Dragon Tamer
Chapter 1050 - Chapter 1050 Chapter 1054 Cursing the Heavens

Chapter 1050: Chapter 1054: Cursing the Heavens Chapter 1050: Chapter 1054: Cursing the Heavens “Poisoning and aging symptoms are still very obvious, please differentiate between the two for us, we are looking for those who have aged rapidly and died,” Zhu Minglang said to the official.

“Sure, that’s not difficult,” the official agreed without feeling it was complicated.

“Then we’ll go take a look at other cities and come back to discuss with you all later,” Zhu Minglang said.

…

After leaving Pingbo City, Zhu Minglang and Wen Lingfei headed to Moon City to the south, which was one of the main cities of Fairy City. This time, Zhu Minglang did not go to the government office but directly to the home of the victim.

Following the address, they found the victim’s house; a funeral was being conducted there, and the sound of the suona could be heard throughout the street.

Wails and cries of agony emanated from within the courtyard walls, tugging at the heartstrings of those who heard them.

Just as Zhu Minglang and Wen Lingfei walked in, they saw an old man beating his chest and stamping his feet, crying and cursing and lamenting as he did so.

“You treacherous Old Heavenly Father, why just take away my fine son like that? All my life as an old man, I have abstained from meat and practiced my religious piety, never shying from giving alms to beggars in silver taels… Though it’s only small kindnesses, I have never done anything against my conscience. All this so that my descendants could live in peace, hoping that they might receive a shred of your divine favor… But no, you took my child’s life without seeing my painstaking efforts. If you are capable, take me too; whether to the Heavenly Court or to the Underworld, I want to question you face to face, why, why?!!” The old man’s curses did not stop.

Heaven is just three feet above, and this saying was not an empty one among the people of Fairy City.

Cursing the heavens would surely invite divine punishment if any gods were nearby!

Sure enough, a thick cloud hung over the funeral home from the sky, which looked like merely cloudy weather to ordinary people, but to Zhu Minglang and Wen Lingfei, there was a god in the clouds.

This god did not strike the old curser dead with lightning.

Instead, he transformed into a young monk on the street, hid his divine aura, disguised himself as a monk passing by to alleviate and supercede grief, and blended into the funeral procession effortlessly.

Zhu Minglang and Wen Lingfei saw all this and did not speak, choosing instead to watch how this deity would handle the situation.

“Old man, rebuking heaven like this will harm your ancestral virtue. Your child has already passed away; at least let him rest in peace and dignifiedly depart,” the monk went over and spoke soothingly.

“My lifetime’s hopes were pinned on my son, I carefully raised him, traversing thousands of miles to find good teachers for him. I particularly emphasized his character; cultivation was secondary. I can swear to heaven, the child I taught was sincere and kindhearted, and would never commit outrageous acts. Others say that he and I are hypocrites, secretly committing evil deeds; impossible, impossible. Even in death, I can’t let my son suffer such injustice. I’m willing to confront Old Heavenly Father, to swear if what’s rumored outside is true, Old Heavenly Father might as well take my life now!” the old man said.

“Even the kind-hearted can encounter sudden calamities,” the monk said.

“No, no, no, if it were natural aging or sudden disasters, I wouldn’t complain like this. But look at my son, how miserable his death was, how fierce his corpse looked, as if he was cursed by Old Heavenly Father. Our family emphasizes ancestral virtues, and no one from several generations has had a tarnished record. A divine being once personally blessed our character, declaring that our descendants should never suffer such a cursing demise!” the old man insisted.

This old man clearly understood the laws of Heavenly Dao.

Zhu Minglang looked up at the family ancestor hall and saw a faint purple aura floating above it, which showed that the old man wasn’t lying; his family indeed valued morality and often did good deeds.

This was a family that practiced goodness, and the young man who had passed away seemed to have followed the path of a good cultivator.

“Good cultivator??” Zhu Minglang suddenly fell into contemplation.

He himself could be considered somewhat a good cultivator.

And this deceased child, was akin to a mortal good cultivator, albeit of shallow Dao Method.

“Wen Lingfei, among those who have died, were there any good cultivators?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Now that you mention it, there indeed was. I remember there was a demi-god who was nearing spiritual fruition,” Wen Lingfei responded.

Zhu Minglang pulled out a data book and browsed through it again.

He discovered that among some of the cultivator victims recorded, their life stories contained acts worthy of praise and admiration.

Some had slain evil dragons, some had managed great floods, and others had prayed for the people…

That evil immortal wasn’t just picking targets at random!

His targets were mostly those who walked the path of good cultivators!

No wonder he had been targeted.

And no wonder it had triggered a Heavenly Execution.

The life span stolen was from those good cultivators!

Good cultivators, whose path of cultivation is the most challenging, do not receive much from heaven before they ascend, the most they can hope for is perhaps protection of their families from illness and disasters, and even that is not guaranteed.

And evil immortals…

Specifically target those good cultivators!

Good cultivators, for whom even Old Heavenly Father can’t provide enough life span in time, yet they face such evil deeds of life theft.

No wonder the heavens had issued a death order for him to execute this villain!

“Let’s go, Wen Lingfei, let’s return to Pingbo City and take a look. There should be records of their good deeds in the Yamen if most of them were benefactors, then it shows that this evil immortal wasn’t selecting his targets randomly,” Zhu Minglang captured this crucial clue.

“Yes, perhaps we can arrest him before his next crime!” Wen Lingfei nodded in agreement.

The two of them then left the house where the funeral was held.

However, that old man was still cursing, louder and louder!

“Old man, why won’t you listen to reason? Humans have good and bad days; it’s better to grieve properly and take care of the funeral instead of cursing like this,” the monk, transformed from a divine being, became somewhat anxious.

The old man simply wouldn’t listen, repeatedly cursing the heavens over and over.

This divine being must have been newly appointed not long ago; it felt like a new official facing his first day at work, only to encounter someone protesting with a banner right in front of the government office–initially trying to persuade peacefully, but inevitably turning to use his official power if persuasion failed.

The monk clearly lost his patience.

A mortal, even if he had done some meritorious deeds, doesn’t have the right to curse in such a manner in his presence.

He cursed Old Heavenly Father, and the neighbors were watching. If, in the future, these people were to encounter some misfortunes and started blaming and spitting at divine statues, then what of faith, what of divine might?

Seeing the old man not stopping, the monk cast a spell, then started observing with a cold gaze.

“Oh no, the ancestral hall is on fire, the hall is on fire!”

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