Eat Little Almonds
Chapter 96 The Supreme of Nine and Five, the Emperor's Mausoleum
"I'm not sure either. As soon as I opened my eyes in the dungeon, someone next to me shouted that there was a jiangshi (corpse risen from the grave)."
"Immediately afterward, an old man appeared. He suppressed me with a single move, and when I woke up again, I saw you."
Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi exchanged a look.
It seemed that they had a smoother experience than Zuo You, at least they weren't suppressed the moment they opened their eyes.
"Brother Yu, what do we do next?" Yang Xiangdi asked.
Qiao Yu said, "We still need to go back to Gu Xiuxuan and the other NPCs. The subsequent plot should be related to them. Otherwise, Lingjiu Mountain is so big, who knows where the hanba (drought demon) is buried?"
"What about her?" Yang Xiangdi pointed at Zuo You.
Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow. "Isn't there a Bái Shà (White Ghoul) corpse in the yard?"
"Oh, I get it! Hehehe!"
"Hehehe, let's go, let's move quickly before dawn!"
Zuo You looked at Yang Xiangdi and Qiao Yu's smiles. Although she didn't know what they were going to do, she instinctively felt that something was wrong.
Qiao Yu: "Stay here and don't move!"
Yang Xiangdi: "Right, we're going to buy you some oranges!"
Zuo You: "..."
Looking at the departing figures of Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi, the unease in her heart grew stronger.
Not long after, Zuo You saw the two returning. Yang Xiangdi was carrying a box, and Qiao Yu was carrying something dark on his shoulder.
Zuo You narrowed her eyes. By the moonlight, she discovered that what Qiao Yu was carrying... seemed to be a corpse???
*Clang!*
Qiao Yu stuck the corpse that had turned into a Bái Shà into the ground, and then began to strip the Bái Shà corpse's clothes off.
Zuo You felt a chill in her heart. She felt it was necessary to re-evaluate Qiao Yu as a person.
At this moment, Qiao Yu turned his head and saw Zuo You standing still. He quickly urged,
"What are you waiting for? Take them off too!"
*Thump!*
The Dark Star Shield slammed heavily on the ground, emitting a dark light under the moonlight.
"What did you say?" Zuo You's tone contained a strong murderous intent, even the white fur on the Bái Shà corpse seemed to shrink back in fear.
Qiao Yu immediately realized that she had misunderstood.
"No! Don't be anxious, I want you to put on this Bái Shà's clothes..."
After Qiao Yu explained the whole story, Zuo You finally calmed down.
Zuo You: "You and Yang Xiangdi, get lost, I'm going to change clothes."
"Tch, what's there to be afraid of seeing when there's nothing there..." Qiao Yu muttered.
Zuo You: "..."
She felt that the prehistoric power in her body was about to lose control.
After Zuo You changed into the Bái Shà corpse's clothes, Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi returned.
Yang Xiangdi opened the box he had been carrying and took out a full set of manicure tools.
Then he handed Qiao Yu a bottle of glue and tweezers.
"Brother Yu, I'll do the nails, you can take care of the growing white hair."
"Okay!"
Qiao Yu plucked the fluff from the Bái Shà corpse one by one and glued it to Zuo You's face.
"Eh? It grows back immediately after plucking? Then we don't have to worry about not having enough!" Qiao Yu was pleasantly surprised.
Bái Shà corpse: "..."
As the moon rose high in the sky, a vivid and brand-new Bái Shà corpse appeared under the moonlight, thanks to the efforts of Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi.
Anyone who saw Zuo You now would not doubt that she was a corpse that had been transformed by baleful aura.
Qiao Yu: "Not bad, not bad. So being flat-chested has its advantages. Look, there's no flaw at all in playing a male corpse now."
Yang Xiangdi: "There's still one. She's a little short. When have you ever seen a boy who's only five feet tall?"
Zuo You: "..."
*Thump!*
The Dark Star Shield appeared again, and Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi immediately shut their mouths knowingly.
"There's one last step."
Qiao Yu peeled off the talisman from the Bái Shà corpse's forehead and stuck it on Zuo You's head.
"Aowu!"
The Bái Shà corpse let out an angry roar. It was currently midnight, the time when yin qi was at its peak.
With the blessing of the moonlight, the baleful aura of the Bái Shà corpse was even stronger. As soon as the talisman was removed, the baleful corpse immediately began to run amok.
Its attribute panel also appeared in Qiao Yu's eyes.
[Common Wild Monster: Bái Shà (White Ghoul)]
[Level: lv5]
[Health Points: 80/80]
[Strength: 20]
[Defense: 40]
[Agility: 5]
"That's it? Get lost."
Qiao Yu slapped the Bái Shà corpse's face casually. The Bái Shà corpse's head spun around before falling to the ground.
No wonder even the NPC Gu San didn't take the Bái Shà seriously at all. Sending this kind of strength is just sending food.
[Detected that player Qiao Yu has resolved the Bái Shà through melee combat, rewarding 5 free attribute points, experience +25]
After destroying the evidence, Qiao Yu and the others returned to the yard under the cover of night.
Gu Xiuxuan and the others who woke up did not realize that the Bái Shà had been switched. They called several chefs from Little Apricot Village.
Then, a large round table was placed in the yard, and several chefs worked all morning to bring more than a dozen delicious dishes to the table.
"Hahahaha! I could smell the fragrance from afar, Second Brother, you're really generous!"
The gate of the small courtyard was pushed open, and seven middle-aged men of varying heights and builds walked in.
They looked about the same age as Gu Xiuxuan. The person who spoke had deep-set eyes, short and thick eyebrows, and lips that looked like two sausages.
"Eldest Brother is joking. It's not easy for us to get together, how can we be negligent?" Gu Xiuxuan said with a smile.
Behind the seven middle-aged men were also six xishen (marriage gods), covered in black cloth.
As the seven middle-aged men took their seats, Jin Tao arranged for the six xishen to be placed next to Qiao Yu and the others.
Jin Tao held a bowl of rice, responsible for guarding the xishen.
After a few rounds of drinks, Gu Xiuxuan and his fellow disciples reminisced about the past before starting to talk about serious matters.
"Eldest Brother, when you sent a message last time, you said you had a clue as to who summoned the nine of us?"
The Eldest Brother nodded: "Not only do I know who that person is, but I also know what he wants to use these nine corpses for!"
Looking at Gu Xiuxuan and the others' puzzled gazes, the Eldest Brother stopped being coy and asked.
"You all saw the dianyin (lighting yin) ritual held in Little Apricot Village last night, right?"
"The dianyin ritual, the corpse in the coffin, is what I rushed here for yesterday!"
"And the one who summoned the nine of us is the old man responsible for dianyin. People in the fengshui (geomancy) world call him Mr. Mo."
Gu San couldn't help but ask.
"Eldest Brother, doesn't dianyin require ferocious corpses? The corpses he asked us to bring aren't ferocious."
"Moreover, dianyin nine times produces so much dragon qi (spiritual energy), how can a small Little Apricot Village withstand it? Aren't they afraid of being backlashed by the dragon qi?"
The Eldest Brother gave Gu San a satisfied look.
"Third Brother, it seems that you haven't made no progress these years. Do you know what Little Apricot Village was called before? Shouling Village (Tomb-Guarding Village)!"
Gu San and the others looked at each other. Shouling? Whose tomb are they guarding?
"Although I don't know whose tomb they are guarding, Little Apricot Village has already done the dianyin nine times with nine ferocious corpses four times before. This is the fifth time."
After the Eldest Brother finished speaking, he looked at his fellow disciples, seemingly waiting for them to continue.
Gu Xiuxuan lowered his head and pondered, muttering to himself.
"Nine...five? The supreme of nine and five?! They are guarding an imperial tomb! The people of Little Apricot Village want to awaken the imperial corpse!"