Chapter Thirty-Six: Live in My House

  The Coastal Youth Activity Center is hosting a joint exhibition of collectibles from six schools, which is being held in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm.

  Ren Lijuan walked out of the exhibition hall, her eyes fixed on a distant place. The two willow-leaf eyebrows under her white forehead were tightly knitted together, making people feel an inexplicable sense of heartache.

  This is her tenth time walking out today and looking outside.

  "I guess he won't be back today!"

  Gu Jiyue walked over from behind Ren Lijuan, the two beauties stood together, a gentle breeze blew by, and both of their hair fluttered slightly.

  "Ji Yue, you said nothing will happen to him, right?"

  Ren Li Juan was very clear who Gu Ji Yue meant by 'him', although they had just met, he still left a deep impression on them.

  Hesitating for a moment, Gu Jiyue said in a low voice: "It shouldn't be, Ouyang Xuan shouldn't do anything to him, let alone their relationship seems quite unusual!"

  "Yes, their relationship is quite unusual, but what exactly is it?"

  Ren Lijuan nodded in agreement, Liu Yiyang and Ouyang Xian's relationship was a question that not only others were thinking about, but also these two beautiful girls were puzzled and wanted to figure it out.

  At this time, Liu Yi Yang had no idea that two pretty girls were discussing him.

  After Ou Yangyun finished setting up the formation to destroy the extremely yin place, he supported Ou Yangyun and slowly walked down the mountain. This delay had already lasted until after 5 pm. Even if they rushed back to Bin Hai now, it would still be very late tonight.

  The speed of going down the mountain was much slower, and the two people didn't speak all the way until they reached the car at the foot of the mountain.

  "Your leg is injured, shall I drive instead?"

  He glanced down at Ouyang Huan's leg and said in a low voice, "Ouyang Huan was injured on her right leg, she can't even walk steadily, let alone drive."

  "I can drive, but I don't have a license!"

  Seeing Ouyang Huan nod, Liu Yiyang hurriedly added another sentence. As he spoke, he still felt a bit remorseful. He just wanted to help her when he saw that Ouyang Huan's leg was injured, but he didn't think that he didn't even have a driver's license.

  Liu Yi Yang can indeed drive. He was taught by Zhang Yong, the second oldest in their dormitory. Zhang Yong has a car and often drives it over, but doesn't keep it within the school grounds.

  Not only Liu Yi Yang, but also Liu Wei and Yang Zhi Gang in the dormitory learned to drive with Zhang Yong, just learning, not driving many times.

  "Haha!" Ouyang Xuan burst out laughing again, her radiant smile like a blooming flower, shining brightly and dazzlingly.

  "As long as you know how to drive, it's okay if you don't have a license. My car has a special plate number, nobody dares to check!"

  Ouyang Huan smiled and said, Liu Yi Yang was stunned again, blurting out: "Didn't you say this is a fake license plate, how did it become a special license plate?"

  "Are you kidding me? Let's get in the car and go, I don't want to sleep in the car!"

  Ouyang Huan's face suddenly tightened, her smile completely disappeared, and she limped to the passenger seat, tossing the keys directly to Liu Yi Yang.

  Liu Yi Yang was at a loss, unable to understand what was going on. He could only sigh and lament that girls were too unpredictable, not knowing which words to believe. On the other hand, he got into the car and slowly drove away.

  Ouyang Xun's BMW off-road vehicle performed extremely well, Liu Yi Yang had never driven such a good car before, and at first, he was a bit unfamiliar with it. With Ouyang Xun's help, he slowly got used to it, and soon the car became exceptionally stable.

  "What did you take out from the cave?"

  Sitting in the passenger seat, Ouyang Xun pointed to Liu Yi Yang's pocket and asked, "What's that thing you picked up in the cave earlier?"

  "I'm not sure either, I felt it wasn't something ordinary, so I picked it up, this should be fine, right?"

  Liu Yi Yang said as he took out the thing he picked up from his pocket, it was black and had a lot of black mud on it.

  Ouyang Xun didn't mind the dirty things at all, and directly took them from Liu Yi Yang's hands. She opened the car window and slowly washed it with mineral water, and soon a pure white dragon-shaped jade pendant appeared in her hand.

  "Jade pendant?"

  Liu Yi Yang suddenly stopped the car and stared at the clean jade pendant in surprise. He had only picked it up because he felt that it was a bit different, but the cave was too dark and he couldn't see clearly, so he hadn't expected it to be such a thing.

  Just by looking at the color of the jade, you can tell that this is definitely a good piece of jade. Whether it's something modern or an antique, its value won't be low.

  Ouyang Xun carefully turned over this dragon-shaped jade pendant, and his eyes were a bit strange.

  The jade pendant is a hollowed-out shape, Liu Yi Yang doesn't know much about carving techniques, but he has seen many carvings before, and few can compare to this one, especially the quality of the dragon-shaped jade, which is as white as fat, very similar to the highest-value sheep fat jade available today.

  "King of Huai?"

  Ouyang Xuan lightly spat out two words, Liu Yi Yang was stunned again, and hastily leaned in his head.

  Inside the jade pendant were engraved a few ancient characters, which were not complicated and Liu Yi Yang immediately recognized them. The character at the bottom was indeed Huai Wang, while above it were several auspicious and harmonious words.

  "Who is King Huai?" Liu Yiyang raised his head.

  "I have no idea, but judging from the look of it, it should be some king from ancient times. I'm guessing that the extremely yin place might belong to this king's territory. After the king died and became a zombie, he hid there, then went somewhere else, maybe died or was eliminated by others. Later, the small zombie without a corpse accidentally bumped into that place, absorbed the blood pool left behind by the king, and transformed into a copper-armored zombie, making me suffer in secret!"

  Ouyang Huan was analyzing in a low voice, and as she spoke, her expression became more and more determined, as if the fact was indeed so.

  It's not a baseless guess, and not every ancient person who died could become an undead. To become an undead requires very harsh conditions, which ordinary people can't possibly meet.

  First of all, it's the handling of the corpse, which must be wrapped up and preserved to prevent the flesh from rotting quickly, otherwise only bones will remain.

  Secondly, the corpse must have a great deal of resentment. This resentment is not about owing someone money and being unable to rest in peace, but rather a grand and intense resentment that stems from having a huge and formidable ideal that was unable to be realized, causing one to die with this unfulfilled desire, which eventually transforms into the root source of corpse energy.

  In this way, only some officials and nobles in ancient times, or princes, can meet the conditions, so the tombs that can appear with large zongzi are all large tombs, and small tombs are basically impossible.

  Zombies have no consciousness, but they have the instinct to cultivate. The higher their level before death, the higher their cultivation level will be after becoming a zombie. If allowed to cultivate and become successful, they will encounter heavenly tribulation. After passing through the heavenly tribulation, zombies will leap out of the six paths and no longer be bound by the five elements, becoming terrifying existences with their own consciousness.

  However, such zombies are rare, and ancient legends have this kind of existence, but now they are gone.

  Ouyang Huan guessed that this Huai Wang had become a zombie, hiding here to cultivate, and the jade pendant was Huai Wang's own, buried with him, and after becoming a zombie, he brought it out again. Later, his clothes were scattered, and it fell into the cave.

  Of course, this is just Ouyang Xun's guess, and what actually happened is now unknown.

  "You're in luck, this thing should be worth some money, hurry up and drive, let's try to get back today!"

  Ouyang Xun casually tossed the jade pendant aside, causing Liu Yiyang's heart to involuntarily skip a beat. Previously, he didn't know what this thing was, but now that he knew it was a valuable jade pendant, Ouyang Xun still treated it so carelessly, wasn't she afraid of breaking it?

  This white jade, if it's genuine, is more valuable than the jade pendant he bought at a bargain, no matter what period it's from. From all aspects, it seems very likely that this jade pendant is genuine.

  Such a fine jade pendant, Liu Yi Yang had never seen it before even in Xuan Ya Zhai.

  Restarting the car, Liu Yi Yang drove slowly on this mountain road, his speed was much slower than Ouyang Xuan's.

  Just then, Liu Yi Yang suddenly felt a lot quieter, and when he turned his head around, he found that Ouyang Xuan had already fallen asleep on the chair. Her sleeping posture looked particularly quiet, with a different kind of temptation.

  Liu Yi Yang smiled slightly and shook his head gently without saying a word, quietly driving alone.

  Fortunately, there was navigation in the car. After arriving at the city area, Liu Yi Yang followed the navigation and walked quickly onto the mainland. This road is farther than when he came, but at least it's much easier to walk. He didn't want to keep circling around in the mountains, nor did he know the roads in the mountains.

  They drove like this until after 11 pm before returning to Binhai.

  "Have you arrived?"

  Ouyang Xuan slowly opened her eyes, this sleep was very sweet and stable, just like at home.

  Even she herself didn't know why, but being driven by someone she had only met a few times could make her sleep so soundly.

  Liu Yi Yang nodded: "We're here, where's your home? I'll send you back!"

  "My home, you haven't been there before, just go back!" Ouyang Xuan said casually, Liu Yiyang's leg trembled slightly while driving, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

  He had been there before, but that time was dragged by Ouyang Yun without saying a word. Not to mention the road, even if he arrived at the place, he might not be able to find it.

  It was Ou Yang Juan who led the way, and Liu Yi Yang finally arrived at that villa area and found the place.

  "There aren't any taxis around here at night, what will you do?"

  Liu Yi Yang had just parked the car when Ouyang Xuan suddenly tilted her head and asked him a question. Liu Yi Yang hesitated for a moment before saying, "I can just walk back, it's very fast, I ran back last time!"

  "Run back last time?"

  Ouyang Huan stared at Liu Yi Yang with her big round eyes in disbelief, then suddenly smiled and said: "It's too late today, you don't have to leave, just stay at my place directly!"

  "Living in your house isn't very good, is it?"

  Liu Yi Yang furrowed his brow, this was the second time he had come to this place, the first time was when he was forcibly dragged here, and the second time was in the dead of night, neither time was normal.

  "What's wrong with that? Besides, you still have questions you don't understand, I don't know but my grandfather definitely knows, wait till tomorrow and let my grandfather explain it to you!"

  Ouyang Huan shook her head indifferently and got off the car, limping as she walked towards the inside, not giving Liu Yi Yang a chance to respond.

  Helpless Liu Yi Yang could only follow behind.

  He didn't want to stay here, but Ouyang Huan's words still moved him. He really wanted to understand what those red spiritual energies and black mysterious auras were, what their functions were, and what the red light pillar that killed zombies was all about.

  And all of this seems to be able to find answers only here.