Who is this person?
He actually discovered me, and even knows my name!
Impossible! All these years, I've been cautious and never slipped up. How could he have found me?!
His heart surged with turbulent waves, his mind in disarray. The two green-haired zombies and the black and white zombies around the camp all froze in place.
The camp people were also stunned by this unexpected scene.
But Ding Hao quickly collected himself, and the battle in the camp resumed.
Fang Yuan saw that the two green zombies hadn't attacked again and knew he was half successful. He called out, "Ding Hao, if you don't come out now, you'll regret it..."
Ding Hao, hiding in the bushes, was ordering the green zombies to surround Fang Yuan while gritting his teeth and asking, "Who exactly are you? How do you know my name?"
Fang Yuan snorted coldly: "Of course my esteemed teacher, the Second Generation Corpse King, told me."
"Ah?" Ding Hao couldn't help but cry out. The words "esteemed teacher" and "Second Generation Corpse King" fell like boulders into the lake of his heart, causing huge waves.
He couldn't help but stand up, step out of the bushes, and stare at Fang Yuan with shock and suspicion.
"Who are you really?" Ding Hao asked urgently.
Fang Yuan snorted, his tone aggressive: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me? I am the senior disciple under the Second Generation Corpse King, Hei Tu. Ding Hao, I'll count to three. If you don't withdraw these two green zombies, heh..."
"You're the senior brother? Wait, how would the master know my name?" Ding Hao was full of doubts, but still recalled the two green zombies to his side.
Fang Yuan's face stiffened. He scolded, "Who's your senior brother? The master hasn't accepted you as a disciple yet, what are you yelling for?"
Ding Hao was unable to retort.
Fang Yuan's tone softened: "You keep talking to that stone tablet every day. How could the master not know your name?"
"Ah!" Ding Hao exclaimed.
Over the years, he had been alone, solitary, with only zombies for company. When he was sad and miserable, he would hide in the furthest stone cave and pour out his heart to the stone tablet.
He never expected that now Fang Yuan would see through his secret.
"I... I thought it was just an ordinary stone tablet..." Ding Hao stammered.
"Hmph, with your level, of course you can't see the mystery of the stone tablet. The master's divine powers are beyond your comprehension." Fang Yuan sneered disdainfully.
In fact, even a Ninth Turn Gu Master couldn't see any "mystery" from the stone tablet. It was an ordinary stone tablet. But Fang Yuan, in his previous life, after Ding Hao became successful, had heard Ding Hao recounting his struggles and personally said this.
Ding Hao licked his lips, already half convinced, but still had doubts.
He bowed deeply to Fang Yuan and said with cupped hands, "Senior Hei Tu, since you are the master's disciple, please show me the unique Stiff Heart Gu of our lineage."
The Stiff Heart Gu is unique to the Corpse King lineage. It resembles a heart with seven orifices, stiff as stone, classified as Third Turn, cold as iron, seeming cast from bronze.
The Stiff Heart Gu can produce Second Turn Corpse Driving Gu, similar to the Scorching Thunder Bean Mother Gu which can produce Scorching Thunder Bean Gu.
The Second Turn Corpse Driving Gu is also a consumable Gu. It can be used on corpses to create zombies.
But it has an advantage over Scorching Thunder Bean Gu: the zombies it creates can grow up one level. For example, a white-haired zombie can evolve into a black-haired zombie, and a black-haired zombie can become a green-haired zombie...
Fang Yuan did have the Scorching Thunder Bean Mother Gu, but did not have the Stiff Heart Gu.
Faced with Ding Hao's request, he was not nervous at all and scolded bluntly: "Bullshit! I'm on a secret mission assigned by the master, disguised as a merchant. How could I carry the Stiff Heart Gu with me? It feeds on zombies. How am I supposed to find zombies in plain view of everyone?"
"Ah, this..." Ding Hao was dumbfounded.
"What 'this'? Do you think I can't kill you?" Fang Yuan timely revealed his Snow Silver True Essence.
His peak Third Turn cultivation level was "obvious". Ding Hao's pupils contracted; he himself was only mid Third Turn.
Fang Yuan continued: "Our lineage can manipulate zombies to form an army. But controlling zombies requires mental power. If your soul isn't strong, your mental power is weak, and you can only control a limited number and quality of zombies. Although you have two green zombies, if you try to manipulate them while fighting yourself, you'll have many openings. Killing you would be easy."
Hearing this, Ding Hao licked his dry lips and took a step back in fear.
"But..." Fang Yuan changed his tone, "Before I left, the master told me there was a Ding Hao at Tombstone Mountain and sent me to assess whether you are worthy of being accepted as a disciple. I didn't expect you to come attacking me instead. Hmph."