Master of Strange Dao

Yu Ziqing never thought about such matters before, nor did he expect things to come full circle, involving Ruan Renwang again.

Zombies, undying and undead, seemingly have no concept of lifespan. As long as consciousness remains, they won't die.

Just like Ruan Renwang, even if consciousness is obliterated, as long as some hope can be found, recovery is possible.

When comparing these deities at this time, one finds they are surprisingly similar.

Those beings in the Mud Sea of the Muddied World are like that; as long as there is consciousness, with no True Form and no Divine Soul, they can still exist.

In comparison, zombies actually have an additional weakness because zombies require a physical body.

If this hypothesis holds true, the appearance of zombies is because this deity or Great Devil in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land absorbed yang qi, but was particularly hostile to the Seven Yin King, so we might as well call it the Yang Devil.

The Yang Devil of that year encountered something unknown; even if undying and unextinguishable, its rank was shattered, parts of it scattered in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, and parts in the momentarily frozen world.

And quite a lot were scattered elsewhere.

This scattered part, unknown what it triggered, gave rise to zombies, not the mindless, crazed zombies of the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

But a kind of zombie, much like a deity, without a Divine Soul, centered around consciousness, possessing spiritual wisdom.

Yet because the rank is incomplete, after inheriting the undying characteristic, it has the weakness of needing a physical body.

Yu Ziqing's thoughts flew as he tried to make sense of this evolution over countless years.

But new doubts appeared again.

The most traditional zombie feeds on the fresh blood of living beings, which can be considered seizing the life force and yang qi of living beings.

Similar to the Yang Devil, outwardly appearing endlessly cold, essentially breaking the fundamental balance of Yin Yang, devouring yang and leaving only yin.

However, there are other zombie types with completely opposite manifestations.

For instance, the Drought Ba.

Wherever the Drought Ba passes, it leaves a thousand miles of scorched earth, which isn't actually an external releasing of scorching power; rather, at the core is its consumption of yin qi, breaking the Yin Yang balance in the area, leaving only yang qi, resulting in scorched earth for miles.

So it is said, the Heavenly Fire scorches the Ba, bringing three months of rain.

This actually stimulates the Ba's power, using the Heavenly Fire to attract earth's yin, triggering weather changes, which is a way to harm the Ba's foundation, with outward effects being just a side effect.

Ultimately, through repeated misinterpretations, in some places, it turns into a legendary story, and then after evolving into folklore, during a great drought, people would search the mountains for zombies to burn to death.

In reality, the zombies that can be burned to death are mostly mindless walking corpses, burning ten thousand of them barely counts as removing a potential threat, not bringing a drop of rain.

Yu Ziqing understands that relying solely on deduction, he probably can't figure out the complete path of evolution.

After all, now the types of Big Zombies are already very diverse.

Adding to this the previous events, the Yang Devil's consciousness is somewhat fractured, memories begin to manifest, revealing the deepest memory.

Yu Ziqing has reason to suspect whether Shi started plotting against the Yang Devil long ago.

Because considering Shi, when Shi deceived Yang Devil, had he not yet seized the Dao nor created the Refining God Dao?

So might the Yang Devil have been his experiment on the road to seizing the Dao?

He was just a bit cautious, trying other methods before having complete assurance.

After all, if the deduction is roughly correct, the Yang Devil's rank is afraid it's quite difficult to be complete again.

If zombies exist for a day, as long as this Dao exists for a day, he has no chance.

Thinking about this, it fits pretty well with his impression of Shi.

Yu Ziqing collected his thoughts, looking at Wei Jing and Wei Tai, who were now both desperate and confused.

They wanted to convince themselves that what Yu Ziqing said was false, but unfortunately, they weren't skilled enough to deceive themselves.

When the contract and curse appeared together, they understood everything.

In fact, they understood even better than Yu Ziqing.

The ancestral business was a scam where they were sold and helped count money; anyone would find that unacceptable.

"I want to know, how does your family gather those powers, is there a Dharma Method or is it purely based on bloodline?"

"There is a cultivation Dharma Method, and it must be combined with a kind of ritual; do you know about rituals? It is a lost special Dharma Method."

"Yes, I know, I also know a little bit, it's just that many ancient ritual required materials can't be used now."

Wei Jing was a bit astonished, but then somehow felt a sense of relief.

He took out a box from the storage ring and handed it to Yu Ziqing.

"This is our family heritage, please see if it's of any use to you..."

Speaking thus, he took out some materials, and after thinking, removed the storage ring and directly gave it to Yu Ziqing.

"All the necessary materials are here.

Originally, these materials were prepared for myself.

On this trip, I had prepared to die here.

Unexpectedly, it truly became seeking death..."

Wei Jing shook his head with a bitter smile, as if his entire spirit had been drained.

Yu Ziqing accepted the storage ring without ceremony.

Wei Jing was already not young, and his life's accumulation had come to an end.

So for this trip, not only did he bring Wei Tai, but also a young junior to see the world.

Now, suffering such a blow, after the contract shattered, he is completely sober.

But Yu Ziqing estimates, his current mental state may not last until his lifespan runs out.