Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 83 Return to South City

Li Wushou was taken aback at first, then his expression turned gloomy.

He didn't recognize the child at first glance, because he wasn't always this thin.

The boy's name is Li Hu, and he is the son of Li Erniu, the team leader who moves corpses.

Not long ago, this child was just like his father, a robust young man with a sturdy build, and at that time, Li Erniu's family did not have any spirit officials.

"Little Tiger, get up and speak. What happened?"

As they spoke, Li Wushou helped Li Hu up. Li Hu wiped the tears from his face and sobbed, "..."

“Uncle Wushou, my father was implanted with a spiritual eye by the Blood Buddha Temple because of the Ren family compound incident some time ago.”

"These past few days, when we were moving the body, it was haunted again. The person was attacked by the yin energy and is now on the verge of death."

"But the monks of Blood Buddha Temple still refuse to remove the eyes. They clearly want to drain my father's life essence. My father told me not to come to you, so I ran away. Please, Uncle, save my life!"

Li Hu was always intelligent, and although he spoke hastily, his words were very clear.

Li Wushou patted Li Hu on the shoulder and asked softly:
"After I left, the body-moving team was all implanted with eyes?"

Li Hu shook his head. "No, my dad said he was the captain, so he should take responsibility. That's why he was the only one in the corpse-moving team whose eyes were implanted. But the monks from Blood Buddha Temple still wouldn't give up, saying it wasn't enough, so my mother and I were also implanted with spiritual eyes."

At this point, besides his own eyes being somewhat red and swollen, Li Hu's other two spiritual eyes were darting around strangely.

Li Wushou stared calmly at the two spiritual eyes, which had been wandering around aimlessly. Suddenly, they sensed something was wrong.

Suddenly, a pure blood energy emanated from the hand that was pressing on Li Hu's shoulder.

Li Hu felt a sudden heat throughout his body, and then his face became itchy. The parasitic spirit eye jumped out of his face as if fleeing for its life.

This blood energy was a great tonic for Li Hu, but it was too scorching for the parasitic spiritual eyes. They felt as if they would be burned if they stayed any longer.

Driven by instinct, I fled as fast as I could!

But before it even hit the ground, it was grabbed and crushed by Li Wushou. He opened the Laogong point in his palm, and it turned into a wisp of blood energy, which was then absorbed into his body.

"Hiss~ Uncle, this spiritual eye!"

Li Hu was amazed by Li Wushou's methods. He was initially delighted, but then became somewhat worried. This was a spiritual eye planted by the Blood Buddha Temple. Was it really alright?
Looking at Li Hu, whose complexion had regained some color, Li Wushou comforted him:

"It's alright! Come back to the South City with me!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the door with Li Hu. Feng Sishui, who had been waiting to the side, felt a chill and hesitated.

Will the High Priest have some kind of conflict with the Blood Buddha Temple?

Seeing that Li Wushou had no intention of appointing the junior priests, Feng Sishui hurriedly went to tell Lin You about the matter.

Feng Sishui had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen!
Just then, in the backyard of the Blood Buddha Temple outpost
Huang Dabing and several other corpse movers would occasionally place emaciated corpses into a huge crematorium.

The crematorium has no open flame, but is engraved with blood-red talismans. Once a corpse is placed inside, the talismans will flash and burst out with intense energy to burn the corpse to ashes.

The burning corpse emitted thick smoke, but it was contained by the four array flags fluttering in the four corners of the backyard, hovering in mid-air and unable to dissipate.

Around the backyard were several meditation halls, inside which sat monks, some without eyes, some without tongues.
These monks were new disciples recruited by the Blood Buddha Temple in the southern part of the city; they were originally from the southern city themselves. They inhaled the smoke from the burning corpses, which aggravated their mutilated features.

The incense, made from cremated corpses and refined by the talismans in the cremation furnace, contains the essence of blood, making it perfect for the cultivation of new disciples entering the Blood Buddha Temple.

Just then, a two-eyed monk who had clearly entered the monastic order suddenly opened and closed the two ordination scars on his head, and his two blood-red pupils began to dart around wildly.

The two monks beside him, who had not yet entered the monastic order, noticed something amiss and hurriedly asked ingratiatingly:
"Brother, what's wrong?"

The two-eyed monk did not reply to the person, but instead murmured to himself in a somewhat sinister tone.

"How dare you! Not only do you dare to run out of the South City, but you also dare to gouge out my eyes? Let me see who's tired of living!"

Earlier, he sensed that his two planted spiritual eyes had left the southern city, but the Two-Eyed Monk didn't pay much attention to it. After all, thanks to previous punishments, fewer and fewer people were leaving and not returning.

He thought it was just a routine outing, but just now, the aura of his two spiritual eyes dissipated!

He reached into his robes and took out a Buddhist scripture.

The title page of this Buddhist scripture is blood red, engraved with runes, but inside it is not some kind of cultivation method or doctrine, but rather a series of personal names written in blood.

The two monks behind him looked on with some envy, jokingly referring to the Buddhist scripture as the "Book of Life and Death."

Every monk who enters the monastic community will have his own Buddhist scripture, and all those who have been implanted with his own flesh and blood spirit will be recorded in the book.

These names, written in blood, contain the very essence of the person's flesh and blood. Even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they cannot escape the Blood Buddha Temple's pursuit!
It can be said that once one enters the Buddhist canon, life and death are in the control of the Blood Buddha Temple. Therefore, it is called the "Book of Life and Death" by the monks of the Blood Buddha Temple!
And this senior brother who has entered the sect, judging from the thickness of this Buddhist scripture, is probably not far from the fourth eye level, right?

How enviable!

The two-eyed monk ignored the two, focusing intently on channeling his blood energy into the runes on the cover page, examining them carefully.

The intensity of the name's color reflects the current state of the spirit host; the brighter the color, the more abundant the blood and energy, while a duller color indicates a decline in vitality.

If a name falls out of the Buddhist scriptures, it means that life has ended! At this time, the corpse-moving team should come out to take the body back for cremation and squeeze out the last bit of value.

As for those that deviate from the path? A crack will appear between their name and the page of the Buddhist scripture.

The two-eyed monk turned the pages one by one, when suddenly a somewhat dim name appeared in his eyes—"Li Hu!" The son of Li Erniu, the corpse-moving team leader!

A crack suddenly appeared under his name, and the color of his name seemed to be a bit redder than before.
"Hey! Who do we have here! You've got some nerve!"

Just then, Li Erniu's eyes were almost ready. He had originally planned to wait a few more days, but now he didn't have to wait any longer.

Thinking this, the two-eyed monk closed the Buddhist scripture, put it back in his robes, then suddenly stood up and said to the two monks behind him, "Come with me to Li Erniu's house, the corpse-moving team! I want to see who gave them the guts!"

The two monks immediately stood up excitedly and echoed, "Yes, senior brother!"

The two were about to enter the sect and naturally longed for the power of the Blood Buddha Temple's Buddhism. How could they not be delighted to be able to see it in advance?
"By the way, senior brother, what about Li Erniu's runaway son, Li Hu?"

"Run away? Ha!"

The two-eyed monk sneered, then stormed out the door!

(End of this chapter)