Chapter 1 "Hiss~"

Inside the courtyard, the martial brothers gasped simultaneously upon hearing this.

Lingjiu Mountain was actually an imperial tomb?

An imperial tomb! That was truly an ominous place. Throughout history, very few dared to venture into one.

Leaving aside the various mechanisms within the imperial tomb.

Once the imperial tomb was completed, all the artisans would be buried alive inside to die, naturally filled with resentment.

And the places where emperors were buried were all true feng shui dragon lairs.

Once the corpses of those artisans transformed into evil spirits, they would likely become blood fiends at the very least.

With hundreds of blood fiends, possibly mixed with black fiends, even the Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain would likely perish inside.

And these lunatics from Little Apricot Village actually wanted to awaken the most terrifying imperial corpse...

Did they have a death wish?

"Eldest Brother, let's hurry and leave after delivering the corpse. This isn't something we can get involved in at all."

Gu San waved his hands repeatedly. The name of the imperial tomb frightened even this fearless and crude man.

"I'm afraid we can't leave," Gu Xiuxuan said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

"Huh? Why? Can Mister Mo stop the nine of us by himself?" Gu San's eyes widened.

"Junior Brother, it's not Mister Mo stopping us, but the karma in the dark!"

The eldest brother sighed.

"We are the ones delivering the corpse. If we just leave like this, once the imperial corpse awakens and causes widespread suffering, the karmic retribution will fall on us."

The expressions of the nine martial brothers were uncertain. The originally delicious food had lost its flavor at this moment.

"Damn it! What's there to be afraid of!"

Gu San gulped down a mouthful of wine, wiped his lips, and said angrily.

"When I was just an ordinary person, I chopped off the head of a white fiend corpse with a single blade. Now that I have skills, am I going to be timid?"

"So what if it's an imperial corpse? It's still just a corpse!"

Gu San's words greatly boosted morale.

"Third Senior Brother is right! Are kings and generals born of a different breed? We'll just fight it out! When a man dies, his bird faces skyward; if he doesn't die, he'll live for ten thousand years!" a junior brother echoed.

The eldest brother shook his head with a smile.

"You don't need to be too nervous. After realizing what Little Apricot Village was doing last night, I notified the real experts in the feng shui world."

"If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. I estimate that many feng shui experts are on their way."

Just as the eldest brother finished speaking, the courtyard door was kicked open.

More than a dozen people surrounded the nine of them, holding weapons in their hands.

The eldest brother's expression changed instantly.

The person leading them looked somewhat familiar, it was Mister Mo who presided over the dian yin last night.

The others seemed to be villagers from Little Apricot Village.

"Gu Yuan, the feng shui world says you keep your promises and treat everyone fairly. Is this how you do things after taking the money?"

Mister Mo's cold voice contained a hint of suppressed anger.

"Mister Mo, what are you talking about?" The eldest brother's forehead dripped with cold sweat. Gu Yuan was his given name.

"What am I talking about? I should be asking you that!"

Clang!

Two dark red coffins that had been smashed beyond recognition were thrown in front of Gu Yuan and the others.

"Digging up the corpses buried by dian yin in Little Apricot Village, Gu Yuan, is this how you do business?"

Faced with Mister Mo's question, Gu Yuan's face was even more puzzled.

He turned his head to look at the other martial brothers and found that their faces were also blank.

"Mister Mo, there must be some misunderstanding! How could we steal the corpses from Little Apricot Village's dian yin?" Gu Yuan quickly denied.

"That's right! Stealing corpses is punished by heaven!"

Qiao Yu, Yang Xiangdi: "..."

Mister Mo pointed to Qiao Yu in the corner of the courtyard.

"Then how do you explain these nine corpses here?"

Hearing this, Gu Yuan turned his head to look, and there were exactly nine auspicious corpses in the courtyard, no more, no less.

His face turned pale all of a sudden. It was over, this time he was caught red-handed, guilty whether he did it or not.

They probably wouldn't be able to leave Little Apricot Village. The villagers of Little Apricot Village could drown them with their spit.

"Mister Mo, one of the corpses has indeed transformed into a fiend!" a villager shouted back.

Mister Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.

Taking a corpse from a coffin was a great taboo. People were supposed to rest in peace after being buried, yet they were forcibly dug out. Even ordinary corpses would cause trouble.

Not to mention the ominous corpses from dian yin. He would be surprised if the corpses didn't transform into fiends.

"Watch these corpse thieves. Take them to Lingjiu Mountain after sunset!"

After Mister Mo gave his instructions, the villagers of Little Apricot Village surrounded Gu Yuan and the others, and Jin Tao was also tied up along with them.

Their Soul-Reaping Bells and copper gongs were also taken away.

"Eldest Brother, if it really doesn't work, let's fight our way out!" Gu San said in a low voice.

"Fight? How? Are you going to kill all the hundred-plus people in Little Apricot Village? Do you think you're Lu Bu reincarnated?" Gu Yuan said with a wry smile.

"Then are we just going to sit here and wait for death?" Gu San asked.

"No, nightfall is also our chance. Don't forget, we are corpse drivers!"

Gu Yuan turned his gaze to the nine auspicious corpses in the corner of the courtyard, a dangerous glint flashing in his eyes.

As long as it got dark, they might be able to fight their way out with their ability to control corpses.

After all, they weren't good at dealing with living people, but they were professionals when it came to dealing with corpses.

Both groups were waiting for the sun to set, and for a while, there was peace.

"Hey! Who do you think those other corpses wrapped in black cloth are? Could they be the other people?"

Seeing that no one was paying attention to their corpses, Yang Xiangdi whispered to Qiao Yu and Zuo You.

"It's very possible. After all, based on the current pattern, we all turn into corpses when we enter the instance," Zuo You whispered in agreement.

"But why are there only nine? Shouldn't there be ten..." Yang Xiangdi didn't think much about it and continued to ask, "So what do we do now? Wait until tonight and go up the mountain with them?"

"The imperial corpse should be the drought demon that the system task is talking about. We still have to go up the mountain. We can't just kill all the hundred-plus NPCs in Little Apricot Village, right?" Zuo You said.

"Huh? Who says we can't?"

Hearing this, Qiao Yu's eyes lit up instantly.

Were those NPCs? Those were walking free attribute points and experience!

He directly took out the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, and Yang Xiangdi, the one who feared nothing would be right in the world, also took out his staff.

Zuo You was almost scared to death and hurriedly stopped them.

"Don't mess around! It won't work!"

"Why?" Qiao Yu asked in confusion.

"Did you forget what I told you? As soon as I woke up, I was suppressed by an old man! That old man is Mister Mo!"

Hearing Zuo You's words, Qiao Yu reluctantly put away the blade.

Mister Mo could suppress Zuo You, so he probably could suppress him too.

After all, he was currently in a corpse state, so any methods that were effective against corpses would be effective against him.

Looking at the villagers of Little Apricot Village walking back and forth, Qiao Yu couldn't help but feel a little heartache.

My free attribute points!

Qiao Yu didn't know that their actions just now had been completely seen by Gu San and Jin Tao.

"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, you saw it this time, right!" Jin Tao was excited.

"S-saw it..." Gu San's eyes were dull and he was dumbfounded.

He, Gu San, had been a corpse driver all his life. What kind of corpses hadn't he seen?

But he had never seen such a bizarre corpse! What kind of corpse would take out a big broadsword?

Even an imperial corpse wasn't that awesome, right?

Jin Tao was right, there was definitely something wrong with these auspicious corpses!

Gu Yuan, who was beside him, turned his head in confusion.

"What did you see?"