Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 171 - 113, 114. Ghost Servant wanders like a zombie, tigers and leopards show their prowess, animal skin painting (Major Chapter - Subscription Request)_2

Chapter 171: 113, 114. Ghost Servant wanders like a zombie, tigers and leopards show their prowess, animal skin painting (Major Chapter - Subscription Request)_2

Song Cheng had no choice but to confront the troops with troops and use earth to block water, instantly creating many duplicates of himself to hold off the assault before he could shrink his Jingu Bang and escape.

Madam Tong, padding her buttocks with a pillow, then said with a giggly smile, "Now, I too will have a child."

Song Cheng thought for a moment and said nothing; if he was to have children with Madam Tong, now might be their last chance, so he gently acknowledged and then they both went to sleep.

...

...

The next day...

Clear.

The bright sun shone, ordinarily a day the young lords and ladies went out to enjoy the spring.

But today, there was panic at the gate of the north city.

Rapid horse hooves like death knells brought a bloodied man from afar back home.

By the time they reached the city gate, he could no longer hold on and tumbled off his horse, stained with yellow mud and crushed grass.

The city guards moved forward to see—it was the scout who had just left the city less than half a day ago!

The city magistrate immediately took "Manifestation Water" and sprinkled it on the bloodied man to see that there was nothing unusual before quickly calling for help.

However, what puzzled him was... wasn’t the Ghost Tide retreating? Who had injured this scout?

Now, at each gate of the Prefectural City, Form Realm Experts sat daily.

Soon, that expert arrived.

After some emergency aid, the blood-covered man gradually came to, weakly and fearfully saying, "On the road... there were Ghost Servants on the road. Very powerful Ghost Servants. We... cough, cough, cough... all fled."

"What about the others?"

"Don’t... don’t know... cough, cough..."

"How strong are these Ghost Servants?" the Form Realm Expert thought for a moment, then asked, "Are they as strong as me?"

The injured scout thought but could not judge, only saying, "Very terrible... very terrible..."

The Form Realm Expert pondered for a while and hurriedly reported the matter upwards.

Interestingly, scouts from the East City and West City also managed to escape back.

Compared to the entire scout team from the North City, where only one man returned, the scouts who returned from the East and West Cities were slightly better off; East City lost more than half, while West City only had two or three people injured.

Tie Zhenyi rushed to the scene and after understanding the situation, his expression became grave. He immediately led a team out himself and also informed Song Cheng "to keep an eye on the city."

Song Cheng was teaching Ying and Yuan Biye to practice martial arts in his home courtyard when he heard the news, while Yuan Shouyu was respectfully seeking advice on military strategies by his side.

Hearing that the scouts had ventured out not long before being overwhelmingly defeated, and that Great Hall Master Tie had led the troops out of the city himself, Song Cheng frowned and silently thought, ’Could it be that although the Ghost Tide has receded, the Ghost Servants are still besieging the city?’

He suddenly remembered something.

During the Ghost Tide, it was impossible to venture too far from the city, or more precisely, from areas dense with Yang Qi, otherwise one might face evil spirits.

The Sun Nine-Patterned Golden Coffin could seal "evil spirits outside of the Ghost Tide" because during that period the evil spirits had not fully awakened.

But who could seal during the Ghost Tide?

After the Ghost Tide, apart from the lack of evil spirits and the inability to mass-produce Ghost Servants, everything else... seemed unchanged.

So, had the war not ended?

Or rather... would the war never end? Would the world never be safe again?

...

...

In the city, there were worries and joys.

Zhao Hua got married.

He made the decision quite resolutely.

Ouyang Sha wanted to invite the whole city but was persuaded by him to arrange a simple family dinner in "an unimaginably thrifty way."

Old Venom was so angry he almost vomited blood: "I only have this one daughter, and marrying you, she couldn’t even match an ordinary wealthy family’s wedding. What’s wrong with splurging? Can I not afford it? I refuse to be laughed at!"

Zhao Hua calmly said, "Father-in-law, don’t be angry, let me explain slowly.

When my older brother and Taoist Temple Master Tong got married, they didn’t even have a wedding banquet. Later, when he married Sister-in-law An, it was just a family dinner... Being the younger brother, how can I outdo my older brother?

Moreover, no one laughed at my brother, either."

Now that Old Venom became Zhao Hua’s father-in-law, the previous sworn brotherhood naturally didn’t matter, making Song Cheng once again the big brother.

After hearing Zhao Hua’s explanation, Ouyang Sha thought for a moment and said, "Wasn’t he powerless at that time?"

Zhao Hua replied, "Even so, as the younger brother, I dare not surpass my older brother.

Besides, is affection really something that must be showcased through extravagance?

The friendship of gentlemen, the bond through life and death, a simple drink suffices.

Those banquets with clinking cups and delicious meals are mostly venues for deceitful gains and losses."

Ouyang Sha fell silent for a while and finally was persuaded.

The wedding was kept simple, held in the Ouyang Family’s estate with just two or three tables...

That night after the wedding, Zhao Hua planted his seed in Madame Ouyang.

And perhaps by coincidence, the next day... Tie Zhenyi returned with his troops.

The outcome was unexpected; the army led by Great Hall Master Tie had suffered more than half casualties, and the Great Hall Master himself was tightly wound, with a minor injury at his waist.

With a stern face, the Great Hall Master gathered Song Cheng and others, detailing the situation outside.

"As the Fox Immortal said, if the Ghost Servants had intellect, that would be better, but without it... they don’t even resemble humans anymore, ah..."

It seemed the Great Hall Master remembered something, he sighed deeply, then continued, "I finally understand why, for these past three months, the Ghost Servants attacking our Prefectural City have all been of the same type.

It’s because, these mindless Ghost Servants are completely like fools, aimlessly wandering around their place of birth, and if there is a city or human settlement nearby, they encircle it, instinctively launching attacks.

That’s why the Ghost Servants attacking our Prefectural City have been so similar, all of the same type.

But now, although the Ghost Servants within several dozen miles of our Prefectural City have been cleared, those beyond several dozen miles... are still wandering."