Old man Zhang stared at the few of us with cold eyes, and the corpses were overwhelmingly attacking us.
"Be careful to stay out of the way."
Zhang Ji was stunned, and several rotten corpses rushed towards him.
I took out an ancient Tongbao coin and threw it into the eyes of the corpse.
The copper coins entered the flesh, and the corpse took a few steps back, covering its cheeks and screaming loudly.
I dragged Zhang Ji to my side.
He struggled hard and kept pushing towards Zhang Xu.
"Don't touch me, let me pass, I have to save my brother."
I grabbed his arm tightly and didn't give him a chance to break free. I seized the scimitar in his hand and threw the injured Zhang Ji to Wang Wangyang and Cui Hao.
"Hold him down and don't let him run around."
Cui Hao nodded, took out the psychedelic powder from the glass cup, and sprinkled it on his face.
The next second, Zhang Ji's eyes were blurry, and his body fell to the ground. He closed his eyes and fell unconscious.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Zhang Ji fought with the rotting corpse and was injured. Otherwise, he is not that easy to catch.
I blocked the three of them behind me, took out a cigarette and put it in my mouth, blowing out a puff of white smoke.
Using my index finger as a guide, I used white smoke to draw runes in the air. The smoke and dust swirled around us, and the runes condensed into a network structure, surrounding us.
When the rotting corpses came close to touching the thick smoke, the runes flashed and instantly submerged into their bodies.
After just a moment, after inhaling the thick smoke, the movements of these corpses gradually became stiff and slow. Some of the guys that had already jumped in front of us swayed slightly and fell down before they could catch us. On the ground.
Old man Zhang looked surprised and took half a step back.
"Master Xiao Man, you are indeed worthy of your reputation. Your ability to blow out smoke to calm evil spirits really opened my eyes."
I pinched the cigarette and stuffed the remaining half of it back into the cigarette case.
This cigarette was hard-earned.
The production of cigarette powder is extremely cumbersome. The ashes of corpses are mixed with Yin blood soil, which is used as nourishment. Tobacco leaves are planted in the soil and grown, then removed and dried in the shade.
It is then ground and mashed into powder, and then injected into cigarettes. During this process, it also needs to be baked at high temperature, mixed with corpse powder, and carefully rubbed before it is finally made.
The smell of this smoke is completely different from that of ordinary tobacco leaves. It has a choking smell of ash. Most people can't suppress this smell at all.
However, because this cigarette has gathered three Yin substances, the soot sprayed out becomes filled with sinister aura, and can be condensed into runes in mid-air.
This cigarette alone takes nearly half a year to make. Although it can be produced in large quantities, if you are not careful during the process, the effect of cigarettes will be greatly reduced.
It took me a year to successfully make a dozen of them. If it weren't for the large number of rotting corpses I encountered today, I wouldn't be willing to use them.
I stared at Old Man Zhang.
"Old man Zhang, let's not talk secretly. I had no intention of going against you. I just wanted to bring our friend back. Why don't you give me a favor? I won't embarrass you and you let our friend go." What do you think about coming back and us going our separate ways?"
I stared at Old Man Zhang's side, for fear that he would run away from me.
This guy is very scheming and very meticulous in his actions.
I have no doubt that if he escaped from us, the forest is so deep that it would be extremely difficult to find him again.
Old man Zhang sneered and stared at me.
"Master Xiaoman, what you said is wrong. I paid such a big price, and you just sent me away with just one sentence. My loss is too great, right?"
I didn't dare to relax at all and stood firmly in front of the three of them.
"Then tell me, what do you want to do?"
Old Man Zhang rolled his eyes and quickly landed on my chest.
"Master Xiao Man, I just saw that you seemed to have a treasure on your body. If you are willing to give me your sword, then I will return this person to you. And I also assure you that it will be returned intact. Here you go, I can also take out what’s inside him.”
Shang Fang's sword.
What this guy wants is the cold sword I brought out from underground.
I pulled out Shang Fang's sword and carefully looked at it from head to toe.
Although this thing is indeed a treasure, it is also a disaster.
If it weren't for this sword, I wouldn't be the body that the so-called king likes.
If I throw this Shang Fang Sword to Old Man Zhang, I might be able to reverse my fate and let Old Man Zhang take over the wrath of the great king.
Thinking of this, I already made a decision in my mind.
Just when I pulled out the sword, there was clearly a hint of greed in Old Man Zhang's eyes.
It was obvious that he was extremely interested in what I was holding.
I looked at Old Man Zhang and nodded directly.
"Old man Zhang, I can give you things. But I have to see your sincerity."
I pointed at Zhang Xu.
"You can just treat him as he was before, and we'll hand over things with one hand and people with the other."
With that said, I threw the scabbard directly.
"I don't mean to joke with you. As long as you restore it to normal now, I will give you Shang Fang's sword immediately. My little Man speaks loudly and will never deceive anyone."
After old man Zhang looked me up and down with a gloomy expression, he finally nodded towards me.
"Okay, Mr. Xiaoman, I believe in your character. Then please do it."
As he spoke, Old Man Zhang stretched out his hand and slapped Zhang Xu on the back of his neck.
He held out two fingers.
His appearance is extremely slender, especially the joint between the index finger and middle finger, which is half an inch longer than the average person.
Two fingers sank directly into the flesh and blood on the back of Zhang Xu's neck, and then pulled outwards hard.
A squirming oval-shaped intestine-like thing was pulled out of Zhang Xu's body by Old Man Zhang.
He took out a wooden box, opened the lid of the box, and threw the thing directly into the wooden box.
And the moment Old Man Zhang pulled out the thing, Zhang Xu lost all strength, his eyes turned white and he fainted.
"Old man Zhang, what exactly did you do?"
When I saw Zhang Xu fainting on the ground, I felt uneasy.
Old man Zhang smiled and said to me.
"Don't worry, he just fainted."
With that said, Old Man Zhang reached out again, inserted his two fingers into the back of Zhang Xu's neck, and took out two more blood-red intestine-like substances according to the method just now.
When this thing was taken out, it was still twisting and struggling.
I could vaguely see that there were countless threads floating above the blood-red intestine-like substance, just like hair strands, connected to form a dense network-like substance.
But before I could see clearly, Old Man Zhang threw all these things into the wooden box.
Then, Old Man Zhang closed the lid of the wooden box.
I clearly heard a scream coming from inside the box, and the sharp scream was extremely harsh.
But it was quickly blocked by the wooden box and completely disappeared in front of us.
Old man Zhang showed a faint smile.
Then he grabbed Zhang Xu from the ground, took out a water bottle from his waist, and threw it towards Zhang Xu's face.
There was a crash.
Zhang Xu was splashed with water on his face, and he slowly opened his eyes with a quick thought.
"Zhang Xu, can you hear me?"
I shouted at Zhang Xu.
He turned his head to look at me with a confused expression, and nodded slightly towards me.
His lips seemed extremely dry and his voice was extremely hoarse.
"Master Man, I can hear you."
I breathed a sigh of relief.
Old man Zhang stared at the Shang Fang Sword in my hand with greed on his face, then he lifted Zhang Xu forcefully and walked towards me for a few steps.
I glanced at the ground out of the corner of my eye.
Many of the rotten corpses that were originally knocked to the ground by my smoke runes have disappeared.
Just now, when I was focusing all my attention on Old Man Zhang, several black figures sneaked out of the forest next to me.
They quickly dragged the rotting corpses on the ground into the nearby woods, hiding and disappearing in front of us.
At this time, there were only three or four bodies left on the ground around us.
This old man is really insidious and his methods are extremely tyrannical.
In just an instant, all these rotting corpses were transported away in a matter of seconds.
At this time, old man Zhang had already walked in front of me and pushed him to my side.
"Master Xiao Man, I've already brought you people, so you won't break your promise and don't give me anything, right?"
I directly grabbed Zhang Xu's collar and dragged him in front of me.
At the same time, I shook my hand hard and threw Shang Fang's sword towards Old Man Zhang's back.
"If you want a sword, go get it yourself. Now let me go."
I was afraid that Old Man Zhang would cause trouble, so I made a plan in advance and threw the sword behind him.
Old man Zhang was honest this time. He quickly turned around and rushed towards the sword. He released his hand and pushed Zhang Xu in front of me.
I hugged Zhang Xu's body and immediately looked at the back of his neck.
The rotten flesh that was twisting there had completely disappeared.
Although Zhang Xu's body was shaking in pain, his eyes were exceptionally clear.
When he looked at me, he looked a little guilty and grateful.
"I'm sorry, it's all because of me. I don't deserve this."
He reluctantly looked back at Old Man Zhang.
At this time, Old Man Zhang had already picked up my Shang Fang Sword, quickly held it in his hand and looked up and down.
Old man Zhang's face was full of enthusiasm.
"What a good thing. It is indeed an ancient treasure. What I have today belongs to my old man."
Zhang Xu looked back at me again and said sorry.
"You shouldn't have saved me. This thing is worth more than me. It's not worth exchanging this treasure for my life."
I gently waved my hand so that he wouldn't take it to heart.
Originally, I had the intention of getting rid of the sword, but in fact, Old Man Zhang's move just fulfilled my wish.
"Stop talking nonsense, come and see your brother. If it weren't for him this time, we wouldn't be able to rescue you so quickly."
