Chapter 87: Delivering Madam Shu Fang

Li Si walked to the edge of the mountain and estimated how far the flames in the mountain had spread, then drew the Black Sword.

He Zhong, walking behind him, only saw the sword light flash. His eyes were struck by sunlight reflected off the sword, and he immediately felt a stabbing pain in them. He hurriedly closed his eyes. At the same time, he felt a chill across his body, and goosebumps rose all over him.

He could not help feeling his heart palpitate. He felt as if he were now like a chicken or duck waiting to be slaughtered, his life ready to be taken at any moment.

Hiss...

And at this very moment, a strange sound rang out. A large tree slowly fell and crashed to the side.

“Uncle He, come help me. Let us move this tree aside,” Li Si shouted back to He Zhong while holding the base of the large tree.

By this time, He Zhong had already opened his eyes. Hearing Li Si call him, he immediately ran over and lifted the large tree together with Li Si.

Only, while he was holding the large tree, he still looked from time to time at the Black Sword Li Si had placed to one side, fear showing in his eyes.

After travelling far and wide for so long, this was his first time seeing a longsword that could make someone lose the ability to resist the moment it was drawn. This was a vicious sword.

As for his previous thought that a longsword could not cut trees, he had already thrown it to the back of his mind.

In the time that followed, the two of them quickly cleared the nearby grass and trees.

In truth, there were not many large trees on this side. There were mainly shrubs and dry grass. With the strength the two of them had now, clearing it was fairly easy.

Actually, the main reason was Xiaoduan’s help. By the time the two of them had cleared one-third of the firebreak, Xiaoduan had already cleared the rest.

This was not strange either. The sharpness of Xiaoduan’s tongue might not necessarily be inferior to the Black Sword, and combined with the flexibility of his tongue, he naturally cleared things faster.

After they finished clearing it, they returned to Shu Rong and his daughter.

By this time, their emotions had improved a great deal. Clearly, they had already walked out of their grief somewhat.

Although they could not see Madam Shu Fang, the father and daughter still felt very reassured. This was all because of Li Si. After experiencing so many things, they trusted him beyond measure, so they also firmly believed that their loved one was beside them.

“Are you ready?” Li Si looked at the two whose eyes were red from crying and asked in a low voice.

Afterward, he also looked at Madam Shu Fang’s soul body standing to one side. He had just been asking Shu Rong and Shu Min, but he was also asking Madam Shu Fang.

Hearing Li Si’s question, hesitation appeared on Shu Rong’s and Shu Min’s faces.

It was Shu Min who spoke first. She looked up and asked Li Si, “Can my mother stay with us forever?”

Li Si frowned slightly, and his face gradually turned cold. “Do you want your mother to become an evil ghost?”

Yet even after Li Si said this, the father and daughter still did not abandon this idea. Shu Rong gritted his teeth and said, “Even if the child’s mother becomes an evil ghost, we are willing to be with her.”

“Do you think the same?” Li Si looked toward Madam Shu Fang, who had been silent beside them.

Seeing Li Si ask her, Madam Shu Fang showed hesitation on her face, but then she nodded at Li Si.

Seeing that all of them thought this way, Li Si’s face seemed covered in frost, instantly silencing the others with fear.

He would never forget how the original owner had used his own Protective Talisman to end himself because he did not want to become an evil ghost.

At the same time, from Xiaoduan eating Chen Zhongyang’s soul earlier, as well as his greedy desire for that old woman’s soul, Li Si could tell this clearly.

No matter how noble the other party’s character had been in life, and no matter whether the other party had been contracted by him.

The nature of eating people was carved into the very bones of ghosts.

“I am sorry.” Li Si’s expression softened slightly. He sighed, then extended his hand toward Madam Shu Fang.

Seeing Li Si extend his hand, Shu Rong’s and Shu Min’s expressions changed drastically, and they were about to rise to stop him.

At this moment, He Zhong blocked the two of them, stopping them from approaching, and said in a deep voice, “You must trust Scholar Li.”

“May you be born into a good family in your next life,” Li Si said to Madam Shu Fang.

Seeing Li Si like this, Madam Shu Fang’s face revealed a sorrowful look.

At this point, Li Si no longer hesitated. With a slight movement of his will, Madam Shu Fang turned into a streak of light and shadow and was absorbed into his palm.

“Delivered dead soul Fang Shulan into reincarnation, gained 1 soul point.”

Li Si looked at the father and daughter staring at him with anger and sighed. “If I deliver her now, she can still reincarnate.”

“But if she becomes an evil ghost, she will lose herself and become a strange, evil thing that will stop at nothing to eat people. Then she will never be able to reincarnate.”

Hearing Li Si say this, conflicted expressions appeared on the father and daughter’s faces.

Afterward, Shu Rong was the first to take a deep breath. Guilt appeared in his eyes, and he pulled his daughter down to kneel on the ground, kowtowing to Li Si.

Seeing that they had already awakened to the truth, Li Si walked over to the two of them, helped them up, and said, “For now, prepare her funeral arrangements first.”

After the two were helped up, they looked at Madam Shu Fang’s corpse somewhat blankly. Right now, they had no tools and no coffin. They did not know what to do.

At this moment, Li Si drew the Black Sword and walked over to a large tree Xiaoduan had cut down.

This was a common cypress tree. At its thickest point, it was roughly the length of an adult’s arm. This kind of wood had a moderate hardness, was fine-grained, and had strong resistance to decay. It was generally used for buildings and furniture. Using this timber to make a coffin now was just right.

Li Si cut into the thickest part of the large tree and cut out a stump more than two metres long. Afterward, he drew the Black Sword across the stump, cutting a plank from the tree as if slicing tofu.

Because Li Si used a clever technique, the surface of the plank was extremely neat, as if it had been carefully crafted by an artisan.

Before long, he had cut the entire stump into planks.

However, these planks were still not in their complete shape. Although their thickness was the same, their shapes still differed somewhat, and there was bark on both sides of the planks.

Li Si looked at these planks, thought for a moment, and fell silent.

At this time, the others on the other side were somewhat stunned when they saw Li Si cutting wood so easily. For a moment, they did not dare speak and disturb him.

The scene fell quiet for a while.

Before long, Li Si lifted the Black Sword again and cut down along the planks, throwing the waste material that contained the bark to one side. Gradually, he turned each plank into a structure with protrusions and recesses.

Immediately afterward, Li Si assembled these planks with protruding and recessed structures, putting together a coffin without a lid. Clearly, the method he used to assemble it was a mortise-and-tenon structure.

“Place the body inside,” Li Si said, turning back to the stunned group.

The others immediately came back to their senses. Then Shu Rong and He Zhong carefully lifted Madam Shu Fang, while Shu Min picked up Madam Shu Fang’s head and walked toward Li Si.

Seeing Shu Min holding her mother’s head, the corner of Li Si’s mouth twitched slightly. He sighed inwardly. This little girl’s personality had definitely developed a problem.