Chapter 37: Speaking

Chen Yusheng glanced at Xiao Jiu, then controlled the agile Mutant Zombie beneath him to move forward, arriving beside the fourth Mutant Wolf struck by the Thunder Method.

This Mutant Wolf was not dead yet, but it was so severely injured that it could no longer move.

Seeing Chen Yusheng approach, the Mutant Wolf went rigid, unable to move at all, its eyes filled with terror.

Chen Yusheng jumped off the back of the Mutant Zombie, then came before the Mutant Wolf, which was about the size of an adult ox, and reached out to press his hand directly onto its head.

"If you are willing to submit to me and become my mount, I will save you."

Chen Yusheng used his Spiritual Power to transmit the message directly into the Mutant Wolf's brain.

"If you are willing to be my mount, then blink your eyes a few times."

Sensing Chen Yusheng's intent, the Mutant Wolf did not agree immediately; after hesitating for a few seconds, it slowly blinked its eyes.

Seeing it agree, Chen Yusheng stopped wasting words.

He first had several Mutant Zombies stand guard in the surroundings to protect his safety, then raised his hand to condense a Qi Blade and sliced his own hand, causing fresh blood to gush out immediately.

He gathered the flowing blood together, condensing it into a ball of blood the size of a fist.

Next, Chen Yusheng quickly drew a talisman in the air, striking one talisman seal after another into the blood mass.

A few minutes later, the fist-sized blood ball shrank into a finger-sized liquid emitting a faint golden light.

Chen Yusheng raised his hand and pressed this drop of pale golden liquid onto the Mutant Wolf's head; only after the blood had merged into the Mutant Wolf's head did Chen Yusheng withdraw his hand.

Having completed this step, he had completely controlled this Mutant Wolf; whenever he wished, he could kill this Mutant Wolf at any time.

After controlling the Mutant Wolf, he then circulated his Wood Element True Qi, continuously inputting it into the Mutant Wolf's body to help heal its injuries.

A full half-hour passed before the Mutant Wolf's injuries were completely healed, and it stood up from the ground.

It could clearly feel that it had recovered from its previous near-death state to its peak condition.

Toward Chen Yusheng, it no longer had the slightest desire to resist.

At the same time, a sense of oppression faintly emanated within its brain, as if telling it: as long as it dared not to listen to this human, it would die at any moment.

"Hah-chi~ Hah-chi~ Hah-chi~"

Just after recovering, the Mutant Wolf became as obedient as a puppy, its tail wagging incessantly, its head gently rubbing against Chen Yusheng's hand in a fawning, submissive manner.

"Lie down!" Chen Yusheng patted its head and gave the order directly.

Hearing the command, the Mutant Wolf immediately lay down obediently.

After the wolf lay down, Chen Yusheng flipped onto its back.

"Stand up, walk a few steps..."

Chen Yusheng sat on the wolf's back, continuously issuing instructions with his Spiritual Power, and the Mutant Wolf cooperated with extreme obedience.

Not far away, the little loli Zombie King Xiao Jiu watched all of this, her eyes full of envy.

After riding the newly acquired wolf mount for a while, Chen Yusheng turned his gaze toward the several Mutant Wolf carcasses nearby.

He walked to a relatively intact wolf corpse, drew his long sword, and hacked off a hind leg with one strike.

Afterward, he turned his head and said to Xiao Jiu, "The remaining wolf meat is all yours."

But Xiao Jiu could not understand human speech at all.

Chen Yusheng had no choice but to walk up and use his Spiritual Power to communicate directly with Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu quickly understood the meaning, her eyes lighting up instantly, and she immediately rushed over, tore off another wolf leg, and began gnawing on it in large bites while holding it.

Zombies, besides absorbing moonlight Spiritual Qi, also need to consume flesh and blood.

For ordinary zombies to evolve into Mutant Zombies, they must not only accumulate enough moonlight Spiritual Qi but also rely on massive amounts of flesh and blood essence to cause their bodies to undergo a transformation.

Those who can become Mutant Zombies have basically consumed massive amounts of flesh and blood during their time as ordinary zombies.

"Hiss!"

Xiao Jiu hugged a wolf carcass and ate ravenously, while she directly distributed the other two wolf carcasses to the other Mutant Zombies.

In less than a minute, the two wolf carcasses were gnawed clean by the group of Mutant Zombies.

The last one remaining was also completely eaten by Xiao Jiu alone half an hour later.

After eating an entire Mutant Wolf, Xiao Jiu grew taller by a small margin, visible to the naked eye.

With all three Mutant Wolves eaten, only three white, ghastly skeletons remained on the ground.

On the other side, Chen Yusheng had already started a campfire at some point, skewering several pieces of wolf meat on branches and roasting them over the fire until they sizzled with oil.

Beside him, the newly tamed Mutant Wolf lay quietly on the ground, its eyes fixed on Chen Yusheng roasting the meat without blinking, its gaze filled only with awe and submission.

Half an hour later, Chen Yusheng was full and satisfied, and he beckoned to Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu immediately walked to his front obediently.

Chen Yusheng reached out and rubbed her head, smiling as he said, "Next, I will teach you how to speak."

He had long since seen that Xiao Jiu could produce various syllables, just not human language.

"Come, repeat after me: Mas... ter..."

"Mas, ter..."

With the help of direct communication via Spiritual Power, Xiao Jiu learned language extremely quickly.

The information transmitted by Spiritual Power was more direct and accurate than speaking; as Chen Yusheng taught her, she could not only recite it but also immediately understand the meaning.

Time quickly reached the evening.

At night, Chen Yusheng had the Mutant Zombies gather a large pile of dry firewood to keep the campfire burning brightly, and he sat beside it, one teaching and one learning, patiently teaching Xiao Jiu to speak.

Xiao Jiu was indeed a Zombie King who had opened her Purple Mansion; her learning speed was astonishingly fast.

After one night passed, Xiao Jiu was already able to use simple words to communicate normally with Chen Yusheng.

Early the next morning, Chen Yusheng prepared to leave this place.

Before leaving, he intended to dig out the Zombie Crystals from the brains of the several Mutant Zombies that had died in battle yesterday to take with him.

He had been cultivating for over half a month, and the Zombie Crystals on his person had long since been mostly used up.

Supplies are hard to replenish in the mountains, so the Zombie Crystals from these few Mutant Zombies must absolutely not be wasted.

"Hm?"

Just as Chen Yusheng was preparing to dig out the Zombie Crystals, he suddenly froze.

Inside the remains of the Mutant Wolf that had been eaten down to the bones yesterday, there was unexpectedly lying an egg-sized crystal.

"Bianyi Shou have crystals too?"

Chen Yusheng walked over quickly and picked up that crystal.

As soon as it was in his hand, he felt that it was filled with incomparably pure Spiritual Qi.

The purity of this Spiritual Qi was far higher than that of Zombie Crystals, and its quality was more than ten times that of ordinary Zombie Crystals.

Just this one piece contained enough Spiritual Qi to be worth several hundred ordinary Zombie Crystals.

"Good stuff!"

Chen Yusheng hurriedly put it away, and then found two other identical crystals beside the other two piles of wolf bones.

After collecting the Wolf Crystals, he finally walked over to the few Mutant Zombies that had died in battle yesterday and dug out the crystals from their brains one by one.

When he saw the crystals of the Mutant Zombies, a look of joy immediately appeared on Chen Yusheng's face.

These crystals were also as big as small chicken eggs, and the quality of their Spiritual Qi was likewise very high.

One Mutant Zombie crystal was equivalent to over a hundred ordinary Zombie Crystals.

Although they could not compare to the crystals of the Bianyi Shou, they were significantly stronger than ordinary Zombie Crystals.

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