Republican Era: I Obtained a Monster Compendium and Inherited Uncle Jiu's Legacy

Having transmigrated to the Republic of China era, Wu Qi became the newest and final disciple taken in by Uncle Jiu. Qiusheng was slick, Wencai was slow-witted, but Wu Qi alone had exceptional natural aptitude. The System activated: a Leopard Embryo Pill forged him a body of steel, and a Qi Condensation Pill let him master the Long Breath Technique in three days. He could hold his breath for thirty seconds, so zombies couldn't smell that he was alive.

Master Ren forced the coffin open. The old master's corpse hadn't decayed in twenty years, his fingernails were three inches long, and his fangs had already emerged. Uncle Jiu sealed the coffin with an inked measuring line. Wu Qi followed behind, silently reciting a calming mantra, and the System popped up: Seal successful. Merit: 20. That night, Wencai slipped while moving the coffin and dropped it, snapping the inked line. The zombie burst out.

Uncle Jiu chased it into the dense woods with a peachwood sword. Wu Qi grabbed the yellow Taoist robe, exorcism mirror, and inked measuring line box, then vaulted over the wall. He kicked off the two-meter-high wall, caught the eaves with one hand, and flipped over. Halfway there, he found his master supporting a villager who'd been bitten. Two holes in the man's neck were oozing black blood. Wu Qi took a snake gallbladder, cut it open, and smeared its bitter contents over the wounds.

Lin Jiu crouched beside him, panting. “We have to pin it down before dawn.” Wu Qi tightened the strap on his inked measuring line box and looked up at the pale eastern horizon.

“System, give me something that can break through its defenses.”

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.