Chapter 77: Flying Zombies Attack, We Must Study Them

The riders were all startled when they suddenly heard Ding Hai's voice. The forest was tall and dense, and Ding Hai had not lit a bonfire. They had not noticed anyone in the forest before they entered the tall trees!
"I am Ji Shifu, the leader of the Nanmao martial arts school. May I ask where the heroes in the forest come from?" Although the leading rider was surprised, he calmed himself down in an instant and started to be polite with Ding Hai.

"The Nanmao martial arts lineage." After hearing this name, Ding Hai quickly recalled the names of the branches recorded in the sect's genealogy.

But no matter how hard he thought, he could not find any records about this lineage in the sect's genealogy.

"My name is Ding Hai. I'm originally a disciple of the Beimao Zhanxie branch. In recent years, I followed my master Qing Yunzi to return to his ancestral home." Ding Hai, who was unsure of the other party's origins, thought about it and reported his identity truthfully.

After hearing Ding Hai introduce himself, the leading knight quickly dismounted and stepped forward: "But Brother Ding Hai, the King of Thunder and Lightning, is here in person."

"I don't deserve the title of Dharma King. If there is no other Ding Crab, the Ding Crab you are referring to should be me."

When the tall bald Ji Shifu heard Ding Hai admit that he was the King of Thunder and Lightning, he immediately walked up to Ding Hai happily.

The visibility was dim in the tall trees. The moment Ji Shifu saw the little Taotie, he was so frightened that he almost drew out his sword.

After years of exorcising demons, he had never seen such a powerful and restrained demonic aura.

If Ding Hai hadn't stepped forward in time and signaled Ji Shifu not to get excited and successfully calmed Ji Shifu down, Gao Shulin would have been in big trouble.

"Brother Ding, where does this monster behind you come from? Why does it have such a terrifying demonic aura?" Even with Ding Hai as a guarantor, Ji Shifu still did not let his guard down.

"This Taotie is the pet raised by Zhang Zhiwei, one of the two great masters of dragon and tiger. In its prime, it can compete with Yin Shen Zhenren." The origin of the little Taotie is legitimate, and Ding Hai told Ji Shifu frankly.

Ji Shifu finally relaxed a little when he learned that the Taotie behind Ding Hai was the pet of Zhang Zhiwei, one of the two duos.

In his opinion, Zhang Zhiwei has strength comparable to that of Yin Shen Zhenren, and Ji Shifu can accept that he keeps a ferocious beast like Taotie as a pet.

"Fellow Daoist Ji is also from our Maoshan? Why have I never seen any record of the Nanmao martial arts lineage in the genealogy of our sect?" After a brief greeting, Ding Hai did not accept the title of senior brother, but raised his own questions first.

In the spiritual world, where one's master comes from is a very important thing, because it is related to the reputation of the master's school, and reputation is the foundation of a sect.

Therefore, if Ji Shifu couldn't explain the whole thing, Ding Hai should have arrested them and brought them back to Maoshan for trial.

Ji Shifu was mentally prepared for this. It was impossible for Ding Hai to agree directly if he just came up and called him "senior brother". That didn't make sense.

If Ding Hai didn't ask for advice, it would be his turn to doubt the authenticity of the Thunder King in front of him.

However, he does have a connection with Maoshan. Although his martial arts lineage is not included in the Maoshan genealogy, it is not those wild Maos: "My master Hong Huzi is originally a descendant of the Nanmao Feilong School.

Because I was dissatisfied with the previous generation's master who changed the jungle view to the view of descendants, I broke away and established my own martial arts lineage.

It is only because the headquarters has not held a Maoshan family reunion ceremony in recent years, so it has not been recorded in the sect genealogy for the time being."

After Ji Shifu carefully explained the origin of the martial arts lineage, Ding Hai believed 70% of his identity.

The Nanmao Feilong lineage and the Zhanxie lineage were both lineages that were separated during the Ming Dynasty and there are records of this lineage in the sect's genealogy.

This lineage is similar to the lineage of slaying demons. Every few generations, disciples will respond to the sect's call and shed their blood to slay demons and eliminate evil.

Therefore, in the clan genealogy, the legal relationship between this lineage and Neimao has never dropped beyond five generations.

According to the sect's rules, after the Feilong lineage was changed from the Conglin Temple to the Zisun Temple, the remaining disciples of its lineage could break out and re-establish the Conglin Temple lineage to replace the Feilong lineage in Maoshan.

By this calculation, Ji Shifu is indeed qualified to call himself senior brother.

"Please don't blame me, Junior Brother Ji. It's my fault that I am narrow-minded." After Ding Hai confirmed the source of Ji Shifu's inheritance, he immediately expressed his apologies to him.

He was also a disciple of Maoshan, and his martial arts lineage had indeed not been recorded in the sect's genealogy.

Otherwise, his actions just now would be regarded as a crazy provocation to the entire Nanmao martial arts lineage.

It's no different from just standing right up to someone and telling them you're a bastard.

Ji Shifu knew that this was not Ding Hai’s fault. The Nanmao martial arts lineage had not been properly vindicated until now, and there were various reasons for this: “Ignorance is not a crime, Senior Brother Ding, you are too polite.

By the way, Brother Ding, you came to the tall trees outside the Great Fangbo late at night, but were you here to subdue the zombies in the general’s tomb?
If so, can I lead my disciples to observe it for a while, so as to teach them not to be narrow-minded. "

Ding Hai was stunned by the information revealed in Ji Shifu's words. Zombies? Didn't Zhang Zhiwei say that there were zombies in the town ahead? How was it related to Gao Shulin again?

"Junior Brother Ji, I came here just to stop by and rest today, and I had no idea there was an evil spirit hiding in this tall forest.

I heard from people in the town ahead that there was a zombie infestation in a house in the town, and Zhang Zhiwei has already gone to deal with it."

Ding Kai was not pretending to know something. He really didn't know the situation in the tall trees in the forest. He had never thought of using his Sky-Observing Eye to check if there was anything unusual in the forest where he was staying.

Therefore, if Ji Shifu had already made arrangements for this, Ding Hai did not want to interrupt it casually.

"I see." After finding out that Ding Hai was not coming to Gao Shulin to slay demons, Ji Shifu told Ding Hai in detail why they came to Gao Shulin.

The feng shui of this generation in Fukang County is different, and it is easy for the dead to transform into corpses after being buried underground.

The poor had no place to live, and after they died their bodies would either be thrown into a mass grave to be fed to mountain goblins and wild dogs, or burned by their families, and most of the time nothing would go wrong.

But it is different for the rich, as they have lots of money and a lot of land, and after they die they often ask a Feng Shui master to choose an auspicious place to bury them in, in order to avoid the influence of the overall Feng Shui of Fu Kang County.

But the levels of Feng Shui masters vary. The good ones can not only help people to be buried safely, but also create auspicious soil to help the owner's family become more prosperous.

It’s hard to say about the low ones. There are even scammers who don’t know anything about Feng Shui.

Every few years, one or two wealthy families here would believe the scammers and have their entire family wiped out by the zombies transformed from their ancestors buried in the ground.

After Ji Shifu's master broke out of the sect, he realized that there was a long-term demand for magicians, sorcerers and other extraordinary people here, so he moved the Dharma lineage here.

As he expected, the martial arts lineage grew and prospered in just three generations with the support of local officials and wealthy people.

The reason they came to Gaoshulin this time was because a group of tomb robbers from other places resurrected the corpse of the tomb owner when they were robbing a general's tomb in Gaoshulin outside the Dafangbo.

The keepers among the tomb robbers realized that the situation was not good and they quickly escaped, but they were caught by the police for their sneaky behavior before they could get out of Fukang County.

Once inside the cell, the man who was acting as a watchdog under Miki confessed everything.

When the county magistrate heard that zombies had appeared in Gaoshulin, he immediately contacted Ji Shifu and asked Ji Shifu to lead his disciples to Gaoshulin to see if the zombie disaster had spread.

So after Ji Shifu recognized Ding Hai, he mistakenly thought that Ding Hai was also here to subdue the zombies.

"Brother Ding, I have an unwelcome request that you consider.

I wonder if senior brother can show his demeanor as the leader of the Five Heroes tonight and broaden the horizons of my disciples.

For this, Junior Brother, I will give all the rewards I received this time to you." "Junior Brother Ji, let's stick to your original plan for this trip. If we meet, it means we are destined to meet. I can help you guys."

Ding Hai, who was not prepared to interfere in martial arts affairs, shook his head and rejected Ji Shifu's unreasonable request.

But Ding Hai, who had nothing to do at the moment, agreed to help Ji Shifu and the others to hold the fort.

Ji Shifu was somewhat disappointed that he failed to achieve his goal of letting his disciples witness the elegance of the leader of the Five Heroes of Maoshan and consolidate their determination to seek the truth.

Although the martial arts lineage now has many disciples and seems to be full of talented people, Ji Shifu knows in his heart that this is just due to the current situation.

The reason why these disciples joined the martial arts lineage was just to have a full meal and to find a force that could protect them.

Even the four disciples he raised since childhood did not have a strong desire to seek the truth. It was only because of the pressure from their master that they were at the forefront of the fight against evil.

But even though he was disappointed, Ji Shifu did not know what was good for him. It was a favor for Ding Hai to be willing to help him, and it was his duty not to let him achieve his wish.

The two of them had no previous friendship, and Ding Hai's willingness to help out was already a fulfillment of their friendship as fellow Maoshan disciples.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Ding. Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning, the four of you come forward." Seeing that the initial goal was difficult to achieve, Ji Shifu immediately changed his strategy.

He planned to let his most promising disciples become familiar to Ding Hai and expand his disciples' social circle.

"Yes, Master."×4
Four high-spirited men quickly stepped forward at Ji Shifu's call.

"Brother Ding, my four disciples are the most reliable and capable among all the current disciples of the martial arts lineage.

Today's battle will mainly be led by the four of them, so please take good care of us while you are at the forefront."

"No problem." Ding Hai did not refuse Ji Shifu's introduction. His master Qing Yunzi had had similar ideas at the beginning.

It was normal for him to want to make himself familiar to the sect's teachers and leave a good impression despite being "ordinary" at the time.

Seeing that Ding Hai was not disgusted by his introduction of his elite disciples, Ji Shifu immediately winked at his four disciples and asked them to perform well this time so as to leave a deep impression on Ding Hai.

"Why don't you thank Uncle Ding for his care in advance?"

The wind, rain, thunder and lightning, which have already grown up, are not fools.

It is a miraculous event that Ding Hai overpowers all his contemporary peers in the Wuyi Temple and summons a meteorite to rescue the contemporary Wuyi God.

Through Wuyi Temple's continuous publicity, it has already spread throughout the southern spiritual world.

If it wasn't for coincidence, they would hardly have the chance to show up in front of such a big shot in their lifetime.

"Thank you, Master, for holding us back." ×4
"No problem, no problem." Ding Hai still politely responded to the greetings from Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.

After greeting each other, Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning immediately put into practice all they had learned in their lives and headed towards the general's tomb in the tall trees.

The electric body method was the lightest. After a few steps, he jumped onto the treetops and headed into the forest, acting as a pioneer for other brothers.

This scene made Ding Hai, who had been watching them, nod his head.

Most zombies in the world jump on the ground, unless you are unlucky enough to encounter special creatures like flying zombies.

Moving on the tree not only makes it less likely to be attacked by zombies, but also gives you a wide field of vision to discover the traces of zombies earlier.

Wind, Rain and Thunder followed behind Lightning in a triangular arrow shape, moving quickly from the ground towards the target location.

These three men have strong muscles and bones. Ding Hai does not know how well they have practiced Taoism, but judging from their physical strength, they should be comparable to martial artists.

With the special weapons in their hands, the three of them can kill an ordinary white zombie alone.

Even if he encounters a black zombie, he should be able to deal with it for a while and hold on until the other brothers behind him come to support him.

A moment later, Dian, who was moving on the treetops, was the first to send back information: "Master, we have seen the general's tomb that the tomb robbers mentioned. There is nothing unusual around the tomb, and the entrance to the tomb remains the same."

Feng, Yu, and Lei followed up with a report back from the ground: "Master, the methane is thick in the area where this tomb is located. We cannot bring open flames into the vicinity."

"In addition, no obvious signs of zombies escaping were found at the entrance of the tunnel."

"Our preliminary judgment is that the resurrected warrior zombie should still be in the tomb?"

After obtaining accurate information, the large group led by Ji Shifu first extinguished the torches in their hands, and then quickly rushed to a dilapidated tomb.

Dian jumped down from the treetops and bowed to Ji Shifu, asking for a fight: "Master, the methane gas around this tomb is very thick, and I'm sure the situation inside the tomb is not much better.

If someone is assigned to go down into the tomb, the disciple must have night vision and the ability to hold his breath for a long time.

I am a humble disciple, but I happen to possess both of these abilities. I am willing to help my master by going down to the tomb and getting rid of the zombie."

Dian is very smart. He knows that if he wants Ding Hai to remember him, he must first stand out from his fellow disciples.

So, he took the risk this time.

He would rather take the risk of being killed by the zombie in the tomb and give it a try to see if he can win Ding Kai's favor.

Ji Shifu knew what his disciple was thinking, but he was happy to help him.

So he was ready to nod and agree to Dian's request to join the battle.

But before he could nod, Ding Hai, who had opened his Sky-Viewing Pupil and scanned the grave, waved his hand to stop him.

"Junior Brother Ji, there is something strange in the tomb. This zombie is not something you disciples can handle.

I see you brought a lot of gunpowder with you, so why not string them together and throw them into the tomb to kill the zombie."

The Guantian Fatong cannot see through Yue Qiluo because the essence of Yue Qiluo's soul is close to that of an immortal.

The zombie leaning against the edge of the tomb wall, waiting for its prey to fall into its trap, doesn't have this ability.

With a glance of his Sky-Viewing Pupil, Ding Kai roughly saw its current state.

The hairy zombie is at its peak, but the flying zombie is not yet reached.

This is beyond the limits of what Ji Shifu's team can handle.

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