Chapter 31: Mass Burial, Steady First As the night passes, dawn is not far away. After a night of turmoil, Linyuan City finally settled down at dawn. Many bandits of the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect were captured or executed. In addition, two small flying-headed zombies that had lost the control of their corpse drivers were captured and detained together, waiting for the officials from the Evil Suppression Bureau to arrive and deal with them. Although a riot started by the corpse-driving people of the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect was put down, the people in the city suffered severely. In addition to some unlucky wealthy people who were robbed and killed, many innocent people also died at the hands of bandits that night, and some young children were also implicated and died early. After the swelling in Chu Ge's arms subsided, he heard a noise outside and immediately walked out of the house to check. Uncle Fu sighed, "Master, many people died last night, and some entire families died, with no one to bury them. I heard that Lord Tian from the county government is presiding over the burial despite his injuries. The government pays for the expenses and recruits people from the city to send the bodies to Shepan Mountain outside the city for burial. Lord Tian is a really good man. " Aunt Li in the kitchen said with tears in her eyes, "I went to the market to see what was happening. It was so tragic. Many children who were not even as tall as a winnowing basket had their bodies torn apart. Oh, it was so tragic. It made my heart ache."
"If Lord Tian hadn't led his men to fight back last night, I'm afraid more people would have died in the city now. Alas." The servant Hei Gouzi echoed, then glanced at Chu Ge and said with a gaping mouth, "We have to thank you, Master. If you hadn't asked us to hide, we would have been in danger." "Good things happen to good people, so we are all lucky." Chu Ge smiled and comforted everyone. As they talked, they couldn't help but look towards the house across the street not far away. Inside the house, there was a fat man crying heart-wrenchingly, but it was not because someone had died in his family, but because his house was robbed by bandits last night and he saved his life with money. When Chu Ge saw this, he couldn't help but feel sad. Fortunately, Linyuan City experienced two robberies and none of his money was stolen. On the contrary, the number increased significantly during several anti-robbery operations. chaos! This Linyuan City is still too chaotic. We have to prepare to leave for the provincial capital as soon as possible. Although we have heard that many towns in the Great Zhou have been looted by evil cults, we have not heard of any capital city being looted. Therefore, after going to the provincial capital, not only can you obtain more resources, but you will also at least have a relatively safe and stable environment for cultivation. Even if the sky falls, there are still tall people to hold it up. It is better than living in fear all day long in a small county town. After all, if the sky of Linyuan City collapsed, it would either fall on the heads of Tian Youji and Hu Xuezhi, or on the head of this tall man. Sometimes, one has no choice but to do what one wants. After returning to the house and having breakfast, Chu Ge went out alone to several observation points where the Clairvoyance kites were hung yesterday, and retrieved the Clairvoyance kites one by one. Along the way, you could occasionally see people using well water to wash away the blood splattered on the streets, and hear the cries of men and women in some bungalows. Dead people, too many dead people overnight. Families that can afford it will prepare the funeral and burial for their loved ones themselves. Those who were unable to do so carried the bodies on a thin wooden stretcher.
Or the body would be transported to the west city gate on a cart and handed over to a funeral team hired by the government, who would then transport it to Shepan Mountain outside the city for burial. Chu Ge stopped by the roadside from time to time, watching the carts or stretchers go away amid the cries and the fluttering white silk, and looking at the paper money that fell on the ground in the dirty water and blood. At this moment, I felt that Linyuan City, where I had lived for several years, suddenly became real and strange. Perhaps for many people whose families are broken up, this city has suddenly become unfamiliar. Ordinary people do not have the power to control their own destiny or protect their own lives, so they can only be controlled by the strong. In a world where force is supreme, when the rules of order are trampled upon and destroyed, everything seems so cold and bloody. "My strength is still weak, so I must not be complacent and must proceed with caution. If I had been so reckless as to expose my strength before, I might have been targeted by the Soul Chaser and come to my door. It is still unknown who will win or lose. " “In the future, we must always maintain a steady mentality, and do high-profile things as porters.” Chu Ge thought to himself, I examine myself three times a day. "Senior Brother Chu!" At this moment, a call came from the street next to me. Chu Ge turned around and saw that it was a junior fellow student from the martial arts school. Beside him were two yamen runners and Wang Xiuyun, the eldest daughter of the Wang family. "Chu Ge, you are here too. You look like you were not in any danger last night." Wang Xiuyun was wearing a green dress and was slender and graceful. She was a little surprised to see Chu Ge's tall and burly figure. Then she looked at the kite in his hand, a little stunned. What kind of person is this childhood friend of mine? He is so careless. So many people died in the riots that happened last night, and yet you still have the mood to fly kites? "This..." Chu Ge raised the kite in his hand, not knowing what to say. Wang Xiuyun smiled with her beautiful eyes and said first, "Master Tian invited me to go to the house in front. I heard that a mysterious master took action last night and helped to solve the powerful enemy. That expert is probably the senior who saved me last time. Chu Ge, you should go and take a look too!" "Yes, Brother Chu, let's go and take a look together." The fellow apprentice from the martial arts school nearby also took the opportunity to invite him, staring at Chu Ge's tall and strong figure with admiration in his eyes. The news that Chu Ge was already a martial artist at the Bone Training Realm had already spread. This kind of strength is considered top-notch in the entire Linyuan City, and he has been regarded as the eldest brother by many fellow disciples in the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts School. "No need, I have other things to do. Go ahead and say hello to Lord Tian for me and thank him for killing the bandits yesterday." Faced with the invitation, Chu Ge immediately declined with a smile. He had just been to that place last night, so what was there to see again? Do criminals like to stay at the crime scene and observe?
Although he is not a criminal, but punishes evil and encourages good, it still feels quite strange. Wang Xiuyun and others didn't say much when they saw this. Before leaving, the martial arts disciple reminded Hu Xuezhi that he was seriously injured and his hand was broken. "Oh? Master Hu's hand is broken?" Chu Ge stood there, looking at the backs of Wang Xiuyun and others as they left, feeling surprised. He took a quick glance last night and hadn't noticed that Hu Xuezhi's palm was broken. Hu Xuezhi's blood and energy were already declining, and now his palm was broken. He might be in danger of falling in realm within another two years. Chu Ge thought about it and decided to continue walking along the blue brick road in the city to collect a few more kites, and then changed route to the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts School. After a cup of tea. There was a strong smell of medicine in the house of Crouching Tiger Martial Arts School. Chu Ge looked at Hu Xuezhi's wrapped right palm and sighed, "Master, did you cut this yourself?" "Bullshit!" Hu Xuezhi rolled his eyes, leaned back on the chair, smiled bitterly with a pale face and shook his head, "I'm not that cruel. This was done by Old Tian. The flying head zombie is very powerful. If you don't cut off your palm quickly after getting bitten, the corpse poison will enter your body and what you lose will not be your palm." As he spoke, he actually took out a pipe, lit the tobacco, and started puffing out smoke. Chu Ge was surprised, "What about that Lord Lin?" Hu Xuezhi kicked off his shoes and squatted on the chair. He hissed and frowned, "I'm almost dying. Unless the officials from the Evil Suppression Division come quickly and bring good medicine, it will be difficult." "Is the corpse poison so powerful?" Chu Ge was also surprised and frightened when he heard this. Fortunately, he didn't get too entangled with the flying zombie yesterday, nor did he hesitate to use alcohol poison. Otherwise, if you are bitten, the only way to die with dignity is to bury yourself and sacrifice yourself to the dragon. He chatted with Hu Xuezhi for a while, his words were full of concern and compliments, and he thanked Hu Xuezhi for his hard work in killing the enemy last night. Hu Xuezhi paused, looked solemn, and asked Chu Ge whether he had ever seen the mysterious demon warrior in the city. "Demon warrior? What is that? The snake-skinned monster with a snake head and a human body that the storyteller talked about?" Chu Ge didn't even blink, his eyes were blank, and he began his usual movie star-level performance, pretending to be completely ignorant. What demon warriors, what porters, they are all powerful guys and have nothing to do with him, an ordinary rich young man. "Demon warriors are very powerful, but most of the people in this group have had their personalities twisted after being stained with the blood of monsters and demons. They are very evil, and few of them are as firm in justice as the senior who took action last night." Hu Xuezhi exhaled smoke and sighed, "Well, if I have to thank someone, I should thank that senior. Otherwise, Lao Tian and I would be in trouble this time. If you see that senior in the future, please kowtow to him on my behalf."
... (End of this chapter)
