Although it was a bit dark, under the faint light inside the car, Captain Zhou could see very clearly.
This driver was none other than the one who died last night.
His body was still in the morgue right now. How could he possibly be here picking up passengers?
Even though Captain Zhou was a man, he still let out a terrified scream.
Xia Jingjing’s first reaction was to open the car door, but no matter how hard she tried, the door would not budge.
“I already told you all, but you refused to believe me.”
Luo Chen sighed, then exhaled sharply. With a sudden burst of strength, he snapped the handcuffs apart. Calmly, he took out a cigarette, lit it, and even offered one to Captain Zhou.
“Help! Help! Help!” Captain Zhou did not dare look at Luo Chen. His trembling voice kept screaming as he desperately grabbed the door handle, trying to force it open.
At that moment, the police officer who had kept his head down finally looked up. It was a rotten face, smeared with black mud. In the hollow black eye sockets, a centipede wriggled back and forth.
Seeing this scene.
Captain Zhou finally could not hold it together anymore. Not only did his face turn pale, he actually wet himself.
Luo Chen frowned. He could no longer stay calm. He had originally planned to finish his cigarette inside the car before leaving, but now that was clearly impossible.
He had overestimated these two people’s mental resilience.
He tossed the cigarette butt away, then kicked the car door with one foot. The door flew off completely.
Captain Zhou jumped out and immediately ran for his life, abandoning Xia Jingjing behind. Luo Chen reached out and grabbed the front passenger door. With a bang, he tore it off. But before he could say anything, Xia Jingjing also scrambled out and fled.
This left Luo Chen somewhat stunned.
“Hey, what are you running for?”
“Didn’t you two just say there are no ghosts in this world, and that I was the coward?” Luo Chen shouted after them.
But those two were already too scared to care. They were on the verge of tears and vanished into the distance.
Luo Chen turned to look at the taxi. The driver had his neck tilted, his tongue hanging down to his chest. The other police officer also turned his head. That rotten face was extremely disgusting.
Most importantly, on the rear window on the other side, another face was pressed against the glass. It belonged to the dead director.
“Hehe, you’re not running?” The driver gave a sinister look and spoke in a low, eerie voice.
Luo Chen calmly took out another cigarette, lit it, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke onto the driver’s face, and said,
“I’m afraid you lot would run away!”
Dealing with these kinds of evil spirits was far too easy for Luo Chen, the Immortal Venerable.
He did not even bother to lift a finger. With just a gentle release of the aura from the Taihuang Scripture, all the evil spirits in front of him instantly turned to ashes.
Not to mention a few minor ghosts. Even a ghost king would only be reduced to nothing in his presence.
In an instant.
“Please, spare us, spare us!” These fierce ghosts were used to killing and taking lives. In the past, it was always living people begging them for mercy. This was the first time they had begged a living person.
But it was clearly useless, because the one they faced was Luo Chen.
If Luo Chen had killing intent, let alone fierce ghosts, even living people would not receive any mercy from him.
Right now the entire estate was filled with ghostly cries and wails. Luo Chen dealt with them one by one. Not a single fierce ghost could withstand him.
The two police officers had already run far away. Luo Chen naturally paid them no further attention.
After clearing out every fierce ghost in the area.
Luo Chen spread the protective aura of the Taihuang Scripture to sense around. He quickly located the source.
It was in the underground car park of the estate, which had not been fully built. In the southeast corner, there was a deep pit. Black smoke rose from it, and all around, fierce ghosts gathered in that spot.
There were even some white bones scattered nearby.
But Luo Chen felt no fear at all. Judging by the scale, even an enlightened high monk or a genuine Daoist priest would probably not dare come here.
This place had already formed a yin cavity. Unfortunately, it had encountered Luo Chen.
Just as Luo Chen was about to act, the fierce ghosts were suddenly absorbed by the black mist. In a flash, they all retreated and were sucked into a coffin.
The coffin lay across the deep pit. It had likely been dug up accidentally by the construction team. The source was probably this very coffin.
The baleful energy was shocking, and the ferocious aura inside made it hard for anyone to approach.
Now that it sensed someone had arrived, scratching sounds of fingernails came continuously from inside the coffin.
The coffin was covered in blackened paper talismans, and thick iron chains locked it in place. Luo Chen raised an eyebrow.
A zombie?
Judging by the age of the coffin, whatever was inside had probably become a spirit long ago. It was definitely not something an ordinary Daoist or high monk could handle.
Indeed, there was a zombie inside, one that had already developed a certain level of intelligence. It could be considered a minor corpse king.
Unless suppressed by innate true qi from the Daoist school or by a high monk using a sarira, there was no way to contain it.
Luo Chen guessed that originally these talismans were part of a formation suppressing the minor corpse king. For some reason, perhaps during construction, the formation was damaged and the coffin was exposed. With the formation broken, the minor corpse king could no longer be fully contained. Though it could not get out, it was already able to harm people.
Now the estate was not yet finished, and the land belonged to Luo Chen. Naturally, he would not tolerate such a disaster here.
Luo Chen reached out and directly tore off the talismans. Immediately, a sharp scream came from inside the coffin, followed by a sinister cackling sound.
The iron chains on the coffin snapped. The lid flew off violently.
Then a piercing sound like metal scraping filled the air.
“Kekeke, five hundred years. The Great Ming has long fallen. Finally, finally I can come out.”
“I must thank you for releasing me. At last I am free. Offer your vital blood, and I can grant you eternal life!”
“Bang!”
The coffin lid flipped away. A zombie covered entirely in black fur stood upright. Deep fangs, a shrivelled face, and black qi billowing from its mouth.
“Come, this general will not kill you. This general bestows upon you…”
“Bang!”
Luo Chen used his palm like a blade. With one swift motion, a shrivelled head covered in black fur fell to the ground.
The corpse king’s words were cut off before it could finish. Luo Chen had already killed it.
“Even a real corpse king would not be this arrogant in front of me.” Luo Chen said with disdain. It was not that his current strength could fight a true corpse king.
But the Taihuang Scripture was inherently the most yang and rigid force in heaven and earth, carrying even the aura of immortal laws and divine principles.
It naturally countered such evil entities, which was why Luo Chen could sever the zombie’s head with a single palm.
If it had been someone of equal strength, with his current power, Luo Chen might have chosen to flee.
What made Luo Chen curious, however, was why someone had sealed this zombie here in the first place.
Luo Chen walked around the coffin once. As the zombie’s baleful energy dissipated, it instantly turned into a pile of black ash.
With a final kick, Luo Chen smashed the coffin open.
The next moment, his eyes lit up.
Beneath the coffin lay a layer of crystal, transparent and brilliantly coloured. But most importantly…
Inside the crystal, there was a red line.
That red line was currently wriggling and moving within the crystal.
“It is actually a young dragon vein!”