Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 8 Destroying corpses and eradicating traces
Turning his head to glance at Wang who was burning paper money, and seeing that she didn't notice him, Fang Xu turned his back to the corpse, put his hands behind his back, groped to pull out the thing hidden in the dazzling gold-embroidered boots, and held it directly in his hand.

The fact that he could afford to wear shoes made of dazzling gold embroidery shows that he had a high status in his life.

And anything that can be carefully hidden by such a person must not be too bad.

Holding the item he took out of his boots, Fang Xu's heart was pounding. He didn't expect that he would have such an opportunity when accompanying Wang to the charity cemetery.

"Brother Fang, I'm fine."

Wang knelt in front of Wang Ergou's body and burned a pile of paper money. Looking at the dancing flames, she seemed to feel that she had done her best, so she stood up and looked at Fang Xu.

Fang Xu nodded and said, "Let's go."

Wang stood up and walked to a tattered desk next to her. She took out two copper coins and placed them on the desk. Then she quickly followed Fang Xu's footsteps and left the charity cemetery.

When the two of them left the charity cemetery, the golden crow had mostly faded away, leaving only the sun hanging in the sky, and the blood-like sunset dyed half the sky red.

When they were near Fenglin Town, they met some familiar neighbors. Wang rarely greeted these people.

Fang Xu saw all of this and understood the purpose of her actions.

Outside the small courtyard in the town, Fang Xu opened the gate, looked at Wang and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm here."

Wang stood outside the courtyard gate and seemed to want to follow in, but Fang Xu's body blocked the gate and did not intend to invite her in.

Wang looked at him with some resentment, bowed slightly and said, "Please excuse me, Brother Fang. I'm leaving now."

Fang Xu nodded quickly, turned around and closed the gate.

call--

Leaning against the wooden door, he took a deep breath.

Perhaps now in Wang's mind, I am just a blockhead who doesn't understand romance.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand romance. He is not the kind of horny idiot who would rather die under the peony flowers than become a ghost.

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Fang Xu quickly walked into the room, took out a tinder, lit the oil lamp, and spread out what he was holding in his hand on the desk.

It was unknown what material the document on the desk was made of. It looked like paper but not paper. It looked more like some kind of animal skin. It was in an irregular shape and was covered with densely packed words.

Fang Xu came closer and carefully identified it——

"Yan...Shen...Zang?"

"All things are the evolution of Tao. Spirits are Tao, and things are the melting pot. They are the shadows of Tao. Therefore, holes should be used as boundaries, hiding mountains, hiding seas, and hiding the vastness of all things..."

"puff!"

After just silently reciting the first few sentences of "Yan Shen Zang", Fang Xu suddenly felt the blood in his body surging and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood!

He quickly turned his eyes away from the animal skin and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a serious expression.

terrible!
terrible!

What kind of cultivation method is this "Yan Shen Zang"? I just recited a few sentences silently, and my consciousness entered the state of inner Insight when Lu Zhiyuan guided me in the method of refining my internal organs during the day.

This time, Fang Xu seemed to see an even more shocking scene. The one hundred acupoints in his body were all shining. Then one of the acupoints was enlarged. At first, it was as big as a grain of rice, then it was as big as a bright moon, then it was like a millstone, then a lake, then it was like the sea...

The impact of the change directly shattered his remaining introspective consciousness, causing the blood in his body to surge, causing him to involuntarily spit out blood.

After calming down his shocked thoughts, Fang Xu quickly folded the animal skins on the desk and put them away.

"Yan Shen Zang" is undoubtedly a very powerful method of cultivation. The owner of the dazzling gold-embroidered boots may be more powerful than he imagined. Although he is dead now, he is not sure whether there is anyone else who knows that the other party possesses the secret of "Yan Shen Zang".

Fang Xu even had a vague feeling that the reason why the owner of the dazzling gold-embroidered boots died tragically near Fenglin Town was probably related to this "Yan Shen Zang".

Now that he has obtained the hot potato of "Yanshenzang", what will happen next?
After some thought, he immediately hid the animal skin with the "Yan Shen Zang" in the secret compartment under the bed, then took a bucket of kerosene from the oil lamp in the corner of the room, and rushed to the charity cemetery under the cover of night. The owner of the dazzling gold silk embroidered boots could be sent to the charity cemetery after his death, which meant that no one knew his identity at present. Many people saw him and Wang go to the charity cemetery, and this matter could not withstand scrutiny.

For now, the only thing Fang Xu could think of was to destroy the body!

Only by burning the body of the owner of the dazzling gold-embroidered boots can the evidence be erased to the greatest extent and the risk of being exposed be reduced.

Carrying kerosene, Fang Xu sped all the way and soon arrived near the charity cemetery.

There was no light in the charity cemetery in the dark night. Fang Xu breathed a sigh of relief. The absence of light meant that the person guarding the charity cemetery had not returned yet, so he could burn the fire without any worries.

He quietly sneaked into the charity cemetery and quickly poured the kerosene in his hand on the corpse wearing dazzling gold-embroidered boots. Then he bowed slightly to the corpse and murmured, "Although I don't know your identity, since I have taken your things, I will kindly send you on your way."

After saying this, he took out a tinder, blew it, and resolutely threw it on the corpse.

The corpse covered with kerosene quickly caught fire when it encountered the open flame. Seeing that the fire had started, Fang Xu did not dare to stay for long. He immediately climbed out of the window of the charity cemetery and ran towards the mountain behind it.

The fire spread rapidly. He had only run a few miles when the entire charity cemetery behind him was engulfed in flames. Turning his head to look at the fire behind him, Fang Xu finally felt relieved.

……

The next morning.

Fang Xu, who was still sleeping, was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

"Master Fang!"

"coming."

After putting on an outer coat, Fang Xu opened the gate and saw that standing outside were the two followers who followed Zhang Mingliang in Qinxiangzhai yesterday.

The two men were carrying a bloodstained cloth bag. When they saw Fang Xu, the follower named Xie Xiaoqi said respectfully, "Master Fang, this is the blood food that my second young master asked me to bring to you."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu quickly took the bag and weighed it, then thanked the two men: "Thank you very much. Please thank Young Master Zhang on my behalf."

The two of them bowed and said, "Master Fang, the things have been delivered. We will take our leave now."

After watching the two leave, Fang Xu was about to close the door, but he saw Wang, who looked panicked, walking quickly towards him not far away.

"Brother Fang!"

Looking at Fang Xu at the gate of the courtyard, Wang shouted anxiously and staggered to the gate.

"Sister-in-law, what happened?" Fang Xu asked.

Seeing that there was no one around, Wang Shi ignored everything else and squeezed into the courtyard. After closing the door, she grabbed Fang Xu's arm and said, "Brother Fang, I...I'm in trouble!"

Fang Xu was puzzled.

Wang continued, "Last night...last night there was a fire in the charity cemetery, and a huge fire burned down the entire cemetery!"

Fire in the charity cemetery?

Fang Xu knew about this because he was the one who set the fire, but what did this have to do with Wang?
"Brother Fang, the fire in the charity cemetery must have been caused by me leaving the cemetery yesterday without waiting for the fire to be extinguished. Now the entire cemetery has been burned down. I..."

Although there are no valuables in the charity cemetery, it is government property after all. Now that it has been burned down by a fire, the government will definitely investigate.

Paying compensation to repair the charity cemetery is a small matter, but the key point is that you may be arrested and imprisoned for a year or two.

Wang believed that the fire in Dingzhuang was caused by her own mistake, so she was naturally very scared.

Fang Xu didn't expect that Wang would take the initiative to imagine and take the blame for the fire.

But this seems to be a good idea.

(End of this chapter)