Early the next morning, Li Mu and the others bid farewell to the old official and continued their journey into the depths of Zhou County.
The living corpses that appeared last night weren't much of a threat. Even if Han Zhe and the others didn't make a move, the cultivators gathered in the small village could easily deal with them.
The real danger of Zhou County was still ahead of them.
In the areas where the zombie disaster was the most serious, the zombies that moved in groups weren't low-level living corpses, but jumping zombies. Even if a cultivator of the Spirit Condensation realm encountered them, they would die on the spot if they weren't careful.
However, Li Mu wasn't worried about the threat of the jumping zombies. Instead, he was worried about where the courage in the zombies' bodies had gone.
If he couldn't obtain enough courage from these zombies, then his trip to Zhou County wouldn't have much meaning …
After leaving the small village, the road ahead was full of barren and dilapidated villages.
These villages didn't have any signs of life. The doors of the houses were wide open, the roofs had collapsed, and the walls were broken. Deep fingerprints were left on the walls, which was a ghastly sight.
Standing in front of this dead and desolate village, Li Mu and the others finally understood how serious the zombie disaster in Zhou County was.
The bigger villages were still fine, but small villages with only a dozen or so families often turned into zombies. The number of innocent people who died in this disaster was already more than a thousand.
Zhou County's County Magistrate was responsible for such a thing. He had already been removed from his post and investigated by the County Governor. The entire Zhou County was also directly taken over by the higher-ups.
"Roar!"
A black shadow suddenly rushed out of the wreckage and pounced on Li Mu and the others.
It was a black dog. To be precise, it was a corpse dog. Its head had already partially rotted, revealing the eerie white bones. It opened its bloody mouth and spat out a nauseating stench as it viciously bit at Wu Bo.
Humans weren't the only ones who could turn into zombies. Cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, and other animals that had been bitten by zombies also had a certain chance of turning into such bloodthirsty evil creatures.
Wu Bo's body size was even larger than Li Mu, Li Qing, Han Zhe and the little monk Huiyuan put together. Naturally, he became the main target of this dead dog.
Wu Bo snorts coldly. Li Mu sees a white light flashing in front of his eyes. The Dead Dog's body is split into two halves from the middle. After falling to the ground, it stops moving.
Li Mu's gaze slightly congealed. This fatty's cultivation was already at the peak of Assembled Spirit. Although his body was huge, his movements were not slow at all. Li Mu simply could not see him make a move. For that little snake demon to be able to escape from his hands, it could be considered to have some ability.
"Amitabha …" Huiyuan couldn't help but recite the name of Buddha. Looking at the two halves of the dog's body, he said with pity, "I hope you can be reborn in paradise and have a good reincarnation in your next life …"
Wu Bo sneered and said, "These evil creatures have no souls. I'm afraid they can't be reincarnated …"
Huiyuan used his staff to dig a pit and buried the dog's body in it. Only then did they continue their journey.
Along the way, they encountered a few more uninhabited villages, but they were not as desolate as before. The doors in the villages were all locked. The villagers should have temporarily gone to other places to avoid the disaster.
Usually, the people lived very scattered. The current situation was special. In order to make it easier to manage, the North County County Governor had ordered the people of Zhou County to gather together.
Other than the gathering place, there were no other places in Zhou County.
Along the way. In addition to the Dead Dog, they also encountered a few living corpses and a jumping zombie hiding in the dark.
Jumping zombies didn't like sunlight and were stronger at night. The strength they could use during the day was greatly reduced.
Han Zhe's divine ability was able to separate its head from its body. However, in his body, he still couldn't guide out its courage.
Han Zhe's summoning divine ability had made Li Mu envious for a long time.
Although he was at the Soul Condensation Realm, he could easily kill a Soul Condensation Realm cultivator with that move.
Unfortunately, even Li Qing didn't understand this kind of divine ability that was close to a Dao technique. In The Ancestral Court of Fu-lu School, only a few people could practice it.
Moreover, the various sects valued Dao techniques very much. They wouldn't teach them to disciples who weren't from the same sect.
If one didn't know the true words, even if they knew the hand gestures, they wouldn't be able to use it unless they searched the souls of the core disciples of the various sects who knew Dao techniques.
And this path had always been a shortcut to death for the Heretical Cultivation.
Not to mention that in order to prevent Dao techniques from being spread, the disciples who were taught Dao techniques had to swear that they wouldn't teach it to others and also learn to resist the soul searching technique. Even if they had Heretical Cultivation and successfully searched their souls and learned superior Dao techniques, it would still be difficult for them to escape from the pursuit of the sect's experts.
For the Heretical Cultivation who killed the sect's geniuses and secretly learned Dao techniques, the experts of the six Daoist sects would scatter their ashes.
Heretical Cultivation who didn't have this kind of thought could still survive by hiding.
Once they had this kind of thought and put it into action, their life would enter the countdown.
Li Mu no longer thought about Han Zhe's divine ability. They followed the old official's guidance for dozens of miles and finally saw a large village.
The outer perimeter of the village was surrounded by a stone wall. Above the stone wall, there was a watchtower built at intervals. When Li Mu and the others approached, they found that the outer perimeter of the stone wall was covered with a layer of glutinous rice.
Such a strong fortification couldn't be broken by ordinary zombies at all. Even jumping zombies could block it.
"Is that Junior Brother Han?"
As the few of them walked in, a surprised voice suddenly came from the top of the stone wall.
Han Zhe looked up and said with a smile on his face, "Senior Brother Qin, Senior Brother Qin, long time no see."
A man jumped down from the stone wall, looked up and down at Han Zhe, and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Han, I haven't seen you for half a year. Your cultivation has improved a lot. You should be able to gather your spirit soon, right?"
"I'm still far from it." Han Zhe smiled embarrassedly, looked up and down at Senior Brother Qin, and said with surprise, "Senior Brother, your progress is fast. You just gathered your spirit last year. Now I can't see through it at all. Are you going to break through to the Middle Realm soon?"
"How can it be so fast? I don't have your talent. I just worked hard for half a year …"
Senior Brother Qin smiled and didn't continue this topic. He looked at Wu Bo and Li Qing, and said, "I remember that you were training in the Yangqiu County Government. These two should be Junior Sister Li and Junior Brother Wu of Ziyun Peak. These two are …"
Han Zhe introduced them to him, "This is Master Huiyuan, from the Heart Sect of Buddhism. This is Li Mu, my colleague in the County Government."
The ancestral court of the Talisman Puppet Sect had a total of seven branches. This time, they had sent many disciples down the mountain to quell the chaos. The person guarding this village happened to be Han Zhe's senior brother.
They walked into the village through the gate and saw that the situation was much better than before.
The open space outside the houses was crowded with temporary straw huts. The people who had temporarily moved here lived in the straw huts.
Although the people gathered here looked more or less tired, there was not much fear or worry on their faces. The high wall built outside the village and the cultivators stationed here gave them a great sense of security.
Han Zhe asked as he walked, "How's the situation here?"
Senior Brother Qin shook his head and said, "Those zombies hide underground during the day. When the sun sets, they come out and attack the village where the people gather. It's fine during the day, but at night, we still don't have enough people …"
Looking at Li Mu and the others, he smiled again and said, "Why don't you all stay here? With you all here, there's nothing to be afraid of. In the nearby zombie hordes, other than a few powerful jumping zombies, there's nothing to be afraid of …"
The situation in Zhou County was that the closer one was to the county town, the denser the zombie hordes and the stronger the zombies.
The Fu-lu School and the Prefectural Governor had gathered the Transcendent State cultivators and most of the Assembled Spirit cultivators to guard the county town. In the outskirts of the county town, where the zombie disaster was not too serious, one Assembled Spirit cultivator was enough to guard it.
Wu Bo's cultivation was the highest. In theory, they had to listen to Wu Bo's arrangements.
Along the way, he did not exercise this authority. He also did not raise any objections to Senior Brother Qin's idea.
However, the quieter he was, the more uncomfortable Li Mu felt. Especially when he glanced at Li Mu, it made Li Mu feel like he was being watched by a poisonous snake.
Although Li Mu did not offend him in any way, Wu Bo was narrow-minded and had a violent personality. He could not be judged by ordinary people. Being watched by an Assembled Spirit cultivator was not a good thing. Li Mu had already raised his guard against him …
Senior Brother Qin led them into a courtyard and said, "I'll have to trouble you all to rest here first."
Wu Bo walked into his room and looked back at the others. He said, "If there's nothing else, don't disturb me."
Han Zhe looked at Wu Bo's back with dissatisfaction. He said to Senior Brother Qin, "Wu Bo is always like this. Senior Brother, don't mind him. Just ignore him."
Senior Brother Qin smiled and said, "How can that be? Junior Brother Wu is talented and is Elder Wu's grandson. It's understandable that he's a little more arrogant than us ordinary disciples …"
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