Chapter 85 Gray Garlic
There were a lot of items in the space. Xu Mu took out three quilts from the space without hesitation and handed them to the three women respectively.

Originally, this night should have been difficult, but with Xu Mu's help, they all spent a relatively comfortable night.

The next day—

Before daybreak, the old guard knocked on the door.

"Are you all awake? If you are, go to the village hall. The village chief wants to see you." The old man on night watch yawned and said tiredly.

Following the night watchman and under the watchful eyes of a few snotty-nosed children who had never seen outsiders, everyone arrived at the village hall.

On the wooden chairs in the village hall, several white-haired old men sat leisurely and contentedly, showing no fear or uneasiness caused by being in the land of the dead.

Sitting on the main seat was a middle-aged man with very obvious crow's feet. Even with just a slight smile, the traces of time seemed to be visible at a glance. Although his skin was well maintained, these traces were still difficult to completely hide.

"I'm the village chief of Yangyang Village. You can just call me Fang Gu." The middle-aged man introduced himself.

"The old man on night watch told me that you are hunters. Did you come to Xianyang to collect corpses for others?" asked the village chief Fang Gu in a very friendly manner.

"Yes." Xu Mu nodded and explained, "We are collecting the body of a man named Ning. His sister asked us to do it."

"It's not very peaceful in Xianyang recently. Some places are filled with deathly auras. The undead even come out to cause trouble before it's completely dark, and their attack power is extremely strong."

"You look so young. If you want to collect corpses in Xianyang, you must be careful and ensure your own safety." Village chief Fang Gu nodded and reminded in a calm tone.

"Thank you very much for your reminder, Village Chief." Xu Mu paused and continued, "Village Chief Fanggu, I learned from several friends who live in Weiju Village in the ancient capital that you have a plant called gray garlic, which is one of the few species that can grow in the soil of the undead."

"Yes, gray garlic is indeed a plant unique to our Weiju Village. Do you need gray garlic too?" Fang Gu nodded and confirmed.

"I want to borrow thirty or forty gray garlics." Xu Mu grinned, revealing a few neat teeth.

"Thirty or forty?!" Fang Gu almost popped his eyes out when he heard that.

Although gray garlic is free, it is difficult to collect and the quantity is small. Its value is more valuable than gold. This guy asked to borrow thirty or forty of them. This is really asking for too much.

"It's too many. Our village really can't afford that much. How about this, we give you twelve, three for each of you. That's about enough." Fang Gu shook his head and said helplessly.

Although gray garlic is more valuable than gold, according to ancestral teachings, descendants are not allowed to use gray garlic for commercial transactions for personal gain.

In addition, with the water from Kunjing, the people of Weijiu Village do not need gray garlic. Therefore, when facing the mages and hunters who come to Weijiu Village to take shelter from the wind and rain, they usually generously give them some gray garlic as a treat and help to them. If they have any troubles, they can also ask for help.

"After Xu Mu heard this, he thought twelve gray garlics were acceptable, so Fang Gu asked someone to bring twelve gray garlics.

Gray garlic looks similar to garlic, but it is completely black and looks a little special.

As for why it is called gray garlic instead of black garlic, Xu Mu didn't know. When he asked Fang Gu, Fang Gu just said it was the name passed down by their ancestors.

"To be honest, I didn't expect you to be so kind-hearted." After distributing the garlic, Xu Mu turned to Fang Gu and said.

But then again, he remembered that Fang Gu had also assisted military mages such as Zhang Xiaohou in the original novel, but the situation changed later.

"Do I look like a bad guy?" Fang Gu asked doubtfully. "That's not the case. You look like a good guy." Xu Mu shook his head and said.

Fang Gu was a little confused by Xu Mu's words. He thought to himself, I have been the village chief for so long and have always been willing to help others. Does that mean I look like a bad person?
Fang Gu accompanied Xu Mu and the others to the edge of the village before stopping.

"I'll give you a piece of advice. If the water in the well runs out one day, move the whole village to the ancient capital. You are a necromancer, and you have the ability. The inherited water will never be as important as the living."

Xu Mu patted Fang Gu's shoulder, and then, under Fang Gu's astonished gaze, climbed onto the back of the Flame-Desire Blood Falcon until the Blood Falcon disappeared into the sky.

"Well water..." Fang Gu's expression was extremely solemn.

This young man actually knows about Kunjing well water!
"Fang En, Fang He, go and check if there is any problem with the water in Kunjing Well!" Fang Gu said to the two young guards.

(I changed the plot a little bit. In the original novel, the disaster in Bocheng was caused by Kunshui from Yangyang Village. I changed it to use Dishengquan from Bocheng. I have set up a new plot.)

"Yes, village chief!" The two men heard it and immediately ran to the location of the Kunjing well water.

Soon the two men came running back.

"Village chief, the well water is less than last month." The guard reported back to Fang Gu.

“A little less again!”

……

"Does this gray garlic really work?" Yu Qiuyue held the gray garlic and looked at Xu Mu with a frown.

"It's useful against slave-level undead, but its effect is greatly reduced against more powerful general-level undead." Xu Mu explained.

The vision of the undead is generally poor, especially for those of lower levels, which have no vision at all.

But the undead have a special perception ability.

They can sense the breath of living creatures within a few hundred meters around them by inhaling and exhaling dead air.

To these undead, the scent emitted by living creatures is like an alluring aroma that they can easily smell even from a long distance.

This ability allows the undead to quickly lock onto a target and gather towards the source of the aura.

After eating gray garlic, the breath you exhale will become extremely unpleasant. This stench is enough to cover up human vitality and make the undead mistakenly think that you are one of their kind.

However, gray garlic is not effective against all undead. For slave-level undead, their IQ is not high enough, so as long as the anger exhaled by humans is covered up or slightly processed, it will be difficult for them to detect it.

The sense of smell and hearing of the War General-level undead are particularly sensitive, but their vision is relatively average. If you encounter a War General-level undead, you must not only find a way to solve the problem of breathing, but also stay quiet and not make any sound.

Some general-level undead and all commander-level and above undead corpses are able to see through the confusing effect of gray garlic, so when they meet a commander-level undead, they will just run away.

If you run fast, maybe you can survive.

(End of this chapter)