Uncle-master explained his plan.
After we heard it, we were all a little puzzled.
The disguise was fine, but how could we, who were clearly living people, disguise ourselves as evil creatures?
When Uncle-master got to this point, he also asked,
"Does anyone have any good ideas?"
Upon hearing this, everyone frowned and pondered.
Old Mo pressed on,
"Master, stop holding back and just tell us!"
Everyone looked at Uncle-master.
As it turned out, Uncle-master also looked embarrassed,
"Why are you all looking at me? I haven't figured it out either. Aren't I letting you all think about it?"
Everyone sighed.
I, however, stroked my chin and began to think.
Disguise as evil creatures?
How could we, who were clearly living people, disguise ourselves?
Become ghosts? Impossible, as we had bodies.
Monsters? No demonic energy.
Zombies?
That's right, zombies.
A thought flashed through my mind, and I quickly spoke up,
"Uncle-master, we can disguise ourselves as zombies!"
When everyone heard me speak, they all looked at me.
"Old Qin, will that work? Zombies have Yin Sha corpse energy all over them. Just on this point alone, we wouldn't be convincing."
Old Mo shook his head.
"Hmm, I think we should disguise as demons!
As long as we put on freshly shed demon skins.
And paste on breath-stopping talismans, even in human form, it can have some deceptive effect."
Xia Qiu Xi spoke up.
After hearing this, I smiled faintly,
"Look at this!"
Saying that, I took out the Yin Gathering Bead wrapped in talismans.
Everyone was stunned when they saw it:
"Yin Gathering Bead?"
Old Mo asked with surprise.
Yun Xia Gu and Xia Qiu Xi also looked slightly taken aback.
Only Uncle-master saw through my thoughts at a glance,
"Yin Gathering Bead, Xiao Qin, are you perhaps thinking of using this to create sinister energy?"
I nodded,
"Yes, Uncle-master, I want to use this to create sinister energy.
But we are living people, we cannot disguise ourselves as ghosts, but we can disguise ourselves as zombies..."
Before I could finish, Old Mo interjected,
"Then what about the corpse煞气 (corpse malevolent energy)?"
Xia Qiu Xi also instantly understood,
"Zombie flesh?"
"Yes, zombie flesh. We can find a way to kill a zombie, peel off its tough hide, and wear it.
It's the same principle as demon skins; for a short time, it carries some corpse malevolent energy.
Combined with the Yin energy emanating from the Yin Gathering Bead, we can fake the zombie's Yin Sha corpse energy.
Although it's a lot, it will definitely have some deceptive effect.
At the very least, while masking our breathing, passing through areas guarded by walking corpses and white zombies should not be a problem..."
I quickly laid out my thoughts and plan.
Everyone listened and nodded one after another.
"Good, this method will work!"
Uncle-master slapped his thigh,
"Excellent, we'll disguise ourselves as zombies.
There are quite a few walking corpses and zombies in the Demon Palace.
The few of us going in, not too many, not too few.
We'll proceed carefully, avoiding those demonic priests, and it should be fine."
With the direction decided, we then discussed the next steps and plans in detail.
Earlier, from the hill, we had seen walking corpses and zombie slaves patrolling back and forth around the Demon Palace.
Once we got closer, we just needed to quickly deal with one or two of them.
Then, disguise ourselves, and finally sneak in from the mountain forest on the west side of the city.
That would mean the first step was accomplished.
As we discussed this, we had already reached the foot of the mountain.
The mountain forest here was dense, and dark clouds covered the sky.
We were one step closer to the Demon Palace.
At this point, we could even faintly hear a "dong dong dong" sound, like a heartbeat.
That should be the sound emitted by the Corpse Ghost Heavenly Fetus.
Judging by the time, it was already night outside.
The temperature of the air had also dropped sharply.
The various special energies like Yin Sha and corpse demonic energy that permeated the air had become much denser.
From afar, we could hear the "wuwu" low growls coming from the Demon Palace.
We were now at the outer perimeter and had to be extremely cautious and vigilant.
Furthermore, each of us had pasted two "breath-stopping talismans" on ourselves.
With three breath-stopping talismans, we could maximally suppress our living human aura.
Following this, we began to move towards the west.
Due to being too close to the Demon Palace, ghost servants and zombie slaves would occasionally appear and wander around.
All of us proceeded with extreme caution.
Our speed was also reduced to the slowest.
Zombies and the like were easier to detect because zombies cannot mask their own aura.
And when they approached, the movement would be significant.
However, demons and specters were not so easy to detect.
We had to be careful.
After walking forward only a few tens of meters,
Uncle-master, who was leading the way, signaled us to stop quietly.
Everyone squatted down to conceal themselves.
Not long after we squatted, a gust of Yin wind blew over.
"Whooosh whooosh whooosh..."
The vegetation rustled.
The next second, we saw three white-clad vengeful spirits floating out from the nearby woods.
The three vengeful spirits had ferocious expressions, their faces pale, and their pair of pitch-black eyes swept around.
Their feet did not touch the ground as they drifted through the woods not far from us in the "whooosh" of the Yin wind...
This should be the ghost patrol and sentries on the outer perimeter of the Demon Palace.
We all lowered our heads and held our breath.
As long as these ghosts did not sense our living aura and could not see us, we were safe.
Fortunately, Uncle-master had spotted them in advance, so we perfectly avoided them this time.
Two minutes later, after Uncle-master and Yun Xia Gu confirmed that the specters had left.
We then heard Uncle-master say,
"Alright, let's continue now!"
Saying that, Uncle-master crouched low.
And led us to continue approaching the Demon Palace through the dense bushes...