"Picking Things Up"

A eunuch came running desperately toward the house, carrying a little child in his arms and stumbling all the way.

Yang Xuan's eyes lit up. It seemed the zombie he had chosen would soon be his.

Yi Xiu immediately rushed over and helped the eunuch up. It turned out to be Assistant Minister Wu from the daytime procession, along with the Little Prince.

Yi Xiu immediately said to Qingqing, "Help him inside."

Four Eyes' expression changed when he saw them. "Oh no, something happened to Junior Brother. Jiale, go get the gear."

Everyone helped the two people who had escaped with their lives into the room and began examining their wounds. The Little Prince's arms were covered in bloody holes. Strangely, the blood inside them was blackish red. He had obviously been infected with extremely potent zombie poison.

Just as Yi Xiu and Qingqing began treating them, Yang Xuan spoke up.

"Wait. You're Assistant Minister Wu, right? Take off your clothes too."

"What are you doing? I'm an imperial official!" Assistant Minister Wu said, putting on a brave front.

"Uncle-Master, hold him down. That Royal Zombie from earlier isn't ordinary. With the Little Prince injured this badly, there's no reason for you to be completely unharmed."

In the blink of an eye, Assistant Minister Wu had been stripped down to his underpants.

Sure enough, there were two bloody holes on his shoulder, each with two claw marks. Four Eyes said angrily, "So you were trying to hide it. You can still be saved now, but wait any longer and you'll be beyond help. Are you trying to get people killed?" As he spoke, he waved the knife in his hand.

"Stop wasting time. Qingqing, go get the snake medicine," Yi Xiu said urgently.

"Isn't glutinous rice supposed to be used for zombie poison?" Qingqing asked uncertainly.

As he examined the wounds, Yi Xiu said, "Glutinous rice won't work anymore. The zombie poison has already spread throughout his body, so we have to use snake medicine to draw it back to the wounds, then find a way to suck it out. Hurry and get it."

Qingqing hurried into the inner room to fetch the snake medicine.

Yi Xiu asked, "What exactly happened?"

Assistant Minister Wu raised a delicate orchid finger. "It happened like this. We were walking along the road when there was a bang, followed by thunder and lightning and torrential rain. So we set up camp. Who would've thought that the moment we went inside, he would come out from over there? It was terrifying. I was scared to death." Assistant Minister Wu still spoke in that same strange, effeminate tone.

Yi Xiu poured Assistant Minister Wu a bowl of water and said impatiently, "Keep it brief."

"They were all killed. Every last one of them is dead!" Assistant Minister Wu wailed.

"What about my junior brother?" Four Eyes asked anxiously.

"When I left, the zombie was kissing him," Assistant Minister Wu replied.

"Where?" Four Eyes asked anxiously.

"In that patch of tall woods nearby, I think," Assistant Minister Wu said after a moment's thought.

"We can't delay. Monk, my junior brother may be in danger. Are you coming?" Four Eyes said as he walked toward the door.

"Qingqing, bandage his wounds. I'm going out with Four Eyes for a while." Yi Xiu set aside what he was doing.

"Uncle-Master, Grandmaster, go ahead. I'll keep watch here. If the zombies come here, we'll be in trouble." Yang Xuan said.

Four Eyes and Yi Xiu had already run far away.

Everything was now proceeding exactly according to Yang Xuan's plan.

"Jiale, you and Qingqing and Tingting take care of the Little Prince and Assistant Minister Wu. I ate too much today and my stomach feels uncomfortable. I need to use the outhouse." Yang Xuan lied.

Tingting was suspicious. Yang Xuan ate and drank so much every day without any problems, so why was he suddenly...?

Although Tingting didn't quite understand, she didn't expose him. Jiale and Qingqing were busy applying medicine to the Little Prince and Assistant Minister Wu, so she didn't think too deeply about it.

Yang Xuan went around to the back. After making sure no one was there, he covered his body with telekinesis, shot into the sky, and chased after Four Eyes and Yi Xiu.

Actually, Four Eyes and Yi Xiu weren't slow at all, but to Yang Xuan, they were moving painfully slowly. If he hadn't known where the tall woods were, he would have arrived long before them.

The night was deep. There wasn't even a moon, and the starry sky was pitch-black.

Just as expected, Four Eyes and Yi Xiu ran straight into the tent where they heard the noise as soon as they arrived.

Yang Xuan quietly descended from the sky. Damn, what happened? All the corpses are gone. Has the plot changed again?

Following the wise principle of not worrying about what he couldn't understand, Yang Xuan decisively put the golden coffin away first. After quietly circling around, he saw three weapons on the ground. He thought about it, then put those away too. They were probably the weapons of the three imperial experts. His storage space was empty anyway, and this didn't count as stealing. At most, he was just picking things up. After all, anyone who refused to take advantage of an opportunity was a fool.

Seeing that there really wasn't anything else, Yang Xuan gave up and quickly left. He returned at top speed. The plot had changed slightly, and who knew whether those zombies would arrive early? If Tingting got hurt, Yang Xuan might blame himself to death.

After landing, he looked around. Fortunately, they still hadn't arrived. Huh? Where had everyone gone?

It turned out that Four Eyes didn't have any snake medicine, so they had taken Assistant Minister Wu and the Little Prince to the monk's house.

"Tingting, are they treating the two of them properly?" Yang Xuan asked, worried.

"I've never treated anyone before, so I can't tell. Brother Xuan, where did you just go? You couldn't possibly have eaten something bad." Ren Tingting asked softly.

"I'll tell you when I have time. Anyway, it's a good thing." Yang Xuan smiled and spoke softly.

"Senior Brother, you're so powerful. Why don't you keep watch outside? I'm pretty afraid of zombies." Jiale's eyes flickered.

Powerful, my ass. Is he trying to get me out of the way?

"Got it, got it. Tingting, come outside with me." Yang Xuan pretended not to understand.

After leaving the room, Yang Xuan curled his lips and said, "Tingting, let's climb onto the roof. I'll show you something fun."

Sure enough, Jiale was up to no good again. But when Yang Xuan saw the eunuch forcibly kissing Jiale, he could only think, Oh my god! I need to wash my eyes!

A man kissing another man was simply unbearable to watch. Tingting held back her laughter beside him until her face turned red.

"Jiale is terrible at pursuing girls. I wonder who taught him such a lousy trick." Yang Xuan said disdainfully.

Tingting immediately grew jealous. "Not every man is as gentle and outstanding as Brother Xuan. I really wonder how your fiancée ever ended up with you."

This was a subject Tingting had always refused to face. Although she had told herself countless times not to think about it, whenever she remembered that Yang Xuan already had a fiancée, she couldn't help feeling a wave of grievance and fear.

Seeing her expression, Yang Xuan knew that Tingting was overthinking things. He carried her down from the roof, kissed her cheek, and stroked her hair. "Don't worry. I'll never leave you."

While the two of them were showing off their affection, Jiale finally realized who had kissed him and immediately ran out to rinse his mouth.

Yang Xuan went over and said, "Junior Brother, if you want to pursue a girl in the future, come ask me. I'll teach you a few tricks. Your plan was too lame."

Just then, a strange sound came from outside the house.

"Woooooo~~~~"

"Woooooo~~~~~~~"

"Woooooooo~~~~~"

The four of them slowly gathered at the doorway to look outside.

"Those three aren't they dead? How are they here?" Assistant Minister Wu couldn't help shouting.

His loud voice startled the other three.

"Assistant Minister Wu, go inside and help Qingqing. The three of us are enough here."

After sending the still-human Assistant Minister Wu inside, Yang Xuan said, "These three are only zombies. My eyesight is good, and I can see a huge horde following behind them. Jiale, Tingting, neither of you is allowed to bring any weapons. You two will deal with all these zombies. You can use this to test what you've learned recently."