18. Corpse Snatchers
The next morning, it was still dark.
Shao Yuan woke up naturally when the time came, got dressed, and walked to the martial arts arena after washing.
Not surprisingly, Jiang Ping appeared there earlier than him.
It's just that Shao Yuan didn't expect it.
This morning, Jiang Ping was not in a state of cultivation as usual, but paced back and forth on the martial arts arena, with two wooden boxes two feet high and two feet wide at his feet.
Shao Yuan approached, and Jiang Ping quickly greeted him.
"You're finally here, you've been waiting for a long time!"
Hearing this, Shao Yuan felt a little surprised.
Unable to help but say, Jiang Ping picked up one of the boxes and gestured to the other, "Help me carry it and set off." ”
Seeing that Shao Yuan was still full of doubts and unmoved, Jiang Ping took out a piece of paper from his arms and stuffed it to the former.
Shao Yuan fixed his eyes and saw that the paper had been crumpled and crumpled, and Hou Tianlin's official seal was printed on it, which read: "Order Shao Yuan, the official soldier of the Pingyang Battalion, to assist Jiang Ping of Qianjimen and capture the corpse robbers in Xuanmu City." ”
After reading the contents of the paper, Shao Yuan carried another box on his back and followed Jiang Ping.
On the way, Jiang Ping and Shao Yuan said: "The so-called corpse thief is the corpse master among the monks, and together with the ghost manipulator, he is called an evil cultivator, and he is spurned by thousands of people in the spiritual cultivation world. ”
"Then why do some people still practice?" Shao Yuan asked.
"Although I don't want to admit it, these two classes can show extremely high combat power at a very low level. Jiang Ping replied, "Take the Imperial Corpse Craftsman as an example, even if the realm is only in the Na Ling Realm, as long as he is given enough time and corpses, he can create an army of living corpses."
It's just that the corpses used to refine living corpses must at least be martial artists and monks from the Naqi realm or the Na Ling realm. These two types of people were either soldiers during their lifetimes or belonged to the monk sect.
Such an inhumane method of fighting was greatly rejected before the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Dao was built.
After the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Dao was built, the Shengyang Dynasty ordered the appearance of corpse masters and ghost manipulators to be banned.
It's a pity that there are still many people who have evil thoughts because of their lack of talent. ”
After Shao Yuan listened to Jiang Ping's description of the corpse robber, he was also embarrassed in his heart.
As for why there were corpse thieves shortly after the demon attack, Shao Yuan estimated that it was because there were many corpses of soldiers and warriors on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Shao Yuan's heart to arrest the corpse robbers became even firmer.
When he came to the cemetery outside Pingyang Town, Jiang Ping took Shao Yuan to hide in the bushes on the side.
At the same time, Jiang Ping also said to Shao Yuan: "According to the intelligence, that corpse thief will come to the Pingyang camp within today."
If nothing else, he will come to this cemetery as soon as he comes to Pingyang Camp. ”
Ma Mingsheng, a soldier who died in the attack of demons before, was also from Pingyang Town, and Shao Yuan saw his grave at a glance.
Closing his eyes, Shao Yuan seemed to see the picture of his spear being broken and a big hole in his chest running through it.
Not only him, but also many comrades-in-arms of the Pingyang Battalion in the cemetery are also buried here.
The thought that someone would come to dig up their graves and refine their bodies into living corpses made Shao Yuan feel furious.
"What if he doesn't come?" At the same time, Shao Yuan had a new question.
Jiang Ping didn't answer, but closed his eyes, and the three thousand paper cranes in his hand were all wrapped around the cyan aura, slowly flapping their wings and flying.
Looking at the thousands of paper cranes flying in different directions, Shao Yuan also closed his voice and held his breath.
Time passed slowly, the morning sun slowly rose in the distant mountains, and the morning light gradually sprinkled on the earth, illuminating the tombstones in the cemetery.
"Could it really be that you won't come?" Shao Yuan didn't say anything, but he had questions in his heart.
Looking at Jiang Ping, he was usually nervous, but he seemed extremely serious at the moment.
"It's coming!" I don't know how long it took, Jiang Ping suddenly opened his eyes and said softly.
As soon as the words fell, a figure slowly appeared on the edge of the cemetery.
The figure seemed anxious, trotting from grave to grave, as if searching for something.
Finally, in front of a tombstone with a tribute in front of him, he squatted down facing the tombstone, reached out to pick up the tribute, and desperately stuffed it into his mouth.
Shao Yuan recognized that it was Ma Mingsheng's grave, and just as he was about to get up and rush forward, Jiang Ping beside him moved.
A powerful cyan aura erupted, and the large box placed behind it bounced straight open, and three black shadows rushed out of it.
Straight to the guy who was gobbling up the tribute.
The corpse thief was not slow to react, and turned around the moment Jiang Ping's spiritual power exploded.
The cloak with a hood on his body covered his face, but I saw him reach out and take out a piece of talisman paper and slap it on his leg, then get up and step out of his legs, and he ran as fast as he could.
Seeing this, Jiang Ping stretched out his right hand, and the cyan silk thread made of aura grew from his fingertips, and another box was finally opened, but a giant trap centipede was placed inside.
"Click-click-"
Countless feet make noises at the same time, and they move extremely fast.
Jiang Ping jumped lightly, got on the back of the centipede, and chased in the direction where the corpse thief had fled.
The three black shadows that rushed out before were all humanoid puppets, and when Jiang Ping came to them, Jiang Ping stretched out his hand and pulled them, and they all carried them onto the back of the machine centipede.
Shao Yuan naturally didn't stop longer, urging his blood and qi to run wildly, and his speed was not slow.
The corpse thief ran without looking back, and Jiang Ping and Shao Yuan behind him gradually narrowed the distance.
When they reached a hillside, the corpse thief suddenly stopped.
Just as he turned his head back, Shao Yuan saw that the corners of the other party's mouth peeking out from under the mask were clearly smiling.
Before his thoughts fell, his body moved involuntarily.
With the strength of his legs, he jumped to the side, and the position where he was standing just now exploded.
Under the huge impact, Shao Yuan rolled several times before he barely stopped his body, looked up at Jiang Ping, and was relieved to see that the latter controlled the centipede to wrap himself up during the explosion and avoid the damage of the explosion.
On the other hand, the corpse robbers had no intention of escaping.
Standing in the shade of a large tree, his hands sealed, and a burst of earth-colored aura emanated from him.
At the same time, bags of dirt began to appear on the ground around the corpse robbers, and at first glance there were about twenty of them.
The next moment, Shao Yuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw those dirt bags burst one after another, stretching out pale hands one after another.
After seeing the original appearance of those hand owners, Shao Yuan's heart was even more angry.
At this time, Jiang Ping let the centipede that was tightly guarding him unwrap the entanglement, and at the same time let him see the more than twenty living corpses clearly.
"I heard that a few days ago, there was a high-end disciple of the Fu Sect who disappeared after the defeat of the sect's big competition, but I didn't expect that he actually started a corpse thief and was about to become a corpse master. Seeing that those living corpses were covered with charms, Jiang Ping sneered.