Chapter 38: The Fused Corpse

Outside this border city, most of the corpses have been handled and transported by the corpse-transporters.

Therefore, Xu Ran naturally knew about the powder corpse that Ning Caize had just mentioned.

Thus, after hearing this, he shook his head: "If we're talking about visual impact or olfactory impact, it certainly isn't as strong as that corpse, but well, anyway..."

He remained cryptic, exceptionally timid, and spoke vaguely.

It made one want to take a shovel and smack him.

However, after he said that, it at least gave everyone a rough idea.

The others also looked at him in unison.

Here, he retracted the corpse bag, hooked it with a shovel, and just nodded silently to indicate that was correct.

"What?!"

Subconsciously, he looked at the others, and then was surprised to find that upon hearing this, they had actually calmed down.

"Begin."

"Uh, probably, anyway, I feel like the boss and the others don't want to see it again." Xu Ran was somewhat uncertain.

"Ah!"

But Xu Ran, this guest corpse-transporter, now only felt that he had the worst luck in eight lifetimes; even digging the soil made his teeth ache!

"Hiss! So cold! What is this? Right, the yin-evil seeping into the body—how did you all manage to endure it? That's not right either, Old Ning developed a chronic illness because of this..."

Two men had been murdered, their hands tightly clasped and raised high, their feet pressed against each other and kicking straight out, just like close friends who had shared trials and tribulations and life and death.

What he cared about at this moment was that corpse.

However, it was only a lingering resonance after all; not to mention that his Yellow Earth Art had already reached mastery, even his minor success from yesterday would have allowed him to push it back and dissipate it without changing his expression.

"Ah? This... it's not impossible, but, uh, is now the right time to talk about this?"

When the moment arrived, Xu Ran's nervousness stirred once again.

Estimating the shape and size of the corpse, they dug a suitable pit, and because it was an evil-natured corpse, they dug as deep as they possibly could.

The corpse-buriers were already used to it and felt that this was much easier to bear than when it rained yesterday, so it wasn't much of a problem.

Of course, the reason Du En had his eye on it was because of the other two things.

Before, they were still bullying and extorting, hoarding wealth, and driving families to ruin while constantly growing stronger themselves, already having reached the late stage of Qi Refining; as the leaders of the bully gang who were invincible among the lower classes, they had actually died?!

They died without a ripple, and after death, they had to be arranged into this posture of close friends and family, two merged into one, stuck together!

"Ah!"

Xu Ran's expression became somewhat wooden; although he had interacted with Du En many times and they could be considered familiar with each other, he still couldn't quite keep up with the rhythm here.

It was definitely evil, but as long as it wasn't too disgusting, it wouldn't be too excessive, right?

Hmm! Upon arriving at this corpse-burying wasteland, these corpses, whether they were monsters or evil spirits, had to lie low, and in the end, they would be honestly buried by them!

Seeing that they had already motivated themselves, Du En didn't need to waste any extra breath and just took the lead in digging.

"This is the first time..."

Du En did not pay attention to this little interlude that eased the nerves.

Muttering to himself, he looked toward Du En.

Ning Caize, eager to save face, started coughing violently halfway through his sentence because he had inhaled the black dark-evil mist, making his half-sentence seem very unconvincing.

Secondly, it could also serve as a kind of bait to attract those carrion-eating beasts, with an effect comparable to a fresh, rotten, and stinking corpse.

That was one, no, it should be, a two-in-one corpse.

The previous strike of the shovel carried a certain lingering resonance that, through the barrier of the corpse bag and along the shovel, tried to influence and interfere with him.

Du En spoke as he arrived at the appropriate position.

Seeing the morale of the troops stable, he was filled with admiration!

As expected of someone naturally suited for this corpse-burying trade; upon arriving at this border city, he immediately brought it to life!

Watching Xu Ran's look of admiration, the other corpse-buriers couldn't help but puff out their chests, as if the praise was for them!

Of course, no matter how much they wanted to distract themselves, they still had to collect their emotions to face today's urgent, evil-natured corpse.

Although the other corpse-buriers did not change color excessively, they all frowned deeply.

Du En's eyes were calm as he asked Xu Ran: "You won't be needing this cart anymore, right?"

That black yin-evil soil turned into gusts of black mist, which did not easily dissipate at this time before the sun had risen to cast its light, seeping into everyone.

Du En thought silently, staring as the corpse bag was unsealed by magic, revealing the corpse inside.

"Don't talk nonsense, kid. How could I, because of such a simple situation, cough cough cough..."

He stammered, unable to speak, and hurriedly looked up to seek confirmation from Xu Ran.

For one, it could be used as a transport tool; on ordinary days, one could put tools, prey, medicinal herbs, and such in it, so one wouldn't have to carry them around while hunting or doing other things.

Ning Caize suddenly screamed and staggered, almost falling to the ground, leaving the other corpse-buriers full of confusion.

Xu Ran did not know that this was what Du En was actually thinking about right now.

He actually felt a subtle sense of unease in his heart; as he said this, he couldn't help but stare tightly at the corpse, and then, he suddenly couldn't continue, his eyes widening and his mouth hanging open as if he had seen a ghost.

Du En nodded silently: "Alright, since you don't want it anymore, then give it to us."

One person's face was pulled and fixed into a laughing expression, remaining in fear and despair, while the other's face was not fixed, swaying slightly as the skin and flesh rotted, looking like it was crying and laughing at the same time.

"Good, begin. You all step back a bit."

At this, the other corpse-buriers were also terrified.

Through his own estimation, he discovered that this corpse was a bit strange; it didn't look like just one?

He frowned inwardly and silently quickened his pace.

Wei Ming, the youngster among the corpse-buriers who had not been baptized by that powder corpse, couldn't help but let out a short sob from his throat the moment he saw the corpse.

"Ah, this, ah, this..."

However, Du En did not give him any chance to continue; he thrust his shovel into the gap, pried it hard, and sent the corpse bag flying off the cart toward the large pit.

Although this corpse-hauler's cart was not anything particularly precious, its basic materials were very sturdy, and having been soaked for years in the blood and corpse fluids of Qi Refining stage cultivators, it already counted as a raw material for a magical tool.

"Ah?"

"Ah!!!"

The corpse itself did not have a very thick evil nature, or rather, this evil nature was hidden obscurely, yet the identity of the deceased was enough to give the people living in poverty in the shanty area a hundred percent fright.

"Push the cart directly down?" Ning Caize was anxious and spoke quickly, "That doesn't seem to work; unless we take off the wheels, the depth won't be enough."

At this moment, Du En's calm voice rang out: "The leader of the Blood Eagle Gang and the leader of the Iron Hand Gang; I didn't expect it to be these two who were killed by an evil cultivator and then turned into this state."

"Tsk! Playing tricks!" Ning Caize, claiming to be experienced and knowledgeable, could not help but sneer, "It's just that the flesh and blood of those hands and feet are stuck together, and the appearance of the two human faces is just a little..."

With the pace being hurried along like this, when the sunlight finally appeared, seemingly late, a large pit had been dug.

No, I was just thinking that if we don't talk about this now, you might just run off with the cart after we finish burying the corpse.

So that's it, stabilizing the morale of the troops!

"Woo!"

His eyelids closed slightly.

It's just not easy to pull to the small courtyard because the road isn't wide enough, so it will have to be chopped up and modified later.

Du En thought silently to himself.

Just like the corpse-roasting last time, the evil nature would erupt and manifest when immersed in the deliciousness; now, with this fused corpse, the moment people realized its identity, the evil nature would suddenly explode, tearing through emotional willpower along the lines of the fear and hatred felt toward these two gang leaders.

Pfft~

A handful of yellow soil was tossed and landed on the corpse.

(End of this chapter)