Chapter 25: Exterminating the Jiangshi Wang on Coffin Mountain

This time it was only because Master Jin Bao Zhenren was present; otherwise, given Zhang Cheng's strength, he would be no match for Senior Brother Shi Jian at all. No wonder Lin Fengjiao was dissatisfied with Shi Jian yet dared not make a move—this Shi Jian is too strong, he is no longer a mortal.

Putting it that way, his master, Jin Bao Zhenren, is even stronger; Senior Brother Shi Jian is simply vulnerable to a single blow before him. It is no wonder Jin Bao Zhenren could rush over from Mount Luofu in such a short time.

Before, he felt he was quite capable, but now it seems he is still just a small fry. With Shi Jian's strength, that so-called Hairy Zombie could be hammered to death by him with a single casual basic attack.

Although Zhang Cheng felt envious, he did not lose confidence; after all, he had only been cultivating for a few months, whereas Senior Brother Shi Jian had been cultivating for decades.

Therefore, he only needs to advance steadily and surely, and sooner or later he will have strength like Shi Jian's.

Now that the matter of Senior Brother Shi Jian has been resolved, it is the perfect time to wipe out that group of zombies on Coffin Mountain. This way, he can also collect a wave of merit and reach the perfection of the Dugo Qi-Refining Method sooner.

Once he finishes learning the incantations in the Dugo Register, he can ask his master to bestow the second-level register upon him.

Zhang Cheng brought Qiusheng and Wencai back to Lin Fengjiao's Daoist temple. Lin Fengjiao asked happily, "Junior Brother, has the matter been resolved?"

Zhang Cheng laughed and said, "That goes without saying. With Master stepping in, what problems could there be?"

Lin Fengjiao chuckled, "It's just that you, Little Junior Brother, are favored by Master. Senior Brother owes you a favor this time."

Zhang Cheng changed the subject and said, "I heard there is a Coffin Mountain outside the town, and there are at least sixty zombies on the mountain. With your methods, Senior Brother, solving these zombies should be no problem. But you haven't acted yet—presumably, you knew it was an arrangement by the Eldest Senior Brother?"

Lin Fengjiao nodded and said, "Indeed. The Eldest Senior Brother has become increasingly reckless these past few years. If this continues, I fear he will degenerate into an evil path. This time, I could only rely on you, Little Junior Brother."

Zhang Cheng understood now; the matter of the Ghost Festival was likely something Lin Fengjiao had handled while he was at it.

He was not annoyed, as Lin Fengjiao doing this was a good thing for the local people. He then said, "In that case, I will go with you, Senior Brother, to resolve the zombies on Coffin Mountain."

Lin Fengjiao was overjoyed and quickly said, "Then I will trouble you, Little Junior Brother."

Lin Fengjiao and Zhang Cheng arrived at Coffin Mountain during the day, and Zhang Cheng saw the dense rows of coffins in the woods on the hillside—at least sixty of them!

Lin Fengjiao explained, "This used to be a bandit den. The bandits here were betrayed by an insider and wiped out by the government, leaving their corpses scattered across the wilderness. But these bandits had families who secretly collected the remains, yet because their resentment could not be dispelled, they were abandoned here.

Look at the coffin on the high platform in the distance; inside is a Hairy Zombie Copper-Armored Corpse. In a few more days, it will become a Silver-Armored Corpse. Its resentment is very heavy. As long as we eliminate this Jiangshi Wang, the remaining zombies will be nothing to worry about."

Zhang Cheng nodded slightly and said, "Senior Brother, then I will trouble you."

Lin Fengjiao did not decline; after all, he had used Zhang Cheng to deal with the Eldest Senior Brother this time, so he had no choice but to charge into the pile of coffins with his sword, heading straight for the Jiangshi Wang.

Zhang Cheng immediately took out his peach-wood sword and, while Lin Fengjiao was entangled with the Jiangshi Wang, opened the coffins and stabbed the zombies lying inside to death.

"Killed one zombie, obtained one hundred merit."

"Howl!"

The zombie let out an angry roar and wail before dying, attracting the Jiangshi Wang's attention. Seeing Zhang Cheng stealing kills, the Jiangshi Wang was furious and instantly thought of the traitor who had caused its death.

"Roar!"

The Jiangshi Wang roared, swatted Lin Fengjiao back with one claw, and immediately charged at Zhang Cheng. Zhang Cheng instantly spat out a mouthful of Samadhi True Fire, and the charging Jiangshi Wang spat out a mouthful of thick corpse Qi.

"Bang!"

The corpse Qi and the Samadhi True Fire collided and exploded directly. Several surrounding trees were snapped in half, smashing several coffins, and a few zombies were exposed to the sunlight, wailing incessantly.

Lin Fengjiao seized the opportunity to throw out a Zombie-Suppressing Talisman, and then the zombie caught fire,

burning into ashes.

"Killed six zombies, obtained six hundred merit."

"Roar!"

Seeing its minions die miserably, the Jiangshi Wang became even more furious.

It casually swatted a claw, and a gust of corpse wind struck. Zhang Cheng had no time to dodge and could only circulate his magic power to resist the blow head-on.

"Boom!"

Zhang Cheng was knocked back several steps by the shockwave.

The Jiangshi Wang did not have it easy either and also retreated a step. Just as it was about to attack Zhang Cheng, Lin Fengjiao performed a great leap and charged over, throwing a Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Sphere from his hand.

"Boom!"

Under Lin Fengjiao's spell, the sphere exploded instantly, flipping the Jiangshi Wang over.

"What great power!" Zhang Cheng exclaimed. He hurriedly redeemed a Demon-Binding Rope and threw it out; the Jiangshi Wang was trapped just as it was getting up.

Zhang Cheng quickly took out the Fire Crow Pot and chanted at the trapped Jiangshi Wang, "By the order of the law, act immediately!"

A stream of divine fire erupted, heading straight for the Jiangshi Wang. The Jiangshi Wang sensed a fatal crisis and spat out a massive amount of corpse Qi to block the divine fire for an instant, hoping to use those few seconds to leap up.

Lin Fengjiao immediately threw out another Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Sphere, which exploded above the Jiangshi Wang. The Jiangshi Wang was stunned, its corpse Qi dissipated, and the divine fire burned the Jiangshi Wang to death directly, even burning the Demon-Binding Rope away—which shows how overbearing this divine fire is.

"Killed one Hairy Zombie, obtained one thousand five hundred merit."

Zhang Cheng put away the Fire Crow Pot, clapped his hands, and said, "This Jiangshi Wang is even more powerful than the one in Tengteng Town. It's a good thing you were here, Third Senior Brother, otherwise I would definitely have been injured."

Lin Fengjiao laughed, "It's alright. The Eldest Senior Brother still has some conscience. Not to mention a Hairy Zombie about to become a Silver-Armored Corpse, even a Flying Zombie would be no match for the Eldest Senior Brother. Alright, let's burn the rest of the zombies."

Zhang Cheng nodded, immediately took out his peach-wood sword, and stabbed the remaining zombies to death one by one. As for the remains, he stored them in the Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Map, then found an open space to burn them.

"Killed sixty-five zombies, obtained six thousand five hundred points of merit."

Zhang Cheng almost couldn't keep a straight face and was about to laugh out loud. There were seventy-three zombies in total here; he had obtained a total of eight thousand seven hundred merit, much more than in Tengteng Town before. With this, he had enough merit to break through to the eighth level of the Dugo Qi-Refining Method.

As for the forest fire caused by the fight, fortunately, it didn't last long, and Lin Fengjiao used a spell to extinguish all the fires in the woods.

The problem of Coffin Mountain could be considered resolved, but because too many zombies had been placed here, the corpse Qi was too heavy, and it still required some processing.

Seeing that there was nothing major left, Zhang Cheng decided to first break through to the ninth level of the Dugo Qi-Refining Method at Lin Fengjiao's temple before going to see Senior Brother Da Yi's temple.

Seeing Zhang Cheng cultivating so diligently, Lin Fengjiao couldn't help but think of his two useless disciples who were always fooling around every day. He was helpless and could only catch Qiusheng and Wencai to discipline them.

This time, although he had the boost of merit, Zhang Cheng still spent thirty days cultivating to break through. If he hadn't had the merit, it would have taken him three hundred days. Fortunately, his hard work was worth it.

"Host: Zhang Cheng"

"Profession: Daoist"

"Rank: Seventh Grade"

"Strength: 5.2"

"Physique: 5.1"

"Agility: 5"

Intelligence: 5

Cultivation Method: "Grain-Clothing Heart Sutra" Lv5 (0/800), "Supreme Three-Five Capital Merit Sutra Seal" Lv9 (0/12800)

Spirit-Refining Art Lv4 (0/400)

Equipment: Universe Patchwork Robe (↑), Hundred-Year Peachwood Sword (10/10), Five-Thunder Command (1/1), Refined-Fiend Treasure Gourd, Fire Crow Pot, Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Map, Universe Bag, Eight Trigrams Mirror

Merit: 2540"