Chapter 2 The Corpse Collector

The grass and trees are covered with dew, and the green mist covers the morning.

When the sun rises in the east, the spirit refiners of Tiansang Spiritual Palace have already awakened, breathing in spiritual energy in various places, whether in the woods, pavilions, or other people's courtyards...

The branches rustle, the magpies chirp, and it is quiet and beautiful.

On a secluded and winding path, two sneaky figures come over, one tall and one short.

The tall figure is a burly man with a sandbag tied to his hands. At this time, he is crouching and looking around, with a guilty look on his face.

Next to him is a slightly shorter young man who is only as tall as his neck, with a long sword on his waist, and his expression is excited.

"Brother Liu, how come it is our turn to collect corpses? Isn't it usually handled by the elders of the outer courtyard?" said the slightly shorter young man Zhou Zuo.

"Of course it's a work of nature, otherwise do you think this opportunity will fall on your head for nothing?" The burly man Liu Zhen looked around and found that no one cared about the two of them, and he was relieved immediately, "I heard that Boss Wen sent a lot of spiritual crystals."

"Is that so..." Zhou Zuo narrowed his eyes, rubbed his hands and lowered his voice, "Then whose body are we going to collect?"

"Xu Xiaoshou!" Liu Zhen said as he walked, "I heard that he closed himself in for this "Wind and Cloud Domination" and broke through the third realm. Calculating the time, today is the day. If he hasn't come out for so long, it means he is dead."

"The third realm ?” Zhou Zuo looked at him in astonishment. Isn’t this person’s cultivation level the same as his own? “What’s the benefit of being in the third realm? It’s better to let him fend for himself!”

“You know nothing!” Liu Zhen slapped him hard. “This Xu Xiaoshou has been in the Spirit Palace for almost three years. He has nothing else but the courtyard here, which is worth thousands of spirit crystals.”

“Hiss, so rich?”

“That’s right! I also heard that this guy has a ninth-grade spirit sword!”

Zhou Zuo’s eyes bulged out when he heard this. “Ninth-grade spirit sword?”

This exclamation was probably heard by most of the people around.

“Keep your voice down!” Liu Zhen saw that some people around him were looking at him with dissatisfaction, and slapped this guy on the head again. This guy, is he shouting so loudly because he is afraid that others can’t hear him?

The two chatted with each other, and after many twists and turns, they finally saw a secluded courtyard, which was shrouded in a large formation.

Liu Zhen, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped.

"It's still quite far... Ouch!"

Zhou Zuo, who was walking behind, bumped into Liu Zhen's back and rubbed his forehead in pain, complaining: "Brother Liu, why did you suddenly stop..."

Because he was short and his vision was blocked, he walked out from one side and immediately understood why Liu Zhen stopped.

In front of the yard in front of him, there were more than a dozen people sitting cross-legged.

These people didn't talk, they were practicing meditation, and at first glance they were very harmonious.

"Why are there so many people?"

Zhou Zuo was stunned, looking up at Liu Zhen with a puzzled look, "Didn't you say that Boss Wen spent a lot of spirit crystals to get this opportunity?"

Liu Zhen was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he slapped Zhou Zuo on the head.

"Can't you see that these guys are all spirits!"

"Damn, they don't practice anywhere else, but come here specifically, the news must have been leaked!"

Zhou Zuo rubbed his head with a bitter face, thinking that you can't vent your anger on me.

The dozen people sitting cross-legged in front of the yard obviously found that someone else had arrived. They couldn't help but be happy and joked:

"Oh, someone else is here. This time they are a little late. The sun has risen from the east."

"Is this Liu Zhen? Who is the guy next to him? Is he new here? Come with me to see the world?"

"I say Liu Zhen, you are too careless. I came here before dawn, but there are still people here..."

"Tsk, I came here last night."

"The day before yesterday!"

"The day before yesterday!"

"The day before yesterday!"

The yard suddenly started to chatter. I don't know if it was bragging or not. Finally, someone who had been squatting for a month appeared, and everyone immediately cast admiring eyes.

Liu Zhen felt dizzy and said angrily: "What are you doing here!"

"Alas, Liu Zhen, it's tacitly understood!"

"Don't ask, just ask the ninth-grade spiritual sword."

Zhou Zuo almost laughed out loud. This information is known to everyone? Ha, who didn't let me say it just now?

He glanced at Liu Zhen and swallowed his words. This guy's face was as dark as if he had eaten firecrackers, as if he would explode in the next second.

Liu Zhen felt that his lungs were about to explode. This was the information that Boss Wen spent a lot of spirit crystals to exchange for. How could it be so cheap?

It was impossible for his own people to leak the information, so these guys could only bribe the elders?

As the man just said, it was tacitly understood...

Damn it, which elder is so wicked that he sold the same information to so many people!

The words were in his heart and he couldn't say them. It was as uncomfortable as constipation. The two of them just stopped at the intersection. There seemed to be an awkward crow in the air.

The people in front of the courtyard seemed to have experienced it many times and patted the floor very skillfully.

"Liu Zhen, come here and sit here."

"Don't be polite, just treat it as your own yard."

"Puff!" Zhou Zuo couldn't help laughing.

Liu Zhen knocked him to the ground with a slap, walked over with a sullen face, and was shocked when he looked towards the yard halfway.

The invisible barrier covering the courtyard began to fluctuate, and the next moment it cracked directly, revealing the entrance to the small courtyard.

The people sitting cross-legged in front of the courtyard also noticed this change, and looked sideways. Some looked at the sky and found something wrong.

"It's only Chenshi, didn't the formation say that it would be lifted at noon?"

"Who lifted the formation? No one here knows the formation, is it you, Liu Zhen?"

Liu Zhen almost rushed up and slapped the man into the ground. How could he lift the formation when he was so far away from the yard?

And who are you? Do I know you well?

Can you stop calling my name all the time, and so eagerly!

Liu Zhen was speechless about this group of people who were so familiar with each other, but this was not the time to dwell on these things. He still focused his attention on the door in front of the courtyard.

Creak!

The door was pushed open, and a tall and thin figure holding a black sword upside down leaned against the door with sleepy eyes.

"Why are you making so much noise so early in the morning? Can't you let me sleep?"

Xu Xiaoshou was also drunk. He had been trying to practice martial arts last night, but then he thought that he was breathing even when he was sleeping, and breathing was practicing...

He just lay down!

Unexpectedly, after killing one mosquito, there was another one; after killing another one, there were three more!

He couldn't sleep because of the noise of several mosquitoes. He tossed and turned all night before he finally fell asleep, and was woken up again early in the morning!

Although there was a soundproof formation in the courtyard, it was not advanced.

The voices of these people were getting louder and louder, and the sound of "buzzing" coming in was just like mosquitoes, which was really unbearable.

He came out with a sword!

Xu Xiaoshou had been in the outer courtyard for three years, so how could he not know what these guys were thinking? They just wanted to collect his body after he died in the closed-door retreat, and then take the opportunity to make some money!

Sorry, one of me fell down, and the other stood up again.

He leaned against the door, looked around, and said jokingly: "Everyone, why are you gathered at my door so early? I don't sell breakfast!"

Everyone was shocked when they looked at the man holding a sword and leaning against the door.

Xu Xiaoshou?

Did he break through?

You know, aptitude is a threshold that cannot be crossed. Xu Xiaoshou used three years to tell everyone that he was born to be in the third realm, so how could he break through because of a mere closed-door retreat?

What a shitty luck!

"Xu Xiaoshou?"

"You're not dead?"

"What's going on? You... have broken through the fourth realm?"

Just as Xu Xiaoshou was about to speak, he suddenly saw the information bar in his mind updated:

"Suspected, passive value, +12."

Xu Xiaoshou was delighted. He was still worried last night. If he wanted to increase his passive value in the future, he would have to actively release his meaty aroma to attract mosquitoes. Now it seems...

Not only attacking, but also suspicion?

Could it be that all words and actions that appear in a passive form will increase his passive value?

Including the six attacks by mosquitoes last night, he already has eighteen passive values.

However, he was bitten so many times last night, and each time it was only "+1", how could there be a "+12" this time?

Xu Xiaoshou was puzzled. He looked at all the people present and counted them carefully. There were seventeen people.

Could it be that, probably, there were twelve people here who doubted that he had broken through to the fourth realm?

"Is he Xu Xiaoshou?" Zhou Zuo finally touched Liu Zhen and asked in a low voice.

"Suspected, passive value, +1."

Xu Xiaoshou was happy. He had very sharp ears. Among so many corpse collectors, there were actually some who didn't know the corpse himself?

He walked out of the courtyard gate with the black sword in his hand, and these people immediately retreated.

In order to strengthen his determination to close the door to death, Xu Xiaoshou spent all his spirit crystals and bought this ninth-grade spirit sword with all his strength.

The name of the sword is "Cangku", which means hiding pain. If you can't break through, you will die with this sword.

Now that he has successfully broken through the fourth realm, equipped with this ninth-grade spirit sword, and the three-year practice of Baiyun Sword in his mind... Although he has only practiced one style, he is still able to fight against this group of people.

The person with the highest cultivation level who came here is Liu Zhen, who is in the fifth realm of refining spirits. Those high-level bosses will not run over to collect corpses by themselves.

So now when these people see Xu Xiaoshou coming out of the retreat, they subconsciously want to retreat.

So one person raised the sword, and everyone was shocked.

"It's my responsibility to collect the corpses. Why don't your bosses come here in person?"

Regardless of cultivation level or seniority, Xu Xiaoshou, who has been in the outer courtyard for three years, is already considered an old man, even qualified to be called the level of the eldest senior brother.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have so many assets, including the small courtyard and the spiritual sword.

Those who are more powerful than him have entered the innate realm and headed to the inner courtyard; and some of the so-called bosses who are still staying in the outer courtyard used to follow him around.

So when he shouted, no one dared to refute him. Even though Liu Zhen was one realm higher than him, he remained silent when he saw the black sword on his shoulder.

"Go back to where you came from!" Xu Xiaoshou waved his hand, like chasing ducks.

The group of people didn't expect Xu Xiaoshou to take the lead at the beginning, and their momentum was completely crushed. They turned around and wanted to leave in dissatisfaction, and didn't dare to mutter a few more words.

"Senior Brother Liu, are we leaving like this?" Zhou Zuo asked cautiously.

Liu Zhen glanced at Xu Xiaoshou. Although he was unwilling, could he still rush up to kill him and move his body away?

Not to mention that private fighting is not allowed in the Ling Palace, just whether he can win or not is a problem.

"Let's go." He sighed and left with everyone.

"Wait!"

Xu Xiaoshou in the back suddenly shouted, as if he remembered something.

Everyone looked back, not knowing what was going on. They saw Xu Xiaoshou stabbing a sword into the ground and scolding, "Come as you like, leave as you like. Do you really think I, Xu, have no temper at all?"

Everyone was also angry. They had wasted several hours of waiting time and got nothing. It was good enough that they chose to turn around and leave now. What else do they want?

"What do you think?" Liu Zhen frowned. If his group really wanted to join forces to attack, how could Xu Xiaoshou possibly withstand it? Did he become stupid after staying in seclusion and want to challenge seventeen at once?

Xu Xiaoshou just laughed and said, "It's okay, don't get excited. I just ask a few questions."

Everyone was silent. Xu Xiaoshou said with a pleasant face, "I said I broke through the fourth realm. Do you believe it?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They stopped everyone just for this stupid question? But in order to leave here, they were still chickens pecking at rice.

"Yeah."

"I believe it, I believe it!"

"Senior Brother Xu is really amazing, he has reached the fourth realm, so we can leave?"

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned, why would he react like this?

Don't doubt me, please doubt me as much as you want!

He shouted in his heart, why didn't anyone support the idea of ​​earning passive points that he had finally thought of?

Seeing that everyone was eager to leave, he suddenly had an idea, put away his sword and stood up, saying calmly: "To be honest, Xu has actually broken through the fifth realm..."

"How is it possible?"

"Haha, Senior Brother Xu is joking..."

Everyone spoke up, everyone was not blind, your fourth realm cultivation aura is as bright as a light bulb, you said you are in the fifth realm?

You are lying with your eyes open without blinking, you are really good.

"Suspected, passive value, +15."

Xu Xiaoshou was happy, so it was like this?

He saw that there were only fifteen, which means that there are still two people who believe in him? Isn't this a fool?

"Hehe, actually, I have already broken through to the sixth realm..."

Everyone: ???

"Under suspicion, passive value, +17."

Good fellow, this is a group of sharp weapons for brushing passive value, how can it be a corpse collector?

Xu Xiaoshou spread his hands: "No more pretending, I'm going to show my cards, actually I'm already in the seventh realm..."

Everyone felt veins popping up on their foreheads, is Xu Xiaoshou teasing them? Is this interesting?

"Under suspicion, passive value, +13."

Hey, why is it still lower!

Xu Xiaoshou was only paying attention to his mind, not noticing everyone's expressions, and immediately added: "Okay, okay, no jokes, I'm already eight..."

"Xu Xiaoshou, don't go too far!"

"A gentleman can be killed, but not humiliated!"

"Brothers, come on!"

Xu Xiaoshou was startled, and then he came to his senses and saw the seventeen smoking black faces in front of him. He was immediately startled and flashed into the courtyard. The door closed with a "click", and the formation was immediately activated.

Oh my goodness, it's just a few questions, what's the big deal?

It's like eating firecrackers!