Chapter 1120: The Spread of the Condition

The man collapsed onto the ground, his entire body limp. He had not the slightest will to resist. Because he had consumed too many human hearts, he possessed a powerful baleful aura. Such a person could only suffer the torment of the soul being burned by raging fire; otherwise, after death, he would inevitably become a Demon, bringing disaster upon the world.

Chen Yu pointed his right hand, and raging flames ignited upon the man's body. The man hissed and rolled about, attempting to extinguish the flames on his person, but how could Chen Yu's Three Karmic Fires be something he could extinguish?

A moment later, the man stopped moving entirely. His body continued to burn, and after a short while, it turned into a pile of ashes.

"Master, that person... is he dead?" After a long while, Su Qingcheng finally came over. She glanced at the ashes on the ground and asked with some trepidation.

She had not spent much time with Chen Yu, but she knew that her master, Chen Yu, possessed heaven-reaching and earth-shattering abilities, so the fact that the person before her had turned into a pile of ashes was not something difficult to understand.

"This kind of person committed evil while alive, killing people and cooking their hearts. The karmic fruit and baleful aura on him were too heavy. If he were not burned to ashes by a fire, once he died, he would inevitably turn into a Demon and bring disaster upon the world." Chen Yu sighed slightly and said, "Moreover, this kind of person cannot be delivered, so the only way was to resolve him with the simplest method."

"Jinhua has already found the remains of her parents; they are right there among that pile of bones," Su Qingcheng said. "And most of the others are people from near the village. We must go back and notify the village chief so he can bring people to take these remains back for a proper burial."

"Good. The samples have already been collected; let us return to the laboratory to analyze them first." Chen Yu looked around at his surroundings. "I feel that the source of the virus is not here. Let us go to the second suspected location next to take a look."

"Alright." Su Qingcheng nodded.

The three of them began their return journey. Along the way, Jinhua wept silently. Although she had found her parents' remains, the pain of losing her loved ones left her heartbroken, and Su Qingcheng could only comfort her incessantly.

On the way back, while passing a cliff, the sound of calls for help came from below.

"There is a sound?" Chen Yu's six senses were extremely sharp. This cliff was over ten meters high, and although the sound was faint, he heard it instantly.

"There really is." Su Qingcheng thought carefully for a moment, then was startled. "It seems to be the voice of Teacher Liu Ying."

"How did she come here?" Chen Yu was speechless. He hurried to the edge of the cliff and shouted downward, "Liu Ying, is that you?"

"Chen Yu, it's me! Save me quickly, I fell from above!" Liu Ying's joyful voice came from below the cliff.

"I will go down and take a look first." Chen Yu went down along the cliff.

The cliff at this location was not considered very dangerous; at most, it was a steep hillside, but for an ordinary person to fall from above by accident was still a life-threatening matter.

Upon reaching the bottom of the cliff, he indeed saw Liu Ying sitting limply to one side. Her clothes were covered in blood, and her hands and face were covered in many scratches.

It must have been that when she arrived at Yeren Gou, she accidentally fell from here. There was no signal here; she truly could not call to heaven or earth for help.

Fortunately, Chen Yu's six senses were stronger than an ordinary person's, so when she called for help, she was heard by Chen Yu.

"Chen Yu, you finally came. Please, save me." Liu Ying nearly cried when she saw Chen Yu; he was her savior.

Chen Yu stepped forward to examine her injuries. He saw that they were all superficial wounds; the most serious injury was a dislocation at the ankle. However, the cuts on her face and body were enough to make her miserable.

"Didn't I tell you not to come? Why did you sneak over here by yourself? Do you know how dangerous the road to Yeren Gou is?" Chen Yu said, speechless.

"I just wanted to find the source quickly." Liu Ying wiped her tears. "I didn't expect to cause you trouble."

"It doesn't cause me much trouble, but you will have to endure this pain yourself." Chen Yu shook his head and began to set her bones.

With a few *crack, crack* sounds, her dislocated bone was set back into place. Liu Ying tried to move it; apart from feeling a bit stiff at the ankle, there was nothing abnormal.

"Thank you, Chen Yu." Liu Ying thanked Chen Yu in a low voice.

"Being so eager for quick success and instant benefits, you will never achieve results." Chen Yu glanced at her.

To tell the truth, Chen Yu did not like Liu Ying very much; this woman was too goal-oriented when dealing with people.

Furthermore, she acted with a desire for quick success and instant benefits; in order to achieve her own goals, there was nothing she would not do.

Liu Ying remained silent. After a long while, she said, "Chen Yu, do you think that a person like me, in order to achieve my own goals, is capable of doing anything?"

"Isn't that the case?" Chen Yu countered.

"Yes, I am capable of doing anything to achieve my goals, but what choice do I have? I have no background, no connections. I have the ability but nowhere to put it to use. If I didn't lower myself to please those people, I would never have been able to reach my current status."

Liu Ying suddenly became a bit agitated. "Perhaps in your eyes, I am such a shameless woman, but I am truly terrified of being poor."

"More than ten years ago, because I couldn't afford the surgery fees, I watched my father leave me. From that moment on, I swore that I would get ahead." Liu Ying said viciously, "I do not allow myself to have no money and no status."

Chen Yu stopped speaking. All living things suffer; everyone in this world has their own principles and requirements for acting. Liu Ying was indeed somewhat unscrupulous.

But she had her own hidden bitterness. If he had not accidentally obtained his inheritance at the moment of his death, he would likely have already been reincarnated by now, and his vengeance would never have been fulfilled.

"Master, are you both alright?" From above the cliff, Su Qingyan's voice drifted down.

"We are fine. Liu Ying is slightly injured; I will bring her up immediately." Chen Yu replied, then turned and said, "I will take you up."

"Up? How?" Liu Ying's expression changed slightly. This place was over ten meters high.

Moreover, it was very steep; how could she possibly get up?

"Reach out your hand," Chen Yu said.

Liu Ying hesitated for a moment, then still reached out her hand.

Chen Yu pulled her hand, then gathered his Qi, and his figure rose rapidly.

Liu Ying let out a cry of surprise. She felt the wind whistling by her ears. In almost just a few breaths, she had already reached the top of the mountain.

She was startled. Was Chen Yu even human? Such a high cliff—although it was not a sheer precipice, it was extremely difficult for an ordinary person to climb up, yet Chen Yu had carried a person weighing over a hundred jin and ascended instantly?

"Let's go back," Chen Yu said indifferently.

The group returned to the village and briefly explained what had happened on the mountain. Only then did the villagers realize that the so-called Mountain God was actually a heart-eating madman.