Chapter 169
Chapter 169
One of the mummified corpses moved with astonishing speed and reached the outer wall of the school in the blink of an eye.
It seemed afraid of the students’ vigorous life force and did not dare enter recklessly.
After hesitating and growling for a while, it bit off one of its fingers, chewed it to pulp, and swallowed it.
Only then did it spring over the wall and rush toward Hua Jiunan and the other two.
But when it landed, it found itself surrounded by dense fog.
It could not distinguish east from west, north from south.
Like a headless fly, it could only blunder around in every direction.
From time to time, groups of small animals emerged from the fog.
Their various attacks left wound after wound across the corpse.
Whenever it tried to retaliate, the animals scurried back into the mist, grunting with effort.
The corpse could not see outside, but Hua Jiunan and the others could see it clearly from barely ten feet away.
Hua Jiunan smiled.
“Sixth Brother Hui, impressive. Your Sight-Sealing Soul-Bewildering Art is remarkably polished.”
Old Sixth Hui made no show of modesty. He raised his wine cup toward Hua Jiunan in a toast.
“It’s all thanks to the young master physician’s excellent teaching!”
The two drained their cups and laughed together.
Fascinated by the sight, Chen Daji could not resist speaking.
“Holy crap, Sixth Brother Hui! You’re amazing-you can even make a ghost wall!”
Seeing there was no danger, Eighth Master Chang cautiously slithered closer.
He curled his tail around a packet of spicy strips and tossed it into his mouth, then glanced disdainfully at Chen Daji.
“If you don’t understand, don’t spout damn nonsense, little bastard!”
“What Brother Hui made ought to be called a rat wall…”
The moment Eighth Master Chang finished speaking, he suddenly felt as though someone had stuffed a large handful of dirt into his mouth. It tasted rank and foul.
Chen Daji, already retching beside him, received the same treatment.
Zhao Fei pointed at Chen Daji and laughed with malicious delight.
“Serves you right!”
“That’s what you get for never guarding that mouth of yours!”
“Why didn’t it choke you to death, Little Chick?!”
Far away in the villa, Li Jiao also sensed that something was wrong.
“Cackle, cackle! I didn’t expect those three stinking boys to have some skill!”
Ignoring Li Feng and his son’s questioning looks, she took another mummified corpse from a black vat.
“Come here, my darling nephew.”
Li Jinlong glanced fearfully at Li Feng. In the end, he had no choice but to shuffle over to Li Jiao.
With a fawning expression, he asked cautiously, “Auntie, did you need me for something?”
Li Jiao’s smile grew even more twisted.
She snatched up the scissors from the altar and drove them into Li Jinlong’s thigh with a wet stab.
Blood sprayed everywhere!
Ignoring Li Jinlong’s screams, she dipped her hand in the blood and drew a crooked character meaning “large” on the corpse’s right hand.
“Wutong God, Wutong soul, Wutong seizes yin souls with a single hand.”
“Wutong spirits, know my will; three beasts and nine rites I offer my god.”
Driven by the incantation, the right arm of the mummified corpse trapped in the fog suddenly swelled.
In the blink of an eye, it grew more than ten feet long.
The withered, pitch-black palm, as broad as a millstone, reached for Hua Jiunan and the others.
Old Sixth Hui gave a disdainful snort.
“A grain-sized pearl dares rival the radiant moon? Come and die!”
The Gray Family Immortals were about to attack when Hua Jiunan stopped them.
“Sixth Brother, let me try!”
Ever since the affair with Zhang Liang, a fierce determination had smoldered inside Hua Jiunan.
As a real man, he could not spend his entire life relying on others to protect him!
Besides, he carried a blood feud as deep as the sea.
When the day came for him to face those terrifying enemies, could he still expect the people around him to bleed and die on his behalf?
If so, he might as well find a crooked tree and hang himself now!
It would spare him the humiliation and keep him from dragging down those who cared about him.
Old Sixth Hui seemed able to read Hua Jiunan’s thoughts. He immediately stepped back behind him.
“Since the young master physician wishes to punish this beast personally, I will take the opportunity to learn from you.”
Hua Jiunan drew the short peachwood sword from his robe and began writing rapidly against the approaching hand.
He had intended to write the word “retreat,” but then remembered Chang Huaiyuan’s words from the previous day:
The young master physician must be decisive in killing!
His “retreat” stroke immediately became the word “death.”
“Heaven reveals the killing impulse. Earth reveals the killing impulse. Man reveals the killing impulse!”
“When all three killing impulses converge-death!”
“In my name, as swiftly as the law commands!”
(A note to the few impatient readers: the words “in my name” are foreshadowing.)
The word “death” appeared as if carved by ax and blade, cut deep into the enormous hand by the peachwood sword.
Ten feet away, one of the mummified corpses seemed struck by lightning, its eyes filling with hopeless terror.
After several violent tremors, it shattered across the ground with a muffled burst before it could make a sound.
At the sight, the small animals lying in ambush all rushed out.
Each carried off a piece of flesh and brought it before Hua Jiunan like a precious offering.
Hua Jiunan was very fond of these little spirits. He took a bottle of medicinal pills from his robe and handed it to Old Sixth Hui.
“Sixth Brother, these little fellows are always helping me, and I don’t know how to thank them.”
“Please distribute this bottle of medicine among them.”
One in authority must distinguish clearly between reward and punishment.
Old Sixth Hui naturally supported Hua Jiunan’s decision wholeheartedly.
After accepting the pills, he smiled at Hua Jiunan.
“On behalf of these little ones, I thank the young master physician for his reward!”
At that, all the little spirits raised their front paws and bowed repeatedly.
They chirped and squeaked without end in excitement.
Hua Jiunan affectionately patted them on the head one after another.
“I have one more favor to ask.”
“These pieces of corpse are useless. Find a secluded place and bury them.”
“Just make sure ordinary people don’t see them.”
The little spirits immediately chirped their agreement, hoisted the pieces, and ran away.
They even turned it into a race to see who could run fastest and farthest.
Before long, they vanished into the boundless night.