It then slowly stepped forward toward Li Yanchu. Its movements seemed impossibly slow, yet within the span of a single breath, it was already in front of him.0

The Eight Trigrams Mirror, the Jiaoslayer, and the talismanic armor were all ten-thousand-merit-points treasures, and even the ancient alchemy furnace, still active, seemingly did not register the presence of this Daoist corpse. Otherwise, they would have instinctively protected their master.0

The robed corpse sized up the young Daoist before it. A satisfied expression appeared on its desiccated face as it raised its shriveled arm, slowly reaching toward Li Yanchu. In the silent valley, this scene seemed particularly eerie and foreboding.0

This mummified Daoist had been...0