Chapter 41

"For me, this place is like a treasure holy land."

"If all the zombies carry 'medicine', then what is in front of me is not a terrifying sea of corpses, but a vast medicine field."

"Well, a slightly disgusting medicine field."

In Li Yu's heart, a strong desire for exploration had already risen.

In his eyes, a look of expectation also emerged.

It was because he suddenly recalled a secret lore he had peeked at when he transformed into the Truth Body once: because of the 【Transcendent Spirituality Aggregation Rule】 in the cultivation world, when cultivators enter the Mystic Domain or Spirit Realm, as long as there is an existence related to their path sequence, they will definitely encounter it.

There are a large number of Medicine Corpses here, although it cannot be proven that there is definitely a connection to the Spirit Venerable path, there is always some hope.

"However, the top priority is not to let yourself fall into a dangerous situation."

"Reincarnators and Demon Star Command owners should be deployed at different locations in this corpse city."

"Once the protective cover disappears, the Medicine Corpses that smell the scent of fresh human flesh will swarm up collectively. Once the movement is big, they will naturally all be exposed."

"I just don't know how it will develop later?"

"Is it a melee, or huddling together and killing each other?"

"I have a slight advantage, try to hide in the corpse tide with the power of an Alchemist Apprentice first. If it doesn't work, take medicine and explode, and go to huddle with other Demon Star Command owners."

"Sigh, I, Li Yu, was originally a good person, but now with this identity, going to find those reincarnators of the righteous sects, I'm afraid I will be besieged, or even killed to claim merit points. It's really unreasonable."

In the blink of an eye, Li Yu had a decision and plan.

It was also at the same time that the protective cover countdown ended.

Li Yu didn't have time to listen to the restlessness that suddenly rang out in other locations in the city. He stood still, his body pores opened, and a strand of strong medicinal smell mixed with the smell of rotten flesh and blood quickly permeated and drifted out.

The group of Medicine Corpses that were roaring and pouncing on him stopped in unison, standing dull in place, tilting their heads and sniffing around, but gained nothing.

"Sure enough, this Alchemist Apprentice body of mine has already eaten a lot of messy drugs, and when I cultivated the art of ingestion earlier, I didn't eat less strange flesh and rotten meat."

"Extracting the smell and imitating this Medicine Corpse is extremely precise."

When he moved with joy, Li Yu had already taken the opportunity to reach into the villager's chest.

He thought it would take some effort to pull it down, but who would have thought that he could pull it out with a light pinch, together with the root system, and the dense root system was also wrapped around a heart that had long been withered.

The villager zombie, accompanied by a crackling sound, turned into a pile of rotten bones and smashed to the ground.

Li Yu didn't care, and a strange look of realization suddenly appeared on his face. Between his fingers, the flesh and blood Lingzhi in his hand turned into fly ash and drifted down.

Looking around, one could still see rare medicines like ginseng and Lingzhi hidden everywhere on the Medicine Corpses.

But the interest in his eyes had already dissipated.

"Blood and energy withered, medicinal properties lost. Picking them down is no different from dry grass."

"These Medicine Corpses don't know how many years they haven't received replenishment, all of them are exhausted, only relying on a little 'eerie spirituality' to walk. No wonder they go crazy as soon as they smell the scent of flesh and blood..."

His thoughts just reached here.

From all directions, the sounds that were originally just restless now turned into riots.

All the Medicine Corpses seemed to have gone crazy, gathering into strands of corpse tides, roaring, running wildly, and heading towards different locations.

But soon, light pillars suddenly erupted in the east and west directions, and then the roaring sounds of zombies in that area gradually lowered until they disappeared.

And two voices with completely different momentum camps came from the two places at this time:

"Fellow Demon Star Command owners, I am a person from Wanfu City, code name 【Wisdom Star】. I have a magic treasure that can avoid being discovered by these Medicine Corpses, and I have established a safe place here. Come and gather quickly."

"I think you are all like me, entering the Mystic Domain for the first time. This kind of realm is extremely dangerous, and the mortality rate is extremely high. It won't just be these foolish Medicine Corpses; there must be other threats."

"We should act in unity, don't act recklessly alone."

"Reincarnators, I am Wen Feifeng, a person from the capital of the Gan Nation, a Sequence Eight Received Register Daoist of the Heavenly Monarch path. Before entering the Mystic Domain, I was bestowed with treasure by my elders, and I am confident in fighting those evil cultivators of Sequence Seven. I have drawn a safe boundary here, please come quickly, fellow Daoists."

"Other missions can be put aside for the time being. We have the advantage in numbers. Why don't we go together, kill all those evil cultivators first, and then plan other things, how about it?"

When these two voices came, the cultivators of both camps were a bit stunned.

No!

You two, who exactly is righteous and who is evil.

"Isn't the Heavenly Monarch path under the 【Haotian Sect】? How is the murderous intent heavier than the Dangmo Sect and the Chishen Sect?"

"We Demon Star Command owners haven't talked about killing yet, and this one has already explicitly stated that he wants to join forces to wipe us out?"

"Both sides are calling friends and companions, not like cultivators, but like gangsters wanting to fight."

Li Yu muttered in his heart while heading towards the west direction without hesitation.

He didn't intend to join the group with the code name "Wisdom Star" immediately, but wanted to ensure he wouldn't be left alone first.

Without exposure, watching the changes is the best choice.

And as he marched, the locations besieged by the corpse tide also began to emit different movements.

Righteous and Evil camps, both have them.

"Hahaha... I follow the 【Great Blood God】, would I be afraid of a pile of Medicine Corpses that are more brittle than rubble? You guys play house, I'm going to snatch the bride."

"The Blood God is a piece of shit, my Lord is the Red God, I will win every battle, that female immortal's corpse belongs to me." "Fellow Daoist Wen, I am a corpse collector under the Earth Mother, this corpse city is of great benefit to my cultivation, you guys go and hunt down the evil cultivators first, wait for me to refine the method, and then come to join in the fun."

"Amitabha, killing is not what this poor monk wishes. I think the so-called side missions should be hidden in these Medicine Corpses who suffered in their lifetime. Wait for this poor monk to save them, and there will be gains."

From these responses, it is not difficult to hear that the missions given by the Reincarnation Heavenly Net are similar to the Demon Star Command, and I guess at most it is just missing the erasure part.

The hearts of both sides are not aligned, which also means that a full-scale melee scene is very difficult to achieve.

Just after saying it, they were rejected several times.

However, these are still the minority.

The remaining dozen or so people still divided into two factions, dealing with the siege of the corpse tide while heading towards Wisdom Star and Wen Feifeng.

"Those who are willing to speak up and reveal their identity information are either reckless men from the Blood God Sect and Red God Sect, or stubborn people from Buddhism, or special paths like corpse collectors."

"If I were in this business, I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of so many zombies."

"Not to mention that there might be clues to side missions hidden inside... hmm?"

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Li Yu, who was running wildly in the corpse tide, suddenly seemed to have discovered something.

His nose wrinkled, and then he turned his head to look behind his left side.

There, a ghostly figure was also mixed in the corpse tide, moving forward like a flash, but the state seemed wrong, and he had to rest for a while after moving forward a large distance.

At the same time, the "Medicine Corpses" around him seemed to have their souls sucked by something, their actions became more sluggish, and the rare medicinal herbs growing on their bodies also withered in an instant, seeming to be harvested.

Taking this opportunity, Li Yu suddenly saw the true face of the ghost:

It was also a Medicine Corpse!

But the difference was that this Medicine Corpse's body was extremely complete, neither having bite marks nor blood dripping after biting others.

Even, his skin was white to the point of glowing, and his dress was quite luxurious, clearly a handsome and dashing young prince.

It's just that all the orifices on his face, ears, mouth, nose, and eyes... were covered with strange flowers and weeds, and strands of strange fragrance surged out, condensing into misty clouds around his body. If you don't look at his dull appearance like a zombie, he still has a bit of an immortal atmosphere.

And when Li Yu saw it, a prompt sound from the Demon Star Command suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Congratulations to the Command Owner with the code name 'Disaster Star' for triggering the side mission: Collect Spirit Roots."

"Found 【Undead Medicine Corpse】, this is a corpse with spirit roots already planted."

"For every one killed, you can get 10 merit points."

"It's here, side mission."

Li Yu didn't expect that the surprise would come so unexpectedly.

As an Alchemist Apprentice, his sense of smell for "medicinal fragrance" was extremely keen, so he could lock onto this special zombie in an instant.

At the same time, he also judged the state of those strange flowers and weeds growing on its body.

"Blood and energy full, medicinal properties full."

"But using a human body to plant medicine, what kind of evil technique is this? Was it taught by that so-called Penglai Female Immortal's corpse? Or is it the backlash punishment suffered by the Sui royal family after desecrating the female immortal's corpse?"

"What is this thing called Spirit Root?"

"Undead, what degree of immortality is it? But since the reward given is less than killing a righteous sect cultivator of the same level, the corresponding difficulty should naturally be reduced a lot."

Li Yu's thoughts flashed to this point, and a fierce light and killing intent gradually rose in his eyes.

In his mind, he was calculating in detail:

"Its movement speed is much slower than my 【Compassionate Heart State】."

"The shell looks very fragile, but maybe it has some special means. Must be cautious, run away immediately if one strike doesn't work."

"Pill fire overcomes grass, wood, spiritual medicine, and evil things, can try. If it doesn't work, eat a little Compassionate Heart Pill, Explosive Flame Pill to cover the rear. If the threat is great, add a Godly Foot Pill, and run directly to the 【Wisdom Star】 gathering place ahead..."

Just when Li Yu felt there was still some room for supplementation and improvement.

The Undead Medicine Corpse behind him happened to come to his side.

Just like before, the surrounding Medicine Corpses, except for Li Yu who was fake and completely unharvestable, were all harvested by some kind of strange thing.

Watching it continue to move forward, suddenly its shell paused, but its neck was pinched silently.

A head completely filled with strange flowers and weeds turned around click-click.

And what greeted it was Li Yu's open mouth, and the alien flame wrapped in smoke and heat that sprayed out.

Pill fire burning the body!

In just a blink of an eye, the flame wrapped around the Undead Medicine Corpse, and the burning speed was several times faster than when he spat it on Yi Ya.

Li Yu, who finished spitting fire, immediately retreated a few steps.

Once any abnormality appeared, he would turn around and run away.

It's just that before he could take action, the prompt sound from the Demon Star Command sounded in his mind first:

"Congratulations to the Command Owner with the code name 'Disaster Star' for completing the side mission: Collect Spirit Roots."

"Reward 10 merit points!"

(End of chapter)