"What?"
"Not alive?"
At these words, everyone felt a chill rise up their spines.
What did "not alive" mean? Could it be... that this woman was a ghost?
"He... she isn't alive? Master... what do you mean? Could she be a ghost... or some kind of spirit?"
Unlike everyone else's panic, Hao Qian's face turned extremely ugly.
The woman he had fallen head over heels for was not alive? He could not believe it.
"Neither a ghost nor a spirit!" Nie Yun shook his head. "...She is a corpse!"
"A corpse?"
Hao Qian froze where he stood, and the people from both great families were equally bewildered. A corpse? How could it be a corpse? Could a corpse speak?
"That's right. Not only is she a corpse, she is also a Corpse King shrouded in resentment for at least ten thousand years!" Nie Yun nodded.
"Ten Thousand Year Corpse King... this..." No one dared believe it.
A corpse had come alive and fallen in love with a person—how was that possible!
"In ancient times, there was a special form of life known as an Illusion Realm Beast. It was born with the ability to create Illusions. If a corpse came into contact with the blood of this divine beast, it would remain uncorrupted for a long time and gradually develop intelligence, becoming a Corpse King! If I'm not mistaken, there was once an Illusion Realm Beast that perished in the Eagle Sorrow Realm Young Master Hao Qian spoke of!"
The one who spoke was not Nie Yun, but Gui Ling.
Nie Yun's understanding of Corpse Kings came only from the records in the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture. Gui Ling was different. He was a lifeform who had survived since ancient times and had once traveled throughout the entire