Chapter 91 Who Is Being Buried?

Chen Ling felt that the latter was more likely, after all, he didn't think he had any talent in acting.

The two took the K18 train and finally returned to District 3 before dark. Han Meng stood on the deserted platform and checked the time.

"It's late, go back and rest... It won't be long before your appointment documents come down."

"Appointment documents?"

"Law Enforcer." Han Meng answered calmly, "All law enforcers who set foot on the divine path will be appointed as law enforcers by Aurora City. This time, you are the only one who set foot on the divine path... It's impossible for them not to appoint you."

"I have offended the Star Chamber of Commerce. Is the appointment okay?"

"This is an appointment by the highest level of Aurora City. The Star Chamber of Commerce cannot interfere. I can become the chief law enforcer of the three districts, so of course you can have no problem." Han Meng paused for a moment,

"What's more, the current situation in the Aurora Realm is special... They need manpower."

Chen Ling nodded, "Okay."

Chen Ling's original goal was to become a law enforcer. After the Star Chamber of Commerce took action this time, he thought it would be difficult for him to become a law enforcer smoothly... Now it seems that the law enforcer headquarters is still very tough in some aspects.

Chen Ling said goodbye to Han Meng and parted ways from the platform.

Chen Ling walked under the night sky with the aurora, looking at the street outline approaching, thinking.

It took so long to go to Bingdao Ancient Treasures this time, and I don’t know what’s going on in Frost Street...

At least, my peaches should be in place, right?

...

Frost Street.

"Hey! Have you heard about it?"

"What?"

"Isn't there a group of law enforcers going to the ancient treasures for the trial this time? A friend of mine from Winter Harbor came to buy goods this afternoon... He told me that the group of law enforcers are all dead!"

"Ah?!"

On the streets of Frost Street, several residents pricked up their ears and immediately gathered together with small stools.

"Is it true?"

"It's impossible. How can it be so dangerous in the ancient treasure house... I heard that in previous years, at most one or two people died."

"I heard that this time a fire usurper got in, stole something, and then killed everyone! This afternoon, a large group of people came to Aurora City and surrounded the entire port."

"I know about the port blockade, and I heard about it... So it was for this?"

"Did Chen Ling go there too?"

"It seems so. I haven't seen him in the past two days..."

"Then isn't he also...?!!"

As everyone was talking, their eyes widened. They looked at each other with surprise in their eyes!

"Chen Ling is dead?!!" Boss Xu of the tailor shop was the first to stand up. His shocked voice could be heard by almost half of the street.

More and more people walked out of their homes, talking about it, with confusion, shock, and relief on their faces...

Several bosses gathered together and hurriedly confirmed something. The haze on their faces suddenly dissipated, and the big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

"He's dead? That demonic law enforcer who eats human hearts is dead?!"

"...I haven't been able to sleep well these past two days. As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw him handing me a human heart. It was so scary."

"It seems he won't come back... Fortunately, fortunately, everyone doesn't have to worry anymore!"

"..."

Everyone's faces showed relief, and they began to pat each other's shoulders and comfort each other.

Only Uncle Zhao, who hurried over without knowing what was going on, turned pale when he heard about this.

"Dead?" Uncle Zhao muttered to himself, "How could a good child die..."

"Although Chen Ling eats human hearts, he is a child who grew up in Hanshuang Street after all. How about... let's give him a funeral?"

"That's right. After he rests in peace, he won't become a ghost to trouble us."

"Can people really become ghosts after death?"

"Most people don't know, but he is a demon who eats human hearts. Who knows if he will come back after death..."

"But we don't even have a corpse, how can we give him a funeral?"

"Just make a coffin and make a paper man... Boss Xu, aren't you doing this business? This shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"Hey, as long as you don't let me get people's hearts, this is not a problem."

Boss Xu waved his hand and immediately led everyone to his store. He picked a big red coffin that no one else chose, and took a paper man from the shelf. In a few seconds, he drew it to look 50% similar to Chen Ling.

"There is no body, no clothes, so let's just make do with this."

Boss Xu took a few more handfuls of paper money, as well as paper-made house furniture and other things, and put them all into the bag, then called two strong young men to carry the coffin and walked towards Chen Ling's house.

Other onlookers were curious when they saw a group of people carrying a coffin out of the house, and they all fell behind the team.

Boss Xu stood in front of Chen Ling's house, holding the paper man in one hand and waving his other hand towards Chen Ling's house, muttering something... probably words like returning to the soul, entering the earth, and resting in peace.

Seeing this scene, the people behind him even thought that Boss Xu was doing something, but they really didn't know what to do in this situation where there was no body and no clothes.

Boss Xu muttered for a while, then put the paper man into the coffin and closed the coffin.

At this moment, he seemed to remember something and said a few words to the pork shop owner next to him. Soon the latter hurried to the crowd with a few large bags of chicken and pig hearts.

"These are all originally prepared for Chen Ling... sacrifices. They won't be used in the future, and it's unlucky to keep them. It's better to bury them together as burial objects."

Boss Xu waved his hand and asked two young men to carry the coffin and walked straight to the back mountain in the dark night. Everyone followed closely.

To be honest, Boss Xu has been doing the business of the dead for so many years, and he has never lived like today. Paper men replace corpses and call souls in front of the house. These are just the funeral procedures he thought of casually. After all, situations like Chen Ling are really rare.

But so what?

In the end, everyone was just afraid that Chen Ling would come back to trouble them after death, and they did all this just to feel at ease, so Boss Xu just had to pretend. If they really followed the normal funeral process, it would probably take until tomorrow morning.

Because it was dark, everyone carried kerosene lamps and walked towards the back mountain little by little with the light of the fire... Behind the big red coffin, the crowd followed, like countless moving shadows.

When everyone gradually walked away, a figure walked out from the corner of the street in confusion, looking at the people going away, with a flash of confusion between his eyebrows.

"So many people in the middle of the night, who are they going to bury?"

Chen Ling muttered to himself when he saw the coffin going away.