Demon City: Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon (First Update, Please Vote)

The air in the tomb chamber seemed to freeze.

Li Xiang's voice echoed through the empty chamber.

The Chief Steward froze. So did the Sixteenth Elder and the Seventeenth Elder.

If a living person had said that, they would have slapped him long ago.

But the speaker was an Old Ancestor who had just awakened—a zombie buried underground for over a thousand years.

The last trace of doubt in the Chief Steward's eyes vanished completely when he heard those words.

Everyone knew zombies were dead things that gained spirit, born from the resentment and foul qi of heaven and earth. They did not age, die, or perish.

But precisely because they were dead, their bodily functions had long since stopped. A single breath of qi kept them moving.

For a newly awakened zombie, reluctance to move, stiff limbs, and a craving for sleep were perfectly natural.

If anything, they proved his bloodline was pure.

"Your servant failed to think things through."

The Chief Steward immediately took his cue from Li Xiang, his face plastered with a fawning smile. "Lord Warrior is unwell and should not be made to exert himself. Your servant deserves death for even imagining that my lord should walk on his own."

He turned. The groveling manner he had shown Li Xiang disappeared, replaced by the authority of a superior. His slit-pupiled eyes swept coldly over the two elders behind him.

"Sixteen. Seventeen."

"Here!" The two elders jolted and instinctively straightened their backs.

The Chief Steward pointed at the enormous Golden Silk Nanmu coffin, a command that allowed no argument in his eyes.

"You two are always boasting that you can uproot mountains. Here is your chance to prove it.

"Sixteen, take the head of the coffin."

"Seventeen, take the foot."

"Keep it steady and gentle. If