Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 99 The Town of Sorrow
The Four-Eyed Taoist had incredible stamina; he could walk from dusk till dawn with just a short rest and a sip of water. Fortunately, Li Xuan had the special blessing of "Resilient Life," which allowed him to recover his strength as it slowly depleted.

They had been away from Renjia Town for seven days.

The Four Eyes did not only transport corpses on foot; under suitable conditions, they would also hire an oxcart to travel a certain distance.

The main reason for walking was that few vehicles were willing to transport corpses, and the uneven and bumpy road surface could easily damage the corpses. Therefore, if a relatively smooth official road was found and a vehicle was willing to transport the body, a lot of time could be saved.

They were lucky enough to come across two oxcarts, which allowed them to split the body into two carts for transport.

It was noon. The Four-Eyed Taoist and Li Xuan sat behind the oxcart, sharing a large umbrella to shield themselves from the sun. The eight corpses were also covered with a thin cloth.

Li Xuan thought of the zombie movies in old Hong Kong films, where characters were either chasing zombies or on their way to chase zombies.

He asked curiously, "These dead people come from all over the country. You have to travel all over the place to make a trip like this. Can you really make money this way?"

The Four-Eyed Taoist has always been somewhat carefree in his attitude.

He took out an apple that Lin Jiu from the mortuary didn't want, took a bite, and looked at the wasteland in the distance, saying, "Although we are cultivators, we have not yet reached the great achievement of abstaining from grains and consuming qi. In the end, we still need to eat, drink, and relieve ourselves. The same is true for our fellow disciples on Maoshan. In order to save expenses, many of us have gone down the mountain on our own to find a way out."

For example, Senior Brother Lin Jiu opened a mortuary, consulted feng shui masters, and performed exorcisms.

I enjoy traveling around, so I specialize in transporting corpses, slowly leading those who died far from home and couldn't afford to hire a car to return quickly back to their hometowns...

The fee for driving away a corpse was around ten silver dollars, but usually it was only five, or sometimes none at all...

"It doesn't matter, as long as Jiale and I don't starve, that's fine. We don't live in a big house anyway, a wooden hut is enough. After all, that dead monk next door lives a simple life and he didn't starve."

The Four-Eyed Taoist spoke in a calm tone, yet it conveyed a subtle, indescribable emotion.

Li Xuan said, "There are more and more mechanical vehicles now, and we may not need corpse drivers anymore in the future. What will you do then?"

Four-Eyed Taoist smiled and said, "The fact that we don't need corpse drivers means that these unfortunate souls who died far from home can all return home safely. How many corpses can each of us Taoists drive? It's more practical to do some business selling paper money for weddings and funerals. Hehe, you don't know that my senior brother Lin Jiu is the big boss of the Underworld Bank, do you? I can just get my supplies from him."

The oxcart entered a county.

Although it's called a county, the only difference between it and the outside world is that it has an extra wall, and the houses have changed from thatched huts to rubble houses.

The place was in a mess, with very few people. The people walking on the street looked listless, and there were even women in tattered clothes holding children and leaning against the wall.

Li Xuan, a modern man, had never witnessed such a scene before. His heart sank, and he asked, "What happened here?"

The old man driving the oxcart continued, "This place was originally occupied by a warlord. Half a month ago, another warlord came to attack the county, causing chaos. The original warlord couldn't win, so he looted the place and left. The new warlord looted it again and left. A few days ago, a group of bandits came to rob it, but they didn't get anything, so they killed people to vent their anger... Sigh, what a world..."

Late Qing Dynasty and early Republican era...

That's how it is.

Li Xuan's mind was filled with images of the important figures who ended the chaos of the Republic of China era.

Ultimately, it takes immense willpower and the unity of countless people to quell the chaos and subsequent large-scale wars...

The Taoist priest with four eyes opened his yellow cloth bag, jumped off the carriage, stuffed two cakes into the woman's hands, said no words of encouragement, and then turned and jumped back onto the carriage.

The county was small, but the endless rows of emaciated people made it seem vast. The Four-Eyed Taoist kept handing out dried biscuits from his bag, eventually only managing to extract a few crumbs. Occasionally, he would secretly slip small copper coins to those in dire need. Silver dollars were forbidden; a single silver dollar could buy 25 jin of rice, and it would easily be looted, bringing these people to their deaths.

In this era, for the poor, money is not something they can keep; food is the most important thing.

Li Xuan also distributed some food he had bought in Renjia Town. When he was about to leave the county, he thought for a moment and instructed the driver to drive around the county town.

The Four-Eyed Taoist asked in confusion, "What are you going to do?"

Li Xuan raised the purplish-red gourd at his waist, activated it with his sword finger, and the spiritual energy stored inside was transformed into healing spiritual energy, which then drifted out from the opening and landed on those who were sick or injured.

The Four-Eyed Daoist was shocked to see the life returning to the faces of these people, which had been deathly pale. He stared at Li Xuan in astonishment, and after a long pause, he finally said, "Fellow Daoist, you are a true fellow Daoist! I thought... which sect are you from? This gourd must be a precious high-grade magic artifact. This is the first time I've ever seen a magic artifact that can heal others from a distance. Even in our Maoshan main hall, it would be a treasure of the hall..."

Li Xuan exhausted all his spiritual energy, and seeing that these people had regained some vitality, his mood improved considerably.

He laughed and said, "I didn't follow any secular sects. Once, when I was being chased by a vengeful ghost, I broke into a temple to worship..."

Before he could finish speaking, a emaciated man carrying a shriveled child rushed up to Li Xuan, shouting, "Please, save my child... He's very sick. I have no family left, only him... only him..."

The Four-Eyed Taoist had just witnessed Li Xuan's gourd unable to pour out any more miraculous healing spiritual energy, and knew that it had been exhausted.

He looked at the man and said, "Although we are Taoist priests, we are not professional doctors. Without medicine, we are truly powerless to help..."

The child in the man's arms was so thin that you couldn't tell its age; it looked like a monkey.

He clung tightly to Li Xuan's clothes by the side of the oxcart. This young man had just saved many people with his gourd, and if he just poured the gourd over again, he could save the child.

Li Xuan said, "The spiritual energy in the gourd has run out, I'm sorry..."

The Four-Eyed Taoist lowered his voice and said, "This child has been starving for a long time and is emaciated. His internal organs have suffered irreversible damage. Even a bowl of porridge would be too much for him... sigh."

Why is my pocket empty every time I go back home?

Because there are so many people like that on the road, he and Jiale couldn't afford a house, so they could only fence off a spot in the wild, build a fenced yard, and manually construct a wooden cabin...

The child was skinny and looked like a living skeleton.

He lay there, even speaking was a luxury; his small body was curled up, and his tiny tongue unconsciously moistened his chapped lips.

Li Xuan sat in the car, lost in thought.

The Four-Eyed Taoist thought he was in a dilemma, so he reached out and patted his shoulder, lowering his voice and carefully saying, "We have done our best and have a clear conscience. Perhaps... perhaps... this is the child's tribulation, no, his good fortune. Leaving this world as soon as possible is the true liberation."

These words are cruel, but can kind words save people?
Li Xuan pulled a small bowl and a dagger from his pocket. With a flash of cold light, he sliced ​​across his wrist, dripping blood into the bowl. He then brought the dagger close to the child's lips and slowly fed it to him.

The Four-Eyed Taoist was stunned.

The man was also startled.

(End of this chapter)