Li Zhiyuan now only had one thought in his mind,
Is the return home net still effective?
Although he couldn’t see Run Sheng and the net, he should still be within the range covered by it.
The shadow at his feet was slowly stretching forward, with a left-leaning sway, meaning it was approaching him step by step.
The boy’s inner agony and fear were intensifying.
Li Zhiyuan looked up again at Brother Leopard and Zhao Xing, kneeling over there and crying out in pain, but their gaze was not focused on him.
He was fortunate to be not very tall and was squatting, and the one behind him seemed taller from the shadow, so even now, standing in the same line of sight, he could clearly differentiate from the gaze of the "two" opposite him.
This meant that the return home net was still working, it couldn’t see him!
But the problem now was, it was getting closer, and in a few steps, it would collide with him.
Li Zhiyuan maintained his squat, carefully started moving his feet, trying not to make any extra noise.
He was moving towards where Run Sheng was, he couldn’t walk in other directions, for if he left the effective range of the return home net, he would be directly exposed.
Li Zhiyuan felt like a crab, walking sideways.
On the last step, as soon as his foot moved, another unfamiliar large foot landed; if he were half a beat later, their feet would have touched.
Immediately after, the other’s feet came into Li Zhiyuan’s line of sight, these feet were highly decayed, but where flesh should have fallen away, was instead filled with layers of yellowish-white tumors.
The color of these tumors was identical to the Tai Sui in the water tank.
So, was this how the Jiang family’s treasured health-preserving object came about?
It’s known that they not only consumed that Tai Sui but also used water from the tank for brewing tea and cooking every day.
Li Zhiyuan’s gaze slowly moved up, the figure had no clothes on, similar to the two sets of white bones that were later excavated from the pond, certainly having been stripped before being buried.
Jiang Dongping was found wearing clothes and even a wristwatch, suggesting that this corpse, indeed, turned from a victim.
The rest of its body was about the same as its feet, utterly decayed, with the substance like Tai Sui spread all over its body, acting like glue, reattaching the flesh onto the skeleton, maintaining a relatively intact form.
Its left leg was somewhat bent and turned outward, appearing lame, which is why it walked slowly and with a left-leaning sway.
However, in front of the tombstone, it stopped.
The next moment, it kneeled down.
Li Zhiyuan then took another look at the tombstone, earlier he and Run Sheng had only noticed that this one was bigger than the others around it, suitable for the two of them to hide behind.
Now, he realized that it was a joint tomb for a husband and wife.
Glancing over the inscription on the tombstone quickly, Li Zhiyuan noticed that the husband’s surname was "Zhou."
Therefore, the likely probability was that this corpse was the Zhou family person buried by Brother Leopard himself, and now it was kneeling in front of its own parents’ grave.
After being killed and buried by Jiang Dongping, turning into a corpse, it had fulfilled its revenge and arrived at its parents’ grave.
Li Zhiyuan noticed the death dates; it was two years ago, and the old couple passed away just a month apart, basically following each other in death.
Nowadays, except for official channels, most movie posters are printed on calendars to increase practicality.
And the oldest and the largest Wang Zuxian poster on the wooden board at the entrance of Sister Mei’s video parlor also had the date from two years ago marked beneath.
Meaning, it was likely that Brother Leopard earned a considerable sum by helping Jiang Dongping with the murders and burials, and thus he and his girlfriend Sister Mei were able to open a video parlor in town.
The corpse did not kowtow, it just kneeled in front of the tombstone, it made no sound, but the surroundings were filled with the cries and screams of Brother Leopard and Zhao Xing.
Li Zhiyuan finally understood; it was no wonder they were deliberately not killed but tortured for so long because only cries and screams from the enemies made for the best tribute.
But gradually, the corpse’s head began to tilt slightly.
It was sniffing and then slowly began to turn its head towards Li Zhiyuan’s direction, as if it had noticed something.
The boy’s heart also reached his throat at this moment, his intention for going out today was to combine theory with practice, but he had chosen Brother Leopard and Zhao Xing as his targets, the two Chang who dared to come to threaten and provoke.
With Run Sheng and their new professional equipment, they should not have much of a problem dealing with them.
But this corpse that could command Chang was somewhat out of their depth, facing such difficulty from the onset, he really didn’t have much confidence.
Most importantly, this corpse used to be a victim, if it had been Jiang Dongping who turned, and it really came down to it, it would be done, but for this one, taking the initiative to deal with it seemed somewhat inappropriate.
But just as its head turned halfway, and it was about to lock eyes with the boy, black mist suddenly began rising from its body, as if the moisture inside was being evaporated.
The corpse turned its head back, facing the tombstone.
From deep within its throat, a hoarse frictional sound came forth, and all the Tai Sui on its body also began to tremble.
Li Zhiyuan had seen a similar scene with the Cat-faced elder before, that was when her resentment began to dissipate after he had offered her a plan for revenge.
Wei Zhengdao had written in "Jianghu Chronicles":
[Corpse, formed from the collective grievances and foulness of Jianghu.]