The voice was very weak, muffled, and coming from behind me.

I hurriedly looked back, but I didn't find a figure, and just when I was wondering, the voice came out again.

This time I heard it clearly, it was coming from behind the counter, and it was still my name.

Of course, the voice wasn't my real name, it was my nickname. At this time, I suddenly remembered the dry corpse I saw last time behind the counter of the Yangzhen Inn, which was described as withered but gave a sense of familiarity, and said no, could it be that this is the dried corpse that called me?

Just when I was worried in my heart, I didn't know whether to go over or not, the weak voice sounded again: "Housheng, you come here, the old decay has something to entrust to you!" ”

This time I heard some familiar feelings, and a person suddenly flashed in my mind, and I couldn't help but be startled, and I didn't care about being afraid, so I hurriedly grabbed a few evil charms and corpse suppression charms and walked over.

Sure enough, there was a person lying behind the counter, and it was a person I knew.

The innkeeper! Damn, it's really him, this guy who is three points more mysterious than Old Man Yan, is actually in Yangzhen, no wonder he hasn't seen him since the inn accident that night.

When I first met the innkeeper, he gave people the image of an old and faint small landlord with a lot of surplus wealth at home, with a melon skin felt hat on his head, a horse coat and a cotton jacket, and a pair of reading glasses on the bridge of his nose. However, seeing him again now, he has changed his previous sick state, wearing a black and white gossip crown on his head, wearing a soapy blue robe, although his face is pale, his eyes are sharp and sharp, revealing a kind of heroic twilight desolation.

At this time, even if the shopkeeper didn't say it, I already knew his true identity, he was invited by the company to go to the ancient town to investigate the news, but in fact, it was to find another feng shui gentleman in the third group of people in the node forbidden land, that is, the Maoshan Taoist priest who disappeared with Lin Yuanzhang - Yuan Daojun.

The shopkeeper was seriously injured at this time, his robe was stained with a large area of hideous blood, there were terrible claw marks on his chest, abdomen, and two ribs, and his pale face was faintly filled with dead gray, which was obviously to the point of running out of oil and lamp, and if I arrived here half an hour later, I am afraid that I would only see his corpse.

"Before, senior, what happened, how did you get to this?" Knowing that the old man was hopeless, a burst of sympathy inexplicably swelled up in my heart, and my voice also had a trace of trilling.

Yuan Daojun struggled to raise his head and looked at me, and a burst of blazing brilliance suddenly erupted in his vicissitudes of life, like a dying man suddenly saw the hope of living, and burst into vitality again.

"Old decay, old decay has no time, young man, help me, help me ......" As he spoke, he suddenly coughed violently, his chest rose and fell violently, and he seemed to be out of breath, I hurriedly helped him sit up, patted him on the back, and after a while, he relieved his breath, but his face had completely turned gray.

Seeing the change in his face, I was shocked in my heart, and hurriedly asked, "Senior, how do you want me to help you?" My companion is a doctor, if you hold on for a while, you may be able to give you first aid if you find him! ”

Yuan Daojun's face was like ashes, and he shook his head gloomily: "It's useless, the yang energy of the old decay is exhausted, and the corpse poison in it is not a medicine stone." ”

"Corpse poison?" My heart sank, it seemed that the zombie that Lin Yuanzhang had restrained with his life had really come back to life, thinking, I hurriedly took out a small porcelain bottle from my backpack and handed it over, this porcelain bottle was from Uncle Chen when I treated Wang Hanjun's injuries last night, it is the unique formula of the Zhengqian faction to detoxify the corpse, and there are gold sore medicine ingredients in it that can quickly heal wounds, which should have an effect on Yuan Daojun's injuries.

However, to my surprise, Yuan Daojun's lifeless face showed a hint of surprise after seeing the porcelain bottle: "You actually have the secret antidote of the Zhengqian Sect?" It's a pity, the old decay is the corpse king poison, and this medicine is useless. ”

"Corpse King Poison? Could it be that there is already a corpse king born in Yangzhen? I asked in horror, and at the same time a cold sweat broke out.

"Judging by your reaction, I guess Senior Yan has already told you all the secrets here!"

I nodded, still very concerned about the corpse king he talked about, according to the old man Yan, once the corpse king appears in the ancient town, it is only a matter of time before the seal is broken, the node collapses, and the fourth disaster of resentment will sweep the entire Shenzhou, and countless people will be implicated at that time.

Seeing my nervous appearance, Yuan Daojun smiled reluctantly: "You don't have to worry, the matter is not so serious, although he is infinitely close to the Corpse King and has produced the Corpse King poison, but how easy it is to become the Corpse King, if Senior Yan has come to Yangzhen, the situation will still take a turn." ”

Hearing him say this, I felt a little relieved, and hurriedly asked: "What did you say about him, senior?" ”

Yuan Daojun's expression darkened, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly pointed to the collapsed roof of the inn and asked me, "Do you remember what happened to you last night?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, but then reacted and asked in surprise, "How do you know?" Did you ...... last night?"

Yuan Daojun nodded, "That's right, Lao Yu was also in the inn last night, you can see everything in that room, it is exactly my arrangement!" ”

"Wait, your arrangement? Are you saying that you did the work of moving the door on its own and locking me in my room? ”

My emotions were a little excited, and the range of movements was a little larger, and Yuan Daojun, who was being supported by me, was suddenly affected, the lifeless breath on his face was thicker, and at the same time he coughed more violently, and a large amount of blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth with his cough, and then I found that there were two very hideous blood holes on the side of his neck, it seemed that he was bitten by a zombie.

I hurriedly controlled my emotions, patted him on the back, and waited for him to ease the weather before asking him: "Why did you do that, damn it, do you know, I was almost scared to death last night!" ”

Yuan Daojun wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and sighed: "It makes sense for the old man to do that, it makes sense, you will know this later, the 'he' that the old man said refers to the zombie you saw, and he is also one of the five people we went to the ancient town together, these will be talked about later, there is no time now, hurry, do as I say!" ”

As he spoke, he reluctantly took out a few silver needles from the pocket of his robe and handed them to me, saying: "The old decay yang qi has been exhausted, and his life is not long, but the ancient town is special, even if the yang qi is completely dispersed, he can't die, but the old decay body is seriously injured and can no longer maintain his vitality. ”

I didn't expect Yuan Daojun to be like this, and he had such a noble spirit of defending the Dao, so he was immediately infected by it, and hurriedly asked: "Senior, you say, what should I do?" ”

……

About ten minutes later, under the dictation of Yuan Daojun, I completed the first Taoist technique in my life. It is said that it is a Taoist technique, but it is actually not as mysterious as I imagined, or that the Taoist technique taught me by Yuan Daojun is not a Taoist technique at all, but a forbidden technique in Maoshan, which is listed as a secret technique by Maoshan as a stream of evil arts.

I also learned about this a long time later, and this secret technique also caused a lot of turmoil, causing me a lot of turmoil, but these are all later words, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Yuan Daojun asked me to cast a secret technique for him called 'Soul Sealing and Turning Corpse Technique', which is through the Taoist true qi cultivated by the caster, with the silver needle as the medium, the meridians of the recipient's whole body as the carrier, and the corpse poison as the inducement, under the dominance of the secret mantra, the silver needle blocks the meridians and the three souls in the acupoints around the body, so as to ensure that the three souls are not lost in a short time, and at the same time, the essence and blood of the caster are used as a guide to stimulate the corpse poison in the body of the recipient. When the corpse poison travels all over the body, the recipient will be corpse, but because the three souls are suppressed, although the recipient has become a zombie, the three souls still dominate the body and have the power of zombies, but the consciousness and soul are still their own.

This kind of secret art is very terrifying, the body and strength of zombies, the thinking and consciousness of people, this is simply an invincible existence. However, this kind of secret art also has harsh conditions and terrible consequences. First of all, the caster must have good cultivation and extremely strong mental power, and secondly, the recipient must also have a certain strength and be able to suppress his body during the spell casting, and then there must be corpse poison as the stimulus.

Zombie poison can kill people, but people will turn into walking corpses after death, and corpse poison can also kill people, but it will not change after death. The 'Soul Sealing and Corpse Transfer' is equivalent to using the corpse poison as a strong stimulant, strengthening the receptor's ability in the short term, but then it will have unimaginable consequences.

Because the corpse transformation is an irreversible process, after the body corpse transformation, although the recipient has the power of a zombie, but once the spell fails, it must be killed while the recipient is still conscious, otherwise the recipient will become a real zombie, and it is a zombie with a soul, which is already a level of existence with a zombie.

I was able to complete this secret technique as a mortal under Yuan Daojun's dictation, all because Yuan Daojun's own cultivation was strong enough, and while I was applying the needle, he used the secret technique to bless me, which was a fluke.

The degree of influence of this kind of secret art on people is affected by corpse poison, the more terrifying the corpse poison in the recipient, the more terrifying the strength of the transformation after the success of the spell, and of course, the more terrible the evil consequences after the spell fails.

When I sat on the ground sweating profusely, Yuan Daojun suddenly stood up, his body was a lot taller than before, and he looked quite burly, even the blood marks on his body were completely scabbed, and the change was staggering.

I noticed that his eyes turned a strange red, knowing that it should be caused by the influence of secret arts, looking at Yuan Daojun's rejuvenated face, I sighed in my heart, a lifetime of cultivation, demon and zombie eradication, and became a zombie myself, this may be Yuan Daojun's sorrow! But judging by the way he looks now, he should be ready to make a last-ditch effort.

"Young man, are you alright?"

He suddenly turned his head to ask me, I took a deep breath, nodded to indicate that I was fine, and saw him take off the Taoist robe and Taoist crown outside his body, and after solemnly tidying it up, he reverently placed it on the counter, knelt down with a plop, and let out a long sigh: "The ancestor is above, Maoshan disciple Yuan Daojun, today I violated the Taoist oath and entered the demon with my body, and I have no qualifications to wear this Taoist robe again, please forgive the patriarch!" ”

After saying that, he got up and walked out of the inn without looking back, I turned around and looked at the soap-colored green robe placed on the counter, sighed, and hurriedly chased after him.

If I didn't have a specific destination to go to before, then now the appearance of Yuan Daojun has solved this problem for me. He was covered in black qi, and even the howling yin wind around the ancient town was mostly surging towards him, like a demon god who had just come out of hell, but what was incomprehensible was that his expression was extremely solemn at this moment, even the monstrous black qi could not hide the majestic righteousness between his eyebrows, and he rushed straight towards the direction of Tulou.

I sighed in my heart, maybe this is the demon body Buddha mind!

Along the way, Yuan Daojun brought up the unfinished topic just now, and I realized that the dried corpse I saw behind the counter after entering the Yangzhen Inn last night was Yuan Daojun, of course, it was just an illusion, and after I left the inn, he followed me all the way to the Tulou, and even in the end I was able to leave, thanks to his help.

I was very concerned about the zombie that was close to the corpse king in Yuan Daojun's mouth, so I asked him what happened at the beginning, and whether that zombie was one of the five of them?

After his body turned into a zombie, Yuan Daoxun kept the same expression on his face, and it is the same now, and then he told me about what happened in Guzhen a year ago.

A year ago, Yuan Daojun was nominally entrusted by the company to investigate the mystery of the company's employees' disappearance, but in fact, all five people at that time had their own purposes.

Needless to say, Yuan Daojun and Lin Yuanzhang are not alone, Wang Hanzhu's identity is not simple, he is a retired special forces soldier on the surface, but in fact he is a member of a mysterious official organization, and he is said to have come to the ancient town to investigate a relic that has a great connection with the civilization of the previous era. And that foreigner Scott is even more incredible, he is nominally an expert in exploration, but his real identity is a member of a mysterious church in the world, and that church is the largest partner of the Heavenly Witch Sect abroad, and the purpose of his visit to the ancient town is obvious.

The most mysterious of the five is the female photographer Zhang Lingjin, and until now, Yuan Daojun has not figured out her origin.

When they first arrived in the ancient town, the five people found that the ancient town was unusual, and then a series of unexpected changes caused several people to have a strong crisis, and when they planned to temporarily evacuate the ancient town and organize forces to explore in the future, they were shocked to find that they were trapped.

The ancient town becomes more and more dangerous day by day, after which they discover the tulou, discover the anomalies of the townspeople, and accidentally wake up the ghost in an accident. Under the attack of the surging corpse tide, Zhang Lingjin, one of the five, behaved very strangely, she seemed to know the structure of the ancient town well, and led the rest of the people across the reincarnation bridge and entered Yangzhen.

The real nightmare really began after they came to Yang Town!