Chapter 214
Chapter 214
Everyone stared blankly at the coffin that had come flying past. Then they quickly came to their senses and turned to look behind them.
Liu Ye had just finished slapping the boy when he saw everyone staring at him.
“Wait, why are you all looking at me? I didn’t do anything! Don’t make baseless accusations. I’ll have you know that’s slander!”
“Master Liu, you’re the only person who knows the Skyborne Coffin-Driving Style!”
“What’s that supposed to be? I’ve never even heard of it! Big Brother?”
The Driver covered his face and looked away.
I don’t know anything!
“I really didn’t do it. The brothers carrying the coffin can tes… tify…”
Liu Ye turned around and saw that all the coffin bearers had been knocked flat. The coffin had flown so fast that the carrying pole had swept their legs out from under them.
“Great. Now I’ve got no witnesses.”
Liu Ye looked utterly despondent. But he soon collected himself. He had one particularly admirable trait: when something happened, one must not panic. One had to solve the problem. Panic accomplished nothing.
He hurried to the front and asked, “The coffin didn’t hit anyone, did it?”
The crowd said nothing.
It had not hit any people, perhaps. As for anything else… that was another matter.
One look at their faces told Liu Ye something had gone wrong. He hurried over and pulled the coffin out of the ground.
The lid had flown off when the coffin went soaring, and even the corpse had fallen out.
Liu Ye was not particularly squeamish about such things. But when he saw two corpses on the ground, he could not help sighing. So this had been a shared coffin for husband and wife. They must have loved each other deeply while they were alive.
He immediately picked up both corpses, stuffed them into the coffin, and replaced the lid.
“There. Everything’s fine. It didn’t hit anyone!”
The crowd remained silent.
Brother, how do you tell such a barefaced lie without even blushing or losing your breath? And is this the legendary act of killing a Fiend to silence the witness? Could you be any more blatant about it?
At that moment, the old woman slowly regained consciousness.
The first thing she saw when she woke was an old man staring straight at her.
The old woman fell silent.
Wait, what was going on? She had been in the middle of eating when an old man suddenly dropped out of the sky. Had she encountered a gang of Fiend traffickers?
The old woman pounded frantically on the coffin, but a layer of white light suddenly appeared across its surface and held it firmly shut.
Despair instantly seized her. It was over. She had guarded her chastity for more than a century, but it seemed she would finally lose it today.
Outside, Liu Ye let out a sigh of relief after finishing his work.
“A small problem. Nothing but a small problem.”
No one spoke.
Whatever you say. Still, they had now realized that Liu Ye truly was extraordinary. Anyone else would have found it impossible to seal away a Fiend so easily.
Second Uncle immediately changed Liu Ye’s position in the procession and placed him directly behind himself for protection.
“Master Liu, we’re counting on you.”
“Don’t worry. I’ve got this.”
Seeing that Second Uncle did not intend to hold the flying coffin against him, Liu Ye needed no further persuasion. He agreed at once.
The procession raised the coffins and continued on its way.
Although Liu Ye had dealt with the Fiend before them, no one felt any better.
They had noticed that many members of the procession were no longer behaving normally.
Second Uncle glanced at his son. Zhao Jie stared back without expression, not a trace of life in his eyes.
“Useless thing.”
Anger flashed in Second Uncle’s eyes. Then he turned away and continued forward.
The procession moved on. Before long, Liu Ye noticed that the boy who had caused trouble earlier had appeared beside him again. This time, however, the child looked at him with deep fear.
Then the child opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
“Zhao He!”
“What do you want now?”
Liu Ye glared at him. The child flinched in fright, then hurriedly began gesturing with both hands.
Liu Ye could not understand his gestures at all. The boy grew so anxious that tears began running down his face.
He pointed to himself, then pointed into the distance.
This time, Liu Ye understood.
“Are you trying to say you want to go somewhere?”
The child nodded in delight.
Liu Ye suddenly remembered something Little System had said earlier.
“Do you want to go home?”
The child nodded even more eagerly.
Liu Ye immediately understood. This boy probably was not a member of the Zhao family. Judging by his condition, he must have had some sort of disability, and his parents had abandoned him here.
Some people simply did not deserve to be parents. How could they abandon a child in the middle of a mountain? What if something happened to him?
No wonder he had kept causing trouble earlier. Since he could not speak, making a nuisance of himself was the only way he could attract anyone’s attention.
“All right. Stay beside me. Once this grave relocation is over, I’ll take you to find your parents.”
The child nodded excitedly, and light returned to his eyes.
The procession continued forward. Before they had gone far, the clamor of gongs and drums sounded from up ahead, followed by the joyous wail of a suona.
“This is bad!”
The old monk’s expression changed drastically when he heard it.
“The Red Luan Star faces tribulation, and the Baleful Star flickers. This is the Red-and-White Double Calamity!”
The so-called Red-and-White Double Calamity occurred when a wedding procession and a funeral procession collided. One side embodied supreme joy, the other supreme sorrow. When those two extreme emotions clashed, they gave birth to an exceedingly terrifying Fiend.
Besides, the Zhao family had purchased all the nearby land. How could anyone possibly have come here to hold a wedding?
The procession opposite them was clearly made up of Fiends. Combined with the Zhao family’s situation, this was nothing short of a monumental disaster.
“Master, what do we do?”
Second Uncle panicked at the sight. He was widely experienced and knew exactly what they were facing. If the things behind them became even stronger, all of them would be finished.
“Amitabha. This is a calamity beyond our control. This poor monk is powerless.”
The master spoke bitterly. He had never imagined they would encounter something so rare. Now, even he had no solution.
The Driver, meanwhile, was overjoyed. He could sense the terrifying yin energy ahead. He did not know how powerful the Red-and-White Double Calamity itself was, but the Fiends beating the gongs and drums were utterly horrifying. He did not possess even a ten-thousandth of their power.
As long as Liu Ye provoked them, wouldn’t the brat finally lose his life?
At that thought, he looked toward Liu Ye. Second Uncle had also pinned his hopes on Liu Ye, praying that this human nuclear warhead would display his power once again.
“Master Liu, please save us!”
“No problem! Leave it to me.”
Liu Ye agreed without hesitation. The Driver was ecstatic. That was exactly what he wanted. The brat was dead for sure this time!
Liu Ye took a few steps forward, then furrowed his brow.
The sight frightened Second Uncle out of his wits.
“Master Liu, do even you have no solution?” he asked, trembling with fear.
“No. It’s just that this music sounds familiar.”
Liu Ye peered ahead. Astonishment suddenly crossed his face, then gave way to wild delight. His entire body began trembling with excitement.
“UNCLE BAI!”