Chapter 68: Delivering Corpses to the Door

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Open..."

The person outside was just about to shout for the door to be opened, when the door of the small courtyard in front of them was opened a step earlier.

Du En appeared behind the door, calmly looking at this unfamiliar overseer who had come knocking a second time.

"Is there anything else?" he asked.

The overseer sniffed the fragrance permeating the air, smacked his lips, and couldn't help but say: "What exactly are you cooking? I wanted to ask before, how can it be so fragrant?"

By opening with such a deflection from the main topic, he actually had a guess in his heart, and greed couldn't help but surface in his eyes; the impression he gave was that he had come specifically for this, wanting to use his position to bully others and seize it by force!

To this, Du En only replied: "Overseer Ren..."

Then, Li Yue and the others hurriedly retreated.

Halfway along this path, the situation appeared quite strange.

"The Green Clothes Gang is gone too, even more miserable than last time. Last time, at least the gang leader was... um..."

Li Yue immediately revealed a look of anticipation, and the other corpse carriers also looked over eagerly, hoping only to get rid of these hot potatoes as quickly as possible.

Hearing this, Du En turned his head to look over.

Pretending to be generous, when in fact he was just worried about what might still be staining the flatbed cart, he simply did it as a favor, making himself look magnanimous and not taking advantage for nothing.

"It's not dawn yet."

It was mainly because they were afraid of the corpses on the cart!

The leader of the corpse carriers, Li Yue, his burly body hunched habitually, politely lent a hand to see the overseer off, then turned back to look at Du En, who was still focused on stewing the meat.

"What are you still standing there for! Hurry up!"

Du En patted the shovel he had brought, as well as the few bundles of tough old vines that Ning Caize and the others had prepared in advance yesterday but hadn't ended up using.

His sigh pointed out the unease of the corpse carriers; if not for the fact that they were bold enough to work in this trade, and that these corpses were not caused by evil cultivators and had no evil arts interfering, they would have already collapsed by now.

"What does it matter whether it's dark or dawn? Can't you work either way?"

"This..."

This hellish place, whoever wants to stay can stay, but they certainly wouldn't!

Du En didn't care either, staying here alone, continuing to stew the leopard meat, silently waiting for dawn.

His gaze became quite complex.

Because for this pot of leopard meat, he only used a single main ingredient and absolutely no other secondary ingredients, so even with his practiced culinary skills, he needed to be careful and cautious, with twice the effort for half the result, to ensure it didn't get ruined in the stewing.

That steady and composed back made the eyes of the corpse carriers shine.

The overseer muttered to himself, his gaze unable to help but glance at the flatbed cart and the pot placed beside Du En at this moment.

Of course, because he clearly suspected that Du En wanted to run, he kept his hands tucked in and continued to stand guard here.

"What else could it be? It's that gang of guys making trouble again!"

The other corpse carriers didn't think too much, only looking at Du En with eager anticipation.

In this instant, Du En noticed the signs of evil arts emerging on his body.

Regarding this situation, Du En pondered slightly and said: "Indeed, evil cultivators are treacherous and hard to ignore. If we keep dragging it out in this stalemate, I fear accidents will occur. Why not..."

Regarding this situation, Du En didn't say anything, went back to tidy up, left a note, and then drove the flatbed cart out.

Inside, the meat of a Forest Shadow Leopard was being stewed, and waves of fragrance pumped out from the gaps, making one feel refreshed just by smelling it.

He suspected more and more that this was Du En's scheme!

As expected, he noticed it; worthy of being the head of the corpse buriers, he is experienced. However, don't think you can fool me. Want to run? No way!

I endure...

Speaking of this, thinking of the two gang leaders fused together last time, Li Yue's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but retch.

"Why stop?"

"The supplies are quite complete..."

I originally thought he was just an up-and-comer, I didn't expect him to soar with the wind so quickly; he's young, yet his cultivation has already caught up to mine.

Silently chewing on his mood—there was jealousy, envy, unwillingness, and resentment—then, gathering it in his mouth, it turned into his usual tone: "Oh, Brother Du, it's been a long time, your big brother has really missed you!"

"Tsk!"

"As long as I push them into that range, I should be able to rely on the unique nature of the wasteland to suppress these evil corpses. Once dawn comes, I'll put in a little more effort to either pry them away or drag them in, and then bury them."

Sure enough, these corpse carriers who had once been in close contact with the corpses, except for Xu Ran who was lucky, all still had the lingering effects of evil arts on them!

After Li Yue finished retching, he moved past this, enduring the discomfort, full of worry: "There are too many corpses this time, and the overseer only has one magical corpse bag. In the end, we had to use ordinary corpse bags for everything. There's still a while until dawn, what if... sigh!"

Just hearing the beginning, this guy smacked his lips, feeling a bit depressed, and interrupted: "Alright, pack up your things, there's an urgent job for you!"

Under the urging of spellcasting, the four-foot-wide cooked-mud pot.

The heavy smell of blood covered the fragrance, which finally gave the overseer some relief.

Look!

This is what a qualified foreman should be!

There is no harm without comparison; a guy like Li Yue who only knows how to flatter and squeeze his subordinates simply cannot compare!

Then, the fragrance grew stronger and stronger, constantly hooking their cravings.

And as long as he remained with the corpse carriers, he was the only leader, and he wouldn't give anyone else a chance to challenge him.

Du En didn't care at all about this guy with so many ulterior motives, adjusting the fire from time to time.

Is it that dangerous? Who are you trying to scare!

The overseer didn't quite believe it, but thinking of the scene of the evil cultivators causing trouble tonight, he hesitated, ultimately feeling it was better to keep a low profile, so he didn't continue to question or argue.

Li Yue didn't care about his own lack of loyalty; anyway, the number of spots for corpse buriers was limited, and they couldn't jump ship.

Seeing that the corpse carriers also stopped in unison, waiting for dawn, he finally believed Du En's words, so he waved his hand, said this, and quickly left the area.

Hearing this, Li Yue's expression collapsed instantly, appearing fearful; he dared not look directly at those corpses, and the unease in his heart could no longer be suppressed, leaking out.

"The burial ground at night is even more terrifying than evil cultivators."

"This, are you really sure, brother?"

He nodded calmly, without the slightest ripple of emotion.

Regarding this, Du En simply nodded.

Du En did not speak in riddles either, pointing directly ahead: "It's very simple; just push the handcarts far inside, and then, you all can leave first, only waiting until daytime to come back and retrieve the handcarts."

Li Yue actually wanted to nod immediately, but thinking of Ren Li, he still asked hypocritically.

The corpse transporters looked toward the front one after another; as long as they walked a bit further and turned a corner, they would be able to see that deep, silent, and profound darkness.

However, for the sake of insurance, he still had to keep Du En under guard, lest he run away halfway.

"Alright, I'll leave things here to you all from now on, work hard!"

Time for the harvest.

But very quickly, the corpse transporters' ox-less caravan arrived here as well.

"Rather than what?!"

Because the work efficiency of one Qi Refining mid-stage cultivator can at least equal that of several dozen Qi Refining early-stage ones.

Of course, having one's sanity doesn't mean things are better, because they remembered that they had previously handled four corpses with similar causes of death, also hall masters of the Green Clothes Gang; just thinking about it made them regretful and terrified!

Their attitude changed noticeably due to He Bo's disgust, but more importantly, putting themselves in his shoes, this urgent job in the middle of the night was obviously problematic; if it were them, they would definitely see that the situation was bad and run away immediately!

Together, they arrived at the corpse transport path.

That is why Ning Caize and the others were sleeping like dead pigs, having beautiful dreams; even two consecutive rounds of knocking on the door did not wake them up.

He could not afford to provoke Ren Li, so he could only abandon the idea of seizing it by force and instead brought up the real business.

"Hiss..."

He couldn't help but swallow his saliva and gasp; he really wanted to snatch it over, but he could only endure... it was torture!

"Worker Li." One does not strike a smiling face; he responded to the remark, then glanced at those carts, sparsely loaded and filled with corpses wrapped in specialized body bags, and asked: "What is going on this time?"

No one went to wake them up; Du En felt it was unnecessary, and the foreman also felt it was unnecessary.

Li Yue ordered this, and at the same time said to Du En: "We don't need to come back for these handcarts; seeing that you use them quite comfortably, brother, I'll leave them all to you to dispose of as you please!"

This situation and this development provided him with the perfect opportunity to loot the corpses.

It was truly somewhat unexpected that He Bo would close the case so hastily, letting him off for nothing.

(End of chapter)