The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine-Chapter 880 - Ghost Puppet

Chapter 880: Chapter 880: Ghost Puppet

Chapter 880: Chapter 880: Ghost Puppet

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These eight men joined forces to drive the phosphorescence from beneath the ground in this area, intending to burn Huang Xiaolong, Qingqing, and Xiaohong to ashes.

It must be known that within this phosphorescence was an extremely terrifying corpse poison. It wasn’t just about being burned; even a slight infection from the corpse poison could lead to endless troubles.

However, Huang Xiaolong just sneered with disdain, waved his hand, and a barrage of golden light poured out like a reversed galaxy, quenching the blazing phosphorescence into ashes!

The surrounding fires extinguished, the ground cracked and charred, and an overpowering stench of death rose to the heavens.

The complacent smiles on the faces of the eight men froze all at once, as if they were wearing poor-quality clown masks.

“This… this… this guy actually broke our Corpse Phosphorescence Spell… Let’s go!”

At the same time, the eight men each took out a talisman that erupted into smoke, and they almost simultaneously disappeared.

“You can’t escape.” Xiaohong smiled cunningly. “Young Master, I have memorized their scents. I’ll lead the way!” With that, Xiaohong sniffed delicately with her refined nose.

Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but laugh. “I only knew that dogs have a keen sense of smell; I never expected foxes to be just as sensitive. Ha-ha~~~ Well, those eight Taoists moved in unison, their Taoist powers were quite comparable, I think they must be fellow disciples from the same sect.”

By now, Huang Xiaolong was certain that these eight Taoists were the disciples of the Taoist he was searching for.

Before long, Xiaohong took the lead, chasing after them.

Shortly after, a vast and flat expanse of land appeared ahead, and on it… lay rows upon rows of corpses!

Nine rows horizontally and nine rows vertically, there were a total of eighty-one corpses laid out under the moonlight, creating an exceptionally eerie and strange atmosphere.

“Eh? So many dead people.” Neither Xiaohong nor Qingqing, creatures like monsters, would fear mere corpses.

Huang Xiaolong narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile, “These corpses are very strange. Look…”

Every corpse had its eyes, ears, mouth, and nose sealed with mud, and there was a talisman attached to each chest. Their skin turned a deathly pale blue color, as if they were stiffly asleep.

“Young Master, there’s poison! These corpses are poisonous!” Qingqing suddenly said.

Being a serpent demon, Qingqing was very familiar with toxins.

“However, why are all the corpses’ faces smeared with mud?” Xiaohong wondered aloud.

Huang Xiaolong said with a laugh, “How wicked… Truly wicked, it’s like something only a supreme villain would do…”

Pausing for a moment, Huang Xiaolong explained, “These aren’t ordinary corpses, they are half-human, half-zombie monsters. First, they catch living people, seal their orifices with mud, then use poison to forcefully turn their bodies into poisoned beings, and use talismans to protect their vital meridians, ensuring that they don’t completely die. Their organs don’t decay, yet their bodies are dead. In this way, they become half-human, half-zombie monsters, with the strength of zombies and the cleverness of the living, and their bodies are entirely poisonous. The number eighty-one must be part of a Formation.”

Just then, a ringing sound of bells came from the bushes, followed by a chilling, sarcastic laugh, “You brat, you sure know a lot~~~ To think you’ve chased us here, it’s like not taking the path to heaven and forcing your way into hell instead!”

Accompanying the rustling sounds, the eight previously-escaped Taoists emerged from the bushes, each holding a string of bells. As the wind blew, the bells jangled, making a spine-chilling sound.

At the same time, the poisonous corpses lying on the ground seemed to hear the sound of the bells, and their limbs began to twitch slightly.

The eight Taoists glared at Huang Xiaolong, their faces full of murderous intent, as if they wanted to torture him to death right there and then!

“Catching living people and transforming them into these inhuman, poisoned zombies, you really have no conscience…” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes flickered with killing intent as he said in a deliberate manner, “Where is your master?”

The eight men exchanged glances, and one of them said, “You are not worthy of meeting our master!”

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“Hehe, I actually came to see your master about something. Where is he?” Huang Xiaolong said with a smile.

“How dare you! Our venerable master isn’t someone you, a stinking brat, can just meet with on a whim!” one of them sneered viciously. “Stinking brat, since you’ve come and discovered our secret, then you can just die here! Hehe… The two young ladies accompanying you, however, are quite pretty… afterwards… Keke~~ Kekeke~~~”

The eight of them began to laugh wickedly, their eyes filled with greed and malevolence as they looked toward Xiaohong and Qingqing.

Seeing that Xiaohong and Qingqing were young and beautiful, vile intentions rose in their hearts.

With a flash of demonic light in their eyes, Xiaohong and Qingqing were about to lash out.

At that moment, the eight of them shook their bells simultaneously.

Ding ding ding~~ ding ding ding~~ ding ding ding~~~~

The sound of the bells rose and fell like a death knell!

Suddenly, the eighty-one toxin-ridden corpses lying on the ground all stood up straight, turned their bodies, and started running with the agility of monkeys, quickly surrounding Huang Xiaolong, Qingqing, and Xiaohong in the middle!

While running, these corpses shifted positions and indeed formed a Formation! In their movement, a miasma of poison billowed, and the blue fog made the surrounding air wither and die, giving off a terrifying, deathly aura!

One should know that these toxin-ridden corpses possessed immense strength, with bodies as tough as metal, agile as monkeys, and their bodies exuded deadly poison, killing on contact. Their individual combat abilities were extremely formidable, and eighty-one of them combined could annihilate a well-equipped mercenary corps. Even Xiaohong and Qingqing would need to transform back to their original forms to fight!

Not to mention that now these corpses had formed a Formation, increasing their lethality exponentially!

Xiaohong and Qingqing, with a ferocious roar, were about to reveal their true forms.

However, Huang Xiaolong shook his head with a wry smile.

Ding ding ding~~ ding ding ding~~~

The eight men kept shaking their bells, acting as if they were eight commanders directing an army of toxin-ridden corpses.

“Don’t move, just watch me,” Huang Xiaolong said as he reached down with his right hand, grabbing a handful of green grass from the ground.

Then, with his left hand, he reached out through the air towards the eight men.

With this grab, he drew a portion of the men’s vital energy right towards him.

Just when it seemed that eighty-one toxin-ridden corpses were about to pounce on Huang Xiaolong, Qingqing, and Xiaohong, swiftly and suddenly,

Huang Xiaolong pulled with his left hand, shredding the handful of green grass he had grabbed with his right hand to pieces.

Xiaohong and Qingqing were both clueless about what Huang Xiaolong was doing.

“My lord, at this critical moment, why are you playing with grass?” Xiaohong couldn’t help but giggle.

Huang Xiaolong smiled without a word. And that’s when it happened!

Something bizarre occurred!

“Ahhh~~~~~~!!!!!!”

On the other side, the eight middle-aged men who were shaking the jingling bells suddenly let out heart-wrenching screams. Their bodies were twisted in a grotesque manner, as if they were eight ragdolls, with blood spurting out like fountains, and their corpses collapsed askew.

Eight men died, and the bell tolls ceased as the flags and drums fell silent.

The poison corpses that had been jumping around also froze at the same time, like a collection of terrifying statues.

Huang Xiaolong casually tossed the shredded grass in his hand onto the ground.

Qingqing and Xiaohong, with their eyes wide and mouths agape, looked at the grass Huang Xiaolong had casually thrown away, then at the eight middle-aged men who had been twisted into pretzel shapes.

“Young Master… what… what kind of spell is this?” Qingqing exclaimed in horror.

“Oh, this is a minor spell from an unorthodox school. I absorbed the essence of these eight people into this bunch of grass. When the grass was torn, their bodies also shattered,” said Huang Xiaolong indifferently.

“So powerful! Young Master! You are truly amazing! Even the mistress of my household does not know such a spell!” Qingqing and Xiaohong’s admiration for Huang Xiaolong had reached an inexpressible level.

At that moment, the souls of the eight Taoists rose up, each ghostly face filled with misery, looking at Huang Xiaolong with eyes full of resentment and fear.

Huang Xiaolong captured them and chuckled, “Now, are you willing to tell the truth?”

“Spare us, my lord! Please don’t scatter our souls… It’s not our fault, it was all done by our master, all of it,” the souls wailed.

“Hmm~~ tell me more. Who is this master? What exactly did he do?” Huang Xiaolong asked with a smile.

“Our ancestral master is Heavenly Master Zhang. Our master’s surname is Xia, a proud student under him… A few years ago, Master Xia led us to Liu City to hunt down an enemy. This enemy, about thirty years ago when Master Xia was a child, killed Master Xia’s whole family. After making progress in his Taoist practice, Master Xia tracked the enemy to Liu City, seeking revenge for a blood feud. However, over the years, he has not been able to find the exact whereabouts of his foe,” a soul chirped.

“An enemy?” Huang Xiaolong frowned.

“Yes, our master’s enemy is not a human, but a demon. This demon, thirty years ago, committed all kinds of evil without restraint… After Master Xia and the eight of us disciples arrived in Liu City, while searching for the demon’s whereabouts, we came to this mountain behind and gathered evil spirits, refined Magic Artifacts, set up various Formations, and captured living people to make eighty-one poison corpses… Each of these poison corpses, which cost us disciples and our master a great deal of effort and money, had only just been created. The formation of poison corpses is as powerful as a Magic Artifact!” one spirit sobbed.

“Also, our master is refining a ‘Ghost Puppet’ not far ahead… My lord can go see for himself…” one spirit revealed everything without holding back, “This is a Secret Technique passed down by our ancestral master to Master Xia. He captures a thousand fierce ghosts, refines them with the flames of the Tao to extract their essence, and uses his own blood as a sacrifice to create a Ghost Puppet. The strength of this Ghost Puppet is not weaker than that of a Ghost King, and it can even surpass one. Moreover, it can become an external embodiment of our master, essentially giving Master Xia an extra life…”

“Hahaha~~~ Interesting. So this Taoist surnamed Xia is cultivating his own force of evil in these mountains behind. Has that Ghost Puppet been refined?” Huang Xiaolong asked with a laugh.

“We’re just ten fierce ghosts short of completion. It’s only a step away!”

“If that’s the case, then I shall finish refining this Ghost Puppet for your master…” Huang Xiaolong chuckled, waved his hand, and tore the eight Taoists’ souls into pieces. He then brought out the Soul Collector and collected all eighty-one poison corpses.

“Young Master, you… you’ve collected these filthy things full of poison… Your taste… Your taste is quite heavy…” Qingqing stuck out her tongue.

“These poison corpses are not easy to refine. They require a lot of materials and poisons. That Taoist named Xia couldn’t make perfect use of these poison corpses, but in my hands, they will be fully utilized,” Huang Xiaolong said with a chuckle. “Let’s go find that Ghost Puppet.”

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Hui Min Orphanage.

Fairy Huang and Taoist Xia entered the orphanage and walked along the garden path on the ground floor. They saw little boys and girls playing and frolicking under the streetlights, some even reading books out loud. These were orphans who had been abandoned and taken in here; this place was their home.

“Hmph! So the demon has been lurking here all these years! An orphanage? Hahaha~~ is it doing good deeds? It’s said that this orphanage is a privately run charity, investing huge amounts of money every year, not for profit, and in fact suffering heavy losses…” Taoist Xia’s face twisted fiercely, his eyes barely able to contain the murderous intent.

“Taoist Xia, let me take the lead later,” Fairy Huang said with a trace of disdain in her eyes. “If you want to seek revenge on your own, I fear~~~ it’s very powerful, you should know that.”

Fairy Huang clearly had some contempt for Taoist Xia’s abilities.

Taoist Xia’s face turned red, and he replied resentfully, “Fairy Huang, indeed we need your help this time. Actually, I am close to completing a Ghost Puppet, and once it is finished, I am confident I can seek vengeance on my own.”

Indeed, deep down Taoist Xia was a little dismissive. Since he dared to come to Liu City seeking revenge, it wasn’t without aim. In his possession, he holds a secret ace, given to him by Master Zhang, a killer move that he wouldn’t expose lightly.

At this moment, Fairy Huang’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, her demonic eyes emitting a ghostly light, as if attempting to see through the entire orphanage. After a few breaths, she said firmly, “It has escaped! It’s not in the orphanage! It seems that my little minions startled the snake by beating the grass!”

“What? Escaped?” Disappointment was clearly written on Taoist Xia’s face.

“Don’t worry. I have my ways,” Fairy Huang said with a cold laugh. “Perhaps, it hasn’t really escaped. It’s still in the orphanage, merely hiding. You should know, its forte is the art of the Five Elements’ Escapade; if it wants to hide, even I would find it difficult to discover…”

Just then, a man wearing the orphanage’s uniform approached, and Fairy Huang beckoned, “You, come here.”

“Hm?” The staff member was momentarily startled, then quickly stepped forward. “May I help you?”

At that moment, Fairy Huang suddenly grasped, lifting the staff member into the air and clutching his neck, she demanded sharply, “Where’s your director?”

Petrified, the staff member cried out, “I don’t know, I don’t know, the director… the director left in the afternoon… and hasn’t returned… I really don’t know! Who are you? Let me go!”

“Heh heh~~ Within three minutes, gather all the children and staff of the orphanage…” Fairy Huang’s smile turned ominous.

That sentence didn’t seem to be meant for the staff member.

Suddenly!

Whoosh~~

A little imp burst forth from within Fairy Huang’s body and without a second word, it climbed onto the staff member, then gurgled and burrowed into his stomach.

Immediately after, crunching and chewing noises came from within the staff member’s belly.

The staff member began to convulse as though in the throes of shock, and seconds later, his face, once filled with horror and despair, pain and suffering, twisted into one of greed and strangeness, his eyes flickering with a green glint, and his voice sharp, “Your Highness, I will go right away.”

With that, the staff member scurried off.

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“Fairy, what was that?” Taoist Xia thought to himself that demons are indeed ruthless, ready to strike without a moment’s notice.

“Probably, it is hiding inside the orphanage. It won’t show itself? Fine, then I will consume everyone in this orphanage! Let’s see if it will show itself then!” Fairy Huang said fiercely.

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Huang Xiaolong, with Qingqing and Xiaohong, arrived at the depths of the valley.

Ahead, the Yin energy was intense, the area filled with wooden stakes, each one covered in dense, overlapping charm scripts.

“Hm? This is the ‘Ghost Array that Devours Yin Energy,’ an extremely vicious formation. Once established, it can draw the restless spirits and fierce ghosts from miles around to be used. It seems that this ‘Ghost Array that Devours Yin Energy’ is the formation that Taoist Xia uses to create ‘Ghost Puppets.'” Huang Xiaolong chuckled, his feet moving towards the sinister formation ahead. “Taoist Xia is Master Zhang’s disciple, and although I have never seen Master Zhang, we have been ‘acquainted in spirit’ for a long time, haha~~ His disciples, all those who commit evil deeds, have mostly been killed by my hand, and today, another one shall fall! Hahaha!”

Upon nearing the formation, there stood a figure towering more than ten feet tall!

This creature was humanoid, its skin dark as night, resembling a demonic body, with two horn-like protrusions on its head, emitting an overwhelming evil aura, its Yin energy rivaling that of a ghost king!

“A Ghost Puppet?! Not bad! To possess such a supremely wicked and strong aura before it is even fully formed… Once completed, it could indeed wreak havoc. This thing is the product of Taoist Xia’s untold efforts and is on the verge of completion. If I were to claim this Ghost Puppet, I wonder if Taoist Xia’s heart would bleed… Hahahaha~~~ Moreover, since the Ghost Puppet was cultivated with his own essence blood, I can easily find Taoist Xia’s location through it!”

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