Chapter 47: Real People!
Chapter 47: Real People!
Li Si replenished his Mind-cleansing Aura and Disaster Warding Aura, then stubbornly lay on the spot for over half an hour.
The reason was simple—his legs were truly weak.
Even now, he did not want to recall the terror of being stared at by the Divine Idol. It felt as if all the fears from his past life, this life, and his next lives had gathered together to greet him.
Fortunately, he did not lose out this time and even earned a little…
Li Si quickly performed mental calculations in his mind. Hmm, including his recently restored state, he had consumed a total of 17,000 × 4 + 11,000 points of Magic Power. According to the conversion where one portion of Gray Fortune could be exchanged for 1,000 points of Magic Power, he had used 69 portions of Gray Fortune in total.
Damn, it was simply horrifying!
Was there no justice left?
Did this world even allow people to live? Was it easy for him to earn a little money through hard work?
With a long sigh, Li Si glanced at the Fate Forge, where both the Gray Fortune Firewood and Black Fortune Firewood were now empty, and shed sad tears.
Now, he only had 372 portions of White Fate Firewood left.
His heart ached so much!
This Evil God was so terrifying—it actually wiped out all my pocket money!
Li Si ‘heavily’ picked up the contaminated Wish-Fulfilling Pearl. Poor pearl, its fate was truly full of hardships, drifting through life, covered in scars, and constantly getting tainted.
Good thing I don’t mind you.
He quickly refined one portion of White Fate Firewood to obtain one portion of Black Fortune, which he used to cleanse and purify the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl. In no time, the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl returned to its original state and soared freely into the sky.
The first thing to do was to check the situation on the west bank of the river. Li Si was prepared to flee at any moment. After all, he had just gone through great difficulties to deal with one Evil God Idol. What if hundreds of Evil God Cultists suddenly appeared over there? How could he survive then?
There was also a second task—fetch water quickly.
Because that unsettling sense of crisis had now dissipated.
However, before he could even reach the riverbank, he saw something shocking through the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl.
On the other side of the river, there was no one left!
Clearly, there had been dozens of Evil God Cultists and hundreds of ordinary people just moments ago, but now, in such a short time, they had all disappeared. The ground was littered with materials for building a small town, tents, and some abandoned clothes.
It was extremely Bizarre.
Li Si instinctively felt that something was wrong. This place was too eerie. As a newcomer, it was better not to get involved here. It was like the deadly rule in horror movies—curiosity killed the cat.
“Waa, waa waa!”
“Waa waa!”
A baby’s cry happened to ring out at that moment, scaring Li Si so much that he nearly exploded on the spot!
Unfortunately, no Little Mushroom of fear appeared.
At this stage, as long as he maintained the highest-level Mind-cleansing Aura and Disaster Warding Aura, even if he became an emotion management master, it would be useless. The distance between him and the Little Mushroom was the greatest distance in the world…
“A ghost baby?”
“A ghost child?”
“A ghost kid?”
“A little imp?”
Steadying himself, many thoughts flashed through Li Si’s mind, and he decided to retreat immediately. Even if he needed to fetch water, he would simply take a detour upstream. He absolutely did not want to linger here any longer. He had already endured enough frights today and did not want any more!
With a single thought, he was about to recall the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl. But at that moment, he saw a dirty, blackened child crawling out from a collapsed tent. The child looked about four or five years old, very thin and frail, and was struggling to carry a small baby in its arms. The little one’s cries were not just loud—they were piercing.
The blackened child was also crying, with snot and tears all over its face. Deep fear shone in its eyes, yet it still tried hard to shake and comfort the little one, hoping to quiet it down.
This scene was truly absurd.
So much so that Li Si was stunned for a moment. He stared and observed for a full minute, finally concluding that this was probably a living person. Or, even if it wasn’t, it seemed far too real.
In the end, he gave in. If there really was such a powerful Evil Spirit or Evil Entity, he would just accept it.
Gritting his teeth, he crouched low and jogged all the way to the river. First, he filled his Water Purification Pouch with water, then, with a swift leap, he lightly tapped the water’s surface with his toes and crossed the river to the other side.
A moment later, Li Si arrived at that eerie place. Before this, he had already made the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl search the surroundings over and over. Apart from discovering a large number of wheel tracks and footprints in a valley to the southwest, he found nothing else unusual.
As for this place, aside from being extremely desolate and covered in flying ash everywhere, he didn’t sense anything wrong.
Most importantly, Li Si’s Disaster Warding Aura did not issue any warnings.
That was the reason he felt brave enough to carefully approach.
Then, he saw the two children. The two children—no, the four- or five-year-old blackened child saw Li Si.
Up close, he could almost confirm it was a little girl. She tightly held the still crying baby in her arms, looking at Li Si in terror, trembling all over, so frightened that she couldn’t even shed tears anymore.
Li Si sighed inwardly. If it’s fortune, it’s not misfortune; if it’s misfortune, you can’t avoid it. Whether you’re human or demons, bring it on!
“Ahem, where are the other people here?”
Li Si deliberately looked around, keeping his voice as calm as possible. After all, he was a Cultivator.
As a result, the little girl only chattered her teeth—he had never seen such a timid Evil Entity!
Alright, they were definitely human.
“Your little brother is hungry. You need to get him something to eat, or he’ll cry himself silly.”
Li Si didn’t rush to approach. He just casually said this and then stopped looking at the little girl. He pretended to search for things around him. But as he searched, his eyes lit up.
Wow, what were these bulging sacks full of?
Alien Tree!
What was going on here? Was I seeing things? Pah! Under the Mind-cleansing Aura, try seeing things!
So the only possibility was that this was the food of the ordinary people who were here earlier. There were sacks upon sacks—probably enough to fill more than a dozen large carts.
Not only were there Alien Trees, but there were also Anomalous Weeds. Damn, could ordinary people be this wealthy now?
There were also large amounts of ironware and unknown metals. Logically, Cultivators wouldn’t care for such things, but Li Si knew the current state of the Floating Cloud Sect all too well. He also understood that these seemingly insignificant iron items had actually been tainted by the power of the Evil God. So, they had mutated. If he could take all of them back, he would strike it rich.
And so, at this point, Li Si had completely forgotten about the terrified little girl. He began frantically looting.
First, he picked up Alien Trees, then threw them aside to grab strange metals. He was like a blind bear breaking off corn—not because he was foolish, but because his own Storage Pouch was too small!
Meanwhile, the little girl gradually adapted to this scene, moving from extreme terror to a calmer state. Somehow, she managed to get some blackened food, which she mashed into a paste and fed to the little one. After the baby was full and fell asleep, she knelt in front of the collapsed tent, holding the baby while very carefully and cautiously scooping some Gray Ashes into a small cloth bag.
She cried as she filled the bag…
And so, no one disturbed Li Si, and no one disturbed her.
It wasn’t until Li Si had finished looting to his satisfaction—not only filling his Storage Pouch but also tying up a large bundle of supplies weighing four or five tons—and was about to carry it on his back and set off, that he finally remembered the two pitiful children.
By then, he had already walked more than a dozen steps away.
He turned around abruptly and saw the grimy little girl sitting there, holding the baby in her arms, clutching a small cloth bag tightly in her hand, looking at him blankly. But at least she no longer showed the previous terror—she probably thought he meant no harm.
“Can you understand what I’m saying?”
Li Si decided to try communicating. These two little ones would never survive the night if left alone in the wilderness.
The little girl hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
“Your family… they’re probably all dead. You and your little brother can’t survive alone in the wild. Why don’t you come with me?” Li Si tried to use simple, easy-to-understand words.
The little girl’s gaze was blank, but soon it turned to fear. She trembled all over, as if remembering something. However, she quickly seemed to make a decision. In a small, pleading voice, she said, “Immortal, if you want to eat a child, eat me instead. Don’t eat my little brother. I promise I won’t cry. I have meat…”
Li Si was utterly dumbfounded by what he heard!
While endless anger and a sense of absurdity rose in his heart, he was also shocked by the methods of the Evil God and the Evil God Cult.
Damn!
I, a dignified Cultivator, have turned into a child-eating monster from folk tales! Killing a person and destroying their heart couldn’t be worse than this!
Taking a deep breath, Li Si suppressed the rage inside him. He couldn’t explain it to the little girl, so he just spat fiercely and cursed:
“Damn it, I only eat this!”
After saying that, he angrily hoisted the pile of Alien Trees that looked like a small mountain onto his shoulder and turned to leave. Well, actions spoke louder than words.
Only after walking over a hundred steps did he, through the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl, see the stunned expression on the little kid’s face. Then, with a sly grin, he turned around, strode back, and picked up the two little ones.
Sure enough, this time, although the little girl was still scared, she wasn’t overly terrified anymore.
Little brat, you dare challenge me? You’re still too young for that!