I have the face of a great demon.

Hua Laodao called out to Hong Daoshi.

"Master Hong, don't rush on your way. You were poisoned by a ghost earlier. Aren't you going to treat it before you continue?"

Poisoning?

Master Hong's face was filled with disbelief.

"How could a mere demon possessing a dead person's body be poisonous?"

Master Hong's question was not without reason. He had been exorcising ghosts and demons for so many years and had seen all kinds of storms. What kind of poison could a mere evil spirit possess, especially one that was possessing a dead person?

Master Hua then explained this to Master Hong, while also teaching these common-sense principles to his two disciples.

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but today's ghost is quite extraordinary."

"When a ghost possesses someone, it usually possesses a living person's body. Once the ghost is exorcised, the person will be fine."

"This time, the ghost that possessed the dead is different; it will turn into a zombie."

"This old lady is already showing signs of turning into a zombie. In a few more days, she will become a zombie. And zombies are poisonous."

Corpse poison!

Upon hearing this, Master Hong's expression changed drastically, and he quickly began to examine the injuries of the several Taoist boys who had been knocked away by the ghost.

These Taoist boys who were knocked away by the ghosts, besides the bruises on their bodies, the places where the old woman had grabbed them began to slowly turn black, and even their faces exuded an ominous black aura.

Thinking back to himself, although he hadn't been bitten by the ghost, his neck, where it was being gripped, was throbbing with pain. When he touched it, he found it was covered in black blood.

Master Hong was so frightened that he sat down on the ground again.

"Master Hua, save me!"

Seeing this, Hua Laodao leisurely pulled out a talisman from his sleeve.

"Don't panic, don't panic. With me here, this little bit of corpse poison is nothing to worry about. Just burn a talisman to ashes, dissolve it in water, and drink it to detoxify."

Master Hong happily reached out to take the talisman, when he heard Master Hua add a sentence.

"This good stuff naturally deserves a good price. No more, no less, fifty taels of silver. Fair and honest, a life-saving deal, a very good bargain."

Upon hearing this, Master Hong felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if his heart was bleeding. However, given the current situation, he had no choice but to pay up. He could only nod with tears in his eyes and reluctantly take out the silver.

Hua Laodao accepted the silver with a radiant smile. He then instructed the Chen family to prepare a bowl of water and asked Liu Xingchen to make talisman water to save the person.

Liu Xingchen took out a talisman, and with a slight movement of his fingertips, the talisman burst into flames with a "whoosh" as spiritual energy flowed through it, turning into ashes in the blink of an eye.

The ashes fell into the clear water, and he stirred them with his fingers, turning them into a bowl of talisman water.

A little talisman water was poured onto the wound on Master Hong's neck, and then he was made to drink the talisman water in the bowl.

In just a short while, the black aura on Master Hong's face disappeared like morning mist, and the wound stopped oozing black blood. He looked much more energetic and was clearly out of danger.

Just as Liu Xingchen was about to follow suit and make talismanic water to save the Taoist boys, Master Hong stepped forward and stopped him.

"Don't rush, there's still some talisman water left in this bowl. Use it up first."

One bowl of talisman water is enough for two people; every little bit helps.

Master Hong bought four talismans, but only used three of them. He carefully hid the remaining one close to his body.

"This talisman is a good thing. I'll keep it and use it to exorcise any troublesome ghosts I encounter in the future."

"I will definitely charge him two hundred taels of silver at that time, so that I can make up for the pain in my heart."

"No, I want to charge him three hundred taels, to make more money."

As he pondered this, a smug smile crept onto Master Hong's lips.

Afterwards, he and several Taoist disciples who had recovered their spirits thanked Master Hua and left overnight.

It was late at night, so Hua Laodao and his two companions rested at the Chen residence.

They asked for a room, where they would meditate and wait for dawn.

This tranquility did not last long. Suddenly, Hua Laodao opened his eyes wide, his gaze sharp and fixed on the north.

"Oh no, another ghost is causing trouble!"

Liu Xingchen also sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the north. He now knew that this was ghost energy, the unique spiritual energy fluctuations of ghosts.

This ghostly aura was much stronger than the old woman's before; he could clearly sense it even from a great distance.

"Isn't this the direction Master Hong and the others left in? Could it be that they encountered ghosts?"

"My disciples, come with me quickly, we're going to rescue them."

Having said that, he moved swiftly, rushing out of the room and heading towards the direction where the ghostly aura was spreading.

Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu followed closely behind, the three of them like three bolts of lightning, heading straight for the north of the village.

With the three cultivators running at top speed, they arrived at the north of the village in no time.

Before us lay a small hillside, dotted with scattered graves.

On the road below the slope, a carriage had overturned, and several young Taoist boys lay on the side.

Beside the road stood a tall, menacing figure, carrying Master Hong like a chick.

Master Hong was terrified, standing there dumbfounded without any power to resist, letting the excrement and urine flow freely from his crotch.

Old Master Hua glanced at it and then exclaimed in surprise:

"Oh no, it's a zombie. A green zombie, no less."

"Master, are green zombies very powerful?"

"The green zombies have skin of bronze and bones of iron; the higher their cultivation level, the more robust their bodies become. They are agile and leap like the wind. They are not easy to deal with."

Liu Xingchen said, "With Master's abilities, dealing with the green zombie shouldn't be difficult, right?"

“My disciple, you don’t know this. Green zombies are inherently difficult to deal with, and the longer they cultivate, the more powerful they become.”

"I can handle ordinary green zombies, but if I encounter one that has cultivated for five hundred or even a thousand years, I can only retreat."

After hearing this, Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu turned their attention back to the green zombie.

Just by looking at its appearance, you really don't know how powerful this zombie is.

The zombie's current opponents are only weaklings like Master Hong, so it's impossible to judge its strength.

At this moment, the green zombie shook Master Hong vigorously and asked in a hoarse voice, like sandpaper grinding against a stone:

"You despicable bastards, what have you done to my beautiful concubine?"

The zombie, when it spoke, completely stunned Liu Xingchen and his companions.

"As beautiful as a flower?"

"A concubine?"

"He's not talking about that dead old woman, is he?"

Liu Xingchen simply couldn't connect those two words with the dead old woman from Master Chen's house.

If you insist on making a connection, his stomach will protest silently.

Looking at Hua Laodao and Tiezhu, their expressions of utter disgust probably reflect his feelings quite well.

“We certainly have no interest in that kind of dead old woman. But think about it from the zombie’s perspective.”

"These corpses that are ugly to us are beautiful to him. It's perfectly reasonable for him to take an old dead woman as a concubine."

“Master, you are truly knowledgeable. Your words have broadened our horizons and we finally understand the Green Zombie.”

Liu Xingchen suppressed a laugh and gave Hua Laodao a thumbs up.

"However, it was all for naught; I still felt nauseous."

Tie Zhu honestly expressed his feelings.

Hua Laodao waved his hand: "Alright, let's stop worrying about that concubine and hurry up and save the person."