Baleful Corpse

Bai Yu felt a surge of alertness. Could something have happened in the inner courtyard?

Lantern in hand, he dashed towards the inner courtyard.

He heard a "bang, bang" sound coming from one of the mortuary's corpse storage rooms.

Many deceased individuals wished to return to their roots, but were temporarily unable to go back to their hometowns, so their bodies were temporarily stored at the Mortuary.

"Bang!"

The door of the corpse room was smashed open, and a monster leaped out.

It was a shriveled corpse, its skin like rusty iron.

A Baleful Corpse!

When a corpse was struck by baleful energy, it would mutate and become a Baleful Corpse, harming anyone it encountered.

The Baleful Corpse let out a hoarse roar and lunged at Bai Yu.

Its two chicken-claw-like, withered hands aimed straight for Bai Yu's throat.

Bai Yu moved his feet, executing the Swallow Lingxu Step.

Like a swallow, he darted to the side, dodging the Baleful Corpse's claws.

He swooped past and appeared behind the Baleful Corpse's flank.

"White Tiger Pounces!"

He struck out with a palm, the wind whistling.

With a "bang," the Baleful Corpse was sent flying, crashing to the ground.

But the Baleful Corpse leaped up again, completely unharmed.

At that moment, Zhu Tong, draped in his clothes, rushed over, his face filled with alarm.

"A Baleful Corpse! The corpse has turned baleful!"

"Little Bai, run! That thing is impervious to weapons, imbued with baleful energy."

Just then, the Baleful Corpse pounced on Bai Yu again, its fingernails growing over a foot long, ready to pierce him.

Bai Yu used the Lingxu Step, engaging the Baleful Corpse in a fierce battle.

After a few moves, he had a good idea of its capabilities.

The Baleful Corpse's strength and speed were about the same as a First Rank martial artist.

But its body was impervious to weapons, comparable to a Third Rank Skin Tempering Realm martial artist.

Bai Yu employed the Lingxu Step, making it impossible for the Baleful Corpse to touch him.

Zhu Tong, watching Bai Yu not only refuse to run but instead engage the Baleful Corpse in a fierce battle, was frantic.

"Little Bai, don't be stubborn! That thing is filled with baleful energy, possessing inexhaustible strength and tireless stamina."

"Unless you have Uncle Jiu's Falling Devil techniques, you can't deal with it."

"How long have you been studying Zhu You techniques? You don't have the ability, you know?"

Bai Yu smiled faintly.

"Don't worry, if Zhu You techniques can't subdue it, then I'll use physical force!"

He roared, veins bulging on his arms, his muscles like dragons.

"Hmph!"

Bai Yu threw a punch, slamming it into the Baleful Corpse's chest.

With a crisp "crack," a large chunk of its chest caved in, breaking countless ribs.

The Baleful Corpse tried to retaliate, but Bai Yu used the Azure Dragon Grasps, tearing off one of its arms.

Then he struck repeatedly, breaking the Baleful Corpse's limbs, before finally pulling out a Corpse Control Talisman and sticking it on the Baleful Corpse's forehead.

The ferocious and malevolent Baleful Corpse immediately calmed down.

Bai Yu's series of movements were fluid and effortless, leaving Zhu Tong dumbfounded.

"Little Bai, you... you... actually took down a Baleful Corpse all by yourself? And you even broke its bones."

Bai Yu smiled innocently.

"Yeah, I broke through to the Second Rank martial artist realm before, plus I'm naturally strong, so I beat up the Baleful Corpse."

Now that he had become a Fourth Rank martial artist, it was time to let some news out.

And Zhu Tong was the best person to spread the word.

He had always been a blabbermouth, unable to keep secrets.

If Zhu Tong knew something, it was as good as the entire Mortuary knowing it.

As he spoke, Bai Yu deliberately added, "Brother Tong, please keep it a secret for me, don't let anyone else know."

Zhu Tong patted his chest emphatically:

"Don't worry, I'm the most tight-lipped. I definitely won't breathe a word of it to anyone."

After that, neither of them dared to sleep anymore.

Bai Yu took out a stack of Transformation Talismans and Evil-Suppressing Talismans, and together with Zhu Tong, plastered them all over the Mortuary, inside and out.

After about half an hour, Zhu Tong wiped his sweat and plopped down on a chair, rambling.

"I'm exhausted!"

"Bai Yu, it's really strange. How could it have turned into a Baleful Corpse for no reason?"

"I've been making a living in the Mortuary since my grandfather's generation, and that's been decades. There have only been a handful of cases of corpses turning into Baleful Corpses in the Mortuary."

Bai Yu had a feeling that something was wrong in Jiang City.

He had noticed many people with baleful energy clinging to them, then Uncle Jiu discovered that there were more Baleful Corpses, and now even corpses in the Mortuary were turning into Baleful Corpses.

Bai Yu couldn't figure it out, so he said:

"Tong-ge, why don't you get some sleep first? I'll keep watch here."

Zhu Tong didn't dare to go back to his room, so he slept in the front hall.

Bai Yu, on the other hand, lit a candle and read a book at the table.

First he read the Spring and Autumn Annals, then Meng's Herbal Compendium, and finally, he reached out his sinful hands to the White Fox Erotic Tales.

This kind of morally corrupting book must be thoroughly criticized.

Bai Yu criticized it all night, until dawn.

At this moment, Uncle Jiu came in from outside and saw Bai Yu hunched over the table reading a book, nodding with satisfaction.

"Xiao Yu, what book are you reading?"

Bai Yu, who had been up all night, was a little dazed and subconsciously replied:

"I'm reading the Spring and Autumn Annals."

Uncle Jiu smiled slightly and was about to offer some encouragement, but when he walked over and took a look, his expression immediately changed.

"Children shouldn't read these things."

He snatched the White Fox Erotic Tales and forcibly confiscated it.

At this moment, Zhu Tong woke up and hurried forward, saying:

"Uncle Jiu, you're finally back. You don't know, last night the guest in room C-16 of the Mortuary turned into a Baleful Corpse."

"Thanks to Bai Yu's bravery, he subdued the Baleful Corpse, or we would have been in big trouble."

Uncle Jiu's expression changed drastically, and he strode into the inner hall.

He muttered to himself:

"It shouldn't be, I've put yellow talismans all over the Mortuary, inside and out. It shouldn't have turned into a Baleful Corpse."

When he saw the Baleful Corpse suppressed by the Corpse Control Talisman, he nodded with satisfaction again.

It seemed that Xiao Yu was born to do this, and he could quickly master even the Blood Talisman.

Uncle Jiu stuck nine yellow talismans on the Baleful Corpse in a row.

Then he took out a jar, pinched a hand seal, and chanted a mantra.

Before long, the Baleful Corpse spewed out a ball of baleful energy, which fell into the jar.

"Alright, the baleful energy in this guest's body has been drawn out, so he's fine for now."

Next, Uncle Jiu took Bai Yu and inspected the Mortuary inside and out.

Sure enough, they found several more corpses on the verge of turning into Baleful Corpses.

"A troubled time, a troubled time indeed."

Uncle Jiu's face was so gloomy that water could drip from it.

In the following days, he accelerated the pace of his teaching, wishing he could impart all the Zhu You techniques to Bai Yu in one go.

Fortunately, Bai Yu was someone who had been beaten by nine years of compulsory education, so he had a very strong ability to learn, and he was also very talented, so he learned quickly.

His Zhu You Yin Fu Jing had already reached the point of mastery, and it was still steadily increasing.

Uncle Jiu was extremely satisfied with this, and repeatedly praised Bai Yu for having the potential to bury an emperor.

At the same time, the news of Bai Yu subduing the Baleful Corpse spread like wildfire.

Zhu Tong told Xiao Wang:

"Let me tell you, Xiao Bai reached the Second Rank Martial Artist realm and subdued a Baleful Corpse!"

Xiao Wang told Lao Zhang:

"Brother Bai is a Second Rank Martial Artist, and he caught a Baleful Corpse."

Soon, the whole Willow Street was buzzing with the news.

The Xiao Bai of the Mortuary is a ruthless person, he slept with a Baleful Corpse of a Second Rank Martial Artist.