Chapter 402: Ghost Exorcist Master Shi Taipu

Xin Zhen wanted to test the ability of this zombie, so when he saw the female corpse rushing towards him, he did not hide away. Xin Zhen was fast and was not afraid of being entangled by the female corpse, so he surrounded her and fought with her.

Xin Zhen was afraid that the female corpse was poisonous, so he held his breath and fought with her. He only felt that the female corpse was chilly all over. If an ordinary person got close to it, he would definitely get seriously ill. But apart from the chill, he did not find any signs of poison.

As for this coldness, it is of little use to Xin Zhen. When the Pure Yang Wuji Gong is running in his body, his whole body feels warm, just like the spring sun.

Since it was non-toxic, Xin Zhen became bolder. He approached the female corpse and hit it with his palms and fists, trying different forces from small to large. The female corpse was knocked away again and again, but there was no obvious injury on her body, and she was very strong.

However, it was not completely without harm. The pure yang spirit of the Chunyang Wuji Gong seemed to be useful to the female corpse. Every time it was hit, the female corpse seemed to be able to feel the screams of pain. Every time it was knocked away, the cold corpse energy on its body would weaken a little.

After experiments, Xin Zhen roughly understood that when dealing with this kind of zombie monster, physical damage from internal force would not have much effect on them, unless the force was so great that their bodies could not withstand it.

To deal with this kind of alien, one must first use weapons to cut it, and secondly, use the pure yang power of the Chunyang Wuji Gong to dispel the cold and gloomy corpse qi from the female corpse.

The reason why this female corpse can move freely is probably because of the corpse qi that comes from nowhere. Once the corpse qi is gone, the zombie becomes an ordinary corpse.

Now that he had figured out the characteristics of this zombie, Xin Zhen no longer held back. He used the Pure Yang Wuji Gong and attached the masculine power of the Tianshan Six Yang Palm to his fist, and punched the female corpse on the forehead.

The female corpse's head suddenly shattered with a bang, and a large amount of negative energy spurted out and dissipated between heaven and earth. The female corpse immediately fell to the ground and did not move.

When the escaped merchant saw Xin Zhen killing the female corpse, he ran over to thank Xin Zhen profusely.

Xin Zhen asked: "Where did this female corpse come from?"

The merchant slapped his thigh in annoyance and said, "This is the store owner's daughter-in-law. She died a few days ago and is buried in the backyard. We have no place to live, so we begged the store owner and he let us live in the backyard wing.

We thought that this funeral was just bad luck at best, but it was better than being outside in the snow and ice. I didn't expect that the female corpse would get up in the middle of the night and kill my three companions. If I had died in my sleep, I would have been doomed!"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "Three people died. Report to the police immediately."

The merchant nodded repeatedly and said, "There are four of us out here, and now three are dead. We must report it to the police, otherwise I won't be able to explain myself when I go back."

Xin Zhen nodded. He didn't want to care about the rest of the things and went straight to the inn carrying the female corpse. The merchant hurriedly followed him, but after a few steps, he found that Xin Zhen had disappeared in the heavy snow. The merchant was immediately frightened and quickly ran towards the inn.

Xin Zhen returned to the inn, sneaked into the backyard, threw the female corpse back to the backyard where the corpse was lying, and then went back to the room.

When he returned to the room, he found the inn was still quiet. Xin Zhen patted Xin Qi and found that Xin Qi was still asleep. Xin Zhen was a little surprised. Xin Qi slept lightly before. Could it be that he was tired today?

Xin Zhen suddenly thought of the evil and coldness that woke him up, and he had some guesses in his mind. The merchant shouted so heartbreakingly, but the inn was silent, no one woke up and ran out, and no one came out to see, there was not even a light, which showed that everyone was sleeping soundly. So there could be only one reason, that evil and coldness, which had the ability to make people faint, was hard to resist for non-special people.

Xin Zhen shook his head. Sure enough, these monsters and demons all had a unique skill. This female corpse, which had just died not long ago, was able to control a malicious and cold force to make people fall asleep, and the corpse was solid and powerful.

Thinking of this, Xin Zhen regretted not bringing an iron sword with him before going out. The official weapons were banned in this dynasty, but it was allowed by law for scholars with meritorious service to carry swords.

Xin Zhen felt that with his martial arts skills, he didn't need to use a sword against humans, and it might be useless against non-humans, so he didn't want to bring it with him.

But after experiencing the incident with the female corpse, Xin Zhen discovered that an iron sword was still very useful. If he used the iron sword to deal with the female corpse, with the help of his internal strength, he could cut the corpse into two pieces with one sword.

Thinking about the possibility of having to deal with physical monsters such as fox demons and tiger spirits in the future, having an iron sword would be very useful. If I could find a sword or something, I might be able to live a safer life in the world.

Xin Zhen planned to find a blacksmith shop tomorrow to buy an iron sword, and then see if he could find a peach wood sword or something like that, which could be used to deal with some intangible ghosts and the like.

Thinking about these things, Xin Zhen slowly fell asleep. Early the next morning, there was a commotion outside. Seeing that Xin Zhen was still sleeping, Xin Qi sneaked out. When he came back, his face was pale with fear.

Afterwards, a constable from the government came over and asked Xin Zhen about what happened last night. The constable was quite polite to Xin Zhen, probably because he knew that those who could kill zombies were all extraordinary people with amazing abilities, and it would not be a good thing to offend them.

If someone holds a grudge against you and comes to you in the middle of the night and cuts off your head, wouldn't that be unfair?
When he learned that Xin Zhen was a juren who had come to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he was even more glad that he had not offended this juren.

The constable was therefore very enthusiastic about Xin Zhen, running around for him, and even invited Xin Zhen to watch the government solve the case together.

Xin Zhen was quite interested and watched an investigation of that era. What surprised Xin Zhen was that the government actually invited a folk expert to cooperate in the investigation. The expert was called Shi Taipu. It was said that he was taught the mysterious method of exorcism by Taoist masters and was a well-known ghost exorcist in the area.

Shi Taipu was very young, probably about twenty years old, with a pretty handsome appearance and seemed quite smart.

After Shi Taipu arrived, he carefully examined the female corpse and the three dead people, and then gave a clear conclusion: the female corpse had undergone a zombie transformation for some reason, and the three dead people had their yang energy sucked away and died.

Shi Taipu then proposed a solution: the female corpse and the three merchants' bodies must be burned immediately to prevent them from being harmed by the evil spirit again.

After seeking consent from the innkeeper, his son, traveling merchants, and government officials, Shi Taipu immediately had firewood piled up in the open space behind the inn.

Then he offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, burned talismans, walked the Yu steps and other procedures, and then set fire to the four bodies.

However, the female corpse was burned separately from the other three corpses. This was naturally the request of the innkeeper.

(End of this chapter)