Refining Oneself Into A Corpse

About a quarter of an hour after the small boat left the dock, several other small boats successively departed.

Just at that moment.

"Make way!"

A series of shouts echoed, and the common people waiting to board were instantly pushed aside.

"What's going on? What happened?"

"I don't know!"

"Shh! Look, even Chief Constable Bai is here."

The common people discussed animatedly.

Seeing Bai Xu's figure, several people stepped forward and asked, "Chief Constable Bai, what is the meaning of this? We are all law-abiding and honest citizens of the Great Wu Dynasty!"

"Yes, Chief Constable Bai, if you don't let us board the boat, what will happen when it leaves?"

"Everyone, don't panic, the boat won't leave," Bai Xu glanced at them, because they were also Spirit Masters, so Bai Xu gave them a kind look, if it were those ordinary people asking, he probably wouldn't even bother to acknowledge them.

"Send people up, invite the people on the boat down, and check them one by one. If you find anyone suspicious, take control of them first," Bai Xu instructed the head constable beside him.

"Yes," the man acknowledged and left.

"Take some people to the boatmen's place and see, bring those people over as well, and it's best not to leave anyone out," Bai Xu said to another head constable beside him.

"Yes," that man also acknowledged and left.

Before long, in the wind and snow, an open space was filled with people.

Bai Xu stood in front of the crowd, on a high platform.

He looked at the people below and said, "Everyone, the reason I have gathered you here is for your safety."

"Last night, a zombie disturbance broke out in Black Stone Town, this must be the work of a Corpse Dao Spirit Master, we are now pursuing the real culprit, and hope everyone will cooperate."

"Of course, if you don't cooperate, I also have ways to make you cooperate."

After Bai Xu finished speaking, he raised his palm upwards, and a fiery blade slowly emerged, the temperature of which was so high that the snow within a radius of several zhang instantly vaporized and dissipated in the wind.

Upon seeing this, everyone dared not speak.

"Check them one by one, be sure to see their faces clearly, those who refuse to cooperate need not be spared."

Bai Xu instructed.

The constables responded in unison, and then checked them one by one, those without problems were released, and those with problems were detained.

After the people on the three boats were checked, there were a total of five suspicious people. Bai Xu checked them one by one, and there were no Corpse Dao Spirit Masters among them. In the end, these five people were also released.

The passenger boats continued to register and board, and then Bai Xu came to the boatmen's area.

Many people had already gathered here, each of them strangely dressed, their faces covered by black robes.

"This time, I am only looking for Corpse Dao Spirit Masters, the rest of you irrelevant people, can leave safely after proving your identity," Bai Xu said to the crowd.

Most of the people, upon hearing this, were moved, and then one by one proved that they were not Corpse Dao Spirit Masters, and then returned to their awning boats.

When only a dozen people remained, three of them exchanged glances, and then simultaneously attacked the constables beside them.

The moment they attacked, they fled towards the Tide River. It was impossible for them to escape to land, only by fleeing towards the Tide River and jumping in, was their only chance of survival.

"Hmph! Overestimating yourselves!" Bai Xu snorted lightly, then spread out both palms, and two fiery blades instantly appeared in his palms, then he flicked his fingers, and the fiery blades flew out, instantly catching up with two Corpse Dao Spirit Masters and piercing their bodies.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Two consecutive screams, and two figures fell to the ground, flames ignited on their bodies, burning them as they struggled painfully on the ground.

At this moment, two fiery blades had already arrived in front of the last person, forcing him to stop.

Bai Xu didn't even look at the two people, and went straight to the person who was still standing, and asked in an angry tone, "Speak, where is your mastermind?"

Upon hearing this, that person showed an expression that was more ugly than crying, and said, "The zombie disaster in Black Stone Town has nothing to do with the three of us, we only passed through Black Stone Town, and took the opportunity to leave when the zombie disaster broke out, we didn't participate at all."

"You won't talk?" Bai Xu's finger twitched slightly, and a fiery blade slowly approached the person.

"I really don't know!" That person took a step back, and said with a mournful face.

He didn't dare to retreat too much, if he retreated too much, he was afraid that Bai Xu would think he wanted to escape, and directly kill him.

"Confess, and I can spare your life," Bai Xu almost believed that the zombie disaster in Black Stone Town might really be unrelated to the person in front of him, but Corpse Dao Spirit Masters must die.

"I… really don't know…" Before that person could finish speaking, the fiery blade in front of him suddenly magnified before his eyes.

"Ugh…"

That person clutched his chest, with a look of pain on his face.

The fiery blade pierced through his heart, carrying him backwards for a distance, and he fell heavily to the ground, he also followed in the footsteps of his other two companions.

Afterwards, Bai Xu turned his gaze to the remaining few people.

Those few people instantly felt as if they were being targeted by a bloodthirsty beast, and couldn't help but have their hair stand on end.

They released their spiritual power one after another to prove that it was not Yin energy.

"Could they have already escaped? Or are they hiding somewhere in White Willow Town?" Bai Xu frowned and pondered.

"This morning, did any awning boats leave?" Bai Xu asked the boatmen.

"Yes!" Several people replied.

"How many people were on them?" Bai Xu asked.

"Three people," that person replied.

"You speak," Bai Xu looked at another person.

"One person, that person was very generous, and directly chartered an awning boat to leave," that person said.

Bai Xu frowned slightly upon hearing this.

"You speak," he looked at another person again.

"Five people, but they were not all together, some were alone, some were in pairs," that person said.

"Okay, the three of you follow our people to chase," Bai Xu pointed to the boatmen who said one person and five people, and said.

"But… there are still people on our boats," one person said.

"If you catch up, you will be rewarded," Bai Xu said.

"Yes."

"Okay."

"No problem."

The three people beamed with joy.

Afterwards, Bai Xu called the two head constables and instructed, "Take a few people, one of you go and get a White Willow boat, and take these two with you to chase."

After Bai Xu finished speaking, he pointed to the awning boat owners who said three people and five people.

As for the White Willow boat, it was a spiritual treasure unique to White Willow Town, made of White Willow flowers and some rare spiritual materials.

It barely reached the second rank, and did not have any offensive power, but its speed on the water was extremely fast, comparable to the full speed of a second rank peak Spirit Master.

"After catching up, don't act rashly, just hang far behind them, I will now send a message to the chief constable of Qi Town, and have them send people to meet them at the Qi Town dock," Bai Xu said.

"Yes!" The two took a few people and left.

"You few also go and get a White Willow boat."

Then Bai Xu looked at the awning boat owner who said he saw one person, and said, "As for you, honestly follow these few to chase."

"Yes, Chief Constable," the few people who were pointed out by Bai Xu immediately took orders and left with that person.

As for Bai Xu, she naturally had to sit guard in White Willow Town, in case that person had not left, so as to avoid repeating the mistakes of Black Stone Town.

"Send the order, send heavy troops to guard the water source, and test whether there is corpse poison or other toxins inside before drawing water," Bai Xu continued to order.

She knew that the reason why Black Stone Town had such a large-scale zombie disaster in a short period of time was because the water source was infected.

"Yes," a group of constables took orders and left.

"Brothers at the city gate, work harder during this period of time, do not let any suspicious people enter."

With Bai Xu's orders being issued one after another, the White Willow Town government machine was completely in operation, and they gained a lot, catching many Corpse Dao Spirit Masters, of course, that was a story for later.

At this moment, Chen Xing stood at the bow of the boat, looking towards the distance, besides a vast expanse of water, he couldn't see anything.

"How long will it take to reach the other side?" Chen Xing asked.

"Now the snow is getting heavier and heavier, the speed can't be increased, it's estimated to take about two hours," the boatman replied.

"Two hours… that's too long," Chen Xing murmured, then looked towards the back, because of the obstruction of the wind and snow, he could only vaguely see the outline of the land.

"I hope they won't solve it so quickly," Chen Xing could only pray silently.

The boat continued to move forward, Chen Xing couldn't help but think of the stories he had seen in books about those powerful people crossing the river on a reed.

In his opinion, crossing the river on a reed might have to wait until the fifth rank to be realized.

After a while, a strong wind blew on the river, and snow fell rustlingly, hitting the awning boat and hitting Chen Xing's body.

The wind blew Chen Xing's robes rattling, and he stood motionless in the cold wind.

"Excuse me, are you a Spirit Master, sir?" The boatman rowed the boat behind him, and asked cautiously.

He also saw Chen Xing standing at the bow of the boat in the wind and snow, not afraid of the wind and snow at all, and couldn't help but think of this possibility.

"Yes," Chen Xing smiled slightly.

"It's so good to be a Spirit Master!" The old boatman exclaimed.

"Is that so? Why do you say that?" Chen Xing seemed to be interested, and turned his head to look at the old boatman and asked.

The old man thought for a while, thinking of the gold ingot that Chen Xing took out without changing his expression, his face flushed red, and he said, "It's easy to make money."

Chen Xing thought for a while, nodded, and very much agreed with the old boatman's words: "It's easy to make money."

After the old boatman heard this, his expression could not help but become a little ugly, as if there were tears in his eyes: "To be honest with you, Spirit Master, this old man is already eighty years old this year, but my entire family is only me left."

"Eighty years old, is considered a long life among Spirit Masters, you must have done a lot of good deeds in your life, accumulating virtue and doing good can you live a long life," Chen Xing said slowly.

"Alas… If I had money in the first place, how good would it be, that way my wife, son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, wouldn't have starved to death," the old man said to himself.

"Don't think too much about everything, live one day at a time, life always has to go on, try to live on, you may live longer than some of those Spirit Masters you speak of," Chen Xing said without changing his expression.

He was also admonishing himself to try to live hard.

"Thank you, Spirit Master, you are the best Spirit Master I have ever met."

The old man's sad expression gradually eased.