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Ruyi and his three companions searched around Tengteng Town but couldn't find the Zombie King, so they decided to go back and wait for Shi Jian and the others to arrive before taking action together.

"Ruyi, let's go back first. We'll come back when the senior brothers arrive."

Now that the Zombie King has run out, the four of them won’t be able to find the Zombie King for a while if they stay here, so they might as well go back first.

"No." Ruyi shook her head and said seriously to Uncle Jiu and the others, "You go back first, I'll stay."

"I've checked the situation in the surrounding towns. Tianshui Town has become a dead zone, and Bai Niao Town is almost completely deserted. Songhe Town, not far from Bai Niao Town, is also experiencing panic, but overall it's relatively stable. So I suspect the Zombie King is probably near Bai Niao Town."

"If we leave now, the entire Bainiao Town will soon become a completely deserted city like Tianshui Town. And with the cooperation of the zombie armies of Tianshui and Baishui townsmen, I'm afraid that within a day, Songhe Town will follow in the footsteps of the previous two towns."

"Tianshui Town, Bainiao Town, plus the zombies originally in Tengteng Town, there are so many zombies that the four of us can't resist them all. Sigh!"

"It's not that I'm afraid of death, but the situation is really not optimistic right now. If we stay and get surrounded by the zombie army and die, and the news here can't spread, I'm afraid more people will die in the future!"

How could Uncle Jiu not know that Ruyi was right? It was just that the four of them had been searching for a whole day and hadn't found the Zombie King. Even the army of zombies that the townspeople had transformed into was nowhere to be seen. The situation was truly abnormal, and Uncle Jiu felt uneasy. For the sake of his fellow disciples' lives, he suggested going back first.

"Brother, I won't leave either." Although Taoist Simu always puts making money before exorcising demons, he will still stand up when something really happens. He will not leave even though he knows that something is wrong this time and something bad might happen.

"The Zombie King has already fled. Right now, the people around here can only rely on us. If we leave and come back a few days later, the area within a hundred miles of Tengteng Town will probably have become a dead zone."

"That's right, Senior Brother Simu is right."

"Brother Lin, I won't leave either. The Zombie King hasn't gone far yet, but that might change in a few days." Taoist Qianhe refused to leave either. "Even if it costs us our lives, one more day of delaying means the people can live one more day. So, Brother, you go back alone. I'm staying here."

There are four people in the group, and three of them want to stay. Uncle Jiu made the decision after weighing the pros and cons. Now that his fellow apprentices who were weighed are not afraid of life and death, he will definitely not leave.

"That's it, that's all."

"Since none of you want to leave, how can I leave alone? I, Lin Jiu, have never been inferior to others in my life, so how can I be afraid of death?"

Since the four of them refused to leave, the task of finding the Zombie King and the zombie army naturally had to be completed as soon as possible. Ruyi suggested that they act separately, but Uncle Jiu and the others refused. Finally, the four of them discussed it and decided to split into two teams.

Ruyi, who has the highest cultivation but the least practical experience, and Taoist Qianhe, who has rich practical experience, are one team; Uncle Jiu and Taoist Simu are another team. The two teams separately explored the surrounding mountains in two directions of Bai Niao Town.

Before leaving, Ruyi didn't give up and went to Tengteng Town again. Only one in ten zombies were left. The low-level ones had long been used by the Zombie King to consume the formation, and the high-level ones followed the Zombie King and left after the formation was destroyed.

Without these zombies, the negative energy in Tengteng Town was much less. Ruyi thought about it and finally asked Taoist Qianhe for a few fire talismans, and burned the entire Tengteng Town down.

"It's a shame to burn down so many houses and properties in the town." Ruyi felt a little heavy-hearted as she watched Tengteng Town gradually turn into ruins in the fire.

Taoist Qianhe stepped forward to comfort him upon seeing this: "Fellow Daoist Ruyi, don't worry about it."

"Tengteng Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with shady trees blocking out the sun. The overall appearance is that it is surrounded by yin and gathers yin, which is very likely to breed evil spirits. Burning it down will actually make things better."

"We didn't burn it before because there were too many zombies in the town, and the yin energy was too strong to burn. Now that we've finally lit it, burning it will prevent it from becoming the next zombie town."

After Taoist Qianhe explained to Ruyi, she realized that the reason why Tengteng Town became a zombie town was related to its geographical location, that is, Feng Shui. No wonder Ruyi was surprised before why the seal of Tengteng Town was set at the entrance wall. It turned out that it was due to environmental limitations.

Burning Tengteng Town prevented it from becoming the next zombie town, and at the same time made the Zombie King "homeless". Although Ruyi felt sorry for the buildings and property, she soon calmed down when she thought that all the townspeople in Tengteng Town had died long ago.

The direction from Tengteng Town to Tianshui Town and then to Bainiao Town, which she and Taoist Qianhe were responsible for, was much safer than the direction from Bainiao Town to Songhe Town, which was taken by Uncle Jiu and Taoist Simu.

After all, according to normal logic, the Zombie King led his zombie army all the way, passed Tianshui Town and Bai Niao Town, and would only move forward and would not turn back to Tianshui Town.

Uncle Jiu and Taoist Simu took this road as senior brothers, and did not want Ruyi and Taoist Qianhe to take risks. Ruyi and Taoist Qianhe could not persuade Uncle Jiu and the others, so they had to agree and tacitly speed up the exploration, planning to explore the mountains in this direction as soon as possible and then go to another direction to assist Uncle Jiu and Taoist Simu.

The two of them explored for two days in a row but found nothing wrong in the area. When they were about to leave the mountains and go to Bai Niao Town to check, they unexpectedly ran into a group of jumping zombies.

"Master Qianhe, there are zombies!"

Ruyi hid behind a big tree, quietly staring at the zombies in front of her that were lined up and jumping into the depths of the woods. These zombies were all wearing the same Qing Dynasty guard uniforms and hats. If you didn't look at their faces, but only looked at them from the back, they really looked like a team of living Qing Dynasty guards.

After hearing Ruyi's reminder, Taoist Qianhe jumped onto the tree. Through the leaves, Taoist Qianhe could see more clearly. He saw that the direction the zombies were moving in was not random, but had a purpose.

Perhaps they could find the zombie army by following these zombie guards. Ruyi and Taoist Qianhe looked at each other, and this thought flashed through their minds at the same time. So they nodded in understanding, put on the breath-suppressing talisman and followed.

The guard zombies danced for a whole day, and Ruyi and Taoist Qianhe followed them for a whole day. It was not until dawn that the two finally waited for the guard zombies to stop.

Ruyi followed the guard zombies into the deep mountains and forests, and came to a stone wall. The leading guard zombie roared at the stone wall a few times, and soon the stone wall opened from the inside. It turned out to be a cave. A zombie came out of the cave, roared at the guard zombies a few times, and then led the zombies into the cave one by one. After all the zombies went in, the cave returned to its original shape of a stone wall.