Wang Hu looked tense, but he had made up his mind, and he wouldn't regret or shrink back now.
"Either way, I have to die within a year, so why not take part in this experiment today and secure some benefits for my family? No reason for me to be afraid of doing it."
So, clenching his teeth, he said, "I'm ready, we can start at any time!"
"Good," Li Yaotong replied in a deep voice, then shouted to the three subordinates he had brought, who were enveloped in a deathly aura, "Open the coffin, be careful not to let the demons escape our control."
His subordinates didn't respond verbally but went straight to open the golden coffin containing the Ghost Bride.
The present-day golden coffins had been professionally designed so there was no longer the need for it to be sealed shut as with the earlier versions used to contain demons, which could risk demons escaping if the seams weren't sealed properly.
The current golden coffins, once sealed, were completely impenetrable, with no need for smelting fire to seal them!
Therefore, it wasn't much trouble for Li Yaotong's three Demon Whisperers to open the lid of the coffin.
As the lid of the golden coffin was lifted, the Ghost Bride, who had been quite quiet within, suddenly had a red glow begin to emerge from her dark, empty eye sockets.
Signs of resurrection began to show.
This Ghost Bride was never very compliant within the golden coffin, occasionally struggling. Now that the golden coffin was opened, although she still lay within it, given a little time, she could still run out.
However, with these three Demon Whisperers present, they would not give her the chance.
Together, the three controlled four demons within them. Raising their hands to press down on the Ghost Bride instantly stilled her restless movements.
Then one Demon Whisperer, who controlled only a single demon, let go and allowed the other two to subdue the Ghost Bride while he walked to the lower end of the golden coffin and began to pry off the red embroidered shoes under the Ghost Bride's feet.
The embroidered shoes on the Ghost Bride's feet were as if glued on, and it took the Demon Whisperer quite an effort before he managed to pry the shoes off.
"Shh!"
As the embroidered shoes were removed, a pungent mix of foot odor and rotten corpse stench began to waft from the Ghost Bride's rotting feet, now crawling with maggots.
"Ugh..."
The group, upon smelling this overpowering scent, nearly vomited out their last meal.
It was truly... unforgettable.
Even the Demon Whisperers, who had become half-human, half-zombie, frowned upon sniffing this odor, despite their expressionless faces, as it triggered a nauseating feeling.
However, after becoming Demon Whisperers, their appetites had gradually diverged from those of normal people, preferring raw food, so although the smell was unpleasant, they could withstand it.
"Hurry up and close the coffin lid!"
Li Yaotong, covering his nose, ordered them.
Hearing Li Yaotong's words, the two pressing down on the Ghost Bride immediately released her and then swiftly sealed the golden coffin lid once more.
With the removal of the embroidered shoes, the Ghost Bride's stature was somewhat diminished, and after the coffin was sealed again, the occasional noises from before ceased.
"Prepare to open the other golden coffin,"
Li Yaotong said, relieved after seeing the embroidered shoes in the hands of a Demon Whisperer, then ordered again.
The other two no longer concerned themselves with the sealed golden coffin but turned to the one containing the Rotten corpse that Mu Jinyu had dragged out from storage.
Approaching the Golden Coffin, they looked at it, completely sealed without a single crack, and frowned. Then, they resorted to violent dismantling!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Soon, the Golden Coffin, crudely sealed by Mu Jinyu, was violently pried open.
"Gurgle gurgle..."
As the coffin was opened, they could hear the sound of flowing water, which was the sound of Corpse Water moving inside the coffin from the rotten corpse that had accumulated.
The two Demon Whisperers, seeing the state of the rotten corpse, did not dare to be careless. They deliberately put on specially made Gold Thread gloves and then one of them, who had control over two Demons, held down the Rotten Corpse Demon so it could hardly move, quietly lying inside the chamber.
The other took a very sharp Golden Dagger and removed the Rotten Corpse Demon's legs with repeated cuts.
"Alright, let's switch to a new Golden Coffin!" Li Yaotong, looking at the now badly damaged coffin, knew it was no longer usable to contain the Zombie Demon.
The Demon Whisperer who had controlled the two Demons, upon hearing Li Yaotong's words, dragged the immobile rotten corpse out of the old coffin and stuffed it into another new Golden Coffin, quickly covering it with the lid—problem solved.
As for the old Golden Coffin, it obviously wasn't going to be discarded just like that. With gold being a scarce resource around the world and the price skyrocketing, Mu Hongchen would naturally take it to be smelted and reforged.
"What do we do with this?"
Mu Jinyu looked at the two Demon Whisperers, one holding two rotting thighs and the other holding a pair of Embroidered Shoes, finding it quite odd, and asked Li Yaotong.
Li Yaotong said, "You can't directly control a whole Zombie Demon with the physical condition of your subordinates. Even if you could control it, it wouldn't be easy. After all, to achieve a mutually restraining effect, you would have to use the Ghost Bride's Wedding Dress and Embroidered Shoes, which makes it much more difficult. Hence, using just the legs paired with the Embroidered Shoes is the most appropriate solution..."
Mu Jinyu, hearing Li Yaotong's explanation, looked at his three subordinates who were Demon Whisperers. One was said to control a Ghost hand and Ghost shadow, another the Ghost gloves, and the third was unknown, but clearly, they all seemed to be dealing with incomplete parts of whole Demons.
"Let's get started," Mu Jinyu said solemnly, having a rough idea of what Li Yaotong intended to do.
The scholars nearby, who were almost fainting from the stench of the Ghost Bride's foot odor mixed with the smell of decay, perked up at Mu Jinyu's words, ready to watch and study closely.
Wang Hu, the main character, naturally became more nervous, but he did not flee the scene.
Li Yaotong nodded slightly at the two holding the Ghost legs and Embroidered Shoes, and commanded, "Proceed."
"Yes!"
Finally, they spoke for the first time, their voices hoarse and grating, as if someone was scraping their nails across a chalkboard.
Then, they emotionlessly walked towards Wang Hu, one carrying the rotting legs, the other the Embroidered Shoes.
Standing in front of Wang Hu, one of them took the pair of dead legs, first removed the gold bands from Wang Hu's legs, and then pressed the corpse legs onto Wang Hu's legs.
Suddenly...
"Sss... Sss... Sss!"
The sound of corrosion continued to rise, Wang Hu's intact legs quickly corroded further from the touch of the Corpse fluid on the rotten legs, his skin, which had appeared somewhat fair, rapidly decomposed.
The rotting flesh on the legs that the Demon Whisperer was holding seemed to be infused with some inexplicable strength into Wang Hu's legs. The rotten flesh quickly fell off the bone and turned into a pair of thigh skeletons.
Once they became skeletons, a breeze blew by, and the grey-white skeletons turned to dust, scattering with the wind.
"Quick, put the Embroidered Shoes on him!"
Li Yaotong had been closely monitoring Wang Hu's condition and immediately shouted when he saw what was happening.