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

Chapter 171 Rebirth of a severed limb
The burly man talked about a lot of things, but he didn't know the positions, names, or addresses of many key figures. After all, he was just an ordinary cannon fodder character, so it was normal for him not to know. Li Xuan could understand his ignorance.

He raised his mace and smashed all the joints of the burly man's legs, saying, "Has your friend arrived? If not, how about I send you to the underworld to wait for him?"

The mace held high terrified the burly man so much that he wet himself.

He cried out, "I have a way to make him come faster. He'll be here soon. Here's a firework. Just shoot it into the air..." As he spoke, he took out a bamboo tube from his pocket, pointed it at the sky, and lit it with a tinderbox. With a whoosh, a burst of fire shot out of the bamboo tube and exploded in the sky.

A large number of footsteps could be heard in the distance.

Li Xuan casually struck the burly man's skull with his mace, the force just right—enough to shatter the skull without splattering out a large amount of red and white substances that would stain his clothes.

The skinny guy had just run from where the fireworks had gone off, and he saw his brother lying dead on the ground. He then saw Li Xuan holding a black square stick, and finally his gaze fell on the irregularly shaped white silver in the mud pit under the tree. His eyes flashed with greed and ferocity. He darted around and roared:

"You actually colluded to steal the silver I hid! Brothers, kill him! I'll give each of you at least two taels of silver!"

Behind him followed twelve men wielding rusty blades; they were all very thin and looked like dockworkers doing a second job.

The image of Chen Asi flashed through Li Xuan's mind. After a moment's thought, he looked at the laborers and said loudly, "I will show no mercy and will surely kill! If you were forced to come here, you can leave now and be fine. You don't need to worry about retaliation, because he will definitely die here today."

He raised his left hand and counted: "Five, four, three..."

The laborers looked at each other, their eyes filled with the same greed; they had also seen the silver in the pit.

What skinny guy is hiding here? It's all bullshit, a lie!
They were slightly out of breath, their hands trembling, each harboring their own secrets. Many even shared the same idea: kill Li Xuan, then kill the skinny man, divide the silver among themselves, and then leave Guangdong!

Li Xuan withdrew his fingers one by one: "Two, one, it seems you have all chosen your fates."

The skinny man roared, "Go to hell, stop bluffing! Kill him!"

The laborers raised their sharp knives and rushed towards Li Xuan. The man in the lead suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground with the momentum of his sprint. His face was deeply dented, and he was barely breathing.

Li Xuan said, "Dumb girl, close your eyes and don't look."

The mute girl quickly closed her eyes.

Li Xuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, and with the aid of his divine speed, he transformed into a blur and rushed out. He didn't need any special skills; he simply raised and lowered his mace, the sound of the mace piercing flesh and bone ringing out incessantly. All twelve laborers collapsed to the ground, their joints shattered, groaning in agony...

The skinny man stood there blankly, watching as so many people who rushed out collapsed in just a few breaths.
He held a knife in his hand, unsure whether to charge forward or retreat.

Li Xuan walked up to him, raised his mace high, and swung it down. The skinny man was stunned. He only moved his eyes when the mace was right in front of him. Unfortunately, the last thing he saw in this world was the weapon that killed him.

boom! ! !
I used too much strength...

The skinny man's head split open like a watermelon.

Li Xuan glanced back at the laborers who were still alive, pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm not good at torturing people. That's just how the world is. I know you sometimes have no choice in what you do, so... let's shorten the suffering."

He recited the incantation for the Seventy-Two Arts of Flame Breathing in his mind, exhaled a breath that turned into fire upon contact with the wind, instantly engulfing the laborers on the ground. They burned at extremely high temperatures, and in just half a minute, they were all burned to charcoal, ending their suffering.

Leave the woods.

As Li Xuan walked towards the county, the mute girl whispered behind him, "Are you a deity?"

She said weakly, "I saw you breathe fire from your mouth. It was so powerful. When Ah Gou was begging on the roadside, he heard stories about gods who could breathe fire and burn bad people to death..."

"Gods and immortals!" A multitude of names of gods and immortals flashed through Li Xuan's mind. He laughed and said, "Not yet."

If he were a god, this world would surely be awash in blood.

Do not……

Even if you're not a god, it's fine.

On the street, Li Xuan, dressed smartly but with a dirty, thin little girl tied to his back, immediately attracted a lot of attention, with all sorts of strange looks and unpleasant comments.

Li Xuan took the mute girl to the roadside and they drank a bowl of stewed meat soup. Her face became rosier and she spoke with more strength.

He led the mute girl, who had eaten and drunk her fill, to an empty alley, froze her in mid-air with a spell, and said, "I'm going to try to restore your legs with magic now. It might be painful, so you'll have to bear with it."

The mute girl nodded obediently and said, "I'm not afraid of pain."

She had become accustomed to the pain.

Without much preamble, Li Xuan took the gourd from his waist, drew out the spiritual energy, pointed his sword, and the spiritual energy covered the mute girl's body. The green light flickered, healing all the injuries in her body, but there was no sign of her severed leg growing back.

He pondered for a moment, then touched his forehead with his index finger, from which a golden light emerged. This was a reward for helping the famous Taoist mountains summon their patriarchs to enlighten their lineages. It was a meritorious act with many wondrous uses; even a small test could save lives.

Such merit consists of fifteen strands.

The golden flame of merit trembled slightly, its light shining on the two severed legs. Fresh granulation tissue grew from the dirty wounds, intertwining and gradually forming a leg.

The mute girl was deathly pale and trembling uncontrollably, clearly indicating that the regeneration of her broken leg had brought her considerable pain.

However, this little girl was truly patient; she didn't utter a single sound...

The light of merit returned to Li Xuan's brow. He could feel that the merit had shrunk. He hadn't expected that saving someone would consume so much energy.

The mute girl was freed from the immobilization spell. She stood on the ground, looking at her legs in disbelief. This was the work of a deity.

She suddenly knelt down and kowtowed forcefully: "Fairy brother, please... save Brother Agou back! When he died, he said he saw you..."

Ah Gou was beaten black and blue and died on a damp haystack in the dilapidated temple.

He encouraged his companions, whom Li Xuan had rescued, more than once, firmly believing that Li Xuan would definitely come back, because Li Xuan had said on the day he left Jicaotang that he would come back to see them.

The mute girl met Li Xuan, but she didn't see her older brother, Ah Gou, who was a year older than her.

Her face was covered in tears and snot, and she just kept kowtowing.

Li Xuan touched the spot between his eyebrows, sensing the state of that wisp of merit, and said, "Little girl, cheer up. Where is Ah Gou's body? Let's go to Ji Cao Hall first, and then go see him."

Jicao Hall was located on the street. When the two arrived at the door, they saw a seal on it that read, "[Intending to rebel, the door is hereby sealed.]"

The seal was white with black lettering, and a white couplet was hung there afterward.

Just then, a group of soldiers passed by and saw Li Xuan standing in front of the Jicao Hall in a daze. They immediately surrounded him, drew their swords, and shouted, "You audacious traitor! How dare you gather in your lair in broad daylight! Surrender now and come with me to await the magistrate's judgment!"

(End of this chapter)