Chapter 279: Rest in peace
In the real world.

Wu Xian had heard that there was a custom called abandoning the elderly, where when the elderly reached a certain age, they would be driven into the deep mountains and forests to wait for death. What's even worse was that the elderly were even required to seal their own graves.

Old Tang said this this morning.

Those who come to Wuzang Village are waiting to die.

The old people don’t like to eat moldy cakes or drink dirty water, but they have no other choice. Their only mission in coming to the Wuzang Village is to die quietly in this place without young people.

if so.

It is quite normal for these old people to hate young people, because part of the suffering they endure is caused by young people.

So Old Tang only had a good face towards the older Wen Chao.

So the elders in the village were dismissive of Wu Xian's question...

……

Wu Xian let out a long sigh.

He picked up the old woman's body, dragged it out of the room, and covered it with a piece of rag.

Then he walked around the village and found a rusty shovel in the corner. After waving it around, he found that it was quite sturdy.

While the old woman was coughing painfully, the doors and windows of the villages were opened a crack, and everyone was staring at Wu Xian's movements.

When they saw Wu Xian carrying a shovel and trying to leave the village, Old Tang, wearing a long gown, came out and stopped Wu Xian.

"What are you going to do?"

Wu Xian was stunned.

"What else can we do? Dig a hole and bury her. She's already dead, at least let her rest in peace. I think the weather is still quite hot, and if we keep her there for too long, she'll get infested with worms."

Rest in peace...

Old Tang was shocked.

The old people in the room also started talking secretly. They had not heard these four words for a long time.

If Wu Xian also chose to go out and explore, he would find that outside the Wuzang Village, there were human corpses discarded everywhere, and no burial mounds could be found at all.

"Put down the shovel, take Granny Wang's body to a distant place and throw it away, then come back..."

Wu Xian keenly noticed that Old Tang's attitude towards him had softened. He immediately realized that crucial information was about to come, so he loudly refuted with a puzzled look on his face.

"No, she must be buried. Since ancient times, a coffin is closed and a posthumous title is given. How can we leave her body exposed in the wilderness?"

Old Tang was speechless and spoke after a moment.

"Silly boy, didn't your parents teach you that doing this would bring disaster?"

Wu Xian shook his head and replied disdainfully: "What kind of disaster could there be? Could there be ghosts?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Old Tang was so frightened by these words that his face turned pale. He wanted to cover Wu Xian's mouth, but the distance was too far, so he could only stomp his feet in frustration.

"I have said all I can. If you still want to die, it's up to you!"

Old Tang hurried back to his room with a cane, and closed all the doors and windows that had been secretly opened, as if Wu Xian was an ominous person and they would be unlucky if they looked at him for a few more seconds.

Wu Xian scratched his hair in distress.

"I was trying to get more information out of you, but it seems like the word 'ghost' was a taboo."

Just from the behavior of the elderly people, Wu Xian obtained a lot of useful information.

The certificate of ordination says that this world has lost funerals.

Wu Xian originally thought that what was lost was something formal, such as complicated ritual performances, but now it seems that what was lost was something more basic, and even the simplest thing of digging a hole to bury a person is taboo.

Once a taboo is committed.

You will be retaliated by the "ghost".

The terror of ghosts is so deeply rooted in people's minds that these old people keep their mouths shut and are unwilling to say anything... The things that the old people are afraid of must be the enemies that the newlyweds and their families will face in this blessed land.

In addition, Wu Xian also thought of an unorthodox method. If they really couldn't figure out what the correct funeral was, they could ask the elders about the taboos, sort out the taboos, and maybe they could come up with a funeral process.

……

In the center of Wuzang Village.

A small fire was built with dry wood.

Those who went out to explore all came back before dark and gathered around the fire to tell about what they had seen and heard.

Wu Xian kept everyone's gains in mind, and his understanding of this blessed land became more comprehensive. The most surprising news for Wu Xian was the one brought back by Du E.

Like Wu Xian, she chose to ask the old man, but what she found out was more and more detailed than what Wu Xian found out.

The town that everyone saw on the east side of Sanxian Bridge was originally called Yaocheng. It was the most prosperous town nearby, and all the old people in the village came from Yaocheng.

As for the city's current name...

It’s called the Immortal City!

In the real world, abandonment of the elderly is usually due to material shortages.

But the reason why the old people in Wuzang Village are waiting to die here is because Yaocheng does not allow death!
Whenever someone is about to die, or is judged to be about to die at any time, they will be driven out of the city, and the only place nearby that can accept them is this Wuzhai Village.

There are practical reasons why death is not allowed in the Undead City. There are too many taboos regarding the dead. If the elderly die in the city, no matter how they are handled, it may violate taboos.

Therefore, the safest way to deal with it is to drive the person out when he is about to die, so that there is no need to worry about the disaster caused by handling the corpse.

After listening to this, Wu Xian asked Du E in surprise.

"Those old people hate young people. When I asked them questions, they almost spit in my face. How could you possibly get such information?"

Du E lowered her head shyly.

Wu Xian looked at her well-behaved appearance, then touched his own curly hair. To the old man, girls like Du E were more likable.

In addition to information.

Those who went out to explore also brought back some supplies.

For example, the Wei brother and sister caught a little wild boar. Wild boars are omnivores and should have eaten humans before, but there is no better meat choice than wild boars.

Wen Chao, Jiang Chun, and Ran Qiuhua.

He brought back a lot of miscellaneous items, including some dry firewood, hemp, mugwort, and a few wild vegetables.

Although Aunt Miao and the other five people did not find any food, they cleaned and filled several large vats in the village. As long as there were no more corpses contaminating them, they would not have to worry about drinking water for at least a few days.

Next came the older sister in a long skirt, Jian Lingyu.

She went out alone and brought back a basket of various "weeds". She spread the weeds on the ground and pointed them out to everyone.

Which one can be eaten?
Which one, when crushed, can stop bleeding?

Which ones look edible but are poisonous and should never be touched...

This information alone will benefit everyone a lot.

Even Wen Chao was a little surprised.

In order to survive better in the blessed land, Wen Chao took the initiative to look up a lot of information, but the environment of the blessed land is different from the real world. Many things in the real world are not toxic, but may be toxic in the blessed land.

Therefore, he could only confirm the efficacy of some plants, but Jian Lingyu was much more comprehensive than him. It seemed that she was not lying when she said that she was good at auxiliary aspects.

The information was exchanged and the supplies were also discussed.

then……

It's time to consider how to deal with Grandma Wang's body.

(End of this chapter)