Chapter 58: The Government Should Step In When it Comes To This Kind of Matter
The discovery that bloodstained copper coins could absorb the essence, qi and spirit of ordinary people shocked Bai Hongtu to his core. As someone from a Daoist sect, he knew all too well that once the three souls and seven spirits were gradually drained, the only outcome was death.
“Seems like the waters in Wei City run deeper than they look,” Bai Hongtu said meaningfully.
“What’s wrong? You scared?” Li Yanchu asked.
“...” Bai Hongtu’s smile froze awkwardly.
“Come on, I was just thinking, doesn’t this situation feel a lot like those heretical gods who draw power from the faith of their followers?” Bai Hongtu said.
Hearing this, Li Yanchu’s expression darkened. “You don’t mean... Lady Qingyi, do you?”
Bai Hongtu shrugged. “I’m just saying it resembles that. Only now, instead of using blessed water or charms, they’re using blood money.”
Li Yanchu fell into deep thought.
Bai Hongtu continued, “This is a thorny issue. Wei City is a big city, who knows how many copper coins have already turned into blood money? Aside from cultivators like us, normal people wouldn’t notice a thing.”
Then a glimmer of inspiration lit Bai Hongtu’s eyes. “Why don’t we report this to the government, and have the authorities issue a public notice, asking all households to bring their copper coins to the yamen for inspection?”
Li Yanchu nodded in thought. “That’s not a bad idea. But what concerns me is, what if all that blood money wasn’t brought into the city at all, but are just ordinary coins that mutated over time?”