Chapter 731
When I came outside, night had already fallen outside.
In the dark night, only the stars were shining brightly, and beneath them, Jin Cheon-hee walked with a cane and was lost in thought.
‘As expected, I don’t think my life force is being consumed by the Dragon’s Jewel. It seems that the causality that gathers in the jewel is being consumed instead.’
The jewel was a great item.
Even though Eungryong gave it to me to save my life, I still didn’t know if I could use it for medicine.
‘The magnitude of causality within me is probably enormous.’
I didn’t realize it until now, but I came to realize it after systematically learning from Jashi.
‘If it were me now, it would be possible to make hundreds of witchcraft fruit.’
It took one finger to turn back the time of the day even after consuming all of the causality, but with sorcery, it was possible to create hundreds…
‘I guess that means that time-related abilities are the most expensive.’
developed a new drug. Spread medical knowledge. It improved hygiene and made people’s lives better.
The resulting causality is now contained within.
By saving many people, I was able to save others again.
Thank you. everyone.
‘Thank you for being alive.’
The lawmaker felt a strange emotion.
Because it meant that the hardships Jin Cheon-hee went through were not in vain.
‘Wow, everything pays off.’
Good things and bad things.
Even if I forgot, the price seemed to come back like a knife.
Jin Cheon-hee liked this world.
‘That’s interesting.’
* * *
Three days passed.
Even today, people come to receive treatment.
It is a city where thousands of people live, but there were especially many people suffering from malnutrition.
‘Fortunately, these are the treatments that I can provide…’
The reason there are so few patients with serious illnesses is probably because there is nothing to eat, so if they get seriously ill, they simply die.
‘It’s such a cruel thing.’
Fortunately, we had plenty of dry food. I also used witchcraft and acupuncture for treatment.
Of course it’s not free.
Instead, I received medicinal herbs from this region.
‘If you get something completely free, then things start to scare people.’
Favor is not always returned as favor.
That is a lesson learned from Earth.
After treating people who looked like that, I built up quite a reputation even though I was a stranger.
The owner of the inn calls Jin Cheon-hee like this.
“Saint!”
‘If we continue like this, we’ll start a pseudo-religion.’
Thanks to treating many people, people’s mouths have become a little lighter.
Blood immortality.
I was able to hear information that normally outsiders could not hear.
-Blood-immortal monks distribute beef jerky to the poor.
-yes. I don’t know where they get it from, but isn’t that really important? It looks like I’m starving to death right now.
-It’s been quite a while since I got it like that.
-If it weren’t for him, I and my children would have died. Or maybe pick up a knife and do some magic.
‘Is there no problem with the blood monks here?…’
Even just looking at the mushroom blood monk I saw last time, there was something suspicious about it. The more I researched, the more I thought, ‘Don’t come here!’ He made it clear that he was doing it.
However, there are no suspicious buildings or suspicious pills here.
There is only one bloodless guy.
‘But it’s too early to jump to conclusions.’
For some reason, whenever I thought about that guy, a part of my heart kept tingling.
‘Is there really no problem?’
Jin Cheon-hee made the magic fruit herself and put the red fruit in her mouth.
Crunchy-
sweet apple flavor. Then I feel the fatigue disappearing quickly.
‘Well, should I tell the truth to Master? It’s the best for recovering from fatigue.’
* * *
Same time.
A blood monk stood in front of the girl whom Jin Cheon-hee treated.
“Hyeolbul said, Sentient being, what are you afraid of? Isn’t it right to use the wisdom of Prajna as our own lamp to help all living beings? If you give yourself to those who do not receive relief, you will be able to achieve liberation. Even if it is not enough, I will go to the Pure Land of Paradise.”
Strange words.
The girl did not know what the monk meant.
“Girl. This is not a difficult statement. “I’m saying that if you sacrifice yourself, you can free your family from suffering.”
“Damn.”
The girl cursed.
“Have you ever seen me lie?”
“….”
“Even if my younger brothers’ health is restored, they will still be hungry and sick.”
“….”
The child sees the monk.
He always gave the child beef jerky. He told a good story.
“Is it my turn this time?”
“okay. It is true. “The Lord wants it.”
“Fuck you.”
After saying that, I closed my eyes.
“If you don’t like it, I won’t recommend it anymore. “I won’t have to be here anymore.”
The monk said that and turned around.
“Wait, wait, wait!”
The child quickly grabbed Jang-sam.
“If I become a sacrifice, are you really giving me a lot of money? “Are you going to feed the kids too?”
“Haven’t there already been a few ceremonies? Has that family become unhappy?”
The child pouted at those words.
“Oh no.”
“But there is no need for you to sacrifice yourself.”
“I haven’t decided yet!”
The child screamed.
The monk looked at the child with a benevolent expression. On the outside, it looked no different from Buddha’s smile.
“Hyeolbul said, The highest level of charity is purity of the three wheels. He told us to be sure to remember this. The first of the three principles of purity is that the donor himself must not have a boastful attitude, secondly, those receiving help must not have a bad attitude towards him, and thirdly, what he gives for charity must also be pure.”
“….”
Difficult words poured out.
But it was also something that all adults bowed their heads to.
“Girl. If you donate your own body, it is in line with the will of the Three-Rounded Heaven, so how can you say that it is not noble? This is what the Diamond Sutra refers to as non-occupation-free giving. “Then your soul will head to the Pure Land of Paradise, and your younger siblings will enjoy happiness as living beings. There is no limit to my joy.”
“You don’t know such difficult stories!”
In the end, I got so annoyed that I screamed.
“All I know is that they pay a lot of money for it and you won’t go hungry. “It means my turn has come.”
It was an opportunity that would lead to death.
This time, I found a good blind therapist and survived.
But what about the second? What about the third?
A child is not stupid enough to believe that such a fluke will happen every time.
The beef jerky given by the monks is not enough.
Although I was able to make up for the hunger at that moment, the hellish hunger and pain continued again.
The child survived every time. I am even more scared because I survived.
The monk answered.
“You are right. But you can refuse…”
“…I will. “It’s a pestilence.”
The girl was momentarily surprised by her own decision.
But even for a moment. I feel that I have reached a dead end.
Hunger borders on hell.
And I would do anything to get away from it.
Either die or make money.
She thought it was okay since she could do both.
* * *
In this way, Jin Cheon-hee continued to treat people.
There was nothing we could do about patients who needed surgery as we did not have Baekrin Uigak Bunta, but we still managed to relieve them to the extent we could with Qigong and acupuncture.
Since she also used witchcraft from time to time, I began to think that everything Jin Cheonhee was doing was part of witchcraft.
“Oh, saint!”
“The Holy Son is passing by!”
I think it probably came from the inn owner.
Jin Cheon-hee revealed that he was not a saint but merely a wandering musician and shaman.
And I continued to look for traces of blood missions.
‘There really isn’t one.’
There were no secret underground buildings or secret bosses.
No one has taken any strange medicine, just a cow, a cow carcass, and a cow owner who hugs the cow carcass and howls that the plague is like a dog.
And the blood Buddhist monk who occasionally comes and shares beef jerky.
Anyway, I never imagined there would be nothing like this.
‘Baekcheon-gun, what is this guy doing?’
It was definitely different from the aspects of the Ten Thousand Armies that had been shown so far.
Rather.
‘The damage from rinderpest is serious.’
It was prevented to a large extent by the power of local beliefs and magic in this area, but it was only to a certain extent prevented, but not completely prevented.
“In the old days, there were a lot of cows. It’s ten times that much. But when they all die like this, it’s all gone.”
“I tried using a dragon shaman and everything, but it still didn’t work.”
“Still, a wealthy family can feed itself, but what can a poor tenant do? “Just starve to death.”
Jin Cheonhee thought.
‘Now that I think about it, there is a record in the Annals that our country also suffered greatly from rinderpest after the Manchu War.’
In the 1637 Gyeam Ilrok, there was also a story written about people being worried because all the cows around them had died.
Later, it was written that live cows were going to die anyway, so they were slaughtered and eaten in advance, but the writer was worried about the next year’s farming.
It was a situation where the very foundation of life could have collapsed.
“Cattle that die from disease have a strong odor and rot easily, so it is not easy to get the meat. “We cut off the edible parts and cook the food immediately, but preserved foods such as jerky must be made from healthy beef.”
“okay.”
“There was talk of slaughtering a live cow first, but that could not be done because the spirits would be angry. Moreover, it means completely giving up on farming next year. Although I have already given up on farming this year. “Hehehehe.”
This is truly a shitty situation.
Jin Cheon-hee asked one thing.
“Have all the dead cows been slaughtered?”
“no. It doesn’t work that way. “Because we have to use fresh meat.”
“Oh, is there such a spell?”
“yes. It exists.”
It was amazing.
Just as there were various martial arts in the central plains, it seemed that there were various types of magic besides birds.
“The festival is….”
“Ah, yes. “Through the festival, we turn cows into fresh meat.”
Is that really possible?
Although I had learned the basics of witchcraft, this was something I had never heard of.
The innkeeper came.
“It’s a festival soon, so musicians, please get ready!”
* * *
festival?
It was surprising that a festival was held under such difficult circumstances, but it was not strange considering that it was also a part of witchcraft.
‘Why is my heart pounding so hard?’
My heart kept pounding due to an ominous feeling. Jin Cheon-hee came out of the village with heavy steps.
Grasslands north of the city.
Where the festival is held.
As the villagers said, the corpses of cows were piled up like a mountain.
‘Ugh, the stench…’
The sound coming from the swarm of flies is eating everything. Jin Cheon-hee covered Hwang-gu’s ears, afraid that a fly might get in.
Kung-
Hwang-gu also felt the smell was so bad that he started to gag.
‘Is that why cows are not cremated?’
In front of the cow corpses was an altar of an unfamiliar shape.
