Lu Zhong got up with dark circles under his eyes, the strange face of the paper man still echoing in his mind.
Not daring to delay any further, he scooped up a ladle of water, washed his face, lit the spiritual stone and opened the door.
For some unknown reason, the two paper figures at the entrance of Zhao Fugui Courtyard across the street disappeared, leaving only two white lanterns floating in the wind.
Logically speaking, the temperature will heat up soon after the Lantern Festival.
But walking under the bright sun, Lu Zhong not only didn't feel the heat, but instead felt the cold wind whistling, and the cold air couldn't help but rush into his body, as if he was in an ice cave.
"What's wrong with me?"
Lu Zhong noticed something was wrong with his body. Logically speaking, it was impossible for a monk to be so weak.
He is now different from when he first came here. His body nourished by spiritual energy is not strong enough to lift a bronze cauldron, but it is at least stronger than an ordinary man in his prime. He can easily lift more than a thousand kilograms of things.
Although the body is not invulnerable to water and fire, it is basically not susceptible to illness due to cold.
There is only one explanation for this situation now, there must be something wrong with your body!
When he was almost at the entrance of the alley, a monk walked towards him.
When the two of them saw the other side, they both stopped moving forward with stunned expressions on their faces.
"What about you?"
The same words were spoken at the same time.
Lu Zhong hurriedly walked to a puddle of water nearby and found that his face was horribly pale, with not a trace of blood on his face, and he looked like a dead person.
The monk looked through the bronze mirror and discovered something was wrong with him.
"Ahhh!"
Suddenly, an extremely miserable cry came from the distance.
When Lu Zhong arrived, a circle of people had gathered around the scene, and everyone looked ahead with horrified expressions.
On a brick wall in front of everyone, there was a bright red corpse nailed to it. The skin on the body was missing, and all the flesh and blood was exposed. At this moment, it was still screaming miserably.
Looking at this posture, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop breathing for a while.
Lu Zhong's brows furrowed as he watched, wondering what kind of deep hatred there must be for him to skin a person and then nail him here, forcing him to wail and die in extreme pain.
The physical quality that the monk was so proud of turned out to be a torture tool for himself.
"Pfft!"
An ice needle flew from a distance and hit the person on the wall between the eyebrows.
"Get out of the way!"
A group of people pushed and pushed them roughly to the bottom of the wall. The leader, a cold-faced young man, looked at the corpse on the wall, his face became extremely cold, and his body was trembling slightly because of his anger.
Yu Qing did not expect that he would encounter such a thing just after taking over the position of captain of the Qingliu Xu Law Enforcement Team.
The man nailed to the wall was not an unknown person. In fact, he was the deputy captain of the law enforcement team that he had just appointed. However, he ended up miserably before he even thought about turning around.
This is clearly a provocation.
She was slapping Yu Qing wildly!
Suddenly, his eyes were fixed on Lu Zhong.
Then Yu Qing seemed to have discovered something. His eyes swept across the crowd, and his expression changed slightly. He reached out and touched his face, and his hand trembled involuntarily.
Without saying anything, he turned around and left quickly.
Lu Zhong was already very concerned about his own condition. When he saw even the disciples of the Qingyang Sect looking like this, he suddenly felt bad in his heart and immediately withdrew from the crowd watching the fun and hurriedly walked towards the street.
Along the way, many passers-by passed by, and their expressions were not normal.
But for some reason, these people don't seem to realize this.
On the side of the road, paper money floated up from nowhere.
A chill came out of his heart, and Lu Zhong started running.
The place he is going to now is the home of Talisman Maker Li Dong.
After being robbed by demonic cultivators in Qingliu Ruins, many shops that originally sold talismans closed down or closed down. Even those that were preparing to reopen would be unable to open their doors for a while while they were still collecting supplies.
Now if Lu Zhong wants to buy an exorcism charm, his only option is to go to Li Dong.
He met no pedestrians on the road, and the whole street was actually quiet, so quiet that it made people feel chilled in their hearts.
"What happened in Qingliuxu? No, I have to rush to Li Dong's house right away!"
Lu Zhonggang had just reached the intersection of the alleyway of Li Dong's house, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in front of him.
The footsteps sounded like an old man's, but they were chaotic.
After a while, a figure covered in blood emerged from the alley.
His face was a mess of blood and flesh, and it was covered with traces of being chewed. There was a big bloody hole in his stomach, and all the colorful organs flowed out, and his whole body exuded a foul smell.
Purple-red patches gradually appeared on the pale and bluish body surface.
When I cast Zhanzhan Qi Technique, I saw that this person was enveloped in a layer of black energy, which was constantly spreading in all directions.
As soon as the weeds on the roadside are touched by the black air, they wither and turn black.
"It's Yin Qi! This person has turned into a corpse!"
Lu Zhong's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he couldn't help but step back.
He didn't expect that there would be corpse transformation in Qingliu Ruins. While he felt ridiculous in his heart, he couldn't help but think of the mutation that happened to him and Yu Qing's obviously abnormal behavior just now.
He touched the fireball talisman in his arms and subconsciously wanted to activate it.
Fortunately, he calmed down in the end and did not waste this life-saving charm.
Looking at the newly transformed corpse again, Lu Zhong found that its joints were abnormally twisted and it was walking in extremely weird postures. Its speed was not as fast as that of an old man on crutches.
"It seems that it hasn't been long since the zombie transformation, and it has not yet completed its zombification."
To be cautious, Lu Zhong picked up a wooden stick at hand and then tried to get closer.
"Roar!"
Seeing a living creature approaching, the living corpse roared and lunged forward with its black nails stretched out.
However, its speed was so slow that as soon as it made a move, it was hit hard on the forehead by Lu Zhong with a stick. The wooden stick as thick as a bowl broke with the sound, and the skull of the living corpse was knocked out.
The white and yellow ones splashed all over the floor, emitting a disgusting and unpleasant smell.
There was a clanging sound, and a copper ring rolled to the ground.
When Lu Zhong saw it, he immediately picked up the ring, which was shining with spiritual light and looked like it was not a mortal thing.
At this time, the sound of tiny footsteps came from behind again.
He looked back and found that there was actually a group of living corpses.
There are too many and we can’t beat them!
He quickly dropped half of the wooden stick in his hand and rushed towards Li Dong's house without looking back.
At the same time, Qingliu Ruins seemed to be exploding, with screams and screams coming one after another, wailing and roaring, and even the muffled sound of spells exploding.
Lu Zhong ran hard, turned a corner and finally saw Li Dong's house.
But what made him feel cold was that at this moment, the door of Li Dong's house was wide open, and there were two corpses lying at the door.
At this moment, there was only a bang and a burst of fire pouring out of Li Dong's home.
Immediately afterwards, a charred corpse flew out and hit the opposite wall.
At this time, Li Dong walked out of the house holding a blood-stained sword and holding a boy in his other hand.
Seeing Lu Zhong, his expression seemed a little hesitant. After looking at the boy in his arms, he shot out a talisman with a snap of his fingers.
"After stimulating it and sticking it on your body, it can expel the yin energy in your body."
Lu Zhong followed the instructions without any hesitation, and sure enough he felt wisps of breath being pulled out of his body.
The sun shines on the body, finally feeling warm again.
At the same time, the market became increasingly noisy.
"Ho ho ho!"
A soul-stirring roar suddenly came from a distance.