very powerful?
If he became something else, perhaps he could still protect his descendants, but becoming a zombie would be a disaster for them.
"Why not dismantle the shed and let the sun suppress the Yin qi?"
Master Yixiu pointed to the shed. Since it was a zombie, why not dismantle the shed?
Wouldn't that be better?
"That's right, Junior Brother, the zombie—"
Before Four-Eyed Taoist could finish, Bai Ye interrupted, "No, although sunlight will suppress the zombie's Yin qi, it could rain at any time in this weather. If it rains, the ink string will be gone."
In the movie, the zombie was released because the ink string failed and lightning struck it.
"Right, right, right, I almost forgot about that!"
Master Yixiu frustratingly patted his forehead, then looked apologetically at Master Qianhe and said, "Master Qianhe, don't listen to my advice. Once it rains, the danger will be much greater!"
He had only thought of one point just now, but he had overlooked a more important issue. Once the zombie came out, he would be guilty of a grave sin.
"It's alright, I didn't think of that either." Master Qianhe shook his head, then looked at Bai Ye and bowed, "Thank you for the reminder, Daozhang. We will meet again. If I have time later, I will visit your sect. I hope you won't mind then."
"I shall sweep the floor to welcome you!"
Bai Ye cupped his hands and watched Master Qianhe and the others leave, a wave of emotion in his heart.
Actually, it would be best to destroy the zombie right here.
But looking at this group of people, they would never agree.
Karma, karma.
"Is Bai Taoist troubled by something?"
Master Yixiu looked at Bai Ye somewhat strangely. He seemed a little worried.
"That zombie is actually already alive. It's best to eliminate it at this time. If it encounters a thunderstorm, the zombie will definitely emerge!"
"How could that be?!"
The shed hasn't even been dismantled, and it's still wrapped in ink strings. How could a zombie appear?
Could it be?!
Four-Eyed Taoist's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Bai Ye and asked, "Could it be that the lightning strike released the zombie?"
"Exactly, a lightning strike, and it needs to be Yin lightning!"
Actually, from the movie, there's a very buggy point.
Lightning is supposed to suppress all evil, and even if the zombie has imperial qi protecting it, under that lightning strike, the zombie should absolutely die!
But somehow, not only did it not die, it became even stronger.
This indicates that the lightning striking the zombie was not Yang lightning but Yin lightning.
These methods must have come from evil cultivators.
The lack of evil cultivators in the movie doesn't mean they don't exist in this world.
Ren Old Master was cultivated by a Feng Shui Master, and this Royal Zombie could also be coveted by evil cultivators.
"You're right, this Royal Zombie won't be sent back that easily. Now is a critical time in the struggle between good and evil!"
An opportunity to kill a righteous Daoist and gain a powerful zombie—those evil cultivators wouldn't give it up.
Moreover, because of escorting the royal family back to the capital, there would naturally be no lack of news along the way; in fact, it could be said to be very grand, making it hard not to notice.
Just as Master Qianhe left, Four-Eyed Taoist had a bad premonition.
No!
He couldn't just stand by and watch. He had to stop it!
"Four-Eyed Taoist is anxious. Even if you go over now, they won't stop. Why not just follow slowly behind? Once they leave this small grove, someone should be waiting to meet them, and then we can leave with peace of mind. How about it?"
"Good!"
Four-Eyed Taoist thought it over carefully and finally decided to listen to Bai Ye. He would follow behind for now, and if anything unexpected happened, they would be better able to deal with it.
"I'll go too."
Master Yixiu took a deep breath, then turned to get his demon-exterminating tools.
Exterminating demons and defending the Dao isn't just for Daoists; monks like them can do it too.
"Master, do I have to go?"
"Whatever you want!"
Four-Eyed Taoist said angrily. This disciple was truly hopeless!
At his words, Jia Le scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Seeing Ren Tingting and Qing Qing both preparing to go, he also decided to go.
The group followed behind the procession like this, until midnight, when the sky gradually darkened, and the oppressive atmosphere in the air made Four-Eyes smell something unusual.
"Bai Taoist, it looks like it's just as you thought."
The wind and rain were coming. Even if Four-Eyed Taoist was an idiot, he could tell that the situation was very wrong.
"Someone is performing a ritual."
Bai Ye closed his eyes. He didn't sense anyone else nearby, which meant they were performing a remote ritual to bring out the zombie with Yin lightning?
It seemed the other party's magic power must be very strong.
To be able to perform a ritual from so far away.
As Bai Ye's words fell, the dark clouds in the sky began to gather, and then two choices were placed before Bai Ye.
One was to let the lightning strike down, and the other was to control the lightning.
He had the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit; he was naturally able to control lightning.
"Not good, it's coming!"
The moment the raindrops hit his face, Four-Eyed Taoist pulled out his Kenpachi, ready to fight at any moment.
"No need, I'll do it. The other party wants Yin lightning, but this lightning won't obey him."
"What do you mean?"
Four-Eyed Taoist looked at Bai Ye in confusion. He didn't quite understand what Bai Ye meant by that sentence.
Ren Tingting, on the other hand, understood. It was when she first saw Bai Ye's Heavenly Lightning technique that she instantly felt that cultivating the Dao was truly a cool thing.
Later, Ren Tingting originally wanted to follow Bai Ye to learn lightning magic.
But in the end, she chose talismans, mainly considering her father's relationship. She didn't want to always rely on Bai Ye. When she had the ability to make talismans in the future, she could make some for her father herself.
"Did you forget that Bai Ye Daoshi is from the Shenxiao Sect?"
Master Yixiu clutched the prayer beads in his hand and scoffed.
This guy actually forgot what the Shenxiao Sect was best at?
Of course, it was lightning!
Not only was the Shenxiao Sect skilled, but with Bai Ye's Rumble-Rumble Fruit, controlling lightning was as easy as turning his hand.
"Master, this isn't right!"
"The raindrops are blowing in, the ink string is getting wet, it can't stop it!"
Even with the shed, the raindrops were coming from other directions, and the shed couldn't block them at all. Many places were already wet.
Meanwhile, Wu Shirou kept shouting, telling Ah Ge to go into the shed to avoid the rain, completely ignoring Chizuru's request to put the coffin in first.
Seeing the ink string gradually turn into ink and flow down from the coffin, Master Qianhe gritted his teeth, thinking that this battle was unavoidable.
However, he was not afraid. He himself was strong, and even if it was a Frontier Royal Zombie, he believed he could suppress it.
But before Master Qianhe could act on his thoughts, a terrifying bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, directly hitting the coffin.
"No!!"
Master Qianhe roared!
Yin lightning!
This zombie emerging, I'm afraid...
Master Qianhe dared not think further.
"Fight to the death!"
At this point, Master Qianhe could only prepare to fight to the death. They, the Maoshan Daoists, would never allow a zombie to appear and wreak havoc on the human world.
However, before Chizuru could make a move, an even larger bolt of lightning struck from the sky, directly reducing the zombie that was about to emerge to ashes.
"Holy crap?! Is God helping us too?"
The Royal Zombie's mournful cry echoed throughout the forest. The surrounding people couldn't help but swallow their saliva, feeling as if they had just walked around the gates of hell.
"God? It's not God helping you, it's me." Bai Ye said faintly, then looked at everyone and said, "Let's go."
The zombie was dead, and those evil cultivators weren't here either, so Bai Ye naturally had no reason to stay here.
But then again, this zombie didn't seem particularly strong to him now.
[Ding! Changed Master Qianhe's fate, rewarded with one lottery chance.]
Not bad.
I didn't save you for nothing.
"Is your Master always like this?"
"Isn't he cool?"
Ren Tingting's eyes gleamed with admiration as she looked at Bai Ye, and her answer to Qing Qing's question also carried a hint of excitement!
That's right!
It was this very aura of Bai Ye that attracted her and made her join the Shenxiao Sect.
Never mind!
Even if I cultivate talismans in the future, I must learn Bai Ye's lightning magic!
"He is indeed very cool,"
Qing Qing murmured, looking at Bai Ye's back. She felt her worldview had been overturned.
So there really were Daoists in this world who could command heaven and earth, even lightning would obey his arrangements. This was simply too powerful.
"Showing off!! This guy is just showing off!!"
Four-Eyed Taoist was numb. No wonder Lin Jiu always said that fighting demons with Bai Ye would be a blow to both his body and mind. Now he finally understood why his mind would also be hit!
How could it not be a blow?
His swagger versus his own swagger.
It's only right that he's the sect leader, and he can only earn some money by transporting corpses. This is really infuriating when you compare yourself to others!