Youbao Chapter 20: Earth-nourishing Corpse Pill (9)
All kinds of doubts made my mind a mess. I am afraid that the answer to all these mysteries can only be revealed when the old Taoist priest wakes up.
After a long time, the old Taoist finally woke up with a long sigh.
Are you okay? I asked.
He shook his head: The injury was very serious, and he just recovered a little.
I looked at the old Taoist priest's face, still pale, but better than before.
I helped him stand up and asked: Where are we going now? Let's find a place for you to recover first.
The old Taoist priest hummed and listened to my advice for the first time. I helped him leave the Changping Ancient Battlefield and got into a taxi. Seeing the old Taoist priest covered in blood, the driver was terrified.
I took out two hundred yuan and put it on the passenger seat: drive and find a quiet hotel.
No. The old Taoist priest objected: Stop once you enter the city.
I immediately came to my senses. The old Taoist priest took off his bloody clothes and wore only an inner shirt. His clothes were full of ancient flavor. Although they were not Taoist robes, they had the style of an ancient master.
We got off the bus in the downtown area of Gaoping City. The old Taoist priest held the rolled-up clothes, which were no longer stained with blood, in his arms, and I supported him as we walked forward.
We found a not-so-big hotel to stay in. The old Taoist priest sat on the ground and continued to recover from his injuries. I lay on the bed, watching TV and looking at him. Although I had too many questions, it was obviously not the right time to ask them.
The old Taoist priest's recuperation took a long time. I went out to buy meals three times. Every time I came back, he was the same as before, not moving at all.
I asked him if he wanted to eat or drink, but he didn't answer. Fortunately, his chest was still rising and falling slowly, which made me feel relieved. If the old Taoist priest died suddenly, I don't know what I would do.
Although I didn't participate too much, I always felt that these things were related to me. Without the protection of the old Taoist priest, I might not have lived long.
On the third day, the old Taoist priest slowly opened his eyes. I was sleeping at that time and was awakened by his movement.
The wound was mostly healed, but it was not so easy to recover his vitality. I hurried out to buy him a lot of nutritional supplements and food. The old Taoist priest ate slowly, and his face became more and more rosy.
I sat on the side eating melon seeds and asked the first question: Where were you injured?
Why do you think of asking this?
I cracked a melon seed and said: Just ask when you remember.
Then I won’t tell you.
If I was drinking water at this time, I would definitely spray the old Taoist priest in the face. Is this really that evil? Is this considered mischief? Why didn't you tell me?
Just tell me, I am concerned about you. Anyway, I am doing you a big favor.
If you hadn’t helped, you wouldn’t be alive today. The old Taoist priest didn’t even raise his head or look at me.
It's so frustrating to talk to this old man. I really regret not going to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts when I was so old, otherwise I would have beaten him up.
However, the old Taoist priest did not continue to embarrass me and gave an explanation: he was injured by the Bronze Corpse Formation in Xishuangbanna.
Bronze Corpse Formation? What is the relationship with the Shaolin Temple's Eighteen Bronze Men Formation?
Gamu. The old Taoist priest suddenly said this name.
Why did I say that to old man Gamu for no reason? But then I realized what was happening and was shocked. Was the old Taoist priest injured by old man Gamu?
How did you get into a fight with Gamu? I asked.
The old Taoist priest's silence caused the room to fall into a brief silence. After a while, he looked up at me and said: Corpse King.
Gamu wanted the Corpse King. The old Taoist said: In today's secular world, it is difficult for the Bronze Armored Corpse to become a great one, so he wanted to use the Corpse King to push the Bronze Armored Corpse to the highest level.
How would you know.
The undertaker told me this, and Gamu admitted it.
It's that undertaker again. I'm getting more and more confused about what he wants to do. He helps the old Taoist priest, and then helps himself. Now he sells out old man Gamu. He seems to be a neutral party, but I don't think he is a good person.
Then why did you ask the Zhou family to come to me?
I have to go to Xishuangbanna to verify it, so I can only use the Zhou family's help to hold back the Corpse King.
But you killed all three of Mr. Zhou, and Zhou Guangyun went crazy, I said in a condemning tone.
They wanted to take back the sword, and I gave them the information they wanted to know. The old Taoist priest had an indifferent expression: We each got what we wanted, and I didn't harm them.
What the old Taoist said makes sense, but for me, this reason is hard to accept.
Later, the old Taoist told me that he had broken Gamu's bronze corpse formation, and some of the unformed bronze armored corpses were broken into pieces. Only Gamu's original bronze armored corpse was not seriously damaged, but it would be impossible to form a bronze corpse formation again in a short time.
However, this formation with bronze-armored corpses as soldiers caused the old Taoist priest to suffer serious injuries. He held on for a breath, expended his energy and used the Earth-Shrinking Technique to rush to Changping to stop the corpse king. He was already prepared to sacrifice his life, but he didn't expect that I would be there too.
I told him that it was the undertaker who asked me to go. The old Taoist priest was still not surprised, he just nodded to indicate that he understood.
Do you know the undertaker? I asked him.
The old Taoist shook his head: Gamu knows him, but I don't. The blood of the Basuo lineage has the effect of suppressing evil, but the blood of the corpse-embalming lineage can't be used at all. I don't know what he plans to do with your blood.
Even the old Taoist priest didn’t know the whole story, so I was even more confused.
By the way, what about the Zhou family? You went to them and told them about the Demon Sword. Now three of the four people who came to their house died, and the remaining one is crazy. Will the Zhou family come to trouble us? I asked with some concern.
No. I told them the truth, and the Zhou family will naturally understand this. The old Taoist priest said nonchalantly: What's more, they should focus on the Demon-Subduing Sword now. This kind of treasure can only be used by the Zhou family, and now... the Zhou family will definitely be shocked.
I understand what the old Taoist said. Could the man who controlled the sword be a descendant of the Zhou family? But why would he help others kill his own family? Mr. Zhou was the head of the previous generation. People of this status are considered ancestors in the Zhou family.
It can be imagined that the death of Mr. Zhou and his two companions in Changping and the appearance of an undertaker who can control the Demon-Subduing Sword, these two pieces of news will definitely cause an earthquake in the Zhou family.
I put aside my worries and asked casually: If that’s the case, it’s none of my business.
Maybe not. The old Taoist said: But since the undertaker has taken your spiritual blood, it must be useful. If he needs it in the future...
I understand what the old Taoist priest means. Maybe in the near future I will be taken away as a human blood bank.
It's too deceptive... Even if I go to the hospital to donate 200 ml of blood, at least I can get a blood donation certificate. Now it's nothing, whoever wants to can do it, and if they are in a bad mood after the donation, they may beat me up.
I regretted that I went to Xishuangbanna with the old Taoist priest for a little adventure. This time, I got into trouble.
What should I do then?
The old Taoist narrowed his eyes slightly and said: The mastermind of this game is Gamu. If we give him enough time, there will be disaster if we combine the bronze-armored corpse with the corpse king into one.
so……?
So, we need to find help.
Where to find it?
Gamu's bronze armored corpse comes from the Wei family in Yunnan, a branch of the Heavenly Corpse. Now Gamu intends to draw out the ghosts of the Zhao army to refine the corpse king, which is already harmful to the world. I will go find the people of the Wei family and let them clean up their own mess.
The Wei family? Is it a noble family like the Zhou family?
Yes. The old Taoist nodded: The Heavenly Corpse lineage was created by the Zhong family. As early as the Qin Dynasty, the Zhong family relied on the Heavenly Corpse technique to dominate the area, and even the First Emperor could do nothing about it. But as time passed, hundreds of schools of thought contended, and the major Taoists established their own schools, and the Zhong family was squeezed to the present Yunnan. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin and Song countries destroyed the Liao Dynasty, and the army and cavalry attacked, causing heavy casualties to the Zhong family. Since then, the four contemporary disciples of the Zhong family have each served their own politics and their own masters, and thus created the four great Heavenly Corpse families. However, the Zhong family is still the main lineage, and although the other three families are independent, they are also headed by the Zhong family. The Wei family inherited the copper armor corpse lineage, which is amazing.
I don't think the bronze-armored corpse is that powerful. It can't even beat the ground-raised corpse. I don't think so.
The old Taoist shook his head: Gamu's bronze armor corpse is just newly refined, and can only be considered the lowest grade. According to legend, when the Wei family was first established, its clan armor corpse was refined from the ancient corpse of the Qin State, the great general Wang Jian. It is so powerful that it can reach the sky and penetrate the earth, and it is difficult to match it. Only the heavenly corpse of the Zhong family can suppress it.
So awesome? Is it still available now?
Now there is none. The old Taoist said: Mongolian cavalry marched everywhere, slaughtering millions in one battle, and the four great families of Tianshi resisted for a while, and were almost wiped out. Otherwise, in today's world, the Tianshi lineage would have come out to dominate the world.
Is this true? I don't quite believe it. Although the Mongolian army was invincible for a period of time, they were celestial corpses with the ability to move mountains and seas. No matter how many ordinary people there were, they couldn't defeat such a monster.
Do you think that the Mongolian cavalry can be invincible in the world just by relying on their physical bodies? The old Taoist sneered: Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. Everyone in every country has a foundation. If they can travel around the world and kill people everywhere by relying on horses, how can the nomadic people be trapped on the border for thousands of years? History is man-made, but people can tamper with history. If you believe what is written in books, have you ever seen history describe the magic of Taoism?
I was silent and stopped arguing. What the old Taoist said made sense. As time went by, not everything written in history books was true. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many unsolved mysteries in this world.
So is the Wei family willing to step forward? I raised a key question.
Maybe, maybe not, but there is always hope. The old Taoist priest is not sure either.
When I heard the old Taoist priest's words, I felt that there was little hope. Who would want to get involved these days? Besides, although Gamu learned the corpse refining method from the Wei family, this is not ancient times. Is there really such a thing as a master cleaning up the sect?
But these mysterious things might be the opposite of what ordinary people think. I asked the old Taoist priest when he planned to go.
He thought about it and said that he would leave after his injuries were almost healed, probably in three or four days.
When he was free, he asked about his relationship with Gamu. The old Taoist said that he had known Gamu for a short time, only for the past two years. They were close, but not deep. Otherwise, he would not have had to pay the price of the Dragon Tiger Pill to ask Gamu to help him kill the corpses.
However, I always felt strange about why the old Taoist priest went to kill people and raise corpses. His explanation was that it was his master's will.
