Chapter 7

"Brother, you're too modest. I had no choice but to take such desperate measures. You two are the real experts." Sighing, Tan Xiao smiled bitterly and said.

"Hehe, Brother, there's no need to be modest. Your courage is worthy of our admiration," said a slightly shorter, somewhat plump young man with a kind and mature appearance. He was the one who had just saved Tan Xiao.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Tan Xiao was about to say a few more modest words, but at that moment, the somewhat plumpy young man suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "It's still the middle of the night. Although we killed that wandering corpse, there might be other zombies coming. We should hurry back; it will be safer that way."

The other young man nodded quickly, his face clearly showing his fear of zombies. "Our master is injured. We must guard Lvyuan Town during his recovery to give him time to heal. We cannot be careless and give those things a chance."

Supporting Tan Xiao, the two of them quickly headed toward the archway. Instinctively, Tan Xiao wanted to refuse their help, as he had only been scratched by the zombie on his arm and was not seriously injured. However, just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt dizzy and his legs went weak. If not for the two of them supporting him, he would have fallen to the ground!

"What's wrong with me?" Tan Xiao felt a bit panicked. A thought flashed through his mind, and he realized that the white gas the zombie had sprayed at him or the place where he was scratched must have been problematic.

"Don't worry, Brother. You were just poisoned by the zombie. The zombie poison is spreading, which is why you feel weak. But as long as you drink the charm water to neutralize the poison and apply aged glutinous rice to the wound, you'll be fine," the kind and plumpy young man said, comforting Tan Xiao as they walked back.

"By the way, Brother, what's your name? How did you end up in Lvyuan Town? I'm Xiaohai, and I've been raised here by our master since I was young. This is my junior brother, Achu."

The kind and plumpy young man introduced himself.

"Right, I almost forgot to ask. Brother, why did you come to Lvyuan Town? From your clothes, you must be from the provincial capital, right?" Clearly, Tan Xiao's shirt and casual pants made Achu think he was from the provincial capital. In the Republican era, only the wealthy in the provincial capital could afford shirts and suits.

"I'm not sure myself. I just remember my name is Tan Xiao. I came to Lvyuan Town for something, but on the way, I was robbed. The bandits stabbed me several times, took all my belongings, and left me in the wilderness of Ye Ling."

"I thought I was going to die, but when I woke up, I was sitting by a pile of firewood. Someone must have saved me, and my wounds were completely healed, without even a scar."

"It's really confusing. And I can't remember anything from before the robbery except my name and what happened afterward."

As he spoke bitterly, Tan Xiao showed Xiaohai and Achu the torn and bloodstained parts of his shirt. Amnesia has always been a common plot device in TV shows, movies, and novels.

As for the story of being robbed and then saved, Tan Xiao mixed truth with lies, blending them together to create a sophisticated lie.

The two of them looked at the torn and bloodstained parts of Tan Xiao's shirt. Although they still had some doubts, they didn't ask too many questions. Reviving someone and making their wounds disappear sounded like a fairy tale, but in this world, there were still some experts who could do it, like their master.

Of course, their master was currently healing and couldn't have saved this person. However, Xiaohai and Achu had heard their master say that Lvyuan Town had excellent feng shui and that there were some "special" experts besides him.

If those experts had saved this person, everything would make sense.

"Ha ha, Brother Tan Xiao, you really have a big destiny. Including this time, you've escaped death twice."

Smiling, Xiaohai sighed, clearly believing what Tan Xiao had said, even if not entirely.

"Yes, Brother Tan Xiao, your luck is really good. Although you were robbed and almost died, you've escaped death twice. Your luck is really amazing," Xiaohai believed, and Achu followed suit, believing Tan Xiao's story.

"Thank you for your kind words."

Having gotten through the ordeal, Tan Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Supporting Tan Xiao back to the stone archway covered with various talismans, Xiaohai and Achu's originally tense and guarded expressions visibly relaxed.

Seemingly noticing Tan Xiao's curious expression, Xiaohai smiled and explained, "Our master has performed a ritual to set the dragon vein for the entire Lvyuan Town. The dragon vein tree guards the town, and nine out of ten directions are sealed. The only way for evil things to enter the town is through the archway at the town entrance."

"Here, our master has set up a thousand-mechanism array, which are the red silk threads on the ground. The red silk threads form the thousand-mechanism array, which can block zombies from passing through. The archway is also covered with talismans to exorcise evil and subdue zombies."

"Plus, the two bonfires here are the dragon's eyes, which add the finishing touch. Although my junior brother and I have weak powers and are far inferior to our master, we can temporarily rely on the power of the dragon vein and feng shui of the entire village to guard the dragon's eyes. We can repel ordinary zombies as long as they come to this archway."

Nodding in understanding, Tan Xiao looked at the red threads on the ground that he had almost overlooked and seemed to understand something.

Letting Tan Xiao lean against the archway, Xiaohai walked behind one of the bonfires, found a brush, drew a talisman, and then performed a ritual to burn the talisman, dissolving it in a bowl of water.

Handing the water with the dissolved talisman to Tan Xiao, Xiaohai said, "Drink it, Brother Tan Xiao. This is the charm water to neutralize the zombie poison. Once you drink it, the poison in your body will be neutralized quickly."