"This old man is quite resourceful."
Zhao Yan crouched down, carefully examining the footprint. The front of the heel was shallow, but the back was deep.
It was a small foot, which was why these Xuanmen disciples mistook it for a small zombie.
In reality, it was a different type of zombie.
It was truly unexpected that Jiangcheng had produced two formidable zombies.
"Senior Zhao, we should head up the mountain as soon as possible. Many of our fellow practitioners are already searching the mountain."
"With Senior Zhao by our side, we feel much safer."
Zhao Yan nodded, "Very well, let's set off quickly then."
She followed behind these people and began to ascend into the depths of Jiangxi's Nanshan.
Jiangxi's Nanshan was vast. Relying solely on their group to find the hidden zombies was indeed a difficult task.
From the conversations of the young Taoists ahead, Zhao Yan learned that the elder Taoists were also conducting searches in Jiangxi's Nanshan.
Ever since news of an uncorrupted corpse, a powerful zombie, appearing in Jiangcheng, many Xuanmen Taoists had traveled to Jiangxi's Nanshan.
While they spoke of eradicating evil and protecting the people, their primary focus was the value of the uncorrupted corpse.
They all saw the uncorrupted corpse as a stepping stone to fame and fortune.
From morning until noon, there was no sign of any zombie.
On such a large mountain, finding an uncorrupted corpse was indeed quite a challenge.
"Senior Zhao, we truly apologize. We don't have much good food with us, only some bread and mineral water. Please make do with it." The young Xuanmen Taoist walked over, handing the bread and mineral water to Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan took them and smiled, "You don't need to call me Senior Zhao. I'm about the same age as you all. Just call me Zhao Yan."
The young disciple quickly waved his hands, "Rules are rules. Senior Zhao's abilities are superior to mine, so I must address you as Senior."
Seeing his insistence, Zhao Yan didn't press further.
They had an hour for a break, and after that hour, they had to continue their search.
Just as Zhao Yan was about to sit down and rest her eyes, she suddenly felt her bag getting hot.
The heat emanated from inside her bag, making her back feel as if it were by a fire.
She thought for a moment and recalled the Yin Yang Pearl inside her bag.
Seeing many young Taoists resting cross-legged where they were, Zhao Yan got up and found a secluded spot.
After opening her bag, the Yin Yang Pearl inside was emitting a glow.
Zhao Yan was a little puzzled, not understanding why the Yin Yang Pearl had suddenly started to glow.
She stood there, observing it closely for a while, but couldn't discern anything.
Just as she was about to put the Yin Yang Pearl back into her bag.
As she took a step back, the glow of the Yin Yang Pearl suddenly dimmed slightly.
Sensing this anomaly, Zhao Yan stopped what she was doing and quickly took two steps forward. The glow of the Yin Yang Pearl became much brighter than before.
She now understood why the Yin Yang Pearl was glowing. This pearl seemed to be guiding her.
With this thought, she walked forward quickly.
Guided by the glow and heat of the Yin Yang Pearl, her pace quickened. After walking for over ten minutes, she arrived beside a cave.
The Yin Yang Pearl in her hand was shining brightly, like a light bulb.
"The Yin Yang Pearl wants to guide me here? What is there exactly?" Zhao Yan murmured to herself.
She looked around. The place was very hidden.
Without the Yin Yang Pearl, she wouldn't have found this place.
There were also many footprints on the ground. These footprints likely belonged to the Xuanmen people. They had come here but found nothing.
Zhao Yan squatted down, turned on her phone's flashlight, and shone it into the cave for a while. She didn't find anything special inside, nor did she detect any trace of Yin energy.
Since the Yin Yang Pearl had guided her here, she believed there must be something that caused the Yin Yang Pearl to react.
With this thought, she bent down and entered the cave.
The cave was low at first, but as she went further in, it became much more spacious.
There were many passages inside the cave, winding and twisting.
Zhao Yan took out the Yin Yang Pearl. As soon as she walked into the left passage, the glow of the Yin Yang Pearl dimmed.
She stopped her steps and walked towards the right.
She quickly understood why there were so many passages. This place must have been a coal mine before.
Under the guidance of the Yin Yang Pearl, after walking for about two minutes, the glow of the Yin Yang Pearl suddenly disappeared, and it stopped emitting any heat.
As she was wondering, Zhao Yan saw bloodstains on the ground.
The bloodstains on the ground had already congealed.
She put away the Yin Yang Pearl and followed the bloodstains forward.
As soon as she reached a corner, she smelled a disgusting rotten odor. Pinching her nose, she walked two more steps and saw a large yellow cow lying on the ground, its blood drained.
The large yellow cow looked deflated, like a leaky balloon, its entire body shriveled. Its eyes were rolled back.
Judging by the smell, the large yellow cow had probably been dead for four or five days.
She recalled what the young man had said earlier about several herders being attacked and their cattle being drained.
Therefore, this was highly likely to be a zombie's cave.
As she was thinking, she suddenly felt a chill.
She quickly turned around and shone her flashlight behind her.
The flashlight beam illuminated the area behind her, but she found nothing.
Just as Zhao Yan thought she was being overly vigilant.
As she turned back.
Suddenly, a human head fell from mid-air. As she turned, the face almost touched hers.
It opened its mouth, revealing sharp, pointed fangs, and its hands lunged towards Zhao Yan's chest.
The fingernails on its hands were long and sharp, like daggers.
At such close range, Zhao Yan clearly felt that this human face was extremely cold and sinister.
A sense of crisis arose within her.
She recognized it as a zombie standing upside down.
It reminded her of bats; bats sleep upside down.
"Chh..."
The life-saving talisman in Zhao Yan's pocket suddenly burned out, turning into ashes.
A surge of Yang energy emanated from her body. The upside-down zombie was violently jolted by this surge of Yang energy, and its outstretched hands instantly became hot.
The zombie quickly retracted its hands, and then its upside-down body also rapidly contracted.
When Zhao Yan shone her phone's flashlight upwards, she only saw the rocky ceiling, empty and without the zombie anywhere in sight.
Her third sense told her that the zombie had not fled but was hiding somewhere, and she could feel its cold, sinister gaze fixed upon her.
Although the zombie was upside down, at such close range, she could clearly see its face. It was a female zombie.
She shone the flashlight on the ground. Further ahead, there were more footprints.
These footprints were small, but longer than a child's footprints.
Zhao Yan thought of the foot-binding practices of the Qing Dynasty.
At that time, small feet were considered beautiful, with an emphasis on the "three-inch golden lotus."
Feet were bound so tightly that they became deformed, resembling a child's feet, which was a chilling sight.