"Old Celestial Master, why did you only bring so few people? That zombie is no ordinary creature."
"Enough of your nonsense. The other Celestial Masters are all occupied and cannot come at the moment."
Zhang Yuanxuan entered the inn and set down what he was carrying on his back.
Following that, the three from the Celestial Master Manor picked up their teacups and took several sips.
"It hasn't been long, and you've already taken on a disciple with Yin-Yang eyes."
As the Old Celestial Master was drinking his tea, he immediately saw that Li Xuyan, standing beside Shi Jian, possessed Yin-Yang eyes.
"As expected of the Old Celestial Master, you saw it at a glance. Speaking of which, doesn't your Celestial Master Manor have a first-generation Celestial Master who had Yin-Yang eyes?"
"Did that Celestial Master leave any records about Yin-Yang eyes? Could I borrow them to take a look?"
For the sake of Li Xuyan, Shi Jian shamelessly asked Zhang Yuanxuan to borrow some records concerning Yin-Yang eyes.
"No borrowing. A child with Yin-Yang eyes becoming your disciple is truly blind!"
"Hey, hey, hey, Old Celestial Master, if you're not lending them, why are you disparaging people like this?"
Shi Jian and Zhang Yuanxuan locked eyes, their gazes capable of killing each other hundreds of times over.
The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, as if the two were about to start fighting at any second.
"Little Shi, it hasn't been long since we last met, and your boldness has grown."
"Has your lightning technique improved? How about we spar a bit?"
"Old Celestial Master, can you not have any shame? You're nearly seventy or eighty, and you still want to spar with me, a junior who's nearly forty."
Shi Jian flatly refused to clash with Zhang Yuanxuan in a lightning technique battle, knowing his own limitations.
How could he possibly defeat Zhang Yuanxuan, who had cultivated his lightning technique for so long?
If his own master were here, he might be able to contend with the opponent.
"I'm nearly seventy or eighty, what face do I need to save?"
Zhang Yuanxuan's words struck Shi Jian's heart directly.
He never expected the Old Celestial Master to have such thick skin.
To bully a junior from another sect in front of three of his own disciples.
Looking at the Old Celestial Master's calm demeanor, he must have done this many times before.
"Old Celestial Master, why don't you tell us about the grievances between your Celestial Master Manor and that zombie?"
"I heard that the zombie encountered the Celestial Master Manor during the Tang Dynasty, and in the end..."
For the sake of the Celestial Master Manor's reputation, Shi Jian did not reveal the final outcome.
Zhang Yuanxuan sighed deeply and drained the tea in his cup in one gulp.
"Our Celestial Master Manor did indeed encounter that thousand-year zombie during the Tang Dynasty."
"At that time, a Celestial Master from our Celestial Master Manor happened upon the demon corpse, and after a day of battle, he was ultimately defeated."
"However, the demon corpse wasn't much better off; it was heavily injured by our Celestial Master Manor's lightning technique."
Hearing Zhang Yuanxuan's words, Shi Jian felt that being defeated by a thousand-year zombie was not a disgrace.
"Demon corpse? What do you mean by that?"
He looked curiously at the Old Celestial Master. These four people from the Celestial Master Manor must know some secrets and methods to deal with the thousand-year zombie.
"Zombies possessing spirit blood must consume the blood of different zombies daily, or they will die quickly."
"Therefore, it has surpassed the scope of ordinary zombies. It can no longer be considered a zombie, which is why we call it a demon corpse."
Hearing Zhang Yuanxuan's explanation, Shi Jian finally gained some understanding of the demon corpse.
In conclusion, the demon corpse was very difficult to deal with now, and even the Old Celestial Master was not confident.
Because the demon corpse had existed for over a thousand years and had already formed a climate, lightning techniques had only minimal damage against it.
If the demon corpse were left unchecked, the people of the Celestial Master Manor had no idea what it would evolve into.
"Did your Celestial Master Manor not find the demon corpse's weakness?"
Logically, the Celestial Master Manor, having dealt with the demon corpse so many times, should know some of its weaknesses.
"Yes, absolute power."
Zhang Yuanxuan recalled carefully, and finally uttered a few words from his mouth.
"Absolute power? Do you think we have this power?"
Shi Jian looked speechlessly at the Old Celestial Master. That sentence was equivalent to saying nothing.
If they had the absolute power to crush the demon corpse, would he still need to call the people from the Celestial Master Manor to join the fray?
"No. If your master were to come, he might be able to eliminate this demon corpse before us."
"My master is busy, and your sect leader is also busy. This time, we can only handle it ourselves."
"May all beings be blessed by the Dao. For the peace of the future, we must eradicate the demon corpse."
The three Taoist priests behind Zhang Yuanxuan spoke, their hearts filled with the determination to eliminate the demon corpse, even if it meant their own death.
"Is there really no other way?"
Shi Jian was unwilling. Everyone had weaknesses, and all things were interconnected and counteracted each other.
The demon corpse was no exception; it must have a weakness, it just hadn't been discovered yet.
"Little Shi, the outcome is still unknown. We'll only know after we've fought. Perhaps we'll even kill that demon corpse?"
Zhang Yuanxuan saw the low morale and quickly spoke to encourage them.
"Old Celestial Master, let's make thorough preparations before we go looking for the demon corpse."
"Alright. Let's rest here for a while. Once we've recovered to our optimal state, we'll go find the demon corpse."
Zhang Yuanxuan was about to take out some coins to book a few rooms when he suddenly thought of something and turned back to look at Shi Jian.
"You good kid, after chatting for so long, you didn't even figure out where the demon corpse is, and you called us here."
"If you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have realized it."
"Old Celestial Master, I've been busy dealing with the sorcerers from Miao territory these past few days. When would I have had time to look for the demon corpse?"
Shi Jian began to explain the recent events to the four people from the Celestial Master Manor.
The main point was that the demon corpse wasn't hard to find; wherever there were zombies, the demon corpse was likely to appear.
That's why they hadn't searched for the demon corpse's approximate location.
"Miao territory sorcerers? Those tricksters who only play with bugs could waste your days?"
Zhang Yuanxuan disdained the black witchcraft of Miao territory, showing little interest.
It seemed as if he had encountered many similar witch-gu events and had become accustomed to them.
"Those witch-gu tricks are things I can resolve in a few minutes."
"Old Celestial Master, you should hurry and book the rooms. We'll discuss how to deal with the demon corpse tomorrow."
Shi Jian, being rendered speechless by Zhang Yuanxuan's retort, could only find something to divert the Old Celestial Master's attention so he could extricate himself.
"Right, right, right, I almost forgot about that."
After finishing the tea in their cups, the four people from the Celestial Master Manor walked towards the inn's reception desk together.
While the four were booking rooms, Shi Jian took Li Xuyan to the second floor of the inn and lay down in a room to rest.
After all, compared to the Old Celestial Master, he was indeed not on the same level.
"Phew, I've finally escaped the Old Celestial Master. If we continued talking, I'd have lost all face."
Shi Jian, having escaped the four from the Celestial Master Manor, thought about the matter of Qian He Daochang's disciples.
The Old Celestial Master could move like teleportation, but the disciples of Qian He Daochang could not.
However, Sikong Yu was somewhat close to Longquan Town, so the disciples of Qian He Daochang should be able to return quickly with the Yin-Yang Bagua Mirror.