Chapter 1490: Little Mute (1/2)

Chapter 1490: Little Mute

In his first life he was a Chosen In his second life, he reached the pinnacle of the mortal world His third life ended soaked in blood His fourth life was, for thein the fourth life, his soul flew out, and the fourth of the nine sealing littered radiantly

The soul entered the cycle of reincarnation, and the fifth life began

As that happened, Meng Hao’s true self was sitting cross-legged on the leaf of the huge floaiting for the flower to bloo forith gritted teeth She had passed the third tribulation, and was proceeding toward the fourth She repeated to herself over and over again that she had to keep going Based on what she had heard frohout the years, she knew that her Master was in the fifth tribulation

And she was getting closer and closer to that very location

“Master, Yan’er is going to find you” The intense focus in her eyes grew stronger Taking a deep breath, she walked on

The fifth life began amidst winter snowfall, in a town on the fifth continent The birth of the child brought no happiness to that family, and was in factfather bitterly walked out of the house and placed the baby down onto the street

“It’s not that dad and mom don’t want you,” he murmured, “it’s just that you”

The reason the baby was abandoned was because he was crippled He was born with only a stu that he would never be able to speak Furtherly ugly

The baby’s crying grewcold Eventually, aa raincoat and a wide, conical hat When he heard the crying, he walked up to the baby

Looking down, he sighed, then picked the baby up into his arms and carried him home The man lived in a small, cold house, within which swirled a permanent aura of death

Gradually, a frozen corpse became visible, which apparently the man had performed an autopsy on

This man was the town coroner

“Abandoned, can’t talk, and ugly as a stray dog I’ll call you Little Mute” Theoff his hat, it was revealed that he had a long scar running down his entire face, giving hihtening, but his eyes were kind

Little Mute was raised on the gruel provided hirely; apparently the iciness of winter had seeped into his bones, and he was aleak and fearful of the cold He never seeust of wind caht be carried aith it

Because his father was a coroner, he had frequent contact with dead bodies Any time someone in the area was killed, the corpse would be sent to the coroner for examination Gradually, Little Mute learned the same skills as his father

“Remember this type of wound, Little Mute Usually it indicates that the spleen was punctured”

“See, this one was obviously poisoned”

“Cut the chest open here, Little Mute, and check for tiny white insects If you see any, make sure not to touch them”

“Look at this fellow, Little Mute His head and torso have both been slashed open What kind of poould do that? Not even warriors could inflict such precise wounds These injuries were caused by an Immortal I wonder what he possibly could have done to offend an Immortal”

At first, Little Mute was afraid However, thanks to the constant instruction given hi corpses By the tier, he didn't feel any fear at all, and would soo behind the coroner’s back to do his own autopsies

The coroner grew older and weaker Soon, he wasn’t taking care of Little Mute, instead, Little Mute was taking care of him

More years passed, and eventually the coroner had trouble seeing, and could no longer perform the duties of his trade At his recommendation, Little Mute became the nen coroner

Little Mute was an adult, but was still physically weak, as though he had never fully grown up The birthly, and he was as mute as ever Couple that with the fact that he had frequent contact with corpses, and he developed a soirl would ever want to marry hih He would be like his father, and live single for all his days

He went about his coroner's work diligently It was alifted in those arts Ten years went by in which he came to be known as the best coroner in the area, and was often called out to other towns for consultations

The old coroner continued to decline He had no wife to accoarrulously, whereupon Little Mute would listen quietly and sh he couldn’t speak, he was able tohiree

Years passed, and Little Mute became so well-known as a coroner that he came to be frequently summoned to the capital city The old coroner eventually died He passed away peacefully, and in no pain Little Mute wept

After burying the oldrespects, Little Mute left the town and moved to the capital city

Year after year passed Before long, Little Mute was fifty years of age, and was fahout the empire A mere look at any corpse, and he could determine all the details about the cause of death He could even perform such wonders with skeletons that had been dead forof corpses eventually reached an indescribable level, and he came to be known as the empire’s Grandmaster Coroner