Chapter 361: The Call of the Human Zodiac! The Zodiacs Gather

Yunshen Clubhouse.

Zhang Fan and his group returned in a hurry; with the Wang family's helicopter, it was only a journey of half an hour.

Wang Qingyi's serious injury caused quite a stir. There was no time to ask more; his injuries were truly too severe, and the elders of the Wang family were alarmed and took action to treat him.

Besides this, many Daoist experts and elders from various sects had come to this forum, and many were willing to take action, hoping to build a good relationship with the Pure Yang Wang family.

After being busy for most of the day, it was not until the next afternoon that Wang Qingyi was saved, with no threat to his life.

"Wang Qingyi has managed to save his life."

Inside the room, Meng Qiwu brought the latest news.

Wang Qingyi's injuries were too severe; his skull had been flipped open. For this, Mount Zhongnan specially sent a 【Stone Spirit Shell】, a rare treasure that grew near the dragon veins in the deep mountains, naturally compatible with the human body.

In ancient times, it was generally used by Daoist experts to refine treasures or to temper the physical body.

This treasure could indeed compensate for Wang Qingyi's serious head injury; otherwise, his body would certainly be unusable.

"But it is only saving a life." Zhang Fan sighed.

Wang Qingyi's foundation was already destroyed, and the True Seed of Life and Death had not been preserved. His Nascent Soul was ruined, his realm regressed, and becoming an ordinary person was only a matter of time.

Even his lifespan would be shorter than an ordinary person's.

"This is the calamity on the path of cultivation." Zhang Fan whispered.

"And him?"

Just at this moment, Meng Qiwu shifted her gaze, looking at Qin Ergou sitting cross-legged on the bed.

His eyes were slightly closed, thunder Qi surging around his body like a membrane covering the surface of his skin. His breathing had almost stopped, with only one breath every twelve minutes, yet it was extremely mystical, the frequency produced resonating with the thunder Qi around his body.

"He is also crossing a calamity." Zhang Fan whispered.

Qin Ergou's fortune was too great. Previously, he met Zhang Fan and received the Northern Emperor's Law, and also practiced the ancestral Toad-Fishing Qi. That day, when the innate spiritual treasure appeared, he swallowed and absorbed more than half of the dragon Qi leaked by the Toad Treasure.

Entering Mount Zhongnan, he practiced the Profound Gate's orthodox methods even more. In over a month, it could be said he advanced by leaps and bounds. Although he had not yet stepped into the Gao Gong Realm, his strength was not below that of Gao Gong.

With such fortune, how could he not have a calamity?

Just like a person eating too much, the body cannot take it, appearing with many illnesses; if not handled properly, life might not be preserved.

During the famine years, those disaster victims who could only gnaw on tree bark, occasionally meeting a great philanthropist and getting rice and flour, were not few in number who ate themselves to death.

"He can only digest it slowly himself." Zhang Fan whispered.

The Wang family's calamity was only one layer; because of Zhang Fan, it was resolved, but his calamity did not end there.

"Having too much good luck is not necessarily a good thing." Meng Qiwu sighed.

"Fortune and misfortune lean on each other; having too much good luck is seizing the heavenly secrets, and Heaven naturally must send down calamities to balance it." Zhang Fan said indifferently.

Boom—

Suddenly, Qin Ergou's body on the bed shook violently.

Zhang Fan looked up, unable to help but show a strange expression. Behind Qin Ergou, incense smoke drifted, and faintly, a phantom of a slender dog floated.

"What happened to him?" Meng Qiwu looked at the strange phenomenon before her, her eyes flashing with brilliance.

She naturally did not know Qin Ergou's identity as the Xu Dog.

"This is..."

Zhang Fan's gaze tightened. In a trance, he seemed to hear a voice from the incense smoke where the slender dog was, a voice calling the Xu Dog.

Late night.

In the suburbs of Chang'an, a small farmhouse restaurant near National Highway 763.

In the open space at the entrance, large trucks were parked. This small restaurant lived off the business of passing truck drivers—thirty or fifty for a meal, two meat dishes and a bowl of soup, adding some water, resting their feet, and unloading the fatigue of the journey.

It was currently the off-season, and after midnight, there were fewer guests. Only one table in the courtyard still had a pot set up, with plates of beef and mutton lined up beside it.

In front of the table, there was only one guest. His sleeves were empty; he actually had no arms or hands, sitting there quietly without using chopsticks.

"Wu Ma, you came really early."

Just at this moment, a low, slightly magnetic voice came from the night. Following this, under the dim yellow light, a tall figure walked into the courtyard. Her long legs were wearing black, stepping on bright black patent leather high heels, her graceful figure appearing exceptionally eye-catching wrapped in a tight shirt.

However, when she opened her mouth, it was a man's voice.

"Hai Zhu, have you recovered enough?" Wu Ma raised his eyelids slightly and said indifferently.

"Are you concerned about me?" Wang Tao's beautiful eyes tightened, her gaze revealing three parts of coldness.

Ever since he fell into Zhang Fan's hands at Luoxia Town last time, he had used the 【Death-Eating Method】 secretly passed down by the Hai Zhu lineage to escape. Even so, he had suffered broken bones and tendons and had not fully recovered to this day.

"You are a newcomer; there is no need to talk to me like that." Wu Ma slowly withdrew his gaze, his voice indifferent.

"Tsk tsk, have the seniors also started discussing seniority?" Wang Tao sat down.

Ten years ago, under Mount Long Hu, the Twelve Zodiacs surrounded and killed the Human Zodiac, suffering losses and deaths. Wang Tao filled the vacancy of Hai Zhu after that time.

Not only him, but like Mao Tu Lin Jianyue, and the previous Xu Dog Han Diyan, it was all the same.

Their predecessors all died on that night at Mount Long Hu.

"Little doll, respecting seniors is a traditional virtue."

Suddenly, an old voice echoed faintly. The clouds in the sky seemed to move, the great stars twinkled, and the brilliance avoided them.

Wang Tao turned to look and saw an old man with white hair walking in.

"You Ji!"

"How many years has it been? It has been so many years since I received the call of the Human Zodiac." Jin Maori grinned, but no joy or anger could be seen on his aged face.

The Thirteen Zodiacs hid from each other and would not easily meet unless the Human Zodiac called; otherwise, they would not gather together like today.

"Two seniors, this is my first time receiving the call of the Human Zodiac. I wonder what it is for?" Wang Tao asked in a tight voice.

Among the Thirteen Zodiacs, her seniority was considered quite shallow, and even for something like the call of the Human Zodiac, it was her first time experiencing it.

"What could it be for? Naturally, it is to cross the calamity and protect the Dharma for him." Wu Qilu said indifferently.

"Protect the Dharma?" Wang Tao's expression sank slightly.

The Human Zodiac is the protector of the Three Corpses.

The Twelve Zodiacs are the protectors of the Human Zodiac.

"The position of the Human Zodiac is not so easy to sit in. Back then, in order to sit in this position, Li Linglong visited famous mountains and studied the strengths of various families before achieving greatness, entering the Human Zodiac Palace, and lighting that supreme incense." Jin Maori said in a deep voice.

Among the Thirteen Zodiacs, his seniority was the oldest, and he had even seen the living Three Corpses Daoist.

"He is about to cross the calamity, yet he actually called us to come and protect the Dharma?" Wu Qilu sneered.

"Wu Ma, what do you mean by that?"

Just at this moment, a crisp voice came from outside the courtyard wall. The great moon jumped out from the flowing clouds, reflecting a beautiful figure, who slowly walked into this small farmhouse courtyard.

"Mao Tu!"

Wang Tao raised her eyes to look. Mao Tu and she were both newcomers; relatively speaking, they were closer.

"Wu Ma, your words just now seemed to have a sense of disrespect." Lin Jianyue walked to the table and said in a tight voice.

"The Thirteen Zodiacs take the human as the head. If the Human Zodiac is crossing the calamity, should we not protect the Dharma?"

"Is that so?"

Wu Qilu's gaze slanted, and he sneered: "Lin Jianyue, you have walked close to that kid Zhang Fan, and your tone has grown bigger. You actually started teaching me."

Once these words were spoken, Lin Jianyue's expression changed suddenly, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Among the Thirteen Zodiacs, they did not know each other's foundations, and would not easily meet.

Yet Wu Qilu not only called out her worldly name, but even knew the relationship between her and Zhang Fan clearly.

"Don't forget, that kid is the remnant of the Southern Zhang, the cub of the Great Lingzong Wang. Ten years ago, his mother died at our hands." Wu Ma reminded.

"Don't, at that time I hadn't become a Zodiac, and it has nothing to do with me." Lin Jianyue said in a deep voice.

"Furthermore..." ===== CHAPTER 362 =====