Chapter 1209: Floating
"In less than two weeks, he captured six Black-level major criminals.
"Moreover, every capture was a beheading, with his subordinates delivering the criminals' heads back to the Ministry of Punishment.
"Because of this, he even received praise from the central Ministry of Punishment and was awarded some high-quality talisman paper, cinnabar, and cultivation materials.
"...What exactly is this guy trying to do?"
Having obtained accurate information, Chen Xinying's face held a mixture of emotions.
Broadly speaking, this was a good thing. It could even help with her promotion.
But she had clearly told Han Dong to stay home and get through the Qi Refining stage, and had even provided him with a sufficient amount of corpse essence. She truly could not understand why he had gone out to do something so dangerous.
Returning to the Talisman District with her doubts, Chen Xinying froze the moment she reached her own doorstep.
The entire manor felt unfamiliar to her, while also carrying a damp, oppressive air. Black pooled water had even seeped from the soil in the front courtyard.
None of the servants dared enter the manor. Only the butler remained inside.
Chen Xinying casually stopped a servant. "What happened?"
"Master, the zombie you brought back shut himself in the cellar to cultivate three days ago.
"From the day he began cultivating, this black pooled water started seeping out both inside and outside the manor. No matter what we did, we couldn't get rid of it.
"And once we touch it, it sucks away our corpse qi.
"Only Butler Xie dares stay inside."
"Black pooled water that can absorb others' corpse qi?"
Chen Xinying suddenly recalled a rumor.
When zombies once raised by the Imperial Court cultivated using the "Black Corpse Essence" extracted from Black Zombies, strange black water