The Corpse Core Was Gone

As soon as Lin Yu arrived at the Ren Mansion, he saw his master struggling to fend off the jiangshi with his bare hands.

Seeing Uncle Nine trading blows with the jiangshi, Lin Yu's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help grumbling to himself, Master really is stingy. He'd rather fight a jiangshi barehanded than use the talismans I gave him.

"Tingting, I'm here to save you~!" Wen Cai charged over.

For an instant, Uncle Nine felt an urge to let the jiangshi bite his wayward disciple to death.

His shout drew the attention of everyone present, including the jiangshi.

Old Master Yam saw that he couldn't defeat the person in front of him, and after sensing Lin Yu's presence,

he decisively abandoned Uncle Nine and reached for Lin Yu and Wen Cai.

"Master, help!" Wen Cai, who had looked mighty for less than two seconds, was instantly terrified and ran around in all directions.

"Where's Qiu Sheng?" Looking at the utterly useless Wen Cai, Uncle Nine wished Qiu Sheng were there.

"Senior Brother, quick, throw Master his gear!" Lin Yu looked speechlessly at the scared-out-of-his-wits Wen Cai and, at the same time, pulled an Evil-Dispelling Talisman from his robes and threw it over.

Lin Yu didn't want to use anything too powerful. In fact, he hadn't really wanted to kill Old Master Yam tonight at all.

For the sake of points, he was wondering whether he should capture Old Master Yam and wait until he broke through before killing him. Would that earn him more points?

He could also squeeze some money out of Ren Fa while he was at it. I worked so hard to help you escape danger, and I'd have to suppress your father every day. Shouldn't you pay me for my trouble?

Besides, Ren Fa wasn't a good person anyway.

Unfortunately, killing him now wouldn't earn many points.

After Wen Cai saw the jiangshi knocked down, he regained his composure.

"Master, catch!" Wen Cai hurriedly pulled out the peachwood sword and threw it to Uncle Nine.

After catching the wooden sword, Uncle Nine brought two fingers together, circulated the spiritual Qi in his body, and swept them along the blade. The sword instantly radiated dazzling golden light.

As the jiangshi was getting back up after being knocked down, Uncle Nine thrust the sword straight into him. A plume of greenish smoke rose at once, accompanied by a sizzling sound.

"Roar!" Ren Weiyong threw back his head and roared in pain. Swinging his arms, he swept Uncle Nine aside and hopped toward the front gate.

He truly was a being who could break through to Green Jiangshi in less than half a month in the original story. He already had a trace of intelligence, and upon realizing he couldn't win, he tried to flee.

"He's trying to escape! Stop him!" Uncle Nine saw through the jiangshi's intentions at a glance, but that elbow strike had knocked the wind out of him, so he could only count on Wen Cai.

"Ah?" Wen Cai looked at Uncle Nine helplessly. How was he supposed to stop him? He didn't dare go up there.

"Quick, Senior Brother, catch!" Lin Yu pulled out an ink fountain and handed one end to Wen Cai, holding the other himself.

"I... I can't do it!" Wen Cai was having second thoughts.

"Senior Brother, how can a man say he can't do it? Here we go!" With that, Lin Yu took the lead and charged at the jiangshi with the inked string.

Seeing that his junior brother had gone in, Wen Cai could only steel himself and hurry forward to help Lin Yu.

Sparks and lightning flew. Old Master Ren was so focused on escaping that he paid no attention to what was behind him, and Lin Yu sent him flying with the inked string, knocking him flat on the ground.

"What a shame. If you hadn't come to the Ren family tonight, you might have lived."

Lin Yu quickly pulled a lightning talisman from his robes and looked at Ren Weiyong with a pained expression.

He secretly lamented that Old Master Ren was still too weak. He wasn't even as strong as he had been in the original story after absorbing Ren Fa. His points!

He then circulated his spiritual power and threw the talisman at the jiangshi. In an instant, lightning blazed through the room, its piercing light too bright for anyone to keep their eyes open.

Ren Tingting shielded her eyes with a hand and managed to make out what was happening inside.

What she had experienced and witnessed tonight had completely overturned the atheism she had been taught in the provincial capital.

Her eyes were full of shock as she watched Lin Yu unleash his might downstairs and saw Uncle Nine's wondrous methods.

Ren Fa, too, watched Lin Yu with burning eyes, calculating something in his heart.

After the lightning faded, Old Master Ren proved worthy of being a jiangshi with the potential to become a Green Jiangshi or even a Hairy Jiangshi. He hadn't been reduced to ash, only left lying weakly on the ground, twitching.

"Phew."

Looking at Ren Weiyong, who could no longer resist, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He truly was a Peak White Jiangshi. Dealing with him really consumed spiritual power.

His spiritual power had nearly run dry, and all he had done was weaken Ren Weiyong with lightning.

Uncle Nine walked over and looked at the wasteful Lin Yu, the corner of his mouth twitching in pain.

Lin Yu had actually used a blue talisman against a jiangshi that hadn't even reached the Green Jiangshi stage.

When Uncle Nine had been alone earlier, he hadn't even used the talismans Lin Yu had given him. They were still tucked inside his robes.

Bye-bye.

Lin Yu pulled out another fire talisman (blue), but just as he was about to throw it at Old Master Ren, Uncle Nine's arm suddenly blocked his way.

"Use this."

As Lin Yu looked on in confusion, Uncle Nine silently handed him an ordinary fire talisman.

A single ordinary fire talisman was enough to burn a jiangshi whose corpse Qi had nearly all been blasted away. He couldn't let Lin Yu be so wasteful anymore.

"Oh~." Under Uncle Nine's unwavering gaze, Lin Yu obediently put away his own fire talisman and used the ordinary one.

"Uncle Nine, what happened to my late father?" Only after the danger had passed did Ren Fa bring Ren Tingting downstairs.

Looking at the corpse, which was almost burned away, he felt a quiet pang of regret. He had still been hoping to use his father's corpse to turn his fortunes around and bless him with a thriving family.

Still, he didn't blame Uncle Nine. After all, the man had done him a great favor. If his father had gotten out and bitten a few people to death, he could forget about making a living in town.

"I know, I know! Xiao Yu told me, but I didn't take it seriously." Ren Tingting guiltily lowered her head as she spoke. He had kindly warned her, but she had forgotten it as soon as she turned around.

"It was because Grandpa was harmed by the feng shui master, who caused the original snowflakes covering the roof..." Ren Tingting repeated Lin Yu's words exactly as he had said them.

"So that's what happened." After hearing her, Ren Fa finally understood.

The look he gave Lin Yu grew even more fervent, making Lin Yu's backside tighten.

"So the feng shui master didn't just want to harm your generation. He wanted to use Old Master Ren's hands to leave you without descendants," Uncle Nine told Ren Fa his conjecture.

"Thank you for saving our lives, Uncle Nine." Ren Fa knew Uncle Nine had saved his whole family, and as he spoke, he moved to kneel and kowtow to him.

"There's no need for that, Master Ren. Your late father has now been cremated. Although his body is gone, his ashes remain. Once you find an auspicious feng shui site and bury them there, they can still bless you with wealth."

Uncle Nine maintained his professional integrity to the end, offering Ren Fa advice. After all, he hadn't finished this job yet.

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you with that too, Uncle Nine." Ren Fa's eyes lit up. Why didn't you say sooner that it was fine not to keep the body intact? Would such a huge thing have happened tonight otherwise?

He would have brought the body back and secretly burned it long ago.

After exchanging pleasantries, Ren Fa had people begin cleaning up his father's ashes.

"Wen Cai, Xiao Yu, let's go." Seeing that everything was settled, Uncle Nine called the two of them to get ready to return to the funeral home.

Ever since the jiangshi had been destroyed, Lin Yu had been poking through Old Master Ren's ashes with a stick.

Isn't there one? Lin Yu wondered.

He had searched through every bit of it, but hadn't seen a single corpse core resembling a demon core.

He had even opened the chat group and scanned it, but there had been no notification.

Lin Yu couldn't accept it. He had prepared for so many days, counting on Old Master Ren to drop a so-called corpse core.

"Let's go. Stop disturbing his ashes." Uncle Nine took Lin Yu by the arm and led him outside.

Only after Uncle Nine pulled him away did Lin Yu finally give up. So jiangshi didn't have "corpse cores" after all.

"Master, why don't jiangshi have corpse cores?"

Lin Yu asked curiously as they walked along.

"Jiangshi have leaped beyond the six realms and stand outside the five elements. They absorb the baleful Qi of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon. All that energy goes into their bodies, so they don't form corpse cores." Uncle Nine explained as they walked.

He had been wondering what Lin Yu was rummaging around for just now. So he had been looking for a "corpse core."

"But there are some special jiangshi that do form corpse cores. Every one of these mutated jiangshi is a king among jiangshi. Xiao Yu, if you ever encounter one, make sure you stay far away."

"Understood, Master," Lin Yu replied obediently.

Wen Cai silently huddled behind the two of them. What are you talking about? He couldn't understand a word.

As for why Lin Yu could draw blue talismans, Uncle Nine wondered about it but didn't ask much. Given the talent Lin Yu had shown these past few days, Uncle Nine wouldn't have been surprised if he could draw purple talismans.

Uncle Nine felt the talismans in his robes. He didn't have many, so every one he could save counted.

Early the next morning, Ren Fa and Ren Tingting brought a large pile of gifts to find Uncle Nine at the funeral home.