Granny Gu made her move

After Hua Qianxiong fled the mountains, he raced toward Wuqiao Town like a madman.

Though only half his body remained, it did nothing to hamper his movements.

He did not walk on his legs.

Instead, he slithered rapidly over the ground like a snake, moving with remarkable speed and agility.

"Terrifying! That Xie brat is too terrifying!"

"He forced me to stop being human! Now I have no hope of returning to the Big Three. I want him dead! I want the Xie Household dead!"

Hua Qianxiong muttered viciously as he slithered along, a chilling light blazing from his right eye.

While passing a field, Hua Qianxiong lay down on a ridge between the plots to rest.

Slithering was fast, but it also took a great deal out of him.

He had yet to grow accustomed to it and needed a short rest before continuing.

Rising and looking at his own horrifying appearance, Hua Qianxiong could not help letting out a shrill wail of self-pity.

Only after a long while did he barely manage to accept what he had become.

"Once I see my wife, perhaps she can use her skills to refine me into a conscious corpse puppet. Then I'll follow the path of corpse cultivation. If I reach the pinnacle of the corpse path someday, I won't necessarily be any worse off than a human."

That thought eased Hua Qianxiong's mind considerably.

His wife, Granny Gu, truly was a capable woman.

She knew a Yin Sect art for creating specters.

The grain-collecting ghost in Li Family Village, Su Hongxiu... all were Granny Gu's creations.

He should have been doomed tonight, but Granny Gu had left a mouthful of specter yin blood inside him. Only thanks to that had he transformed into a corpse specter after death and escaped