Night fell.
Inside the Longevity House.
Wen Cai grabbed a bundle of incense, lit it, and walked outside the Longevity House, calling, "Uncles, brothers, and sisters, come back for dinner!"
He immediately turned around and slowly pulled open the white curtain behind him. "Anyone who crosses the threshold is a guest. Go ahead and eat first."
Several zombies stood side by side behind a shabby offering table.
The zombies swayed unsteadily, barely able to stand.
Wen Cai shuddered and wondered if something was wrong with the lotus lamp. At a glance, he saw that the wick was almost burned out, and the flame was weak.
He hurriedly picked up the wooden clip from the offering table and pulled the lotus lamp's wick out farther.
As he watched the flame gradually grow stronger, the zombies also steadied themselves and stopped swaying.
Wen Cai said in satisfaction, "The fire can't go out. Otherwise, these old fellows will wander everywhere, and I won't be able to catch them."
Then Wen Cai grabbed the bundle of incense he had just lit and walked toward the coffins inside the Longevity House.
Various stools of different sizes had been placed at the head of each coffin, and each stool held an incense burner.
"Dinner's ready!"
Wen Cai half-crouched as he lit incense for each coffin one by one. Every time he inserted a stick, he muttered a sentence.
When he had just reached the third coffin and inserted the incense, he noticed something strange.
The incense burner in front of the coffin was gone!
"Hm?"
Wen Cai slightly furrowed his brows. After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to think too much about it.
He walked toward the fourth coffin, when a sudden "whoosh" sounded behind him!
"What's going on?"
Wen Cai half-crouched, looking startled.
He slowly raised his head and saw that the incense before the third coffin had disappeared.
"How strange!"
Wen Cai muttered, feeling afraid.
Not daring to linger, he hurriedly inserted new incense into the gap and prepared to leave.
But as soon as the incense was inserted, an external force shoved it out, sending it flying into the distance.
Trembling, Wen Cai lowered the incense in his hand and stood up, about to inspect the situation.
He slowly pushed the coffin, opening a narrow crack.
A white skull suddenly shot out and clamped down hard on Wen Cai's five fingers!
"Ah!"
Wen Cai screamed and struggled to pull his fingers free.
Before he could retreat, a ghastly white claw reached out from inside the coffin, seized his wrist, and dragged him inward!
"Get away! Get away!"
Wen Cai wailed, struggling with all his might. At last, he managed to break free!
The coffin lid flew open, and a zombie leaped out!
Wen Cai's face turned deathly pale. He had no time to worry about anything else.
He scrambled to his feet and fled forward for his life.
Taking three steps in two, he stumbled and knocked over the table beside the offering altar.
The lotus lamp on the table toppled over, and its flame went out as well.
"Roar!"
A roar sounded behind him as the zombie charged straight at Wen Cai!
"Don't, don't! Don't eat me!"
Wen Cai trembled in terror, blindly groping along the wall.
He grabbed a Bagua Mirror and raised it in front of himself.
A muffled grunt rang out, and the tense atmosphere abruptly came to a halt.
"This..."
Wen Cai stood stunned for several seconds before he realized what had happened.
He slowly turned his head and saw that the zombie had been subdued by the Bagua Mirror and did not dare advance!
"You bastard! I'll let you howl, howl, howl!"
Wen Cai's face lit up with delight as he thrust the Bagua Mirror straight at the zombie!
The zombie began howling and dodging left and right!
Wen Cai laughed as he chased after it, when suddenly his hand slipped!
Clatter!
The Bagua Mirror fell from his hand and shattered on the ground!
"It's over, it's over!"
Wen Cai's eyes widened. The zombie before him was staring straight at him.
Its gleaming white fangs protruded from its mouth as it lunged in for a bite!
"I'm sorry! I know I was wrong! I'm sorry!"
Wen Cai turned and ran, only to reach a dead end behind the white curtain in his panic!
Where else could he go?
This time, he was truly finished!
"Don't, don't!"
Wen Cai's face went ashen, and he trembled uncontrollably!
The zombie tore through the curtain and grabbed Wen Cai by the neck with its sharp claws.
Just as it bared its fangs and was about to bite Wen Cai, its teeth suddenly fell out!
"I'm dead! I'm dead!"
Wen Cai was too terrified to open his eyes, certain that he was done for.
But after a long while, he still felt no pain. He slowly opened his eyes and suddenly understood.
The person standing before him was no zombie, but the grinning Qiu Sheng!
The zombie had been this fellow in disguise!
"The show's over. It was me~"
Qiu Sheng wore a teasing expression as he raised his brows and rolled his eyes.
"Senior Brother, you're such a bastard!"
Wen Cai still had not recovered from his brush with death. He cursed while taking deep breaths.
"All right, all right. Look at how timid you are. And you call yourself a Daoist priest!"
Qiu Sheng rolled his eyes at Wen Cai, the smile on his face growing wider.
"Senior Brother, you..."
Wen Cai was speaking when he suddenly stopped.
He stared ahead, his pupils widening!
"What about me? Don't glare at me. Who are you trying to scare?"
Seeing Wen Cai's strange expression, Qiu Sheng curled his lips.
"Zombies!"
Wen Cai shouted and turned to run!
"Look at how petty you are. You're still trying to scare me back..."
Qiu Sheng was speaking when he suddenly froze. He saw several shadows swaying across the torn curtain.
Five zombies bared their fangs and charged at the two of them.
"Oh no!"
Qiu Sheng immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly dodged, preparing to flee!
But it was already too late for either of them!
The five zombies surrounded them, blocking the two of them at the offering altar!
Driven into a corner, they had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Qiu Sheng said bitterly, "Junior Brother, I shouldn't have pranked you. Now look what happened—the farce has turned into a tragedy."
"Stop talking and think of something quickly! I don't want to die, Senior Brother."
Wen Cai was practically scared to death, his body trembling like a sieve.
"Roar!"
A roar exploded!
The five zombies spat corpse energy, their fangs flashing with cold light as they pounced at Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng together!
"Master, help—!"
Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng's legs went weak. They collapsed to the ground and shouted in despair!
The instant their voices fell!
An angry shout came from outside!
[Above the Nine Heavens, divine thunder rumbles! Evil spirits retreat, and the righteous path endures!]
A chant rang out!
Amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder!
A figure clad in a cyan robe and holding a Peachwood Sword rushed over!
"Five Thunders Spell, break!"
Thunder suddenly erupted, and lightning burst from the talisman.
In an instant, power like a thousand thunderbolts surged forth.
The thunder exploded, shaking the soul.
The Five Thunders formation blasted outward, its thunder roaring like a colossal wheel rolling over the earth!
In the blink of an eye!
All the zombies were enveloped in billowing black smoke, their movements freezing completely.
Then they collapsed to the ground, limp and lifeless!
"This power..."
A flash passed through Lin Fan's eyes. Even he had not expected this.
He had been in such a hurry to save them that he had not had time to properly gather his energy.
Yet even a trace of thunder hastily activated had possessed such terrifying power.
The zombies before him, scorched black from head to toe, were all the lowest-level Black Zombies.
The zombie ranks were divided into: [Black Zombie, Purple Zombie, Green Zombie, Hairy Zombie, Flying Zombie...]
Yet even the lowest-level Black Zombie could rival someone at the Houtian Fifth Heaven.
With Lin Fan's Houtian Fifth Heaven strength, he could deal with one Black Zombie, and perhaps defeat two if he fought desperately.
But now, a single casually cast Five Thunders Spell had instantly killed five zombies!
How was that difference only tenfold?
Not to mention, he still had a Peachwood Sword that increased Daoist arts by 100%.
He had been in a hurry to save them, so he had only activated the Five Thunders Spell through the talisman and had not used the Peachwood Sword to amplify it.
[The host killed a Black Zombie and obtained 10 Merit Points] [The host killed a Black Zombie and obtained 10 Merit Points] [The host killed a Black Zombie and obtained 10 Merit Points] ...
Five system notifications rang out in succession, bringing a full 50 Merit Points into his possession.
Before Lin Fan had time to think, the system's voice rang out again.
[Ding! The host has obtained Merit Points. The Merit Points function has been unlocked!]
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