If it weren't for protecting the members of this action group, he would have already gone with Lin Xiao.
He was never one to sit idly by.
Especially since this corpse-raiser was also related to their Ning family.
He felt an itch in his heart.
The Underworld Doctor held the severed leg under his arm and said, "Alright, let's go. We'll go back and wait for Brother Xiao."
With that, he led the way back.
"Okay."
The five people hurried to follow him.
When they returned to the designated outpost, they rubbed their eyes and saw that Lin Xiao was already back.
"Brother Xiao, so soon?"
Even the Underworld Doctor was stunned. He knew Lin Xiao was strong, but his speed was just too incredible.
"Mm, the person is here."
Lin Xiao pointed to the person he had tied to a chair.
This person's hair was disheveled, reaching their shoulders, covering their face so that their identity was indiscernible. Their clothes were neat and clean, but there was a faint smell of decay about them.
This smell didn't seem to originate from the person themselves, but rather, it was as if they had been around things that emitted a foul odor for so long that it had clung to them.
"This person..."
The Underworld Doctor leaned closer, staring intently at the person for a long time. He felt a sense of familiarity but couldn't place where he had seen them before. Judging by their age, they looked to be in their fifties or sixties, an elder.
But...
The Underworld Doctor was certain he had never met them.
Someone from the Blissful Cult?
"Probably from the Blissful Cult," Lin Xiao said. "You don't expect it to be someone from your Ning family's current main lineage, do you?"
"I certainly hope not," the Underworld Doctor nodded, walking closer.
Suddenly, the person who had been looking down all this time raised their head, their eyes fixed on the Underworld Doctor.
"You... are the current Underworld Doctor."
As they spoke, they grinned, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.
"Yes."
The Underworld Doctor did not deny it.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a puff of dark, smoky gas spew from the person's mouth.
This is...
The Underworld Doctor's pupils contracted as he saw this. He thought of something incredibly sinister, which was also the reason the Ning family had decided to seal half of the Underworld Doctor's techniques and scriptures.
This was corpse smoke.
Any human who came into contact with it would be slowly corroded, die, and finally, transform into a zombie!
Ordinary people would die from merely touching it. Those with stronger cultivation, aided by internal energy, could resist it for a while.
But...
The members of the action group behind him, though they had a little internal energy protecting them, had so little of it! What could they do?
"Not behaving, are we?!"
Lin Xiao's eyebrows shot up. With a wave of his hand, he suppressed all the smoky gas back into the person's mouth. "Swallow it all back!"
"..."
The person stared at Lin Xiao in horror. How had he done that?
It was the same when he was captured by Lin Xiao. He had only just arrived in the vicinity, wanting to see who had destroyed all his semi-corpses, when he had barely taken two steps before feeling disoriented and being carried away. Then, he had been swiftly tied to a chair.
Afterward, his cultivation had been almost completely suppressed.
Fortunately, this substance was hidden in his mouth, so Lin Xiao hadn't discovered it.
But now...
He could only use his mouth to contain these things.