"These skeletons aren't so bad; we can handle them if it comes to a fight. What I'm afraid of is if the tomb contains those old ministers who were powerful mages in life, and after death, transformed into Undead Generals. That would be fatal!"
"Stay away from me when you talk!" Mo Fan said with some disgust.
The effect of the gray garlic was immediate. The breath you exhaled sometimes made even the undead feel like you hadn't brushed your teeth, and those with a clean freak tendency would even make way for you!
Lin Chen had long since hidden to the side. Although he had spirit power isolating him, it didn't mean he had lost his sense of smell. As his physique continuously improved, his five senses were quite sensitive. Now, even if Ah Sha Xin Ya wanted to kiss him, Lin Chen wouldn't be willing.
"Is it always like this here?" the Black Silk Woman asked!
Shuttling through the swarms of undead, the Black Silk Woman finally spoke. Her voice was as beautiful as a clear, ethereal melody drifting down from the sky. It would have been even better if there was a little emotion in her words, but perhaps it was precisely this otherworldly detachment that made one's heart itch with anticipation!
The Dwarf Man was flattered by the question and quickly replied, "It wasn't like this before. Ever since the Sha Wang River went berserk, this place has also been filled with dense death qi. The industry says that a new Undead Era is coming. Perhaps, if the supreme ruler of this Undead Kingdom changes, this situation is possible!"
…
The group engaged in a question-and-answer session, with the Dwarf Man giving everyone a history lesson. Lin Chen offered no opinions, listening to everyone chat with great interest.
Because of the gray garlic's effect, although they encountered many undead along the way, they didn't suffer any attacks.
"Yangyang Village isn't far ahead. The night is still long; we'll rest there temporarily!" the Dwarf Man said, pointing to the small hill ahead.
"Villages have their rules. It's best you abide by them if you're evolving!" At this moment, the strong man spoke up to remind everyone.
Everyone nodded and said they had no problem.
They arrived at the hillside very smoothly. Going down the slope, everyone was about to see how a human village could survive safely in the land of the undead. However, below the slope, between the mountain streams, and below the White Ridge, all they saw was a pile of discarded, messy wood. There was no village at all!
Looking in other directions, there was only black soil, with nothing but a few pitted caves!
"Are you messing with us?" the bearded man immediately said with some anger.
"I… I don't know what's going on!" The Dwarf Man's face changed, and his gaze turned to the strong man.
The strong man's eyes were full of shock, looking completely disbelieving.
Then, he started to run, frantically running down the slope.
From the strong man's distraught appearance, it was clear that was indeed the location of Yangyang Village.
But this Yangyang Village had turned into ruins overnight.
After they descended, they surveyed the surroundings, discussed for a bit, and decided to go to the next village.
"Let's go, let's go. We won't find anything here. They might have migrated. Don't be so pessimistic!" the Dwarf Man said to his companion, the strong man.
The strong man was still rational. Seeing no signs of mass deaths, he began to lead the way for everyone to the next village, Hua Village.
"It's a two-day journey from here to Hua Village. I originally planned to spend the latter half of the night here in Yangyang Village, which would save some gray garlic… Now it seems we'll run out of gray garlic halfway!" the Dwarf Man said to everyone with a serious expression.
The Dwarf Man suggested returning to Ancient Capital first, and waiting for the strong man to get some more gray garlic from his kin before coming back. The strong man said it would take him several months to get those gray garlic…
Upon hearing this, everyone decided to push through!
The Dwarf Man was internally resistant but helpless. He had already taken the money, so he could only bite the bullet and go!
The Black Silk Woman spoke at this moment. She glanced at the Dwarf Man and said softly, "All along the way, I've noticed that not all areas are covered in undead. We shouldn't use gray garlic for the latter half of this night. Only eat it if we encounter too many undead to handle!"
"That's a good idea!" The Dwarf Man quickly nodded in agreement.
No matter what, this was a solution, better than doing nothing.
As the Black Silk Woman suggested, they didn't continuously use gray garlic for the latter half of the night. About three or four li after leaving Yangyang Village, everyone could clearly feel the gazes of the surrounding undead becoming less friendly!
The undead in this area were all wandering freely, in twos and threes, mostly servant corpses. Besides looking chilling, they had nothing special about them.
A rotting corpse that had been grinding its teeth on a rock seemed to smell the scent of human flesh. Its head creaked as it turned, and its green pupils locked onto the Black Silk Woman, who was closest to it.
There was no emotion in the Black Silk Woman's eyes, and she didn't show the usual panic and disgust that other women would towards this disgusting thing!
Her bearded attendant had already stepped a bit to the side, and an ice-colored star map was forming under his feet, condensing like frost leaves…
The Intermediate Ice Magic activated. In just a few seconds, this rotting corpse turned into a frozen mass of soft flesh. Although it wasn't completely dead yet, it couldn't move at all!
"A Li, don't waste your magic energy!" The Black Silk Woman admonished her bearded attendant when she saw him use intermediate magic to deal with a single rotting corpse.
The bearded attendant named A Li quickly performed a strange salute, looking as if he was listening to instruction.
Lin Chen was speechless at his fawning appearance!
"By the way, we've been together for so long, and we still don't know how to address you?" the Dwarf Man asked with a chuckle at this moment. With his keen insight, he had long seen the extraordinary nature of the Black Silk Woman!
"Ye Meng'e, Ye as in the leaf, Meng as in dream, E as in graceful. You can call me Meng'e!" Asha Ruya spoke her Chinese name, and even introduced it quite carefully!
Lin Chen's mouth twitched slightly. What a strange name. Ye Meng would have been fine, but adding the character 'E'…
However, a few of the sycophants discussed Asha Ruya's name for a while, which brought a bit of fun to the otherwise boring journey.
The fun ended, and everyone continued on their way. Along the way, it was almost always Asha Ruya's two attendants and the Dwarf Man who dealt with the wandering undead.
Lin Chen had also figured it out: this Dwarf Man might not look like much, but he was a seasoned sycophant!
"It'll be light in about an hour!" the Dwarf Man said, checking his watch after dealing with another wave.
"I thought the Ancient Capital undead were so formidable. Aren't they just a bunch of brainless, stupid corpses?" The bearded attendant A Li laughed.
"Brother, please don't say that. The Land of the Undead is very sinister; you really shouldn't say things like that!" The strong man spoke up at this moment!
Attendant A Li was unconcerned, grinning there.
On my Patreon, I have several advance chapters available if you're interested in more than 100: For $1, you get 20 fewer chapters than the $2.50 tier. For $2.50, you get 40 fewer chapters than the $4 tier. And for $4, you get them all.
The number of chapters is updated every 7 days and increases by 7 to 8 chapters.
My Patren: paroncom/FanTranslator