Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1316 - 240_2

"Come on, Shan Pao, let's have a drink!"

"Let's do it!"

The two old men clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

When Li Sanjiang poured wine for Mr. Shan, Mr. Shan took out some incense sticks from his sleeve, lit them with a match, and stuck them into the crack of the bench.

Although Run Sheng often went without meals while following Mr. Shan since childhood, every time there was wine and meat, Run Sheng was never absent from the feast.

Over time, it became a habit, and without the scent of incense, the wine just didn't taste the same.

Li Sanjiang didn't say anything when he saw this. Last night, when the traffickers appeared in the village, he discovered that Xiao Yuan's room was empty and was almost scared out of his wits.

"Come on, have another one!"

"Bring it on, who's afraid of whom!"

With one trying to comfort an old friend and the other intentionally seeking drunkenness, the two old men soon had flushed faces, not far from being fully intoxicated.

Wang Lian had already left with her family, and the others were eating breakfast normally, with the smell of alcohol in the air.

Alii handed a peeled salted duck egg to Li Zhiyuan, who picked it up and used his chopsticks to pick at it while observing the situation behind him.

When he finished the last bit of the salted duck egg with the final sip of porridge, a "thump" sounded; the bench under Mr. Shan had fallen, and he was lying on the ground, unconscious.

Li Sanjiang chuckled, pointing at Mr. Shan: "Useless thing!"

With that, Li Sanjiang also leaned forward and passed out drunk.

Li Zhiyuan put down his chopsticks and glanced at Ah You.

Ah You got up, first carrying Mr. Li to the bed in the room upstairs, followed by Li Zhiyuan, who adjusted his grandmaster's sleeping posture, covered him up, and then left a mug of Huoxiang tea on the bedside table before leaving.

When he went downstairs, he saw Ah You had already placed Mr. Shan on a small cart.

Liu Yumei and Aunt Liu sat at the table, calmly sipping their porridge as they watched Li Zhiyuan and Lin Shuyou push Mr. Shan away.

When they arrived at Big Beard's house, Li Zhiyuan went inside to fetch something, while Lin Shuyou first pushed Mr. Shan to the pit where Run Sheng lay.

Yin Meng brought over a bench with a back and signaled Ah You to place Mr. Shan on it.

Looking at the drunken, filthy face, Yin Meng soaked a towel in hot water, wiped Mr. Shan's face, and tidied his collar.

Lin Shuyou said, "This morning when Mr. Shan came, he made a fuss."

Yin Meng asked, "What happened, did he lose all his money again?"

Lin Shuyou replied, "No, he won money, then threw it around, crying that something happened to his Run Sheng."

Upon hearing this, Yin Meng was taken aback.

Li Zhiyuan came over and first drew patterns on Mr. Shan's face. The purpose of these patterns was to help settle and soothe him to sleep. To be safe, after completing the patterns, he also placed a new Heart Clearing Charm on Mr. Shan's forehead.

The old Heart Clearing Charm had the effect of dispelling distracting thoughts and calming the mind, while the new version could calm the spirit.

The main thing was that Mr. Shan truly possessed real skills, and even though he and Run Sheng were nominally "grandparent and grandchild," their relationship was actually as close as father and son.

From the beginning, when he adopted Run Sheng, Mr. Shan knew that Run Sheng was no ordinary child.

Later, he also realized the price he had to pay for adopting Run Sheng, but he continued to silently bear it.

This extremely deep emotional bond worried Li Zhiyuan, fearing that when he attempted to revive Run Sheng's consciousness later, Mr. Shan might wake up from excitement.

"Ah You, if Mr. Shan wakes up later, give him a karate chop."

"Understood!"

After making all the preparations, Li Zhiyuan sat down cross-legged and began the Walking Yin ritual.

A figure appeared in the Peach Forest.

It was watching the boy's actions.

It always knew that the boy wasn't Wei Zhengdao. Similar, but very different. For instance, Wei Zhengdao would never do something like this.

Li Zhiyuan seemed to guess what it was thinking and said, "You hid yourself and suppressed your own power."

"Yes."

"So, the later him probably couldn't find you. If he could, I think he would have come to relieve your pain."

"I can't face that kind of scene. Additionally... considering my situation, it's unsolvable."

"Indeed."

Li Zhiyuan said nothing more to it. Opening his palms, two red strings extended from his palms, one coiled around Mr. Shan's hand, and the other around Run Sheng's hand.

After a moment's hesitation, Li Zhiyuan extended a third red string, wrapping it around Yin Meng's hand.

Adding one more anchor point would make it easier for him.

Li Zhiyuan began attempting to enter Run Sheng's consciousness. This was the process of turning Run Sheng into a puppet, but the boy would only use the first steps of the process.

In the Peach Forest below, it extended its palm forward, revealing an ancient zither in front of it.

Its fingers lightly brushed the zither strings but eventually withdrew its hand, putting the zither away.

It had wanted to help but ultimately chose not to. It wasn't because of fear of karmic consequences, but simply because it felt it was unnecessary.

Since the boy had set up the array, he must have confidence in succeeding.

Just like the original Wei Zhengdao, no matter what difficulties he encountered, once he started working on it, the matter would certainly be resolved in the end.

Li Zhiyuan sensed the thick Evil Qi—madness, slaughter, hatred—a very traditional Deadman instinct. However, Run Sheng's current situation had long surpassed what an ordinary Deadman could even approach.

The boy felt the pain. After being separated from the body, the originally seamless emotions could now affect him.

Fortunately, after knowing the body's current attitude, Li Zhiyuan was unreserved, continuing to search while offloading these emotional burdens for the body to digest.