Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

「Another month passed in the blink of an eye.」

One day, Xu Lei went down the mountain to a restaurant to eat meat. Suddenly, the earth dragon turned over—an earthquake had struck.

After all, Xu Lei’s current identity as Hui Yuan was just an ordinary Monk.

So, just as in his past life, he would secretly feast whenever he had the chance.

Sometimes he would buy food and sneak it back to the temple to eat, and other times he would hunt and barbecue on the mountain behind the temple.

But this was still a bit of a hassle.

So, from time to time, Xu Lei would just go straight down the mountain to a restaurant for a meal.

After all, Xu Lei wasn’t short on money. All he had to do was wear a hat and some plain clothes.

The earthquake that day was sudden, causing many buildings to collapse.

Although its magnitude was uncertain, in a world with an ancient setting, many people still died.

It was truly a tragedy in the Mortal World.

Xu Lei himself was, of course, unharmed.

But Xu Lei didn’t use his Magical Power to rescue the victims of the disaster.

A disaster of this scale wasn’t meant to be solved by the Power of a single person.

When escaping the collapsing restaurant, Xu Lei merely saved a rather attractive young woman who happened to be sitting at the table next to him.

As for the others, Xu Lei could do nothing to help.

No Cultivator would use their Magical Power to save the masses from a disaster. Such matters required the Court to step up, organize manpower, and lead the rescue efforts.

"Quick!"

"Save them!"

"Someone help!"

At this time, along the way, Xu Lei saw many other survivors rushing to rescue those buried under the rubble.

The figures of some Daoists and Monks could also be seen moving among them.

"Coming!"

Xu Lei didn’t just walk away.

He saw a young Monk and a few others trying to lift a large roof beam to rescue someone trapped underneath, but they clearly lacked the strength.

So he immediately rushed over. "Together, everyone! Someone give us a count, then we’ll all heave on three!"

Although he couldn’t afford to harm his cultivation by using Magical Power to save the victims, Xu Lei was still willing to contribute his own time and physical strength.

"I’ll count! One, two, three!"

At that, the young Monk immediately yelled, "Heave!!"

Sixteen hours went by in a flash.

Ever since that moment, Xu Lei had been working alongside the young Monk.

They joined the rescue personnel sent by the Government, working together at the disaster site.

By now, Xu Lei had naturally taken off his hat, revealing his identity as a Monk to the young man.

The young Monk told Xu Lei that his name was Zhi Shan.

He was also a Monk from Guangyuan Temple, but not from the Bu Zhong Hall.

Guangyuan Temple was quite a large monastery, so Xu Lei hadn’t met everyone.

At first, Xu Lei didn’t know if Zhi Shan was a True Monk with Magical Power like himself.

But after sixteen hours of rescue work, Xu Lei was certain that Zhi Shan was just an ordinary Monk.

Because Zhi Shan looked completely and utterly exhausted.

Sixteen hours of continuous labor was more than an ordinary person could bear.

Thanks to his Phoenix True Flame, and the hearty meal of meat he’d eaten earlier, Xu Lei was still holding up.

"Someone help!"

Just then, from somewhere behind and to the left of where they were, someone shouted again, "Quick! Someone, over here!"

"I’ll go!"

Zhi Shan tried to get up, but Xu Lei pressed him back down by the shoulder. "You rest first!"

Then, Xu Lei sprinted off.

What followed was another rescue that required every ounce of his strength.

After he finished saving that person,

another call for help came from somewhere else, and Xu Lei went again.

He stayed busy like this for another two hours.

The sky was already beginning to brighten.

The rescue work at the disaster site was far from over.

When Xu Lei finally had a free moment, he headed back, wanting to see where Zhi Shan was.

But he couldn’t find him anywhere.

「Several days later.」

The rescue work was finally winding down.

Only then did Xu Lei confirm that Zhi Shan must have died.

He had died at the rescue site. He had likely entered a dangerous area to save someone, only for it to collapse and bury him.

Several other Monks and Daoists had also perished at the disaster site in the same way.

Unlike the Government officials, these monastics weren’t registered on any official roster.

Most were young, rushing in to help out of pure compassion.

When they died, sometimes they didn’t even leave a name behind.

The rescue site had been chaotic, and no one could keep track of who was who.

All people knew was that many rescuers had died in the aftershocks and subsequent collapses.

「Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.」

Unexpectedly, on this day, Xu Lei saw Zhi Shan’s secular family arrive, looking for him.

It was an old woman of about fifty with graying hair.

She was crying as she came looking for Zhi Shan.

She said that one of his older brothers and one of his younger brothers had both died in the earthquake disaster.

Now, Zhi Shan was the only son the old woman had left.

She cried out for Zhi Shan to come out, begging him to renounce his monastic vows and return home with his old mother.

For ordinary Monks like Zhi Shan, there naturally weren’t too many strict formalities when they took their vows.

They often told their families which monastery they had joined.

They were just ordinary Monks, after all.

Sometimes, after being a monk for a while, they might decide they no longer wanted to stay at the monastery.

They would return to secular life, get married, and have children.

This was all very normal.

Of course, although Zhi Shan’s body had not yet been found, the other Monks in the temple naturally had their own suspicions about what had happened.

Therefore, the Host told the old woman that Zhi Shan would never normally leave the temple for so long without reason.

But this time, after going down the mountain, he had not returned for a very long time.

Combined with the recent earthquake, it was highly likely that Zhi Shan had perished in the disaster.

Upon hearing this, the old woman collapsed to the ground in despair.