Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 606: The Black and White Evil Duo

AfterSenior Shuand I ate something, we went to bed. Dreamily, I thought I heard the strange noise from last night again. Moreover, it was very distinctive this time.Feeling curious,I got out of the tent and followed the noise. It was from the woods not far from us.At thismoment, the miasma had mostly dispersed. I wanted to go there to see what was crying.

“Did you forget what I told you?”At thismoment,Senior Shu’s voice arose. With a dark face, he pulled me back to the tent. Then, he started togive me an earful. “Kid, were your ears stuck with donkey hair, ordidyouthinkthat you’ve lived long enough?That’snot something we can peep or interfere with!”

I was so scared I couldn’t speak. However, I was doubtful.Why was Senior Shu sowary of this place?

A moment later, when he looked better, I smiled servilely and asked, “Grandpa, did something bad happen here before?”

Senior Shu snorted, then started to speak with an indifferent tone.“You want to know?In 1942, when the Kuomintang army marched along the Burma highway to fight the evil Japanese army,aregiment of theirs passed this place.Inone night, the entire regiment had disappeared…”

“What?!”

I took a deep breath. However, I thought itshouldn’tbe true. At that time, the situation was chaotic. Perhaps the Kuomintang troopwasambushed and destroyed by the enemy.

“The next day, when the Kuomintang army’s leaders learned about this, they sent some scouts to investigate.The scoutsweregone, too.”

WhenSenior Shucame to this, his eyes were full of fear. He sounded a little panicked.“A regiment has around one thousand soldiers. Even if the entire regiment was destroyed by the enemy, there should be many traces left. Yet, they found nothing!”

“What happened after that? No more investigation?” My stomach churned, but I was still curious.

Senior Shuwaved his hand helplessly. “After the rebellion succeeded, the Kuomintang governmentsentpeople here to do further investigations. They got nothingin the end, so they made an excuse to fence up the place. They said that the mountain had toomany wild and dangerous animals.Some disciples of the Mysticism School also came here to investigate the case. However, they allsufferedthe samefate.No one came back alive, andnot eventhe bodies of the deadwere found.”

“Are we still going there?” I feltas thougha little drum was playing rapidly in my heart.

Senior Shusawthat I wasscared. Hesmiled to calm me. “Noneed to be so tense, grandson! There are so many mysteries and secretson thisthousand-year-old big mountain, but we are not going to investigate anything. As long as we staycontent withour lot, I think we should be all right.”

After talking,Senior Shupicked up his Holy Mother Scepter and left the tent. I held the Yin and Yang Umbrella in my left hand while my right hand heldonto the wolf-eye flashlight. On my waist, I had the Sirius Whip and the Emei Piercer. I scurried behindSenior Shuinto the woods.

I thought it would be boringupthere.Butas the miasma had thinned out,itfelt cool.The breeze sometimes brushed by,which made me feelcomfortable.

However, that comfortable feeling was soon replaced by the cold. It felt as cold as falling into an icy cave or standing in front of an air conditioner running at its maximumspeed in the middle of the freezing winter. I kept blowing my breath into my palms. Still, I shivered in the cold.

“Don’t panic. The place that has the Undead Grasswillbe much colder than this. You will feel better when you get used to it.”

Senior Shutook out a talisman as big as my hand and adhered ittomy chest. Immediately, I felt a warm current flow from my chest to my entire body. When I walked, it felt much warmer.

Gradually, I got used to the ambient temperature. After walking a few miles, we saw a stone monument, which was thesourceof the cold.

Behind the stone was a domedtomb. From its appearance, I guessed the tomb’s owner was from the North. The locals here preferred to hang the coffins on the mountain flank rather than burying them.Senior Shulooked excited. He began to walkfaster.

“Aburied coffin willhave a higherchanceofgrowing the Undead Grass!”

However, when we approached the grave,Senior Shuwas enraged. From where wewere standing, the grave looked intact. However, it had been looted. From the other side, we saw that the grave was dug, and the coffin was scattered on the ground.

Senior Shusniffed the air. Then, he rubbed thecoffin afew times. In the end, hemadea sad conclusion.“We are late. Someone has beat us to it.”

I shone my flashlight overthe grave. From the color of the coffin and the moisture of the mud, the grave had been just unearthed. I guessed it was doneinthe past two days. With that thought, I felt flustered. “Senior Shu, do you think the people from theLongquan Villaare behind this to trouble us?”

“Impossible. Even if they want to trouble us, they don’t need to risk their lives to come here for the Undead Grass.”

Senior Shushook his head. “You don’t need to worry that much. Of course,many people wantthe Undead Grass. It just happened to be taken before wegot here, though. We can look for it somewhere else.”

Although his voice sounded calm, his face showed a sense of loss. I didn’t talk anymore. I grittedmy teeth andwalkedforward.

At thismoment, thudding sounds echoed behind us. It sounded like someone was hittingastaff onto the ground. I thought it wasSenior Shu’swalking stick. After a few steps,Senior Shuhad passed me already. However, the thudding soundcontinued toecho behind me.

As soon as I was about to turn my head around to see,Senior Shugently cleared his throat. I got it immediately.I shouldn’t careabout the things that weren’t my business!

We had walked a few hundred meters. When the strange sounds disappeared, I relaxed and askedSenior Shu, “Whatwasthat noise?”

Senior Shuthought then answered faintly, “When a tombisunearthed and the corpseisrevealed,it will become azombieunder the moonlight.”

“A zombie...?”

I was shockedand droppedmy jaw. Aseries ofscenesfromLin Zhenying’s movies flashed in my head. I now recognized that it wasn’t the thudding noise fromawalking staff. It was the sound thatthe zombiecreated whenithopped around.

“Senior Shu, whydidn't wedeal with thatzombie? Although it didn’t want to hurt us, what if itleftthe mountain andkilledpeople down in the village?”

“It wouldbe heaven'swill. If it happens, we cango deal withit. However, we can’t take action now.”Senior Shusighed.

I thought about it for quite a long time before I understood what he meant. I shook my headand continued to walkbehind him.

After that short episode, I thought itwouldn’t behard to find the Undead Grass.Unexpectedly, we had moved in the depths of the mountain for quite a long time and found many cold graves, but we hadn’t seen any blade of Undead Grass.

Senior Shubecame dispirited. He sighed then said, “Either someone had come and taken the Undead Grass on this mountain before us, or there is no Undead Grass here. I’m afraid we will have to go and look somewhere else.”

“Why don’t we goto the peak to take a look?”

I was still unwilling. We hadmovedaround the mountain flank but we hadn’t entered the peak yetbecause Senior Shuthought thatit would be too dangerousup there.

“That’s ourlast chance. However, you have to wait for me outside. Do not follow me.”Senior Shuwarned me first.

He thenaddedas he was afraid that I wouldn’t agree with him,“It’sbetter for theboth of us. Otherwise, I will have tolosemy focus to help you.”

It wasn’t that he was being pretentious.Undernormalcircumstances, I could indeed support him.However,if we facedsomething toointimidating, I would be a burden to him. In the end, I gave him a nod.

As I had agreed,Senior Shusmiled and turned around. Using the Holy Mother Scepter to support himself, he started climbing to the mountain peak.

I followed behind him. When we were about to reach the peak, the temperature dropped sharply. Although Ihadthattalisman fromSenior Shu, my body still shivered involuntarily.

However, I wasn’t panicked, but excited. I said,“Senior Shu, what do you think?”

“Things are almost right. There could be something up there!”

Senior Shuexcitedly rubbed his hands andincreasedhis speed. However, before we reached the peak, two strangepeoplesuddenly dashed toward us on the small mountain path.

I didn’t know if they were humans or ghosts. However, even from a very far distance, I could feel thecold exudingfrom them. Moreover,one was wearing white clotheswhiletheother was wearingblack clothes. At first glance, they looked like the Black and White Impermanence, two deities from legends.

My legs turned jelly-like. I gulped and whispered toSenior Shu, “What should we do now?”

BeforeSenior Shuanswered, the two strangepeopletalked in unison. “Return to where you came from. Otherwise,we’ll kill you.”

Their voices were hoarse and matched with each other, which producedarobotic effect. In thisambiance, their words lingered in our ears.

Senior Shukept silent. He grabbed my arm and turned around. Wedescendedthe mountain.

After walkingfor a while, I turned around to check. The two strangers, one in black and one in white, didn’t chase after us. I exhaled, still feeling fearful. “Were theyhumans or ghosts? Whatwerethey doing there?”

“I don’t know, either.”Senior Shu’s brows slammed together. He rubbed his temple. “If they are humans, how can they havesuchthick Yin energy? If they aren’t humans, how can they have shadows?”

I admired and respectedSenior Shueven more now. I was frightened at that time and didn’t have the mind to observe. Fortunately,Senior Shuhad recognized that theyhadshadows.

“If they are humans, there’s nothing to be afraid of. We can just storm in there!” I suggested.

Thefearfulthing was theunknown.If they were humans, even though they were fierce,I wouldn’t be so scared of them.I wanted to return to see if we could brush through them to take the Undead Grass.

“It seemsyou didn’tnoticethat the cold didn’t come from the Undead Grass.Thecold came from those two freaks!”Senior Shupaused for a while thensaid, “You sensed the Yin energyfrom them, didn’t you?”

I felt irritatedand shookmy head in frustration.Senior Shuwas right.Thosetwo had thick cold airexuding from their bodies. That was why I didn’t know if there was Undead Grass up at the peak of the mountain. It wasn’t wise togoback and risk our lives.

We then headed back to the place we had camped.

Aswe were about to reach the campsite,Senior Shuhaltedand sniffedaround. His face turned strange. “There is Yang energy around. Someone has visited our place!”

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