In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 412 Carrying a Corpse to File a Complaint
"Where on earth are you from?"

"She's quite good-looking, but why does she look a little silly?"

"You can still eat so much! You've finished our entire month's worth of food rations in just three days!"

"If this continues, the three of us will starve."

"But don't worry, the herbs on the mountain are very valuable. My brother and I go up the mountain to collect herbs every day, and we'll definitely be able to support you,"

"This is also a way of repaying you for saving my brother's life."

"I don't know how a fool like you could have such great abilities. The officials all said that my brother was not going to survive, but you were able to save him."

In a simple thatched hut.

A girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, with her hands supporting her cheeks, leaned on the table, watching Xie Lingxin wolf down a bowl of black, mushy stuff that looked unpalatable.

Her large, bright eyes sparkled with innocent curiosity.

He kept muttering to himself.

"Let me tell you, my brother and I are going to the mountain to gather herbs in a bit, and then we'll go to the government office to hand over our daily allowance."

"Don't run around while my brother and I are away!"

"Otherwise, if you get lost, you'll end up like before, being swallowed by the giant python!"

"..."

after awhile.

The girl took the empty bowl out, closed the door, and made a clattering sound, as if she had locked the door from the outside.

A clear voice came from outside the door: "Don't you dare run around! Okay? Wait for my brother and me to come back!"

The footsteps faded into the distance.

After the girl left, no one knew how much time had passed.

Xie Lingxin suddenly shuddered.

His foolish and bewildered eyes suddenly became clear.

He was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

People can actually laugh when they're extremely speechless.

I was a fool for over ten years last time, and I'm a fool again this time.

He never imagined that he would enter this realm in this way.

To be precise, it was the peculiar way the Jurchens brought him in.

This time, he was neither entering the domain with his own will nor was he a reincarnation like in the Great Zhou Domain.

Instead, the Jurchens used that so-called "Painting of Blissful Illusion" to imprison his primordial spirit here.

Resurrection!

No wonder the Jin man immediately recognized that the mysterious person who broke into the mural was using the art of possession; it turns out he himself was skilled in this extraordinary technique.

If it's about being resurrected, then so be it; but the corpse being borrowed is just so special.

That was a person who had been swallowed by a giant python!
Then he was rescued from the snake's belly by the girl's brother.

They must have been fighting the giant python at the time.

The girl's brother was also a tiger-man, and he was swallowed whole by the giant python while protecting her.

But to everyone's surprise, he was able to cut the snake out of its belly with a machete.

Not only did they dramatically kill the giant python, but they also managed to rescue Xie Lingxin, who had been resurrected inside the snake's belly.

However, it is unknown whether this is a side effect of being resurrected.

With her soul no longer attached to her body, Xie Lingxin, though not killed in the snake's belly, became confused and mentally unstable.

Just now, his mind and soul had completely merged with this physical body, and he regained consciousness.

These memories were fragmented perceptions he had while he was not fully conscious.

He surveyed his surroundings.

It was terrible.

It's unclear whether the Jurchens specifically chose them, but these two siblings share the same surname as him: Xie.

Their names are Xie Qi and Xie Zhen, respectively.

Orphaned and without family, the two siblings depended on each other for survival in a place called Qingshen County, making a living by hunting and gathering herbs.

The giant python from before seemed to be some kind of exotic species.

The government drove hunters in Qingshen County to hunt and kill them.

The python was ferocious and killed many people.

If Xie Qi hadn't risked everything to protect Xie Zhen, he would have used himself as bait and crawled into the python's belly.

I'm afraid none of them will survive.

Although he managed to escape from the snake's belly, he was also severely injured and on the verge of death.

If Xie Lingxin hadn't still retained a sliver of survival instinct despite her body and soul being separated from her body, she would have been different.

When he pulled her out of the snake's belly, she was also on the verge of death, and she used the nectar to save herself.

I also gave him a drop, which saved him.

The Xie siblings, Xie Qi and Xie Zhen, who escaped, then took him back to Qingshen County.

He was reborn into this body, but he was just an ordinary person.

The mind is too powerful for the body; when the body and soul are not attached, not only will one become mentally impaired, but the body will also slowly change under the influence of the mind.

To be precise, it is gradually becoming stronger.

This also led to a significant increase in his energy expenditure and a surge in his appetite.

The Xie siblings were barely making ends meet, and they had racked their brains and suffered countless hardships in order to fill his gaping maw.

Fortunately, there were quite a few other people who were forcibly driven by the government to deal with the python that day.

Most of those people were hunters from the neighborhood who were acquainted with the Xie siblings.

In addition, he had received a favor from Xie Qi, so he was always willing to lend a helping hand.

As for Xie Lingxin, the person Xie Qi brought out of the snake's belly, opinions vary widely.

Some say he was an unlucky soul swallowed by a snake, some say he was a monster, and others say he was some kind of deity...

After sorting through her memories, Xie Lingxin stood up and stretched her arms and legs.

He had experienced being born from a spirit and being reincarnated, but this was the first time he had ever been resurrected through possession of another body.

During the previous fusion of body and soul, he would occasionally have moments of lucidity.

But it felt like being a useless person with uncoordinated limbs, whose body wouldn't obey commands.

Sometimes they even act like a vegetable, only having consciousness but unable to perceive their body.

This feeling is not pleasant.

Now it's completely gone.

It feels almost the same as my own body.

His physical cultivation has weakened considerably.

They barely reached the third level.

It doesn't affect one's spiritual cultivation.

That doesn't matter. After all, his physical cultivation level is indeed lower than his mental cultivation level.

Xie Lingxin pushed open the door and went out.

"Suck--"

I didn't feel anything while I was inside, but as soon as I stepped outside, a refreshing and invigorating aura hit me.

With a thought, various techniques began to operate.

It went incredibly smoothly.

Spiritual energy is released with every breath.

In the course of the cycle of Qi, it instantly transformed into incomparably pure spiritual energy.

One can vaguely sense that one's cultivation has progressed.

hiss~
Is this the Desolate Wilderness Realm?

look around.

The mountains stretch endlessly, covered in lush vegetation, a scene of unparalleled beauty.

This place... even in the Desolate Realm, it must be a rare blessed land, right?
The Xie siblings did not live in the county town, but in a small village outside the county where hunters lived in large numbers.

There weren't many people in the village at that time.

Xie Lingxin walked around the village.

Most of the able-bodied men have gone out to make a living, leaving mostly the elderly, women, and children.

These people all recognized him; they knew he was the idiot the Xie siblings had brought back.

I wasn't surprised to see him, but seeing him smile and greet me felt like seeing a ghost.

This idiot... he can talk after all?
He can laugh... no, he used to laugh, but he laughed so silly.

Why do you look so good when you smile now?

Xie Lingxin simply walked around the village and didn't go far.

We found a clear, blue lake with a smooth, large rock in the middle.

All around were tall, lush trees and flowers in full bloom.

The abundance of spiritual energy captivated him.

He immediately decided he didn't want to leave, so he leaped up and jumped onto the large rock in the lake.

He sat down and instantly entered a meditative state.

With each breath, like a whale sucking in water, it inhales and exhales a vast amount of spiritual energy.

As spiritual power increases, wisps of invisible Qi begin to accumulate within the body.

Within the mud ball, a golden Buddha radiates golden light.

Above the celestial palace, golden tiles are sprinkled with starlight.

The invisible energy that had just begun to accumulate was suppressed.

It even shows a faint tendency to be erased.

Time passes.

Xie Lingxin awoke from her meditation.

[Spirituality: 110.96 (↑0.18)]

Normally, the daily increase is only around 0.02, but here the efficiency is nearly ten times higher!
He then focused his attention on the invisible Qi mechanism he had just experienced.

That's the aura of calamity.

Here, not only does cultivation efficiency skyrocket, but the accumulation of calamity energy also increases dramatically.

The spiritual energy in this world is indeed abundant, but equally, the aura of calamity permeates it, far surpassing that of the Federation.

Fortunately, the golden statue of merit can suppress the calamity.

Moreover, that broken tile... now seems to have such an effect, not only suppressing, but also subtly dissipating the calamity energy.

Although it was minuscule and almost negligible, he could perceive it clearly.

It's actually a happy occasion.

With this broken tile and the golden body of merit suppressing the calamity energy, it is barely enough to deal with the calamity energy permeating this world.

I looked up at the sky and realized it was already night.

Remembering Xie Zhen's instructions before she left, Xie Lingxin rose to her feet.

This girl is so young, but she talks a lot.

I'd better hurry back to avoid her nagging me again.

When he returned to the small village, he found that something was wrong.

Most of the hunters in the village have returned.

The Xie family's house was empty.

Why haven't the Xie siblings returned by now?
It seems that Xie Qi often spends the night in the mountains while hunting.

However, since bringing him back, Xie Zhen has almost never left home easily in order to take care of her "savior".

Xie Qi didn't dare to stay out overnight; no matter what, he would rush back before nightfall.

But today, this routine has been broken.

"Not good! Not good!"

Just then, someone rushed in from the village entrance, shouting.

"Xie Qi has fallen off a cliff!"

The roar startled almost everyone in the village, and they all came out to run.

"what happened?!"

"What's wrong with Xie Wazi?!"

Everyone was talking.

Xie Lingxin was startled and rushed over as well.

"What did you just say!"

The one who came back with the news was a robust man.

"Hey? You're not that idiot who came out of the snake's belly?"

The man was stunned when he saw Xie Lingxin, and even more stunned by her fluent and clear words.

"Huh? You're not stupid anymore?"

Xie Lingxin's face darkened: "You still care about this now? I'm asking you what you were talking about just now!"

"Huh? Oh, right! Yes, right!"

He slapped his forehead, his initial shock turning into panic: "That kid Xie Qi went to gather herbs today, and I heard he fell off the mountain!"

"But for some reason, Xie Zhen insists that her brother was murdered!"

“Those drug inspectors didn’t believe her, so she was going to complain to the county magistrate!”

"When I came back, I heard that she had already carried Xie Qi's body to Qingshen County!"

"I was afraid something might happen, so I rushed back to let you know!"

(End of this chapter)