Netherworld Chapter 94: The Master of the Wei Family (8)
They talked for a while, and then the man left quickly. The Taoist priest stood there motionless. I was curious, so I walked over and asked: Who is that?
After a while, there was no one at the foot of the mountain. Those who could talk to the old Taoist priest were not ordinary people, so it was normal for them to walk fast. You know, the old Taoist priest could run more than ten miles with a shrinking technique.
The current head of the Wei family. The old Taoist priest answered, and then he added: Gamu’s brother, you have seen the bronze-armored corpse before.
Bronze-armored corpse... I was shocked, how could it be... But then I remembered that Gamu stole an immortal fruit in order to resurrect his brother. When the Taoist priest chased him that day, he did not see the bronze-armored corpse or the immortal fruit.
But I didn't expect that the effect of the magic fruit is so magical that it can really bring the dead back to life.
Is this true? Aren’t dead people unable to come back to life? I asked in amazement.
Gamu used a secret method to retain his brother's soul and did not break it up, so he could use the fairy fruit to send the soul back into the body. If the three souls and seven spirits were broken up, even the fairy fruit could not save him. The old Taoist explained: Perhaps he did not kill you that day because he still retained a little humanity. Your eight ropes can connect to the netherworld, and it is normal for the breath in your blood to make him instinctively fear and be friendly.
I nodded, suppressed my surprise, and asked: Why did he come to you? Did Gamu want to talk to you about something?
I guess so. The old Taoist priest said bluntly: The Wei family changed owners and moved out of the ancestral home. The restoration of the fairy fruit caused huge losses to the family members, and the many corpses in the old house could not be taken away, so the power was greatly reduced. I don’t know where the news came from, saying that Gamu brought the fairy fruit back to the Wei family, so they were targeted by many people, and the journey was very difficult.
They want your help? I interrupted.
The old Taoist priest hummed and said: They want to leave Yunnan and enter the Central Plains. There are few spiritual forces here, so they can recuperate and make a comeback.
This is a good idea, but it is their own fault. If Gamu had not been extremely resentful and plotted to harm the Wei family...
If he hadn't planned to make the Wei family decline, how could he have easily seized the position of the head of the family today? said the old Taoist priest.
I thought about it and it made sense, so I couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.
He came here today to tell me that if I am willing to help the Wei family, after I leave the dangerous situation, the Wei family will do their best to help me find my junior brother or the stone beast, said the old Taoist priest.
Uh... this is not credible, like the Zhou family...
It is indeed not credible. The old Taoist interrupted my worries and said: But the Wei family has lost a large number of corpses. If they want to make a comeback, they must find new corpses. Wei Zhong from the Corpse Catching Hall is still alive. I can go into the underground tomb with him, and I should be able to find the stone beast there.
Have you decided? I asked.
Not yet. The old Taoist shook his head: I just have this plan.
I think I should think about it more. Not to mention whether the Wei family can help in the end, just talking about this journey, it is probably going to be difficult.
It is indeed difficult. The old Taoist said: Although his soul and body have been united and he has returned to the world, he has previously used the corpse refining method to cultivate a bronze-armored corpse, and his own martial arts are unmatched in the world. The reason why they came to me is because many major forces have set their sights on the fairy fruit. With their current strength, it is undoubtedly a pipe dream to want to leave Yunnan safely.
You can't do it alone.
Of course. The old Taoist said: So they also found other people.
Oh? Who are they? I asked curiously.
The walking corpse vein and the Zhong family. The old Taoist priest replied.
I was surprised. Why would these two families help the Wei family?
This is not surprising. The old Taoist said: The Wei family did not win the immortal fruit in Mingzhu Peak. The immortal fruit that belonged to the Wei family has been used up. Now the Wei family has changed its owner, and Gamu and his brother have returned to the Wei family. The walking corpse vein and the Zhong family will naturally be targeted. They are all in the heavenly corpse vein, and grudges are grudges. They all face the same danger, so they can naturally cooperate.
That’s true. I don’t know what the Zhou family is like, but they seem to have also stolen a fairy fruit.
The Zhou family... The old Taoist priest snorted coldly: The news that the three veins of the Heavenly Corpse had obtained the immortal fruit might have been released by them. They live far away in Guangdong, so they can wait for the various families to fight to the death, and then reap the benefits.
The Taoist's analysis made sense, but there was a flaw. The Zhou family also got the immortal fruit, and they released this news for no reason. Even if they stayed in Guangdong, they would be targeted sooner or later.
So, personally, I don’t think this news was released by the Zhou family.
But then again, the three Heavenly Corpse Clans have merged into one, and although it is only a temporary alliance, there are not many forces that dare to provoke this force.
It is estimated that there should be many forces joining together, just like the three veins and the Zhou family. As for how to divide the immortal fruit after defeating the Tianshi vein, it is probably another bloody matter.
The old Taoist priest did not confirm the answer. He needed time to think about it. Moreover, there was also the matter of the only son's vein. With Tao Tiansong's temperament, it was possible that he would secretly attack the Wei family.
The reason why the old Taoist priest was cautious was probably because he took this into consideration and did not want to create a bad relationship with Du Shengmai.
After staying in the Five Elements Taoist Temple for a few days, the old Taoist's injuries have healed and he has returned to his peak condition.
On the morning of the third day after leaving Dushengmai, I saw him practicing boxing on the open space on the top of the mountain. Every move was full of the charm of Taoism, which made people addicted.
Although I have no idea what Tao is, when I see the old Taoist doing boxing, I always feel a sense of integration with the heaven and earth. This is the artistic conception of boxing. It is said that many martial arts masters hundreds of years ago could reach this state. However, the world is now complicated and people's hearts are no longer the same. It is terribly difficult to integrate the meaning of boxing with the world.
I stood there, quietly watching the old Taoist finish the last move, because I knew that he must have made a decision. Only when he was confident and calm would the old Taoist perform the health-preserving boxing.
Have you decided? I asked after he finished speaking.
The old Taoist looked at me, nodded and said: I want to help them. The Wei family left a stone beast. He promised me yesterday that he would hand the stone beast to me after everything was ready.
I remembered that Gamu had sent stone beasts to each of the three branches of the Heavenly Corpse. The Wei family also dug one out of their underground grave. I don't know if the ghost messenger that was restored in Jiuyin Mountain was sent by Gamu or dug by themselves. They left one behind, probably because they saw the powerful attack power of the ghost messenger. If you can master this power, you will rise overnight.
Will they lie to you? I asked worriedly.
The old Taoist shook his head and said confidently: They dare not!
The old Taoist priest said so, what else could I object to? After thinking about it, I said: Then I will go with you, after all, I am also the descendant of the Ba Suo lineage, they should not refuse me to join.
The old Taoist looked at me for a while, then nodded, indicating his agreement.
After that, we simply cleaned up. The so-called cleanup is nothing more than setting up a protective magic circle for the Five Elements Taoist Temple to prevent others from entering.
Mr. Jiao has eaten a lot of golden bone slices in the past two days, and his digestion speed is getting faster and faster. There are still only a few bone slices left that the old Taoist took out from the coffin, but he doesn't care much.
Whether immortals exist is just a mystery that makes people wonder, but the result is not very important to the two of us. Otherwise, the desire of Jiao Ye to steal things would have been strangled by the old Taoist in the soup pot.
Everything was ready, and the old Taoist took me on the journey using the Earth-Shrinking Technique. After recovering from his injuries, he could take five steps in a row, and the time he spent resting to regulate his breath was greatly shortened. Seeing how vigorous the old Taoist was, I was not too worried about the so-called escort.
The Three Heavenly Corpses were considered a relatively strong force in the cultivation circle, and they had long been the top force in Yunnan. Not everyone could claim the title of a big boss. Although they were much weaker now, not many people dared to provoke them.
I set out with the Taoist priest at noon and arrived at the destination around three o'clock.
It was in a forest, with rolling hills and lush forests. As soon as the old Taoist stopped, I heard a low roar and a fishy wind. I turned around and saw a bronze-armored corpse and three zombies rushing towards me.
The copper-armored corpse's domineering aura was indescribable. It rushed forward like a bulldozer. The three zombies had set up a formation and were moving at a slower speed. Behind them, four figures flashed, staring at us with cold and cautious eyes.
I was just about to say: Don't shoot, we're one group!
The old Taoist said nothing, waved his hand and drew an empty talisman, and shouted softly: The five elements of heaven and earth, the earth spirit appears, borrow the power of the mountain, and suppress it!
As the Taoist curse came out, the old Taoist slapped the talisman with one hand, changed his position, and slapped the copper-armored corpse on the chest. The tall copper-armored corpse was knocked away by the palm, and the three zombies behind it were also smashed into a ball.
At the same time, the old Taoist priest drew another empty talisman: the five elements of heaven and earth, praying to the gods, commanding the mountain gods, and letting the earth and trees take root. The five elements forbidden method, imprisonment!
The green and yellow runes drifted away, turning into light spots that pierced into the soil. The surrounding soil suddenly surged out of the ground like ropes, tightly entangling the bronze-armored corpse, the walking corpse, and the four disciples of the Heavenly Corpse Vein. In the blink of an eye, these people and the corpses were covered with yellow soil and gradually turned into stones.
This was a kind of earth sealing method that the old Taoist had used when he was investigating the walking corpse vein. Seeing it again now, it was still extremely sharp. With just two moves, he defeated the four disciples of the Heavenly Corpse Vein, including their bodies.
At this time, there were dense rustling sounds in the woods, and figures appeared all around. I heard someone shouting: "Who are you? How dare you mess with my Heavenly Corpse Vein!"
The old Taoist snorted coldly and drew seven talismans with both hands. These seven talismans floated in the air and gradually formed a "Zhan" character, which was the powerful "Zhan" character in the attacking Taoist technique.
When the little beauty and the young disciples of the Du Sheng Cultivation ambushed the old Taoist priest, a group of people, including three old people, were beaten by the old Taoist chopping character, and one person almost died there. If the old woman and Tao Tiansong had not appeared in time, the young generation of the Du Sheng Cultivation ...
I don't know where the old Taoist got the anger from. He ignored the shouts of others. When the beheading character came out, his lips trembled and he was about to chant a spell. Judging from his posture, he was ready to fight fiercely with others. Seeing that more and more Tianshi Clan disciples gathered around, I was terrified and quickly chanted the Void Spell.
