While Shi Feiyang was immersed in cultivation in the Two Forms Palace, Ten-Thousand-Mile Flying Rainbow Tong Yuanqi arrived at Chenwei Village again.
Tong Yuanqi was determined to kill Luo Jiu and cleanse his sect of this disgrace. Having been driven away by Xiang Jiugu and Lü Xianming last time, he was pondering where to find reinforcements when Bearded Immortal Li Yuanhua happened to pass by. He invited him along, and together they returned to Chenwei Village.
The two had barely entered the village when Monster flames trapped them, and hordes of zombies surged out to attack!
Luo Jiu had already become Xiang Jiugu's disciple. On her orders, he had gone to Badou Mountain to deliver something to his senior sisters. By the time he returned, Chen Changtai was dead, and Xiang Jiugu and Lü Xianming had become zombies and left. Sensing that something was wrong, Luo Jiu hurried back to Badou Mountain.
Soon afterward, two women wearing sackcloth mourning clothes arrived in the village. They were Zhang Qijie and Qu Bamei, both experts of the Shroud Sect. After examining the corpse pit and investigating, they concluded that someone had murdered Xiang Jiugu, then performed a divination.
They knew nothing of divination through the Book of Changes, but had methods of their own. That night, they built a bonfire on the ground and cast their Spell, seeing clearly within the flames what had happened there.
The two tracked their quarry to Dai Family Hamlet, where they first encountered Li Zhenchuan and Bai Qi practicing sword control. Shi Feiyang had given Li Zhenchuan two Short Spears and Bai Qi a flying sword, all obtained from Guang Chengzi's Golden Ship. After enduring more than a month of transformation into corpses, the two had returned and recuperated properly. Their magical power had increased greatly,