The female zombie understood Zhao Yan's meaning and nodded at her.
Just as Zhao Yan was about to leave, the female zombie gently poked her back with her straightened hands.
Turning back, the female zombie gestured for her to wait a moment.
Zhao Yan, not understanding why, stood in place and waited for a while.
The female zombie turned and leaped away. When she returned, she held something in her hands.
She handed the item to Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan took it from the female zombie's hand and saw that it was some medicinal herbs.
As she was wondering, the female zombie pointed to Zhao Yan's leg.
She looked down at her leg and saw a slight abrasion on her ankle.
She hadn't even noticed how her ankle got scraped, but the female zombie had noticed it.
"You intend for me to apply the herbs to the wound, right?" Zhao Yan asked.
The female zombie's eyes curved into crescent moons. Although her stiff face couldn't show expression, the female zombie tried her best to soften her rigid features, making her look less fierce.
Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile at the female zombie, thinking she was quite kind.
"Thank you, but this is just a minor scrape. It'll be fine after tonight."
It was just a small scratch, and a band-aid would be enough.
The female zombie insisted on handing the herbs over.
Seeing this, Zhao Yan felt it would be impolite to refuse such kindness. She said thank you and accepted the herbs.
Asking the female zombie to wait there, Zhao Yan turned and walked out of the cave.
When she reached the cave entrance, the female zombie was still watching her from the opening. Only after seeing Zhao Yan leave completely did she turn back with peace of mind.
Zhao Yan returned to the search party, pretending to be diligently searching.
Around five in the afternoon, the search party stopped. Zhao Yan used an excuse to slip back into the shop.
The young disciples felt very guilty towards Zhao Yan. They had invited her to help them catch zombies.
Instead, Zhao Yan had ended up doing manual labor with them, wasting a whole day searching for zombies without success.
Throughout the day, they hadn't heard Zhao Yan complain or express tiredness.
She also hadn't put on airs as a senior. In an instant, Zhao Yan's impression in their hearts rose significantly.
Their attitude towards her became increasingly respectful.
Zhao Yan looked at her WeChat friends list, which had grown from three to one hundred and seven.
While searching for zombies, one Xuanmen disciple had asked to add her on WeChat, and the other Xuanmen disciples had swarmed forward.
As a result, she had added quite a few people.
She had also been added to several Xuanmen Taoist groups. As soon as she made an appearance, the previously quiet groups would immediately go wild.
If she didn't check for a short while, the messages would be 99+.
The mentions of her were incredibly numerous.
She muted the group messages, put away her phone, and walked towards the second floor.
Wang Xianzhi was guarding the entrance to the little zombie's room, never leaving his post.
Seeing Zhao Yan come upstairs, Wang Xianzhi stood up from his stool and asked, "How is Master?"
"The zombie from Jiangxi Nanshan is a female zombie, and the mother of the little zombie."
"You'll come with me later to pick up the female zombie," Zhao Yan said.
Zhao Yan explained the situation to Wang Xianzhi.
She asked him to prepare a car.
Although there were still two cars parked in front of the shop, these cars couldn't be used for now. If those Xuanmen Taoists found out she was picking up the female zombie, it would cause unnecessary trouble.
She asked Wang Xianzhi to rent a car from out of town.
For this, Zhao Yan specifically bought a set of men's clothing, tied up her hair, and put on a baseball cap and a mask.
She had some popularity in the Xuanmen circle now, and she was afraid of being discovered when picking up the female zombie.
The young Xuanmen disciples were now very respectful towards her, but if they knew that the little zombie and the female zombie were with her, they would surely turn against her.
As the saying goes, human hearts are unpredictable. Even blood brothers would draw their swords for profit, let alone her relationship with these young Xuanmen disciples, which was merely a chance encounter.
"Do you recognize me now?" Zhao Yan asked Wu Jiaxin.
Wu Jiaxin shook her head. "Sister Zhao, you've covered your face so much that anyone would have trouble recognizing you."
"But wearing sunglasses late at night, can you see?"
"This is just in case. Better safe than sorry," Zhao Yan replied.
She looked at Wang Xianzhi, who was also ready.
"Let's go get the car, disciple," Zhao Yan said.
Wang Xianzhi responded, turned, and walked behind her. He started the car, and Zhao Yan got in.
She instructed General Hei Hu to guard the house and protect Wu Jiaxin and the shop's property.
General Hei Hu let out a bark at Zhao Yan.
Half an hour later...
When the car reached the foot of Jiangxi Nanshan, Zhao Yan saw many vehicles parked at the base of the mountain.
There were even more than when she had arrived that morning.
It seemed that the Taoists searching for the female zombie were increasing.
Zhao Yan looked at her men's clothing and silently praised her own vigilance.
"Master... which way should we go..."
"Hush, from now on, don't call me Master. Call me Kong Xu Gongzi."
"Uh..."
Wang Xianzhi looked at Zhao Yan, unsure of her intentions for a moment.
Seeing that her master seemed to have adopted another persona, he could only go along with it. He coughed lightly and said, "Kong Xu Gongzi, which path should we take?"
"To the left," Zhao Yan said, opening her fan and fanning her face a few times. As the breeze blew, she quickened her pace up the mountain.
As she walked further up the mountain path, Zhao Yan felt a bit nervous. The footprints on the ground suddenly increased.
When she returned from the cave, she had deliberately erased her own footprints.
"Disciple, hurry!" Zhao Yan's footsteps quickened.
Wang Xianzhi struggled to keep up with Zhao Yan's pace, gritting his teeth to catch up.
Reaching the cave entrance, Zhao Yan thought, "This is bad." There were many footprints at the entrance, indicating that many people had entered the cave.
Zhao Yan quickly took out her phone. If those people had captured the female zombie, news would surely come.
As soon as she opened her phone, her many Taoist groups were flooded with messages.
Scrolling up, she saw messages from ten minutes ago from Xuanmen Taoists saying they had found the female zombie.
There were many photos of the female zombie in the group.
Knowing that this female zombie was an uncorrupted corpse, the group exploded.
"Twelve old Taoist masters found her through great effort. As expected of an uncorrupted corpse, she almost escaped."
"However, this female zombie's mind seems abnormal. Several times she had the opportunity to kill those old Taoists, but she held back."
"Haha, at first, she was injured by many old Taoists and cried out in pain. But even so, when she fought back, she accidentally injured an old Taoist and then took out a lot of medicinal herbs, as if to heal the old Taoist."
"This is hilarious. In a critical situation, she was still tending to her opponent."
"The Taoist friend who spoke earlier might be thinking too beautifully. Perhaps those weren't medicinal herbs, but deadly poisonous herbs. This is an evil zombie."