The next morning, the tomb guard went up the mountain to patrol and found that the old man's tomb had been stolen and his body was missing. He immediately reported it to the clan elders.

Wang Qingshan is the highest ranking member of the Wang family in Qingshi Town, and the deceased grandfather was his cousin.

Upon learning that his cousin's grave had been stolen and his body had gone missing, Wang Qingshan dispatched his clan members to search for the body while also reporting it to the authorities.

The Wang family is one of the largest families in Ping'an County. The tomb of the old man was stolen and his body disappeared, which attracted the attention of many members of the Wang family. The elders of various branches of the Wang family learned about this and demanded the arrest of the murderer, the retrieval of the old man's body, and a proper burial.

Wang Tiande is the county magistrate of Ping'an County, in charge of public security and theft prevention. He is also a member of the Wang family. Upon learning of this, Wang Tiande immediately rushed to Qingshi Town with the chief constable and more than ten constables.

According to seniority, Wang Tiande would call the deceased old man 'Seven Uncle Gong'.

Wang Tiande first comforted the clan elders from various branches who rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, and assured them with a firm heart that he would bring the murderer to justice and find the body of Seventh Uncle.

Wang Tiande has been a county magistrate for ten years and has rich experience. He took the chief constable to the family cemetery to investigate and asked two tomb guards about the situation on the night when the tomb was stolen.

After listening to the tomb guard's statement, Wang Tiande had a clear idea in his heart.

This case was definitely not done by a member of the Wang family. Seven uncles have high moral standards, and it is impossible for Wang family members to dig up Seven Uncle's grave and steal his body. However, as a precautionary measure, Wang Tiande sent someone to investigate and see who Seven Uncle had any grievances with.

The accompanying burial objects were looted, indicating that the tomb robbers were mostly poor and destitute. Following this clue, Wang Tiande sent constables to investigate every household, with poor families being the focus of the investigation.

The burial objects are mostly gold, silver, and jewelry. Tomb robbers cannot flaunt gold, silver, and jewelry in the streets. They will definitely sell the stolen burial objects for silver.

Following this clue, Wang Tiande sent people to run through all the pawnshops in Ping'an County. In a pawnshop called "Yong'an Pawnshop" in the county, the constable learned that someone had pawned gold, silver, and jewelry at Yong'an Pawnshop the day after the incident.

Due to the large amount, Xu An, the owner of Yong'an Pawnshop, personally received it.

According to Xu An's confession, the pawns of gold, silver, and jewelry were two brothers with a lot of mud on their feet. During the conversation, a man said he was going to visit Baihua Tower for a few days.

Baihua Tower is the largest brothel in Ping'an County, and most people cannot afford to go to such a place.

Following this clue, the constable quickly caught two brothers, Li Renjie and Li Renyi, at Baihua Tower.

Before they could reach the court, Li Renjie and Li Renyi honestly confessed that they had stolen the burial objects of the old man, but they insisted that they did not steal the body.

Wang Tiande had Li Renjie and Li Renyi imprisoned, and Wang Qingshan organized his clan to search for the body of the old man.

There are many wild dogs near Qingshi Mountain. Wang Tiande speculated that the body of the old man may have been taken away by wild dogs.

Wang Qingshan organized hundreds of tribesmen to search for the body of the old man in the mountains, but found nothing. Several tribesmen coincidentally encountered Xiong Blind and were injured by him.

Five days have passed, and the body of the old man has not been found yet. Everyone has no hope, so Wang Qingshan has to leave more than ten of his clan members to continue searching and disband other clan members.

Wang Youping and Wang Youquan are cousins, responsible for continuing to search for the body of the old man in the deep mountains.

That night, as the sky darkened, they carried dry rations and decided to stay overnight at a dilapidated temple in the mountains.

It's been so many days now, and the old man's body is probably eaten up by wild dogs. Does Uncle Wu still want us to continue searching for Uncle San's body? "Wang Youping complained.

Ah, we can only blame our bad luck. Those who drew short slips stayed behind to search for the body of San Bo Gong. Who let us draw short slips! Anyway, we have plenty of food, so we can just stay in this dilapidated temple for a few days, finish our food, and go back to hand over the task, saying we can't find San Bo Gong's body and just make a sample. So why take it so seriously? "Wang Youquan didn't agree.

That's right, let's do it this way

The two of them chatted for a while, each found a piece of open space, laid hay on it, and went to sleep.

At midnight, the night is quiet.

A valley overgrown with weeds, with green moss growing on both sides of the stone walls, and many thick green vines hanging on the uneven stone walls on the left.

A strange roar suddenly sounded, and a figure rushed out from the dense vines.

Obviously, there is a hidden cave behind the vines, but the entrance is blocked by thick green vines.

The figure was suddenly a man with a thick layer of black hard hair all over his body. His fingers were slender, and his nails turned black. Judging from his attire and face, it was the old man who had been dead for many days, who had turned into a zombie.

It howled up into the sky, emitting a strange roar, and its open mouth revealed two sharp teeth.

A bright moon hung high in the sky, a large number of moonlight essence poured into its mouth.

After half an hour of inhaling moonlight, it stretched its hands straight and bounced out of the valley.

It wandered aimlessly in the deep mountains, and an hour later, it appeared outside a dilapidated temple.

Its nose sniffed lightly, its legs bounced, and it rushed towards the ancient temple.

Wang Youping slept soundly, and in a daze, he heard a mournful scream.

He opened his eyes groggily and saw a man with black fur all over his body grabbing Wang Youquan's shoulders with both hands and biting his neck.

Save me, save me quickly, "Wang Youquan shouted for help.

As soon as he finished speaking, the man let go of Wang Youquan's shoulders. Wang Youquan's legs softened and he fell to the ground.

With the bright moonlight, two blood holes the thickness of fingers can be clearly seen on Wang Youquan's neck.

Roar

The man with black hair all over his body opened his mouth and could see two sharp teeth with blood stains on them.

Wang Youping was frightened and quickly got up to run outside, but he hadn't run far yet when the zombie's legs jumped and blocked his way.

The zombie grabbed Wang Youping's shoulder with both hands and bit towards his neck.

Wang Youping felt a sharp pain in his neck, and soon after, his eyes darkened and he lost consciousness.

After sucking on the blood essence of two living people, the zombie jumped and jumped towards the outside.

Not long after, it disappeared into the darkness of the night.

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Lotus Island.

As the morning sun rises, the golden sunshine draped a golden cloak over Lianhua Island, bathing people warmly.

At Qinglian Pavilion, Wang Changsheng sat cross legged on a green cushion, wearing a string of blue beads on his hands. There were a large number of blue light spots appearing inside the room.

As he swallowed and exhaled, the dots of blue light seemed to be guided by some kind of direction, rushing along his spiritual cap and disappearing into his body.

Half a quarter of an hour later, when the last few blue dots of light entered Wang Changsheng's body, he immediately opened his eyes and emitted a glimmer of light.

If I had been wearing this water gathering bead for cultivation since I was young, I'm afraid I would have reached the seventh level of Qi refining now! "Wang Changsheng let out a light breath and muttered to himself.