Chapter 503: The Thoughts of Ye Canghai

In truth, Ye Canghai had concealed much; the Sun Moon Divine Pearl did not have the power to bring the dead back to life.

The greatest efficacy of the Sun Moon Divine Pearl was to nourish one's physical body and nurture the Soul.

Xiao Yu's body could not hold on much longer.

Back then, when he obtained intelligence regarding the Sun Moon Divine Pearl, he hurriedly brought Xiao Yu here.

He had originally thought he could obtain the Sun Moon Divine Pearl in a month and return home quickly, but he never expected that upon entering Corpse City, he would be imprisoned here.

The Barrier of Corpse City could not be broken.

This place was filled with many seventh-tier zombies; even though he was hailed as the existence closest in strength to a Pillar of the Nation, Ye Canghai still did not want to clash head-on with Mao Shiba.

Because he had a soft spot in his heart, and that was Xiao Yu, Zhang Yu.

After Zhang Yu's younger sister, the eternal songstress Zhang Tianai, sacrificed herself on the Nantianmen battlefield years ago, Zhang Yu was overcome with great grief and used a forbidden technique when facing the Blood Saint Child.

By the time Ye Canghai found out, Zhang Yu had already fallen into a coma.

Moreover, her condition was very poor, and she could die at any moment; furthermore, at this time, Ye Canghai discovered that Zhang Yu was pregnant.

Helpless, Ye Canghai made a hasty decision.

He first caused Zhang Yu to fall into a state of suspended animation, then took advantage of when everyone was busy to bring Zhang Yu out and modified a portion of the memories in the Heart Moon Hairpin.

Then, he used a portion of the Sun Moon essence from the Sun Moon Sky Wolf Blade to help Xiao Yu regain consciousness.

Finally, he faked his death to escape, abandoning his former identity as Kuimulang.

He felt that after becoming Kuimulang, he never had time to accompany his wife; he wanted to live the life of an ordinary person, and Zhang Yu's body was also getting worse and worse.

A seventh-tier Pet Beast Master regressed into a fifth-tier Pet Beast Master in just a few months; by the time Zhang Yu gave birth to their big, chubby boy, she was already an ordinary person without any cultivation.

Even Zhang Yu's Beast Taming Space was sealed, and every one of her Pet Beasts was willing to be sealed.

Otherwise, if they moved even slightly, the Beast Taming Space would shatter completely, and Zhang Yu would die as a result.

He and Zhang Yu lived together as ordinary people for over a decade just like that.

He had originally thought this life would continue forever, but Zhang Yu suddenly falling into a coma truly made Ye Canghai panic completely.

That was why he disregarded everything and brought Zhang Yu to sneak into Corpse City.

However, after arriving at Corpse City, Ye Canghai unexpectedly discovered the Life Spring Water born in a place of extreme Yin.

Under the nourishment of the Life Spring Water, Zhang Yu gradually regained her spirit, and her strength also recovered to the fifth tier, but to get completely better, he had to obtain the Sun Moon Divine Pearl to thoroughly stabilize Zhang Yu's divine soul.

Moreover, Ye Canghai also discovered that Zhang Yu's memories had become chaotic; she no longer remembered that she had given birth to a child.

She only remembered that her younger sister had died, and she wanted to take the Sun Moon Divine Pearl to save her sister.

"Xiao Yu, let's wait a little longer."

"Mao Shiba is currently in a state of seclusion; with my abilities, I cannot contend with Mao Shiba at the moment."

"We can only wait for an opportunity; when Corpse City falls into chaos, that will be our chance."

"We must pay with time and patience to achieve the best result."

In the many days and nights here, Ye Canghai was always reflecting and feeling remorseful.

He had left his young child behind and hadn't even left much living money.

If his child saw him, would they resent him and think he was an unqualified father?

Suddenly, Ye Canghai received a message.

Helpless, he could only disguise himself as a zombie again and crawl out through a dog hole.

When Ye Canghai arrived at a remote shack, the zombies inside the shack had all been suppressed by yellow talismans, and the entire room had been shielded.

"Paper Man Nan, what is the matter that you suddenly called me over?"

Ye Canghai and Paper Man Nan were friends who had known each other for many years; back then, the Southwest was the territory Ye Canghai patrolled.

It was precisely because of Ye Canghai's protection that the Paper Maker Lineage had been safe and sound for so many years.

Paper Man Nan was also the only person who knew Ye Canghai's identity.

"I'll tell you some good news: Yan Country is preparing to take action against the Mao Family's Corpse City."

"The members of the Inspection Team coming this time are the new Kuimulang, Zhang Yuelu, and two others I don't know, but I heard that your lover's sister has also been urgently conscripted to head to the Southwest as a member of the Inspection Team."

"My lover's sister?"

"Zhang Tianai?"

"No way, she isn't dead?"

Upon hearing this news, Ye Canghai was very agitated.

If Zhang Yu knew this news, she would definitely be very happy.

No, this news must be concealed for now, because the Sun Moon Divine Pearl has not been obtained yet.

Otherwise, Xiao Yu would definitely urge me to leave this place.

"She died, then was saved; she is currently searching for the whereabouts of her older sister."

"This time, Yan Country looks like it is playing for real."

"The Kuimulang sent this time is said to be the strongest existence among the Twenty-Eight Mansions; his strength can even rival a Pillar of the Nation."

"What a pity; you could have originally become a Pillar of the Nation, but because of saving your lover, you sacrificed too much time and power."

"You were originally an existence that could have challenged the rank of Pillar of the Nation."

Paper Man Nan said with extreme regret.

If Kuimulang had become a Pillar of the Nation, the Paper Craftsmen would have had someone backing them.

"If something happened to Xiao Yu, so what if I became a Pillar of the Nation?"

Ye Canghai's words made Paper Man Nan roll his eyes.

A man with good strength and good looks, but unfortunately, he was a romantic fool.

"How does Yan Country plan to act this time?"

"Mao Shiba is not someone to be trifled with."

Corpse City is considered a major threat to the heart of Yan Country; if one day Mao Shiba wanted to become the king of the Southwest, releasing a massive number of zombies would be enough to turn the entire Southwest into a land of zombies.

"Are the Marshals really that unconcerned? Just sending two of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, just because they think there are no problems?"

Ye Canghai was also speechless.

"How could I possibly find out about the decisions made by your Yan Country? I know you have always wanted to obtain the Sun Moon Divine Pearl; this is an opportunity."

"At the same time, my paper figures have also gathered quite a bit of intelligence; the Exotic Beast zombies have been dissatisfied with Mao Shiba for a long time."

"They want to rebel and defect to Yan Country."

"With the Exotic Beast zombies leading the charge, Corpse City will fall into complete chaos."

At this moment, Ye Canghai thought of another question.

"Corpse City is located within a mustard-seed space; how do the members of the Inspection Team enter here?"

This was something Ye Canghai had not figured out.

"Sometimes I think you are very shrewd, and sometimes I think you are foolish to a fault."

"Of course it is I who point out the path to Corpse City for them."

"However, the guy leading them is very shrewd; Mao Shiba, that old salted fish with eight hundred schemes, is no match for him, let alone the simple and stupid Mao Family Patriarch."

"I want to let you know what it means when it is easy to invite a god but hard to send one away."

As the ancestor of the Paper Maker Lineage, if the Paper Craftsmen were wiped out in one fell swoop, would Paper Man Nan not lose face?

On the train, Lady Bat arrived with Zhang Tianai.

Ye Bai looked at the two who had suddenly appeared with slight surprise.

"According to the special instructions of the Yellow Dragon Marshal, Zhang Tianai and I are joining the special Inspection Team."

"Zhang Tianai's Soul Sound can perform Purification on Undead-type Exotic Beasts."

At this time, Ye Bai expressed some lack of understanding; after all, zombies are undead creatures, but they are artificially created.

Can a Soul Diva perform Purification on such undead creatures?

"Since the last trip to the seabed, the Soul Diva has had excellent coordination with Lan Fa's Sin Mirror Girl."

"According to our test results, the Soul Diva's Clone using the Extinction Song has half the effect of the Soul Diva's singing."

"But even this half is enough to perform Purification on Undead-type Exotic Beasts."

"We have already tested it on zombies; it can instantly make black corpse fire erupt on the zombies, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, the zombies will be completely reduced to ashes."

A quarter of an hour is fifteen minutes, and half a quarter of an hour is 7.5 minutes; that time is a bit long.

The zombies won't just wait for you to finish singing.

"Ye Bai, I also have the data on the zombies refined by Mao Shiba, provided by the Yellow Dragon Marshal."

"Except for the most famous Exotic Beast zombies which we don't have, we have the data for most of the zombies here."

Lady Bat lifted the silver Handbag in her hand.

"This mission is quite arduous, but Youji must guard the Haishenyuan Mijing and cannot make it over for the time being."

"However, Youji generously brought out the great lethal weapon, the Sun Moon Divine Pearl."

Lady Bat opened the Handbag, and three beads as bright as the sun appeared before everyone.

"Damn, so blinding."

"Mom, you didn't say anything in advance."

"Damn it, my eyes can't see anything."

Lady Bat heard bursts of screams and immediately closed the Handbag.

It took a long time for everyone to recover their vision.

"Lady Bat, next time you should also say something in advance; this Sun Moon Divine Pearl is really blinding."

"Don't talk about zombies; I even felt like I was being sent to the afterlife by the Sun Moon Divine Pearl."

Zhang Yuelu complained.

"Sorry, sorry, I also rushed over immediately after receiving this thing from Youji, and Youji didn't explain it very clearly."

*Achoo! * Youji, who was guarding the Haoshen Abyss, suddenly sneezed.

Mom, who is thinking of me again? Could it be that little girl Lady Bat?

Youji had originally wanted to set off immediately to destroy Corpse City.

But just before setting off, he discovered an anomaly in the sky barrier of the Haoshen Abyss.

Only hearing a few *crack, crack* sounds, several Space Rifts appeared instantly.

So Youji did not come over temporarily, but entrusted Lady Bat to transport the great lethal weapon, the Sun Moon Divine Pearl.

"Alright, everyone must follow unified command."

"In fact, the more people there are, the lower the safety; everyone must pay attention to their own safety at all times."

"Now I will organize the teams for everyone; it just so happens we have six people now."

"Lan Fa and Zhang Tianai are in one group."

"Zhang Yuelu and Lady Bat are in one group."

"I am in a group with Yun Luo."

Lan Fa and Zhang Tianai's abilities complement each other; with them in one pair, they can well utilize the advantages of the Soul Diva.

At the same time, Lan Fa possesses many items that can guard against risks.

Zhang Yuelu is skilled in Gu poison, but her evasion is a bit weak, while Lady Bat is skilled in evasion; with the two together, their mobility will be much higher.

As for Yun Luo, her Word Spirit is a great lethal weapon, but it cannot be used unless it is a critical moment; not only will it damage Yun Luo's luck, but it may also damage Yun Luo's lifespan.

So it is safer to keep Yun Luo in front of me.

If the Rooster of the West Pillar of the Nation cannot arrive in time, Ye Bai will only be able to activate Yun Luo's ability.

"The Southwest is so big, where should we start our investigation?"

Yun Luo suddenly asked.

"We will go to investigate wherever the most people have gone missing; there must be zombies haunting those places."

Ye Bai immediately thought of a solution.

In Zhong Nan Shi, pedestrians on the road walked by in a hurry; even in broad daylight, no one lingered on the streets.

They looked at everything around them with panicked expressions, and even the gates of the security station were firmly locked by triple iron bolts.

At night, this city turned directly into a dead city; no one dared to let out a single glimmer of light when getting up at night, for fear of being targeted by some unknown monster.

Quite a few people had already moved out of Zhong Nan Shi.

But these people disappeared inexplicably halfway through their journey.

This caused the entire citizenry of Zhong Nan Shi to be in a state of panic.

The sky was covered in dark clouds, as if a heaven-drenching catastrophe were about to arrive.

Ye Bai investigated the population disappearance situation in Zhong Nan Shi.

It was not optimistic.

In just over half a year, the number of missing persons had reached a full ten thousand or more.

Moreover, most of them disappeared suddenly, and no bodies could be found at all.

As for the wave of people who had moved away from Zhong Nan Shi, there was even less trace of them.

Could the Mao Family's actions be this rampant?

No wonder even the Marshal could not tolerate the Mao Family continuing to provoke them.

"The situation in Zhong Nan Shi is very bad, and quite a few people have gone missing in other cities as well."

"Across the entire great Southwest, there are actually over one hundred thousand people whose whereabouts are unknown."

"The Mao Family truly has such great audacity."

After a detailed investigation, Ye Bai discovered the detailed disappearance data that had been hidden by the department.

Because a portion of the people were vagrants or residents of slums, this part of the data was suppressed by them and not reported.

There was also a portion who were people traveling into the Southwest; because they had not registered, this part of the data could only be obtained through the statistical data of missing persons in various regions.

Among them, a portion of the people had been to the Southwest before they went missing.

"It seems now that the Southwest has truly reached a point where it must be rectified."

In Ye Bai's heart, the Mao Family were already dead men.

However, Ye Bai still intended to kill Mao Shiba in one fell swoop during the Zombie Worshiping the Moon.

As for the ancestors of the Mao Family, it would likely have to be left to Tian Yangzi.

Now, more evidence must be investigated to prove that these people's disappearances were the work of the Mao Family.

Therefore, Ye Bai planned to stay in Zhong Nan Shi for a period of time to find evidence that the missing people were killed by zombies.

"Perhaps even a portion of the high-level officials in Zhong Nan Shi are involved in the disappearances; they acted as a protective umbrella, shielding the crimes of the Mao Family."

Otherwise, how could such a massive oversight go unreported?

Those were, after all, naked, individual human lives.

For the first time, Ye Bai felt the important responsibility he held as an Inspector.

To execute corrupt officials above and demons and monsters below, and to purge the treacherous and wicked—this was the primary mission of an Inspector.

Just at this moment, Yun Luo looked at the map and discovered a very important piece of intelligence.

(End of this chapter)