My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

After dealing with all the corpses, Hao Xie buried talismans all around the Taoist temple. These talismans can calm the mind and at least those who stay here in the future will no longer have to feel uneasy because of the resentment and hatred left on this land.

When they finished all this, Zhang Hao happened to wake up. He came over to see how well they had done, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Shall we go now?" Zhang Hao suggested.

"Let's go, there are more tasks waiting for us at the inn. Take a good rest on the way back." Hao Xie said, and specially hired a driver to drive to avoid being tired on the road. When he saw the driver, he also specifically told Zhang Hao that this part of the fee would be deducted from the inn's funds.

Zhang Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry when hearing this: "You make me seem so stingy. Just hire a driver if you want!"

The hired driver seemed to know a thing or two about this business and was not shy about it. Instead, he asked them curiously, "Master, is the world really going to end?"

After hearing this, Zhang Hao opened his eyes somewhat unhappily. He looked at the man's expression through the rearview mirror. He didn't seem to be a bad person, but the question was really unpleasant.

"Driver, what's your name?" Zhang Hao asked.

"My last name is Liu," the driver replied.

"Brother Liu doesn't seem to be shy about these things?" Zhang Hao asked tentatively.

“I may not have made it clear before. Mr. Hao Xie thought I was an insider, but actually I’m not,” Brother Liu explained.

Hearing this, Hao Xie couldn't help but sit up: "What? You clearly said you knew all this!"

"When I say understanding, I don't mean what you are doing, but life and death. Before I took this job, I had just resigned from the funeral home. I should be the person who has seen the most life and death among normal people..." Brother Liu said lightly.

People who can do this job must be born with strong Yang energy. If not, they can't suppress the Yin energy in the funeral home, and their bodies will have problems. Looking at Brother Liu, it seems that he didn't resign due to illness. And Zhang Hao can also feel that he has a lot of Yang energy.

"Why does Brother Liu want to resign?" Zhang Hao asked curiously.

"There's no particular reason... I just suddenly felt that looking at those corpses every day was quite boring. The son of a friend of mine was a Taoist student, and something happened to him a while ago. I heard that the school paid them a lot of money and asked them not to make it public so as not to cause social panic. I happened to be there that day, so I heard a lot. Many students died... From that day on, I realized that there really are forces in this world that I have not touched, but cannot resist. If we are all going to be finished sooner or later, I might as well quit that damn job and go see everything I want to see." Brother Liu said with emotion.

He is just an ordinary person with a relatively open mind. Zhang Hao did not continue to ask questions, and closed his eyes to rest. However, Hao Xie was interested and started chatting with Brother Liu.

"Brother Liu, how old are you this year?" Hao Xie asked.

"I am 41 years old this year." Brother Liu replied.

“Then it’s not appropriate for me to call you uncle, so I’d better call you brother.” Hao Xie said with a smile.

Brother Liu also nodded with a smile: "All right, all right."

"Where did your friend's son learn Taoism?" Hao Xie continued to ask.

"It seems to be in some college in the south. The school is located in Chaohua Valley. I only know it is such a big place. It seems to be a developed tourist attraction." After Hao Xie finished speaking, he fell silent.

Zhang Hao noticed Hao Xie's silence, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Our next destination is Chaohua Valley." Hao Xie's words made the car quiet instantly.

Huo Xiuxiu was chatting with someone on her phone. Zhang Hao opened his eyes and was no longer sleepy. Hao Xie also turned on his tablet and started to confirm the next trip. Brother Liu was driving in front and was silent for a long time. Finally, he mustered up the courage to talk.

"If you want to go to Chaohua Valley, can you let me go with you?" There was a hint of pleading in Brother Liu's voice.

"It might be very dangerous over there. If someone like you who doesn't have any special abilities goes there, you will only become a burden to us." Zhang Hao said bluntly.

"I know, I'm sorry, I was forcing you... I just wanted to go and see if I could find my nephew's body... My brother and sister-in-law cried for a long time at home, wanting the school to send their child's body back, but the school seemed to have some unspeakable secrets and refused to agree." Brother Liu's voice was a little choked.

"Okay, since you want to go, then follow us. But you have to follow us closely, don't run around, and don't tell outsiders what you see there." Zhang Hao finally softened his heart.

"Don't worry, I swear!" A trace of determination flashed across Brother Liu's face. It was a sincere oath without any falsehood.

Zhang Hao didn't like to embarrass others, and now he was exhausted and had no extra energy to argue. The human body can only endure a limited amount of fatigue. If this continued, Zhang Hao felt that he might really have to report to the underworld early.

After returning to the inn, Zhang Hao reached into his pocket and touched something. His expression changed slightly, and then he went upstairs calmly and came to Han Shan's room.

Han Shan seemed to have just returned from a distance, with blood and corpse smell on his body. He was about to take off his clothes to take a shower, and his upper body was already naked. When he saw Zhang Hao coming in, he was stunned at first, then hurriedly picked up his clothes and put them on.

Zhang Hao couldn't help laughing when he saw Han Shan's miserable appearance.

"Why are you, a grown man, so shy?" Zhang Hao teased.

"Ahem...why did you come back so late this time?" Han Shan asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"Hao Xie encountered some troubles on the road and was harassed by someone with ulterior motives. He didn't want to say it, I will investigate it carefully later. What about you? Are you done with your work?" Zhang Hao asked.

"Well, I've just finished my work too. Thank you for your hard work." Han San said gratefully.

"I'm here to give you something." Zhang Hao said, placing the stone in front of Han Shan. "Although the truth has come out now, this stone was used by the Demon Lord to absorb luck so that he could hide from the underworld and the gods in heaven. But I still think I should give it to you."

After all, Han Shan was the first victim of this series of events. He had always been hiding anger in his heart. Although he did not show it, that anger must have been devouring his sanity at all times.

Giving this stone to Han Shan now can be regarded as a kind of sustenance. Hating this stone is better than hating yourself. Han Shan took the stone and held it tightly in his hand. From the blue veins on the back of his hand and the slightly trembling arm, it can be seen that he seemed to want to crush the stone.

This stone is just a stone after all. Even if it is cursed, it is still a fragile stone. If Hansan uses more force, the stone will definitely break into powder.

Zhang Hao did not stop him, but just looked at the umbrella quietly. The umbrella was like a balloon that was getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed that it would explode at any time.

However, surprisingly, he eventually calmed down.

Hansan opened his hand and there was a crack on the stone. With a little more force, the stone would instantly turn into powder.

"Why do you have to endure it?" Zhang Hao asked curiously, "I brought this thing to you so that you can vent your anger."

"I know you want me to vent my anger...but in my opinion, everything is not over yet. If I can't help it now, it might ruin your plans in the future. I can still endure it." There was a firmness in Han San's voice.

"You need to find a way to vent. Holding it in for too long won't be good for you." Zhang Hao advised.

"What about you? Don't you need to vent?!" Han Shan suddenly raised his voice and took two steps forward. Zhang Hao was actually forced to take a step back by the powerful aura emanating from him.

"You are just an ordinary person. So many things are weighing on your shoulders. Have you never thought about escaping?" There was a hint of questioning in Han San's voice.

Zhang Hao was silent for a long time, and finally admitted it unexpectedly. "I thought about it. I always wanted to escape from all this, and even blamed God in my heart, why did this happen to me... But is complaining useful? It is impossible to reach the sky in one step. If you want to do something, you have to start from the present. Whether I go to heaven to scold those old corrupts, or go to hell to beat up the Lord of Hell, I have to move forward first, right? To move forward, I have to remove obstacles."

"That's not the case..." Han San shook his head and suddenly laughed. "You lied in the end, saying you wanted to remove obstacles, but in fact you just couldn't bear to see sentient beings suffer. In my opinion, you are qualified to be a god."

When they reached the bathroom door, Han Shan looked back at Zhang Hao who was still in a daze and said teasingly, "Why, do you want to take a shower with me?"

"Go to hell, kid!" Zhang Hao turned and left. He looked angry, but he closed the door very gently.

Are you qualified to be a god?
No, Zhang Hao didn't want this "qualification". Becoming a god meant taking on many responsibilities that he didn't want. He didn't think this was a good thing, so he decided to keep the status quo, step by step, and maintain the status quo.

Judging from the fact that the Demon Lord placed stones all over the world so early, he seemed to be ready to kill people. Why did the Demon Lord do this instead of thinking about escaping with the Lord of Hell?

Zhang Hao had a guess in his mind, maybe someone leaked some information in advance...

This time when I came to the underworld, it looked the same as before. After experiencing that great disaster, it was still running in an orderly manner. Yes, it had to move forward step by step, because it had no reason to stop.

People die every minute and every second in the world. If this place can't hold on, the world would have been in chaos long ago.

The entire underworld gave Zhang Hao a feeling that it was putting up a stubborn resistance, but even so, he couldn't reveal it.

Yan Jun has changed his previous frivolous attitude, and now seems to wear official uniform every day, sitting in front of the desk that he used to find particularly dull, handling various matters in silence, looking completely different from before.

Zhang Hao walked over, but before he got to him, Yan Jun raised his head. "Are you still able to handle the things on the ground? If not, I'll send a few people to help you."

Before the incident, all kinds of tasks were piled on Zhang Hao, but now he is so considerate. Zhang Hao was not used to his gentleness, scratched his head awkwardly and said: "You should talk to me like before, I am not used to it."

Yan Jun lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, saying, "I don't think I am qualified to talk to you like before."

In Yan Jun's opinion, everything is irreversible.

Zhang Hao let out a long sigh, walked to the desk, sat down, slapped the table and said, "I say, enough is enough, why are you pretending to be depressed? Although you have deceived me so many times before, you have never thought of hurting me. I am a soft-hearted person, I won't mind if you call me handsome."

When Yan Jun heard this, the brush in his hand was about to break. He understood that Zhang Hao was telling him in this way not to take those words seriously.

"...I am a guilty person and I don't deserve to be forgiven now. I just want to deal with this mess quickly in my limited life, and then sleep peacefully... and never care about those things again."

"I came here this time to ask you a question. Have you ever disclosed any information to the Demon Lord before? Any information is fine."

"No, I can feel that he is hiding somewhere in this world, but I can't find him no matter what. And he doesn't seem to want to meet me again before the matter is accomplished... He has prepared for the worst from the beginning. The so-called resurrection... is just to revive the obsession in his heart."

It seems that Lord Yan now understands who is right and who is wrong in those matters.

Zhang Hao looked around and expressed his worries. "I feel that the netherworld's netherworld power is much less now. Can you suppress those ghost messengers like this? Can you support the cycle of life and death?"

"I have to hold it up even if I can't. I have to hold it up even if it means sacrificing my life... All of this is my fault."

It seems that Yan Jun also has some obsessions in his heart. Once an obsession is formed, nothing can resolve it. Zhang Hao wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to say it.

"If you ever can't hold on any longer, go find those sanctimonious gods, or come to me. I don't know how to help you, but if you ask me to do anything, I will help you as long as it does not violate my principles."

"Why? I've lied to you so many times before..."

In fact, if you count carefully, Yan Jun was only a human for a few years, and it was during those years that he encountered a knot that he could never untie in his lifetime. He couldn't really understand the human mind. How could such a cowardly and timid creature, under certain circumstances, inspire endless potential?

"There are not so many whys in this world. Not every question has an answer... but if you really want to know, I will tell you, just because we are friends." These words echoed in Yan Jun's heart.

He seemed to suddenly understand why humans, seemingly weak creatures, could sometimes display such powerful strength. Perhaps it was because their hearts were tougher than anything else...

Walking on the streets of the underworld, everything seemed normal, but Zhang Hao felt an inexplicable strangeness. (End of this chapter)