Chapter 26: The Golden Light Incantation

"Leader, over the past two days of continuous observation, we've found that the sangshi in the city center all hide dormant inside buildings during the day, and as soon as night falls they come out en masse to bathe in the moonlight. Based on this, we infer that the Zombie King is very likely still alive."

In a temporary camp outside the city, a young man was quietly reporting the situation into a communicator.

"Keep close surveillance. Focus on observing whether the sangshi show any large-scale gathering behavior. Only when a gathering tendency appears can we confirm the Zombie King still exists. As for their hiding by day and emerging by night, it may also simply be a long-formed habitual pattern from when they were previously controlled by the Zombie King."

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That night, the sky was clear and the air crisp; a bright moon hung high in the heavens.

On the rooftop of the tallest skyscraper in the city, a little girl in a pink dress, her back to the ruins of the entire city, quietly breathed in and out facing the bright moonlight.

With every breath she took, wisps of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy imbued with the essence of moonlight were drawn into her body in fine threads.

All around the little girl, dense ranks of Mutant Zombies stood in neat formation, performing the exact same motions as she did, absorbing the Spiritual Qi from the night sky together.

The sangshi of this world long ago ceased to need food or water; they could sustain their existence and evolution solely by absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Without the support of Spiritual Qi, not only could they not grow, they would also rapidly rot and crumble away in a short time.

In the old Earth, Spiritual Qi was thin, and beings like jiangshi could only maintain their vitality by sucking human blood and drawing yin energy from underground.

But in this world now, Spiritual Qi permeated the air, so the sangshi naturally no longer needed to deliberately seek out places of yin energy.

……

In a sealed cavity formed by the collapse of an underground garage, Chen Yusheng sat cross-legged, eyes closed, regulating his breath.

One Zombie Crystal after another was placed into his mouth in succession; the pure Spiritual Qi surged down his throat into his body, which he refined bit by bit, converting it into his own True Qi.

After cultivating a full one hundred and fifty strands of True Qi, Chen Yusheng no longer simply accumulated quantity, but instead began to devote all his efforts to opening the Acupoints and hidden Meridians within the five viscera and six bowels.

By the time he had fully opened all the Acupoints and Meridians related to the five viscera and six bowels, the food he had carried on him had long since been completely consumed.

Roughly estimating the time, it had been four or five days since he had hidden himself in here.

After such a long interval, the He Family's surveillance and pursuit should have slackened, right?

"Boss, Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh—dig a hole for me. I need to get out of here."

Hearing Chen Yusheng's command, several large, burly Mutant Zombies immediately sprang into action.

"Boss, Second—you two use your fists to smash, break all the stones ahead into pieces…"

"The rest of you, haul all the broken rubble to the back…"

"Fourth, you tamp the debris down firm, otherwise there won't be enough space, and that'll be a real problem later…"

Chen Yusheng stood to one side, methodically directing the several Mutant Zombies as they dug an escape tunnel.

These sangshi had no spiritual intelligence opened, and their movements were clumsy; every step required him to repeatedly correct and constantly direct them.

After a full two or three hours of digging, a tunnel slanting upward and barely large enough for a person to pass through was finally dug through by the combined efforts of the several sangshi.

The moment a ray of sunlight shone through the opening into the dim tunnel, Chen Yusheng felt as if his whole person had been reborn, his entire body several degrees lighter.

Though the tunnel was dug through, he did not go out immediately.

He planned to wait until night to act.

Going out during the day made the target too large, and he would be extremely easy for the drones circling overhead to spot.

He didn't dare gamble on whether the He Family had already given up the pursuit. If they were still relentless and patrolled day and night with drones, his going out now would be no different from walking into a net of his own accord.

Having made up his mind, Chen Yusheng ordered several Mutant Zombies to stand guard at the tunnel opening, while he himself retreated to the depths of the tunnel and continued his closed-door cultivation.

This time, he did not continue to temper True Qi, but instead turned to cultivating a basic defensive Technique of the Daoist tradition—the Golden Light Incantation.

Within the Daoist inheritance, this Technique had a low threshold; anyone could attempt to cultivate it.

But those who could truly master it and wield it with ease were one in ten thousand.

Chen Yusheng, in his previous life, had once successfully cultivated this divine ability.

Combining his own cultivation experience with that of others, he had long since summarized a key pattern:

To master the Golden Light Incantation, one must simultaneously possess the talent for the gold, water, and earth series Techniques—none could be missing.

The reason he had been able to master it in his previous life was precisely because he bore the Five Elements talent, able to cultivate all five series of Techniques.

What kind of talent a person actually possessed could be seen at a glance once all the Meridians and Acupoints corresponding to the five viscera and six bowels were opened.

Being able to activate the Acupoints of the heart meant a fire-attribute talent;

Being able to communicate with the qi mechanism of the kidneys meant a water-attribute talent; the remaining attributes could be deduced by analogy.

The power of the Golden Light Incantation was directly tied to one's cultivation realm. The higher the cultivation, the stronger the Golden Light Incantation when unleashed.

In his previous life, the Golden Light Incantation wielded by the old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei was something Chen Yusheng, even exerting his full strength, could hardly breach by even a fraction.

Once this Technique was mastered, a layer of golden qi membrane could be condensed on the body's surface. The deeper the cultivation, the thicker and more solid the qi membrane.

The Golden Light Incantation not only possessed astonishing defensive power, but could also project golden radiance outward, carrying with it the effects of protecting the body, repelling evil, breaking through demonic forces, and purifying filth.

Chen Yusheng slowly circulated his True Qi, simultaneously infusing it into the three great Acupoints of the lungs, kidneys, and spleen.

In an instant, the three-attribute True Qi was forcibly linked by him and merged into one.

The next moment, a layer of pale golden qi membrane suddenly covered the surface of his skin all around, golden light flowing, radiant and brilliant.

"Roar roar—!"

The several Mutant Zombies guarding the tunnel opening, struck by the golden light, immediately retreated in terror, their eyes filled with wariness and dread.

Chen Yusheng paid them no heed, focusing his entire mind on feeling the effects of the Golden Light Incantation.

He calculated silently in his heart: at present he could at most mobilize thirty-five strands of True Qi at once to condense the Golden Light Incantation, sustaining it for roughly ten minutes.

If he didn't seek explosive output and only wished to keep the Golden Light Incantation continuously formed, he only needed to consume one strand of True Qi per minute—of course, this was on the premise of neither receiving attacks nor actively striking out.

Once the Golden Light Incantation was used to fight fiercely against an opponent, the speed of True Qi consumption would instantly surge several times over.

Under the covering of golden light, Chen Yusheng clearly felt that his strength, speed, and all other attributes had been greatly augmented.

"Boom!"

He raised his fist and slammed it heavily into the cement wall on the side of the tunnel.

A muffled sound rang out, and a large chunk of hard concrete crumbled and flew off on impact.

"The power isn't bad — one punch is roughly several hundred kilograms."

Chen Yusheng was quite satisfied with this.

He figured that, with his current Golden Light defense, although it still couldn't block a Mutant Zombie's fierce assault, it should already be enough to withstand an ordinary Sangshi's biting and clawing.

However, using the Golden Light Incantation to wrestle ordinary Sangshi was far too extravagant a waste of True Qi.

With that much True Qi, drawing a few more Talismans would deal with Sangshi far more efficiently and effectively.

Of course, he could also condense the Golden Light Incantation only on localized areas like his arms, drastically reducing True Qi consumption.

In short, once the Golden Light Incantation was mastered, how and when to use it was entirely up to him.

After finishing his cultivation of the Golden Light Incantation, Chen Yusheng looked up and saw the sky had gradually darkened — night had finally fallen.

Waiting until the night completely enveloped the earth, Chen Yusheng quietly left the ruins with several Mutant Zombies.

Before leaving, he deliberately looked up and carefully scanned the sky in a full circle, confirming there were no signs of drones or aircraft, before finally departing at ease.

The moment he was out of the ruins, Chen Yusheng's first objective was to find food.

As for the pitch-black darkness of night, it had almost no effect on him.

He had long since opened the meridian acupoints of his eyes, giving him night vision as clear as day — even in the dead of night, he could see everything perfectly.