Searching for the best path, starting from Renjia Town

Chapter 95: Thunder strikes the bronze coffin, once, twice, three times

In January of the following year, all things come back to life.

It has been more than three months since we set out from Yunnan. The team passed through Guangxi and entered Guangdong. In about half a month, they will reach Chaozhou Port.

Transfer from land to water and take a boat directly north to the capital.

By then, everyone will feel much more comfortable.

"Finally enough."

During lunch break, Li Kunshan stuffed a few pieces of dry food into his stomach and continued to practice puppetry on the ground with a branch. With a voracious stomach, he was not afraid of eating too fast or too hard to digest.

When he finished painting for the ninth time, Li Kunshan suddenly stopped and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After more than three months, the puppet talisman finally reached the sixth level.

[Attached Mind: Split a strand of divine consciousness onto the puppet, allowing for more precise control of the puppet and gaining its senses.]

As expected, the derived magical power of the sixth level was also comprehended immediately.

"It's kind of interesting..."

Looking at the detailed introduction, Li Kunshan widened his eyes slightly.

The puppet talisman is a talisman specifically used to control other things. The degree of precision of the control is naturally very important. The sixth level of magical power is to strengthen this aspect.

In addition, what really surprised Li Kunshan was that he could actually gain puppet senses.

The puppet talismans of the first three levels can only control objects. As inanimate objects, they naturally have no senses.

But from the fourth to sixth floors, animals can already be controlled.

"Try it!"

Thinking of this, Li Kunshan couldn't help but become interested.

Crack~!

An arc of electricity shot out from his fingertips, knocking down a sparrow from a tree a few meters away.

Li Kunshan controlled the power flow, only temporarily paralyzing the sparrow without hurting it.

He took out a puppet talisman, folded it, and then rolled it around the sparrow's leg and tied it up.

"Fly."

The sparrow regained consciousness, Li Kunshan spread out his hands, and immediately flew away.

Looking at the sparrows disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye, Li Kunshan smiled and silently recited a spell in his heart.

Buzz~!

The next moment, as a wisp of divine consciousness separated, a vision in the air appeared, which was exactly the perspective of the sparrow.

"Really!"

Li Kunshan felt as if he was flying. Looking at the trees and the earth below and the white clouds in the distant sky, he felt excited.

What’s more, the wonderful thing is that this field of view is similar to a mini-map in the game and does not affect Li Kunshan’s own perspective.

"awesome!"

After admiring the blue sky and mountains from the sparrow's perspective for a while, Li Kunshan withdrew his mind, still full of joy.

If you fight with others, this ability will not increase your combat power.

But if used for reconnaissance and exploration, it is extremely practical.

After all, there are many places that humans cannot reach, such as the sky and the water, but by borrowing the senses of puppet animals, we can easily explore the situation in these places.

Moreover, compared with humans, birds have a larger range of activities and a wider field of vision in the air, which is also convenient for searching for certain people or objects.

Going a little deeper, many animals have special talents, such as a dog's sense of smell. As long as you focus your thoughts on a dog, you can also use its sense of smell to do many things.

“It’s really good!”

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it had endless uses, and Li Kunshan couldn't help but sigh.

Because of the third-level magical power of "distraction", Li Kunshan can use the puppet talisman to control multiple targets at the same time. As the number of controlled animals increases, the use of "attachment" will become even greater.

However, with Li Kunshan's current level of skill, he can only control about ten small animals at the same time, even small animals like sparrows and mice.

Every time a puppet is controlled, a wisp of Qi needs to be separated to operate it. Li Kunshan is now at the sixth level of Qi training, which is enough to separate hundreds of Qi wisps to operate the puppets.

However, attaching the thought requires separating a wisp of divine consciousness. With his current spiritual power, he can only separate more than ten wisps at most.

To put it bluntly, he was angry enough, but not reciting enough.

"almost!"

Li Kunshan took a deep breath and looked serious.

After refining essence into Qi, one begins to refine Qi into spirit. After refining Qi to the ninth level, one begins to refine spirit.

According to common sense, from building the foundation to the ninth level of refining essence into qi, even if one is gifted, it will take at least ten to twenty years of hard work.

But with Li Kunshan's gluttonous stomach and the method of taking medicine, the faster he eats, the faster he can practice Qi!
After transporting the royal zombies to the capital and receiving the reward from the yellow croaker, he will have enough money to buy tonics and break through the ninth level of Qi training in one night.

At that time, you will be able to practice refining qi and transforming it into spirit.

The future is expected!

"Let's set off."

After everyone had eaten and rested, Taoist Qianhe shouted and continued on their journey.

We walked for another three or four days along the previous route.

That afternoon, Taoist Master Qianhe suddenly led the team off the main road and walked north along the small path.

About an hour later, we saw two wooden houses sitting next to each other at the end of the path and at the foot of the mountain.

"Where is this!"

The people in the carriage then realized that the road was wrong. Minister Wu stuck his head out and shouted at Taoist Qianhe.

"Where have you taken us?"

"Minister Wu, the house ahead is that of my senior brother, Taoist Simu."

"Your senior brother's house? Stop, stop, stop!"

Minister Wu was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and immediately stopped the team, standing with his hands on his hips and glaring at Taoist Qianhe.

"Why don't you hurry up and come visit me?"

"Haha, Minister Wu, please don't misunderstand me. I just came by to borrow some glutinous rice from you, Senior Brother."

Taoist Qianhe smiled and explained.

Glutinous rice can not only be used to make rice dumplings, but also to treat corpses. This time when transporting the corpse, Taoist Qianhe originally brought some glutinous rice with him.

But unexpectedly, we encountered so many evil spirits along the way, including zombies.

Half a month ago, a soldier was accidentally injured by a zombie. In order to help him remove the zombie poison, the glutinous rice that Taoist Qianhe brought with him was used up.

I happened to pass by Taoist Simu's residence and came here to borrow some.

"Are we going to start?"

Looking at the wooden house in front, Li Kunshan had a serious expression.

In the movie Uncle Zombie, it was after Taoist Qianhe borrowed sticky rice from Taoist Simu that an accident occurred. The zombies broke out of the coffin and a fierce fight ensued, killing Taoist Qianhe and his apprentice.

However, this world is not simply the world of zombie uncles, so many details have been changed.

For example, it was the hot summer in the movie, but now it is just spring and the weather is still a little cool.

But according to Li Kunshan's experience, even though the characters in different worlds influence each other, some important plots will often occur, as if everything has its own trajectory in the dark.

While I was thinking, I saw three people coming out of the house from afar and walking straight towards me.

"Let's go there."

Taoist Qianhe was full of joy as he went to meet them with Li Kunshan and his disciples.

When they arrived, they saw Taoist Simu, his disciple Jiale, and an old man in a white monk's robe.

"Brother, Master Ikkyu is here too."

"Meet Uncle/Uncle Master."

Li Kunshan and Dongnanxi were standing nearby, and they quickly bowed to Taoist Simu.

"I've met my uncle."

Jiale's face was full of joy. He bowed to Taoist Qianhe and winked at Li Kunshan and the others.

They had already known each other well in Maoshan before, and it had been more than a year since they last saw each other.

Taoist Simu and Taoist Qianhe said a few words, then looked at Li Kunshan, feeling puzzled.

"I passed by the charity cemetery some time ago and heard from my senior brother that you were successful in receiving the ordination. Didn't you go out and set up your own sect? Why are you with Junior Brother Qianhe?"

"If I say it's fate, can you understand, uncle?"

"I understand you big-headed ghost!"

"Haha, that's quite a coincidence."

Taoist Qianhe smiled and gave a general explanation.

"It was actually a corpse transport business. We happened to come across it, so we decided to do it together."

"So that's it."

Taoist Simu nodded and gave Li Kunshan a blank look.

"You little brat, you don't speak properly."

Li Kunshan smiled and went to talk to Jiale together with Dongnanxi and the others.

Taoist Simu and Taoist Qianhe chatted for a few more words, and then walked to the coffin with Master Ikkyu.

"The copper-horned golden coffin is wrapped with an ink fountain net. Could it be that there is someone inside?"

"Yes, it's a zombie."

Taoist Qianhe nodded and continued to explain the whole process.

Taoist Simu nodded with a serious expression.

Then he called Jiale and asked him to get the glutinous rice.

"Master Chizuru." Master Ikkyu looked around and pointed at the small tent on top of the coffin.

"Why don't you take this down and let the coffin absorb more sunlight to reduce the corpse gas."

"Yes."

Taoist Qianhe nodded and gave an order.

"East, South, West, move the tent..."

"It cannot be dismantled!"

Before Taoist Qianhe could finish his words, Li Kunshan suddenly came out to stop him.

“Why can’t it be demolished?”

Everyone looked at Li Kunshan with confusion on their faces.

Li Kunshan explained with a serious expression.

"If it rains and there's no tent to shelter us, the rain will soak the ink fountain net. Once the ink melts, wouldn't that be troublesome?"

"This……"

Master Ikkyu was stunned and nodded.

"Indeed, I was not thoughtful enough."

"Look, if you don't understand something, don't give any advice."

Taoist Simu took the opportunity to mock Master Ikkyu and secretly gave Li Kunshan a thumbs up.

He and Master Ikkyu are neighbors, but also rivals. They often fight with each other, and it is difficult for either of them to gain any advantage.

Li Kunshan was able to surpass Master Ikkyu, so as his uncle, he was naturally proud of it.

A moment later, Jiale brought the glutinous rice.

After handing it over to Taoist Qianhe, the few of them chatted for a few more words, and at the urging of Minister Wu, they had to say goodbye.

"Goodbye, senior brother."

"Take care on your journey, Junior Brother."

Taoist Simu nodded and looked at Taoist Qianhe and Li Kunshan carrying the coffin away with a serious expression.

"I hope they don't need that bag of sticky rice."

"Master, don't worry. Senior Brother Qianhe is so powerful, and we have Junior Brother Kunshan with us. There will definitely be no problem."

Jiale said this, not worried at all.

"Right."

Taoist Simu nodded and sighed. It was just a zombie. There was nothing to worry about.

We got back on the main road and walked for about two hours. It was already dark.

The team stopped and found a place to camp and rest by the roadside.

Huh~!

At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew up.

Immediately afterwards, large dark clouds gathered from afar.

"It looks like it's going to rain."

“It’s really going to rain.”

Taoist Qianhe glanced at Li Kunshan and nodded.

"Thank goodness I listened to you and didn't tear down the tent."

A heavy rain was approaching, and Minister Wu ordered the soldiers to set up tents quickly. The three men from the east, west and south also went to set up tents for their master and apprentice to spend the night.

Wow~!

As soon as the wooden stakes were buried, raindrops as big as beans began to fall down with a crackling sound, hitting my face and causing pain. The rain came so suddenly and fiercely.

"so cold."

It's only January now, and although the temperature in Guangdong is slightly higher, people still can't help shivering when they get caught in the rain.

I just want to set up the tent quickly so that I can at least have a place to shelter from the rain.

In contrast, Li Kunshan looked at ease.

At the sixth level of refining essence into qi, his physique is strong and his qi and blood are abundant, which is far superior to that of ordinary people.

The key is that with the dragon soul in your body, being drenched in the rain doesn’t make you uncomfortable, but rather very pleasant.

"Why is it raining so heavily?"

It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil, so there should not be much rain in spring.

Although he had been on guard, Li Kunshan was still a little surprised by the sudden heavy rain.

Then he walked to the side of the coffin to check. Although the roof was not removed, the wind and rain were so strong that some rain still wet the inkstone net.

"It should be fine for a while."

Taoist Master Qianhe was also standing nearby. He touched it with his hand and said something.

It was just a few raindrops, not enough to melt the ink.

The accompanying soldiers had almost set up the tent, and everything would be fine once they pushed the coffin into the tent.

"The rain is getting heavier, let's find a place to take shelter..."

Boom~!

Taoist Qianhe didn't say a word. Suddenly, there was a loud bang and a bolt of lightning fell, striking the coffin directly.

not good!

Taoist Qianhe's face changed drastically in an instant. If the zombie was struck by lightning and the copper-horned golden coffin was broken, it would not be able to be trapped.

But the incident happened too suddenly, and the thunder and lightning came in an instant, leaving no time to react.

"Go away!"

Just as he was getting anxious, Li Kunshan next to him shouted softly and suddenly stretched out his hand.

He clasped his hands together and pulled them outwards with force, pulling the falling lightning away so that it did not hit the coffin. He then directed it into the ground.

"Phew! Thank goodness!"

Only then did he come back to his senses, Taoist Qianhe breathed a sigh of relief, and patted Li Kunshan on the shoulder with a smile.

"Young people react quickly. Thanks to you this time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

"I just happened to catch up."

Li Kunshan smiled and felt relieved.

After the rain, according to the plot of the movie, he was always on guard against thunder, and it really happened, so he was able to divert the lightning in time.

Now that the coffin has not been struck by lightning and the tent is almost set up, this disaster should have been avoided.

Boom~Boom~!

Just when everyone thought everything was fine, there was another burst of thunder in the sky, accompanied by dazzling lightning, as if more thunder and lightning were brewing.

"Could it be..."

Looking up at the lightning in the sky, Li Kunshan frowned.

Taoist Qianhe also had a serious expression and took off his magic weapon.

Boom~!

The next moment, an even stronger bolt of lightning struck, still aiming directly at the coffin.

"Again!"

Li Kunshan shouted coldly and attacked again to divert the lightning.

Boom~!

But who knew that there would be another lightning bolt following this one.

Thunder and lightning came in an instant. Li Kunshan had just diverted the first one and was too busy to divert the second one.

Boom~!

With a loud bang, the lightning did not hit the coffin, but was blocked by an oil-paper umbrella with Tai Chi painted on it.

"Hmph! You're pretending I don't exist!"

Taoist Qianhe held up his umbrella and snorted softly.

Although he said this, he couldn't help but frown as he looked at the sky.

Boom~Boom~!

Along with the roars, there are still lightning and thunder in the sky, and it is likely that more lightning will fall.

"Quick! Pull the coffin into the tent!"

The tent over there was finally set up, and Taoist Qianhe was shouting orders while guarding the coffin.

Three people from Dongnan and Xi, as well as a few soldiers came over and pulled the coffin into the tent.

Taoist Qianhe and Li Kunshan were standing by, concentrating their attention and continuing to guard against lightning in the sky.

Boom~!

Sure enough, another bolt of lightning struck, but this time it did not split the coffin, but directly hit the tent in front.

The lightning was so powerful that the tent that had just been set up collapsed in an instant.

"this!"

The tent collapsed, where can we transport the coffin?

"You're deliberately going against me, aren't you?"

Seeing this, Taoist Qianhe was filled with anger and pointed at the sky and cursed.

"Okay! Then I'll fight you!"

(End of this chapter)