HBWnovel Chapter 157 The Corpse-Driving Clan
Chapter 157 The Corpse-Driving Clan
Chapter 157 The Corpse-Driving Clan
"The Yan family of Jiangxi?" Lin Fei frowned. In his memory, he did not seem to have heard of this family.
“It’s perfectly normal that you haven’t heard of the Yan family,” Jiang Zhilan explained. “The Yan family disappeared without a trace fifty years ago. Even I only saw it by chance in the files of Tianmen.”
"The Yan family of Jiangxi is famous for their corpse-driving and Gu worm techniques. Their ancestral 'Zombie Fist' uses true qi to manipulate corpses and Gu worms to replace the minds of living people. Fifty years ago, the entire family disappeared without a trace," Jiang Zhilan said, recalling the contents recorded in the Tianmen records.
As she spoke, Jiang Zhilan bypassed the remaining corpses in the middle and went directly to the leftmost one, which was also the victim who had died recently: "This corpse should have died recently, maybe we can find some clues in it."
Jiang Zhilan lifted the white cloth, and sure enough, the traces of true energy remaining on the recently deceased corpse were much denser than before. In fact, true energy was also present not only between the fingers but also on the limbs.
"When was this body murdered?" Jiang Zhilan asked directly.
The residual true energy on those corpses could only be seen by those with opened eyes. Wang, the head constable, couldn't see anything at all and was completely confused. Hearing Jiang Zhilan's question, he hurriedly replied, "Reporting to you, sir, it was discovered five days ago. The deceased was a scholar from the city."
"Then let's see if there are any clues left on his body!" Jiang Zhilan raised her hand and pointed directly at the forehead of the corpse.
Although the corpse had only been discovered a few days ago, its interior was already as decayed as the other corpses. With just a light touch, Jiang Zhilan created a large hole in the corpse's head.
Jiang Zhilan focused her inner energy into her eyes and carefully observed the inside of the corpse's head.
"Sir, here's a lamp." Constable Wang hurriedly handed over the lamp in his hand: "It will help you see more clearly."
"No need." Jiang Zhilan pushed Constable Wang away. A master with opened eyes could see everything clearly even in the dark without any light.
"It really is a Gu worm!" Jiang Zhilan reached out and pulled a silkworm-like worm from the corpse's head. The worm was purple all over and was wriggling and struggling in Jiang Zhilan's hand, making a shrill sound.
When Constable Wang heard the sound emanating from the Gu worm, which sounded like the wailing of ghosts and wolves in the darkness, he felt his hair stand on end and a chill run down his spine: "Sir, could it really be as you say, that it was the work of that Yan family?"
"It's hard to say." Jiang Zhilan shook her head, staring at the Gu worm in her hand. "The Yan family disappeared fifty years ago, and I've never seen their Gu worms before. We'll have to wait for someone experienced in Tianmen to examine them before we can be sure."
At this time, the fog inside the mortuary had become even thicker.
"Then, shall we go back to the county office first?" Chief Constable Wang felt that this place was extremely strange and did not want to stay for even a moment longer. He hurriedly suggested, "Let's wait for someone from Tianmen to come down and then come back to check."
Lin Fei and Jiang Zhilan exchanged a glance and nodded subtly to each other. Jiang Zhilan said, "For now, this is the only way. After you return, immediately send people to seal off the mortuary. I will immediately report to the governor and have him find all the files and records related to the Yan family, as well as all the relevant people. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must dig out this corpse-driving clan that disappeared fifty years ago!"
Hearing that the adults were finally willing to go back, Constable Wang was overjoyed: "Alright, let's go back now!"
As soon as he turned around, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, and with a "thud," he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"Oh no, it's poison gas!" Jiang Zhilan's expression changed, and she swayed as she cried out, "We have to get out of here right now!"
He had barely finished speaking when he collapsed to the ground.
"What potent poison gas!" Lin Fei's face also turned extremely pale. He struggled to Jiang Zhilan's side, took the purple Gu worm from her hand, and said breathlessly, "This is important evidence. You must not lose it. Officer Jiang, I'm sorry. I'll come back to save you after I escape from here, hand the evidence over to Tianmen, and then!"
Lin Fei, clutching a Gu worm in his hand, staggered and swayed as he tried to walk out of the mortuary. Just then, a sound like a horn suddenly rang out from outside. Upon hearing this sound, the Gu worm in his hand abruptly raised its head and exhaled a breath of purple gas.
The poison in that purple aura was clearly far more potent than the poison gas in the mortuary. Lin Fei had barely withstood the poison gas in the mortuary, but after exhaling this breath of purple aura, he immediately collapsed to the ground, his eyes tightly shut, and he lost consciousness.
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"Hmph, Grandma was right after all. All men in the world are heartless and ungrateful!" A silvery voice drifted from outside the mortuary.
A figure flashed by, and a person quickly flew in from outside the mortuary, landing beside Lin Fei.
The person was wearing a blue short-sleeved dress and adorned with many silver ornaments. With the slightest movement, the silver ornaments jingled and tinkled—she was a very beautiful young girl.
She was barefoot, with a pair of silver bells on her ankles. With a "jingle," she kicked Lin Fei, her face full of disgust: "What do you mean by protecting evidence? You're just a coward! Humph, what kind of man abandons his companions and runs away?"
She bent down, pried open Lin Fei's hand, and took the Gu worm out of his hand. She looked at the small purple worm nervously. At this moment, the small purple worm, after exhaling a breath of purple gas, became much lighter in color.
Holding the Gu worm, the girl looked heartbroken: "Damn you, you stinking man! All the Heavenly Purple Qi that I painstakingly collected has been wasted by you! If Grandma hadn't told me not to kill easily before we left, I would have taken your life tonight, you cowardly bastard!"
As she spoke, the girl took a gourd from her waist, carefully put the Gu worm inside, bit her lip, and seemingly still not satisfied, kicked Lin Fei hard with her bare, jade-white feet.
"You damned lackeys, how did you manage to track me down to this place!" The girl sneered. "I'll let you sleep here with these corpses for one night, that'll be your punishment!"
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly felt her foot sink and almost tripped and fell to the ground.
"Ah!" The girl blushed and cried out as her ankle was grabbed.
The person who grabbed his ankle was the same stinky man she had kicked twice earlier.