Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 68 - 66: Those who spit everywhere shall die, those who first step with their left foot shall perish!

Chapter 68: Chapter 66: Those who spit everywhere shall die, those who first step with their left foot shall perish!

The next day.

It was as if heaven had played a cruel joke on the people of Daling Village.

A heavy, dark cloud hung low over the peaks of Beimang Mountain, neither thundering nor raining, but shrouding the entire Beimang Mountain in a deep darkness akin to the dead of night.

No matter how the mountain winds howled, the cloud remained utterly still, even seeming to press lower and lower.

It was as if someone standing atop the mountain could simply reach out and touch the clouds.

"Quick! Quick! Quick!"

All the surviving Tomb Guardians and bandits, torch in one hand and an Sound Arrow in the other, paired up to conduct a sweeping search across Beimang Mountain.

But it was evident in everyone’s eyes that they were flickering with panic and fear.

Gazing into the pitch-black Beimang Mountain, where phosphorescent lights drifted everywhere, they reached the point where every bush and tree seemed like the enemy.

The clouds in their hearts were even more suffocating than the clouds overhead.

Because the last three accompanying tombs, "Judge" and "Jishan"... had vanished!

To prevent these Heavenly Facing Householders from being amplified by the growing power of the Owl God Tomb, Wang Yunhu, urged by Master Ge, had no choice but to hasten their pace.

Everyone joined forces to open these two tombs at the same time today.

Originally, the heavy rain predicted by "Strategist Bei" Lang Qi using the Three Lives Bird Calculation Book was supposed to come after 3 p.m.

Based on the progress of the previous days, in theory, there was ample time to breach both tombs.

Unfortunately, just like the "surprise" Master Ge said would come tomorrow, unplanned events have a way of arriving unexpectedly.

They had only just opened the tombs when a fierce wind arose on Beimang Mountain, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned dark, the entire mountain range engulfed by a massive cloud.

The two "Heavenly Facing Householders," who had been obediently staying inside their tombs due to the intense daytime sun, woke up instantly.

They opened their eyes and began killing!

Moreover, their abilities were extremely weird, clearly far surpassing those of the previous "Heavenly Facing Householders."

Even though both tombs were guarded by Lady Peach Fairy and Wang Yunhu, in the absence of expendable fodder to test the waters first, they inadvertently let them escape.

"Jishan" was responsible for guiding and advising on rituals and ceremonials, ancient customs, and the great principles of state’s grace and righteousness to admonish the king to do good.

This "Heavenly Facing Householder" revered ancient rituals the most.

When it appeared at the entrance of the tomb, just one glance was all it took for everyone to hear a sharp, cold voice like that of an eunuch suddenly rise from the bottom of their hearts:

"When armies clash, generals must have a mandate!"

And so, when the Tomb Guardians silently brandished their knives at it in unison, they immediately suffered an invisible, ’equivalent’ attack for violating decorum.

Several people were struck as if by knives, dying on the spot.

Taking advantage of the others’ hesitation, "Jishan" easily walked out of the tomb and, without a moment’s delay, set off in a certain direction.

It appeared feeble and unsteady, yet no one could catch up, no matter how they chased.

More weirdly, when the pursuers reached fifty steps away, that voice rang out again:

"Do not chase beyond fifty steps!"

The few leading the chase suddenly fell headlong to the ground and died instantly.

The other, "Judge," oversaw the enforcement and prohibition of excessive tyranny in judicial affairs without violating state discipline.

Its duty in life was to enforce the law.

But this enforcement was—to the extreme!

Wang Yuan and Lady Peach Fairy faced this Weirndess together.

Its appearance was similar to all other "Heavenly Facing Householders," with a black Owl Head atop its neck, yet it wore an official’s robe of the Prince Mansion.

Its body was covered in filthy black feathers, and drops of blackish yellow corpse oil dripped down, releasing a terrifying stench.

When it was hoisted out of the tomb by several eunuch-like Yin Objects using a litter.

A voice simultaneously resounded at the bottom of Wang Yuan and others’ hearts: "The ’Judge’ lord is on patrol; those who obstruct the commands of the Court officials die!"

The voice carried a majestic official authority.

Then, under Lady Peach Fairy’s signal, all the bandits trying to stand in its way died on the spot with no sound at all.

Although Wang Yuan was protected by the Ghost King Altar Sealing Seal, he did not wish to test the law against such a terrifying ability that seemed to impose judgment as soon as it was spoken.

If the previous Weirnesses could be considered "Inner Strength" or "Integrated Force" in terms of their ability, then the beings that had escaped this time had to be at least Non-Human Level Daoist Soldiers.

A qualitative change had occurred.

Before Lady Peach Fairy could throw out the talisman and break its abnormal power, a group of yin creatures had already lifted the palanquin and broken through the encirclement, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

They had no other choice but to enter the tomb first, to nail down the earthly veins, then come out and chase after the escaped "Judge."

Wang Yuan had also specifically searched, but just like the previous tombs, this one also showed not the slightest clue of the "Elixir" incident from fifteen years ago.

Immediately after.

Chirping...

After listening for a moment to the conversation of the birds on the trees, he waved to the people behind him.

"Follow me."

Wang Yuan, Lady Peach Fairy, Earth Scholar Fan Zhang, and several Tomb Guardians and bandits—who had formed a temporary group—followed the guidance of the birds found along the road, pursuing their trail.

"Beast Language" was an instinct he possessed only after integrating "White Tiger Military Art," "Gathering Beasts Magic Skill," and "Transformation into Tiger Technique."

Unlike "Gathering Beasts" and "Tiger Transformation," which both originated from "Xiangshan’s Seventy-Two Special Techniques," he was not worried about being suspected by Lady Peach Fairy of having obtained these skills through murder or pillaging.

They ran through several mountain tops on Beimang Mountain in succession.

As they grew closer to the Owl God Tomb and the last unopened "Construction Director" tomb, suddenly a shrill sound of a sound arrow came from ahead.

With Wang Yuan leading, everyone instantly leapt forward.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

The shadows of the trees shook as magicians, non-human creatures, and those skilled in "Integrated Force" surged ahead, stepping on the treetops and rushing over at high speed.

"Where are the people?"

However, in just a dozen breaths’ time, the place where the signal was sent from no longer had any trace of that "Weird" figure.

At the spot, there was only a team of five bandits divided into a search group, squatting on the ground, their heads lowered deeply as their shoulders shrug and they appeared to be gnawing on something "sloppily and noisily."

It was as if they were completely unaware of everyone’s arrival.

Wang Yuan gestured for the others to stop and drew his Tiger Head Saber from his waist, slowly walking towards them.

A rich smell of blood reached his nose before anything else.

Even with mental preparation, Wang Yuan was startled when he saw what these people looked like from the front.

Eating!

Eating mud, grass roots, tree branches, coffin boards, rocks...

Whatever was on the ground, they ate it, even if it meant their teeth were shattered, and their cheeks were perforated, with their mouths full of blood and their bellies swollen like drums, they showed no intention of stopping.

Their eyes still seemed clear, but their faces were bulging with veins, their eyes nearly popping out from their sockets, with tears of despair mixed with blood flowing down their faces.

Even as bystanders, one could clearly feel their agony at the moment.

"I guess... they might have violated some dining etiquette like ’no talking while eating, no speaking while sleeping,’ from Jishan, during their meal."

Sounds of something cutting through the air came from the other side of the wilderness as well.

Strategist Bei, Lang Qi, rode out on his large wolf, followed by Wang Yunhu and the Ma Brothers.

Clearly responsible for tracking Jishan, they too had heard the signal and arrived here.

After informing each other about the situation with the two "Weird" figures and coupled with the gruesome scene before them, everyone felt a deep chill run down their spines.

With these two "Weird" figures already being so troublesome now, would they face bizarre deaths in two days like "one who spits on the ground will die, the one who steps forward with the left foot will perish"?

Clang——!

The dim forest was lit by a flash of saber light, which then instantly returned to its sheath.

The five bandits on the ground already had their throats cut, granted a swift end by Wang Yuan.

"Yin Morality" casually increased by 236 points.

"Now the most troublesome might not be them, but the last "Construction Director" tomb!"

Wang Yuan pointed expressionlessly towards the foot of the hill.

There was another grass-overgrown mound, also the last of the nine companion tombs, representing the "Seven Killings" in the ten gods, "Construction Director."

Boom, boom, boom...

Everyone looked over, and saw a very low mound suddenly crack open a huge fissure in the middle, revealing the gateway to the Underground Palace.

The next moment, two shadows with owl heads and human bodies rapidly flashed into it.

Principle: "Knowledge" attracts similar "Knowledge," continuously aggregating, thus giving birth to new "Knowledge." The more one knows, the more likely they are to encounter misfortune!

Seeing this scene, everyone realized that the trouble had truly escalated!