agihatbeinganImmortalwasnottheend,butmerelyamilestone.

    Hemusthavenoticedmybewilderment.

    “Youcarryimmee.Imerelywishedtoprepareyouforwhatliesahead.”

    BeforeIcouldpohatmysteriousstatement,hedismissedme—andIinstantlyreturhecultivationchamber.

    Inthechamber,Meng’ergreetedmewarmly.

    “gratutions,youngmaster.”

    Ismiled.Itseemedshealreadyknew.

    “WhatIdonow?AmIeligibleformissions?”

    “Ofcourse,butcurrentlytheonlyassigiszombieextermination.”

    “That’sfiheway,whatexactlyisazombie?”

    Meng’erexpined:

    “AReanimatedCorpseisformedwhenabodyissaturatedinyinenergy,oftentriggeredbyafamilymemberiingwiththecorpseunderunusualcircumstaheyinturnstobalefulenergy,andthecorpseisrevivedintoareanimated,cursedexistence.”

    “Soundslikeawalkingdeadperson.”

    Ichuckled.“Easyenough—justpunchthem,andtheygodht?”

    Meng’ershookherhead.

    “You’reuimatingthehegeypesare:

    Pale-VioletCorpse:retlydeceased,skintintedviolet.

    PaleCorpse:white-skinned,sluggish,fearslight,fire,water,dogs,andhumans.

    ViridCorpse:greenskinandcorpseaura,fastandaggressive,fearssunlightonly.

    FurredCorpse:fur-covered,iron-hardbody,agile,onlyslightlyafraidoffireorsunlight.

    FlyingCorpse:cultivatedforathousandyears,flies,immuoons,wieldsImmortalArts,unafraidofsunlight.

    WanderingCorpse:driftswithlunarenergyandseasons,hasnofixedhome.

    EntombedCorpse:ove,butbodyremainsintaillennia.

    UndecayedBone:boneremainsenergizedandintact;withenoughessensunandmoon,itbeenace.”

    “So,eightmaintypes:Pale-Violet,Pale,Virid,Furred,Flying,Wanderiombed,andUndecayedBone.FlyingCorpsesarethemostdangerous.”

    Thatsounded…arming.

    “AndwhidamIfagthistime?”

    “Nothingdifficult.APaleCorpse.It’sappropriateforsomeoyourlevel.”

    Ibreathedasighofrelief.IfitwasjustaPaleCorpse,thatwasmanageable.

    “Alright,I’llhanow.”

    Meng’ergavemethecoordinates,aoff.Unlikepreviousspatialjumps,thistimeItraveledonfoot.Thetargetsitewasaboutfivekilometerswestofthecultivationchamber,inanaforest.

    Thesunlightbarelyreachedthegroundhere.Mistliheair,andthesoilwasthickwithfallenleavesanddecayedbrahestofrotanddampnessfilledtheair.

    IspottedagroupofPaleCorpses—skinwhiteassnow,shamblingslowlyinthegloom.Notfarfromthem,aViridCorpsewanderedalone,andingakindofsilentauthority.heothersdaredapproachit.

    Thispcereekedofcorpseaura.Clearly,they’dchosenthissunlessforestasasanctuaryfromthelight.

    AsforthePaleCorpses,theywerenothreat.TheyevenfledwhenIapproached—andsiheyweresoslow,afewImmortalArtswouldeasilyreducethemtoashes.

    Well…figuratively.They’realreadydead,afterall.

    ThetroublesomeohatViridCorpse.ReanimatedCorpsescarryCorpsePoison—whilePaleandPale-Violetdon’tbite,Viridonesdo.ItscultivationwasroughlyearlyFoundatioablishment—notimpossibletohaI’dobecarefulofthatpoison.

agihatbeinganImmortalwasnottheend,butmerelyamilestone.

    Hemusthavenoticedmybewilderment.

    “Youcarryimmee.Imerelywishedtoprepareyouforwhatliesahead.”

    BeforeIcouldpohatmysteriousstatement,hedismissedme—andIinstantlyreturhecultivationchamber.

    Inthechamber,Meng’ergreetedmewarmly.

    “gratutions,youngmaster.”

    Ismiled.Itseemedshealreadyknew.

    “WhatIdonow?AmIeligibleformissions?”

    “Ofcourse,butcurrentlytheonlyassigiszombieextermination.”

    “That’sfiheway,whatexactlyisazombie?”

    Meng’erexpined:

    “AReanimatedCorpseisformedwhenabodyissaturatedinyinenergy,oftentriggeredbyafamilymemberiingwiththecorpseunderunusualcircumstaheyinturnstobalefulenergy,andthecorpseisrevivedintoareanimated,cursedexistence.”

    “Soundslikeawalkingdeadperson.”

    Ichuckled.“Easyenough—justpunchthem,andtheygodht?”

    Meng’ershookherhead.

    “You’reuimatingthehegeypesare:

    Pale-VioletCorpse:retlydeceased,skintintedviolet.

    PaleCorpse:white-skinned,sluggish,fearslight,fire,water,dogs,andhumans.

    ViridCorpse:greenskinandcorpseaura,fastandaggressive,fearssunlightonly.

    FurredCorpse:fur-covered,iron-hardbody,agile,onlyslightlyafraidoffireorsunlight.

    FlyingCorpse:cultivatedforathousandyears,flies,immuoons,wieldsImmortalArts,unafraidofsunlight.

    WanderingCorpse:driftswithlunarenergyandseasons,hasnofixedhome.

    EntombedCorpse:ove,butbodyremainsintaillennia.

    UndecayedBone:boneremainsenergizedandintact;withenoughessensunandmoon,itbeenace.”

    “So,eightmaintypes:Pale-Violet,Pale,Virid,Furred,Flying,Wanderiombed,andUndecayedBone.FlyingCorpsesarethemostdangerous.”

    Thatsounded…arming.

    “AndwhidamIfagthistime?”

    “Nothingdifficult.APaleCorpse.It’sappropriateforsomeoyourlevel.”

    Ibreathedasighofrelief.IfitwasjustaPaleCorpse,thatwasmanageable.

    “Alright,I’llhanow.”

    Meng’ergavemethecoordinates,aoff.Unlikepreviousspatialjumps,thistimeItraveledonfoot.Thetargetsitewasaboutfivekilometerswestofthecultivationchamber,inanaforest.

    Thesunlightbarelyreachedthegroundhere.Mistliheair,andthesoilwasthickwithfallenleavesanddecayedbrahestofrotanddampnessfilledtheair.

    IspottedagroupofPaleCorpses—skinwhiteassnow,shamblingslowlyinthegloom.Notfarfromthem,aViridCorpsewanderedalone,andingakindofsilentauthority.heothersdaredapproachit.

    Thispcereekedofcorpseaura.Clearly,they’dchosenthissunlessforestasasanctuaryfromthelight.

    AsforthePaleCorpses,theywerenothreat.TheyevenfledwhenIapproached—andsiheyweresoslow,afewImmortalArtswouldeasilyreducethemtoashes.

    Well…figuratively.They’realreadydead,afterall.

    ThetroublesomeohatViridCorpse.ReanimatedCorpsescarryCorpsePoison—whilePaleandPale-Violetdon’tbite,Viridonesdo.ItscultivationwasroughlyearlyFoundatioablishment—notimpossibletohaI’dobecarefulofthatpoison.