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Chapter 72 Advancement
The inn's rooms are just like its exterior.

The room was sparsely furnished, with only a table on the right side, a bed, and a set of bedding next to it.

Zhou You went over and touched it, and found that the bed still had some burrs that hadn't been cleaned properly, and the bedding was also full of stains, and it was even starting to get a little stiff from the dirt.

But thinking about it carefully, this is actually quite normal.

Lady Bone herself didn't make a living by running an inn. She usually earned money by raising livestock, selling grain, and processing human flesh. In addition, she hadn't seen many customers recently, so she naturally neglected to manage it.

Zhou You didn't care. After cautiously glancing outside to make sure the female ghost was gone, he threw the bag onto the bed and plopped down on it.

Unexpectedly, it was the old Taoist priest who was somewhat displeased.

The head popped out of the pocket naturally, first looking around with a slight frown, then glancing at the bed, its forehead almost forming a deep frown.

“My disciple, we finally made it out of this desolate place, and you’re staying in a place like this? Couldn’t you ask the landlady to move you to another room?”

—No, you only have a head left, why are you still making such high demands?

Zhou You glanced at the old Taoist priest but didn't reply. Instead, he opened the package and took out the bone jade chime.

The heart of the white dew-blooming catkins lies inside, but compared to the beginning, this thing has shrunk in size, and even the continuous beating sound is much weaker.

However, the chilling malice within it grew even stronger, and the blood on the bone jade chime became even deeper.

Even without anyone reminding him, Zhou You knew very well that this thing wouldn't last much longer.

The old Taoist priest didn't bother complaining anymore and said directly.

"After being squeezed so relentlessly, it seems that Bai Lu has finally lost her temper. This stuff can no longer be kept. What are your plans for what to do next?"

"Master, don't worry, I have a way."

Zhou You didn't seem too worried. He simply picked up the heart gently, held it tightly in one hand, and squeezed it firmly.

But unlike the first time, this time Zhou You exerted a great deal of effort to barely squeeze out a drop of pus and blood from his heart.

Blood fell and settled in the bone jade chime, some of which silently seeped into the jade, outlining a peculiar pattern with blood lines.

It was a small, exquisite heart, and, perhaps by coincidence, it was located right inside the rib of the Bone Jade Chime.

Zhou You was quite startled when he first discovered the pattern, fearing that this hard-won purple item would be ruined. However, he later found that the description of the Bone Jade Chime had not changed, and the system had not issued any warnings, so he simply let it be.

After all, he had no other container to hold the ghost blood except for this thing.

Zhou You shook the chime, feeling the yin energy gradually solidify, then pinched his nose, tilted his head back, and poured it all in.

This is the seventh day he has been drinking this blood, and if nothing unexpected happens, it should be the last day.

Sure enough, the system notification appeared before my eyes the instant the blood entered my stomach.

"Congratulations, player. You have completed the entire process of baiting the White Dew catkins."

"Your Yin Ghost Bait Song has been upgraded."

"The Song of the Ghostly Bait (Second Tier)"

“Contamination level: High”

"Effect 1: Part of your body begins to necrify, and you can gain most of the abilities of a half-zombie (increased breath-holding time, slight resistance to normal attacks, slightly enhanced resistance to bleeding, poisoning, and instant death effects, and can inflict a certain amount of necrosis poison effect during melee attacks).

(If using a weapon, you need to apply your bodily fluids to the weapon beforehand.)
"Effect 2: Once a day, you can temporarily block the perception of certain monsters by covering your body with Yin energy."

"Effect 3: Undergoing mutation, attributes are currently unknown." "The side effect of this chant: Unconsciousness."

"Impact: As you use this mantra more often, or as your level increases, you will gradually lose your sense of bodily sensation. First, you will feel pain, then pleasure, then taste, then touch. In the end, you will become a monster that can see, speak, and hear, but can feel nothing."

The revised version of the song verses is not significantly different.

The negative effects remain the same. Aside from a slight increase in duration, effect 2 is essentially unchanged. Effect 1 adds three resistances and the corpse poison commonly seen in zombie movies. However, the problem lies in the additional effect 3.
"—During the mutation, I still can't see the attributes? What does that mean?"

"Disciple, what are you saying?"

Faced with the old Taoist's questioning, Zhou You simply gave a perfunctory answer.

"It's nothing, I just had a fit of madness. By the way, Master, what should we do now?"

However, before Zhou You could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"My lord, are you there?"

Outside, came Lady Bone's soft, alluring voice.

"Yes, please wait a moment."

Zhou You didn't rush to open the door. Instead, he first threw the old Taoist's head back into his pocket, then retrieved the bone jade chime and the heart inside. Finally, he quickly looked around to make sure he hadn't missed anything before walking over and opening the door.

A seductive and alluring face appeared before Zhou You.

“My lord, didn’t you say you would prepare the food for me? Here, this is all that’s left in the shop, I’ve brought it all for you.”

Zhou You looked down and saw two satchels thrown on the ground, one containing rice and the other containing noodles. Judging from their appearance, neither of them was in very good condition. The rice was clearly mixed with a lot of sand and pebbles, and the noodles had clumped together and had a faint musty smell.

In a good year, this stuff would probably only be good for feeding chickens, but this is Cangzhou, which has been suffering from drought for a whole year. Even such low-quality grain is rare and precious now.

"Thank you, Madam. I'll accept it then."

Zhou You carried the two satchels into the house, and then looked up and suddenly found that Madam Bone was still there, leaning against the door frame, looking at him with a smile.

"Excuse me, is there anything else I can help you with?"

Lady Bone's smile grew even more alluring.

"It's nothing really, I just suddenly remembered that people sometimes go through rigor mortis after death. You're a zombie, maybe if you try hard enough you can still get hard? You know, how can you learn if you don't try?"

"lady."

Zhou You suddenly interrupted.

".What?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm really not interested in you, Madam."

The door slammed shut.

The female ghost was left outside, her face alternating between pale and flushed, before she suddenly stomped her foot in frustration.

"Damn, they won't even eat the meat that's practically in their mouths? Could it be..."

"Does this guy like men?"

　Thank you to the mysterious and creepy 100-point reward, thank you to chivalled for the 100-point reward, and thank you to a grain of glutinous rice for the 100+100-point reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)