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Seeing the old Taoist looking at Xiao Yu, Ye Fei rubbed his forehead and thought of something. He then said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, actually..."

"Haha, Uncle Ye, Grandpa Li already told me when I arrived!" Xiao Yu naturally knew what Ye Fei was going to say and replied him.

Ye Fei nodded in understanding. He was afraid that Xiao Yu wouldn't know about it and couldn't accept it for a moment. After all, in his eyes, Xiao Yu was just an ordinary traditional Chinese medical doctor with superb medical skills who had never been exposed to these things before.

"That's right, it should be corpse driving. I saw it once early on when I was with my master!" The old Taoist nodded after seeing that Xiao Yu also knew about it and said.

Upon hearing the confirmation from the old Taoist, Ye Fei turned around and said to the middle-aged officer, "Guangsheng, tell your brothers to come back first!"

The middle-aged officer responded after hearing Ye Fei's words and left. Soon, a few young special forces soldiers followed behind him as they returned.

"Uncle Ye, help me arrange a separate tent. I need to think carefully about how to counter this toxic fog!" Seeing that the tent was full of people, Xiao Yu said to Ye Fei.

“Of course!” Without any hesitation, Ye Fei replied when he heard what Xiao Yu had said.

After Ye Fei spoke, he led Xiao Yu into a nearby tent. After Xiao Yu entered the tent, he sat cross-legged on the ground. He currently didn't have good ways to deal with their toxic fog poisoning; although Zhong Kui's memories contained prescriptions for treating toxic fog poisoning, they lacked the necessary herbs.

Moreover, what they had contracted was not ordinary toxic fog poisoning. If it were truly as the old Taoist said that the black shadow was a monkey, then the toxic fog poisoning they suffered from was the toxin condensed on animal claws. To treat such toxic fog poisoning, one would require the creature’s own blood as an ingredient.

“Ding-dong… ding-dong…” Suddenly, the sound of the soul-summoning bell, which had been previously far away, gradually grew closer to their location—clearly intending to pass nearby.

Hearing this bell's sound, Xiao Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. A thought arose within him.

Once Xiao Yu conceived this idea, he got up from the bed and quickly left the tent. Seeing that Ye Fei and others were still inside the tent without coming out, Xiao Yu rushed towards the darkness.

Xiao Yu followed the sound of the bell, dashing ahead to where their camp was situated. When Xiao Yu entered a mountain cleft, the sounds of the bells could be heard coming from nearby in front of him.

Xiao Yu heard the sound of the bell approaching his direction, so he stood in place and waited for the corpse carrier.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu saw an extremely thin old man standing still. The old man's left hand held a talisman, while his right hand held a bronze bell. On either side of him were several human-shaped objects that hopped along with the sound of the bell and gradually came into sight.

"Master!" Xiao Yu called out to the approaching old man from the darkness.

"Who Who's there" Upon hearing Xiao Yu's shout, the old man immediately stopped shaking the soul-summoning bell and looked cautiously in Xiao Yu's direction with a low voice.

As soon as the sound of the old man’s bell ceased, the hopping corpses that had been following him abruptly halted and stood still.

Their faces were covered with talismans, making it impossible for Xiao Yu to see their features clearly. However, he could discern that their skin was pale and they appeared extremely thin.

Due to the strong light-absorbing properties of the night clothes given to him by his maternal grandfather, even at a distance of several meters, the old man couldn't spot Xiao Yu's presence in the dark. Hence, when he heard Xiao Yu's voice but did not see him, his expression turned cautious.

After hearing the old man’s shout, Xiao Yu stepped out from the darkness and slowly moved to stand at the center of the path.

The old man, seeing Xiao Yu suddenly appear in the middle of the road, said warily, "Young man, no matter what you have to say, I don't have time for it now. You should leave quickly!"

His voice was rough and hoarse as he spoke to Xiao Yu standing at the center of the path.

"Old gentleman, I have a question to ask; after I finish asking, I will be on my way," replied Xiao Yu calmly. He knew about corpse carrying and understood that the old man's caution was well-intentioned, but since his problem wasn't yet resolved and he wasn't an ordinary person either, he felt no fear.

"Why won't you listen to me If it’s a question, ask tomorrow during daylight. Do you know what those are" Seeing Xiao Yu's lack of concern, the old man urged anxiously.

"Haha, sir, don’t worry. Regardless of who they are, I am not afraid. Besides, my question is urgent and cannot wait until dawn!" Upon hearing these words from the old man, Xiao Yu knew that he was concerned for him, but he also realized that if he waited till tomorrow to ask his questions, it would be uncertain whether Song Hushan and Zhang Dahan could hold out. Thus, he continued pressing.

"Oh!" Upon hearing what Xiao Yu said, the old man responded and seemed to calm down, thinking ‘Is this young man not an ordinary person’

Immediately after, he felt relieved, for if he were a regular person, how could they appear in the depths of this mountain at midnight

Thinking of this, the old man looked at Xiao Yu and slowly said, "Friend What brings you here"

Xiao Yu did not refute what the old man had said. He knew that appearing in the middle of the night and having a conversation with a corpse carrier was something beyond ordinary people.

"Respected elder, do you know where we can find 'Purifying Miasma Grass' around here" Xiao Yu asked while bowing to the old man.

Earlier when he was in the tent and heard the sound of the soul-summoning bell, Xiao Yu had suddenly thought that if they were to search for it blindly here, who knew how long it would take. By the time they found it, Zhang Dahan's group might have already turned into piles of dry bones.

Unlike them, this corpse carrier was clearly very familiar with the area since he could travel at night, so Xiao Yu decided to ask him for information.

The taboos about corpses attacking people did not matter to Xiao Yu given his current abilities.

"Purifying Miasma Grass Is someone suffering from miasmic poison" The old man was stunned when he heard what Xiao Yu said and asked.

Xiao Yu felt elated upon hearing the old man's words. He had indeed guessed correctly; this old man knew of the existence of Purifying Miasma Grass, so he nodded quickly after hearing his question.

"Haha, lucky you. I'll take a look for it. When it comes to miasmic poison, I know quite a bit!" The old man chuckled upon seeing Xiao Yu's nod and said.

Even though the old man was smiling, his thin face with little flesh made people feel cold when they saw him smile.

"Oh, that's great! It would be too much trouble for you!" After hearing what the old man had to say, Xiao Yu flashed a smile and said quickly.

People like this old man lived here all year round. They were very familiar with miasma, and they could still live in Hunan Province filled with miasma because they knew how to counteract it somehow. Therefore, after hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yu hurriedly took the lead.

The old man saw Xiao Yu leading the way, so he began shaking his copper bell again. When the bell rang, those five or six corpses started hopping and followed behind the old man towards where Xiao Yu was going.

With every step the old man took, he shook the bell and slowly walked toward Ye Fei and Zhang Dahan’s campsite.

The old Taoist priest and Ye Fei in their house had not slept much all night, but they did not feel sleepy now.

Suddenly, the old Taoist sitting cross-legged on the ground opened his eyes and walked out of the tent in a few steps, looking towards the distance.

It turned out that while meditating, the old Taoist had heard the bell carried by the corpse carrier change direction, heading straight toward them.

The profession of corpse carrying is most fearful of encountering living people during the process because a person's yang energy would clash with the yin energy of the corpses, making it very easy for the dead to come back to life when these energies reach an eerie balance.

Furthermore, those being carried are also known as 'zombies,' but they are only the most basic form of zombies made by artificial secret methods. These zombies have their souls sealed inside them with talismans and controlled through secret methods so that their consciousness is completely suppressed, allowing them to follow only the sound of the corpse carrier's soul-calling bell.

Their feet are usually tied together with red ropes to prevent any possible resurrection.

After these corpses reach their destination, the corpse carriers remove the talismans and secret methods, causing the souls trapped inside them to be drawn into the netherworld.

This is why corpse carriers always keep a distance from living people; likewise, it has been customary for living people to avoid coming close to them since ancient times.

But now this corpse carrier was heading towards their direction. How could he not feel anxious After all, if there were any resurrection of the dead, it would be catastrophic for everyone involved as well as for the local population.

Xiao Yu led the corpse carrier toward their campsite slowly. Suddenly, the corpse carrier stopped ringing his soul-calling bell.

When the corpse carrier's bell fell silent, those walking corpses also ceased moving and stood still.

"Is there a large group of people ahead" The old man asked Xiao Yu, who looked puzzled.

It turned out that when he arrived here, the old man suddenly saw the lights from their campsite, indicating a sizable encampment ahead.

Initially, he thought Xiao Yu and his companions were alone, so he wasn't worried about bringing the corpses over. After all, someone who had contracted miasma would have little yang energy left in them, making it unlikely for the dead to come back to life.

But when he realized there was a large camp ahead, he immediately stopped.

Hearing the old man's question, Xiao Yu suddenly remembered that he had neglected to inform the corpse carrier about the presence of many living people ahead because he himself wasn't too concerned.ot changed at all.When his sister went into the fitting room to change back into her own clothes, Xiao Yu took out a card and walked over to the waiter. He said calmly, "Let's settle up.""Mm What did...