Chapter Fourteen: Cultivating Corpses!

  Tang Lin hugged Xiao Hui and walked along the corridor towards the kitchen at the other end. He stretched out his hand to push open the kitchen door, and in that moment, for some reason, he suddenly had a sense of foreboding.

  Just as the kitchen door was slightly ajar, an icy hand suddenly stretched out from behind Tang Lin and landed on his shoulder.

  Tang Lin was startled in his heart, and he suddenly turned his head to look back. He saw the ghost cow holding a lantern, with the flickering flame shining on its ordinary face, carrying a few shades of eeriness and cunning. It smiled at Tang Lin and said: "It's midnight, do you have something to do outside?"

  Tang Lin was looked at by him with some awkwardness and shook his head saying: "Nothing."

  "Then go back to sleep." The ghost cow smiled and said.

  Tang Lin nodded and returned to the room, closing the door behind him. As he turned around, the corner of his eye seemed to catch a glimpse of a sly smile flashing across Gui Niu's face.

  "This village..." Táng Lín furrowed his brow, "always feels like something's off, never mind, don't think too much, first get some sleep, tomorrow wake up and find the tree demon." Saying that, he fell onto the bed.

  It's late at night.

  Tang Lin was sleeping drowsily, when he suddenly saw more than a dozen black figures swaying outside the door. Some of them were baring their teeth and brandishing their claws, like ferocious beasts.

  "Blood, blood..."

  A low growl came from outside the door.

  Tang Lin opened his eyes to find a cold hand grasping his throat. In the darkness in front of him, the face of Gui Niu floated into view, along with his two sons and that beautiful wife. However, at this moment, the faces of these few people all wore sinister smiles, with sharp teeth exposed at the corners of their mouths and blood flowing from their eye sockets, looking as ferocious and terrifying as ancient corpses in a desolate mountain.

  "Ah——"

  Tang Lin suddenly sat up in bed, only to find that he had just had a nightmare. He was drenched in cold sweat and gasped for air, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

  Just then, outside the room, a faint rustling sound came from the footsteps, seemingly numerous and somewhat disordered. Tang Lin was startled in his heart, immediately grabbed the black-toothed war knife beside him, quickly put on his outer clothes, got down from the bed, put on his shoes, and looked at Xiaohui by the bedside, only to find that Xiaohui had hidden under the bed, with only its tail exposed.

  Tang Lin looked towards the door outside, and through the window paper, he vaguely saw a dozen or so black shadows swaying. This familiar scene was surprisingly similar to his nightmare from just before.

  Tang Lin held his breath and quietly walked to the corner behind the door, calming down his aura and slowing down his heart rate to its lowest. Just then, a gentle voice came from outside the door, saying: "Little brother, are you asleep?"

  Tang Lin's heart tightened, and he didn't respond to his words.

  "Little brother, I've got some midnight snacks, aren't you going to eat?" Ghost Cow raised his voice, but still didn't hear any response from inside the room.

  Ouch!

  The door was pushed open, and Tang Lin hid behind it, holding his breath. The faint light from the outside of the door only saw the ghostly cow slowly entering the room, followed by a woman in red clothes, wearing a bright red robe, with long black hair hanging down. Behind this woman, two children were following, holding something in their hands and making low, foolish smiles.

  "Little brother?" The ghost cow walked to the bedside and asked tentatively.

  Tang Lin hid behind the door, recalling that nightmare in his mind, his scalp numb and his hands and feet icy cold. He didn't make a sound, focusing on the movements of the ghost cow.

  At this moment, he saw a shocking scene, the ghost cow suddenly pulled out a large chopping knife from its body, which was exactly the same as the one used to chop firewood today, and fiercely chopped it on Tang Lin's bed, cutting off the quilt.

  "Huh?" The ghost cow seemed to have discovered something unusual and lifted up the quilt.

  "Nobody?" The ghost cow's voice suddenly became sharp and angry, "Bastard, roar, roar!" A beast-like furious howl burst out of its mouth.

  "This quilt is warm." The woman in red suddenly spoke up, Tang Lin could tell that she was the wife of Gui Niu, but this voice seemed to have become a bit hoarse, like fingernails scratching on glass, making one's bones feel soft.

  Pfft!

  The oil lamp was lit, and the whole room suddenly became bright.

  Through the crack in the wooden door, Tang Lin saw Gui Niu and his wife. He immediately discovered that Gui Niu's face was ferocious, with crimson eyes gleaming with cruelty and violence, sharp teeth protruding from his mouth, and his entire skin seemed to be festering, oozing pus and blood.

  His wife was the same, with a ferocious face. The two children behind them were holding two large pitchforks in their hands, stained with blood, and they also had sharp teeth and a fierce expression.

  "I see you." Ghost Cow suddenly let out a loud bellow and turned his head to stare at the wooden door.

  Tang Lin's heart sank, and he immediately pushed open the door, holding his black-toothed battle knife. He jumped to the empty space in the room, his face heavy with a serious expression, saying: "You are not human, what exactly are you?"

  The ghost cow let out a harsh, ear-piercing laugh, its mouth stretched wide as if its entire face was being pulled apart. "Humans... fresh blood..." Its eyes gleamed with greed as it pounced towards Tang Lin.

  Tang Lin was shocked in his heart and hurriedly swung the Black Toothed Blade at his arm.

  The ghost cow's fingernails turned into sharp knives, and before they even touched Tang Lin's purple fur coat, his entire arm was cut off.

  Boom!

  When his arm was chopped off, this ghost cow didn't even frown, as if he didn't know what pain was like. He ferociously swung his other hand at Tang Lin's chest. If not for the Purple Mane Beast's exceptionally tough clothes, being scratched by his fingernails would have torn skin and flesh apart.

  "Chop off its head!" Xiao Hui suddenly darted out from under the bed and came to Tang Lin's back, saying quickly.

  Tang Lin didn't say a word, his hand rose and the knife fell, the snow-bright blade light flashed across the ghost cow's neck, this ghost cow's ferocious head fell like a stone, putrid black blood slowly flowed out from its neck, like filthy paste.

  "What is this." Tang Lin looked at the red-clothed woman approaching him, his scalp numb. Although he could be decisive when hunting monsters, facing the ghost cow and this red-clothed woman, who were roughly human in appearance despite their unusual bodies, he couldn't shake off a trembling feeling in his heart.

  "It's a corpse." Little Gray said in a low voice: "The entire village, they are all people who have long been dead, turned into dry corpse puppets by the demon. So your sensing symbol can't detect the demonic energy on them, because the controlling puppet symbol is mostly in their head or body, with flesh and blood blocking it, the power of the symbol can't be detected unless it's a second-level symbol."

  "So, that's what you mean. There is a big monster nearby." Tang Lin's body flashed, and the knife light in his hand quickly cut off the red-clothed woman's head, splitting it into two halves. Immediately, he found that inside her skull, there was a faint green glow flickering, seemingly a small sprout.

  Buzz~

  The sensory symbols on his body shone faintly.

  Tang Lin looked at the small sprout, his eyes revealing a cold glint. The black toothed war knife flashed quickly, cutting the small sprout into several segments. He then turned his head to look at the two children who were pouncing on him.

  Although he knew they were already corpses, looking at their human appearance made Tang Lin's palm tremble slightly, and he could only grit his teeth and hack away with all his might.

  The two children's strength was not great and their heads were easily chopped off.

  Tang Lin discovered that although these mummies were terrifying, their strength was only around that of a high-level martial artist and had not reached the level of a true warrior. His own power, even though he had just recently broken through to become a warrior, could easily defeat them, let alone these mummies, which would be completely slaughtered.

  "Blood, blood..."

  Many villagers in dry corpse clothes walked out of the door, roaring and brandishing their claws, rushing towards Tang Lin.

  Tang Lin's war knife chopped and hacked, quickly cutting down the corpses. Before long, the entire room outside was a scene of carnage, with bodies strewn about and blood flowing freely.

  Tang Lin held the Black Toothed Blade in his hand and carried Xiao Hui out of the door, onto the main street.

  The originally spacious village streets are now just a piece of wild weeds, and the houses of hundreds of villagers around have become big trees one by one. If it weren't for Tang Lin being sure of his own eyes, he would think that he had come to another place.

  Buzz~

  The reaction symbol emitted golden light.

  Tang Lin's eyes narrowed, and he looked around, immediately seeing the soil in front of him quickly breaking open, from which a huge ancient tree emerged. The canopy was like a mushroom covering all around, with thick vines dancing in the air like the tree's hands and feet moving.

  "A human." On the trunk of an ancient tree with a diameter of about one zhang, two cracks split open, revealing two eyes filled with anger, staring down at Tang Lin and saying: "You actually destroyed my corpse slave, looking for death!"

  "Thousand Year Tree Demon!" Tang Lin's heart skipped a beat.

  Traversing the iron shoes without a destination, he never expected to meet him here. When his heart was filled with joy, it was even more shocking. The power of this thousand-year-old tree demon had exceeded his imagination, especially the magical technique that was displayed, which was mysterious and obscure, and could actually manipulate the dead corpse.

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  As he was taken aback, several vines shot out like straight whips and bound towards Tang Lin's body.

  Tang Lin hastily waved the war knife in his hand and slashed at the tree vines that were slapping towards him.

  Hmph!

  The tree vine was split into two segments by the black-toothed war knife, flowing out a thick, emerald green liquid that emitted an eerie and foul odor.

  Tang Lin's arm holding the war knife trembled slightly, discovering that the power of this tree vine was incredibly great. With his own single-handed strength of several thousand catties, plus the sharp war knife, he would be counter-shocked and his palm would go numb when chopping.

  "No wonder it's said that among all the monsters, those born from plants and trees are the most troublesome. Their strength is ten times that of other monsters. This thousand-year-old tree monster's power is probably over 10,000 jin, or even stronger. If I were to be hit by it once, my entire skeleton would shatter into several pieces." Tang Lin thought to himself: "No wonder last time the Red Carp Society asked for help from the Martial Arts Society, and with so many helpers, they still ended up defeated."

  "Use fire talismans." Xiao Hui reminded anxiously from the side.

  "Hmm?" The thousand-year-old tree demon heard Xiao Hui's voice and said in a low tone: "You dog demon, actually helping humans, it's really shameful for our demon clan. Get out of the way first, after I kill this human, I'll devour all your Taoist powers."

  Xiao Hui suddenly became furious and shouted: "You're the dog demon, your whole family are dog demons."

  ……

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