Li Mu thought for a moment and remembered the little monk's identity.
Before Li Mu's cultivation, there were four other cultivators in the Yangqiu County Government, apart from Zhang County Magistrates and Constable Zhou.
Among the four, Li Qing, Han Zhe, and Wu Bo were Taoist disciples from The Ancestral Court of Fu-lu School. The last one was from the Heart Sect of the Four Buddhist Sects.
Both Buddhism and Taoism cooperated with the imperial court. The two sects would send their young disciples to be stationed in local government offices. Firstly, it was for the disciples to gain experience. Secondly, it was to help the imperial court govern the local government.
Although the cultivators considered themselves as outsiders, they had to show the necessary sincerity to the imperial court if they wanted to establish a sect in the Great Zhou and recruit believers.
Wu Bo stood opposite the little monk, with snake corpses under his feet.
Han Zhe was not exaggerating when he said that this person would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. Ever since the fat man suffered a loss at the hands of the snake demon, he had been angry. These days, no less than hundreds of snakes had died at his hands.
The little monk looked at the snake corpses on the ground and frowned. He said to Wu Bo, "Constable Wu, why did you kill so many creatures?"
Wu Bo said disdainfully, "They were just a few unenlightened snakes. So what if I killed them? You don't care if others kill chickens or ducks. Why do you care about me?"
"Amitabha." The little monk chanted the name of Buddha and said with pity, "Chickens and ducks are domestic animals. When people kill chickens and ducks for food, they will accumulate evil karma. You killed the snakes for the evil in your heart. You will suffer the evil karma in the future …"
Wu Bo sneered and said, "How do you know that I didn't kill the snakes for food? Snake meat tastes good. I will eat snake soup today. Do you want to have a bowl?"
The little monk was so angry that his face turned green. He chanted the name of Buddha a few times before he calmed down. He said slowly, "Constable Wu, the sea of bitterness is boundless. Repent and be saved. I hope you won't continue to be wrong …"
Wu Bo said with disdain, "Sorry, I'm a cultivator. I don't believe in your Boundless Sea of Bitterness …"
Constable Zhou came out from inside. Seeing the two of them at daggers drawn, he felt a headache and hurriedly said, "Don't quarrel, you two. The county magistrate has summoned you for something important. He's waiting for you. Come in quickly …"
Li Mu watched the commotion from the door of the guardhouse for a while before the two of them were called to the front office by Constable Zhou.
This little monk also had a good temper. If it was Xuandu, Wu Bo would probably be kneeling on the ground and promising that he would never kill again.
In Li Mu's memory, it was rare for the four Cultivators of the yamen to gather together. He did not know what had happened that made the four Cultivators gather in the county yamen. He walked back to the duty room and asked curiously, "Did something big happen in the yamen?"
"I don't know." Zhang Shan shook his head and said, "Boss was summoned by the county magistrate just now. We'll know what happened when she comes out."
Old Wang came in and said, "I heard some news. It's said that the zombies in Zhou County were not under control and the zombie disaster spread to our county. Last night, several people in the villages adjacent to Zhou County were bitten …"
Hearing Old Wang's words, Li Mu was shocked and asked, "The zombie disaster spread to our county?"
Just one jumping zombie was enough to give the yamen a headache. One could imagine what the consequences would be if zombies broke out in Yangqiu County.
The zombie disaster in Zhou County had already killed hundreds and thousands of people.
Three months ago, the county magistrate came out in person and gathered countless masters, but he still could not control the situation. If Yangqiu County fell, the situation would probably be completely out of control.
After all, zombies were different from ordinary monsters and ghosts. Without the intervention of the imperial court or cultivators, they could continuously turn ordinary people into their own kind.
After a corpse was bitten by a jumping zombie, ordinary constables would no longer be able to subdue it. Flying zombies could create an unlimited number of jumping zombies. There was a record in the "Records of the Monsters of the Ten Prefectures" that hundreds of years ago, the most serious zombie disaster was caused by a spirit corpse.
This spiritual zombie directly turned a small country into a country of zombies.
The Flying Stiff was just a general term. The strength of a zombie at this level was roughly equivalent to that of a cultivator in the middle three realms.
The strength of a spiritual zombie was even above the Flying Stiff and was close to the upper three realms of cultivation. This type of zombie could be called a corpse cultivator. Their intelligence was not inferior to that of ordinary people. They knew spells and could use supernatural powers. Their bodies were made of copper and iron. Lightning could not penetrate them and magic treasures could not hurt them. They could compete with cultivators in the seventh realm.
Back then, the Spirit Corpse had caused a huge commotion. In the end, the Spirit Array Sect had to send out several elders to cover the entire small country with formations. Then, they had to send out countless high level cultivators to quell the disaster.
If the zombie disaster in North County was too big, the imperial court would probably use a similar method and give up on North County to solve the overall crisis.
"Our county is also plagued by zombies?"
When Zhang Shan heard this, his face turned pale. After the Zhang Family Village case, his fear of zombies still hadn't dissipated.
Old Wang chuckled and said, "Don't worry. North County is where The Ancestral Court of F Lu School is located. Now that things have gotten to this point, they won't ignore it. If F Lu School is serious, let alone one or two Flying Stiff, even if a spiritual zombie comes, it won't be able to do anything …"
After a while, Li Qing walked in from outside. Seeing that everyone was there, she said, "There's an important matter that I need to inform you all of."
She said with a serious expression, "The zombie disaster in Zhou County is spreading to Yangqiu County. The County Magistrate ordered us to inform all the villages in the county and tell them not to go out at night. You also need to inform the people in your jurisdiction to be more vigilant …"
Li Mu's jurisdiction was in the county. If zombies appeared here, then the entire Yangqiu County would fall.
Li Mu went door to door to inform the people on Weiyang Street. The threat of zombies was huge. After a day, a small number of shops along the street closed their doors. There were also fewer people on the street. The Yunyan Pavilion, which had a lot of customers, was also deserted.
Liu Hanyan decided to close the shop. Under Li Mu's reminder, she stocked up on glutinous rice and stayed at home with Wanwan. They didn't leave the house and didn't take a step out.
Although the possibility of zombies appearing in the county was very small, one of them had a Pure Yin Body and the other had Natural Spiritual Eyes. They were the kind of people that zombies would be picky about. It was better to be prepared just in case.
While eating, Liu Hanyan looked at Li Mu and asked, "When will those zombies be eliminated? The shop is losing money every day. It can't go on like this …"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Don't open the shop for now. I'll let you know when it's ready."
Liu Hanyan glanced at him and said, "You're not the shopkeeper. Of course you're not in a hurry. If there are no customers for a month, who knows how many shops will close down. If the Yunyan Pavilion closes down, will you feed Wanwan and me?"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "My monthly salary is only 500 coins. I can't afford it."
Wanwan immediately looked at Li Mu and said, "I'm very easy to feed. I can only eat one bowl of rice every time. Miss is even easier to feed. She only eats a little bit every day …"
Liu Hanyan looked at Wanwan helplessly and said to Li Mu, "Fortunately, the haunted house was built long ago. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would delay your business."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry. Those zombies won't be able to jump around for long."
The ancestral court of the F Lu School was in the North County. They didn't do anything before because they believed that the North County government could solve this matter.
Now that the situation had spread, the government was having a hard time dealing with it. The F Lu School would not stand by and do nothing.
In the past two days, many students of the F Lu School had gone down the mountain to participate in quelling the zombie disaster.
This time, Li Mu had to take some risks.
Fear was a rebellious emotion. It was difficult to refine and required a lot of courage. Li Mu originally planned to go to Zhou County to obtain the courage he needed from the zombies. After this disaster was quelled, he could directly condense his soul.
Obtaining courage from zombies was different from extracting courage from monsters. Li Mu planned to go to Old Wang's place first to find a way to obtain courage from zombies.
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