Chapter 147 Bone Setting? The Kind That Will Kill You?
The priest was pointing at them and cursing when he noticed a patrol approaching out of the corner of his eye. He immediately stopped cursing and waved to the patrol.
The leader of the group, though now a corpse with an unusually pale face, moved as if he were a normal person.
In addition, the eerie green firelight in the camp already gave it a ghostly feel, so when this group of people stood in front of the priest, neither the priest nor the young men and women noticed anything amiss.
"Among you, who has ever cultivated in the cultivation world? Or who has ever been a commoner in the cultivation world?"
After asking his question, the priest saw that none of the people in front of him answered. He was so enraged that he kicked one of the people in front of him to the ground and shouted, "He's just a new priest who is somewhat favored by the god. In the end, it's hard to say who will win or lose. How dare you people not take this priest seriously?!"
Li Chenjin's gaze swept over the people in front of him.
Although these people can run, jump, walk, and move around now, and still look like normal people, it doesn't change the fact that they have become corpses.
And corpses, they can't speak.
She coughed lightly, stepped out from the back, and cupped her hands, saying, "I was once a commoner in the cultivation world."
The priest's gaze fell on her, and the anger on his face subsided somewhat. He beckoned her over.
After Li Chen obediently walked over, the man reached out, lifted her chin, examined her carefully, touched her cheek, and said, "Although you look somewhat androgynous, your appearance is quite decent. I ask you, are you willing to be a sacrifice for the God?"
Li Chen replied, "I am willing. My lifelong wish is to one day meet the God. If I can be a sacrifice to see the God, I will gladly die for it!"
Hearing her words, the priest's expression became more serious, and his gaze towards her carried a hint of respect.
Upon hearing this, the priest immediately became solemn and respectful.
He patted Li Chenjin on the shoulder, squeezed it, and said, "He's a good lad! Did you all see that? Now that's qualified to be a follower of the God!"
After speaking to the young men and women, he turned to Li Chenjin and continued, "But don't worry, you won't really die, and the God Lord won't let you really die either."
"The so-called sacrifice is to give up your physical body and offer your soul to the God, so that you can become one with the God. At that time, you can enjoy endless magic power and endless lifespan with the God, and you can also live as long as heaven and earth."
"When the time is right, the God will send us believers to become gods and immortals, ultimately ruling the Three Realms and Six Paths alongside the God! Becoming the masters of all things!! In the end, even the gods and Buddhas worshipped by those in the cultivation world now will be trampled under our feet and become our slaves!!!"
Although Li Chen thought this man was a madman, he still showed great longing on the surface, his eyes shining as he said, "Thank you for your kindness, Priest! I am willing to be the sacrifice of the God!"
"Good! Good!!" The priest patted her shoulder again and said, "Good lad, after you become one with the God, remember to say a few good words for me and make the God look at me more favorably. Don't let the God be deceived by those fools who only know how to use sweet words!"
Li Chenjin continued to cup his hands, "I will forever remember the priest's kindness! Rest assured, priest, perhaps before I become a sacrifice, I will be able to repay the priest's kindness and free the priest from all worldly troubles."
"Hahaha!" The priest was amused by Li Chenjin's words and almost burst into laughter. "You little rascal, you're quite the smooth talker! But the words you utter are very pleasing to the ear, and I like them very much! If it weren't for the current shortage of a sacrifice, I would definitely take you as my disciple!!"
The two put their arms around each other's shoulders and chatted happily, as if they were kindred spirits who had met long ago.
Seeing that it was almost time, the priest was about to tell Li Chen to change into the clothes that a sacrificial offering should wear when he withdrew his hand and saw that his palm was stained with a lot of bright red blood.
Li Chen noticed the bloodstains on his palm. Before he could frown in thought, he sighed softly, "I didn't expect to bleed again. Ever since I came here, there have been people stronger than me who bully me, and I can't fight back. Sigh..."
"I suppose I was injured on my back... But my whole body aches right now, and I don't know exactly where I'm hurt... High Priest, surely the God won't despise me?"
Upon hearing this, the priest quickly lifted her bowed head. Seeing the tears glistening in her eyes, he said firmly, "The God will certainly not despise you! Rest assured, after tonight, this priest will surely uphold justice for you and severely punish those who have wronged you!!"
"Boy, tell me your name!"
Li Chen replied, "Jin Chenli."
The priest paused, turned to the group of young men and women beside him, and asked, "I am in charge of all the rosters here. Do we have this name on our list?"
The group of teenagers exchanged glances and then shook their heads.
Upon seeing this, Li Chen let out a sob and said, "So, even the High Priest doesn't remember me..."
Seeing that tears were about to fall from her eyes, the priest quickly comforted her, saying, "Don't cry, don't cry! We men shed blood, not tears!!"
"Come on! I'll take you to wash and tidy up first, so you can walk onto the altar clean and presentable! From now on, no one will look down on you anymore!!!"
Li Chen burst into laughter through his tears and said, "Thank you, High Priest!"
She was led by the priest into the pavilion where he lived.
Although it was the priest's residence, the furnishings inside were very simple. There was only a square table in the eye, and not far from the square table were several bookshelves and a screen.
The young men and women looked quite young, but they were surprisingly strong. They carried the bath tub behind the screen.
Li Chen helped the priest to sit down at the table and said softly, "Priest, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again after tonight. To repay your kindness, please allow me to massage your shoulders."
The priest turned his head and glanced at the large hourglass placed on the ground not far away. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "It will take them some time to prepare the water for you, so please press it for me first."
“Alas… In this day and age, there are really not many people like you who know how to repay kindness. And people like you who are not afraid of death are even rarer. You don’t know, those people who were captured before, no matter what I said to them, they were unwilling to be sacrifices to the gods, and always clamored to go back to some home.”
"Hmph! Those people are so short-sighted!! How many years can their earthly relatives stay with them? What's the point of seeing their children? Even if the children grow up, they might not be filial to them. They might as well follow the gods and be freed from the cycle of birth and death. Hmph! They are all short-sighted fools!!"
Li Chen smiled slightly, "Were those people all captured from the cultivation world?"
“Alas… It would indeed be better to use people from the cultivation world as sacrifices, but those cultivation worlds are protected by magic arrays, and the cultivators inside keep a close eye on the people in their own realms. It’s not easy to capture even one.” The priest sighed. “Presumably, it is precisely because those captured are all ordinary mortals from the human world that they are so eager to go home and live, unlike you.”
"Hmph, don't you even think about it? Even if we release them, how many more years can they live? They'll die eventually anyway, and these bodies will have to be discarded sooner or later. Wouldn't it be better to follow the God and live forever? Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
Li Chen nodded repeatedly, his hand that was gripping his shoulder slowly moving up to his neck, and said softly, "Priest, your neck is a little stiff, shall I massage it for you?"
"OK."
The priest had barely finished speaking when a sound of bones breaking rang in their ears.
Li Chen pinched the back of his neck with one hand and covered his mouth with the other, quickly stuffing a spirit stone into his mouth.
Even though she moved so quickly, she still alerted the person behind the screen.
A voice asked, "Huh? What was that sound?"
"You heard it too? That sound was so strange, I've never heard it before."
Li Chen said, "It's nothing. It was the sound I made while setting the priest's bones. Thank you all for your hard work. If I have time later, I'll set your bones as well."
After saying that, she shook her head and sighed, "Never mind. You are all too young to undergo bone setting so early. Gentlemen, do you know where the altar is? Could you please take me there?"
One of them peeked out and glanced at the priest, who was sitting upright at the table, flipping through a book. He said, "The priest will take you there. We are the priest's slaves. We can only serve the priest during the day and entertain him at night. We cannot go to such a sacred place as the altar."
Li Chen let out a long "Oh," smiled, leaned down, and whispered in the priest's ear, "It seems I made things a little too easy for you, Priest."
The priest, of course, didn't speak at this moment, but simply continued turning the pages.
After the young men and women had prepared the water, Li Chen let them go out first, as the priestess would stay for a while to talk to her about what to do after she went up to the altar.
Those people subconsciously looked at the priest, and seeing that the priest had no reaction, seemingly acquiescing to what Li Chenjin had said, they dared not say anything more and retreated one after another.
After they left, Li Chen took out the clothes prepared for her, took off the priest's outer robe, and put the sacrificial robe on her.
Afterwards, she took her clean inner garment and the priest's outer robe, went behind the screen, and actually took a bath.
She even washed herself very carefully, making sure all the bloodstains were washed away before getting out of the bath, changing her clothes, and putting masks on herself and the priest, or rather, the sacrifice.
Fortunately, that priest was deeply devoted to their god.
Therefore, even after death, they still clearly remember what they have to do, and when the time comes, they stand up and walk outside.
Li Chen then followed him at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
Even now, in the eyes of others, it is extremely irregular for the "offerings" to walk in front and the "priests" to walk behind.
However, because this priest was usually short-tempered and would often curse or hit people, even if someone felt it was inappropriate, they dared not say anything.
Author's Note: My elder is hospitalized again. I've seen the trope of "the already struggling XX is now facing even more hardship" before, and I used to find it somewhat funny. Now, I just feel complicated, hahaha.
It's alright, it's alright. Life and death are predestined, wealth and honor are determined by fate.
I've lived another day, which is definitely worth celebrating! If I can make it through this year, I'll have lived another year, which is also worth celebrating! [rainbow fart]
At least I'm doing pretty well raising my pet chickens and the chicks outside, and I'm also managing to take decent care of my family. Not thinking about unnecessary things and just living each day to the fullest is good enough. Treating each day as if it were your last makes me much happier; I feel a sense of relief every day, and I'm no longer internally conflicted. [shy]
So if I insist on appealing, is it guaranteed that I'll win the work-related injury case?
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