After listening to Chen Yuanshan's words, I looked at the lifeless zombie and didn't know what to say. I was unsure whether the path I had chosen was right or wrong, and I suddenly felt lost.

"You've just stepped onto this path, and there's a lot you don't understand. Don't think about anything right now. If the sky falls, let my master bear it for you. Don't feel pressured," Xu Yan comforted me, seeing through my thoughts and offering a reassuring smile.

"Xu Yan, why can black dog's blood deal with zombies?" I asked Xu Yan in confusion.

"Dogs are creatures of utmost Yang, corresponding to the Earthly Branch of Xu and the element of Earth. They are also Yang Earth.

Black dogs have the purest innate Yang energy. Since ancient times, we Taoists have used black dog's blood to dispel evil and deal with demons," Xu Yan explained to me.

Not long after, two military-green off-road vehicles arrived at the archaeological site. Seven people disembarked from these two vehicles and walked towards Captain Chen, with Captain Qin standing on our side.

"Captain!" Captain Qin shouted towards the middle-aged man in his forties among the group.

"Xiao Qin, what exactly happened here?" The middle-aged man carefully scrutinized us as he asked Captain Qin. His people hadn't noticed the zombie lying next to the car.

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It wasn't that their eyesight was bad, but the zombie had been burned black by the talisman and covered in mud. Plus, it fell in a dark area, making it challenging to spot.

"Captain, I'm a bit unclear about this. Let this old man explain it to you," Captain Qin pointed at Chen Yuanshan and said to the middle-aged man.

"Old man, I'm our captain, Yu Hao. You explain it to him," Captain Qin introduced Chen Yuanshan to the middle-aged man.

"Hello, I'm Chen Yuanshan, a practitioner of Maoshan Taoism. Take a look at this corpse first," Chen Yuanshan introduced himself to Yu Hao and then pointed at the zombie lying next to the car.

After hearing Chen Yuanshan's words, everyone finally noticed the corpse next to the car, and their expressions turned somewhat panicked.

After seeing the body, they surrounded the three of us.

"The situation is like this. Today, one of my junior brothers called me, saying that they had unearthed a stone coffin here. Green corpse qi emerged from the coffin, accompanied by a foul odor. The corpse inside the stone coffin might have turned into a zombie," Chen Yuanshan explained.

"Bullshit!" Before Chen Yuanshan finished speaking, a young armed police officer standing behind Yu Hao interrupted him.

"Do you know it's impolite to interrupt someone when they're speaking?" Chen Yuanshan scolded the young armed police officer with a stern face, almost yelling.

"You—" The young armed police officer pointed at Chen Yuanshan, about to retort, but Captain Yu Hao stopped him.

"Old man, continue," Yu Hao glanced at the corpse on the ground and urged Chen Yuanshan to go on.

"After receiving this news, I drove here with my disciples and my niece. On-site, I found Director Dong, who was in charge at the time..."

Chen Yuanshan detailed the events from our arrival at the scene to the zombie killing to Yu Hao.

Listening to Chen Yuanshan's account, the people around us began to understand the situation.