Chapter 31: Uncle Nine Has Arrived  

Yang Tao was holding a walking grass Pokémon while chatting with the group. 

Ren Fa: "Group leader, Uncle Nine is here!" 

Yang Tao saw the message and immediately realized that the Mr. Vampire storyline was about to begin! 

"Start the livestream now! I want to see Uncle Nine in person! By the way, how strong are you now?" 

Ren Fa: "I've reached the silver-armored zombie stage. I'm following the spiritual energy reinforcement path, not the blood-sucking enhancement path, so Uncle Nine's Taoist techniques won't work as well on me." 

In Ren Fa's world, zombies are ranked as follows: 

- The lowest level, walking corpses, have no consciousness and are controlled by corpse herders. The clients of Master Four-Eyes are this type. 

- Next are hopping zombies, who have a natural urge to suck blood and evolve by feeding on living creatures. 

- Then comes fur-covered zombies. In the original story, Old Master Ren became this type after drinking blood. 

- After that, there are iron-armored, silver-armored, and gold-armored zombies, followed by flying zombies and finally the legendary drought demons. 

Unfortunately, in this era of declining spiritual energy, even iron-armored zombies are rare, let alone flying zombies. As for drought demons, they are considered the ancestors of all zombies. 

Yang Tao was surprised. Ren Fa shouldn't have been able to level up this fast. Did something unusual happen? 

"Ren Fa! How did you get so strong so quickly? This doesn't make sense! This isn't normal cultivation!" 

Lying in his coffin, Ren Fa felt the surrounding yin energy and said, "Group leader, you don't understand. I mainly absorb yin energy to cultivate, and right now, this world is in chaos. The people are suffering, and death is everywhere. The more people die, the stronger the yin energy gets. That's why I've been able to grow so fast!" 

Yang Tao suddenly understood! No wonder! There's a saying: 'When the world is in chaos, demons will rise.' That must be what's happening. And in Ning Caichen's Strange Tales world, things are probably even crazier—monsters everywhere, the heavens in disorder! 

"I see now! No wonder! Don't forget to start the livestream!" 

Ren Fa: "No problem, I'll start it now!" 

When Yang Tao entered Ren Fa's livestream, the view wasn't from inside the coffin but a top-down perspective, showing Ren Fa's grave and tombstone. 

Tony: "Ren Fa! If possible, try to learn some of Uncle Nine's Taoist techniques and upload them to the group's shared files. That way, we'll have a way to protect ourselves against ghosts and monsters." 

There were techniques for sale in the group, but everyone was broke, so saving money was a priority. 

Especially for Tony, who was focused on technology. He hated dealing with entities without a physical form. It would be a nightmare if he launched a missile and it had no effect at all. 

Ren Fa: "I'll try, but Uncle Nine is a man of principle. I don't think the chances are high. However, as long as it's not a Maoshan technique, it might be possible." 

Zhang Wenjing: "I want to learn magic! Ahhh! Why isn't the school accepting students yet? This school is doomed!" 

Yang Tao: "…" 

Whitebeard: "…" 

Ning Caichen: "You're not even old enough! What does that have to do with the school?" 

Having watched Harry Potter, Ning Caichen was impressed by how unreasonable Zhang Wenjing was being. 

As they were chatting, Uncle Nine and his group arrived at the grave. 

Master Ren: "Uncle Nine, the feng shui master said this is a rare and precious burial site." 

Uncle Nine nodded. "That's right. This is called a Dragonfly Touching Water burial site. The usable length is only four feet out of its total ten feet, and the width is just three feet out of its total four. That means the coffin can't be buried flat—it has to follow a special burial method." 

 Master Ren was impressed and gave Uncle Nine a thumbs-up. "Amazing, Uncle Nine!" 

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