Soul Severing Saber Technique

The next day, Bai Yu got up bright and early.

He arrived at the main hall of the Mortuary and saw the few people who actually did the work there.

Besides Daoist Lin Jiu and Wu the Unvirtuous, there were only four others.

Zhu Tong, Bai Yu, and a handyman called Mangzi.

He was only sixteen years old, but nearly two meters tall, like an iron tower.

Bai Yu couldn't help but exclaim inwardly, Is he really sixteen?

In addition, there was a lame old man, responsible for collecting corpses, everyone called him Old Zhang.

Early in the morning, just after breakfast.

Old Zhang returned pulling a flatbed cart, with three corpses wrapped in straw mats on it. These were all bodies from the city that no one had claimed for burial.

He was only responsible for collecting the corpses, nothing else.

Daoist Lin Jiu chanted scriptures over the corpses twice, saying it was to dispel the baleful aura and prevent them from becoming zombies.

"Mangzi, you take Little Bai to the Mass Burial Grounds behind the mountain and find a place to bury them."

The iron tower-like strongman, Mangzi, and Bai Yu pulled the corpses up to the Mass Burial Grounds.

He called out:

"Kid, this is all wild graveyard, the bodies of those who die on the road with no one to claim them are buried here."

"Just dig a hole and bury all three corpses."

He was taking advantage of Bai Yu being new, making him do all the work.

Who knew that Bai Yu couldn't have been happier, taking the hoe and shovel and starting to work.

Old Mo the Black Dog also followed along, digging the pit with all its might.

Bai Yu unhurriedly dug three earthen pits.

Then he put the first corpse in.

It was a gaunt youth, his body as light as a reed.

After death, he didn't even have a straw mat, let alone a coffin.

Almost every day, people in Jiang City starved or froze to death.

You might stumble on the road and never wake up again, commonly known as dying on the road.

Bai Yu thought of the magnificent mansions in the city.

Behind vermillion gates, meat and wine go to waste, while on the road lie the bones of those who have frozen to death.

Alas, this world.

Bai Yu covered him with soil, piling up a small grave.

Then he took out his suona and played a mournful tune.

Mangzi, with a blade of grass in his mouth, leaned back against a large rock with his hands behind his head, gazing at the sky.

Seeing Bai Yu working so hard, he felt a little guilty.

"Hey hey hey, Little Bai, don't be so stubborn."

"Just dig a hole, it doesn't need to be so deep, and there's no need to play the suona, save some energy."

After Bai Yu finished playing the suona, he said earnestly:

"Death is the greatest of all things, he has no relatives or friends, no one cared about him when he was alive, and no one cares about him after death."

"This tune is just to give him the last bit of dignity."

"May everyone receive the respect they deserve."

Mangzi listened, as if struck by lightning, stunned in place.

What a good person, so rare.

Simple, kind, even to the most humble of those who die on the road, he has good intentions.

Bai Yu found some branches and stones, and placed them as incense and offerings.

[Funeral successful, funeral participation 61%! ]

[Basic reward: Blood Essence +2, Life Experience +3.]

[Optional reward: Strength +1.]

The first corpse was really too miserable in life.

His life experience was unremarkable, and the reward was very small.

But even a mosquito has meat, Bai Yu didn't mind.

He then put the second corpse into the pit.

This corpse was even smaller, it was a child, who had starved to the point of emaciation.

Covering the earth, playing a tune, and arranging branches and stones as offerings.

This time, the rewards were even more pitiful.

[Basic Reward: Strength +1, Life Experience +1.]

[Optional Reward: Blood Essence +1.]

Bai Yu sighed deeply and buried the third corpse.

This corpse was different; at least it had a straw mat wrapped around it.

It was a young man with a hint of childishness still on his face, his clothes covered in bloodstains.

Bai Yu buried him as usual.

Filling the soil, offering sacrifices, playing a tune.

After a suona melody, a notification appeared in the Burial World Record.

[Burial Successful!]

[Burial Target: Yang Wei.]

[Burial Participation: 65%!]

[Basic Reward: Blood Essence +15, Life Experience +12!]

[Optional Rewards: Strength +12, Soaring Spirit Palm (Fragment, Yellow Rank, Low Grade), Soul Severing Saber Technique (Yellow Rank, Middle Grade)!]

From the Burial World Record, Bai Yu learned about Yang Wei's life.

He was a poor boy from a mountain village who accidentally discovered a dead martial artist and obtained the inheritance of two martial arts techniques.

With his extraordinary talent, he actually became a First-Rank martial artist with the fragmented Soaring Spirit Palm.

Full of dreams, he entered the city to seek his fortune.

However, he ran out of food after only a few days in the city, and he was good at nothing but fighting.

In the end, he borrowed a high-interest loan from the Black Wolf Gang and became a thug for them.

In the Black Wolf Gang, he relied on a Soul Severing Saber, fighting bravely and fiercely, and made a name for himself.

However, in less than a month, during a conflict with the Divine Strength Sect, a Second-Rank martial artist pierced his heart with a spear.

Bai Yu was shocked.

How similar Yang Wei was to him; both were mountain village boys who had obtained martial arts techniques.

The difference was that Bai Yu had been playing it safe until he reached Second-Rank Body Refinement.

If he had rashly entered the city before, he might have become a pile of bones by now.

Thinking of this, Bai Yu couldn't help but stand up and bow deeply to Yang Wei.

Then, he packed up his things and went down the mountain.

He felt heavy-hearted along the way.

Bai Yu's expression did not escape Mangzi's notice, and he felt even worse in his heart.

"I suspected he was faking it before, but now I see how sad he is after the burial; this heartfelt sorrow can't be faked."

"What a good person."

At this moment, Bai Yu suddenly said, "Mangzi, from now on, you can leave the burial work to me."

Mangzi was even more confused.

What a good person, actually taking on the work voluntarily.

"I can't possibly allow that."

Bai Yu smiled, "It's okay, I'm new here, so I should do more work."

"Besides, giving people a proper send-off, playing a tune for them, and giving them that last bit of respect makes me happy. It's like accumulating good karma."

He waved the suona in his hand, "Mangzi, it's settled then."

After speaking, he strode back to the Mortuary.

Mangzi stood there, speechless for a long time.

After a while, he slapped himself on the face with a "smack."

"Look at what I've done."

"Little Bai is such a good person, and I actually bullied him. I deserve to die."

That night, Mangzi tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

He remembered it again and slapped himself hard on the face.

"What have I done? I deserve to die."

Meanwhile, Bai Yu, taking advantage of the quiet of the night, claimed his rewards for performing the burial.

First, he collected the standard rewards, gaining 18 points of Blood Essence, 2 points of Strength, and 16 points of Life Experience.

This already surpassed his gains from several months in the small mountain village.

Big cities really are full of opportunities.

Bai Yu then looked at the final reward.

[Optional Rewards: Strength +12, Soaring Spirit Palm (Fragment, Yellow Rank, Low Grade), Soul Severing Saber Technique (Yellow Rank, Middle Grade)!]

Among the three rewards were 120 jins of Strength, a fragmented palm technique, and a saber technique.

Any of them would be invaluable to Bai Yu.

Strength was a relatively common attribute that ordinary people could also possess, so there was no rush.

Between the two martial arts techniques, the Soaring Spirit Palm was of a lower grade, and Bai Yu already had the Five Elements Fist.

Therefore, he ultimately chose the Soul Severing Saber Technique.