Mo Hua destroyed the zombie disciple and "ate" its Evil Thought, then began meditating to refine it.
Within the Evil Thought were scattered, mottled memories.
They were all matters of Corpse Refining, corpse raising, and corpse control.
The Zhang Family had passed these practices down through generations, doing all manner of furtive, ghostly deeds. Openly, they sold coffins; secretly, they refined corpses.
This disciple had been no different.
He could also be considered an ancestor of Zhang Quan.
But his talent had been mediocre. He had only been at Qi Refining, and not long after coming into contact with zombies, Corpse Poison had invaded his heart, turning him into a Walking Zombie.
Fearing that he would expose them, the Zhang Family killed him and sealed his Divine Thought within the Ancestor Portrait.
Just like many of the Zhang Family's other ancestors.
While alive, he had become a zombie. Even after death, he remained a zombie. Thus, the Evil Thought he manifested after death was also a zombie.
The Zhang Family themselves were all half-human, half-corpse like this.
As Mo Hua refined his Evil Thought, a cold, rotten, decaying desire also contaminated his Divine Sense.
A craving for blood arose in Mo Hua's heart.
It was as though he too had become a zombie, thirsting for flesh and blood, wanting to choose someone and devour them.
The Evil Thought invaded his heart, and Mo Hua immediately entered meditation, calming his mind and casting away all stray desires.
Mo Hua was not panicked.
As Mr. Zhuang had said, every time Evil Thoughts invaded the heart, it was a test of one's Dao Heart.
Whether one could uphold one's original heart and hold fast to one's Dao Heart amid a torrent of material desires and entangling wicked urges was of the utmost importance