Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 146 Jicaotang in the Late Qing Dynasty
Chen Asi felt it was a pity and said, "Master, oxen are very valuable animals. Although these two are a bit old, they can still fetch a lot of money if taken to the market."

Li Xuan said, "Why not do some good deeds within our capacity when we have enough to eat and drink?"

Chen Asi asked instinctively, "What if I'm about to starve to death?"

Li Xuan laughed and said, "Of course, preserving one's life is the most important thing. After all, only when you're well-fed can you distinguish between good and evil, right?"

Chen Asi was somewhat dazed and said, "I understand, sir."

Li Xuan stopped talking. There are too many different situations when it comes to good and evil. Some people think that if others are good to them, it is good, and if they are bad to them, it is evil. But often, as long as a material transfer is done, it will inevitably result in one side losing money and the other side gaining money. Who can define good and evil in this case?

He still has a long way to go in terms of morality and awareness.

Judges in Fengdu punish evil and promote good, but they cannot be forced to be "good" simply because they are bound by corrupt laws. Such forced goodness is like a balloon that is constantly being filled with water; it will eventually burst and collapse.

Only when one truly understands the meaning of good and evil can the Black Law cease to be a restriction and thus become the most powerful means.

Li Xuan untied the purple-red gourd and came to the five children, saying, "Untie the bandages from your wounds."

The children huddled together, trembling with fear as they witnessed Li Xuan effortlessly kill the group of human traffickers who resembled ferocious demons. Unable to discern the good and evil in human nature, they were all filled with dread.

They shakily untied the strips of cloth, revealing the purplish-red, swollen wound.

When Chen Asi came over and took a look, he almost vomited, because the children's wounds were caused by repeated cutting, which meant that a leg had to be chopped off. The knife was not sharp, so it had to be chopped repeatedly!

Li Xuan's eye twitched slightly.

He held the gourd in his left hand, and a wisp of pale blue light emanated from his right index finger as he slowly drew a perfect circle on the gourd.

Earthly Fiends - Medicine.

This medicine not only includes common medical techniques and methods of refining medicine, but also includes esoteric methods of healing and saving lives. If one's level of understanding is high and one's magical power is abundant, it can even bring the dead back to life.

It looked like a circle, but in reality it consumed a lot of Li Xuan's magic power and energy.

He poured spiritual energy from the gourd's opening onto the children's severed limbs and wounds. The pale green spiritual energy, enhanced by the healing spell, slowly seeped into their bodies...

The children were somewhat bewildered; they couldn't see the green light pouring out of Li Xuan's gourd.

A child suddenly stretched out his broken leg, felt an itch at the wound, and scratched it with his fingers. The next second, the flesh and blood surged and intertwined as if they had come alive. He turned pale, rolled on the ground in pain, and let out heart-wrenching screams.

Seeing this, Chen Asi wanted to say something, but he was afraid that the master would use some kind of magic. If he rashly stepped forward to interrupt, wouldn't that cause these children to lose their opportunity?

The children were shocked to find that the wounds on their broken legs had completely healed, leaving only bare surfaces, but all the places on their bodies that used to be aching were now feeling much better.

They had never seen anything so miraculous before, and instinctively began to kneel and kowtow in gratitude to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan was somewhat disappointed. He had only been there for less than half a day, and the spiritual energy in this world was scarce. The gourd could only absorb a small amount, and even with the effects of his medical skills, it could only heal wounds and clear the child's hidden ailments. The limb regeneration effect he had imagined did not occur…

It seems I need to continue storing spiritual energy; perhaps waiting for more will have a miraculous effect.

The children are confirmed to be safe.

Li Xuan and Chen Asi carried them into the carriage and headed back to Jicao Hall. They had previously investigated Jicao Hall as ordinary people.

He was worried that this was a place using the guise of saving children to engage in despicable activities. After witnessing it firsthand and interviewing neighbors, Li Xuan felt relieved. Although the children from Ji Cao Tang were supposed to earn money for the organization, the founder genuinely had good intentions. Allowing capable children to earn money was simply a necessary measure to ensure Ji Cao Tang's continued operation…

The children inside looked a little tired, but there were still a few smiles on their faces, indicating that they had not been treated unfairly.

Seeing Li Xuan's silence in the carriage, Chen Asi assumed he was worried about the children of Jicaotang and said with a smile, "Master, Jicaotang is quite good! Don't you see those opera troupes and theaters? Poor families who can't afford to raise their children will send them there. While the opera troupes raise these children, they naturally expect them to repay them. From a young age, they train them to the bone, hoping that one of them will become a star and make a lot of money."

He lowered his voice and said, "The opera troupe looks lively and bustling, but every year one or two children are thrown out because they've been trained to death. There are also children who can't endure the hardship and secretly run away, only to be caught and beaten to death!"

I heard that not long ago, a child from an opera troupe hanged himself because of something like this. It's so tragic. When his body was brought down, there were still several candied hawthorns stuffed in his cheeks.

Li Xuan was silent for a moment, then said, "I wasn't thinking about anything."

He thought about everything, and the deeper he thought about it, the more he felt that his own strength was too weak.

Perhaps only when one becomes an immortal or an ancestor can one easily change the course and changes of a world with a wave of one's sleeve.

The carriage returned to the city, and pedestrians made way for it. Although the horse could walk on its own as Li Xuan wished, to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he had Chen Asi sit on it and hold the reins, pretending to drive the carriage.

We arrived at Jicao Hall.

As soon as Li Xuan got out of the car, someone came out to greet him. It was a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, with a half-shaved head and a braid tied at the back of his head...

This is the founder of Jicaotang, known as Mr. Sun. He is thin and was the first person Li Xuan met when he came to investigate.

Li Xuan got straight to the point: "Mr. Sun, I encountered human traffickers by chance and rescued a few children. I wonder if I could entrust them to your care?"

He pointed to the carriage.

Mr. Sun walked over and lifted the curtain. He saw a group of children missing limbs. His hand trembled. He really wanted to agree, but Jicaotang could no longer support too many children.

Li Xuan invited him to a corner, took out a cloth bag and placed it in Mr. Sun's hand, saying, "I want to make these children live a better life, but I can't be generous with your money and use it for my charity. Please accept this small token of my appreciation as support for Jicaotang from like-minded people."

Mr. Sun seemed a little uneasy; taking the money felt like he was doing something solely for the money.

He was about to push the money bag back when he suddenly felt it was very heavy. He peeked through the opening and was immediately surprised to find it filled with many small gold ingots weighing two or three taels each. These ingots were of civilian design and their shapes weren't exactly standard, but the value of gold is timeless and always holds its value...

This bag is so heavy, it must weigh at least three pounds, which is fifty taels of gold!
Occasionally, kind-hearted people support Jicaotang, but it's rare for someone to give so much money at once.

Li Xuan had already reached the door and said, "Mr. Sun is a kind and benevolent man. Could you help raise these children?"

Fearing his money would be conspicuous, Mr. Sun put it in his coat pocket and came out, saying, "In that case, please rest assured that the children can stay here. However, Mr. Li, even if they are disabled when they turn twelve, I will still require them to learn a means of making a living, whether it's washing clothes or repairing shoes; it's unavoidable..."

Li Xuan appreciated Mr. Sun's honesty and said, "I will come to see them again in a while. I'll leave the rest to Mr. Sun."

The children were carried down one by one by the teenagers.

A vendor selling candied hawthorns passed by on the street.

Li Xuan raised his hand to stop him, handed him a handful of copper coins, and said, "Give me all the candied hawthorns."

　Thank you to Kiss Over and Itako for the donations.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)