Had We stumbled into a Zombie Nest?

Faced with Master Ren's warm invitation, Fei Luo felt a little helpless.

Master Ren had put it that way, and refusing again would have seemed rather inappropriate. So Fei Luo could only stay at Ren Mansion and await Master Ren's generous hospitality.

At that moment, a man arrived near Ren Family Town. He stood on a hillside, gazing at the town from afar. There was something deeply eerie about him.

The man had a sinister look, and his triangular eyes inadvertently gave off a chilling gleam.

"Maoshan Sect... Lin Jiu of Maoshan Sect, you actually ruined my painstaking plans! If that's how it is, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

A sinister voice drifted on the wind, and the man turned and vanished into the wilderness.

As night fell in the blink of an eye,

Uncle Nine was taking a hot bath in Justice Manor, while Qiusheng and Wencai waited anxiously outside in the courtyard.

"Senior Brother, you—you look hilarious." Wencai covered his mouth and laughed at Qiusheng, whose face was caked in grime as if he'd just crawled out of a mud pit.

"Go ahead, laugh! What the hell are you laughing at? Take a look at yourself!" Qiusheng rolled his eyes at Wencai and gave him a rap on the head.

At that moment, Qiusheng and Wencai were both covered in scabs and reeked of something foul. Anyone who didn't know better might have thought they were zombies come back to life.

After Uncle Nine brought Qiusheng and Wencai back to Justice Manor, the three of them had taken the Marrow Cleansing Pills Fei Luo had given them.

Only today had all three of them finally emerged from seclusion.

Now, whether it was Uncle Nine or Qiusheng and Wencai, the Marrow Cleansing Pill's effects had brought about a qualitative transformation in them.

At the very least, they wouldn't progress as slowly as they had in the original story. Instead, they'd enter a period of rapid growth.

Before long, Uncle Nine appeared in the courtyard wearing a fresh robe. Most strikingly, though his hair was still streaked with black and white, the black strands were several times darker than before, and even his complexion had grown unusually rosy.

"You two, hurry up and go wash. Once you're done, come out and practice," Uncle Nine instructed them.

"Yes, Master."

Qiusheng and Wencai grabbed their towels and other things and headed for the bathhouse.

I wonder if Fei Luo has emerged from seclusion yet. I have a feeling that kid is going to give us a huge surprise. At this rate, he'll surpass my senior brother in less than two years. Uncle Nine glanced toward the courtyard where Fei Luo was staying and murmured to himself.

Shi Jian was a formidable man, hailed as the greatest of the current generation of Maoshan Sect.

His strength was unfathomable, and he had created a set of lightning-based boxing techniques with power that could confound even ghosts and gods.

Shi Jian's temperament was simply too violent, though—completely unlike Uncle Nine.

Putting those distracting thoughts aside, Uncle Nine picked up the Supreme Clarity Great Cavern Scripture and began to read.

At that moment, a group of shadows was leaping across the wilderness outside Ren Family Town.

"Jingle~~"

In the silent night sky, across the desolate fields, a bell rang out.

With every ring, the shadows all hopped forward in unison.

"Jingle~"

"Jingle~"

The man at the head of the group, ringing the bell, was none other than the middle-aged man who had appeared outside Ren Family Town during the day.

The bright full moon hung in the heavens like a round disk, casting its light over the ground.

Suddenly, moonlight fell upon the shadows, revealing them to be a group of zombies.

This eerie scene was all the more terrifying in the quiet night. Just looking at them made one's scalp tingle and sent shivers down the spine.

"Maoshan Sect, Lin Jiu, Ren Family Town—you destroyed my Iron Corpse. Today, I'll leave not a single soul alive in Ren Family Town!" A sinister voice rang out in the night sky.

The middle-aged man with triangular eyes stopped five hundred meters from Ren Family Town.

Muttering incantations, he pressed several acupoints on the zombies. Then he pulled a few silver needles from the cloth pouch he carried and inserted them into the cranial-breathing points behind their ears.

"Go, my children. Slay Lin Jiu and flatten Ren Family Town." His ghostly voice scattered on the wind, as if sounding the horn of death.

As soon as he finished speaking, all ten zombies howled in unison.

"Gah~"

"Gah~"

Their cries startled the birds sleeping in the trees, sending them flapping wildly into the distance.

Substantial streams of yin energy poured from the seven orifices of the ten zombies, merging into the thick night.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The zombies, transformed by the spell, bared their fangs, their eyes blazing with murderous light. Like agile leopards, they vanished into the night in a matter of moments.

Ren Family Town, Justice Manor.

"I feel so light and nimble, like I could skip across the rooftops! Junior Brother's pills really are something. I feel..." Qiusheng and Wencai had just stepped outside in their shirts, but before they could finish marveling, they looked up at the night sky.

What was that?

After the Marrow Cleansing Pill's transformation, Qiusheng and Wencai's senses had improved as well. Even in the darkness, they could make out faint movement.

In their line of sight, several shadows were darting through the night, heading toward Justice Manor.

That's right—they were floating.

The frenzied zombies moved like ghosts, so all they could make out was the sensation of something floating toward them.

Hearing Qiusheng and Wencai's commotion, Uncle Nine also followed their gazes in confusion.

"Not good!" Uncle Nine sprang to his feet. "Quick, get the magical weapons!"

But by then, a zombie had already charged over the courtyard wall and into Justice Manor.

"Roar~"

The zombie let out a howl. Once it had locked onto its target, it lunged at Uncle Nine with its black claws outstretched. One zombie after another came close on its heels. The sight was terrifying, as if they'd stumbled into a zombie nest.

"Holy shit! What the hell!"

Qiusheng and Wencai shouted in alarm, then immediately fled toward the room where the magical weapons were kept.

As a zombie pounced at him, Uncle Nine dodged with a donkey roll. But more zombies swarmed toward him like locusts.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The zombies' claws were like steel, punching hole after hole into the brick floor of Justice Manor.

Uncle Nine was in the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. After the Marrow Cleansing Pill's transformation, he had already begun to feel the threshold of the middle stage.

He swung a fist at a zombie in front of him and immediately felt as if he'd punched steel.

An Iron Corpse?

No, this was just like Old Master Ren—an Iron Corpse at its peak!

After a brief exchange, Uncle Nine immediately realized that four of the ten zombies were Iron Corpses at their peak.

How was that possible?

"Master, the magical weapon!" Just then, Qiusheng and Wencai appeared and tossed a Guan Gong Blade to Uncle Nine.

Boom! Without a second thought, Uncle Nine caught the blade and swept it at the zombies rushing toward him. But he only managed to force three of them back; the other peak Iron Corpses remained completely unmoved.

"Master, what do we do about so many zombies?" Qiusheng asked anxiously, rolling out of the way of a pursuing zombie.

"Go get Fei Luo! He's the only one who can subdue these zombies!" Uncle Nine shouted.

It had taken the zombies less than half a stick of incense to charge into Ren Family Town and reach Justice Manor.

At that moment, Fei Luo was raising his cup with Master Ren.

"Master Fei Luo—"

Before Master Ren could finish speaking, Fei Luo set down his wine cup and looked toward Justice Manor.

Several shadows were charging in that direction.

"What a dense corpse aura. Has the mastermind finally made his move?" Fei Luo murmured, activating his mystical sight as he watched what was happening inside Justice Manor.