One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

Sun Yao helped Chen Yulou up. "Brother, are you alright?"

"Thank you for saving me, young brother. I never imagined that there were no extraordinary people like you in this world. Today, I, Chen Yulou, have truly broadened my horizons. Please tell me your name, young brother, so that I, Chen Yulou, may know who my savior is today?"

As Chen Yulou spoke, he bowed to Sun Yao. For someone as proud as him to do this was already quite remarkable.

"I dare not accept such praise, it was nothing at all. My surname is Sun and my given name is Yao. I am only fourteen years old and my master has not yet given me a courtesy name."

"Young man, you are indeed exceptionally talented. You possess such abilities yet are not even twenty years old. May I ask who your teacher is?"

"Where did you learn your skills? What, did I cause problems by saving you? Why are you interrogating me like this? Are you alright? If you are, I'll take the white-haired raccoon's corpse with me, and we'll hurry over to the courtyard over there to take shelter from the rain. This rain is pouring down, and if we stay in it for too long, we might catch a cold."

"It was my fault for not handling things properly and I have offended you. I have recovered now, young man, please go ahead."

After helping Chen Yulou to his feet, Sun Yao ignored him and instead went to the white-haired raccoon, hoisting its carcass onto his shoulder to leave.

"Let's go!" "Okay, let's go find shelter from the rain together!"

Sun Yao and Chen Yulou ran back to the mortuary in the rain, where Sun Yao saw Chen Yulou's remaining companions.

"Brother Sun Yao, let me introduce you. This is Hua Maguai, this is Hong Guniang, and this is Kunlun; they are all my family. This is Luo Laowai, the commander of Xiangyin. To be honest, our original intention in entering the mountains this time was to plunder the Yuan Dynasty tombs in Ping Mountain to aid the people displaced by the war. I know you are a capable and extraordinary person, and if we can get your help, our trip to Ping Mountain will surely be successful. I hope you will lend me a hand for the sake of those displaced people!"

As Chen Yulou spoke, he bowed, and while bowing, he also gave Hua Maguai and Hong Guniang a meaningful look. Hua Maguai had been by his side for many years, and as soon as Chen Yulou gave him the look, he immediately understood what Chen Yulou meant and bowed along with him.

"Sir, you are truly powerful! We beg your help so that we may relieve the suffering of the common people!"

Although Hua Maguai didn't know exactly what kind of capable person this young man his chief had brought back was, he had great faith in his chief's judgment. Whether it was judging antiques and jade or assessing people, his chief had never made a mistake in all the years he had followed him.

Seeing Hua Ma Guai's actions, Hong Guniang finally reacted and bowed as well. With these two leading the way, everyone in the entire Zan Guan, including those from Changsheng Mountain's Xieling faction, followed suit and bowed. The scene was quite grand, with only Luo Laowai, his adjutant Yang, and Sun Yao remaining standing.

"Alright, alright, get up. I never said I wouldn't help you, it's just that digging up graves is really bad karma and detrimental to my cultivation. But if this Yuan Dynasty tomb in Ping Mountain comes from displaced people, then it doesn't matter. After all, it's nourishing the people of the Central Plains with the spoils plundered by foreign tribes over the past decades, so what's wrong with that? The tomb owner may have experienced the Battle of Yamen back then, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent to guard a region. Taking the treasures and using them for the people is not a burden at all."

As Sun Yao spoke, he helped Chen Yulou to his feet. Upon hearing Sun Yao's words, Chen Yulou immediately stood up. "According to Brother Sun Yao, this time you…?"

“That’s right, I will help you this time. I have already foreseen that your journey will be very difficult, and that the Yuan Dynasty general has already turned into a zombie, which is the legendary Xiangxi Corpse King that has been around for a long time. It will not be easy for you to deal with him. Since you have come down the mountain to train, you should also eliminate evil and protect the righteous path. It is better for such an unacceptable thing as a zombie to die completely.”

As Sun Yao spoke, he patted Chen Yulou on the shoulder, then called out loudly to those behind him, "Alright, everyone, please rise. I'd like to ask you to find me a secluded place so we can go into the mountains when the rain stops tomorrow."

"Alright, Brother Sun Yao, there's no one in that room, so you can rest there." Chen Yulou arranged a room for Sun Yao, who didn't stand on ceremony and went straight in. He needed to take advantage of the white fox's life essence before it completely dissipated and quickly refine its body into a pill.

After watching Sun Yao go inside and close the door, the foreigner approached Chen Yulou. "Brother, is this kid really as amazing as you say? Is there some other extraordinary person who is indispensable to him? He seems quite arrogant."

Just as Luo Laowai was rambling on to Chen Yulou, a bolt of lightning suddenly shot out from the room where Sun Yao was, striking Luo Laowai directly in front of him. Luo Laowai was startled and looked closely; the spot where the lightning had struck was already crystallized, demonstrating the immense power of the lightning to cause such high temperatures that the soil crystallized.

Luo Laowai was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground. He looked at what was in front of him, then at the side room, and finally at Chen Yulou. "No, Chief, there really are immortals!!!"

"I already said that Brother Sun Yao is a remarkable person in this world. You can't persuade a damned ghost with kind words. This is the first time he has warned you. I'm afraid there won't be a second time. Commander Luo, we should be more careful with our mouths in the future. Be careful not to say anything that might cause trouble."

Chen Yulou shook his head as he walked toward the front hall of the burial hall. Coffins for corpses were placed everywhere, but this was the largest space, just enough for the brothers of the Unloading Ridge to rest.

Meanwhile, in the side room, after reprimanding Luo Laowai, Sun Yao devoted all his energy to the alchemy he was currently engaged in. However, this alchemy was somewhat different. This time, it wasn't about making pills at all, and there was no formula to speak of. Sun Yao simply wanted to extract the remaining life essence from the white-haired fox's corpse and concentrate it to nourish his own body.

Using the Heaven and Earth Furnace, Sun Yao completely refined the white-haired fox's corpse. The flames of the Heaven and Earth Furnace incinerated all the remains of its body, leaving only the purest life essence. This life essence existed in the Heaven and Earth Furnace in the form of blood. Sun Yao casually threw ginseng and other spiritual herbs into the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine them together. After a short while, he obtained a new batch of pills.