Folklore simulation, starting with the mortician

"Don't run! Don't run! That kid, how come he's running so fast after lighting the stove?!"

Mr. Lin hurried after him, calling out anxiously, and finally managed to catch up with Li Feng.

Li Feng turned to look at Mr. Lin, who was covered in sweat, and found it strange. Just a moment ago he was telling people to leave, so why is he now rushing to chase after them?

He was only thinking about getting back to the temple as soon as possible, so he could at least sew up all the corpses and save up some money. Who could have predicted when those people from the Ascension Sect would come knocking on his door again?

"Hello sir, you're asking me to..."

Before Li Feng could finish speaking, Mr. Lin interrupted him, "You took my ingots?!"

This question caught Li Feng off guard. "Not at all, Mr. Lin. You've helped me a great deal; you've saved my life. How could I possibly take your things?!"

"You really didn't take it?!"

Mr. Lin couldn't help but ask.

"I really didn't take it. I saw it right in front of you; I couldn't have taken it even if I wanted to!"

Li Feng hurriedly explained that he didn't know what the burning ingot was for, but seeing that it could control little ghosts, he knew it was valuable. He wasn't the kind of person who would do something so irresponsible.

"Alright, alright, wait for me up ahead, I'll go back to the temple with you."

Mr. Lin gave a greeting and then walked back, leaving Li Feng stunned.

Hearing this, Li Feng was no longer in a hurry. He waited by the roadside. After all, it was different to be able to invite such a capable master chef. At least he would have someone to help him, so that he wouldn't be unable to survive in this chaotic world.

Strangely enough, ever since he lit the furnace, Li Feng's fatigue and lethargy vanished, and he felt incredibly energetic. He had no idea what the furnace was.

Just as he was thinking, Li Feng felt some hard objects suddenly appear in his pocket. He took out a few pieces and examined them closely. His face immediately stiffened. They were not the ingots that Mr. Lin had fed to the clay figure.

Before Li Feng could even think about it, words appeared before his eyes.

[The Heaven and Earth Treasure, belonging to the Heaven and Earth Money House, uses the name of Heaven and Earth to bestow wealth through virtue. As wealth comes in, debts are settled. Five coins are earned as unseen merit, ten merits are paid off, and one hundred merits are still owed.]

"Goodness, this is..."

Li Feng was somewhat stunned. He never expected that he would become a debt collector in his past life, and he never expected that there really was such a thing as the Heavenly Bank, which treated everyone in the world as debtors.

This debt of a hundred merits must be the debt of that Mr. Lin.

After thinking it over, Li Feng felt much more at ease, and his previous embarrassment and difficulty lessened.

The debt that God made me collect is a perfectly legitimate right, what does it have to do with me?!

Feeling a little more at ease, he watched as Mr. Lin, carrying a package, limped towards Li Feng.

"This is?"

Li Feng found it strange. In just two hours, this Mr. Lin, who seemed like an honest man, looked like he had been in a fierce battle.

"Don't mention it, don't mention it. From now on, I'll go with you. What the hell are you doing as a temple keeper? I'd rather quit. Let's go, let's go..."

Having said that, Mr. Lin didn't want to say any more and told Li Feng to hurry up and walk ahead.

Li Feng nodded in agreement and didn't ask any more questions. He only heard Mr. Lin trying to subtly inquire about his background along the way, but he didn't find out anything, so he gave up.

"Mr. Lin, I'm so grateful that you went out of your way to help me... How can I possibly thank you enough..."

Mr. Lin didn't bring it up, but Li Feng didn't dare not ask. After all, Mr. Lin had given up his livelihood to help him, so he had to give him some explanation.

Besides, I had already taken someone else's ingots; it would be somewhat impolite not to mention it.

To everyone's surprise, Mr. Lin waved his hand dismissively, saying, "No need, no need. I'm just helping myself. It has nothing to do with you. Getting rid of that business will save me some peace and quiet. From now on, just consider me your henchman!"

Seeing that Mr. Lin was unwilling to speak anymore, Li Feng didn't say anything more. Of course, he understood that while he could say that, he couldn't actually do it that way. How could he treat the master chef he had hired as a waiter?

Upon arriving at the temple, Li Feng was still preoccupied with cleaning up the filth on the stone tablet in front of it when Mr. Lin stepped forward, made a hand gesture, and took a few steps before borrowing an incense stick from Li Feng. He lit the incense and placed it in front of the stone tablet, thus ending the matter.

"That's it?"

Li Feng was somewhat surprised.

"What, do I really need to go through all that trouble?!"

Mr. Lin shrugged and patted Li Feng on the shoulder. "Kid, you haven't seen enough of the world. What's the big deal? You'll eat whatever you're given. But you can't spoil him. If you spoil him, do you think he'll protect you?"

Li Feng was greatly surprised upon hearing this. He hurriedly muttered a few words to himself before daring to follow Mr. Lin into the temple.

Looking at the corpses lying scattered here, Li Feng was even more confused. Fortunately, the evil energy of these corpses had been removed, but now that they were half-lying down, dealing with them was somewhat tricky.

"Kid, you should rest. These corpses are already possessed by evil spirits. Whether you sew them up or not won't make much difference. Leave it to me. I'm good at this."

Upon hearing Mr. Lin's words, Li Feng hurriedly tried to wave his hand to refuse, but Mr. Lin took the initiative and made his move first. His skillful and ruthless methods left Li Feng dumbfounded. In just a short while, he had finished cleaning up. All the corpses in the courtyard had turned into black water. Then, he saw that Mr. Lin was holding a few burning ingots in his hand.

Li Feng finally came to his senses; this was accumulating good karma for himself.

However, Li Feng found Mr. Lin's technique quite strange, as he couldn't figure out how the ingots were made.

They didn't care at the moment, just watched as Mr. Lin finished getting ready, clutched his stomach, and said he was looking for a toilet.

Li Feng pointed out a direction, and they arrived at the main hall. He burned three incense sticks for the local earth god, thanked him for his help, and then stopped.

When Mr. Lin returned, Li Feng saw that Mr. Lin had tidied up a room and was about to settle down. Li Feng wanted to say something, but seeing that Mr. Lin had already lain down, he could only give up.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Mr. Lin beckon Li Feng to sit down and carefully speak to him, "Kid, do you know what kind of people you've messed with?"

Li Feng shook his head; he couldn't possibly reveal what he saw in the simulator.

"That's true. This is not something ordinary people can know. There's no need to tell you now. You just need to know that these people are all crazy freaks who all dream of becoming immortals. They set up some kind of Immortal Ascension Cult, which led to what happened to your master."

"But I don't understand the specifics of this either. Why they're targeting you? But I just went around in circles, and they might want to use your life to exchange for something..."

"I've done the math, but I don't know if you dare take on this job and wipe them out completely!"