Chapter 10: The Scum Is Conceited

Cheng Sheng nodded and continued to eat. After more than half a day of travel from the Xinfaxian, their group of five decided to temporarily stop for a night along their way to rest. Since it was only Chen Han who traveled before to Xinfaxian, he could withstand traveling without rest alone. However, now that he is with a group, he naturally can't let them rest. And so, he left to send the Youxiwang Sect a message that Fan Wen and Xie Lan could not come. First, Xie Lan just got out of his closed-door cultivation for 10 years. Second, the strange corpses are more dangerous so Fan Wen needed to stay with the sect to protect the Xinfaxian in Xie Lan's stead. He sent their four core disciples in the two's stead and, since it was Cheng Sheng and Fei Yin who saw the strange corpse, the two disciples could give their thoughts about the strange corpse. Xie Lan also returned to Fei Yin his qiankun pouch that contains the thief's corpse and the strange corpse's arm attached to the thief's corpse's stomach.

Currently, they are in Dongxin Town, the last town in the east. Tomorrow, they will be crossing the middle of the continent. Chen Han calculated they would reach the West in five days, including today's travel. He didn't immediately return to the inn where they were staying and roamed around the town to night hunt.

Cheng Sheng burped and contentedly sighed when he laid his back on his seat. He's rubbing his bulging stomach after he had eaten his dinner. "Hm? Where's da shixiong?" he asked when he hadn't seen Fei Yin.

"Da shixiong went to train in his room." Feng Mo answered. "We already had eaten our dinner at dusk." He told him.

"Why are you still here?" Cheng Sheng asked. Feng Mo looked at Cheng Sheng, and looked provoked.

"We're here to wait for you to come back." Li Tian mediated. "The night is still young, so take your time, Cheng-shidi." He told Cheng Sheng.

Feng Mo just frowned and looked away. He watched the bustling people on the first floor as they ate and drank. Li Tian did the same while Cheng Sheng fiddled with the talismans in his hand as his body digested the food.

The night is still young and looks peaceful. Chen Han looked around the dark street, only the light from the houses afar, together with the moon, illuminating the road before him. It looked ominous. Aside from the message that Fan Wen and Xie Lan couldn't come, he had also sent the information that the Xinfaxian also encountered a strange corpse. Their travel will be delayed since the Xinfaxian sect disciples are with him instead of Fan Wen and Xie Lan. Right now, there's still no reply from the Youxiwang Sect.

Chen Han looked around and saw that the residents were about to sleep before deciding to go back to the inn. He still needed to talk with his younger brother Cheng Sheng who, after their last meeting ten years ago, he had seen only now. With this, his heart wept and he pursed his lips.

A low growl behind him pulled him back from his thoughts. He immediately turned and looked at the darkness before him. He perked up his ears to listen, and after a few seconds, he heard a growl again. His eyes narrowed as he reached for the hilt of his sword when he heard slow and dragging footsteps coming from the darkness. Then, slowly, he saw a figure appear. The moonlight illuminated a tall figure with sallow skin, close to rotting. Its hair looked like dried seaweed and the clothes were ragged and dirty. Needless to say, this is a walking corpse.

The wind blew and extinguished the oil lamps from inside the houses. The walking corpse growled, louder this time, and made the residents whimpered inside their house. Chen Han's brows knit. The residents… they looked like –

He didn't have time to think when the walking corpse turned to him and then sniffed. Then, with a loud cry, it ran towards him. Chen Han's eyes went wide, shocked, but he immediately blocked the fast attack of the corpse using the hilt of his sword. He waved his wide sleeves, the red stripes on the hem looked like dancing fire. Then, countless talismans flew out of his sleeves and pasted themselves to the walking corpse, rendering him immobile. Chen Han jumped back a meter away from the immobile corpse. He took out a binding rope and threw it to the walking corpse. After assuring that the walking corpse could no longer move, he walked towards a house and knocked.

It took some time before the door opened. Chen Han saw a man, shaking in fright, and looked up at him. "Y-you're a cultivator?" he asked, his voice shaking.

Chen Han nodded. When they left Xinfaxian, they changed into ordinary clothes since they'd be traveling incognito. Thus, no one in the Dongxin Town knew that they were cultivators. They only thought they were a group of young masters. Well… it's true. "Yes." He answered and slightly bowed. "May I ask if the walking corpses here are frequent?" he asked.

The man nodded. "Yes." He answered. "We see more and more corpses lately… a few people here already disappeared. We knew… they were eaten by the corpses." He said, his face pale as he glanced at the immobile corpse afar and immediately looked away. "So… so we don't go out before dusk and only stay in our house." He explained.

The walking corpses can only walk, nothing more. And so if you stay in your house, they'll only pass by. Also, the walking corpses only go out during sundown since the sun makes the corpse's skin drier, making it rot faster. It's common knowledge not to go out during the night.

"What about the sect here?" Chen Han asked. There should be small sects around.

The man shook his head, afraid. He doesn't know of the sect. Chen Han's forehead furrowed and he thanked the man. Then, he closed the door. He took out the Silencing Talisman and pasted it to each house around. It will block the sounds coming from the residences so the corpses won't notice them.

He took out his qiankun pouch as he walked towards the corpse. Suddenly, the talismans plastered on the corpse burned and the corpse struggled. Fortunately, the binding rope is durable. Chen Han immediately took the corpse inside the qiankun pouch after he pasted more than ten talismans on it to make it immobile again. He sighed and looked around. After ensuring that there were no more corpses, he immediately ran back to the inn where Cheng Sheng and the others were. They needed to hasten their travel to Xiwang… or so he thought when he saw the people fleeing in all directions as he neared the inn where they were staying.

"Ghost! Ghost!" the people screamed as they ran to their houses and locked up.

"Monsters! Monsters!"

Chen Han ran against the tide of the people and finally reached the inn. There, he saw the Xinfaxian sect disciples fighting against the two corpses. The corpses are more agile than the corpses he encountered earlier. "Ah Sheng!" he called as he looked for Cheng Sheng. His eyes widened when he saw that there was a third corpse, and it was running towards Cheng Sheng.

"Aio~ my stomach, my stomach is bloated. I can't move!" Cheng Sheng cried as he held his bulging stomach while walking, assisted by Li Tian. Li Tian is only mediocre in martial arts and can't fight against the fierce corpse they are facing right now. Cheng Sheng is invalid right now from overeating.

Chen Han was about to fly to their rescue when he saw the jade pendant hanging on Cheng Sheng's waist fly to the corpse. Before it hit the corpse, it glowed brightly, making them all almost blind. It turned into a beautiful and lustrous silver sword, the hilt is snow-white jade. Then, the silver sharp blade pierced the walking corpse's head.

Li Tian immediately took out a binding rope and talismans to subdue the corpse. Then, he took out Cheng Sheng's qiankun pouch to imprison the corpse in. Chen Han sighed in relief after he saw this scene and he immediately ran towards Cheng Sheng and Li Tian. "Ah Sheng. Li-shidi, were you alright?" he asked, worried, as he immediately checked for their wounds.

Li Tian doesn't have time to hate Chen Han. He immediately reported. "A walking corpse went into the inn unnoticed. We were taken by surprise. It attacked a man. Then, another one. We can only rescue the third one." He explained and looked at the injured man lying on his back on the post. His arm is bleeding.

Chen Han turned and saw that there was a bite and it was bleeding. There's a talisman stuck on the man's arm, but the bleeding didn't stop. He looked at Cheng Sheng who was whimpering on the side due to overeating. He carelessly lay on the floor in an eagle-spread position. His face is buried on the floor.

"Cheng-shidi said he saw a negative qi leaking on the man's arm that was bitten. He immediately made me put a Cleansing Talisman on the man." Li Tian said. The Cleaning Talisman and Cleansing Talisman are the same, but also different. The Cleaning Talisman cleans the physical objects while the Cleansing Talisman purifies the negative qi.

Yes. They were greatly shocked when Cheng Sheng created this talisman. This is a great invention since the cultivators don't need to use various devices to purify the negative qi. Instead, they can use the Cleansing Talisman. However, of course, the Cleansing Talisman has limitations. It can only purify a small amount of negative qi.

The pale face of the injured man is now returning its color. The bleeding also finally stopped. The negative qi must have been purified. They sighed, relieved. They turned to Cheng Sheng. When they thanked Cheng Sheng for creating the Cleansing Talisman, he only had one answer.

"I created it for my own use since I don't want my pure self to be tainted. However, I'll be generous to lend this to you." Cheng Sheng said, his face proud.

A scum is a scum. After he said those words, he was beaten up by Xie Lan.