Chapter 422: Chapter 421: Man Gu Who Loves to Learn (Extra chapter, Looking for Monthly Tickets)_1

Wild State’s main city is called Hanshui City, the most important and prosperous city in the Wild State. The Corpse Chasing Sect is located in the Yin Corpse Mountain Range outside Hanshui City, where the Yin Energy is the strongest, making it the most suitable place for nurturing corpses.

All the Corpse-drivers regard the Yin Corpse Mountain Range, where the Corpse Chasing Sect is located, as sacred ground.

Stepping into the territory of the Corpse Chasing Sect, although it is clearly a sunny day, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou cannot feel any warmth; instead, they feel a chill of Yin coldness.

Zhao Po shows a comfortable expression, seemingly enjoying the environment here.

Fairy Eternity is not surprised by this: “Not only Corpse-drivers, anyone who cultivates Yin Attribute Technique would feel comfortable here. Moreover, there won’t be any thunder when it rains here, so it’s very safe.”

The so-called Yin Attribute Technique refers to practices related to ghosts, souls, corpses, etc. The Nine Nether Sect practices this type of Yin Attribute Technique.

Cultivators who practice Yin Attribute Technique are most afraid of thunder, as lightning represents the utmost Yang and rigid, and it restrains Yin Attribute Cultivators the most.

Among the twenty-four solar terms, there is one called “Awakening of Insects”, which describes the intimidating effect of thunder on Yin objects.

“Senior Brother Zhao Po, you’re back!”

Seeing Zhao Po return, two gatekeeper disciples quickly saluted.

They each also had a Living Corpse standing guard with them.

As the second person among the younger generation disciples, Zhao Po is an idol-like figure among these disciples.

Unlike the first person, Huang Ming, Zhao Po is willing to help others. Many people have received his assistance, making him very popular in the Corpse Chasing Sect.

“Senior Brother Zhao, who are these two… ”

“They are friends of Dao from the Seek Dao Sect, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, here to visit our Corpse Chasing Sect.”

The two gatekeeper disciples were shocked: “The Seek Dao Sect again?!”

“Again?”

“Senior Brother Zhao may not know, during the time you were out, another friend from the Seek Dao Sect visited our Sect. He was a barbarian, and he came here to learn corpse-driving techniques.”

“Is his name Man Gu?” Lu Yang couldn’t help but ask.

“Yes, that’s his name.”

“Why would Man Gu learn corpse-driving techniques? Isn’t he a Confucian Cultivator?” Meng Jingzhou didn’t understand.

“Who knows.”

The two gatekeeper disciples notified their Sect, and the Sect Manager came out personally to welcome the two visitors.

“Could the Manager please inform the Sect Leader that we two are here to visit him?”

The Manager showed a troubled expression: “The Sect Leader is in a crucial moment of cultivation. After accepting Huang Ming as his disciple, he has been in closed-door cultivation and cannot meet anyone.”

“I see, no problem. We can visit the elders of your Sect.”

Anyway, they came here to find a solution for Meng Jingzhou, so it doesn’t matter who they ask.

“Then I’ll lead you two there myself, as my master is the Grand Elder.” Zhao Po laughed.

After the Sect’s competition ended, Huang Ming was taken as a disciple by the Sect Leader, and he was taken as a disciple by the Grand Elder; in terms of actual status, he is a bit higher than the Manager.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

“In that case, we’ll have to trouble Martial Nephew Zhao Po.”

“Nothing of the sort, Uncle Mo.”

The four of them with a corpse and a horse smoothly entered the Corpse Chasing Sect, arranged for Old horse, and went to find the Grand Elder of the Corpse Chasing Sect.

“What a delicious smell.” Zhao Po’s nose twitched, capturing a savory fragrance he had never smelled before.

“It does smell quite good, and it’s familiar.” Meng Jingzhou’s nose twitched as well, catching the familiar smell of barbecue.

“It must be Man Gu.” Lu Yang smiled.

Only the three of them, the Eternity Sect’s higher-ups, and the Nine Nether Sect followers can barbecue with this flavor.

That is to say, aside from the demonic sect, only the three of them know how to do it.

“Come on, let’s meet.” Meng Jingzhou disregarded his own curse.

The three of them followed the scent to find Man Gu, or to put it more accurately, they had only to look for where the crowd was, not sniff out the aroma.

The disciples of the Corpse Chasing Sect had gathered together, doing something unknown but the fragrant smell was coming from the center of the crowd.

“Make way, make way.” The three of them squeezed into the front row of the crowd and saw Man Gu.

Man Gu was sitting cross-legged on the ground, mumbling some incantations.

Two sheep carcasses danced atop the fire, applying seasoning to each other. The aroma of seasoned sheep meat perfectly integrated with the fire, creating a mouth-watering scent.

The two sheep carcasses were roasted until they had an appealing color, tempting everyone around them.

“Partition!” Man Gu shouted, and the two sheep carcasses voluntarily broke down into smaller pieces, each person got a piece.

The disciples of the Corpse Chasing Sect had been waiting for this moment, savouring the food with continuous praise.

“I have never tasted such delicious roasted whole sheep. Look at this skin, it’s crispy and aromatic. And this meat, the juice fills up your mouth with the first bite.”

“Not just that, the roasted whole sheeps I have tasted before were unevenly heated, some parts were overcooked, some parts were undercooked. But look at this one roasted by our friend Man Gu, it’s so flavorful, even the bones have tasted.”

“That’s why the Seek Dao Sect is so resourceful. Why didn’t we think of using corpse-driving skills for roasting? The result is fantastic.”

“That’s why they get to join the Seek Dao Sect and we can’t. Their level of thinking is different.”

“It’s not just about the level of thinking. Man Gu’s talent is also high. Look at us, we took three to five years to learn corpse-driving, while our friend Man Gu got the basics in just half a month.”

“His dedication to learning is stronger than ours.”

Man Gu responded with extreme modesty: “You are all flattering me too much. My little skill compared to my two senior brothers, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, is like a small sorcerer before a great wizard. Especially, if Brother Lu Yang could learn corpse-driving, combined with the Three-flavored True Fire, the taste of this roasted whole sheep would reach another level!”

Everyone was left wondering just how much tastier it could get.

Lu Yang: “…”

Meng Jingzhou: “…”

No wonder Man Gu, you sneaky guy, came to learn the corpse-driving skill. You still remember the conversation in the dense forest, don’t you?

When Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Tao Yaoye, and Man Gu were training in the dense forest, they killed many demon beasts. At that time, Man Gu noticed the problem of uneven heat when roasting the whole demon beast, and proposed using corpse-driving for roasting.

Even the powerful support of ancient Barbarian tribes – Fairy Eternity – highly praised this method.

“Man Gu is doing great with his learning. He can not only make the sheep corpse stand on the fire for roasting, it even decomposes automatically.”

The two of them knew from Zhao Po that decomposition of a living corpse was a very difficult fighting technique to master.

“Man Gu, long time no see!”

The two of them greeted him, unable to hide their smiles.

Hearing the familiar voices, Man Gu suddenly looked up, his eyes light up at the sight of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

“Brother Lu, Brother Meng, what are you guys doing here?”

“Old Meng has done so many bad things that he got what he deserves.” Lu Yang smirked.

“Bad things?” Man Gu was puzzled. In his impression, both Brother Lu and Brother Meng were his role models and great people. How could they do bad things?

“Old Meng got cursed and now he is very unpopular with women.”

Man Gu suddenly realized that Meng must have deliberately gotten cursed to show his commitment to cultivation by developing the full potential his Single Body Spiritual Root, demonstrating his resolve to practice.

In the time that he had been learning the corpse-driving skill, Brother Lu and Brother Meng must have been competing against each other, practicing diligently.

On the other hand, he was self-satisfied once he learned a little bit of corpse-driving, and it didn’t even elevate his cultivation level. Compared with Brother Meng, he was merely wasting time.

He felt deeply ashamed.