Chapter 2144: Chapter 2005: Corpse Infant
The origin of the Yin and Yang corpse has basically been figured out by everyone. The two were Yuan Dynasty people from 600 years ago, childhood sweethearts. Later, the boy joined the army and became a general, while the girl was abducted and sent to an opera troupe, sullied by the troupe owner, and became pregnant. Finally, unable to endure the disdainful looks from the public, the girl hung herself. After the general returned and was visited by the girl’s spirit in a dream, he furiously killed twelve people from the opera troupe and was beaten to death in prison. Their bodies were taken to Lop Nur, using the movement characteristics of Lop Nur Lake’s water, a Yin Yang Dual Corpses Formation was set up here, refining the two into Yin and Yang corpses.
"I understand now!" Song Xiaodong suddenly slapped his thigh.
"What?" The young Taoist asked Song Xiaodong.
"What do you think Lop Nur looks like?" Song Xiaodong asked everyone.
"A big ear." Zhao Ruonan answered.
"No, guess again." Song Xiaodong asked again.
"Like a human embryo." Mr. Zhao answered.
"Exactly!" Song Xiaodong nodded.
"Mr. Zhao, do you know the Kunlun Embryo?" Song Xiaodong asked.
"The terrain on Kunlun Mountains that looks like a human embryo." Mr. Zhao answered.
"Are you saying that Lop Nur is also this kind of terrain?" The young Taoist asked.
Song Xiaodong nodded.
"Oh no!" The young Taoist slapped his thigh.
"We’ve been set up!" The young Taoist said.
"This is a formation within a formation, we’ve actually been tricked by someone from 600 years ago." The young Taoist felt a headache, holding his forehead as he spoke.
"Kunlun Embryo refers to the extreme Feng Shui locations where nature nurtures, the land and rocks form a shape like a human embryo. Such Feng Shui is most suitable for nurturing corpse infants, and setting up corpse infant formations." Song Xiaodong said.
"Here, not only a Yin Yang Dual Corpses Formation is set up, but also secretly nurturing a corpse infant within the dual corpse formation!" Song Xiaodong continued.
After Song Xiaodong finally finished speaking, everyone’s faces looked very unpleasant.
"But the Yin corpse we’ve seen wasn’t pregnant." The young Taoist asked.
"That’s because when we were fighting the Yin and Yang corpses, the corpse infant had already been taken away!" Song Xiaodong said.
Everyone looked at Song Xiaodong with confusion.
"The day we went to excavate the Dragon Boat, I saw a dry corpse with a long knife scar on its belly. At that time I was puzzled, but didn’t think much of it. Now I’ve finally understood this matter." Song Xiaodong said.
"Thus, everything makes sense now." The young Taoist finally understood too.
"General Zhao, why did this dual corpse suddenly start killing many people, after not killing innocents here for 600 years?" The young Taoist asked.
"Because her child was taken away?" Zhao Ruonan quickly understood too.
"Precisely." The young Taoist nodded.
"What should we do?" Zhao Ruonan asked everyone.
Song Xiaodong said, "Let me first introduce what a corpse infant is."
Everyone waited for Song Xiaodong to continue speaking.
"A corpse infant is a baby born from the dead."
"The dead can give birth to children?" Zhao Ruonan asked in confusion.
"The dead can perform opera, why can’t they give birth to children?" The young Taoist replied.
"So, it’s a living thing?" Mr. Zhao asked.
Song Xiaodong nodded.
"Living things are not my specialty." Mr. Zhao said.
"The mother has already died, but the child has not yet died. Who knows what method this corpse cultivator from 600 years ago used to keep the child alive all this time. But the mother is ultimately dead, so the nurturing of the child is extremely slow, taking 600 years to finally give birth." Song Xiaodong said.
"In Western vampire myths, the most terrifying is the vampire child, because vampire children don’t understand how to control their thirst for blood, and an infant’s mind is not complete, unable to reform, can only be destroyed." Song Xiaodong said.
"Corpse infants are similar to vampire children, unclear in mind, in a stupor, foolish and ignorant, not understanding the world, unable to discern good from evil, cannot be transcended, can only be slaughtered." Song Xiaodong said.
"More troublesome than the Yin and Yang corpse is that the corpse infant, although a living thing, is born of the dead, so half yin and half yang, there is nothing that can restrain it." Song Xiaodong continued.
"Why did the corpse cultivator 600 years ago want to raise such a monster?" The young Taoist asked.
Song Xiaodong, remembering all the bizarre and immortal things he saw in the Dragon Gate Secret Vault, knowing this must be the Dark Night Sect’s plot, said to the young Taoist, "Perhaps, they wanted to raise this corpse infant up."
"Raise it up? This monster can grow up?" The young Taoist asked.
"According to the head of the Song clan’s words, this kind of child born from the dead, half yin half yang half dead and undead, neither accepted by the King of Hell nor the Living World, such things that violate heavenly principles and ethics, are rare good material for practicing the Dark Night Sect’s evil methods." Mr. Zhao said.
"Yes." Song Xiaodong nodded.
"No wonder the Dark Night Sect dares to return inland to stir up trouble." The young Taoist said disdainfully.
"I guess, this corpse infant killed so many sheep, possibly just wanting to nurse." Song Xiaodong said.
"Mr. Song, when it comes to managing living creatures, your Dragon Gate is skilled, tonight, we’ll have to rely on you." The young Taoist said.
"Master, this corpse infant acts swiftly and is elusive. Although the Dragon Gate has records, there’s no way to crack it." Song Xiaodong said with a bitter smile.
"Sigh, since that’s the case, I’ll have to trouble my senior brother." The young Taoist sighed.
"I’ll go find the old monk from Fayu Temple." Mr. Zhao said.
Everyone returned to the camp, waiting solemnly for night to fall.
They decided to arrange the battleground at Lop Nur.
In other words, they decided to die at Lop Nur.
