Chapter 225: Mass Burial Forest

Chapter 225: Mass Burial Forest

Chapter 225: Mass Burial Forest

At this time, everyone was sitting upright in the academy, and there was no morning crying like in other academies.

About half a quarter of an hour later, when the Taoist bell rang, the academy was already filled with students from Classes C and W.

Seeing that everyone was present, Elder Gao stood up and said, "Everyone, follow me out of the sect."

When Elder Gao was leaving the academy, Zhou Jin walked towards Tian Lin and said, "Junior Brother Tian, ​​this time we are going to the Xiangxi Sect's territory. It's not very safe there, so it would be best if you and I go together."

"Then I'll have to trouble Senior Brother Zhou to take care of you."

After the two men left the academy, Elder Gao launched a tower ship from the open space outside the academy.

The ship was filled with battle flags, divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower.

All the disciples flew onto the ship and watched Hulu Peak getting smaller and smaller under their feet.

On the deck, there were about twenty people walking in groups of three or four. Some went into the house, while others stayed on the deck looking at the mountains and waters below.

But the treasure ship was flying so fast that everyone could only see the mountains and water receding, and the clouds covering their eyes.

The treasure ship flew for about an hour and finally stopped above a slightly dilapidated ancient city.

Elder Gao was in the attic on the third floor at the moment. She did not show up, but she said from the attic: "You can get off the boat on your own and come back when you can bring back three mummies."

Tian Lin knew that after a person died and inhaled the dead air, they would become a mummy and then a walking corpse...

Whether mummies or walking corpses, they are divided into lower, middle and upper grades by the Xiangxi Sect.

Because in the eyes of the Xiangxi Sect, corpses are magic weapons, so their classification of the strength of corpses corresponds to the level of magic weapons.

As a result, other sects followed the Xiangxi Sect's name and called those with strength equivalent to the first to fourth levels of the Qi Refining Stage low-grade mummies, and those with strength between the ninth to twelfth levels of the Qi Refining Stage high-grade mummies.

As for the lower-level and middle-level zombies, they correspond to the early and middle stages of foundation building.

However, Senior Brother Xue, who was released by Elder Gao yesterday, was an extremely powerful type of top-grade zombie, and was definitely not something that the disciples of Class C and Wu could handle.

"Disciples obey the orders of the elders."

On the deck, many students from Class C and E were eager to try.

If you ask them to catch zombies, they will be a little timid.

But if they were to practice with mummies, there would naturally be nothing to be afraid of.

Zhou Jin and Tian Lin nodded, and called Zhou Mengjiao, "Little sister, come over and join me and your junior brother Tian."

But Zhou Mengjiao refused:

"Although this is under the jurisdiction of the Xiangxi Sect, there may not be many mummies. With so many people gathered in one place, how many mummies can we share? So I'd better go with Senior Sister Zhao."

She didn't want to go with Zhou Jin, and Zhou Jin didn't force her.

After all, this is the outskirts of Xiangxi Sect, and everyone here is a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. Even if they encounter any danger, they will definitely be able to escape.

On the deck, several beams of light lit up, and several disciples flew towards the forest below.

Tian Lin followed closely behind Zhou Jin, but he slowed down when passing the ancient city. Looking at the empty ancient city, he said, "It's a pity to leave such a city abandoned."

Zhou Jin also slowed down and explained to Tian Lin:
"From here further west, the corpse qi will become heavier and heavier, and it is no longer suitable for living. The Xiangxi Sect chose to establish a sect in this area because they were attracted by the corpse qi here.

Similarly, ordinary people and monks moved away from here because of the corpse qi here."

Tian Lin heard this and pointed to the official road outside the ancient city: "Is that probably a disciple of the Xiangxi Sect?"

Zhou Jin followed Tian Lin's gaze and saw a young man on the official road holding a bell, shaking it to control a group of corpses to walk.

"Although he uses the Xiangxi Sect's corpse-driving method, I'm afraid he is not a disciple of the Xiangxi Sect. He is a corpse-driving person who lives nearby and makes a living by selling corpses."

Zhou Jin's eyes suddenly lit up after he finished speaking, and he said, "Why are we still going to catch mummies? We can just go find that corpse driver and spend some spirit stones to buy a few mummies."

But when the other two of them appeared in front of the young man, several students from Class C and E had already appeared in front of the corpse driver.

Just as these students from Class C and Wu were negotiating the price with the young man, Senior Brother Changxue flew over at some point.

He was in the sky, and he shouted coldly:

"The homework assigned by Elder Gao is not difficult. If it was just to catch a few mummies, you would cheat. When I ask you to enter the secret realm in the future, how many Youdu coins will you have to bribe the ghosts and gods there?"

After hearing what Senior Brother Changxue said, several of the disciples immediately looked ashamed and turned around and flew away on their swords.

But there were still a few people who did not buy into Senior Brother Changxue's ideas and still pulled the young man to go to his house with him to buy the mummy.

Tian Lin saw this and said to Zhou Jin, "I see there are quite a few corpse drivers around. It seems they are not short of mummies. If we really can't catch wild mummies, how about we buy some from these people?"

Zhou Jin smiled and said, "Actually, what Senior Brother Changxue said before is right. We are going to cheat just for three mummies. What about the monthly exam at the end of the month?"

He threw the flying sword into the air and flew towards the mountains in an instant.

Seeing this, Tian Lin followed Gao Jin closely.

The air was indeed filled with corpse qi, and the five elements of spiritual energy here seemed extremely scarce. Tian Lin also noticed that there were not only corpse drivers living here, but also some foreign monks.

“These monks live here just to collect some medicines like the Soul Burial Flower.

This type of medicine is rarely seen outside, but it is easiest to grow in this place filled with corpse qi."

Tian Lin knew about the Soul Burial Flower, a poisonous weed that liked to grow in places like burial pits.

When he first entered the mine in Yulong Continent, he ate a lot of soul-burying flowers.

"I thought there would be no people in the Xiangxi clan's jurisdiction, but now it seems that although the population here is sparse, there are still many villages."

Tian Lin was in a commanding position, and he and Zhou Jin settled down outside a village.

Beside the river, several half-grown children looked at them warily.

The woman who was carrying the wood to the shore threw the wood aside and asked nervously, "What advice do you two seniors have?"

As she spoke, she quietly waved her hand to let the five children beside her leave.

But the children all held knives and stood beside the woman, looking as if they were fighting to the death.

Tian Lin looked at the drifting wood that was floating down the river from the mountain. He raised his hand and used his true energy to lift up the drifting wood. With a flick of his sleeve, the drifting wood was piled up next to the woodpile on the shore.

"Madam, don't be nervous. We are disciples of the Daoist Sect. This is our first time entering this treasure land, and we would like to ask where there are any ownerless mummies."

Zhou Jin spoke politely, but the woman still did not dare to let her guard down.

She said, "This is all owned land. If you two seniors want to find ownerless mummies, I'm afraid you can only take risks in the mass grave forest."

Tian Lin and Zhou Jin both looked in the direction the woman pointed, and saw a mountain in the distance filled with corpse qi, and above the corpse qi there were dark clouds, which looked particularly unusual.

"We have already seen that place. Is there any other safer place?"

After Zhou Jin asked, the woman shook her head.

Tian Lin saw this and said, "If there are mummies, I'm afraid they have already hunted them for money. Why don't we go to the mass grave forest and see if we can find mummies outside."

Zhou Jin was in no hurry to leave. He took out thirty medium-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the woman, saying:
"Mrs. Lao, please buy me six mummies. If I haven't come to pick them up by this time tomorrow, you will keep them for me. If I haven't come to pick them up by the end of the month, they will be gifts for the children."

Thirty medium-grade spirit stones are obviously more than enough to buy six mummies.

The woman was delighted. She took the spiritual stone wrapped in cloth with both hands and bowed to Zhou Jin and Tian Lin repeatedly: "Don't worry, seniors. I will definitely get this done."

At this time, Zhou Jin took Tian Lin towards the mass grave.

"It is said that there are many mummies in the Xiangxi clan's territory. Now it seems that there are indeed many mummies, but the ownerless mummies may be difficult to find.

I’m afraid it will be difficult to complete the assignments Elder Gao has assigned me.”

Zhou Jin explained to Tian Lin: "Let's go to the mass grave forest and have a look. If we can't find the mummy, we'll have to look for that village woman."

"But whether or not I can find a mummy, I can't ask my senior brother to help me pay for it."

Tian Lin took out fifteen mid-grade spirit stones, but Zhou Jin waved his hand and refused: "Fifteen mid-grade spirit stones are nothing to me, Junior Brother, don't worry about it."

When the two of them arrived at the mass grave, they saw that several disciples from Class C and Class E had already appeared there.

The disciples were outside the mass grave forest. When they found Tian Lin and the others, they said, "No need to go in. Unless you go deep into the mass grave forest, you won't find any mummies outside."

"It would be better to just find a random place, buy a few mummies and report back to the mission."

Zhou Jin bowed to these people and said with a smile: "Senior brothers, please go back first. Junior Brother Tian and I will go in and take a look."

Several people passed each other, and Zhou Jin took out a compass from his storage bag and also took out a small bottle.

He poured a pill out of the bottle and handed it to Tian Lin, saying, "This is a detoxification pill to prevent the corpse poison from entering the body and becoming difficult to control."

Tian Lin thought about it, took the pill and made a gesture to swallow it.

The two men entered the mass grave forest one after the other. The thick fog in the forest blocked their spiritual consciousness, making it impossible for them to rely on their spiritual consciousness to see deeper places.

"There is a tomb over there, and a formation has been set up."

Tian Lin suddenly spoke up. Although he did not take the detoxification pill, the corpse qi was beneficial to him rather than harmful.

Zhou Jin followed Tian Lin's direction and saw a new tomb under a big tree.

"There are quite a few new graves hidden in this row. It seems that they are used by people nearby to keep corpses."

"Raising corpses?"

Zhou Jin explained:
"The corpse drivers bring the corpses to this place with a strong smell of corpse gas and bury them there. After a long time, ordinary dead bodies will turn into mummies, and ordinary mummies will turn into walking corpses."

After saying this, he said:
"It's better not to touch these new tombs. Firstly, they have obviously been excavated not long ago, and the bodies inside have not yet turned into mummies. Secondly, there are restrictions around them. If we don't handle them properly, it may trigger a killing formation, and then we won't be able to leave even if we want to."

(End of this chapter)