The look on Ink Painting’s face changed instantly. Without hesitation, he lightly tapped his foot and used his movement technique to run to Second Master Gray’s side.

The bloody and mangled Rat tremblingly stretched out a hand and pointed at Ink Painting, “Little beast, I’ll kill you…”

Everyone looked towards Ink Painting.

Ink Painting’s face was filled with fear.

Second Master Gray frowned, “Rat, what did he do to you?”

Rat wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his throat choked up. He spat out a mouthful of blood and couldn’t say anything. His eyes were only full of bloodshot lines and venomous resentment, wishing he could kill Ink Painting immediately to ease his hatred.

Ink Painting said softly to Second Master Gray, “Is he… bitten by the big zombie, and the corpse poison has entered his brain, making him unable to speak?”

Second Master Gray looked at Rat’s miserable state, his expression serious.

Stone also couldn’t bear it in his heart, so he said, “Second Master, we are all brothers in arms. Save Rat.”

Hesitation showed on Second Master Gray’s face.

“Second Master!”

Second Master Gray sighed, then took out a bottle of medicinal pills and a Calm Spirit Talisman.

These pills and the Calm Spirit Talisman seemed to be extraordinary items. Second Master Gray didn’t have many of them, so taking them out was quite painful for him.

He wanted to save and treat Rat, but Rat seemed to have lost his mind. The cyan-black color on his forehead became thicker and thicker, and his eyes became redder and redder. He only stared intently at Ink Painting, his eyes full of killing intent.

“The evil and strange poison has completely broken out…”

Ink Painting thought silently in his heart.

Seeing Rat hiss and roar, just about to pounce towards Ink Painting, Second Master Gray immediately said, “Stone, control him.”

“Okay.” Stone rushed forward and blocked Rat.

Rat’s consciousness became more and more unclear and he began to attack Stone, but he was heavily injured and had no divine sense to control his spirit power. His Golden Core strength was less than one tenth of what it was, and he was quickly taken down by Stone.

Stone was considerate of their friendship and didn’t strike heavily.

Second Master Gray took out some spirit liquid to clean Rat’s wound, then fed him the pill he had and reignited the Calm Spirit Incense.

As the incense smoke thickened, Second Master Gray placed the Calm Spirit Jade Talisman in his hand on Rat’s forehead.

As clear light scattered, Rat indeed quieted down.

“Restrain your heart and guard your mind, forget everything, don’t let anything tie down your heart,” Second Master Gray said in a deep voice.

Rat seemed to really listen. The cyan-black color on his forehead dissipated a little, and the redness in his eyes receded significantly.

Ink Painting looked at Second Master Gray and thought to himself that this Second Master Gray really knew a lot about the matters inside the tomb.

He might not be able to understand evil and strange matters, but these tomb robbers should have some old inheritance on how to ward off evil and suppress some yin and strange things in the tomb.

Under the suppression of the jade talisman, Rat’s “greed” receded significantly.

However, Ink Painting still frowned.

It would be troublesome if this Rat really woke up.

The Touch Gold Talisman was indeed on his person.

Rat’s guess was not wrong at all.

If he came back to life, under the influence of his greed, he would be like a mad dog, always staring at him.

Moreover, just now during the chase by the corpse strange, he had already exposed the Shock God Sword style in front of him.

Regardless of whether he knew the details of this sword technique, he couldn’t leave him alive.

Ink Painting looked around.

Among this group of people, only he was not a Golden Core cultivator. Standing in the crowd, he was like a small sheep among a pack of evil wolves.

Therefore, his trump card that could threaten Golden Core cultivators must be well hidden and absolutely could not be revealed by this Rat.

But at present, this Rat was not only not dead, but was gradually improving.

Both his physical body and his divine thought.

Ink Painting frowned.

“Golden Core cultivators are indeed different… not that easy to kill…”

To kill a Golden Core cultivator, it is best to let the Golden Core cultivator make the move.

And his current cultivation, whether it was divine sense or spirit power, did not exceed the scope of Foundation Establishment. It was indeed a bit presumptuous to want to kill a Golden Core cultivator with just one look from his Shock God Pupil technique…

Second Master Gray was still relying on the jade talisman to suppress the evil thoughts and corpse poison on Rat’s body.

Rat’s gaze also became clearer.

But this jade talisman was ultimately still a bit shallow and couldn’t completely eliminate the evil and strange things in Rat’s sea of consciousness.

Evil and strange things might not be good kinds and were not so easy to remove in the first place.

Furthermore, after being bitten by the numerous offspring of the corpse strange in the copper coffin, the evil thoughts in his mind were already very deep.

Second Master Gray could at most suppress it for a while.

As Ink Painting expected, soon Rat’s face changed, and his expression gradually became ferocious again.

“Don’t think too much, guard your heart and mind,” Second Master Gray said sternly, “Otherwise, once your heart and mind lose their guard and the corpse poison enters your brain, not even the Heavenly King can save you.”

Rat also knew the stakes and immediately gritted his teeth, trying his best not to think about anything.

But various desires were still rampant in his mind.

There was even a growing surge of bloodthirsty desire, like that of a corpse strange.

Ink Painting looked at Rat, then looked around.

Second Master Gray and Stone were focused on Rat. The four black-robed cultivators were also meditating and recovering their strength, seemingly not concerned about the life and death of a tomb robber.

Ink Painting’s thoughts stirred slightly. He rubbed his thumb and took out the Touch Gold Talisman from his storage ring, then held it in his hand, playing with it slightly.

Rat seemed to sense something and looked at Ink Painting as if by some strange coincidence. With one glance, he saw the gold-inlaid, silver-carved, lustrous Touch Gold Talisman in his hand.

Rat’s pupils suddenly widened, and his heart couldn’t help but pound.

He raised his head and looked at Ink Painting.

Ink Painting smiled slightly at him. This smile carried a few points of innocence and a few points of wickedness, like a cat playing with a mouse.

This hint of a smile ignited the evil thoughts.

Rat’s mental defenses shattered instantly.

“You, it’s you…”

Rat bit down hard on his teeth, almost breaking them.

He knew that he had been deceived and played with by this little fellow.

But at the same time, a stronger surge of desire swallowed his reason. Rat’s eyes instantly turned red.

A wave of evil energy covered his face.

“Not good!”

Second Master Gray saw that his Calm Spirit Talisman was already full of cracks and immediately shouted, “Stone, get the chains.”

Stone took out the chains, wanting to bind the red-eyed, crazed Rat.

But the next instant, Rat hissed and roared. Immediately, a wave of black blood spread throughout his body, his arms swelled, and he broke free from Stone’s chains, then pounced towards Ink Painting.

But before he could pounce in front of Ink Painting, Second Master Gray took out his knife and chopped at Rat’s leg.

Rat staggered and fell to the ground, quickly trying to climb up again.

Second Master Gray immediately stepped forward and used his life shield to press down on Rat.

Stone also took the opportunity to go forward and firmly lock Rat with chains.

Rat couldn’t break free for a while and was still struggling and hissing, like a zombie.

Second Master Gray sighed and said, “The ‘corpse transformation’ has begun. There’s no other way.”

“Then isn’t that…” Stone frowned.

Second Master Gray was somewhat unwilling but still had to say:

“According to convention, once a tomb robber is poisoned by a corpse and ‘corpse transformation’ begins, they must be killed to avoid disaster.”

Stone also understood this rule.

But considering their brotherhood, he still didn’t want Rat to die too much.

“Second Master, or…” Stone said deliberately, “Let’s tie Rat up and lock him aside, and check on him again after a while?”

“If he gets better, we can still take him out. After that, we can ask a Pill Master to remove the poison and dispel the evil. Maybe he can regain consciousness. Even if his cultivation is ruined from this, it’s still good to save his life.”

Second Master Gray heard his words and fell into contemplation.

He didn’t have any good feelings towards this Rat.

What’s more, just now in front of the bright yellow copper coffin, when the blood and flesh corpse image wanted to kill him, everyone else made a move to help, but only this Rat had selfish motives and stood by.

But he also didn’t want to really make a move and kill Rat.

After all, they had worked together for so many years, so there was some degree of feeling involved.

Second Master Gray was about to nod when he suddenly heard Ink Painting’s muttering voice beside his ear, “The thing is clearly in his hand, why would he kill me to silence me?”

This sentence was very low, carrying a hint of strangeness that was hard to detect.

The thing… is in his hand.

Second Master Gray was a little dazed and lost in thought. Unbeknownst to him, a hint of strange thought buried deep in his heart was slowly growing.

Second Master Gray struggled internally for a moment, then shook his head: “Tomb robbing is this business, rules are just rules. Leaving him alive, once the corpse transformation is complete, will cause big trouble.”

“Life and death have fate, wealth is in heaven.”

“This is ancestral instruction. Since we eat this bowl of rice, we should have this psychological preparation.”

At the same time, Rat’s corpse transformation became more and more serious. His flesh began to rot and fester. At the same time, his pupils shrank, and the whites of his eyes became more and more prominent, making him look more and more ferocious.

Stone had nothing to say.

Second Master Gray sighed, “Rat, I’m sorry.”

Then he took out his long knife, dipped it in chicken blood, wiped it with a yellow talisman, raised it high, and chopped off Rat’s head with one strike.

Rat’s head, with wide eyes, seemed to die with his eyes open.

His body was still struggling like a zombie.

Second Master Gray took out some Fire Talismans, ignited them, and burned Rat’s body.

But without leaving any trace, he stuffed Rat’s storage bag into his own chest.

The three-grade fierce fire burned Rat’s remains into black charcoal.

Rat just died like that.

Second Master Gray looked at Rat’s severed head, offered a cup of wine, and said in a low voice, “Don’t blame your brothers.”

Stone also looked at Rat’s “charcoal” like corpse, then turned his head and looked at Second Master Gray, his eyes very strange.

Ink Painting also looked at Rat, then silently looked at Second Master Gray, pondering in his heart.

First, he had no idea how to plant evil and strange things for the time being.

But how to cultivate, inspire, and provoke people’s evil thoughts, he had some experience.

People’s evil thoughts probably stem from their own desires.

A wall standing tall for thousands of feet can withstand anything if there are no desires.

Conversely, once people have greedy desires, they will become weak, easily foolish, and easily seek their own death.

In this world, there are actually no truly intelligent people.

In the face of desire, everyone is a fool.

“Learn to see through people’s desires, and utilize people’s desires, making them seek their own death…”

Only by seeing through others’ desires can one “manipulate” others.

In a sense, it’s a bit similar to his master uncle’s “Dao Heart Plant Demon”.

But the more specific method, Ink Painting was not too clear yet.

Moreover, his current experience in “manipulating people’s hearts” was still very rough, and the effect was not considered very perfect.

Next time, he should do it more covertly, and with more planning…

Ink Painting calculated secretly in his heart.

For a time, everyone had their own thoughts.

Rat died, bringing this incident to an end, but the tomb robbing was not over yet.

People die for wealth, and birds perish for food.

They naturally couldn’t return empty-handed after coming this far.

Second Master Gray thought for a while, then said to the four black-robed cultivators:

“Everyone, according to the previous agreement, if there are treasures in this tomb, we will split them five-five. If there are no treasures, the commission will be doubled.”

Now Mr. Pi was dead, and Rat was dead.

The commission was doubled again.

The remaining two people, Second Master Gray, would receive a considerable amount just from the commission.

The premise was that these black-robed cultivators were trustworthy and would not go back on their word.

Seeing Second Master Gray’s intention, the black-robed old man nodded and said, “Second Master Gray can rest assured, what has been agreed upon will naturally count.”

The old man’s tone was steady, and Second Master Gray felt slightly relieved, then said:

“Since that’s the case, we now have three choices:”

“One, we withdraw now. Although that means everyone gets double the commission, we have also lost two companions who have shared life and death with us.”

“Counting it up, both sides have losses, but our loss is even greater. After all, if we lose spirit stones, we can earn them again, but if companions die, they are truly dead.”

“Two, we go elsewhere to seek treasure. This blood and flesh corpse image is too ferocious, we will avoid its edge and go elsewhere. Maybe we can find some treasures and at the same time, not become food for the corpse strange.”

“Third, we try to find a way to kill this blood and flesh corpse image.”

“The blood and flesh corpse image was hatched and born from the copper coffin itself. Only by killing the blood and flesh corpse image can we reach the bottom of the coffin.”

“Burial goods are generally pressed at the bottom of the coffin. The greater the risk, the greater the reward.”

“But as everyone can see, this corpse image is too strong, we may not be its opponent, it’s not worth taking such a big risk…”

Second Master Gray stated the pros and cons clearly, then looked at the several black-robed cultivators, “I wonder what everyone wants to do?”

The four black-robed cultivators were silent for a while.

Ink Painting’s throat moved slightly, but he didn’t speak.

He quite wanted to kill this “blood and flesh corpse image”.

If it was left alive, given time, it might really evolve into a “Dao Evil”.

At that time, everyone in Solitary Mountain City would probably die.

Moreover, Ink Painting recalled for a long time and unexpectedly detected a familiar aura from the body of this Solitary Mountain blood and flesh corpse image.

This wisp of aura was very similar to the chaotic, evil, deformed, and ferocious energy he had sensed before at the node of the Divine Right Tree.

There was definitely a connection between the two.

The nodes of the Divine Right Tree were the key points of the entire evil god sacrifice system.

Then the core of this blood and flesh corpse image was very likely an “evil fetus”.

Killing this corpse image might even reveal the “evil fetus”.

But he didn’t have the final say in this kind of matter.

Moreover, this mere blood and flesh corpse image, if it hadn’t truly hatched into a cub form of a three-grade Dao Evil, it would also have its own, undying and unceasing, fundamental power of life.

To kill it, relying solely on the several Golden Core cultivators present might not be enough…

Just as Ink Painting was thinking this, he heard the black-robed old man say:

“Kill this blood and flesh corpse image and dig up its coffin.”

Second Master Gray frowned, “Old sir, this might…”

“It can be killed.” A glint of essence light appeared in the black-robed old man’s eyes, “A wisp of ‘fetus energy’ has been born within this corpse image. If the fetus energy is not extinguished, this thing will not perish and will constantly be reborn.”

“Therefore, as long as we find a way to first suppress this wisp of ‘fetus energy’, we can avoid its power of rebirth and kill this blood and flesh corpse image!”

“Fetus energy…” Second Master Gray frowned, not understanding.

It was the first time he had heard this word.

Ink Painting, however, was shocked in his heart:

This old cultivator was absolutely not an ordinary person…

“How to suppress… this so-called ‘fetus energy’?” Second Master Gray asked.

“This old man has a method,” the black-robed old man said, “I still request Second Master Gray to make a move, using your family’s inherited Mao Mountain array and talismans, to kill this blood and flesh corpse image together with us.”

Second Master Gray pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, “Okay.”

After discussing for a while, everyone formally began to make a move to kill this huge and ferocious blood and flesh corpse image from the bright yellow copper coffin in the Solitary Mountain tomb.

But this was no longer Ink Painting’s business.

This was a three-grade battle. Regardless of positioning, finding routes, or breaking arrays, with Ink Painting’s current cultivation and strength, he still couldn’t participate.

What’s more, what they wanted to kill was not just any corpse strange.

But a terrifying big zombie with the cub form of a “Dao Evil”.

No one expected him to do anything.

Even when the black-robed old man and Second Master Gray were discussing, they didn’t include him.

Ink Painting could only hide far away and watch.

The several Golden Core cultivators present were all decisive and swift people. After discussing the tactics, they began to make a move.

Stone was a body cultivator, still only doing hard labor, undertaking the front-line attack and defense.

Second Master Gray’s livelihood, which he had also kept quite hidden, was his inheritance of Mao Mountain Dao.

Including Daoist seal text arrays and yellow jade blood pattern talismans, etc.

These things seemed to be naturally restraining evil objects like corpses.

Soon, accompanied by a roar containing countless wronged souls, a heartbreaking roar echoed, and the battle with the blood and flesh corpse image began again.

Pale gold light shone, Daoist seal texts appeared, and under the suppression of the yellow jade blood talismans, everyone made a full effort to battle with this blood and flesh corpse image.

The scene was still the same as the beginning.

The mountain-like corpse image raised its arms, which were still stuck together, stirring up scarlet blood rain mixed with corrosive yin energy, wanting to put the cultivators in front of it to death and devour them as food.

Second Master Gray and the others each displayed their means to contend with this blood and flesh corpse image.

After various Daoist spells and lights shone, the blood and flesh corpse image was struck down, then condensed again, its anger becoming more fervent, its killing intent becoming colder, and its overall aura becoming more and more overbearing each time.

The more it was reborn, the stronger this blood and flesh corpse image became.

Second Master Gray gritted his teeth and supported.

On the other side, after the blood and flesh corpse image was struck down and then re-gathered three times repeatedly, the black-robed old man finally took action.

From a great distance, Ink Painting couldn’t see clearly.

He could only vaguely see that the old ancestor took out a section of bone, then performed some ritual, and then formed a hand seal. In the darkness, there was a wisp of energy, like a chain, locking the heart of the blood and flesh corpse image.

“Bone?”

Ink Painting was stunned and before he could think it through, he heard another earth-shattering angry roar.

This angry roar was like a dragon’s roar.

Ink Painting’s pupils widened, and he immediately turned his head to look. Then he saw a black-robed big man standing in front of the huge blood and flesh corpse image in the distance.

This big man was tall and strong, and even facing the huge corpse image, his momentum was not weak at all.

Accompanied by an angry roar, the big man swung out a fist.

This fist was incredibly powerful. Just under Ink Painting’s eyes, the majestic power of the fist struck out a virtual shadow of a dragon.

Dragon?!

Ink Painting’s heart trembled.

And this big man spat out a dragon’s roar, punched out a fist, and brought a dragon shadow, his power extremely strong.

The residual force caused his black robe to break inch by inch, revealing his copper-cast and iron-forged flesh, and on his back, the dense, majestic, and fearsome dragon pattern woven from cyan-black and red.

It was him!

Ink Painting’s pupils shrank.

This big man who hadn’t said a word along the way was exactly that Magic Sect commander who had commanded the Magic Sect, raised blood pools, committed heaven-defying crimes, escaped from the encirclement and suppression of the Too Void Gate and the Qian Xue Dao Court Division, and whose whereabouts were unknown after being wanted by the Dao Court Division.

And the tattoo on his back was exactly what he was looking for…

The Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array Diagram!

Ink Painting’s face still showed shock, but his hands had already instinctively begun to compare the array patterns, and at the same time, he was deriving and calculating in his heart, borrowing this rarely encountered opportunity of a thousand years, to derive this Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array Diagram, stroke by stroke, painting by painting…