63: Chapter 63 The Appearance of the Corpse Man

The sudden appearance of the Corpse Persons made Ye Xuan and Ye Yi extremely nervous; they had never faced such bizarre Corpse Persons before.

Ye Xuan stared fixedly at the gathering rebels. In the shadows, a red-robed figure vaguely appeared, standing under a crimson lotus flag.

Could that be the leader of the Red Lotus Cult?

Suddenly, a Corpse Person lunged forward, biting a soldier guarding the city wall right on the face and violently tearing off a large piece of flesh.

Blood surged wildly, accompanied by the soldier's shrill screams, making the people on the town walls feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

“What is this thing?!”

“A dead man! This is a dead man! It's sorcery used by that Red Lotus Cult leader!”

The soldiers and villagers defending the town cried out in fear upon seeing this; a few were even so terrified they wanted to flee.

“Damn it!” Ye Yi watched the Corpse Person, switched to a long saber, and charged forward to slash at it.

Seeing Ye Yi's attack, the Corpse Person immediately let out a heaven-shaking roar, which nearly sent Ye Yi flying back from the force.

Ye Yi struggled to steady himself, only to feel bursts of sharp pain in his chest and his arm so numb he couldn't lift it.

Its sharp claws glinted with a cold light, seemingly about to disembowel Ye Yi in an instant.

Ye Xuan roared in panic, “Ye Yi!”

He immediately swung his sword to stab at the Corpse Person's back, but two other Corpse Persons that had appeared out of nowhere quickly climbed up and attacked Ye Yi's back.

Unable to dodge in time, Ye Yi was instantly scratched. Blood mixed with black energy made his head spin, and he was on the verge of collapsing.

“Not good!” Ye Xuan hadn't expected that there weren't just one, but two more Corpse Persons lying in ambush.

Ye Xuan didn't have time to think; he swiftly dodged a Corpse Person's attack and went to protect Ye Yi.

Blocking the way in front of Ye Yi, Ye Xuan asked urgently, “Yi-zi! How are you?!”

Ye Yi felt his head spinning with nausea and hurriedly said, “Big brother! Be careful, this Corpse Person has... poison on it!”

The two Corpse Persons pounced from the left and right with great coordination. Their strength was so immense that Ye Xuan's hands throbbed with a dull pain; he couldn't block them at all!

Seeing the Corpse Persons pinning down the most powerful Ye brothers, the rebels below swarmed onto the town walls like maggots on a bone. The morale of the soldiers had long since been shattered by those three Corpse Persons.

They all began to cower, not daring to fight.

Ye Xuan had believed that with the strength of a First-Stage Martial Artist, even if he wasn't invincible, he could at least withstand many attacks. But now he realized he was wrong; a mere scratch from these Corpse Persons was difficult for him to resist.

Not to mention, the flesh on these Corpse Persons was incredibly hard. Ordinary swords and sabers couldn't break through their skin at all, leaving him to only take a passive beating.

He now understood why the Red Lotus Cult could easily wipe out a county town. This bizarre method of attack was something even those who had Cultivated physical techniques to the limit could not withstand!

Ye Yi's combat power was also greatly reduced due to the poison. Forced back step by step by the Corpse Persons, he held his breath and shouted to Ye Xuan, “Big brother! Let's retreat! These Corpse Persons are not something we can handle!”

The townspeople had already retreated to Liu Village. They didn't need to worry about more innocent civilians dying under the rebels' blades after the town was breached.

It was better to retreat to Liu Village first and report the situation of the Red Lotus Cult to Ye Jing rather than causing more casualties.

Ye Xuan gritted his teeth, gripped his saber, and looked at the rebels climbing up from below, shouting with resentment, “Let's go!”

This time, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness. No matter how powerful his Martial Dao Cultivation was, facing these rebels who used immortal arts, he was currently like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!

If only he could practice immortal cultivation!

He immediately hoisted Ye Yi onto his back, swiftly jumped away from the Corpse Persons' attacks, and the soldiers around them also began to flee in a rout.

“Hahaha...!” Among the rebels, the leading Old Man Hongsha laughed disdainfully as he saw his subordinates Breakthrough the defensive wall.

Old Man Hongsha held a cane carved with a blood-colored lotus. Seeing the soldiers fleeing in panic, his laughter became even more arrogant.

“With just you bunch of rabble, you think you're worthy of blocking the path of my Red Lotus Cult!”

He raised his hand and waved; the three Corpse Persons' movements became even more ferocious as they crazily Bite at the scattering soldiers. Blood flowed down the high walls, merging into a dark red stream.

Old Man Hongsha looked at the tragic scene with no pity in his eyes, only a morbid excitement. “This Yuanhe Town is just an appetizer. Once I trample Yanggu County, everyone will become blood food for my Cultivation!”

The rebel lackeys nearby also laughed wildly. “Congratulations, Immortal Master! With the Immortal Master's Corpse Persons, our Red Lotus Cult will eventually trample the Imperial City and make even the Emperor kowtow and beg for mercy!”

“Exactly! Those so-called Martial Artists and Cultivators are not even as good as dogs in front of our Corpse Persons! Weren't those two kids quite capable of fighting just now? Now they're running away with their tails between their legs!”

But when the rebels entered the small town, they found it completely empty.

The doors of the shops on the street were wide open, and the wind blew through the empty alleys, making a “woo-woo” sound. At this moment, there was only a spine-chilling deathly silence.

“Damn it! Where are the people?!” Old Man Hongsha cursed loudly. He hadn't expected that as soon as he attacked the town, the people would have already heard the news and fled.

He gave a cold laugh, kicked a nearby rebel, and ordered, “The monk can run, but the temple can't. You! Go check if there are any other villages nearby!”

At this moment, a crow perched on a roof turned its eyes to stare at the group of rebels, then spread its wings and flew away.

In the darkness of the night.

An urgent knocking sounded at the door of Ye Jing's house.

Immediately followed by an incredibly thick smell of blood.

Everyone in the Ye family quickly got up and rushed to the door. When they opened it, they saw Ye Xuan and Ye Yi, covered in blood, supporting each other as they collapsed.

Wu Guiyun and Liu Xianglan saw their husbands in such a wretched state—especially the deep bloody gash on Ye Yi's back—and their eyes instantly turned red.

The two wives hurriedly helped their husbands into the house.

Seeing that his two sons were seriously injured, Ye Jing immediately knew something had happened in Yuanhe Town and quickly checked their wounds.

Ye Xuan was not in any major danger, but the scratch on Ye Yi's back was emitting black energy, accompanied by a very pungent, putrid smell.

This is...

“Yi-zi was scratched by a Corpse Person of the Red Lotus Cult; that Corpse Person's claws have corpse poison!” Ye Xuan said solemnly.

Seeing this, Ye Jing immediately said to Liu Xianglan, “Xianglan, go get the crimson blood wine!”

Now Ye Yi's face was pale and his whole body was trembling; it seemed this poison was very powerful!

Fearing that ordinary medicine would be useless, he took out the golden light bowl from his room and held it against Ye Yi's wound.

He saw that as the golden light-emitting bowl came into contact with the corpse poison on Ye Yi's body, the black energy of the poison was quickly dissipated.

Ye Jing was overjoyed to see this. “It's working!”

He had previously discovered that this golden light bowl could disperse poisonous miasma, so he had decided to try it as a last resort.

The black energy lingering over Ye Yi's wound soon vanished. Beside him, Ye Xuan also widened his eyes; although he knew this was an Immortal Artifact, he hadn't expected it to be so miraculous.

Liu Xianglan hurriedly brought the crimson blood wine to Ye Jing.

Ye Jing fed it to Ye Yi. Instantly, the color returned to Ye Yi's pale face, and as if he suddenly had strength, he slowly sat up.

“Brother Yi! It's so good that you're okay!” Liu Xianglan's eyes instantly turned red.

Seeing this, Ye Yi smiled and said, “Don't worry, your man isn't dead yet!”

At this time, Wu Guiyun knocked on the door and said, “Father, Young Master Zhao and Director Guo are here!”

Hearing this, Ye Jing immediately wrapped the golden light bowl and hid it in his bosom, then got up to open the door.