Chapter 32 - 22 Cocoon
On the last day of January, Xu Qing closed the shop door, holding three sticks of incense.
In front was the offering table with the tablets of Master Yang and Liu Youdao.
Silently offering the incense, Xu Qing watched the wisps of white smoke rise, feeling a surprising calm in his heart.
Compared to wild zombies, he felt he was already lucky enough.
If he were a wild zombie, at this moment who knows if he'd be on some desolate mountain tomb, looking at the moon and eating the wind, or trying to sneak into living human territory but failing, chased by a group of strong laborers wielding hoes and knives.
Or maybe worse, dragged out from the coffin by a passing Corpse Driver or some Taoist with single-brow, with a couple of thumps to the face, and sent back on his way after waking up.
Fortunately, Xu Qing was not a wild zombie; he had the inheritance of a Corpse Driver, knowing better than any zombie how to cultivate. Even without corpse-raising materials, he could integrate into human territory and trade gold and silver for various cultivation resources.
This was an advantage that others of his kind couldn't compare with, which is why he held a certain level of respect for the two Corpse Drivers he was offering to. It was they who gave this zombie the capital to become bigger and stronger, to achieve new glory.
"Under Liu Youdao and Master Yang, disciple embarks on a seven-day closed-door cultivation today, hoping the masters have spiritual awareness in the heavens, blessing the disciple with success in learning and accomplishments in the path..."
Although Liu Youdao didn't act human earlier, turning him into a zombie, he also obtained a new life of another significance.
After that, he inherited the Funeral Shop, diligently researching corpse driving techniques, ensuring Yang Yingqi and Liu Youdao's lineage didn't get cut off, forming some sort of teacher-student relationship in both emotion and reason.