A Trap in the Morgue
"Seventy-five kilometers to the east, there's a village called the town of Cave. Recently, many men in their prime have died mysteriously. Some people even saw corpses emerging from the morgue on the side of the town. I suspect it's the work of Qi Practitioners. Go investigate!" Zhuo Zhibo said coldly as he tossed a document before Li Qingshan.
Li Qingshan glanced at it and raised his head. "Corpses? Don't tell me it's related to the Zombie Daoist? " As long as he mentioned corpses, he could not help but think of the most wanted criminal of the Hawkwolf Guard of Jiaping city. His strength was evident for him to be able to run amok despite being hunted down by the Hawkwolf Guard for so long.
Zhuo Zhibo said, "What, do you have any objections? It's just an investigation … "
Li Qingshan interrupted him. "Of course not. It's just an investigation. It's not like there's any danger. Don't worry at all, commander Zhuo. I will investigate it properly. Even if I run into the Zombie Daoist, I have my ways of escaping." How could he turn down such a rare opportunity? However, he wanted to hint to Zhuo Zhibo, "Commander Zhuo, if you don't take action personally, you won't be able to kill me."
Zhuo Zhibo finally found it rather strange. It was as if Li Qingshan was not afraid of him scheming against him at all. He was not an idiot. He had just been blinded by anger the entire time. Now, he sensed that something was amiss. Did this guy really possess some powerful trump card?
"It's inconvenient for the child you brought back to carry out missions with you. She'll stay with the Hawkwolf Guard!" He couldn't forget that bottle of Spring Breeze and Rain Pill. If it was exchanged for real money, then it would be worth a city, and such a spirit medicine couldn't be bought no matter how much real money was used.
"She won't be separated from me. If there's nothing else, I'll be setting off right now." Li Qingshan became stern and left.
… …
Seventy-five kilometers was not particularly far to Li Qingshan. With Little Ann, he arrived at the town of Cave around midnight.
Li Qingshan followed the empty streets until he reached the outskirts of the town. He arrived before a gloomy building and raised his head. The signboard read 'morgue'.
There were many foreigners who died in a foreign land due to accidents or serious illnesses, and no one took care of their funeral. The morgue was a place for their corpses. One day, when their families found them, they would bring their corpses back to their hometown for burial.
This was originally a righteous act, but there were many corpses piled up in the manor, and no one had collected them for many years. Yin Qi gathered, and resentment grew, making it extremely easy for ghosts to form. Therefore, Fengshui was very particular, and mages were often invited to expiate souls.
However, this morgue was overgrown with weeds and half of its walls had collapsed. Everything was filled with a sense of decadence. It was obvious that it had been abandoned for a long time and probably didn't have such good treatment. If he wanted to investigate, this was the most suitable place to start.
In order to get Li Qingshan to agree, Zhuo Zhibo gave him quite a lot of merit points for this trip. In any case, it was useless no matter how many merit points a dead man had. However, what Li Qingshan thought was that once he finished off Zhuo Zhibo, he would obviously be able to exchange the merit for pills.
Arriving at the entrance of the morgue, Li Qingshan took out the Wind-entwining blade first before taking out the small shield and carrying it in his left hand. Finally, he placed over twenty talismans into a talisman pouch, hanging it on his waist so that he could use it at any time.
Although he was confident in his strength, he was no fool. It was very likely for this trip to be related to the sixth layer Qi Practitioner, the Zombie Daoist, and it was very likely for the other sixth layer Qi Practitioner, Zhuo Zhibo, to arrive afterwards, eyeing him from the darkness. How could he be careless? Obviously, he had to raise his guard to the maximum, just in case he failed miserably.
Only after making all his preparations did he step over the door sill and enter the morgue.
There were several dozen coffins in the morgue. Some were extremely old, while others were brand new. The ground was covered in paper money. As the cold wind blew, the tattered curtains swayed like ghosts. It was indescribably strange.
If a regular person saw this, they would definitely be frightened out of their wits. However, Li Qingshan was someone who had killed his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood after all. He radiated with killing intent.
On the other hand, he looked at Little Ann beside him. His eyes were wide open, showing no fear at all. Instead, he seemed rather eager and eager. His feelings towards corpses were probably similar to Li Qingshan's feelings towards Qi Gathering pills.
Li Qingshan arrived before a pitch-black coffin. He drew the Wind-entwining blade and stabbed it into the gap between the lid and the coffin. With a twist of his wrist, the lid was lifted high into the air, falling to the ground. A middle-aged man lay in the coffin. He was bruised all over, having been reduced to a corpse long ago.
Li Qingshan wondered how he had died as he walked away.
It was not like he was a coroner, so it was obviously impossible for him to perform some sort of midnight autopsy. He had only opened the coffin because he was bored and wanted to take a look. He was waiting here for Zhuo Zhibo to appear.
The morgue was located in the wilderness and far away from the town. It was a good place for him to fight Zhuo Zhibo. He was still wondering if he should set up some sort of trap.
Li Qingshan had just turned around when the man in the coffin behind him suddenly opened his white eyes. Two fangs protruded from his mouth, and he was just about to attack when he saw a little girl leaning against the side of the coffin. She stared at him with an extremely serious expression, and then placed her index finger on his forehead.
Li Qingshan turned his head. "Don't eat random things. I don't even know how many years it's been."
Little Ann stuck out her tongue. Just as she withdrew her finger from Flowing Fire, the coffin was already empty. Her heart suddenly stirred. There seemed to be the aura of a living person here. She closed her eyes, and indeed, she could sense that there were living people hiding in the surrounding coffins.
Just as Li Qingshan wandered into the hall, runes suddenly lit up beneath his feet. He felt a huge gravitational force coming from beneath his feet. It was as if his body was weighed down by a thousand catties, and the circulation of true qi in his body immediately became sluggish.
At the same time, the lids of the new coffins suddenly flew open. Five figures leapt out from within, raising their hands and aiming at Li Qingshan.
The springs began to spin, and arrows shot out in a continuous stream.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh …
Although there were five of them, they were like an army of ten thousand arrows shooting at the same time. Countless arrows came from all directions, and from all angles. There was no space for him to dodge.
The shield in Li Qingshan's left hand suddenly grew in size, protecting his entire body. There was a dull thud, thud, thud. Following that, there was a loud explosion.
The moment the arrows hit the shield, they all exploded together. The power was astonishing. If they were shot into his body and then exploded, he would definitely die.
Behind Li Qingshan, there was also a loud explosion. However, he didn't even turn his head. Little Ann had already pulled out her hidden blade. Layers of sword shadows appeared, and with incomparable precision, each arrow fell to the ground.
But under their feet, there were densely packed runes. More runes lit up, surrounding Li Qingshan and Little Ann, and the pressure on their bodies became heavier.
The shield fell to the ground with a loud bang.
"Senior Brother, we caught him!" A pleasantly surprised voice said.
What responded to this voice was a snow-white blade!
… …
After Li Qingshan left, Zhuo Zhibo leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. Ge Jian stood to one side, afraid to ask anything.
Quite a while later, Zhuo Zhibo's eyes snapped open. "Ge Jian, go call people over. We're going to reinforce Li Qingshan."
Ge Jian beamed, but he was also puzzled. "Commander, is there a need for such a large group?" If he really was afraid that Li Qingshan would not die, Zhuo Zhibo could just go alone. It would be easier for him to deceive others and draw a clear line between them.
"Just call them when I tell you to!" Zhuo Zhibo said in displeasure. He felt slightly uneasy inside. He also began to realise that Li Qingshan might not be as easy to deal with as he imagined him to be.
"Yes, commander."
Before long, Ge Jian arrived before Zhuo Zhibo with six Black Wolf guards. Li Qingshan had basically spoken to all of them before. When he wanted to exchange contribution for spiritual artifacts and pills, he had been obstructed by these people. The people Zhuo Zhibo told Ge Jian to call were obviously not regular Black Wolf guards, but his true subordinates.
Looking at these people, the sliver of unease in Zhuo Zhibo's heart gradually vanished, while his hatred towards Li Qingshan intensified. Now that he had reached this point, it was no longer possible for him to reconcile with Li Qingshan. He had to kill him.
Zhuo Zhibo said, "Do you know why I've called you here?"
"Is it for that Li Qingshan?"
Zhuo Zhibo said, "Exactly. That kid has gone too far. If I don't kill him, I won't be able to resolve my hatred!"
"Forgive me for being blunt, but that Li Qingshan might be capable, but he's only a second layer Qi Practitioner. He's not worthy of us working together against him!" said a half-bald Black Wolf guard who seemed to be in his sixties.
His name was Xie Nande. He was a veteran of the Jiaping Hawkwolf Guard, as well as the strongest among them. He was bold enough to question Zhuo Zhibo's orders.
The others were the same.
Zhuo Zhibo knew he had to give them a reasonable reason. "Old Xie, I've already told the Zombie Daoist about Li Qingshan. I said I'd give him a great gift. A Body Practitioner is great material for refining corpses. I refuse to believe he won't be tempted. "
A mighty Black Hawk commander of the Hawkwolf Guard had actually colluded with the most wanted criminal, and he had sold his subordinates to the enemy.
None of the Black Wolf guards present found this strange. Xie Nande said, "Then there's even less of a need for us to do anything. The old daoist's ability to refine and nurture corpses is startling. Even regular sixth layer Qi Practitioners aren't his opponent. Li Qingshan is dead for sure."
Zhuo Zhibo said, "The old daoist has been hiding in the Zombie cave the entire time, so we've never been able to do anything to him. If we can lure him out and kill him this time, it'll be a great merit. The old daoist has quite a lot of good stuff on him. As for killing Li Qingshan, it'll just be a piece of cake."
Xie Nande clasped his hands. "Commander is wise and farsighted. I'm nowhere near as good as you, so I'm willing to follow your lead!" The other Black Wolf guards answered loudly as well. The Zombie Daoist had a bounty of over ten thousand points of contribution on his head. If it was split among them, it would be no less than a thousand points of contribution. They could exchange for quite a lot of good stuff.
When the sky was about to brighten, a total of eight Hawkwolf guards left Jiaping under Zhuo Zhibo's lead, pursuing Li Qingshan. This was an extremely terrifying force. It was enough to easily flatten many small sects and clans.
A few Hawkwolf guards watched this from the square below the huge hawk as they discussed among themselves.
"Tsk tsk, Li Qingshan is probably done for this time." The Hawkwolf guard with the bulbous nose shook his head and sighed.
"Keep your voice down. Don't talk carelessly," warned a Black Wolf guard beside him.
"What's there to be afraid of? All the snitches have gone with commander Zhuo." The bulbous nose did not care.
"What are you talking about?" A cold voice rang out from behind them.
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