The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 249: Chapter 247: Someone Else

At this moment, the frost on the ground quickly melted and receded, and the two monk zombies regained their ability to move. They shakily climbed up from the ground, but did not pounce, and stood still on the original spot.

“Senior Horse Face, what’s the matter with these two monks? I didn’t feel any Yin Qi in them before.” Shen Luo asked.

“These are Yin-Heart zombies. After a ghost kills a person, it infuses Yin Qi into their heart. If the Yin Qi is not stimulated, the corpse is indistinguishable from normal people. But once the Yin Qi is stimulated, the body will change into a zombie. These types of Yin-Heart zombies have lesser Yin Qi in their bodies, so they are not very strong.” Ma Mian waved the black pen in his hand, tapping the void twice.

Bang! Bang!

Two holes burst open in the chests of the two monks, their hearts shattered and they fell to the ground again, motionless.

They didn’t stay at the temple for long and soon left.

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“You’ve had a hard time this time, go back and rest well. When I need you, I will call you out again.” On the Liugong Bridge, Horse Face spoke to Shen Luo, his figure faded and disappeared, leaving hastily.

“If it’s going to be as risky as today, I would have to reconsider.” Shen Luo shrugged his shoulders and muttered to himself. However, thinking of the forthcoming thirty Immortal jade, he couldn’t help but feel secretly delighted, feeling that the previous adventure was worth it.

He hurried east and quickly returned to the city and then to the Bai Mansion.

At this time, it was just past midnight, but Shen Luo felt exhausted and did not immediately go to hand in the task. He went straight back to his own place, took a brief rest, sat in the wooden bucket, closed his eyes, activated the Nameless Method, and started to recover.

Night had passed in the blink of an eye.

Shen Luo got up early, and walked out of his small courtyard full of spirit, heading to the Bai Mansion’s accounting office.

There were fewer people returning tasks today than yesterday. Most of them had difficult tasks that could not be completed in a short period of time. There were only a few people like Shen Luo who could finish a task in a day.

Therefore, most of the people gathered here were spectators.

“Did you hear that? Last night, both the Lin and Du families organized a lot of people to go to Liugong Bridge again. This time both sides had Grain Avoidance cultivators leading the team, and Du family’s Blue Ice Hand Qi Yuan also went. But guess what?” A cunning-looking teenager suddenly said to the others, immediately attracting the attention of many.

“I bet that ghost is done for, right?”

“I don’t think so, I heard that the Hanging Ghost lurking in the temple is very cunning. If there are too many people, it won’t show up at all and then specifically targets those alone!”

“This ghost is just playing these tricks, the two families have learned from the previous lesson, they must have some countermeasures this time!”

“Hehe, that Hanging Ghost was indeed killed, but it was not they who did it, but someone else.” The clever youth said mysteriously.

“What? Seriously?”

“Could Blue Ice Hand’s own words be false! It is said that they found traces of the ghost being killed in the ruined temple. In addition, according to his estimation, the method of killing the ghost was clean and neat, and it was very likely done by one person!” The clever youth said.

“Could it be done by a late-stage Grain Avoidance cultivator?”

“There are only a few late-stage Grain Avoidance cultivators within a hundred miles, and they are all famous figures who probably won’t take on such tasks, right?”

Just as the crowd was discussing, Shen Luo had walked to the task table, took out the half-piece of white silk handkerchief from his sleeve and put it on the table.

At this time, only a Bai Family’s Steward was sitting behind the table. He was listening intently to the story of the clever youth and didn’t notice Shen Luo in front of him.

“Excuse me, the Liugong Bridge task is complete.” Shen Luo cleared his throat and said to the steward.

“Oh, you’re here to hand in the task…” The steward had not yet pulled his thoughts out from the youth’s story. He casually picked up the half piece of silk handkerchief and spoke casually.

But soon, he reacted and his face changed. He exclaimed:

“What did you say? The Liugong Bridge task?”

“Yes.” Shen Luo nodded.

The Bai Family’s steward looked at the half-piece of the silk handkerchief in his hand, raised his head to look at Shen Luo, and had a look of disbelief on his face.

The crowd near the table also fell quiet, and all eyes were on Shen Luo. This scene quickly caused the attention of others who also stopped their clamour and asked in low voices about what had happened.

But within a few breaths, the accounting office fell into silence.

Everyone looked at Shen Luo with complex expressions, especially those who had mocked Shen Luo a few days ago, who now found it hard to accept.

Did Shen Luo really complete this highly difficult task?

If it had been not long before, perhaps no one would believe that a person could single-handedly kill a ghost whose cultivation level might have reached the Mid-Grain Avoidance Stage. But with the clever youth’s words, they dared not easily draw conclusions.

Especially when they saw the rich Yin Qi emanating from the half-piece of silk handkerchief that Shen Luo had handed in, several people on the scene were immediately convinced.

“You can send people to verify it. After the results are out, send the reward to my residence.” Shen Luo frowned and said to the stunned steward behind the table. Then, without waiting for a response, he turned around and left briskly.

Only when Shen Luo had walked far away, did everyone react. The place was in an uproar, like a pot being stirred.

Shen Luo didn’t care about the reactions of the people in the accounting office, and didn’t go back to his residence either. Instead, he directly went to the Lubao Hall, bought a large batch of materials for drawing Small Thunder Talismans, and then returned to his small courtyard.

Although the talisman is not very powerful, it is cheap in terms of material and has very low mana requirements. In a battle, as long as the quantity is large, the power is remarkable.

He now had spare time, so naturally, he wanted to prepare more in case of emergency.

Five days went by in a flash.

During this period, except when the Bai Family’s steward delivered the reward for the Liugong Bridge task and Shen Luo opened the door once, he stayed in his room and didn’t go out the rest of the time, spending a relatively quiet time.

In the wooden bucket, Shen Luo was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and was doing incantations in his hand. He was surrounded by a faint blue light, which seemed a little brighter than before.

Suddenly his eyebrows moved, he opened his eyes, took out the Messaging Token from his bosom, and a line of small text appeared on it.

“Midnight, Crow Rock Village.”

“Crow Rock Village, it’s also on the list. Looks like I can get another bit!” Shen Luo mumbled to himself and jumped out of the water bucket.

He changed into clean clothes and after equipping himself with all the talismans, he left the house and quickly walked to the front gate of Bai Mansion, immediately leaving the city and heading for Crow Rock Village.

Two days later when Shen Luo returned from outside the city, he also brought back an old, blood-stained leather helmet, causing a commotion among the Bai Family once again.

After that, he continued in the same way. As soon as Horse Face summoned him, he would go and assist. When there was no task, he would return to his own courtyard to practice and draw talismans.