Faced with Chen Changsheng's indifferent attitude, Yixiu rolled his eyes dramatically and said,
"I really can't stand you heartless fellow. I'm leaving first. In another thousand or eight hundred years, I'll come back to collect your corpse."
With that, Yixiu turned and left. Wanyan Yue gave Chen Changsheng a deep look, then followed in Yixiu's footsteps.
Watching Yixiu's retreating figure, Chen Changsheng merely smiled faintly and said nothing.
Though the little monk lost every verbal battle with him, he was actually very clever.
Chen Changsheng had only met Nian Sheng when she began to make a name for herself in the Linglong Sect.
At that time, Nian Sheng was already over sixty years old. Adding the years Chen Changsheng had spent lingering in Lingling Town, more than eighty years had already passed.
Given that Nian Sheng had known him since long ago, a little deduction would reveal roughly how long he had lived.
Back then, he had merely been a minor Qi Refinement cultivator. Living that long simply defied common sense.
Yet Yixiu had never once asked him about it.
At that thought, Chen Changsheng stretched lazily, turned to look at the kingdom behind him, and muttered,
"I hear this country is called the Xuanwu Kingdom. I wonder what fun things it has."
As he spoke, Chen Changsheng strolled leisurely down the mountain.
Bitter Sea Town, Xuanwu Kingdom.
"Sir, you have to help me this time!"
A two-meter-tall burly man shoved through the crowd gathered around the shop and dropped to his knees before Chen Changsheng.
Seeing the man before him, Chen Changsheng hurriedly helped him up and said,
"Da Zhuang, just tell me what it is. If I can help, I definitely will."
Hearing this, the burly man wiped away the tears on his face, then pulled several bloodstained Spirit Stones from his robes and said,
"Sir, this is everything I own. I'll definitely scrape together the rest of the Spirit Stones for you."
"I only beg you to help my younger brother regain an intact body."
Looking at the wooden plank covered with a white cloth not far away, Chen Changsheng shook his head and sighed.
"Business is business. There has never been such a thing as owing payment."
"I know you two brothers make your living gathering herbs."
"I happen to be short on some medicinal herbs lately. I can buy yours. What do you think?"
Hearing Chen Changsheng's words, Da Zhuang endured his grief and brought over the basket beside him.
Chen Changsheng gave it a casual glance and roughly estimated the value of the herbs.
They were all low-grade medicinal herbs, and their quality was poor. Even if he bought them at an inflated price, they would be worth no more than three low-grade Spirit Stones.
"Not bad. They're all top-grade medicinal herbs I need. I'll buy them for one hundred Spirit Stones."
As he spoke, Chen Changsheng took the basket, then pulled out a Beast Hide Pouch and handed it to Da Zhuang.
"The minimum fee for hiring me to handle a funeral is one hundred Spirit Stones. The shop has a promotion going on lately, so how about I throw in a fine coffin as well?"
"Thank you, sir. I will never forget your great kindness and virtue."
The one hundred Spirit Stones went through the motions before returning to Chen Changsheng's hands, and Chen Changsheng walked toward the wooden plank nearby.
Slowly lifting the white cloth, he found a mangled, bloody corpse before him.
At the sight, the stomachs of the onlookers instantly churned like rivers and seas.
"What happened?"
"A few days ago, we found a century-old spiritual herb, but a guardian Magic Beast was beside it."
"I knew then that the Magic Beast was powerful, so I never considered picking the spiritual herb."
"But who could have imagined that Er Zhuang would secretly go pick it behind my back? By the time I got there, all that was left of him was a corpse."
"It's all my fault. He wanted to trade that spiritual herb for resources for me!"
As he spoke, Da Zhuang, still kneeling on the ground, was already sobbing so hard he could not form words.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng shook his head and took out a full set of professional tools.
The sound of flesh rubbing against flesh reached everyone's ears. Some with weaker stomachs had long since run aside to vomit.
Chen Changsheng, however, remained calm and murmured softly,
"First align the tendons, then piece together the bones. Limbs before torso. The five viscera and six bowels must not be misplaced..."
As Chen Changsheng's hands continued moving, the badly damaged corpse gradually began to take shape.
After working for a full two hours, Chen Changsheng finally finished piecing the body together.
The missing parts had also been filled in by Chen Changsheng with other materials.
After finishing everything, Chen Changsheng took out a fine coffin and gently placed the corpse inside.
"Hah!"
Letting out a long breath, Chen Changsheng wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and said,
"The funeral preparations are complete. Go see your brother one last time, then let him rest in the earth as soon as possible."
After saying that, Chen Changsheng ignored Da Zhuang and walked straight to a table nearby, where he began treating people for bruises and broken bones.
Seeing how busy Chen Changsheng was, a burly man with a broken hand laughed and said,
"Sir, you've got your fingers in far too many trades, don't you?"
"It would be one thing if you monopolized the Funeral Service Package, but you also refine pills and treat illnesses. A couple days ago, I even saw you carving formations onto coffins."
"Don't tell me you're opening another service."
Hearing that, Chen Changsheng rolled his eyes at him and said,
"Wasn't this all forced on me by you people?"
"I originally sold coffins, but someone actually carried a half-dead man to my shop to buy one."
"Seeing that he could still be saved, could I just stand by and watch him die?"
"But look what happened. Not only were they ungrateful, they repaid kindness with enmity and ran around spreading word that my Medical Skills were extraordinary."
"As more and more people came, I had no choice but to open a medical clinic!"
"Opening a medical clinic would have been one thing, but you people even started craving my medicine and wanted to spend money buying it."
"Those people pestered me for a whole month, so I had no choice but to fire up the furnace and refine pills."
As he spoke, Chen Changsheng suddenly exerted force with his hands, and the burly man immediately let out a pig-slaughtering scream.
"Smack!"
The instant the hand bone snapped back into place, Chen Changsheng slapped a medicinal plaster onto the fracture.
"All right. Let it heal for a month, and your hand will be able to move again."
"Try not to fight people so often in the future. You're only at Body Refinement Third Layer, while the person you fought was at least at Body Refinement Fifth Layer."
"If they hadn't shown restraint, your right hand would probably have been crippled."
Faced with Chen Changsheng's nagging, the burly man grinned and said,
"Sir, I was careless this time. Next time, I definitely won't lose to him."
"The Three Yang Body Forging Method I cultivate is a Profound Rank cultivation method. His is only a high-grade Yellow Rank cultivation method."
"The only reason he won was because his realm was a little higher than mine."
"Once I reach Body Refinement Fourth Layer, just watch me fight across realms."
Listening to the burly man's lofty declaration, Chen Changsheng curled his lips and did not continue trying to persuade him.
Because the Xuanwu Kingdom's warlike nature had already been carved into their bones.
Trying to persuade them not to compete for supremacy was harder than trying to persuade them not to breathe.
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