Under One Person, the little witch only wants to collect elves

Chapter 266: Strange news about zombies in the south, Zhang Chulan’s heroic rescue of the beauty?
After receiving Mr. Du's contact information from the company, Yan Huan waited until the tenth day of the first lunar month before visiting him with a bag full of New Year gifts.

Mr. Du lives next to a lake wetland on the outskirts of Tianjin. His house is a simple bungalow with a greenhouse supported by thick plastic film in front of it.

The wooden frames supporting the greenhouse are hung with various green plants. The vines of the green ivy fall along the iron wires of the flowerpots, and the hyacinths and cyclamen are in full bloom, making this place full of vitality.

Look~Look~Look~
Yan Huan had just walked in from the door when an orange "gas tank" slowly jumped down from the wooden chair under the shed and ran to his feet and rubbed against him affectionately.

In the rocking chair next to him, Du Shen lay with his eyes closed, his whole body relaxed. The bird opposite him would occasionally chirp.

"It's not easy for him to be a hundred years old and not retire, and still be on the front line of teaching and scientific research." Yan Huan stopped where he was and waited.

It is nine o'clock in the morning. The warm winter sun is about to rise, and the sunlight shines on the plastic film of the greenhouse, making it warm.

Yan Huan suddenly noticed that although Mr. Du's sleeping posture was casual and free, his breathing was even and the Qi in his body flowed smoothly. It looked like he was sleeping, but in fact he was practicing in an extremely free way.

Yan Huan watched carefully and waited for more than an hour before Du Shen stretched his limbs lazily and stood up comfortably.

He stood up, saw the bags in Yan Huan's hands, and his delicate face, and suddenly understood something.

"It's useless to do these things. What needs to be hung still needs to be hung."

"If you have the energy to do these things, you might as well focus on studying."

"What's your major and what class are you in?" Du Shen doesn't have many classes, but he is in charge of quite a few classes. He is only familiar with a few students and can't really remember anyone's identity.

"Teacher Du, I am Yan Huan, and I am not your student yet." Yan Huan said with a bow, placing the New Year gift in his hand next to the round wooden table.

Du Shen narrowed his eyes and looked her up and down, "Are you Yan Huan?"

"Exactly."

Du Shen took out an old pocket watch from his chest and looked at the time. It was already past half past ten.

"How long have you been waiting?"

"Junior has just stepped into the house." Yan Huan replied.

Du Shen cast a suspicious look and picked up the big orange cat that was near his feet.

"Hey, you big fat boy, come and tell grandpa how long this kid has been here."

Meow meow meow
"So that's how it is." Du Shen stroked his gray beard and nodded with a smile.

"I've heard about you from the company. You're so young, but you're not too arrogant. I know why you came. It's a good thing for young people to be diligent and studious."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Du Shen pursed his dry lips and pointed to the teapot on the table, "I'm thirsty. Pour me a glass of water now."

Yan Huan did as he was told, picked up the teapot and filled the cup. As he raised the cup, he pinched a flame with his fingers to warm the cooled tea.

Du Shen blinked, nodded approvingly, took the tea and drank it carefully.

After drinking a cup of tea, he said, "After drinking your tea, you will be my student."

"Eh? Teacher Du is willing to teach the juniors now?" From what Xu San said, Du Shen had a strange personality and had a very high standard for people. Ordinary people were simply not pleasing to Yan Huan. It was a bit unexpected for Yan Huan that it went so smoothly.

Du Shen smiled and said, "What's wrong? Did San'er say that I'm stubborn, old-fashioned, and hard to get along with?"

"My mentor is the second-generation successor of the Natural Sect, a great hero from the north and south. When he was young, he saw missionaries killing innocent people, so he decided to practice and kill foreign devils. After that, he actively participated in the national salvation movement."

"After the September 18th Incident, my teacher led us to fight against the Japanese and killed the enemy. After that, he made countless achievements. Whether from the perspective of an extraordinary person or from the perspective of history, my teacher can be called a legend."

"With his earnest teachings before me, how can I not teach you? On New Year's Eve, you killed those devils well!"

After listening, Yan Huan nodded and smiled, "So that's how it is."

The predecessors who had gone through those difficult times had a particularly deep understanding of the blood feud because of their personal experience, so it is not difficult to understand why Mr. Du made this decision.

Du Shen stroked his beard and nodded in return. "From what Lao Zhao and San'er said, you are a good kid. You are not arrogant, you don't act recklessly, you don't commit suicide, but you dare to fight bravely. This is exactly in line with the life philosophy that my mentor has been practicing all his life."

"However, speaking of this natural gate, it is really in decline..."

The Natural Sect has been passed down for more than a hundred years, but its heritage is not as rich as some of the larger sects.

The practice is called "natural practice", which is based on the Taoist teaching that "man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature". It requires practitioners to treat themselves as a part of nature.

Based on nature, follow nature, experience nature, understand nature, and use nature to take advantage of the situation, so as to seek freedom, comfort and security, reflect on oneself, die and live.

Decades ago, Zhang Huaiyi deliberately leaked his whereabouts, attracting the pursuit of some veteran figures in the alien world, and then killed them all by himself, including the leader of the Natural Gate.

Du Shen was dissatisfied because his junior fellow apprentice coveted the "origin of qi body" and betrayed the master's teachings and the method of self-cultivation in the sect, so he did not step forward to help him clean up the mess in the sect.

The Ziran Sect thus declined and merged with three relatively smaller sects, namely Yanwutang, Yiliuqi, and Huangmen Sancai, to form the current Qiuzhen Society in the world of extraordinary people.

Recalling the past, Du Shen sighed heavily.

He looked at Yan Huan and said, "My skills are all about doing nothing. According to the understanding of the sect, the 'Innate Natural Power' receives the innate chaotic Qi of the universe, which is the Hunyuan Qi that includes Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and all things in the world."

"From the perspective of the results of the practice, it is very similar to what you sorcerers pursue, and it can achieve the state of 'harmony between man and nature'."

No matter how much we pursue something, only very few people can actually achieve it.

"Speaking of boxing, the boxing of the Natural School is not among the 360 ​​kinds of boxing. After you have mastered it, there is no fixed form. You don't need to set up a stance to meet the enemy, and you don't need to be restricted to attacking in a fixed manner."

"Haha, at that time there was a group of people calling us 'the master was killed with random punches'!"

"Which aspect do you plan to start with in terms of boxing skills?"

Yan Huan was stunned and thought for a moment. Maybe Xu San didn't make it clear in his words, which led to Mr. Du's misunderstanding.

But he didn't ruin Mr. Du's interest in vain.

"Since the techniques you are practicing have something in common with the path of sorcery that students are taking, let's start with the techniques."

"Okay, okay!" Du Shen stroked his beard with relief, and then said, "The Natural Sect is no longer the Natural Sect of the past. You don't have to call yourself that in the future."

"Thank you, Teacher Du." Yan Huan bowed.

After that, Yan Huan lived in the suburbs of Tianjin. It was not until the students of Nanbukai returned to school that he went in and out of Mr. Du's residence less frequently.

The more Yan Huan practiced with Du Shen these days and learned to follow the way of nature, the more he discovered his own shackles.

After accumulating these five elements, further cultivation will only allow one to transform freely between heaven, earth and all things. If one wants to make further progress, the road ahead seems to have reached an end.

However, as his relationship with Mr. Du became closer, Yan Huan finally had the opportunity to speak out his true thoughts.

"What!?" Du Shen opened his eyes wide, "You want to learn anatomy, why do you want to learn that stuff?"

"If we improve our understanding of living things, it will also be easier to deepen our understanding of the exercises, right?" Yan Huan asked in return.

Du Shen thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. As an expert in the two major fields of medicine and biology, he naturally knew the complementary role of scientific knowledge and extraordinary skills.

"Then wait until April, and you can audit the anatomy practice class. I'll give it a try if you have the chance."

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In April, during the Qingming Festival, the rain is long and depressing.

It was a deep night, and the anatomy lab of Nankai University's medical school was hidden in the moonlight. The air, still chilly from spring, was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant. Several old light bulbs had poor contact, and occasionally emitted a faint buzzing sound.

The walls around exuded a depressing dampness, and traces of old blood stains could be vaguely seen on the mottled white tiles.

The security guard was patrolling as usual. As it was a holiday, it should have been quiet at this time. However, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a figure passing by in the autopsy room.

He stopped, frowned, and felt a little uneasy.

"Which troublemaker has sneaked in? Come out as soon as possible, or I'll send you to your counselor if I catch you!" He shouted to boost his courage, his voice echoing in the empty corridor, sounding unusually hollow.

Holding the flashlight tightly, the security guard slowly walked towards the door of the autopsy room.

The door was slightly open, as if something had just slipped in.

The old man pushed the door open and the beam of light from his flashlight cut through the darkness, illuminating the neatly arranged dissection table where several corpses covered with white curtains lay motionless.

"There's still a corpse at this time. Did Professor Du come to work overtime again?" Not far away, the door of the cold storage room was slightly open, and a dim light leaked out.

"Mr. Du?" The strange atmosphere made the old man's heartbeat suddenly accelerate, and some sweat seeped out of his palms.

He approached cautiously, and the flashlight's light slowly swept around. Suddenly, the hand holding the flashlight shook violently - something seemed to be moving in the shadow behind the door.

He calmed himself, took a deep breath, and shone the flashlight over there.

At that moment, his pupils suddenly shrank - in the cold storage room, a corpse that should have been lifeless slowly moved.

In the cold metal cabinet, the corpse's eyes, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened. The whites of its eyes were cloudy, the corners of its mouth twitched slightly, and its limbs were stiff as it crawled towards the door bit by bit.

“Ahhhh! There’s a ghost! It’s alive! The corpse is alive!”

The chill in the air suddenly intensified, the lights in the autopsy room suddenly flickered a few times, and the movements of the corpse became clearer and more terrifying.

The security guard's breathing suddenly became disordered, and his steps began to retreat unconsciously. He felt the cold touch of the wall behind him.

"Move your old legs, ouch damn it!"

The old man staggered to his feet, ran in panic, and gasped heavily.

When he ran out of the building, he heard a low conversation in front of him. The old man stopped suddenly and saw two figures slowly walking towards him in the dim light from the street.

"Ah~ Who would be so kind to schedule club activities on holidays? It's really a letdown!" Li Ziyuan yawned repeatedly and glanced at the side with ill intent, "The president seems to be interested in you, would you like to consider it?"

"Eh..." Yan Yue pulled up a bitter face, "Why should I consider him when his looks and abilities are not even one ten-thousandth as good as my brother's?"

"If you compare Brother Huan to your future partner, you'd better be prepared to live alone for the rest of your life." Li Ziyuan shrugged helplessly.

The two of them were laughing and chatting, completely unaware of the unusual things around them.

The security guard's eyes widened, and he waved his arms at the two men, shouting, "Run! Run! I...I've seen a ghost!"

Yan Yue and Li Ziyuan stopped when they heard the sound and looked at each other in surprise, but there was no fear on their faces.

When the old man came closer, they smelled a strong odor of alcohol.

"Have you drunk too much? Where do ghosts come from these days?"

"They're not ghosts, they're zombies! The kind you see on TV!" The old man became even more anxious when he saw that they didn't move.

"You're drinking with zombie movies. You have a really strong taste, sir." Li Ziyuan replied.

"No, I... Never mind, I'll go call for help!" The old man had no choice but to say no more and continued to flee in terror into the darkness.

Just as he turned a corner, he ran into Zhang Chulan who had just returned from the bar.

"Uncle, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

"Zombies! I saw with my own eyes that corpse move, crawling out to find me! Run away and stop asking questions!"

Zhang Chulan subconsciously touched the back of his head and smiled, hiding the strangeness in his heart: "How can it be so mysterious? Uncle, have you been drinking? I can smell it."

"Damn it!" the old man cursed in his heart.

I will never drink again in this life!
Although he was joking, Zhang Chulan felt an indescribable uneasiness in his heart.

He knew that he was an alien, and that there were indeed some supernatural powers in this world. If that was the case, then things like zombies and ghosts might not exist.

"Okay, I'm not drunk!" The old man's face turned red. "I couldn't get those two girls to move no matter how hard I tried. Run away! Don't stay here!"

Zhang Chulan frowned, "Girl...sister..."

"Uncle, please go back first. I'll take the two girls away." Zhang Chulan patted the uncle's shoulder and said earnestly, "I believe you!"

"You kid!" The old man was so moved that tears flowed down his cheeks. "I'll go find the security department for help right away."

pat!pat!
The old man ran over in a hurry.

Zhang Chulan lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and pondered for a moment.

"If it's just one zombie, I can handle it, but this girl... Bah! This hero saving the beauty... Bah!"

"With great power comes great responsibility."

Zhang Chulan lowered his head to glance at his crotch, and nodded thoughtfully, "Maybe I can really meet a girl who can make the chastity sand have no reaction..."

Someone who can truly accept me as an outlier...
Call ~
A cloud of smoke spread in the air. Zhang Chulan threw away half of his cigarette and ran forward in a hurry.

In front of the autopsy room, a zombie jumped out from the corridor in a crooked manner. The difference from the previous one was that he was covered with rags to cover his body.

"This thing really exists!" Li Ziyuan exclaimed.

"It has also been masked. I guess it's because there are cameras on campus. There must be someone behind the scenes controlling this thing." Yan Yue picked up the red-string Mingsheng Pearl on her wrist and smiled with joy.

"Now I can finally try out the things Brother Huan gave me!"

Li Ziyuan pouted, "That's great, I also want my brother to love me, but since it's a zombie, Victoria and I can't help."

Bang!

The sound of glass hitting each other came from inside the building, and zombies walked out of the door one after another. However, these zombies did not seem to have any intention of attacking people, and began to run towards the campus wall in an orderly manner.

Yan Yue, who was about to take action, was stunned and put the beads away again, "What's going on?"

Before Li Ziyuan could reply, Zhang Chulan's angry voice came from behind: "Hey! Where did you come from, thieves? Let those two girls go!"

The zombies didn't even turn their heads, but just rolled over the wall with silent sounds.

There was a long silence in the air. Yan Yue and Li Ziyuan rolled their eyes and glanced to the side. "Uh~ It's you again, Senior Chu Lan."

"Reckless schoolgirl and eccentric schoolgirl?" Zhang Chulan was stunned for a moment, then retracted his stance, a little embarrassed, "Then... well, are you guys okay?"

"What can happen? Most bad guys are not as strong as Xiaoyue." Li Ziyuan replied.

"Yeah...that's right...I won't bother you anymore." Zhang Chulan scratched the back of his head and turned away awkwardly.

"I always feel that the senior has an inexplicable sense of loneliness, as if he has separated himself from the environment." Yan Yue looked across.

She blinked, took a step forward, and shouted, "Senior, since you are here, why don't you be a gentleman and take us back to the dormitory building? It's getting dark now."

"Huh?" Zhang Chulan turned back suddenly.

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The next day, Yan Huan packed her luggage, prepared her notes, and was about to attend Mr. Du's anatomy experiment class.

At this time, he received a call from Du Shen: "Xiao Huan, today's class is cancelled. I'm really sorry. I made you look forward to it for so long."

"Teacher Du has something important to do, so we'll be there later." Yan Huan replied.

For a person of Du Shen's level, he would inevitably go out for exchanges and be invited to give academic lectures, so it was normal for him to make temporary adjustments.

Du Shen frowned, not knowing how to start the conversation for a moment. The corpses needed for the anatomy room were either donated, unclaimed corpses obtained from the authorities, or criminals. For medical schools, anatomical corpses used for learning experiments were very precious, especially fresh corpses, which were even more difficult to come by.

There is no more replenishment channel now.

Seeing that Mr. Du was hesitant to speak, Yan Huan asked with concern, "Teacher Du, have you encountered any difficulties? Perhaps I can help you solve them."

“Hahaha…” Du Shen laughed bitterly, “You may not believe this, but last night, the body in the autopsy room was stolen by someone.”

"The seven incredible rumors circulating in Nan University became eight yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan was silent for a moment and raised his head high.

It is estimated that there is no one else who can come to steal corpses at this time except Liu Yanyan from the Xiangxi corpse-carrying sect.

"Okay, okay! This is how you play, right?"

(End of this chapter)