Chapter 323

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　　Suddenly, a person walked out from the depths of the forest.
　　Ye Qiu’s heart was shocked because this person was not a zombie but a living person.
　　He had been here for so long but had not found anyone else here. It can be seen that this suddenly appeared guy was not simple.
　　Ye Qiu took a careful look.
　　He found that the guy was a skinny old man.
　　The old man was wearing a loose black Taoist robe, holding a pair of copper bells strung together with a red rope in his left hand and a triangular apricot-yellow flag in his right hand.
　　On the apricot-yellow flag, various strange runes were painted with cinnabar.
　　On the old man’s skinny face, white and red oil paints were smeared, and the whole person was full of a gloomy atmosphere.
　　At this time, Lao Xiang and the others also saw this suddenly appeared old man.
　　”Director, who is he？” Fu Yanjie asked in a low voice.
　　Ye Qiu shook his head, indicating that he didn’t know.
　　”Village Chief Ge, is this old man from your village？” Fu Yanjie asked Ge Dazhuang again.
　　”He is not from our village.” Ge Dazhuang said： “I have never seen this person before.”
　　Then who is he？
　　Everyone had the same question in their hearts simultaneously.
　　Su Xiaoshan’s eyes turned around the body of the old man in black, and a sudden realization appeared between her brows. Then, she looked at the back of Ye Qiu and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
　　”Who are you？” Ye Qiu couldn’t help but ask the old man in black.
　　The old man didn’t speak, and gently shook his left hand.
　　”Ding-dong——”
　　The bronze bells rang.
　　”This is…”
　　Ye Qiu instantly reacted. Before Chen Laosan broke out of the coffin, such a sound was mixed in the wind.
　　At that time, Lao Xiang also asked everyone if they heard the sound of the wind chimes, but except for Ye Qiu, no one heard it.
　　Ye Qiu didn’t care at that time and thought it was just the sound of the wind chimes. Now it seems that the previous sound was not made by the wind chimes, but came from the pair of bronze bells in the old man’s hand.
　　Not only that, when he fought with these zombies just now, he also heard a very soft sound of the bronze bells.
　　”Who on earth are you？ Why did you appear here？” Ye Qiu asked again.
　　The old man still didn’t speak and gently shook the bronze bells. In an instant, the sound of “ding-dong, ding-dong” reverberated in the forest again.
The laughter of a child also sounded Then:
　　”Hehe…”
　　Immediately after, everyone saw a child jump out of the forest. He was about five or six years old, with delicate features and a clean school uniform on his body.
　　”That’s… the child of the Meng family.”
　　Ge Dazhuang said tremblingly.
　　After the Meng family’s child walked up to the old man in black, he jumped and sat on the old man’s shoulder, and then looked at Ge Dazhuang and the others and laughed “hehe”.
　　The triangular apricot-yellow flag in the hand of the old man in black was waved, and the zombies such as Old Chen San let out a roar.
　　“Ao——”
　　It was like the wailing of ghosts and wolves.
　　That group of zombies stared at Ye Qiu and the others with empty eyes, and the murderous aura on their faces, which was originally very strong, became even stronger at this time.
　　Ye Qiu clenched the scalpel tightly, his gaze always fixed on the old man in black, and asked again, “Who on earth are you？”
　　The old man in black seemed to have only heard Ye Qiu’s words until this moment. He grinned, revealing a row of neat yellow teeth, and said, “I’m an old ghost from Xiangxi.”
　　An old ghost from Xiangxi？
　　Ye Qiu was stunned. He had never heard of this name before.
　　“Director, maybe… maybe I know his origin.”
　　Su Xiaoxiao said timidly.
　　Ye Qiu hurriedly turned around and saw that Su Xiaoxiao had a scared expression on her face. He quickly asked, “You know？”
　　Su Xiaoxiao nodded and said, “I’ve watched a lot of horror movies. His attire is very similar to that of a corpse chaser from Xiangxi.”
　　“Gaga, this little girl has some insights. She actually saw through my origin. Not bad, not bad.” The old man in black looked at Su Xiaoxiao and licked his tongue, as if he had seen a delicious dish and was drooling.
　　Is this guy really a corpse chaser？
　　Ye Qiu narrowed his eyes.
　　It is said that corpse driving is a mysterious skill spread in the Xiangxi area, a bit similar to witchcraft, quite mysterious.
　　In the Qing Dynasty, the corpse drivers in Xiangxi were famous all over the world. They could use the “secret technique” to bring the corpses of those who died thousands of miles away back to their hometowns and let them be buried in peace.
　　Professional corpse drivers can control the actions of the corpses.
　　Ye Qiu immediately figured out why, after Chen Laosan and the others died, their corpses would burst out of the coffins. That was because someone was controlling them.
　　At the same time, he also understood that after Chen Laosan and the others died, they did not become zombies, but their corpses were controlled by someone, making Ye Qiu mistakenly think that Chen Laosan and the others had all become zombies.
　　It seems that the instigator of all this is the mysterious old man in black in front of him.
　　”So, you killed all these people？” Ye Qiu pointed at Chen Laosan and the others and asked.
　　”You will all die soon.” The old ghost of Xiangxi looked at Su Xiaoxiao and smiled sinisterly, saying, “If you are willing to be my wife, then you don’t have to die.”
　　Tangke is a dialect in the Xiangxi area, meaning wife.
　　”Director, I’m scared.” Su Xiaoxiao was almost scared to tears and looked at Ye Qiu tremblingly.
　　”Don’t be afraid, I’m here.” Ye Qiu comforted and continued to ask the old ghost of Xiangxi： “These villagers have no grudges against you. Why did you kill them？”
　　”Die？ No no no, in my eyes, they didn’t die. They are all my treasures.”
　　The old ghost of Xiangxi said, “I have been learning the secret art of driving corpses since I was a child. It took me ten years to finally achieve great success.”
Since I was twenty years old, I have been studying a more profound corpse control technique. For this reason, I dug graves and stole corpses, and killed people with my own hands. I was expelled from my clan and pursued by the police. Out of necessity I hid in a remote small mountain village like Mogang Village. It took me a full thirty years to finally master the corpse control technique.”
　　A few days ago, I started to do experiments. Needless to say, the effect was quite good.”
　　The old ghost of Xiangxi pointed at Chen Laosan and the others and said, “Now these corpses all obey me. I tell them to do what they do.”
　　The old ghost of Xiangxi said this and smiled at Su Xiaoxiao again, “Little girl, if you don’t want to be my wife, then I will kill you, and then control your corpse. At that time, you will be at my mercy, hehe…”
　　Abnormal！”
　　Ye Qiu cursed in his heart.”
　　The old ghost of Xiangxi killed so many innocent villagers in order to do experiments. His behavior can only be described in eight words –
　　Dehumanized！”
　　Completely devoid of conscience！”
　　Ye Qiu was furious and said coldly to the old ghost of Xiangxi, “As a human being, you are actually so vicious. A scourge like you should not survive in the world.”
　　Oh, listening to your tone, you still want to kill me？” The old ghost of Xiangxi sneered and said, “I advise you to obediently accept death, so that I can leave you with a whole corpse and use it for me. Otherwise, I will surely crush your bones and scatter your ashes.”
　　“Hmph！”
　　Ye Qiu snorted coldly and stopped talking nonsense. He clenched the scalpel and strode towards the Old Ghost of Xiangxi.