Chapter 123: The Qin Corpse Breaks the Seal

Even if there was danger below, Jiu Jie clearly still did not want to leave; after all, there was a treasure down there that could make one wealthy enough to rival a nation.

Zhang Wei immediately said, "Are you still not leaving?"

Lin Laoshi said directly, "Officer, you wouldn't be thinking of keeping it all for yourself, would you?"

Jiu Jie also chimed in, "Officer, how about this: you eliminate the supernatural things below, and we split the money."

Zhang Wei found it somewhat amusing: "You really are the type who won't give up until they see the Yellow River."

A Qiu immediately said, "Four-six, we take four, you take six."

Zhang Wei continued to look at them with a smile on his face.

Jiu Jie said with a bitter face, "Three-seven, we take three."

Seeing that Zhang Wei wasn't paying attention, Lin Laoshi immediately inserted the key into the notch and twisted it, directly unlocking the seal.

Zhang Wei exclaimed, "What sound is that? Oh no!"

The Eight Trigrams on the ground shattered instantly, and the four of them fell straight into the pit.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei reacted in time; he didn't fall and stood steadily at the mouth of the well above the seal.

Meanwhile, Lin Laoshi, Jiu Jie, and A Qiu had tumbled down and were lying on the ground wailing.

Immediately after, Shi Chun's voice came from above: "Sergeant Zhang, are you alright?"

Zhang Wei replied, "I'm fine."

Having said that, he looked around; because the moon was obscured by dark clouds, the pit was pitch black, and one could not even see their own fingers.

Zhang Wei had no choice but to take out his Eight Trigrams Mirror and chant a spell to activate it; the mirror immediately emitted a golden light, giving the pit a glimmer of illumination.

Having recovered his strength, Lin Laoshi stood up and took out a lighter; as soon as he lit it, he saw a male corpse covered in scars right in front of him.

Lin Laoshi screamed in terror and hurriedly backed away.

Zhang Wei took one look and immediately said, "Don't move around, get close to me right now!"

Lin Laoshi, Jiu Jie, and A Qiu hurriedly huddled beside Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei told them to stay by the edge of the well while taking out a Corpse-Suppressing Talisman.

Just as he walked in front of the male corpse, the dark clouds in the sky parted, and a ray of moonlight fell into the pit; the male corpse, which had been quiet and motionless just a moment ago, immediately opened its eyes and let out a loud roar.

It lunged straight at Zhang Wei, who immediately held up the Eight Trigrams Mirror to shine it at the male corpse; black energy erupted from the corpse's body, and it was sent flying back.

"Help!"

"Ah! Sergeant Zhang, save me!"

"Ah, there's a supernatural entity!"

Lin Laoshi, Jiu Jie, and A Qiu happened to be attacked by three other female corpses; they screamed and begged Zhang Wei for help.

Zhang Wei didn't have time to place the Corpse-Suppressing Talisman on the male corpse he had just repelled; he hurriedly turned around, took a running start, stepped off the well edge to leap up, and kicked a female corpse, saving A Qiu.

A Qiu said with a look of delight, "Thank you, Sergeant Zhang, you're so cool!"

Zhang Wei had no time to acknowledge A Qiu's praise; he immediately held the Eight Trigrams Mirror to shine it at the female corpse that was choking Jiu Jie, sending it flying.

Following that, he immediately stepped forward and punched the back of the female corpse that was choking Lin Laoshi, slamming both it and Lin Laoshi against the wall.

The female corpse felt the pain and immediately lunged at Zhang Wei with claws outstretched; Zhang Wei immediately held the Eight Trigrams Mirror to shine it at the female corpse, sending it flying.

The female corpse crashed into Lin Laoshi, and Lin Laoshi wailed once more.

The next second, Zhang Wei stuck the Corpse-Suppressing Talisman onto the female corpse, and it immediately became motionless.

"Ah!"

The other three walking corpses roared, and a burst of resentful energy sprayed out; Zhang Wei hurriedly pulled Lin Laoshi away to dodge.

He pushed Lin Laoshi aside and shouted to those above: "Sergeant Shi, hurry and find a rope to save them and get them out!"

He then took out protective talismans and threw them to the three of them, saying, "Protect yourselves!"

Having said that, he immediately took out his Copper Coin Sword, bit his finger, smeared his essence blood on it, and chanted a spell to activate it.

The Copper Coin Sword immediately erupted with golden light and flew toward a walking corpse; the corpse hurriedly dodged, using its resentful energy to obstruct the sword's attack.

Zhang Wei let out a long sigh of relief; now he only needed to deal with two walking corpses.

The two walking corpses attacked from both sides; Zhang Wei immediately took out the Eight Trigrams Mirror to shine it at the male corpse, forcing it back, and then reached out to take a Corpse-Suppressing Talisman to stick onto the other walking corpse.

The walking corpse swept its arms horizontally, knocking away the hand Zhang Wei was holding the talisman with, and opened its mouth to spray out resentful energy.

Zhang Wei hurriedly retreated, dodging the mouthful of foul-smelling resentful energy.

He immediately pulled the Seven-Star Bronze Sword from his Universe Bag and thrust it at the female corpse.

"Ah!"

The female corpse let out a miserable shriek, then fell to the ground and turned to ash.

"Stop, don't move!"

Hearing a loud shout, Zhang Wei hurriedly looked up and saw two female corpses running out.

The remaining male corpse blocked the pursuing Copper Coin Sword.

Zhang Wei was furious and immediately attacked with his sword; the male corpse could not withstand it and was quickly killed by Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei had no time to linger; he immediately used his momentum to jump up to the mouth of the pit and said to Chen Longshi above, "Continue saving the people, I'm going to Sanjia Village."

He immediately chased after them and arrived directly inside Sanjia Village.

"Ah!"

A scream came from a courtyard not far away.

Zhang Wei cursed under his breath and hurriedly rushed over.

As soon as he reached the small courtyard, he saw that the female corpse had already killed the homeowner; Zhang Wei was furious and immediately drew his Seven-Star Bronze Sword to slash at it.

The female corpse hurriedly flew onto the roof to dodge.

Zhang Wei cursed, hurriedly took out the Eight Trigrams Mirror to shine it, and a beam of golden light shot out, wounding the female corpse's shoulder.

But at this moment, a howl came from the back mountain, and Zhang Wei looked up to see all the moonlight essence shining into the private restricted area of the back mountain.

Zhang Wei's expression changed drastically, and he secretly thought, "Not good."

As for the injured female corpse, she was overjoyed and immediately flew away, and the other female corpse also hurriedly flew away.

At this time, the people in the village had all woken up, and Li Biao already knew that something had happened in the private restricted area.

Zhang Wei hurriedly arrived at Li Biao's home and said, "The seal has been broken, it is very dangerous here, you must leave here quickly."

Li Biao did not speak; he gave a look to the heads of the other two families, including the Qian family, and then said, "We cannot leave here, Officer. You must help us resolve this matter. Afterwards, we will reward you heavily."

Zhang Wei frowned and said, "I feel a powerful resentment. The thing that has broken out is too strong; I have no chance of winning!"

At this time, the elders in the ancestral hall hurriedly knelt down to plead with Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei said helplessly, "I will do my best!"

Before long, Shi Chun returned with Jiu Jie and the others, and Zhang Wei immediately asked, "What happened in the private restricted area? Why did a strange entity break out?"

Lin Laoshi said with a bitter face, "I dropped a stone, and it seems to have smashed the seal."

Zhang Wei glared at Lin Laoshi, then looked at Shi Chun and said, "Take these Peace Talismans and Corpse-Suppressing Talismans to protect the residents. I will deal with the thing that broke out."

Shi Chun immediately saluted and said, "Yes, Officer. Chen Longshi, follow me!"

After Zhang Wei sent them away, he arrived at the intersection of the town and saw the old corpse in the distance, as well as the two female corpses that had escaped.

"That is a Qin corpse from two thousand years ago; it was a great general of the Qin Dynasty."

The voice from beside him startled Zhang Wei. He hurriedly turned his head to look, and it turned out that the one speaking was his grand-uncle-master, Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng continued, "When Qin Shi Huang was campaigning against Nan Yue, many Qin soldiers died in the south."

Someone refined a Qin general's corpse into a Demonic Corpse. This Qin corpse was passed around until it reached the Nanyang region, and was later transported back by someone who treated it as a treasure."

"The ancestors of Little East Bay were blinded by greed and killed everyone on the ship. Those people's resentment could not be dissipated, and it was all absorbed by the Qin corpse."

"If you want to destroy this Qin corpse, you must go to the private restricted area, enter the tower, and obtain a Zhong Kui Treasure Sword and three Corpse-Suppressing Coins to resolve this Qin corpse."

Zhang Wei asked in confusion, "How could this Zhong Kui Treasure Sword be here? Could it be that the Qin corpse was sealed during the Tang Dynasty?"

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "That is not the case. The reason why the Zhong Kui Treasure Sword and the Qin corpse were in the seal is because someone among the ancestors of the Li, Qian, and other three families studied Daoist arts and wanted to resolve the disaster."

It is just a pity that her cultivation was insufficient, and she ultimately failed, only being able to use the Zhong Kui Treasure Sword to assist the seal in suppressing the Qin corpse together.

You must be careful when you go down; that Daoist has already become a Shui Gui, and their strength should not be underestimated."

Zhang Wei said in surprise, "No way, it's that difficult?"

Zhang Cheng said indifferently, "Alright, the method of resolution has already been told to you; the rest is up to you."

Zhang Wei still wanted to ask, but in the next second, Zhang Cheng's figure had disappeared.

He muttered, "Coming all this way, just to say this and then leave?"

He really wanted his grand-uncle-master to step in and resolve this matter, but unfortunately, he was thinking too much.

Zhang Wei now understood why the people here would not leave; it turned out that the treasure in the private restricted area belonged to them.

He immediately called over Shi Chun and said, "Chief Shi, haven't you been investigating why the Qian, Li, and other three families in the village have always been wealthy?"

Shi Chun hurriedly asked, "Officer Zhang, do you have a lead?"

Zhang Wei explained, "There is a treasure in the private restricted area on the back mountain, and those treasures belong to the Qian, Li, and the other families."

Shi Chun suddenly realized and said, "These people are descendants of pirates!"

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "That is likely the case. These people are unwilling to leave because of the treasure in the back mountain. If I resolve these strange entities, I fear these villagers will turn against me."

Shi Chun hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?"

Zhang Wei looked around and said softly, "You had best return to the police station, call headquarters, and have them send reinforcements quickly."

Shi Chun nodded and said, "Good, I will go now."

Zhang Wei looked outside again; the Qin corpse had taken the two female corpses and disappeared to who knows where.

At this time, the roosters in the village began to crow, and soon the sun appeared on the horizon.

Zhang Wei saw the sun and breathed a sigh of relief; now he could first go find the Zhong Kui Treasure Sword and the three Corpse-Suppressing Coins.

He could not care about resting and immediately arrived at the private restricted area on the back mountain. He arrived at the bottom, looked at the broken wellhead, and immediately jumped down.

Zhang Wei jumped down and discovered it was a tunnel. Fortunately, he steadied his figure and walked down slowly.

Upon reaching the bottom, he saw a large pit in front of him, filled with bamboo spikes and poisonous snakes, and directly in front was a corridor.

He secretly thought that there must be traps on this path.

Zhang Wei looked up at the vines in mid-air, stepped back slightly, and then made a dash, grabbing the vines in the air to swing to the corridor on the opposite side.

After landing, he immediately checked the surrounding walls, looking for a mechanism.

However, Zhang Wei did not find a mechanism, but instead found a secret passage.

He had no choice but to use the vines to jump back. He walked back and saw a triangular stone protruding from the wall, so he pushed it inward.

Soon, a 'rumbling' sound came from the corridor.

Zhang Wei immediately walked over to look and discovered that the stone door of the secret passage had opened.

He immediately grabbed the vines and swung over again. He walked into the secret passage and soon arrived at the entrance of a water pool.

Zhang Wei glanced at the water pool and discovered a faint corpse aura. He remembered what his grand-uncle-master had said, that there was still a powerful Shui Gui below.

He had no choice but to take out his Seven-Star Copper Sword and then jumped into the water.

As soon as he jumped into the water, the Shui Gui in the pool woke up.

Like her, a Shui Gui who died in the water, her strength had been enhanced, and now she could clearly perceive Zhang Wei's location.

In the next second, she turned into a stream of water and rushed directly toward Zhang Wei.

When the Shui Gui approached within twenty meters of Zhang Wei, the Eight Trigrams Mirror on Zhang Wei's body began to heat up.

Zhang Wei immediately chanted the Golden Light Divine Incantation. The Shui Gui rushed over and collided with Zhang Wei; water waves erupted between the two, and Zhang Wei was directly sent flying far away.

He hurriedly steadied his body, immediately took out his Gold Coin Sword, bit his finger, chanted an incantation to consecrate it, and threw it out.

However, the Gold Coin Sword flew around like a headless fly.

Zhang Wei secretly thought the water ghost was formidable; he hurriedly took out his compass, but the compass was spinning wildly in all directions.

Zhang Wei was greatly alarmed, so he had no choice but to put away the compass and then chant a spell to open his spirit eyes.

At this, he saw that the yin energy in the water was densely knotted, making it difficult to see the water ghost's figure, yet it also seemed as if the water ghost was everywhere.

Zhang Wei had no choice but to predict the water ghost's position, holding the Seven-Star Bronze Sword to slash out a strike.

"Boom!"

Zhang Wei was secretly pleased; this strike had been effective, but it had not caused any damage to the water ghost.

The next second, the Eight Trigrams Mirror became scorching hot again; Zhang Wei hurriedly chanted a spell and clashed head-on with the water ghost.

Zhang Wei tumbled several times in the water again before he could steady his figure.

He hurriedly pulled out the Eight Trigrams Mirror, wiped it directly with his essence blood to consecrate it, and shouted, "Command!"

The Eight Trigrams Mirror immediately erupted with powerful, brilliant light, illuminating all directions.

"Ah!"

The water ghost in the pool let out a pained cry and then revealed its form.

That water ghost was a female Daoist, still wearing a Daoist robe on her body.

Zhang Wei murmured, "No wonder it's so formidable; it turns out she really was a Daoist. It looks like her cultivation was very high before she died."

The water ghost's pale face immediately became ferocious; she let out a hiss and transformed into a water tornado to attack.

Zhang Wei secretly thought, "Not good," and hurriedly swung his sword to slash out a blow.

"Boom!"

Zhang Wei only felt it was unbearable, and his entire body was sent flying backward again.

Fortunately, he knew the Turtle Breathing Technique, otherwise he would have exhausted the air in his lungs due to these few impacts.

Zhang Wei was secretly annoyed; he immediately retreated and swam toward the mouth of the pool, and the water ghost immediately gave chase.

Zhang Wei increased his speed, then arrived at the mouth of the pool and climbed straight up.

The water ghost pursued relentlessly and arrived directly at the mouth of the pool.

Seeing the water ghost emerge, Zhang Wei took out that Five-Thunder Talisman and shouted, "Command!"

Suddenly, several bolts of lightning fell from the void, and the water ghost, having no time to react, was struck until her soul scattered and she perished.

Zhang Wei felt a wave of relief and laughed, "Told you to chase me, get struck to death, you loser."

After a while, Zhang Wei re-entered the pool and then arrived inside the pagoda, but strangely, apart from a long chest, no treasure was found inside the pagoda.

Zhang Wei murmured, "Isn't there supposed to be treasure? Where did it all go?"

(End of this chapter)