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Chapter 871: Sharp-tongued yet polite, discovering the cause of the white fog.
When Li Chengxiao noticed that the sword in his hand, which had been making a lot of noise, suddenly stopped moving, he guessed that someone must have been called away to film a movie.

He couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Yue Qingfeng is still nominally the fortune teller invited by the Yun family uncle and nephew to predict good and bad fortune. Even though he knows that this identity is largely unreliable, he cannot allow his sword spirit to stab him through in this situation.

It has to be done behind closed doors, at least.

Thinking of Yue Qingfeng's advice before he closed his eyes again, Li Chengxiao was about to turn around and check on the team members' mission progress.

They had only gone halfway when Liao Chong, looking mysterious, tugged at their sleeve.

"Captain Li, I've made a major discovery!"

Li Chengxiao pulled his sleeve back. "What did you find?"

"I've discovered that once you're enveloped by this fog, even if you don't try to resist its corrosive effects like they do, you won't get caught in it again!"

Li Chengxiao then turned around and carefully examined him.

How are you feeling right now? Are you experiencing any discomfort?

Liao Chong first shook his head, then raised his little finger, where a small piece of flesh had been scalded, and said, "It still hurts a little here."

"Just dig it out. Also, thank you for your discovery."

Liao Chong: "..."

He looked at Li Chengxiao's retreating figure with a puzzled expression. How could someone be both sharp-tongued and polite?

Alright, let me tell this good news to my friend who's still fighting the fog in that corner first.

Although he ran away disloyally before, he actually benefited from the misfortune.

Liao Chong's friend is far more capable and experienced than him; otherwise, he wouldn't have lasted this long.

She was woken up while chanting the calming mantra. She was a little angry at first, but when she saw Liao Chong squatting in front of her, completely unharmed and looking quite energetic (though in pain), her anger turned into surprise. "Didn't you run away last night? How dare you come back?"

"I didn't actually get very far before I caught it. Luckily, I ran into Captain Li and his team, who came and woke me up. I wanted to go out again after I woke up, but I was afraid of getting infected again, so I came back with Captain Li and the others. And guess what? I didn't get infected again. I guess this thing is like some kind of virus. Once you get infected, as long as you survive, you become immune to it. Do you want to try it?"

His friend paused for a moment, then said, "But it's also possible to die."

"Are you very greedy? I just went around with Captain Li and his team who were setting fires everywhere, and I found that those who got caught were mostly those with weak willpower, while those who died were those with too strong desires in their hearts."

As they were talking, they belatedly looked around and met several pairs of eyes staring at them.

Liao Chong was just a little brother in front of these established big shots who had persisted until now. Seeing this, he couldn't help but shrink back. "Well, this is purely based on my experience. You guys can decide for yourselves!"

He's not responsible!

A few people, who didn't consider themselves particularly ambitious, gritted their teeth and decided to give it a try, and the others didn't try to dissuade them.

Liao Chong was simply saying that since some people are willing to try it, they can witness firsthand how immunity is achieved.

After Tianxing's team and Gu Xi's team finally finished baking the last 'marshmallow' and tallied the casualties caused by this wave of white fog, they turned around and saw a few more 'marshmallows' appearing on the other side!
When asked about it, Liao Chong, the instigator, blinked innocently.

Li Chengxiao glanced at him, then addressed the remaining conscious people at the scene, saying, "Of the ninety-nine people affected by this white fog attack, sixty-two have been hit—no, it's sixty-eight now. Thirty-six of them failed to regain consciousness after escaping the fog. To be on the safe side, their bodies need to be disposed of as soon as possible."

As soon as he said this, the chanting and the sound of striking the wooden fish stopped for a moment, and then the sound of chanting the Rebirth Mantra and the Rebirth Sutra was replaced.

Someone looked up and asked, "What does Captain Li plan to do?"

"Burning".

He didn't blindly follow Yue Qingfeng's advice. Firstly, he had previously discovered that the fog was afraid of fire, and if there was anything left in those people's bodies, burning it would undoubtedly be the fastest way to remove it. Secondly, they were currently in the middle of nowhere, so burning it was the most convenient option.

However, not everyone agrees.

“I need to retrieve my junior brother’s body. I won’t trouble Captain Li. I’ll take responsibility if anything goes wrong.” “And me, that’s my sister’s child, and also my disciple. I can’t just stand by and watch him be burned in a fire.”

……

Li Chengxiao noted down the demands of those who wanted their junior brother's body back, and then stepped aside, saying, "Please do as you wish!"

As for the remaining unclaimed ones, there was no need to bother taking them out. Instead, they dug a hole, gathered some dry firewood, and lit a fire.

Seeing the fire start, Li Chengxiao instructed his team to stay by the pit and make sure it was completely burned before reporting back. Only then did he finally have time to study the door that was still emitting white mist.

We have now basically figured out an effective way to resist this white fog, which is to try to clear your mind of distractions, especially to avoid having any desires.

Once desire arises, it's like actively opening a door for the white mist to connect to the brain.

It's possible to be free from desires and distractions for a while, but it's impossible to be free from them forever.

That would be inhuman; even a saint might not be able to do it!

Therefore, we must find a way to solve this white fog!
"It's unsolvable, at least not for you right now."

Li Chengxiao turned around and saw Yue Qingfeng walking towards him with his hands behind his back. He asked in return, "You can?"

Yue Qingfeng honestly shook his head, "I can't either. It's afraid of me, but that's all it is. You see!"

Li Chengxiao looked in the direction he was pointing.

“Observe the shape of the rising smoke.”

At first glance, I didn't notice anything unusual.

But after only a few breaths, the shape of the smoke in his eyes changed.

Ferocious, twisted.

Smoke is silent, but it feels like the smoke in front of you is shrieking, a silent shriek.

Then, the wisps of white smoke rising from the pit merged with the surrounding white mist.

Or rather, it simply turns into white mist.

"Now, do you know how this white fog is formed?"

Li Chengxiao's face tightened. "Desire."

To resolve the white fog, he must eliminate the desires in people's hearts, including his own.

This is simply impossible!

Yue Qingfeng smiled, or perhaps not, “Humans are truly amazing. They can both restrain and indulge their desires. Some people have desires so great that they shock me, while others have desires so low that they are frightening. There’s a saying that goes, ‘One kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people.’ This world is truly wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Captain Li, what do you say?”

Li Chengxiao was too lazy to reply to him, and Yue Qingfeng didn't expect the person in front of him to agree with what he said.

The two looked at each other, then moved away.

"If it hadn't been burned..."

"Even if they wake up, they will become puppets of desire. The greater the power, the greater the harm. As for those who are lucky enough to wake up, do you want to know why they won't fall for it again? Because the seeds of desire have already been planted, and they will take root and sprout as long as the right opportunity arises."

Therefore, there is no perfect solution!

This conclusion alone is infuriating enough.

Looking at Yue Qingfeng's nonchalant expression as he uttered these words, which, if heard by a third person present, would definitely cause a wave of fear and panic, Li Chengxiao felt that he could somewhat understand his sword spirit.

He considered himself to be a good-tempered person, but even he was starting to feel a bit itchy.