Chapter 50: Monk Skin

The three of them set up quite a few supplies, including sour food, fruits, and seasonings, outside.

At first, it was calm, but as the scent began to drift, some of the ghost servants couldn't resist and cautiously ran over to lick them.

Soon, the number of ghost servants gathered more and more. Seeing this, the three of them quickly headed toward the room where the Stumbling Tiger was located.

According to the plan, Chu Danqing and Dabao hid first. After Guo Ming reached the courtyard, he began to cry out loudly: "Brother Chu, Brother Chu~"

Chu Danqing felt his scalp tingle; hearing him, he almost thought he had really fallen in.

Movement came from inside the room. The massive tiger shadow, draped in human skin, rushed out with a strange posture and hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

"Abbot, Brother Chu wanted to get some water and accidentally fell into the well."

Hearing this, Zen Master Yinke's face showed astonishment: "That is a dry well; where would there be water?"

Then, remembering something, he exclaimed: "Oh no!"

He rushed over in a slightly disheveled state, stretching his head into the well to see clearly.

The next moment, Chu Danqing and Dabao rushed out, and the three of them pushed together.

The two of them didn't count for much, but Dabao's Strength attribute was high; caught off guard, they pushed him in.

Chu Danqing reached out and grabbed the human skin, and the entire skin slipped off smoothly.

Wrapped inside the human skin was a mottled tiger that didn't look big at first, but it expanded as it slid down the well. By the time it hit the bottom, it had already recovered its original appearance.

Looking at the two people at the wellhead, it let out a heaven-shaking roar.

The sound wave formed by this tiger roar made Guo Ming unsteady, and it was thanks to Chu Danqing supporting him.

Dabao's actions were also swift; he moved two large stones in succession, stacking them together to seal the wellhead. The roaring sound suddenly became muffled and weakened.

"Dabao, kill the ghost servants," Chu Danqing ordered decisively. Dabao's 9 points of Agility erupted in an instant, and he rushed toward the location where the ghost servants were gathered with all his might.

Chu Danqing and Guo Ming didn't dare to stay either and quickly left.

The Stumbling Tiger needed time to get out, and they couldn't stay long.

On the other side, Chu Danqing held the human skin and asked, "Speak, what is the situation?"

Zen Master Yinke's human skin fluttered in his hand but remained silent.

"I know you are alive. If you don't speak, I will burn you first," Chu Danqing threatened.

The digitized data provided by the Scouting Art was Zen Master Yinke, not a ghost servant, which meant that although the real Abbot was only left with human skin, he was still there.

Otherwise, the name given should have been Ghost Servant.

"Why must you be so aggressive, Patron? I only want to survive," a helpless voice came from the human skin.

"Speak, what is at the bottom of the dry well, and why was the Stumbling Tiger so panicked?" Chu Danqing went straight to the point.

The Stumbling Tiger certainly wasn't afraid that Chu Danqing would really fall to the bottom of the well and make it lose a meal; there must be another secret at the bottom of the well.

"I didn't expect you to know it was a Stumbling Tiger," the human skin replied, then said: "Every time the Stumbling Tiger eats a person, it throws the skull into the bottom of the well."

"It seems to be feeding a vicious object."

Chu Danqing's face sank: "This is your temple, and you have been worn by the Stumbling Tiger more than once; how could you not know what is underneath?"

He didn't believe this Zen Master Yinke was anything good; he must have acted as a tiger's accomplice.

In fact, Chu Danqing already had a vague guess; he suspected it was a Corpse-Stumbling.

But then he thought, the Corpse-Stumbling should be on the Stumbling Tiger.

This made him wonder what was at the bottom of the well that could make the Stumbling Tiger so panicked.

"I don't know about that; why don't you go see for yourself, Patron?" Zen Master Yinke appeared stubborn.

Seeing this, Chu Danqing could only roll it up, take a thick hemp rope from his storage space, tie it into a cylinder shape, and tie it to his waist along the rope.

With that attitude, he definitely knew why but refused to say it.

So the other party was still valuable.

Chu Danqing's method was rough, and this behavior made Zen Master Yinke wail, shouting for him to be gentle.

The 1 point of Constitution was truly low; Chu Danqing's behavior just now had even scraped the skin of Zen Master Yinke's human skin.

"Practicing evil arts while alive, that's why you became a Painted Skin after death," Guo Ming sneered, then said: "First apply a layer of lard, then roast you an inch above a candle."

"Supplemented by cold water, it will definitely make a Painted Skin ghost like you wish you were dead!"

Once Guo Ming's words came out, Zen Master Yinke stopped shouting; clearly, this method was truly effective against it.

"Perfect, I have candles, lard, and clean water," Chu Danqing said, taking out the corresponding items from his storage space at the same time.

Looking at this, he wanted to try this method immediately.

"Wait!" Zen Master Yinke was truly afraid: "The object at the bottom of the well is indeed related to my temple."

"It is not difficult for me to say it, but you must first kill this Stumbling Tiger to avenge the Nanshan Temple."

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing did not refuse: "It's a deal."

After speaking, he put the items away.

"Before that, tell me what weaknesses the Stumbling Tiger has." Chu Danqing could wait a moment to know the truth about the bottom of the well.

The urgent matter now was to kill the Stumbling Tiger.

Without the threat of the Stumbling Tiger, according to Guo Ming's knowledge base, there were plenty of ways to make Zen Master Yinke talk.

"There is a strange monster lurking in the tiger's mouth, transformed from one of the three corpses of the human body, named 'Stumble'."

"Only by eliminating this object first can the Stumbling Tiger be killed."

"Secondly, there is the left hind leg; when the Stumbling Tiger hadn't become a spirit, it was caught in a hunter's trap and has been crippled ever since," Zen Master Yinke hurriedly said.

Guo Ming, who was on the side, showed a look of surprise when he heard the word "three corpses," as if he hadn't expected to encounter the three corpses here.

From this expression, it could be seen that he knew the origin of the three corpses.

"I already knew this; tell me something I don't know. It's nothing more than the Taiping Dao plotting in secret," Chu Danqing didn't intend to hide it.

Then Zen Master Yinke suggested killing the ghost servants first, but before he could finish, Chu Danqing punched him to make him shut up.

"Since the Stumbling Tiger is transformed from the 'Stumble' of the Three Corpses Severing Art in the Human Scroll of the 'Taiping Book', I do know a weakness."

"My father once had old ties with people from the Taiping Dao and heard of a spell used when severing the three corpses, which can disturb the three corpses."

"This spell is not difficult, just forty characters; I will pass it on to Brother Chu," Guo Ming said.

Chu Danqing was surprised; what exactly was Guo Ming's background to know even this?

He didn't worry about Guo Ming having ulterior motives.

He went to great lengths to get himself injured, lost his servants, and even pretended to be unconscious in a snowdrift; what was he after?

If he were truly injured, and he didn't run but went to kill the Zhanji Tiger with someone whose background he didn't know, wouldn't that be pure suicide?

"Good, I will not decline," Chu Danqing didn't push it away and agreed directly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 51 =====