Chapter 91: An Actor's Self-Cultivation
"What's the matter, surprised?" The priest's expression turned cold.
He stood up and walked to the other side where Chu Jiang was, holding a bloody axe in his hand.
Chu Jiang timely displayed a "fearful" expression and stood up, trying to move back. However, the confessional was small, and the only exit was blocked by the priest.
"Fisherman, although you sincerely repent, the sins you have committed cannot be forgiven. I hope you will go to heaven after death and receive the Lord's forgiveness."
"But now, you must accept punishment in the mortal world."
"Come, come with me obediently, otherwise I will execute you immediately!"
The priest took a step back and signaled for Chu Jiang to follow him outside.
At this moment, Chu Jiang seemed to have no other choice but to go along with the priest's guidance, especially since the priest had such a large weapon in his hand.
And so, Chu Jiang was taken by the priest and brought to the second-to-last room on the right side.
In this room, there was a heavy grinding stone, hanging in the air with several thick iron chains.
It was obvious what was going to happen next - the priest intended to kill the arrogant person using the weighty method of crushing them with the grinding stone. There was nothing more suitable than this.
During this process, the mute person had secretly made their way to the door of this room without anyone noticing.
They gently opened a small crack in the door, and happened to see Chu Jiang carrying the grinding stone, blood spraying from his mouth, and dying on the spot.
This drove the mute person to the brink of madness. They could no longer tolerate this and decided to report the priest to the sheriff!
So, the mute person turned around and ran.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a nun shouted, "The mute person saw! Quick, catch up and kill him with a slash. I told you not to keep him around anymore."
Upon hearing this, the priest immediately rushed out of the room...
After waiting for five minutes and confirming that the priest wouldn't come back, "dead" Chu Jiang opened his eyes. He easily flipped over and overturned the heavy millstone on the ground, looking completely unharmed.
Even the blood he spit out wasn't Chu Jiang's own, but that of Confessor #1.
At this moment, Chu Jiang didn't care about the taste of blood in his mouth. He hurriedly made his way to the last room on the left side.
Two people had died in this room, Confessor #1 and #3, both guilty of the sin of greed.
Right now, Lin Qian was lying next to the gambler's corpse, looking as if he had really died. There was a large pool of fresh blood beneath him.
"Quick, get up," Chu Jiang patted Lin Qian's shoulder.
Lin Qian, who had been pretending to be dead, immediately opened his eyes in delight upon hearing the familiar voice.
Then, he flipped over with some pain. "That damn priest was really ruthless. Even though I was prepared, he still cut open my chest a bit. Thankfully, there was a blood bag cushioning it, so the injury isn't deep."
"If you're alright, then get up quickly. This play is almost over, and the real trouble comes next." Chu Jiang reached out and pulled Lin Qian up from the ground.
The things that happened before were very simple. Since the ending of their deaths couldn't be changed, Chu Jiang didn't change either.
Anyway, it's all just acting in a play. Can you believe that the priest would actually check if someone was really chopped to death? Just splash some fake blood, make a scream, that's enough. The audience can't handle anything too bloody.
The plot of Chu Jiang's death is also like that. Even though his supernatural powers have been sealed, his physical strength has been permanently changed by the Blood Hand Ghost. This part can't be sealed.
So the so-called heavy millstone can't crush Chu Jiang at all. Even if five or six more came, he can still hold it up.
Of course, actors still need self-discipline. At the moment when the millstone was coming down, Chu Jiang had blood hidden in his sleeve, which he sprayed out by holding it in his mouth.
By doing that, even if there were live audience here, they would think that this character died.
As for the source of the blood, it naturally came from the unlucky gambler. That's also why Chu Jiang came here specially before.
There are ready-made containers for blood in the church. Chu Jiang used a test tube to collect some, while Lin Qian filled a water bag and tucked it in his chest, making sure it would definitely bleed when struck by an axe.
Although Lin Qian suffered a minor injury, everything was worth it. Even now, if they both got up, the ghost still wouldn't bother them, but continued to perform the last part of the plot.
About a story concerning a mute person, it's very simple. He is someone who did something wrong but not something too serious and is seeking forgiveness.
The mute person has never killed anyone, but due to a dispute, he caused his colleague to spend twenty years in prison, almost ruining his colleague's life.
After the confession, the nun continuously urged the priest to get rid of the mute person.
However, deep down, the priest still had some humanity left. Since the mute person had never killed anyone, he couldn't be directly killed to atone for his sins.
So, in the end, the priest decided to destroy the mute person's appearance, forbidding him from speaking for the rest of his life and making him work as a volunteer at the church, as a way to make amends for his wrongdoing.
Now, here comes the problem. If the mute person had a strong character or was a wicked criminal, he definitely wouldn't follow the priest's request and might even fight back.
But the mute person is not like that. He is a good person, and the guilt in his heart torments him day and night. The punishment from the priest actually relieves some of his inner pain, as he believes it is the retribution he deserves.
It is precisely because the mute person is so kind-hearted that the priest couldn't bring himself to kill him. In the end, he chose to handle the situation in a compromise.
If the mute person had even the slightest bit of dissatisfaction after receiving the punishment, the priest would have killed him. But the mute person didn't...
After Chu Jiang and Lin Qian met, they quietly ran outside and finally arrived at the church door, the final scene of the play.
The mute felt strongly that the priest was beyond saving and had completely become a devil. He even wanted to kill the fisherman who wasn't as bad.
So the mute escaped from the church, trying to run to the sheriff to report.
But he didn't get far before the priest caught up to him.
At that moment, the priest was riding on the terrified mute, with the axe held high in his hand!
But it never came down...
"Hurry! Chop him down, he deserves to die, he is guilty. Once the axe falls, everything will be over, and no one will know what happened in the church."
The nun stood beside the priest, urging him on with a manipulative tone.
The priest's expression changed. He gritted his teeth and really wanted to brutally chop down.
But the fear and panic in the mute's eyes, along with everything he had done in the past, appeared in the priest's memory.
Despite being unable to speak and having an ugly appearance that scared other believers, the mute was such a good person. But the children were not afraid of him; instead, they gathered around him, which was the best proof...
