Soon, I remembered Zhang Yi. He was a famous politician during the Warring States period. When the States of Chu and Qi joined forces to deal with the State of Qin, the King of Qin sent Zhang Yi to try to 

break

 the alliance between Chu and Qi. 

Zhang Yi was a smart person. At first, he bought a few important officials of King Huai of Chu. Then, he enticed King Huai of Chu by ceding 

some

 land to him. 

Soon, King Huai of Chu agreed to 

break

 the alliance with the State of Qi

. Within one day, he 

demolished the alliance that Qu Yuan had spent years 

building

.

After that, when King Huai of Chu 

learned

 that he was tricked by Zhang Yi, he turned his embarrassment into anger. He declared war against the State of Qin! Qu Yuan knew it wasn’t good for the State of Chu to start a war now. He immediately talked to King Huai of Chu, which resulted in his exile. With a grudge, he hugged a rock and jumped into the river 

to commit

 suicide. People later gave him the posthumous title as the ‘Water God of Miluo River.’ 

It was n

o wonder the males in Zhang Henshui’s family all died in the water. 

There

 was such a great grudge between the two families. However, 

although

 I understood and 

sympathized with Qu

 Yuan, I didn’t agree with his extreme 

methods

! 

At the same time, I felt lost. I hadn’t expected that a famous sage like him, whose name had been

 passed down

 through generations, 

wouldn’t be able to

 escape the grudge and resentment 

of

 this mortal world… 

I suddenly pulled myself together to chase after him. However, the other party had left quite a long time ago. I was angry

 and shouted 

at Li Mazi

.

 “Why 

didn't you

 chase after him?!” 

He didn’t talk as he was looking at the big locust tree with Zhang Henshui. Both of them 

dropped their 

jaws in surprise. I turned to look at the tree with doubt. 

I was stunned to see 

the tree releasing waves of rolling black mist. 

At the same time, the temperature dropped again. 

G

usts of 

cold

 wind were coming. We saw wandering ghosts congregating from all directions! 

Some had their eyes popped out, 

while others

stuck out

 their long tongues. Many had swelling, white faces. Most of them wore dripping, ancient clothes. They looked like 

a

 horde of drowning ghosts. They hovered 

and

 spun above our heads. They cried, then laughed. 

A moment later, the migrant worker returned with a green jade flute. As soon as he blew the flute, the ghosts received the order and swarmed toward us at the same time. 

I didn’t think that the situation would become this dangerous so fast. I had to defend with the Sirius Whip. After each whip, I 

was able to

 clear a large number of ghosts. However, this horde of ghosts seemed to be endless. I would never be able to clear them all. 

Standing next to me, Li Mazi opened the Yin and Yang Umbrella. After having used it many times, Li Mazi now knew the basics to control the Yin and Yang Umbrella. While using the umbrella to attack the ghosts, he was 

also

 able to protect himself and Zhang Henshui. 

I suddenly blushed

 and felt that

 my disciple had finally grown up

, catching up to the master

. Anyway, 

while

 he was fighting hard on the other side, he shared the pressure I had to bear. 

After the magic power of the Sirius Whip was drained, I screamed and whipped 

one

 last time while 

reciting a

 spell to beckon spirits. 

This time, Lu Dongbin didn’t tease me. As soon as I read the spell, I felt my body much lighter and my arms much stronger. 

While s

creaming, I jumped and swept off all the spirits! 

The migrant worker seemed to sense something. He put the jade flute away and hid 

in

 the woods. 

I asked Lu Dongbin to take me 

to

 him. However, the 

I

mmortal started to talk with his 

deep

 and magnetic voice. “

You

 need to find the one 

who

 tied the bell to untie it. The cause-

effect

 relationship in the mortal world should be solved by the mortals themselves. I 

can’t help you.

” 

After he said that, my body felt heavier

. Th

e Sirius Whip in my hand became soft again. I cursed under my breath

 and thought

 that this great Immortal wasn’t reliable at all. He left as soon as he finished! 

Li Mazi blinked his small eyes

 and asked,

 “

Little Brother Zhang

, should we go after him?” 

He was

 still 

dazed by my intimidating move when Lu Dongbin controlled my body. 

I turned and looked at the evil-looking big 

locust

 tree. Biting my lower lip, I 

made up my mind

. “If we let him go this time, it will be harder to catch him the next time!”

Then, I took the lead

 and ran 

after the other party. 

Not long afterward, we saw the migrant worker. He was walking in the woods as though he hadn’t expected that we would chase after him. 

Anyway, 

his

 strong point w

as

 magic illusions. 

Since 

Lu Dongbin had helped me solve th

at

 enormous horde of water ghosts, there shouldn’t be anything dangerous now. I didn’t want to hide. I screamed then rushed toward him. 

The worker heard me. He turned

, and h

is face changed drastically before he desperately jumped into the bushes. 

Since we had spent a lot of energy to deal with the water ghosts, we couldn’t shorten the distance 

between

us

. Fortunately, we were still able to see his figure ahead of us. 

Gradually, a plain farmyard appeared 

in my field of vision

. The man directly entered the house and didn’t even lock the door. 

He might have thought

 it was useless to 

do so

. 

When I came to the farmyard, I was surprised

 to see 

that it was just a paper model with reed poles and colored paper

 sheets

. A dozen paper dolls

 stood 

inside the yard. Those paper dolls looked animated

. T

hey looked like real humans 

from

 a distance. 

I carefully assessed the 

place

. Th

e house

 shouldn’t have a back door. To prevent the other 

party from using

 magic illusion again, I smeared the huo xiang perfume one more time. Then, I 

entered

 the house first.

The 

place

 was empty

; no 

one was in there. 

“Could he be invisible?” mumbled Li Mazi, 

who was feeling p

uzzled. 

Then, we heard the man laughing outside. “Hahaha, you

’ll all

 die 

today

!” 

“Crap, we’re trapped!” I was surprised when I heard his voice. 

If that fellow 

was

 able to create illusions, the worker we just 

saw

might

have been an

 illusion. It wasn’t his real body that lured us into this farmyard! 

I had a bad premonition. Pulling Li Mazi and Zhang Henshui, I wanted to run outside.

However, when we got to the yard, all the paper dolls in the yard were revived

.

To be exact, they weren’t paper dolls. They were corpses! More than ten 

zombies

 were standing upright in the yard. 

A

 thick, white mist linger

ed over

 them. Although I was more than ten meters away from them, I still felt the cold air they were emitting

.

Standing behind the 

zombies

 was a woman wearing a black

,

 silk veil. I recognized her

. She was

 the woman 

who

 had worshipped Qu Yuan with the migrant worker earlier. 

T

he migrant worker was standing next to her

,

 coldly looking at me. 

The woman was holding something 

that looked

 like a rough net. As soon as she started to shake 

it

, the 

zombies

 started to hop. 

T

hey uniformly turned and jumped toward us! 

When 

Li Mazi looked at the green-faced 

zombies

 with long fangs

, his 

heroic 

spirit

 vanished instantly. He hurried to hide behind me. With a dark face, I took out a spirit talisman and palmed it on the head of the nearest 

zombie

. 

Although my spirit talisman wasn’t 

a

 special one used to subdue 

zombies

, I believed it could

 hold it back

 for a while. Unexpectedly, the 

zombie

 halted for a few seconds before my yellow talisman turned black and shattered into pieces! 

At the moment the spirit talisman was blasted, all the 

zombie

s

 became angry. They raised their hands with long fingernails

 and aimed 

at us. 

I took a step back and closed the door of the house. I then hurriedly moved all the furniture to block the door.

In the meantime, t

he horde of 

zombie

s

 started to bang 

on

 the door!