Chapter 1419: What is the Cause?

"What is the cause of death?" Chen Yu frowned slightly.

"The cause of death... is that something parasitic has entered their bodies." Thinking of the village chief's previous explanation and what he had seen, Old Liu said with a look of terror: "They were being controlled to attack us. I have never seen such a terrifying thing. After they were parasitized, they weren't even afraid of guns."

"Is it that sinister?" Chen Yu asked.

"Yes, very sinister. We... we should leave here quickly. If I don't leave, we will really all die here." This guy said in terror: "Let's go quickly, otherwise we will really die..."

"Leave?" Chen Yu glanced at him and said: "If we were truly afraid, we wouldn't have stayed here. It's easy to say, but can we really leave?"

This guy didn't dare to speak. That's right, one look at Chen Yu and the others told him they were not ordinary people. If they were truly afraid, they wouldn't have come here. Right now, he was probably the only one afraid, but these matters seemed to have nothing to do with Chen Yu and his group; they had come here to explore in the first place.

"Can you... can you send me away from here? I'm afraid of dying." Old Liu swallowed his saliva and looked at Chen Yu with a pleading expression.

"No." Chen Yu shook his head.

"I can pay..." Old Liu begged.

"Are we short on money?" Li Yunshan glanced at this guy; this fellow was truly a pathetic person.

"You few, you... certainly aren't short on money, but whatever you want, I can give it to you..." Old Liu begged: "I only ask that you take me away from here. I promise I will never come back again. I promise..."

"Begging us is useless. You came here, so you go back the same way. We have no obligation to send you away. You must bear the consequences of your own momentary greed," Chen Yu said indifferently.

With a thud, Old Liu knelt directly on the ground. He pleaded: "Mr. Chen, I know what we did was wrong, but please... for the sake of our ignorance, spare me this once."

"How can I spare you? The creatures you encountered weren't released by me. You knew this sea area was the territory of the Sea God, yet you dared to run over here to seek death. Who can you blame for that?" Chen Yu said: "So, go back the same way you came."

"Besides, your companions are all dead. If you go back alone, how will you explain it to them?" Chen Yu asked.

Old Liu was speechless. He really didn't know what to do. He could only try his best to put on an innocent look: "Mr. Chen, I have a mother above and children below. The lives of my whole family depend on me. I beg you to help me."

"If you had known it would come to this, why do it in the first place?" Liu Ruxi glanced at him and said indifferently: "Hold out your hand."

"Yes, thank you, Miss Liu, thank you." Old Liu scrambled over and held out his hand.

Liu Ruxi extended her right hand and moved it through the void. A moment later, a symbol condensed in mid-air, and with a wave of her right hand, the symbol slowly descended and landed on the palm of Old Liu's hand.

A golden symbol slowly emerged and attached itself to his palm.

"This... what is this?" Old Liu looked at the symbol in his hand in disbelief, momentarily stunned.

"A Buddhist Exorcism Mantra. On your palm, it can protect you from all evil. Of course, this is not absolute; if you encounter something with particularly heavy evil energy, it won't work."

"But regardless, this thing can save your life. No matter how powerful the thing is, as long as you encounter it, you can slap it out and escape with your life," Liu Ruxi said.

"Thank you, Miss Liu, thank you so much." Old Liu was both surprised and delighted: "You truly have the heart of a Bodhisattva. I really thank you so much."

"That's enough. Stay here if there's nothing else. Leave on your own tomorrow. Let what happened here rot in your stomach," Liu Ruxi said indifferently.

"I will, Miss Liu, don't worry. I know what to say. I promise I won't leak a single word," Old Liu nodded repeatedly.

He had escaped death, and after returning, he would keep his mouth tightly shut and would absolutely not reveal a single word.

As for the companions who came with him, he naturally had a way to explain their situation.

A shipwreck, encountering sea monsters—anyway, they were fishermen who made a living on the sea, so anything could happen. He knew how to handle this matter.

"That's enough, stay to the side. With us here, nothing will dare to come over." Liu Ruxi formed a Buddhist Hand Seal with both hands, and a halo appeared in her hands. Then, with a wave of her right hand, the halo surged in all directions.

A golden-yellow Buddhist light flickered slightly around the group and then vanished.

Those Dark Creatures generally only liked to appear at night, and people's combat state at night was generally not good, so this method of Liu Ruxi's was to prevent those Dark Creatures from coming out at night.

"Thank you, Miss Liu, thank you, Mr. Chen, thank you..." Old Liu looked at Li Yunshan. He didn't know Li Yunshan, so he could only bow and scrape.

"Why thank me? I don't have such a kind heart," Li Yunshan glanced at him coldly and said: "If it were me, I would have let you die on the island. I wouldn't bother with you at all."

Old Liu mumbled and didn't dare to speak. Now that he was under someone else's roof, he had to bow his head. He could only smile awkwardly and didn't dare to say another word.

The night grew deep. The few of them were all Cultivators and didn't need to rest, so they simply sat there chatting.

As for Old Liu, after the fright he had just experienced, he was too scared to sleep, fearing that if he fell asleep, that thing would come out again and drag him away.

However, he was an ordinary person after all, and he was getting on in years, so by the early hours of the morning, he finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Li Yunshan waved his right hand, cast a Barrier on him, and sealed his six senses. This guy could no longer hear the conversation of the group.

"Why did you go to such great lengths to give him a Buddhist Hand Seal? His brow is dark; this is a Death Tribulation. He won't be able to survive tomorrow no matter what," Li Yun looked at Liu Ruxi.

Yes, the reason Li Yunshan ignored this guy was that he could see his brow was black, knowing he could not escape this tribulation.

Even if they saved him for a moment, the Heavenly Mandate could not be defied; he would ultimately be unable to escape that tribulation.

Liu Ruxi was now a Great Ability, and her wisdom roots were even more formidable than those of Chen Yu and Li Yunshan.

After all, she practiced Buddhism, which focuses on past and present lives. It was impossible for her not to see Old Liu's situation.

But since she knew, why go to such great lengths to cast a Buddhist Hand Seal? Wasn't this just a waste of effort?