IW: Chapter 278 - A Hybrid Chinese-Western Zombie; Father, it seems you've been kneeling for too long!
"Awei!"
Lin Jiu no longer wanted to waste words with Awei.
Anyway, Awei hadn't listened to a single word he'd said.
Fine, fine, fine!
Then he could only use three rattan canes to shatter his daydream!
Lin Jiu whipped Awei with the rattan cane he had just picked up, blow after blow.
The pain.
Made Awei howl in agony.
"Master, I won't say it again!"
Seeing that Lin Jiu was serious this time,
Awei, at this moment, couldn't care about anything else, dodging Lin Jiu's incoming rattan cane while begging for mercy.
If he didn't beg for mercy now, Awei felt he would be close to death.
Watching Awei's pathetic state, Wencai on the side looked on with a schadenfreude attitude.
He realized that being an honest person wasn't so bad; although he couldn't speak well, at least he wouldn't get a good beating.
"Is this about not speaking?!"
Hearing Awei say that, Lin Jiu's hand involuntarily applied more force.
In Lin Jiu's view, this wasn't a matter of speaking or not speaking at all.
It was a matter of doing or not doing.
Awei's mind wasn't on cultivating the Dao at all; when he first became a disciple, he said all those things, had Awei forgotten them so easily?!
It was truly too embarrassing.
Of his two disciples, one thought about women in his heart, and the other constantly talked about women.
Couldn't they do anything else besides women!?
"Dao Brother, that's enough, I actually feel that Awei is just all talk."
Bai Ye spoke up for Awei.
Complaints aside,
However, in Bai Ye's opinion, Awei was mostly just boasting.
He hadn't really taken much action, so Lin Jiu didn't need to be so agitated.
When Bai Ye spoke up for him, Lin Jiu's hand indeed slowed down for a moment, which almost made Awei cry with gratitude.
A savior!
Bai Ye Daoshi was his savior.
In the future, if Bai Ye told him to go east, he would definitely not go west!
"Alas, Dao Friend, you also see that my disciple is mischievous..."
Lin Jiu sighed; how could he want to do such a thing?
If his disciples were as worry-free as Bai Ye's disciples,
Lin Jiu would burn high incense.
"A mischievous disciple can be slowly corrected; there's no need to rush. Dao Brother is just too anxious. After all, Awei has only just entered the Daoist sect for a short time, and boys naturally think more than girls."
Bai Ye still comforted Lin Jiu.
Someone like Awei, who initially started cultivating the Dao with less than pure intentions.
He probably saw that Ren Tingting was also cultivating the Dao, so Awei likely thought that if he didn't cultivate, he wouldn't have any further interaction with Ren Tingting.
So, with that thought in mind,
Awei, of course, brazenly apprenticed himself to Lin Jiu.
Initially, Awei's target was Bai Ye, but Bai Ye didn't want to take him in.
So, Awei's primary goal in cultivating the Dao was actually to chase girls.
Wencai also had no cultivation talent, but Qiusheng, after realizing his mistakes,
Now also focused his mind on cultivating the Dao.
At least not all disciples were the kind of people who were beyond help.
"Alright, Dao Friend, what you said makes some sense."
Lin Jiu followed Bai Ye's words and let the matter drop.
After all, if he continued to dwell on it, he wouldn't be able to back down later.
Actually, Lin Jiu just felt that Awei's mind was filled with nothing but women, and he needed to be taught properly.
At the same time, there was also the issue of face; he was someone who valued face the most.
He didn't want to be unable to back down later.
Hearing Lin Jiu say that, Awei also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that Lin Jiu would keep harping on this matter.
Now it was good.
It was finally over, and Awei finally felt relieved.
Carefully walking in front of Lin Jiu, Awei said somewhat aggrievedly, "Master, don't worry, I definitely won't be like this in the future."
Awei actually just liked to think.
"It's not that I won't let you be like this, but I think you should focus your mind on cultivation, not solely on chasing girls. I'm doing this for your own good; you can't handle women!"
Lin Jiu didn't want to see his disciples ruined by women!
They truly couldn't handle it. Lin Jiu could tell at a glance that they had no romantic luck in their fate; even if they did, it would be bad luck.
"Master is right!"
Awei repeatedly agreed; in fact, how could he not know?
Awei also had a cousin, but that cousin was too different from Ren Tingting.
He actually thought very simply.
If things didn't work out with Ren Tingting, then he would ultimately have to go down the path of that other cousin.
However, at this moment, Awei didn't dare to show it.
His performance today was indeed a bit deserving of a beating.
Along the way, Awei no longer spoke such nonsensical words.
They arrived at Jiuquan Town.
Actually, this place was relatively close to Ren Family Town.
Upon their arrival, the townspeople looked at their group with curious eyes.
A group of Daoists coming here?!
"Awei, go ask where the church is."
Here, Awei was the most suitable, and he also liked it very much.
After asking for the location of the church, the group immediately walked towards it.
The church was already open, which was different from the movie's plot.
According to earlier inquiries, a priest had already been killed.
"This yin energy, there's definitely a zombie inside!"
Lin Jiu looked at the church in front of him with a solemn expression. During the day, this church looked very righteous.
But it was filled with chilling yin energy, and it was certain that there was a zombie.
"Let's go in!"
Thinking of this, Lin Jiu couldn't wait and immediately lifted his leg to walk into the church.
Now he was also very clear that if it wasn't resolved in the morning, it would likely be more troublesome at night.
Inside the church.
Father Wu sat in the church with a worried expression.
He originally wanted to reopen the church and spread his faith here.
But what he didn't expect was that the beginning was very unfavorable.
After the church reopened, many people had already died.
This also made Father Wu seriously suspect whether something he hadn't anticipated had happened.
He didn't believe in so-called zombies.
But the last few people had all been bitten to death, and one person's body had disappeared.
Coupled with the rumors from the surrounding villagers, this also made Father Wu seriously suspect whether there really was an evil entity.
Regardless of whether there was an evil entity, the church was currently affected.
"All these bodies must be burned, otherwise they will turn into blood-sucking zombies!"
Just as Father Wu was deep in thought, a voice in his ear broke his contemplation.
He looked up at the uninvited group; he was a little confused, this was inside the church, how did they get in?
And they started inspecting the bodies on their own. Father Wu quickly got up, ready to stop Lin Jiu's next move.
He couldn't let Lin Jiu act recklessly here!
"They are already dead, I am praying for them, please don't—"
"If prayers were useful, then how could they have been bitten to death by zombies? If you don't dispose of his body now, he will also turn into a zombie later!"
Lin Jiu inspected the corpse qi on the bodies, but he was a little confused.
There were three bodies here, but only one of them had corpse poison, the other two didn't at all.
But on their bodies, Lin Jiu felt a strange sensation.
Never seen before.
Lin Jiu thought of this, turned his head to look at Bai Ye, his eyes actually containing a hint of inquiry.
He didn't quite understand and wondered if Bai Ye knew.
"They were bitten to death by two different types of zombies."
One had corpse qi, the other two weren't without corpse qi, Lin Jiu just hadn't noticed.
"Bitten to death by two different types of zombies?!"
A strange look flashed in Lin Jiu's eyes; he was actually a little confused about what Bai Ye meant by that sentence.
The Four Great Zombies?!
But even the descendants of those Four Great Zombies, in the end, didn't they also exhibit the effects of zombies?
"No, one is our Chinese zombie, and one is a Western vampire.
Do you remember the previous church legend? Back then, a priest died here, impaled by a cross struck by lightning during a rainy night.
After he died, he turned into a zombie, and at the same time, he gained the characteristics of a Western vampire. He should be able to transform between these two forms.
In the Western zombie form, he isn't afraid of Chinese Daoist magic; in the Chinese zombie form, he isn't afraid of Western garlic or holy water. Then the other two were probably bitten to death in the Western zombie state, and they won't necessarily turn into vampires later."
If Bai Ye remembered correctly, to become a vampire, even if bitten to death, it might not be enough, right?
Shouldn't there be a first embrace?
Bai Ye wasn't very clear about this matter yet.
But he still told Lin Jiu what he knew, although it was difficult to explain how he knew it.
But he also reminded Lin Jiu that if he encountered such a zombie again in the future, he shouldn't be at a loss on how to deal with it.
"That amazing?!"
Ma Ma Di replied in astonishment. He had traveled north and south for so many years, and this was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
It could even be a blend of Chinese and Western?!
Zombies could be so troublesome?
"Is that still amazing? Didn't you see Ren Tiantang back then?"
If you compare this zombie to Ren Tiantang, it definitely can't compare.
It's said to be troublesome, but it's actually very, very weak. As long as its characteristics are known, it will eventually be dealt with by Lin Jiu and Father Wu working together.
Ren Tiantang was the most troublesome; if Lin Jiu hadn't taken advantage of the opportune moment back then, he really might not have been able to solve it.
"That's true..."
Ma Ma Di felt a little awkward when he thought that Ren Tiantang had appeared because of him.
The man's granddaughters were still here.
"My grandpa is already ashes..."
"My grandpa too..."
After Ren Zhuzhu finished speaking, Ren Tingting added a sentence. Both their grandpas were turned to ashes by Bai Ye.
"What are you talking about!!"
Compared to the others,
Father Wu was also a bit confused at this moment.
He knew about vampires; they were very popular in the West and feared by people there.
He also knew about zombies.
But this was already a new era, why were people still so superstitious!
"Dao Friend, you explain it to him."
Bai Ye didn't want to say anything to Father Wu; this guy wouldn't believe it until he saw a zombie.
So, instead of talking for a long time only for the other party to still not believe, it was better to just say nothing at all.
Lin Jiu, however, enjoyed lecturing, so it was better to leave it to Lin Jiu.
But unfortunately, after Lin Jiu talked for a long time, the other party still stubbornly believed that they were lying.
"Dao Friend, did you know this all along?!"
Lin Jiu was exasperated.
When Bai Ye asked him to talk about this just now, he hadn't reacted.
Now Lin Jiu understood; Bai Ye was purely doing this on purpose!
He must have realized that Father Wu wouldn't believe any of this.
That's why he let himself talk to Father Wu about these things.
So, everything he said before, the other person didn't listen to at all!
"These fake Westerners believe in a new set of things; once they kneel, they can't stand up again."
Bai Ye shrugged, not denying it.
If you've been kneeling for too long, you won't be willing to believe what you see.
Bai Ye naturally didn't bother to explain so much.
"Alright, then what should we do?!"
Lin Jiu also knew that Bai Ye was doing this on purpose.
But knowing was one thing, yet now there was a tricky problem before them.
This Father Wu was determined not to believe their words.
"Just burn them!"
Ma Ma Di said irritably, he had never seen such a stubborn person.
If he weren't a Daoist,
He would just wait for Father Wu to be bitten to death by a zombie today.
"Burn what?"
"Tu Long?!"
A voice sounded from behind. Lin Jiu turned around and saw Tu Long and a few others slowly walking over.
Tu Long Daozhang was Lin Jiu's junior martial brother, who had gone down the mountain to reanimate corpses a long time ago.
Lin Jiu was a little excited to unexpectedly see Tu Long Daozhang here.
"Senior Brother!?"
Compared to Lin Jiu's excitement, Tu Long was a bit guilty at this moment.
There were actually two Senior Brothers here, Ma Ma Di and Lin Jiu.
If he were a normal Daoist, he would naturally be happy, as the senior and junior brothers hadn't seen each other for over ten years, and Tu Long indeed felt the joy of reunion.
But at this moment, he was also terrified by another matter.
Although he had always used the pretext of reanimating corpses, Tu Long knew very well what kind of shady dealings he was involved in.
Once Lin Jiu and the others found out, he would not only be expelled from the Maoshan Sect, but his cultivation would also be crippled.
Perhaps he wouldn't have been so afraid at first.
But after learning about the events in Teng Teng Town, Tu Long also knew that he was definitely no match for Lin Jiu.
Once Lin Jiu discovered him, he would be finished.
Today, he came here with the town mayor and the mayor's son, David, to discuss some matters.
These years, Tu Long had been using living people to transport powder, with the help of the mayor's family.
This time, the mayor had also approved the opening of the church to facilitate transport, which was for Tu Long's convenience.
His disciples were still in this church, and he would take these people away tonight.
He just didn't expect to meet Lin Jiu here; he actually didn't want to cause any extra trouble.
But now it seemed somewhat impossible.