Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!
Chapter 58 Your sister! (Seeking follow-up reading)

Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Your sister! (Seeking follow-up reading)

This box was placed right at the entrance of the room, looking just like a coffin.

The drizzle had just stopped tonight, with neither stars nor moon visible, and in the dim environment, this coffin-sized box seemed somewhat terrifying.

Murong said in amazement, "Did you just run out to drag this box back?"

Duan Yun nodded.

Murong couldn’t help but sigh, "Duan Yun, when I first saw you, I thought you were a normal person."

Duan Yun asked in confusion, "Am I not normal now?"

"If you were normal, there wouldn’t be any lunatics in this world. Who else would go to the lake in the middle of the night to drag back a box with an unknown origin?" Murong retorted.

It would be a proper affair if you went to find your sister in the middle of the night!

Duan Yun asked, "What do you think is inside this box?"

"A box that has been submerged in the water for a long time without anyone claiming it, what good things can it have? It surely can’t contain a rich young lady, right?" Murong said.

Who could have expected that just as he finished speaking about the possibility, it turned out to be true.

"No, having been submerged for so long, the rich young lady might have turned into just bones by now; if it’s still alive, it could be a Clam Spirit."

He continued analyzing.

Don’t say, as he analyzed this and that, he seemed to have been infected, also becoming curious about what exactly was inside the box.

"Clam Spirit? Are Clam Spirits popular around here?" Duan Yun curiously asked.

"Yes, Clam Spirits, the favorite fantasy of men, are said to not only be gentle and virtuous but also to bring men an indescribable pleasure. Don’t you have Clam Spirits where you’re from?" Murong asked.

"Hmm, in our place, it’s popular with Snail Girls."

"Whether it’s Clam Spirit or Snail Girl, we’ll know once we open it." Murong said.

"Then you open it," said Duan Yun.

"Why should I open it? I don’t feel like opening it. It’s your box, why should it have anything to do with me?"

Saying that, Murong lay back down again.

Duan Yun seriously said, "Mainly because I opened a similar box last time, and it didn’t end well."

"How badly?"

"There was a bear inside," Duan Yun responded.

"Did you really open a box to find a bear inside?" Murong was surprised.

If not for Duan Yun’s clear gaze and sincere expression, plus his tendency to be overly confident and not much of a liar, Murong might have thought Duan Yun was joking with him and his proverb.

No wonder his expression was like that of a murderer before.

So he really had been a fool before!

But he still doesn’t feel like opening it.

Because he knows that Duan Yun definitely wouldn’t be able to resist.

After all, someone willing to drag this box all the way back surely has an insane level of curiosity.

Sure enough, Duan Yun had already taken out his knife, ready to open the box.

The next moment, Murong noticed something amiss and said, "Wait, the box is nailed shut?"

He had been lying down all along and hadn’t noticed the specific condition of the box until he saw Duan Yun using a knife to pry out the nails.

Duan Yun nodded and said, "Yes, a total of eighteen nails."

"It couldn’t be that, could it?"

At that moment, Murong’s voice changed a bit.

Duan Yun puzzledly asked, "Which one?"

"Have you heard of zombies before?" Murong suddenly said.

Duan Yun raised an eyebrow and said, "I’ve heard."

He vividly remembered the corpse chaser, Huang Laoshi, who probably had married his childhood sweetheart by now; he wondered if the cultivation he practiced had any effects on nourishing yin and strengthening yang or if it helped them have children.

"You mean, there might be a zombie inside?" Duan Yun asked in confusion.

Now that his sword skills had moderately improved and his strength greatly enhanced, but having been scared by zombie movies as a kid, he still had some psychological shadows regarding these creatures.

Murong said, "I’ve heard of a type of zombie called ’Corpse King,’ covered in green hair, invulnerable to swords or spears, absolutely indestructible. The only way to deal with it is to wait for it to ’stand stiff’ and then confine it in a cypress wood box filled with salt and nail it shut with eighteen old ship nails, then submerge it in water to prevent this evil creature from biting and eating people."

As he spoke, a cold wind blew, causing the old windows to rattle terribly, suddenly filling the surroundings with a strange atmosphere.

Duan Yun raised an eyebrow and said, "Now that you have me by your side, Dual Masters of Sword and Saber, and you being a one-in-ten-thousand sword talent, should we fear a zombie?"

"You’re supporting me?"

Without a word, Murong, clutching his blanket, moved farther away, voluntarily giving up the leading position.

Before Duan Yun mastered the "Seven Layers of Spring Rain", he relied on the "Jade Sword True Understanding" to make his way through the martial world. Although he did not earn a title of heroism, he did inadvertently gain a reputation as "Old Demon Duan".

Although part of this reputation was due to the deliberate framing by his enemies, it also indirectly proved that his strength was formidable.

Now, with the addition of "Seven Layers of Spring Rain", his power has greatly increased. Even if the Murong sisters come again, he would have a good chance of subduing and keeping them.

However, if he were to face a zombie rumored to be covered with green hair and hailed as the Corpse King, it’s uncertain whether he could handle it.

Dealing with these eerie beings was not his specialty.

Yet at this moment, he still couldn’t help but want to open the box.

He was certain there was something wrong with the swordsmanship inside the box; he felt an irresistible urge to open it.

"I am a one-in-a-million cultivation prodigy, what’s there to be afraid of."

Duan Yun muttered as he began to pry the box open.

Eventually, this was all Murong brothers’ speculation; what was actually inside, no one could say for certain.

To be honest, this was not the first time Duan Yun was opening a box, yet he still felt a mix of nervousness and excitement.

Especially after hearing that the box might contain the Corpse King.

The feeling of opening a treasure chest was like this, let alone a mysterious one from this absurd world.

Eighteen nails, and in a flash, Duan Yun pried out sixteen of them.

When only two nails were left, he went back to his room and brought out his iron sword.

Dual Masters of Sword and Saber, he must come fully armed.

The box seemed to have been soaked in the water for a long time. It was damp, with mud and some water plants hanging at the lower edge.

At that moment, with both sword and saber in hand, Duan Yun pried simultaneously with both hands, and the remaining two nails were also removed.

Different from the former box, this one had no locks, only thick boat nails.

So Duan Yun leveraged with his sword, and with a thud, the lid of the box popped open.

Almost simultaneously, he retreated ten steps away.

Due to recent financial constraints and busyness, Duan Yun had no oil lamp to use, so the mouth of the box was pitch-dark, resembling a gaping mouth in the darkness.

At this moment, Duan Yun intended to go check it out with the Murong brothers, only to find that they, who were just asleep in a corner of the room, had disappeared.

Damn, when did they run off!

At this time, Duan Yun took a deep breath, with a sword in his right hand and a saber in his left, he moved closer to the box.

Under the dim light, he glanced inside the box.

At first glance, he felt chill run down his spine, and goosebumps all over his body.

Because he saw a human figure.

Is it really a zombie?

After looking a bit longer, Duan Yun froze.

He kept staring, observing very carefully.

"What’s inside?"

Not knowing when they disappeared or reappeared, the Murong brothers asked faintly.

Duan Yun frowned and said, "If this is a zombie, then it could also compete in a beauty contest."

There was a person lying inside the box.

A tall young woman.

The young woman was dressed in a green Lotus Taoist robe, beautiful like a sleeping green lotus, meant to be admired from a distance but not to be desecrated.

In that moment, Duan Yun even felt the perpetual spring feeling after sword practice that the Murong brothers talked about, but as he saw the young Daoist nun’s chest, as poor as a church mouse, he quickly calmed down.

Seeing no anomaly on Duan Yun’s side, the Murong brothers approached.

They looked at the person in the box and then at Duan Yun and suddenly realized, "I know who this person is."

"Who?" Duan Yun asked, curious.

"Your sister," the Murong brothers declared emphatically.

Duan Yun’s curse from practicing his sword hadn’t acted up, instead of seeking his sister at midnight he ended up fishing out a box, which was abnormal.

But if the person inside the box turned out to be his unmasked sister, that would make sense.

Duan Yun reacted and retorted, "Your sister! I said it wouldn’t affect me..."

Almost at the same time, both of them stepped back, attempting to shield each other.

Because at that moment, the eyes of the woman in the box opened, as if she had come back to life...

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