Chapter 1226

In the outskirts of Quyi County, a burial ground.

A sneaky figure danced a strange dance, and a door appeared beneath its feet.

Following the door, it arrived at an underground cemetery.

The figure excitedly rubbed its hands; the method truly worked—it could open the tomb.

However, the tomb chamber was empty, containing none of the imagined rare treasures or priceless antiques, only a black coffin, its four corners nailed shut with blood-stained nails, and on the coffin lay a palm-sized seal.

He furtively took the seal, on whose base were written the two characters "Zhenshan".

After taking the seal, the figure hurriedly left, yet failed to notice the coffin trembling.

……

The Corpse-Raising Sect.

"Generally speaking, the cultivation method for the Void Refinement stage has two approaches: mundane transcendence or cultivation through warfare..."

With Zhao Pojin's advancement to the Void Refinement stage, Lu Luqian personally instructed him, imparting various techniques of the Void Refinement stage.

Zhao Pojing listened attentively when suddenly a crisp sound came from Lu Luqian's bosom, as if something had shattered!

Lu Luqian produced the object from his bosom: a shattered jade disc.

"Oh no, the seal has been broken!" Lu Luqian's expression changed drastically.

"Sect Master, what happened?" Zhao Pojing hurriedly asked.

"The seal has disappeared!"

"Seal? What seal?" Zhao Pojing still did not understand.

"Six thousand years ago, one of our Corpse-Raising Sect's grandmasters, for unknown reasons, allowed the zombies he refined to escape his control; at that time, that zombie had already cultivated to the 'Undecaying Bone' stage, only half a step away from the legendary 'Drought Demon'!"

"The grandmaster and his zombie engaged in a fierce battle, desperately sealing the zombie, and he himself perished in the process, only fragmented news returning to the sect."

"But the most important location of the seal was not transmitted back, causing our sect to be unable to deal with that corpse all along."

"Now six thousand years have passed; although that corpse remains sealed, since it has now broken free from the seal, it must have already cultivated to the 'Drought Demon' realm!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Pojing's expression likewise changed drastically; the emergence of the Drought Demon, a thousand miles of scorched earth—this is an apocalyptic disaster!

"Our sect's elders have all entrusted their cultivation to their zombies, yet the Drought Demon possesses absolute control over other zombies; they cannot fight, and throughout the entire sect, only I can take action!"

"We could call upon the imperial court for help!"

"Too late—once the Drought Demon emerges, it will surely flee; once it gains strength, even those in the Tribulation Transcendence stage can do nothing against it; we must hurry there immediately!"

Lu Luqian took out a compass, turned the south-pointing needle on it, and finally the direction pointed east!

"It seems that Drought Demon is in the east!"

Mysteriously, Zhao Pojing felt a pang of anxiety in his heart, always sensing that something bad was about to happen.

The sect master's journey this time is likely to bring more misfortune than fortune.

"Sect Master, is there no other way to deal with that Drought Demon?"

"There is still one method: that grandmaster possessed a Mountain-Suppressing Seal, which is remarkably effective against the Drought Demon, but the Mountain-Suppressing Seal is said to have been forged by the legendary reclusive divine artisans, the Wang family!"

Lu Luqian sighed: "The divine artisan Wang family has vanished for a hundred years; no one knows where they are now."

"Fighting the Drought Demon is probably my destiny as a master!"

……

"Finally, are we going to break this damned seal?" The coffin trembled; the female demon muttered to herself, wondering how long she had waited for this day—three thousand years or five thousand?

As for zombies, as long as their consciousness remains intact and their bodies undestroyed, with the passage of time, they grow stronger; seals can only slow their rate of strengthening.

Over these six thousand years, she has gradually grown stronger, finally advancing from Undecaying Bone to Drought Demon.

But becoming a true Drought Demon is not so simple; the Drought Demon is intolerable to heaven and earth, and only by enduring heavenly tribulation, earthly tribulation, and human tribulation can one become a true Drought Demon.

Five hundred years ago, tribulation clouds appeared in the tomb chamber, striking her until she was near death; fortunately, she endured it—this was the heavenly tribulation.

The earthly tribulation is the Mountain-Suppressing Seal pressing down on the coffin; only by removing the Mountain-Suppressing Seal is one considered to have passed the earthly tribulation.

The Mountain-Suppressing Seal was stolen by grave robbers, leaving her only the human tribulation.

"My current cultivation is half a step into the Tribulation Transcendence stage; after I emerge into the world, I should encounter a cultivator of comparable strength, and only by defeating that cultivator can I be considered to have passed the human tribulation!"

The female demon laughed aloud; this is her domain, and below the Tribulation Transcendence stage, she is invincible—unless the opponent uses the Mountain-Suppressing Seal, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to defeat her!

……

"Let me say, our approach is wrong; since we're looking for ghosts, we should naturally go to the burial ground to look." Constable Lu analyzed seriously.

"That makes sense." Constable Meng nodded, agreeing with his colleague's opinion.

After wandering around the county seat in the dead of night and seeing not even a ghost's shadow, rather than passively waiting, it's better to take the initiative.

The two newly recruited constables were eager to make a name for themselves, insisting on resolving this inexplicable haunting incident no matter what.

"I heard there is a wasteland outside Quyi County often used for burials; perhaps there are some wronged dead turned ghosts inside."

The two immediately agreed and came to the outskirts burial ground.

Originally, the burial ground was a place of extremely heavy yin energy; weak mortals coming here might easily become possessed.

Meng Jingzhou arrived here and yawned; his breath slightly leaked out, instantly dispersing the yin energy.

"Hey hey, watch your image on the job." Lu Yang reminded him, "We wear uniforms, representing the imperial court; if ghosts see us, they might think we're slacking off."

Meng Jingzhou snorted: "Mind your own business!"

As the two were bickering, suddenly the ground before them shifted, and a surge of aura shot up into the sky, terrifying to the extreme!

Appearing before the two was a stunningly beautiful woman; although her complexion was pale, her beauty remained undiminished.

The female demon bathed in moonlight, delighted to discover that the yin energy was far stronger than before the seal, which could help her grow even stronger.

Immediately, she fixed her gaze on the two on-duty constables.

"Two little constables? Perfect—I haven't eaten in a long time; let's start with you!"

The female demon released a terrifying aura, frightening the two little constables into trembling violently.

The drought demon emerged, scorching the earth for a thousand li!

Deathly qi spread from beneath her feet, leaving no vitality wherever it passed!

The deathly qi spread a full two zhang, stopping at Lu Yang's feet.

The female demon's thoughts were entirely on Meng Jingzhou, and she did not notice this anomaly.

The female demon opened her mouth and bit Meng Jingzhou's neck, then let out a miserable cry, rolling on the ground in pain.

"Who are you? How do you possess such terrifying yang qi?"

The female demon screamed in agony; by rights, yang qi should nourish her, but the opponent's yang qi was too abundant and too heavy.

"It sounds like the grand elder mentioned this thing is a drought demon?" Meng Jingzhou poked the female demon, and wherever he poked, it hissed and smoked, the supreme yang qi eroding the female demon.

Such dense yang qi—truly my bane—so the human tribulation is not so easily passed, after all?

The female demon hardened her heart: becoming a true drought demon is indeed not so simple.

In that case, then I will fight with all my might!

The female demon unleashed her half-step Tribulation Transcendence aura without reservation; under this terrifying aura, all zombies must submit, and she is truly the King of Zombies!

She is the embodiment of disaster!

"Come, let this seat see what you are capable of!"

"Stop your ghostly wailing, behave yourself." Meng Jingzhou impatiently pressed the female demon to the ground, thinking he had found the source of the ghost, but did not expect it to be a drought demon.

"Tribulation, Tribulation Transcendence stage?" The female demon panicked, easily subdued, for only a Tribulation Transcendence expert could do this!

"What do you say, kill her?" Lu Yang drew his Qingfeng Sword; though it was his first time seeing a true drought demon, out of respect he would use the Qingfeng Sword.

"Another Tribulation Transcendence expert? Or a sword cultivator?"

What a joke—one Tribulation Transcendence expert, his entire body brimming with yang qi, is my greatest counter; another Tribulation Transcendence expert is a sword cultivator whose offensive means are supreme; the female demon thought passing the human tribulation would be difficult, but not this difficult.

How long has she been asleep, that now Tribulation Transcendence experts are reduced to being constables?

"Don't kill me, I surrender!" The female demon hastily kowtowed and admitted fault, even if she became a true drought demon she could not defeat these two.

"Do you see she is wearing the clothes of the Corpse-Raising Sect? She is a lost zombie of the Corpse-Raising Sect?" Meng Jingzhou asked, the female demon's clothes were tattered, but one could still barely tell they were from the Corpse-Raising Sect.

"Indeed, why not send her back to the Corpse-Raising Sect, and let them deal with her?"

Upon hearing she could live, the female demon was about to rejoice, but then heard Lu Yang pour cold water.

"Not easy to handle, her cultivation is likely too much for the Corpse-Raising Sect to suppress; if she escapes from their grasp, it would be troublesome."

"I won't run, I absolutely will not run!" The female demon hurriedly said, seeing Lu Yang had not yet sheathed his Qingfeng Sword, she directly exposed her weakness.

"There is a treasure called the Mountain-Suppressing Seal; with the Mountain-Suppressing Seal on me, I cannot run!"

"Really or fake? Where is the Mountain-Suppressing Seal?" Lu Yang doubted.

"I can sense that the original seal that bound me, the Mountain-Suppressing Seal, has been taken by someone, and he went that way!" The female demon pointed in a certain direction.

Lu Yang and the other followed the direction she pointed, recalling the surrounding map: "This direction, is it Guyuan County?"