The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 865: The True and False Corpse

"Husband, how should we deal with these people now?" Jing Yan glanced at Brother Hu and the others, sprawled out in the valley, and asked.

This was indeed a troubling issue.

Li Qing thought for a moment and said, "I’ll let Wen Jun know to free up a meeting room at the village office. We can temporarily place these people there. Apart from that, I can’t think of any other place to accommodate them at the moment."

"That works. They don’t require any extra care right now. Husband, you just need to give each of them a Revitalizing Pill to keep their vitalities hanging on," Jing Yan nodded and said, "Without their souls, they are essentially no different from corpses at the moment."

"Okay," Li Qing nodded, then made a phone call to Qin Wenjun and briefly explained the situation.

Afterward, he hoisted a person with each hand, shook his head, and chuckled, "Looks like I have to make another trip."

He and Jing Yan only had four hands between them, but there were five people lying around.

"Husband, let me do it," Jing Yan said with a gentle smile. With a slight lift of her wrist, Brother Hu and the others floated up lightly.

With a gentle push of her palms forward, the several men drifted as if floating on water, following the currents, moving forward slowly with Jing Yan’s gestures.

Li Qing was dazzled by this somewhat cool scene.

This is the benefit of being powerful.

He indeed needed to seriously cultivate for a while. His lack of strength was too disappointing.

After checking around, he collected the mobile phones of Brother Hu and the others.

The phones that had been flashing continuously on their screens were now turned off, at some unknown point.

Unable to distinguish who’s was who’s, Li Qing stuffed them all together into his pocket and followed Jing Yan’s pace.

The two of them avoided the village’s main road and entered the village office from behind by climbing over the fence.

Jing Yan propelled the five men through the air; if someone were to see this sight, it would instantly become another news story. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Li Qing hoped for the village to become more lively, but he did not wish to ignite a firestorm over such matters again.

Just recalling the commotion caused by Hua Liangjun and the others last time made Li Qing irritated.

When trouble arose, it was him who had to step forward to deal with the hassles, which was very annoying.

Qin Wenjun and Yu Lan had already cleared a small meeting room on the second floor and laid a carpet on the floor.

"Qingzi, where did you get these dead bodies from?" Yu Lan was startled when she saw the men Jing Yan was floating through the air.

"Dead bodies?!" Qin Wenjun stood on tiptoes for a look and immediately turned paler, "Sister Yan, what are you two planning to do? If they’re dead, shouldn’t we just bury them? Why the need to specifically clear out a meeting room to hold the bodies? I’m afraid I won’t dare to come in here anymore."

"They’re not dead," Li Qing explained, "If they were dead, why would we go to such lengths?"

"Not dead?" Qin Wenjun stood on tiptoe for another look.

"Not dead, but for now, they might as well be considered dead," Li Qing said with a smile. "They wandered into Burning Man Valley and ended up like this. Speaking of which, I need to discuss this matter with you in detail. The Valley isn’t somewhere you can just walk into anymore."

"Burning Man Valley..." Qin Wenjun murmured, "Qingzi, do you mean they met with some evil there?"

"That’s one way to understand it," Li Qing nodded. "Tell the construction company again, they can work on the outskirts, but absolutely cannot enter Burning Man Valley. If it comes down to it, just temporarily halt the work until I’ve handled the situation, then you can reschedule the construction."

Qin Wenjun glanced at Brother Hu and the others, who looked almost no different from dead people, and sighed deeply, "How did it really come to this? Now it’s like I’ve died before even achieving anything, this... is terrible."

"You should be thankful," Li Qing said. "Imagine if tourists had actually stayed there and something happened. That would’ve been a real disaster. My master will come down the mountain tomorrow, and then he can see if he can set up a Formation. If it can be ensured that no incidents will occur, then you can continue. Otherwise, that place might have to be marked off as a forbidden area."

Qin Wenjun nodded firmly, "That’s true, fortunately, it hasn’t caused any impact. I recognize these people; aren’t they the ones who were streaming at the entrance the other day? How did they end up there?"

"They wanted to do something sensational, so I sent them to Burning Man Valley, and then this happened," Li Qing explained. "This is also my fault; even though they are not good people, I am still responsible for their lives."

This was a problem Li Qing had brought upon himself.

When Qin Wenjun heard the reason, he immediately became nervous, "They won’t be dead for good, will they?"

"They shouldn’t be," Li Qing said. "You and Auntie Yulan tidy up here a bit. They need to lie here for seven days. The room’s heating and such all need to be arranged during these days, to prevent them from actually dying from lying here too long."

"That’s no issue, I’ll go get some more blankets from the store later, ensuring they lie warm and snug," Qin Wenjun said. "Our village heating is quite good; they definitely won’t freeze into icicles overnight."

"But it also can’t be too hot," Jing Yan suddenly said. "Although they’re not dead, their condition allows us to treat them as if they were."

"Too cold and the blood will coagulate, resulting in the body becoming completely rigid; too hot, and it accelerates the decay of their flesh. Perhaps they wouldn’t last seven days and would be dead already."

"Ah? They can decay?" Yu Lan asked, surprised.

"Their souls are entirely gone; they are essentially corpses," Jing Yan explained. "Maintaining a suitable temperature, and if their life force can be sustained with Revitalizing Pills, surviving seven days should not be a problem. If you have time, you could stop by every two or three days to check on them. If anything seems off, give them another Revitalizing Pill."

Li Qing nodded, "Okay, as long as they don’t actually die, that’s good."

"Seven days is not a difficult task for cultivators; they can endure it without any issues," Jing Yan continued. "But their bodies are mortal, so seven days for them is akin to hovering at Ghost Gate."

"Without the elixirs sustaining their life force, even if they come back to life later, their internal organs are likely to suffer extensive damage, and their lives wouldn’t last long."

"Sister Yan, what about someone like me who has just begun cultivation?" Qin Wenjun asked.

"The same, still a mortal body," Jing Yan said with a slight smile, glancing at Li Qing, "Before reaching Foundation Establishment, all are mortal bodies."

Li Qing, hearing this, immediately felt unhappy, "I was just feeling relieved, and now you come up with this, so people like me in the Qi Cultivation Stage don’t really count as cultivators?"

"Of course, you do; however, the Qi Cultivation Stage is the transitional phase between cultivator and mortal. Only by stepping into Foundation Establishment do you become a true cultivator," Jing Yan said with a smile. "You really should take your cultivation seriously when you have the time."