Chapter 038: The Funeral Home

Having made his decision, Wang Bo set to work at once.

But before that, he still had to wait for news from Haila.

Of course, Wang Bo didn't just wait idly. He decided to find Yan Shisan, capture him first, and see if he could learn the whereabouts of the Zombie King through Yan Shisan.

Feng Siniang had already failed here, so Wang Bo could now only rely on Yan Shisan and Wu Ming.

Afterward, Wang Bo took his leave of Feng Siniang, intending to return to the interior of the pass. Upon hearing this, Feng Siniang immediately said, "I'll go with you."

After these days of rest, she could now control her own body.

Wang Bo initially wanted to refuse, but thinking of Feng Siniang's identity, he nodded. Perhaps Feng Siniang could even persuade Yan Shisan to tell Wang Bo the whereabouts of the Zombie King.

That way, Wang Bo wouldn't have to resort to force.

"Alright, let's go together."

After Wang Bo and Feng Siniang entered the pass, they inquired about Yan Shisan's whereabouts all along the way. Initially, Wang Bo wanted to find Lu Xiaofeng and the others, but thinking that their information might not be as well-informed as the Green Robe Society's, he abandoned that idea and instead sought out the Green Robe Society branches everywhere.

With a single hypnosis from Wang Bo, no Green Robe Society shopkeeper could resist; they poured out all information about Yan Shisan like beans from a bamboo tube.

Everyone in the martial world knew that Yan Shisan's last appearance was in Luoyang City, where he killed the Green Pine Swordsman.

After that, he vanished without a trace.

But Wang Bo learned from the Green Robe Society that after killing the Green Pine Swordsman, Yan Shisan hadn't actually left Luoyang City far behind; instead, he had stopped at a funeral home outside the city.

It seemed he had made that place his lair.

The vast majority of martial artists didn't know this news. And most of those who did were puzzled: why would Yan Shisan not stay in the best inn in Luoyang City, but instead choose to live in this funeral home?

Was there something wrong with him?

In this world, a so-called funeral home actually refers to a public morgue, specially used to store corpses that died under unclear circumstances or unclaimed bodies.

In fact, a funeral home isn't much different from a mass grave; the biggest difference between the two is that one is managed, and the other is not.

When Wang Bo heard that Yan Shisan was currently living in a funeral home, he was somewhat inclined to believe it.

Because Yan Shisan was no longer human, but a corpse, and what zombies love most is precisely this kind of place.

So Wang Bo, accompanied by Feng Siniang, soon arrived at a funeral home outside Luoyang City.

This funeral home was not small; it housed about several dozen corpses, some of which were martial artists. Due to vendetta killings, the authorities had temporarily placed these bodies here, waiting for someone to claim them.

Managing this funeral home were a blind old man and a young boy.

When Wang Bo and Feng Siniang entered the funeral home, they saw the young boy practicing swordsmanship.

Feng Siniang said to Wang Bo, "It's the Thirteen Fatal Swords."

Wang Bo naturally knew that the Thirteen Fatal Swords was Yan Shisan's signature technique. This sword art was profound and extensive, consisting of thirteen moves, but the thirteenth move was not the ultimate of this art.

In the original story, after seeing this sword art, Xie Xiaofeng felt that the sword intent was not exhausted, believing that there must be a fourteenth move after the thirteenth, which would be the flower behind the leaves, the essence of the art. Later, Xie Xiaofeng created the fourteenth move on behalf of Yan Shisan.

Then Yan Shisan discovered the fourteenth move, but unexpectedly, the fourteenth move was still not the final change of this sword art. Before his duel with Xie Xiaofeng, Yan Shisan comprehended the fifteenth move.

Against this move, Xie Xiaofeng was helpless and closed his eyes, awaiting death.

Yan Shisan suddenly realized that this move carried too much killing intent; it would only bring death and destruction.

To avoid becoming a sinner in the martial world, Yan Shisan turned the sword blade around and cut his own throat, dying.

Although Xie Xiaofeng did not die from this move, he understood Yan Shisan's intention and also cut off his own thumbs so that he could no longer wield a sword. Thus, the fifteenth variation of the Thirteen Fatal Swords was lost.

And this young man before Wang Bo practiced the Thirteen Swords, going back and forth through thirteen variations, without the fourteenth move. It seemed that Yan Shisan had not yet created the fourteenth move.

The young boy practicing swordsmanship also noticed Wang Bo and Feng Siniang, and couldn't help but take a few extra glances at Feng Siniang. After all, Feng Siniang was a woman of immense charm, attracting many eyes wherever she went.

But the boy's gaze was not admiration, but vigilance.

He looked at the two and said, "Excuse me, have you come to claim a body?"

Feng Siniang said bluntly, "I'm looking for Yan Shisan. Where is he?"

The boy shook his head and said, "There's no Yan Shisan here. I don't know any Yan Shisan either."

"Kid, you're young but full of lies. If you don't know Yan Shisan, how can you use the Thirteen Fatal Swords?" Feng Siniang said with a half-smile.

The boy was startled and muttered to himself, "So the sword art I practice is called the Thirteen Fatal Swords."

Feng Siniang said amusedly, "Then what did you think the sword art you practice was called?"

"The Killing Sword," the boy said matter-of-factly. "The uncle who taught me said this sword art is for killing, so it's called the Killing Sword."

Feng Siniang understood something upon hearing this and asked, "Then where is the person who taught you this sword art?"

The boy didn't answer but instead asked, "What do you want with Uncle?"

Feng Siniang said, "I am an old acquaintance of his."

The boy was half-convinced but still stepped aside, pointing to the house inside the funeral home and said, "Uncle is resting inside."

Feng Siniang and Wang Bo entered the house and found rows of coffins inside, but no sign of Yan Shisan.

Wang Bo swept his gaze, walked to a coffin, opened the lid, and inside lay a person—it was the Sword Demon Yan Shisan whom Wang Bo was looking for.

Yan Shisan lay quietly in the narrow coffin, his hands placed on his chest, still holding a sword, like a dead man.

Feeling someone open his coffin lid, Yan Shisan suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.

Feng Siniang patted her chest; she had indeed been startled. "Are you crazy? Lying in a coffin pretending to be dead."

Yan Shisan said coldly, "I was originally a dead man."

Feng Siniang: ...

Yan Shisan's gaze swept past Wang Bo's face and landed on Feng Siniang's. "What do you want from me?"

Feng Siniang pointed at Wang Bo and said, "It's not me looking for you; it's him."

Only then did Yan Shisan's gaze shift to Wang Bo's face. "Who are you?"

"Someone who wants to stop the Zombie King," Wang Bo said. "I wonder if you, Hero Yan, would be willing to help me."

"Hero? In all the world, the only one who can be called Hero Yan is Yan Nantian. I, Yan Shisan, am nothing but a mad killer who has gone astray."

Yan Shisan seemed to sneer at the words 'hero'.