“Xiao Zhao, is there something the matter?” Li Hai asked as he led the young man to the side of the teahouse.

“Shopkeeper Li, the cold poison within my mother's meridians has flared up again these past few days. I'd like to buy another set of Scarlet Sun Tea,” the young man said, hanging his head.

“Alright, wait a moment, I'll go get it for you.” Li Hai nodded and turned to go inside.

The young man watched Li Hai's retreating figure, wanting to say something but hesitating. In the end, he lowered his head deeply.

Soon, Li Hai came out, holding a red jade box in his hand.

“Follow my previous instructions, drink it in three portions, and it should suppress the cold poison.” Li Hai handed the jade box to the young man.

“Thank you, Uncle Li. But, over the years, I’ve spent all of my family's silver to treat my mother's illness. What's left is all here, but it's far from enough…” The young man said, taking out a few bean-sized pieces of broken silver from a patched cloth bag.

“I know your family's situation. Take this box of tea back for your mother to drink first. If you need more later, just come and get it.” Li Hai smiled slightly, not taking the silver from the young man's hand.

“Uncle Li…” The young man's eyes turned red, and he bit his lip tightly, but tears still fell in large drops.

“Alright, a man doesn't easily shed tears. Hurry back, your mother is waiting for you.” Li Hai patted the young man on the shoulder and turned back to the teahouse.

The young man forcefully wiped away his tears and suddenly knelt down with a "thump," kowtowing twice towards the teahouse before turning and leaving.

Inside the teahouse, Han Li's face showed surprise.

He and Zi Ling were sitting in a place separated from the young man by a wall, but this wall naturally couldn't stop Han Li.

Han Li had already made some achievements in severing the Good Corpse. He was sensitive to the perception of good thoughts, so he clearly sensed that when the young man kowtowed to Li Hai to thank him, a formless force of good thoughts appeared on Li Hai's body, wrapping around him.

That force of good thoughts was considerable, far exceeding what Han Li had obtained when doing good deeds in the past.

“How can this be? It's the same as doing good deeds, why does Li Hai obtain so much good karma? What is the difference between him and me?” Han Li thought, pondering the reasons.

His eyes were fixed on the water glass in his hand, his breathing rapid. He vaguely felt that he was about to find the reason, separated only by a thin layer of window paper, which would break with a little effort.

“Huh!” Just then, Zi Ling, who was reading a book, suddenly uttered a soft "Huh!"

“What is it?” Han Li looked over.

“Brother Han, look here. This *Liyuanzhai Notes* was written by a great Confucianist. There's a sentence in it that is somewhat related to the good deeds you've been doing.” Zi Ling handed the book over, pointing to a passage of text.

Han Li looked and saw written: "Doing good is certainly a good thing, but as soon as one has a mind for fame, it attracts slander and misfortune. Be careful, and be warned."

A flash of lightning crossed his mind, and the layer of window paper in his mind shattered, and he suddenly understood.

“I understand, I understand! When doing good, if one has a mind for personal gain, then it is only hypocrisy. No matter how much one does, it deviates from the true heart. Only with no other thoughts, not seeking any reward, is it truly great goodness.” Han Li breathed a sigh of relief, saying so.

Although Li Hai is a Mahayana Stage cultivator, he lives in seclusion in this desolate Immortal Domain town. He has long seen through the matters of cultivation. Now, helping the young man is also with pure intentions, without wanting to gain anything in return. This good deed can be said to be a natural result of his true heart, which is why he has obtained so much good karma blessing.

His first rescue of the storytelling grandfather and grandson was also prompted by a momentary thought, belonging to the same category.

"So that's how it is. Although Brother Han has done many good deeds before, it was deliberately done to sever the corpse, with an obsession and a desire for personal gain in your heart, which is why you didn't receive much merit." Zi Ling was also an intelligent person. After Han Li mentioned it briefly, she immediately understood.

“Now that we know the reason, it'll be much easier.” Han Li's face showed a smile, and the worries of many days were swept away.

Seven years later.

In a secluded place in Xiangyi, a shop changed its owner. It was a young couple who turned the original grocery store into a medical hall, selling medicinal herbs and treating illnesses.

Although the couple was young, their medical skills were extremely high. They not only cured ordinary ailments of mortals with ease, but also treated many difficult and complicated diseases with remarkable effects.

Moreover, the couple charged very low consultation fees, and their reputation quickly spread throughout the abandoned city.

For a time, the remote medical hall was bustling with activity.

This couple was naturally Han Li and Zi Ling. With their current cultivation levels, treating these mortals' ailments, as well as some difficult and complicated diseases that plagued ordinary people, was naturally not difficult at all.

Before that, Han Li spent a full seven years treating himself as an ordinary person in this small town, living and working here, trying his best to forget his selfish thoughts, even his identity as a cultivator.

After that, he used the silver he had saved here little by little over the years to take over the shop, open a medical hall, and treat illnesses sincerely, without seeking any reward.

However, this kind of selflessness is not something that can be achieved just by saying it.

Even when he treated illnesses in this way, he still inevitably mixed in selfish thoughts, and no force of good karma descended.

Out of a hundred times of saving people, he could maintain the purity of his heart at most once or twice.

However, Han Li was not anxious. He continued to treat illnesses and save people while pondering the true meaning of goodness.

This medical hall soon opened for ten years, becoming an old medical hall from a new one. The young couple inside also entered middle age.

Time flew by, and thirty years passed in a flash. The young couple of that year gradually entered their twilight years.

Slowly, Han Li's heart became pure, the number of times he selflessly saved people increased, and the force of good karma he received became more and more abundant. His perception of the Good Corpse progressed by leaps and bounds.

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years passed.

This medical hall became a century-old shop, a household name within a radius of thousands of miles. The shopkeepers inside had also changed for "several generations."

Inside the inner room of the medical hall, Han Li sat cross-legged, his eyes lowered, his expression peaceful, and his face shimmering with a layer of pearly light, like the majestic appearance of a Buddha.

Zi Ling stood by, watching Han Li silently.

Her expression also had a faint glow, and her temperament was even more elegant.

Over the years, she had followed Han Li and done a lot of good deeds, receiving a lot of good karma blessings. Although there was no major progress in her cultivation, her soul had improved a lot.

After a long time, Han Li opened his eyes, and two lightning bolts seemed to flash across the inner room.

“Brother Han, is everything ready?” Zi Ling asked softly.

“The Good Corpse perception has been completed. I now have a thorough understanding of the true meaning of 'goodness.' Using the Clone Severing Technique, I have an 80% chance of severing the Good Corpse,” Han Li said.

“That's good.” Zi Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Li looked at the medical hall where he had stayed for a hundred years. Even though his current state of mind and cultivation were already extremely high, he still couldn't help but have a trace of nostalgia.

“Let’s go.” He shook his head and quietly walked out of the medical hall with Zi Ling.

At this moment, the sky was not yet bright, and no patients had come to the door yet.

“Fellow Daoist Han, Fellow Daoist Zi Ling, are you two leaving?” A voice came, it was Li Hai, the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

“Fellow Daoist Li, thank you for your care over the years.” Han Li cupped his hands and said solemnly.

This salute came from the bottom of his heart. If it hadn't been for Li Hai back then, he would not have been able to discover the problem with doing good deeds.

“Fellow Daoist Han is too polite. Over the years, I haven't helped you in any way. On the contrary, I have received many pointers from Fellow Daoist Han. Li thanks you here.” Li Hai hurriedly returned a salute.

During the past hundred years, Han Li often went to Li Hai's teahouse to drink tea and chat in his spare time from doing good deeds.

Although Li Hai was determined to live in seclusion in the Heigang Immortal Territory, with Han Li's guidance, he regained a glimmer of hope for cultivation. Sometimes, Han Li's seemingly casual words could benefit him a lot.

“I knew you two were not ordinary people when I first saw you. Li is far inferior. What you two are doing is also beyond my understanding, but in any case, I wish you two all the best in the future.” Li Hai looked at Han Li and Zi Ling, with a hint of complexity on his face.

“Fellow Daoist Li, the same to you. If we have the chance in the future, Han will come to Fellow Daoist Li's teahouse for tea again.” Han Li said with a hearty laugh.

“You're welcome anytime!” Li Hai was overjoyed and nodded heavily.

When he looked up, the figures of Han Li and Zi Ling had already disappeared.

Li Hai looked at the empty street, feeling a burst of melancholy for no reason. He stood there for a long time before returning to the teahouse.

He looked at the quiet teahouse, and the melancholy in his heart gradually dissipated.

The world where Han Li and Zi Ling lived might be much more exciting than this desolate city, making people yearn for it, but the quiet life here in the desolate city was not another kind of happiness.

A look of satisfaction appeared on Li Hai's face, and he walked towards the inner room, preparing today's spiritual tea.

……

Heigang Immortal Territory, an unnamed mountain range, a flash of lightning in the void, and the figures of Han Li and Zi Ling emerged.

“This is the place, right.” Han Li looked at a tall mountain peak in front of him and pointed with a magic seal.

A golden sword qi shot out from his fingertip, penetrating the mountain wall like stabbing tofu.

The sword qi walked in the mountain wall as if it were alive, and after a few breaths, it dug out a cave.

“The heaven and earth spiritual energy here in Heigang Immortal Territory is so thin, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your corpse severing.” Zi Ling frowned slightly.

“It doesn't matter. When the cultivation level reaches my level, it is already possible to absorb the heaven and earth spiritual energy from many spaces. The thin vitality here does not affect it. More importantly, I realized the true meaning of goodness in this place. My soul is very compatible with this immortal domain. The chance of severing the corpse successfully here is greater.” Han Li said.

“So there is such a reason.” Zi Ling suddenly understood.

Han Li then took Zi Ling to fly into the cave, set up layers of restrictions around the cave, and turned to walk towards the secret room at the innermost part.

“Brother Han.” Zi Ling suddenly stopped Han Li, her expression full of worry.

Every time a corpse is severed, it is a great test for the main body. It is fine if the corpse is severed successfully. Once it fails, it will cause great harm to the main body.

“Don't worry. After so much trouble, this time, I am sure.” Han Li grasped Zi Ling's hand and said with a confident smile.

Zi Ling was infected by Han Li's confidence and nodded heavily.

Han Li let go of Zi Ling's hand and walked into the secret room.

With a "boom", the door of the secret room closed, and a layer of golden light appeared on it, completely isolating it from the outside.