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Although Xiao Yu was not afraid, the old man certainly wouldn't agree. This could also be considered a rule in the profession of corpse-conveying; a conveyer would never keep too far from the corpse during the process, staying almost right beside it.

Hearing what the old man said, Xiao Yu finally reacted and thought for a moment before saying, "Master, how should we proceed"

"Hmm..." The old man pondered for a while before lifting his head to say, "Friend, why don't you go fetch them here I'll stay here and take a look. Remember, only allow yourself to come; no more strangers!"

"Alright!" Hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yu did not hesitate at all and immediately responded before quickly rushing towards the camp.

Wearing night attire, Xiao Yu was just visible as a faint dark figure rapidly passing under the dim moonlight. Once his body moved into the shadows, however, nothing could be seen.

"Who is it" As soon as Xiao Yu approached the camp, a low, wary voice sounded from the entrance of the encampment.

Xiao Yu recognized this to be the old Taoist's voice and did not stop but said, "It's me! Xiao Yu!"

"Erm... How did you get out It’s very dangerous outside now!" Hearing Xiao Yu's voice, the old Taoist couldn't help sounding somewhat reproachful.

Given how Xiao Yu was addressed by both him and Ye Fei as well as their close relationship, he knew that Xiao Yu should be from the capital. Hence, there was a hint of blame in his tone when Xiao Yu left without permission.

After all, although this time it wasn't him leading the group, he was still the one with the highest cultivation level here and Li Suijun and Grandpa Song had instructed him to watch over Ye Fei and the others upon their arrival.

He never expected that they would run into trouble right from the start. They hadn’t been there long before two people were injured, both in critical condition; now Xiao Yu had gone out secretly again. Even just dealing with Zhang Dahai’s situation alone, he didn't know how to explain it. If something happened to this Xiao Yu as well, he wouldn't know how to report back to the old masters.

Moreover, he believed that Xiao Yu was merely curious about the mysterious event upon hearing of it and thus went out to see when he heard a corpse-conveyer passing by—after all, young people are naturally inquisitive.

The thing was, some matters should not be approached with curiosity; otherwise, you might not only risk your own life but also that of innocent others.

"Alright. You go into the tent first, I'll stop that corpse driver; I believe he will give me some face!" After seeing Xiao Yu approach, the old Taoist moved aside to make way for him and spoke to Xiao Yu.

Originally, the old Taoist thought that when this corpse driver changed his soul-summoning bell's direction towards them earlier, it was because Xiao Yu had provoked him. He came after Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu saw the old Taoist move aside and didn't stop to explain; instead, without any hesitation, he entered the tent.

After a moment, Xiao Yu helped Song Hushan come out from inside the tent and told the old Taoist at the entrance, "Taoist, I'll ask that corpse driver to take a look at Uncle Song. He just said he might have some methods!"

"Oh... Alright, then hurry up but be careful!" Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, the old Taoist was momentarily stunned before quickly reacting; a hint of joy appeared on his face and he hurriedly followed behind Xiao Yu in the direction of the corpse driver.

"Master! Please take a look at him!" When Xiao Yu reached beside the corpse driver and placed Song Hushan on the ground, he said to this corpse driver.

The corpse driver, upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, walked over to where Song Hushan was lying. But then when he saw the old Taoist coming behind him, he asked Xiao Yu, "Didn't I tell you not to bring anyone here Why is there still someone"

"Hehe, I'm White Cloud Taoist, delighted to meet fellow cultivator. Upon hearing that fellow cultivator passed by this place, I specially came to greet," the old Taoist who followed behind Xiao Yu bowed slightly and said to the corpse driver.

Only when the old Taoist approached did he sense the strength of the corpse driver, hence nodding respectfully at him.

The cultivation world respects power; since this corpse driver was obviously weaker in cultivation compared to him, he felt considerably relieved.

"Ah, it's fellow cultivator, my apologies!" Upon hearing what the old Taoist said, the corpse driver was slightly stunned as well. He hadn't expected there to be another cultivator here and thus glanced at both Xiao Yu and this old Taoist.

Seeing that there was quite a gap in age between them, he assumed that Xiao Yu must be the old Taoist's disciple.

In addition, he felt a faint pressure from the old Taoist but couldn't tell his cultivation level, so he knew that the old Taoist had higher cultivation and thus treated him with more respect.

"Thank you for your help, fellow cultivator! Please!" The old Taoist nodded at this corpse driver and pointed to Song Hushan lying on the ground.

The Corpse Carrier nodded and lowered his head to look at Song Hushan, who was lying on the ground.

Although it was night time, he could still make out Song Hushan's face under the faint moonlight. When he saw how bad Song Hushan looked, his expression changed, and he quickly squatted down to examine him carefully.

After a while, with an unhappy look on his face, the Corpse Carrier stood up and said, "Ah, the miasma poison in him is too deep. I don’t have any good way of dealing with it. And you guys didn't know How could someone who has been poisoned by such miasma be left untreated for so long"

The Corpse Carrier had originally thought that this person simply inhaled some miasma accidentally, but he did not expect the poison to have advanced to this stage. This person was just short of having the poison enter his heart meridian; it must've been at least a day since he got poisoned!

"Haha, we didn’t delay things. They were only poisoned for less than half an hour before we found them! And that’s after we had already begun to deal with it!" Upon hearing what the Corpse Carrier said, the old Taoist monk gave a bitter smile.

They weren't delaying treatment because they didn’t want to; rather, the poison came too abruptly. This was thanks to Xiao Yu handling things quickly upon arrival—otherwise, these people would likely have turned into corpses by now!

"Impossible! The miasma here is indeed potent, but it can’t be that this person got so badly poisoned in less than half an hour!"

Hearing the old Taoist monk’s words, the Corpse Carrier spoke with a look of disbelief.

"Why would we deceive you Just half an hour ago, a shadow attacked our camp. The miasma poison that struck these people was from when they got scratched by that shadow!" The old Taoist monk said with a grim expression.

So many of them had been ambushed by some beastly creature and injured so badly; moreover, judging from their injuries, it seemed likely that the same thing had killed those who were already dead. Among these people, there wasn’t even one weakling—some ordinary soldiers could be considered special forces elites. But now, without even seeing what this thing looked like, they had suffered numerous casualties. How could the old Taoist monk bear to see it

The old Taoist monk had undertaken a few missions before, but he had never encountered something like this before; it left him somewhat at a loss.

"Shadow… shadow What did that shadow look like Was it a half-man-high ape" Upon hearing what the old Taoist monk said, the Corpse Carrier muttered to himself and fell into thought. Suddenly, he lifted his head with wide eyes and asked in shock, looking at the old Taoist monk and Xiao Yu.

"Yes! How Do you know this thing, fellow Daoist" Upon hearing what the Corpse Carrier said, the old Taoist monk hurriedly asked him.

This corpse mover gulped after hearing the old Taoist's words and nodded, then began to explain to Xiao Yu and the others.

It turned out that there was a legend circulating among these mountains, saying that a monster lay dormant here. Every few decades, this monster would emerge and wreak havoc; each time it appeared, the nearby mountain villagers faced another catastrophe.

The folk tales were widely circulated among commoners, but only certain strange gateways cultivation families knew the true reasons behind them.

According to his ancestors’ records, deep within these mountains lived an ancient family of cultivators. The method of corpse summoning used by this group was passed down from that ancient family.

Everyone knew that the family resided deep in the mountains of Western Hunan but no one had ever seen them.

However, their ancestors were well aware of this family and knew they possessed a spirit beast to protect their clan. It was rumored to be an ape.

Hundreds of years ago, for reasons unknown, every few decades, an ape would come out and cause chaos; it inevitably resulted in casualties each time it appeared. Hence, the ancestors from these corpse summoning families devised methods to hunt down this ape. However, due to the ape’s numerous natural advantages within these mountains, their efforts always ended up futile.

Over generations, their clans' strength weakened, and they could no longer handle the situation with that ape; all they could do was hope it would eventually die of old age.

In addition, according to their family records, the last time this ape appeared was over a hundred years ago. Seeing that the ape hadn’t shown up for more than a century, they assumed it had died. To everyone's surprise, the ape reappeared today after a century.

This left him no choice but to be alarmed, as every time this ape emerged, dozens of lives were lost.

"Doesn't that ancient family let their spirit beast harm people" After hearing what the corpse mover had to say, the old Taoist asked him.

"I’m not quite sure. According to our clan’s classics, members of this family used to occasionally come out and walk around in the past; but for the last three or four hundred years, no one has emerged."

Hearing the elder's question, the corpse mover shook his head.

"Then does Master know where there is a medicinal herb that can dispel miasma" Xiao Yu understood the situation after hearing the old man’s story. Since this corpse mover couldn’t help either, he could only proceed with what was suggested and thus asked the elder about the herb again.(To be continued...)ntioning it to him.“Oh, why does Elder Li say so” Xiao Yu looked back at Li Suijun. His state of mind returned to its calm demeanor as he stared towards the vast expanse of white sky and asked Li Suij...