"I killed her!" Chao Li collapsed on his knees as he grieved.
By his words and behavior, for a second, Yang Hong rooted the ground with disbelief before tensely asking, "Little Li, What happened to you? You didn't kill your grandma, but the earthquake did."
Chao Li was still on his knees before contritely replying, "I am the cause of that earthquake. Grandpa Hong, I am the sinner. Because of me, everyone got hurt, at first, it was sister Ning, and now, grandma Nuo and you, everyone got hurt because of me."
"Little Li, What are you talking about? I don't understand a bit you are talking about." Yang Hong asked as he trembled.
Chao Li slowly narrated what had happened on the day he went out for moon mushrooms, and then lastly said, "I only woke up today and don't know how many days had been or what happened during these days."
For few minutes, Yang Hong didn't know how to respond, so he stood rooted to the ground before jerking off from that state when he heard Chao Li's guilty voice, "Grandpa Hong, It's all because of me, all these things had happened. I am an unforgivable sinner."
Yang Hong breathed heavily before helplessly sighing and saying, "Little Li, Don't blame yourself, as you didn't make any mistake in that. In every act of yours, your self-consciousness is so important. In that incident, you didn't do anything with an intention to harm any person."
"It's just fate made use of you and had made you a thing it intended to, and you are just an ignorant tool for it. Death is inevitable, one way or another, and you are just a dupe used in the game of fate."
Although Chao Li had also known that truth, he couldn't help to blame himself. Words and Advice were said easier than done. Only a person who went through it would understand the real pain and agony he faced.
It took him a while to adjust himself and to get up, and after that, he doubtfully asked, "Grandpa Hong, If there was an earthquake, why are all the houses intact?"
"Few minutes after that earthquake, everything reverted back itself to normal, except for the people who died or injured in it." Yang Hong gloomily said in a reminiscence.
"Grandpa Hong, Is Uncle Gang alright?" Chao Li gently asked while hoping that nothing hadn't have happened to his Uncle Gang.
He was so guilty that his grandma died, so If anything happened to his uncle Gang, he couldn't face Yang Hong, even though Yang Hong wouldn't blame him for that.
To his question, Yang Hong hadn't replied anything that made Chao Li tense even further.
"Grandpa Hong, Tell me, Is uncle Gang alright."
Yang Hong sadly said, "He is alright, but he isn't any better, as he is a cripple now. His legs were completely broken under a fallen wall."
Chao Li shuddered by guilt, but Yang Hong continued in melancholy, "He is about to become father, but now this has happened, so that's why I have been worrying about his and his family's future."
"In fact, his legs would have been cured, If it wasn't for that Feng Han." He had paused with a deep hatred towards Feng Han.
"Feng Han, father of Feng Dai, Chieftain of Ping Village!" Chao Li slightly yelled.
"Yes, It's him! If he weren't here, your uncle Gang's legs would have been cured by now." Yang Hong said resentfully.
"Grandpa Hong, What did he do?" Chao Li demanded.
Yang Hong slowly started narrating what had happened, "After five days of that incident, Dawn City sent so many of its executives to this village, with tons of food grains, some healing panacea, and a large amount of gold."
"They had been sent as compensation from immortal, but their distribution went into the hands of that Feng Han, as he had some connections with higher-ups of the Dawn City, and he is a Chieftain."
"But that Bastard started swallowing those for himself and only distributed few to others on the namesake or to his close people." His body violently trembled with anger.
Chao Li was also shaken with rage, but he skeptically asked, "But Grandpa, does no one raise any voice?"
"Few did, but that bastard said that he had only received few goods as compensation, and those he had distributed them already, so we have to wait for the next batch of compensation to arrive." Yang Hong resentfully said.
'This corruption never ends. No one can absolutely control people's greed and selfishness.' Chao Li thought inside, as he had seen so many of those instances in his lifetimes, and some of them were even worse than Ping Village's situation.
"I always opposed that bastard, and that's why he didn't give me any medicine, or else your uncle Gang would have been healed by now." Yang Hong helplessly said.
"Grandpa Hong, Now, you don't need to worry as I came back. I will heal Uncle Gang." Chao Li promised.
"Little Li, How will you cure your uncle?" He was doubtful.
"Grandpa, I forget to mention, now I became one of those immortals." Chao Li slowly said.
"You became an immortal!" Yang Hong couldn't believe what he had heard.
"Yes, Grandpa, Now I am an immortal, even though a weak one of them, still I am an immortal now." Chao Li said confidently.
Yang Hong wanted to ask something, But Chao Li hurriedly asked, "Grandpa Hong, Where is Uncle Gang? I need to take him out to cure."
"He is in his room, his wife is looking after him, and I can't help to pity her situation. She is now pregnant, but she has to look at her husband and herself." Yang Hong said dejectedly.
"Grandpa Hong, don't worry, I will cure Uncle Hong in no time." Chao Li promised before going in the direction of Yang Gang's room.
After reaching there, he gently knocked on the door and called, "Uncle Gang, Can I come in?"
"Who is it?" A bleak voice was heard from inside of that room.
"Uncle Gang, It's me, Chao Li."
"Chao Li! What do you want from me?" The base of the previous voice slightly raised.
"I need to talk to you something." Chao Li gently replied.
"Ok, Come on in."
After that, Chao Li went in with Yang Hong behind him,
When he reached there, Yang Gang lay on the bed while his wife was standing left to him.
Chao Li also saw Yang Hong, who was at the peak of desperation, so he smoothly said, "Uncle Gang, I am sorry for your situation, but don't worry, I have a solution now, as I can cure you now."
"You can cure me? Don't make me laugh in these situations." Yang Gang harshly replied.
"Uncle Gang, listen to me, now I became an immortal, and thus I can cure you now." Chao Li confidently said.
"You became an immortal!" He suspiciously looked at Chao Li.
"Uncle Gang, You will believe me once I cured you, but here I can't cure you, so I need to take you somewhere outside." Chao Li said, and immediately reached him, and put his hand beneath Yang Gang's thigh and neck.
"Uncle Gang, Hold my neck." Chao Li gently ordered.
Yang Gang was doubtful how a kid like Chao Li was gonna lift him, but anyway, he just held his neck.
Immediately after, Chao Li lifted him as easily as picking a flower.
By seeing that scene, Everyone was dumbfounded. Earlier, they had some doubts about Chao Li's words, but now they slightly started believing him.
After that, Chao Li took Yang Gang outside the house, where there were so many trees.
It was the garden of Yang Hong, in which he had planted so many trees.
Yang Hong, Yang Gang's wife, also followed Chao Li to the garden.
After reaching there, Chao Li gently placed Yang Gang on the ground, surrounded by five large trees.
After that, for few minutes, he experimented a something on small trees, then after delightedly said,
"Uncle Gang, Now I will heal you."
Immediately after, he slowly muttered, "Samsara Reversal!"
He chanted something, and then some kind of invisible connection had formed between those trees and Yang Gang with him as a core.
Slowly, Chao Li started moving his hands. Then, the life force from trees, the death force from Yang Gang's injury had started shifting.
Life was replacing Death, and Death was replacing Life.
Yang Gang's injury started to heal at a rapid speed when the leaves of the trees started falling.
After some time, Yang Gang's injury was completely healed, and on each tree, thirty percent of leaves were fallen.
Yang Gang felt comfortable, and in fact, he felt even better than his previous self, so he doubtfully tried to get up on his own, and to his delight, got up normally, so that meant he was healed.
"Father, I am alright now, Liu, I am alright." He started yelling with delight.
"Thank You, Little Li," Yang Gang thanked and was about to say even something, but Chao Li interrupted and said,
"Uncle Gang, Everything must be repaid, and it is the rule, maybe strong can ignore this rule, but you aren't strong, so you must repay to these trees, as you leased back your legs from them, so you need to raise them until they regain their vitality." Chao Li strictly said.
"I will, Little Li," Yang Gang said assuredly.
After that, they delightedly talked for some time before Chao Li seriously said, "Well, We need to go inside, and also, I need to talk to Grandpa Hong privately."
Then they went inside, and after that, Yang Gang and his wife went into their room, leaving Yang Hong and Chao Li.
"Grandpa Hong, I need to speak to you something."