C18 A Frog at the Bottom of the Well

Seeing that the general did not believe him, the Taoist Priest said to the general, "Let's find someone to test it out first."

The general then ordered his subordinates to pull a captive over.

The Taoist Priest then asked the general to order someone to light a pile of fire. He put the big knife into the fire and burned it. When the fire burned the knife red, the Taoist Priest waved his knife and cut off the head of the captive.

The head rolled down to the ground like a watermelon. Not a single drop of blood splashed out. The corpse twitched for a moment before lying straight on the ground!

The general stared at the Taoist Priest, wanting to see what he would do next. However, the Taoist Priest brought the corpse into an empty tent and told the others not to enter.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the tent curtain was lifted and the Taoist Priest invited the general in.

After the general entered the tent, he was stunned. He saw the headless corpse that he had personally seen slowly walking in the tent!

The general was extremely shocked. The Taoist Priest had reminded him to try out the headless corpse's strength.

The general rushed forward, but in just three rounds, the general, who had been through countless battles and had killed countless people, was kicked out of the tent by the headless corpse! Only then did the general believe that what the Taoist Priest said was true.

Any war would end with the sacrifice of countless people. Next, the Taoist Priest would personally take the blade and unleash a devastating massacre.

At the beginning, they chose the prisoners and the prisoners locked in the prison to kill. However, after the chaotic world, where there was no tomorrow, almost everyone was prepared to die. There were too many people who were worried about their lives and had strong desire to live. There were too few people who couldn’t even close their eyes after dying. Therefore, they couldn’t find a suitable person. Because of the lack of time, they started to kill the people from their own country. The men who had wives, children, and grandchildren who needed to be taken care of, the women who had fetuses in their wombs, the women who had other children in their families, the old men who had died in the war, the women who hid in the mountains and forests to open up a few acres of land to take care of their grandchildren… Many of the pillars of their families were deeply needed by their families. One death meant the collapse of the sky, and the entire family would be implicated. They would be captured and killed!

No one saw the cruel scene with their own eyes. Daoist Ying killed people alone in a big tent. In his words, he was responsible for the lives of the people. However, just hearing the despairing wails of those people before they died in the tent, one could imagine how tragic the situation in the tent was.

For three whole days, Daoist Ying killed 103 people. There were men and women, old and young. The heads were thrown out in more than ten sacks and buried in the grave circle. The bodies were cast into the air by Daoist Ying and stood up. They became headless corpses that could walk!

It was just as the Taoist Priest had said. Those headless corpses were extremely powerful. They were neither humans nor ghosts, but they could kill humans and ghosts. Their appearances were terrifying, causing people to feel fear in their hearts. They had already defeated the enemy mentally. They fought one against a hundred. They did not eat or drink, and they did not sleep or rest. They did not know pain, and they were not afraid of swords or spears. As long as the enemy did not chop them into pieces, they could continue to fight!

For a moment, all kinds of terrifying scenes could be seen on the battlefield. A group of headless corpses were waving their blades to kill the enemy on the battlefield. Their feet were cut off, and they were standing on two legs. They were cut in half at the waist, and they were still waving their blades. It was as if they were born for battle. Their souls, which were trapped in the depths of their bodies, seemed to only have one belief, and that was to fight!

With the addition of the 103 headless corpses, Soong Army won the battle half a month later.

After the war ended, the Taoist Priest and the general made two requests. One was to settle the family of the 103 headless corpses. The other was to go to a Taoist temple in the depths of Qingyang Mountain one month later to find him. He had something to tell him.

After saying that, the Taoist Priest carried the mysterious big blade and left.

It was strange that as soon as the Taoist Priest left, someone smelled a stench coming from the barracks. Everyone searched for the stench and found that the stench came from the room where the headless corpses were stored. They opened the door and entered. They were surprised to find that the headless corpses, which were still fine a moment ago, had turned into rotten corpses in an instant. It was as if they had died half a month ago. The soldiers and generals said that when the Taoist priest left, the souls that were sealed in the Soul Sealing Slash were taken away. The corpses did not have the support of the grievance, so they rotted.

Due to the contributions made by the headless corpses during the war, the Imperial Court buried their bodies, but because the Soul Sealing Slash was too unbelievable, the matter was suppressed and was not recorded in the official history.

Furthermore, the general went to Qingyang Mountain a month later according to what the old Taoist priest said. He found a dilapidated Taoist temple. In the Taoist temple, he saw the Taoist priest again, but this time, he saw the Taoist priest who died in a headless corpse.

There was a long table in the room. The Taoist priest was dressed in a clean Taoist robe and was kneeling in front of the table. His head was placed on the table, and the taoist bun on his head was neatly combed. He also died in the Soul Sealing Slash.

On the side of the table, there was a piece of paper with the words, "Murder to return the life, please bury me in front of the tomb of the 103 vengeful souls when I die."

The general followed the old Taoist priest's instructions and knelt in front of the tomb of the 103 heads. The mysterious big blade also disappeared along with the old Taoist priest's death.

After Second Uncle finished speaking, I was still immersed in the things Second Uncle had said and could not get out of it. It was a long while before I finally reacted and asked Second Uncle, "Are these all true?"

Second Uncle said, "Could it be that you think I am only telling you a story?"

"Unbelievable. A person can walk without a head, and can even go to the battlefield to kill people. This is too unbelievable …" I kept repeating like a repeater, and a headless corpse holding a blade fought on the battlefield. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was nonsense. I couldn't help but ask Second Uncle, "Who did you hear about this? Is it credible?"

Second Uncle glanced at me, as if he was dissatisfied with my suspicion of him, and said, "There is always a higher sky, there is always a higher ground, there is always a lake, there is always a mountain, there is always a stone heart, and there is always an abode. Don't use your mindset of a frog at the bottom of the well to deny some things that you don't know."

Heh, I just realized that my Second Uncle's mouth was quite poisonous. However, when I thought about it, many of the things that happened in our family could not be explained with common sense. Perhaps Second Uncle was right, but he said that I was a frog at the bottom of the well, which made me feel insulted, so I retorted, "Why are you so sure that my father died from the Soul Sealing Slash, and not from the simple Soul Sealing Slash?"

Second Uncle looked at me and said faintly, "Because I can't find your father's soul."