Chapter 158

"Wait..."

Looking at the general who suddenly appeared before his eyes, Jiang Henian was so stunned he couldn't react, because the opponent's movements were simply too fast!

"Thud! Puchi~ Splash~"

At the same time he opened his mouth to speak, the remaining six iron corpses beside him had already blocked his front.

However, the general merely swung his hand in a single strike, and these iron corpses were instantly sent flying, then collided with the rocks nearby and exploded into a puddle of mush.

"Spare... my life."

Afterward, Jiang Henian stared blankly at the paper figure general who stood like a great mountain before him, the words coming out of his mouth turning into these two.

"Thud!"

But the next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and then his vision went black as he knelt directly on the ground; even the Guiyi within his body was instantly suppressed.

"Jiang the Third, oh Jiang the Third, obediently take out all the black jade you've mined. Besides, the general beside me has taken a liking to this black jade mine!"

At this time, Lu Daoguang slowly walked over. Looking at Jiang Henian, who lay on the ground like a dead dog, he felt as if he had eaten an immortal pill; he felt completely refreshed!

Especially when he thought of the scene where the Jiang family had once snatched the Yin-walking person's secret art, the Corpse-Yin Art, he now wished he could laugh out loud to vent the hatred in his heart.

However, he was currently working for that Great One; using this opportunity to teach these corpse-driving craftsmen a lesson was fine, but if he showed it too obviously, it might displease that Great One.

"You dream!"

Hearing Lu Daoguang's words, Jiang Henian's eyes turned red immediately; they had paid a bloody price for this Black Stone Mountain.

Now, if they just handed it over for nothing, even if they survived, they would be caught by the family and taken back to the ancestral temple to be executed!

"Hehe, that's not up to you!"

Hearing him say this, Lu Daoguang did not refute anything, just shook his head indifferently.

"Crack, crack, crack."

Because the next moment, over a thousand heavy-armored paper figures had already walked over. The corpses and corpse-driving craftsmen mining black jade nearby either stood frozen in place or tried to flee.

It was just that in front of the paper figure army, the level of these corpse-driving craftsmen was still too poor; it didn't take long for the heavy-armored paper figures to capture all the corpse-driving craftsmen together.

"Don't worry, this isn't over yet. I happen to know you still have places where you can get dark gold..."

But what made Jiang Henian even more desperate was Lu Daoguang's next sentence; now, he truly wanted to die.

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"I didn't expect this guy to be so devious?"

In the gravedigger's small courtyard, after Lin Feng opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile.

He really hadn't expected Lu Daoguang to be able to find the gold and jade materials he needed so quickly.

Of course, what he felt more concerned about were those corpse-driving craftsmen; he didn't expect this group of people to have actually extended their reach into the Yinjian as well.

"Black jade, I wonder what kind of talismans can be made with it?"

The value of a mine capable of producing black jade was definitely no less than that of a small mineral vein, but Lin Feng did not have much research on the materials of the Yinjian, and he did not know the specific effects of this kind of jade.

"That said, the content recorded in these ancient books is truly eye-opening!"

Afterward, Lin Feng picked up an ancient book beside him; this was exactly what had been recorded by over twenty generations of Yin-walking people.

The content was extensive, but due to the passage of time, some words and sentences were not only obscure and difficult to understand, but even the script itself was different.

But even so, Lin Feng had learned some secrets of the Yinjian through these ancient books.

"Perhaps there really were immortals and gods in the ancient era; it's just that for some reason, the immortals and gods became extinct, and Guiyi ran rampant..."

There were some obscure records in the ancient books; the ancestors of the Yin-walking people had once encountered certain special things and objects, indicating that the Yinjian of the ancient era was not the ghostly mess seen today.

"Sigh, forget it, why should I worry about this?"

"The situation in the north is becoming increasingly dangerous."

In Yunzhou, a corpse-collecting paper figure took three disciples and headed north all the way here.

Looking out along the road, there were all commoners fleeing to the south with their families; now, they were fleeing almost entire villages and towns together.

Because the barbarians would never leave any survivors wherever they passed; regardless of old or young, there was only one outcome for everyone: the men were slaughtered, and the women were captured as slaves.

"Master, isn't it a bit too risky for us to continue heading north?"

Looking at the fleeing commoners passing by, one of the corpse-collecting paper figure's disciples asked with some concern.

"Shitou, if you're scared, go back yourself! Our Master has great abilities; even those barbarians wouldn't dare do anything to him!"

But before the corpse-collecting paper figure could express anything, another disciple spoke up directly.

"Goudan, you're the one who's scared. I don't know who it was that was screaming in terror the first time they encountered a corpse!"

Upon hearing this, Shitou was not happy; he had always been bold, and when it came to helping with work, he was the most diligent.

"You're talking nonsense! It was clearly a corpse-transformation!"

Goudan's face instantly flushed red, and he retorted loudly.

"Are you two still going to argue? Master is about to leave!"

At this time, the third disciple looked at them speechlessly, then immediately chased after the corpse-collecting paper figure.

This disciple was a young girl, but she was the most obedient disciple of this corpse-collecting paper figure, and also the most sensible one.

"Hmph!"

After Shitou gave Goudan a glare, he immediately followed; Goudan was so angry his teeth itched, but he could only chase after them.

"The barbarians are here! The barbarians are here!"

"Run! The barbarian soldiers have killed their way here!"

"Waaah~ Daddy~ Mommy~"

"Sob, sob, sob."

"......"

Suddenly, a terrified scream rang out, and a large number of commoners on the road immediately ran in panic toward any place where they could hide.

Some people even lost their children in their desperation, all kinds of luggage and parcels were thrown everywhere, and some livestock that had been driven along were startled and began running around in chaos.

"Rumble!"

At this moment, a cloud of dust emerged from behind, and then several cavalrymen appeared, but these cavalrymen were clearly not the cavalry of the Great Xia.

Instead, they were barbarian soldiers riding huge wolf-beasts, with their upper bodies bare and animal skulls on their heads.

At this time, these barbarian soldiers seemed to be hunting for sport, their bows and arrows constantly firing at the commoners fleeing in all directions.

If they encountered commoners who were panicking and blocking their way, the terrifying wolf-beasts would directly open their mouths and bite through their necks.

"Ah~"

"Daddy~ Mommy~"

With the appearance of these barbarian cavalrymen, the commoners who had been bustling and heading south were now either dead or fleeing.

"Swish~ Swish~"

Suddenly, several arrows were shot directly at the corpse-collecting paper figure and his three disciples hiding by the side of the road, but facing these arrows, the corpse-collecting paper figure grabbed them out of the air and blocked them.

"Guji Mogu."

Noticing the corpse-collecting paper figure's actions, these barbarian soldiers immediately surrounded them, speaking in an unintelligible barbarian tongue.

Seeing that the corpse-collecting paper figure ignored them, these barbarian soldiers drew the animal-bone blades from their bodies and slashed directly at the corpse-collecting paper figure.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Shitou, who had been somewhat afraid when he first saw these barbarian soldiers, saw that they actually wanted to kill his Master, so without thinking, he directly took out a God-Inviting Talisman and lit it.

Afterward, a strange power instantly descended upon his body, and he felt as if he had an inexhaustible amount of strength.

With his blood boiling, he charged directly toward those barbarian soldiers.

"Ah! Ah! Die!"

The power of the Xi Gui he had summoned attached itself to him, instantly turning into a black shadow that appeared behind the barbarian soldiers, his hardwood staff swinging out like a blur.

"Thud~"

The powerful force, comparable to a fierce Gui, directly sent a barbarian soldier and the wolf-beast beneath him flying.

The remaining barbarian soldiers were also startled by Shitou's sudden strike, but then the corpse-collecting paper figure made his move.

The corpse-wrapping bag in the corpse-collecting paper figure's hand opened its wide mouth, and these barbarian soldiers were instantly collected inside.