158: People are zombies

Chapter 157: Commoners as Jiangshi

At this time, Zheng Yi had not left the Tianshou Mountain area, but was temporarily camped in the temporary palace at the foot of Tianshou Mountain.

Fifty thousand soldiers surrounded Tianshou Mountain tightly, and many soldiers were also completely confused, not knowing what they were waiting for here.

Especially when two artillery regiments also appeared at the foot of Tianshou Mountain, and thousands of Red Barbarian Cannons aimed at the peak of Tianshou Mountain from afar, the eyes of many soldiers became even weirder.

"Artillery regiments, what are they here for?"

"What happened to Tianshou Mountain?"

"I don't know, we just received the imperial decree!"

"Stop discussing! Your Majesty is right behind us, our task is to guard Your Majesty well, and no one is allowed to slack off!"

"Understood!"

Inside the temporary palace, Liu Chengen found Zheng Yi.

"Your Majesty, Elder Chen sent someone to pass down an order, hoping to bring out a batch of death row prisoners from the Jinyi Guard imperial prison, seemingly to let the death row prisoners lead the team into the tomb..."

"Give it to him."

Zheng Yi said concisely: "On Tianshou Mountain, Elder Chen's order is My order."

"Understood!"

Liu Chengen withdrew, while Zheng Yi looked into the distance at Tianshou Mountain, his mind constantly pondering what on earth would be inside Emperor Taizu's tomb.

In his mind, the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror returned to peace once again.

The starlight representing the Spirit Pool World was exuding faint starlight. At this time, he could completely enter the Spirit Pool World.

But...

Entering the Spirit Pool World, although one day here represents a year in the Spirit Pool World, at this time at the foot of Tianshou Mountain, any single day corresponding to Zheng Yi was extremely important.

Therefore, he did not want to enter the Spirit Pool World for the time being.

Only after the matter of Tianshou Mountain was settled and the treasures in Emperor Taizus Mausoleum were taken away could he enter the Spirit Pool World again to resolve the matters inside.

"Chen Liancang, I hope you won't disappoint Me...!"

Thinking about it, he waved his hand behind him, and two blood-red, jade-like Blood Moon Gu flew out.

Under his command, these two Blood Moon Gu immediately cut through the sky, turning into a stream of blood light shooting into Emperor Taizus Mausoleum on Tianshou Mountain.

There was a great possibility of weirdness inside this mausoleum. Since it was inconvenient for his true body to go, the Blood Moon Gu would go instead.

Now the strength of the Blood Moon Gu on his body was even at the Middle Stage of Qi Refining, enough to cope with most crises.

The strongest Blood Moon Gu had already stepped into the Late Stage of Qi Refining!

With it around, Zheng Yi was as steady as Mount Tai!

Meanwhile, inside the underground mausoleum.

Bursts of screams and exclamation suddenly sounded, and Chen Liancang and the others hurriedly looked in the direction where the sound came from.

They saw two figures fleeing in a panic inside the dark underground capital.

The leader was none other than Linghu Cang.

Oddly enough, the other three people were nowhere to be found.

"Father-in-law! Save us!"

"Run quickly...!"

After seeing Chen Liancang and the others, the two actually turned their bodies and rushed toward the direction of Chen Liancang and the others.

There were only two of them, but Chen Liancang had brought as many as a hundred Jinyi Guards into this place.

Seeing the two rushing over, Chen Liancang frowned and said: "Shoot them to death."

"Understood!"

More than a dozen archers immediately drew their bows and notched arrows, shooting toward Linghu Cang's direction.

"Swish!"

"Swish, swish!!"

Arrows darted forward, and Linghu Cang and the others didn't expect that Chen Liancang and the others would shoot arrows at them without hesitation, instantly becoming extremely flustered.

Linghu Cang, the leader, was a First Grade Realm Martial Artist after all. He quickly reacted, and with consecutive stabs of his long sword, he deflected two arrows.

However, the other death row prisoner behind him was not so lucky. He was directly pierced by three arrows and heavily crashed to the ground.

"What are you doing?!"

Linghu Cang angrily cursed: "Do you want to tear up the alliance between us..."

"Alliance?"

Chen Liancang sneered: "Hiding in the underground capital without obeying orders, you must have been thinking of making the snipe and the clam fight so you can profit."

"Furthermore, the recent behavior of the two of you was diverting disaster to others. This old servant killing you is truly bringing it upon yourselves!"

Linghu Cang hurriedly shouted: "Father-in-law, it's not that we wanted to be like this, there is a monster behind us...!"

"Monster?"

"Roar!"

At this time, a burst of roars came from the dark underground capital in the distance.

Oddly enough, no one rushed out; there were only several figures at the edge of the capital looking over here, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

Chen Liancang's eyes flickered: "Let him come over!"

Linghu Cang, covered in sweat, walked over quickly and cupped his fists, saying: "Father-in-law!"

Chen Liancang had really wanted to kill him just now, so even with his current identity, his tone was somewhat unpleasant.

Chen Liancang didn't mind and asked: "What on earth happened to you inside the underground capital, and what are those figures?"

Linghu Cang swallowed his saliva and said: "W-We just entered a civilian house to rest, and suddenly several figures pounced toward us."

"The light was too dark, and we didn't see the full picture of the monster clearly."

"But we could vaguely see that it was humanoid, with great strength, and a very smelly odor on its body..."

"Foster father?"

Chen Xiao leaned closer, his tone a bit hesitant.

"Monsters?"

Chen Liancang sneered: "What is there to fear? These monsters look like they have a strong sense of territory. Didn't you see they stopped moving once they chased us to the outskirts of the underground capital?"

"Also, since the two of them were able to escape, it proves that the strength of this gang of monsters is not too strong."

"Check weapons, prepare to enter!"

"Understood!"

Over a hundred Jinyi Guards acknowledged in unison, inspecting their own weapons and equipment one after another, and quickly completed their preparations.

"Enter!"

At the order, more than a hundred Jinyi Guards immediately formed a military array and slowly stepped into the underground capital.

The leading team of Jinyi Guards was covered in armor, holding a shield in one hand and a saber in the other, with cautious expressions.

In the middle was another team of Jinyi Guards. Their Xiuchun Sabers had long been drawn, and each person had ten grenades tucked at their waist.

Shadow Guards such as Chen Liancang and Chen Xiao followed closely behind, among whom were also Linghu Cang, Hu Bafeng, and others.

The last team of Jinyi Guards held crossbows, with Xiuchun Sabers tucked at their waists and a flintlock musket strapped to their backs.

These Jinyi Guards were all elites among the Jinyi Guards, with martial arts strength at the Second Grade Realm, and extremely strong practical combat capabilities.

Chen Liancang stood in the middle of the team, glanced at Linghu Cang, and said: "You have injuries on your body. Don't you need treatment?"

"Replying to Father-in-law, it's just a minor injury. I was scratched by that monster, and it doesn't hurt anymore now."

"Scratched by a monster?"

Hu Bafeng hurried over and checked with the help of a torch, his face immediately turning ugly.

Sure enough, there was an obvious wound on Linghu Cang's back and right shoulder, as if it had been clawed out by some monster, with three gullies deep enough to see bone.

The strange thing was that the flesh of the wound was actually turning outward, the muscles had turned black, and it emitted a fishy, foul odor.

"Corpse poison! You are infected with corpse poison!"

"Corpse poison?"

Linghu Cang's expression changed drastically: "No wonder I couldn't feel the pain in my wound; it turned out I was poisoned. My lord, is there a cure?"

Hu Bafeng pulled a handful of white rice from his bosom and pressed it onto the wound.

"Hiss...!"

A harsh corrosive sound came, and the white rice on the wound suddenly turned pitch black, accompanied by a strong burnt smell.

Linghu Cang also groaned in dull pain, his face extremely pale.

"This is glutinous rice. It can temporarily suppress the corpse poison, but if you want to completely remove it, you still have to go outside and think of other ways."

Hu Bafeng took two quick steps to come before Chen Liancang, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, the monsters inside the underground capital are very likely Zongzi!"

"Zongzi?"

"Yes."

Hu Bafeng explained: "This is the jargon of our trade, which is actually zombies."

"After death, corpses remain undecayed due to various reasons. After a long time, they will absorb underground Yin Qi, thereby turning into living corpses, which are zombies!"

"Zombies love the blood of living people the most, possess infinite strength, are impervious to swords and spears, and are extremely tricky to deal with."

Chen Liancang looked back at the passage they came from, and instructed: "Someone, go back and report to Your Majesty, stating the discovery here, and at the same time ask Your Majesty for reinforcements, dispatching another batch of New Army in."

"Understood!"

A Shadow Guard received the message, immediately left the team, and returned along the way they came.

And Chen Liancang waved his hand, and the entire team continued forward.

Soon, the team stepped into the scope of the underground capital.

"Roar!"

"Roar, roar!"

Suddenly, a low roar came from the darkness, and Chen Liancang immediately said: "Torches!"

Several torches were thrown out, and amidst the flickering firelight, more than a dozen pitch-black figures appeared in front of the crowd.

Like upright-walking chimpanzees, after discovering Chen Liancang and the others, they instantly pounced madly toward the crowd.

"Shoot!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen arrows darted out and shot into this group of monsters.

The sound of Sharp Weapons tearing flesh came, but the strange thing was that this group of monsters seemed to have no sense of pain at all, and still pounced toward the crowd.

"Bang!"

"Bang, bang!"

The leading Jinyi Guards carried shields to block these dozen or so figures, occasionally accompanied by more than a dozen Xiuchun Sabers slashing out.

"Puff!"

"Puff, puff!"

The Xiuchun Sabers slashed and killed, quickly stopping this group of monsters.

Although they were very fast and had great strength, they were simply no match for the Jinyi Guards, and were easily hacked down to the ground.

Hu Bafeng shouted from behind: "They are Hairy Jiangshi!"

"They are just the most ordinary zombies. You must chop off all their heads, and never get scratched by them, otherwise it will be very difficult to treat!"

Hearing the reminder, the leading Jinyi Guards immediately hacked toward the heads of these dozen or so Hairy Jiangshi.

Some people even directly hacked these Hairy Jiangshi into pieces, dividing them into several parts.

Soon, this group of Hairy Jiangshi was completely resolved.

Chen Liancang walked up, frowning as he looked at this ground full of weird corpses.

The ground was full of sticky black blood, and the bodies of this group of Hairy Jiangshi were like a pile of burned-dry dried corpses.

They were still wearing blackened clothes, looking vividly like shrouds.

"Father-in-law, these are Hairy Jiangshi."

Hu Bafeng leaned over and explained: "What these Hairy Jiangshi are best at are speed, sharp fangs and mouths, and the corpse poison in their mouths, which is very difficult for ordinary people to deal with."

"We discovered Hairy Jiangshi as soon as we entered the underground capital. This subordinate guesses that there are definitely more Hairy Jiangshi inside this underground capital!"

Chen Liancang raised his head and glanced at the tall altar, saying: "When Taizu was alive, he was the emperor. After his death, of course he would still want to be an emperor!"

"Maintain the formation, continue forward, and try to kill the zombies with arrows as much as possible!"

"Understood!"

The crowd continued forward, and soon crossed a street.

In the middle stood a memorial archway, and looking up, it actually engraved "Guangde Ward"!

"Guangde Ward?"

Chen Liancang wondered: "Is it the same layout as the capital?"

"Passing through Yining Ward, Pingkang Ward, and Taiping Ward again will allow us to reach the imperial city. Continue forward!"

The crowd continued forward, watching the surrounding darkness with extremely cautious eyes.

"Stop!"

Chen Liancang suddenly spoke up, and the entire team stopped immediately.

He turned around abruptly, looked to the left side, and said: "There is movement on the left, torches!"

"Swish!"

More than a dozen torches were thrown out, and sure enough, figures of black Hairy Jiangshi were gradually approaching.

"There is also on the right!"

"Behind!"

"In front!"

Dozens of torches were thrown out, and they shockingly discovered that there were Hairy Jiangshi figures in all directions.

"Father-in-law! We are surrounded!"

Chen Liancang frowned and said: "What is there to fear?"

"They are just Hairy Jiangshi transformed after ordinary commoners died. Charge forward for this old servant, and rush into the imperial palace in one breath!"

"Understood!"

"Kill!"

With a fierce shout, over a hundred Jinyi Guards immediately charged and slaughtered toward the Hairy Jiangshi ahead.

"Shoot!"

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