Chapter 363: Chapter 248: Zombies, Werewolves, and Vampires!

Eighty thousand taels of gold!

Thirty thousand kilograms of silver, plus over a dozen boxes of jewels!

As each wooden box was pried open, all the treasures in the vault were displayed before Xu Yang’s eyes!

Mountain Ghost, who pried open the wooden boxes, drooled all over the ground.

His pupils turned into the shape of gold bars, and he grinned at Xu Yang, hoping to be rewarded with some treasures.

Xu Yang casually grabbed a few gold bars and threw them to Mountain Ghost.

Mountain Ghost was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Afterward, Xu Yang threw three gold bars to each of Ma Sanpao’s three men.

“Master Xu… this…”

As they held the heavy gold bars in their hands, they want to keep them, but Ma Sanpao still returned the gold bars, saying, “If it weren’t for you, we brothers would have died in Helan Mountain. You saved our lives, so how can we take your gold?”

“No worries.”

Xu Yang waved his hand casually and said, “It’s just a few gold bars, not a big deal. Just take them.”

The three of them exchanged glances, thanked him, and then accepted the gold bars.

On the side, Liu Shishi frowned and said, “In its heyday, the Xi Xia Dynasty was very powerful. Is this all that is left in the treasure vault?”

She looked at Mountain Ghost, suspecting that he was hiding something.

Mountain Ghost was startled and quickly explained, “This place was secretly built by Li Yuanhao as his tomb for when he died. Perhaps he didn’t expect to be killed by his own son… so it’s normal to have only this much gold and jewels, right?”

Xu Yang took out several storage rings and collected all the treasures.

He walked around the vault and discovered a “weapon storage” with some armor and weapons, but they were still rusty and corroded after all this time.

Under Mountain Ghost’s guidance, Xu Yang entered Li Yuanhao’s “main tomb”.

Mountain Ghost pointed to the two empty candlesticks in the main tomb and said, “There used to be two Yin Treasure pearls here. But they were taken away by the tree demon. The workers who built the tomb and the vault were killed here… After they died, the tree demon absorbed their resentment and blood, thus becoming a demon.”

However, Xu Yang’s gaze fell on a coffin in the center of the main tomb.

This coffin was slightly larger than ordinary coffins, carved with dragons and phoenixes, and entirely made of Phoebe nanmu wood. The carvings and writings on it were inlaid with gold powder, making it extremely luxurious.

Phoebe nanmu wood is resistant to decay.

Even though this coffin was thousands of years old, there was no sign of decay.

Most importantly, this was the coffin that Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Xi Xia, had made for himself, but he died “unnaturally”… So no one had slept in this coffin before!

“A Phoebe nanmu coffin!”

After seeing the coffin, Ma Sanpao hurried forward, circling around and inspecting it carefully, exclaiming, “Such a large coffin, and it’s also prepared by the emperor of Xi Xia… In terms of various aspects of value, it’s immeasurable and of great research value. It’s an invaluable treasure!”

“What invaluable treasure?”

Xu Yang glared and scolded, “Just an old coffin, what’s there to study? Want to know about the history and state of Xi Xia? It’s so easy. There are many Yin Spirits and malevolent beings in Helan Mountain. I’m sure there are ghosts from the Xi Xia era. Just capture a few of them and interrogate them, what can’t be asked?”

He waved his hand, collected the Phoebe nanmu coffin, and said, “My wife needs a coffin, so I’ll bring it back for her to use.”

Ma Sanpao: “……”

He was just sighing at the value of the coffin, and he didn’t mean anything else.

But Xu Yang’s words somehow sounded strange!

They left the vault.

Ma Sanpao immediately bid farewell to Xu Yang, intending to return to Silver City’s sub-bureau to report the situation.

Xu Yang said, “Let Mountain Ghost escort you guys out of the mountain. The tree demon is dead, but there are many Yin Spirits, malevolent beings, and demonic creatures in Helan Mountain. You guys are martial artists, so your Yang energy is too strong, and it’s possible that something might be attracted to you.”

This statement was not an exaggeration.

Helan Mountain was vast.

And there were too many mysteries within the mountain.

If it weren’t for the help of Mountain Ghost, it would be a miracle for Ma Sanpao and the other three people, who were not even martial arts Grandmasters, to make it here alive. To leave alive… that might be difficult!

After sending away Ma Sanpao and the others, Xu Yang took Liu Shishi for a turn in Helan Mountain, planning to go down the mountain before dark.

Tu Xiaoyu followed closely and said, “Sir, I have finished dealing with things in the mountains, and I would like to go down the mountain with you.”

Since this was something Xu Yang had already agreed to, he did not object and said, “The human world is different from the mountains. If you want to go to the human world, you must follow the rules of the human world.”

“Also, when in the human world, you must not release your demon energy at will.”

“Your cultivation is too strong, and your demon energy is too heavy. Ordinary people cannot bear it… You cannot hurt ordinary people without reason, let alone eat them!”

Tu Xiaoyu, who had been obediently listening to the words, quickly said, “Sir, don’t worry. Xiao Yu is a rabbit and a vegetarian. I don’t eat people. I like to eat carrots and Chinese cabbage, but unfortunately, there are too few of them in Helan Mountain.”

Liu Shishi took Tu Xiaoyu’s arm and said, “Little sister Xiaoyu, there are plenty of carrots and Chinese cabbage in the human world’s market… When we go to the human world, elder sister will buy them for you!”

“Really?”

Tu Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up, and she sweetly said, “Thank you, sister.”

A ghost and a demon, their relationship instantly became closer.

Xu Yang was in no hurry to leave and stopped for a while at the “Spiritual Serpent Cave” of Helan Mountain, attempting to sense the Snake King’s location mentioned by the Mountain Ghost. Unfortunately, the Snake King seemed to be dormant in a secret ruin, and Xu Yang could not sense its aura.

Instead, he discovered many snake-shaped demons near the Spiritual Serpent Cave, large and small, strong and weak. The strongest two were probably the “Xiao Bai” and “Xiao Hei” that he had seen fighting in the valley.

Xu Yang asked Xiaoyu about it.

Unfortunately, Xiaoyu didn’t know where the Snake King was dormant either.

It was even unknown whether there really existed a “Snake King” in the “Spiritual Serpent Cave” of Helan Mountain … Many experts died during the great upheaval, and no one knew whether the Snake King had died or was still dormant.

By the time one person, one ghost, and one demon left Helan Mountain, the sun had set, and night was about to fall.

Liu Shishi took out her Mercedes-Benz from the storage space and explained to Tu Xiaoyu, “This is called a car… It runs on fuel, and it doesn’t need horses to pull it on the road…”

The phone finally regained its signal, and the notification sound “beep beep beep beep” rang.

Xu Yang took out his phone and saw messages from Yun Mengxi and Yue Qiluo, asking where he and Liu Shishi had gone. There were also dozens of messages from Wan Qian, stating that she had returned to Wu City from Silver City and asking Xu Yang to have a meal together, as she was anxious about the specific “checkup” results.

The remaining messages were from Feng Zhaoqing.

He sent Xu Yang two “medical examination reports,” one for Wan Qian and the other for “Ji Mingrui.”

Xu Yang couldn’t understand the professional words on the report, such as hemoglobin and platelets, and immediately called Feng Zhaoqing to inquire.

“Master Xu!”

As soon as Feng Zhaoqing answered the phone, he asked, “Master Xu, have you seen the two medical examination reports?”

“Hmm.”

Xu Yang responded and asked, “Director Feng, what do the values on the form represent? How are the checkup results?”

“The various values on the medical examination represent the physical conditions of Ji Mingrui and Wan Qian… In addition, through the examination by our colleagues from the Silver City branch, we discovered two strange and mysterious blood factors in Ji Mingrui and Wan Qian’s blood.”

Feng Zhaoqing said, “These two blood factors should be the main reasons why they can transform into werewolves… By the way, Master Xu, we also found zombie viruses in Ji Mingrui and Wan Qian’s blood, but it seems that the werewolf bloodline suppresses them…”

Xu Yang suddenly realized.

So…

That’s why the eight corpses at the Supernatural Affairs Bureau turned into monsters after death!

When they died, their blood stopped flowing, and the werewolf “blood factors” lay dormant, causing the corpse poison to erupt… Then, during the eruption of the corpse poison, it merged with the werewolf “blood factors” and turned into such monsters!

However, Xu Yang was a little puzzled.

He wondered for a few seconds, then asked, “The werewolf’s bloodline can suppress the corpse poison… Is it that high-grade? Does that mean that zombies have no power to fight back against werewolves?”

“How could it be?”

Feng Zhaoqing laughed, then said, “Perhaps the source of these corpse poisons is just weak. In terms of power… the Chinese zombies in our Da Xia can completely crush those Western werewolves and vampires!”

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PS: The third update is here, and today’s ten-thousand-word update is over!