Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 579 - 285: Begging for Lord Lin’s Mercy, Please Save Our Goryeo People?_2

Chapter 579: Chapter 285: Begging for Lord Lin’s Mercy, Please Save Our Goryeo People?_2

Preparation averts misfortune.

Lee Taehyun, having had his fill alone, feared no hunger for his family nor feared being killed. He grabbed the bread, took several big bites, and swallowed it down, "All my family members have died, and I live by hunting alone!"

[He’s lying!]

The Eater God commented, [However, in this era, his combat strength is quite decent. Keeping him as a hunting dog!]

Bang!

Lin Baici raised his foot and kicked Lee Taehyun in the stomach, "I extended my kindness to you, and you repay me with lies?"

...

Lee Taehyun was stunned. The kick wasn’t strong, but the allegation was frightening.

He couldn’t have noticed, could he?

Is he trying to bluff me?

Watching Lin Baici closely, Lee Taehyun discovered the other person’s gaze clear, his demeanor confident and elegant—a stark contrast to the incompetent bearded man beside him.

Lee Taehyun lost his nerve and lowered his head, "My family all died. I came out to uncover the truth!"

"The death was strange?"

Lin Baici gestured for Lee Taehyun to continue eating.

"More than a year ago, a leprosy epidemic broke out in our village. I went out to find a doctor, and since I had no money, no doctor was willing to come. By the time I returned, everyone in the village had died."

Lee Taehyun spoke of the past, his expression sorrowful.

"Isn’t it normal for people to die from such a disease?"

The bearded man thought Lee Taehyun was sick in the head.

"But to die in such large numbers, so neatly?"

Lee Taehyun questioned. Usually, deaths would happen intermittently, but when he returned, everyone in the whole village had died within a few days: "And at that time, someone had buried the people of our village!"

"Who?"

Quan Sangin was curious.

"Was it Li God Doctor?"

Lin Baici interjected.

Lee Taehyun fell silent, uncertain whether to speak.

"You couldn’t understand why Li God Doctor would bury the people of your village, so you came here trying to find the truth."

Gu Qingqiu appraised Lee Taehyun, "Did you find anything?"

Lee Taehyun hesitated to speak.

"During your time here, you realized that Li God Doctor is a good person, hence you don’t want to connect him with the death of the villagers."

Gu Qingqiu chuckled softly, "With your intelligence, you could not deduce the answer. Tell me, I’ll think for you!"

"It was Li God Doctor!"

Lee Taehyun’s defenses shattered because the beautiful woman had got it perfectly right, "Li God Doctor claimed he just happened to pass by, but was helpless against the illness and could only bury the villagers, offering a little kindness."

"But why would he buy straw mats?"

Lee Taehyun didn’t understand.

"Straw mats?"

Kim Myungjin was puzzled.

"Here, when burying the dead, poor families can’t afford coffins. They just wrap them in mats and bury them, simple as that!"

The bearded man explained.

"So, you suspect Li God Doctor is atoning in this way?"

Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu exchanged looks, it seemed in this game of rule contamination, Li God Doctor was a key figure.

"Hmm!"

Lee Taehyun nodded. The entire village, of over five hundred people, being buried in straw mats was also a considerable sum of money. And since that incident, Li God Doctor, upon returning to Jeminyeon, seldom went out to treat patients again, shutting himself away at home every day.

If it wasn’t for treating the King this time, Li God Doctor wouldn’t have left his house. But after returning, he became even more dejected.

As he listened to Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu alternately questioning Lee Taehyun, Quan Sangin was struggling to keep up with the train of thought. This intellectual defeat made him quite uncomfortable.

"I should just shut up from now on!"

Quan Sangin regretted and wanted to slap himself. Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu had reasoned it to be Li God Doctor, yet he was acting like a fool, having asked "who?"

"By cooking Li God Doctor’s disciple, were you also harboring thoughts of vengeance and retaliation?"

Gu Qingqiu inquired.

Lee Taehyun sneaked a glance at Dae Jang Geum, "No, I just didn’t want to see her so exhausted. I made a deal with those sick patients, told them I’d give them tiger meat to eat, and then they left Jeminyeon to recuperate at home."

All those poor sick patients were kindly taken in by Li God Doctor, but they were all dependent on Dae Jang Geum’s care, which was enough to wear her out.

"How did that disciple die?"

Lin Baici pressed on.

"Li God Doctor and his disciple entered the royal palace, and by the time they came out, the disciple was dead. I sneaked a look at the body; it seemed as if he had been bitten to death by some wild animal."

Lee Taehyun suspected that Li God Doctor had failed to cure an important person’s illness, which led to the noble’s rage and the release of dogs that bit his disciple to death, serving as a warning to others.

"There couldn’t be zombies in the royal palace, could there?"

Lin Baici frowned.

"What?"

The bearded man was startled, were there such monsters in the royal palace too? "No! There can’t be! If there were any monsters, the highly skilled royal guards would have killed them by now!"

"What if that zombie was your great king?"

Gu Qingqiu’s speculation was the same as Lin Baici’s.

"Xiba, can you guys stop theorizing?"

Quan Sangin and Kim Jinsoo were panicking, this speculation was too frightening.

The bearded man and his group were scared silly by these words. The great king, a zombie? What would become of the country then? While Lee Taehyun was shocked, he turned to look at the monsters that Lin Baici had killed.

Viewed in that light, their way of biting people did indeed resemble wild beasts.

"Go compare the bite marks."

Lin Baici instructed.

Lee Taehyun immediately ran to the tall man who had been bitten by the zombie. After examining, his expression became grave, "It’s similar! Very similar!"

The bearded man subconsciously covered his ears; hearing too much of such royal secrets could lead to an unexplained death.

"What exactly is this rule contamination?"

Quan Sangin was overwhelmed with worry. The divine taboo games he had encountered before were all straightforward, but this one was too complicated, and it seemed like it would last for many days.

It couldn’t possibly be that a God had descended to play, right?

"Could it be that killing the zombie king in the royal palace would allow us to clear the level?"

Kim Myungjin speculated.

"It could also be about curing him!"

Gu Qingqiu pondered, "We still need to find Li God Doctor first and hear what he has to say."

"Do you think this can be cured?"

Quan Sangin shook his head.

"What if Li God Doctor is already dead?"

Kim Jinsoo worried.

"Can you not be such a jinx?"

Kim Myungjin snapped.

"It seems that the key now is to find Li God Doctor as soon as possible!"

Quan Sangin wasn’t completely useless; he sought Lin Baici’s opinion, "We camp here tonight and head to the mountains tomorrow to find the God Doctor!"

"Hmm!"

Lin Baici began to take camping equipment out of the Black Tripod Bowl.

Tents, sleeping bags, a small stove...

"..."

Quan Sangin drooled with envy, literally, because Lin Baici also took out a mandarin duck pot and some vegetables and meat, and then started to prepare a hot pot supper.

An hour later, the tent was set up, the pot on the stove was boiling, Lin Baici poured the hot pot base into it, and as soon as the water was boiling, he started to cook the meat.

"Come and eat with us!"

Lin Baici called out to Lee Taehyun and Dae Jang Geum, but the two didn’t dare approach. They were stunned to see Lin Baici conjure up so many things out of nowhere and thought he might be a high Taoist priest from the Nine States with knowledge of mystic arts.

"Aren’t you hungry?"

Lin Baici grabbed a chopstick of lamb, dipped it in some sesame sauce, stuffed it into his mouth, and teased Lee Taehyun, "Where’s that fearless and domineering attitude you had just a moment ago?"

Lee Taehyun thought about it; what was there to be afraid of?

So, he sat down, but looking at his dirty hands, and then at Lin Baici’s clean bowls and chopsticks, he felt too embarrassed to help himself.

"I’ll serve him the food!"

Quan Sangin found an excuse to come over.

Kim Jinsoo was dumbfounded. If you go over, what about us?

No matter, shamelessly join in!

After a bite of lamb, Lee Taehyun was completely dumbstruck; it was too delicious. If he didn’t know his status was too low and he was unqualified, he would have knelt before Lin Baici by now, begging to become his house guard.

Dae Jang Geum, as she ate, started to cry, put down her utensils, knelt down before Lin Baici, and prostrated herself, "Please, my lord, show mercy and save our people of Goryeo?"

"I’ll do my best!"

Lin Baici smiled slightly, his handsome appearance and dashing demeanor making Dae Jang Geum’s face, illuminated by the firelight, blush even more red.

...

The night passed without words, and early the next morning, after breakfast, everyone immediately set off towards the mountain.

Lee Taehyun voluntarily took the initiative to lead the way.

"My lord, if we’re lucky enough to encounter a tiger, I’ll get you a tiger skin and a few tiger bones to soak in wine."

Lee Taehyun now hoped for a tiger to show up sooner rather than later, so he could present it as a gift to Lord Lin.