Karun looked at Ron, and then at the copper coin in his hand.

So, the old lady spent a whole day looking for money, and it was stolen by you?

Was it also your fault that he almost lost his life with Puerh last night?

But looking at it from another perspective, if an employee of one's own family steals something while working, it seems only natural for the victim to come to the "little boss" of the family business.

But the problem is, is that old lady really bewitched by a demon?

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If she is, why did she end up lying in the morgue as an unclaimed body?

If she isn't, does that mean that the old lady's transformation was caused by this copper coin, and that the coin can produce bewitched demons in bulk?

But looking at Ron's current "paralyzed" state, Karun found it really hard to compare him to the old lady from last night who could use methods and possess a corpse.

Is it because Ron hasn't had enough contact with the coin yet? Or was the old lady not an ordinary person before she died? So the changes that occurred in both of them after being affected by the coin were very different.

At present, the only thing that can be confirmed is that this copper coin is definitely problematic.

Karun remembered that "Puerh" had mentioned something called a "sacred object," and that ordinary people needed to go through a "purification" process to become divine servants, and that "purification" required the breath of the "sacred object."

So, the "sacred object" is just a generic term, and it doesn't necessarily refer to a "sacred object." As Puerh said, demons and priests are essentially the same?

"My money...my money...my money..."

Ron's mouth was still drooling, muttering to himself.

"Ron, what's wrong with you?" Paul seemed to notice that something was wrong with Ron.

Karun raised his hand and planned to return the copper coin to Ron, to temporarily restore him to normal.

Ron was a servant in the family and wouldn't run away. Besides, they were almost home. They could just call Dis as soon as they got back, and Ron could be happy carrying the "copper coin" for a while longer.

But when Karun was about to hand over the coin, a strong feeling of reluctance surged in his heart.

This feeling was hard to describe...

It was like finding a penny on the street, which was easy to give to the police officer, but if you found a gold brick on the street, even if you eventually gave it to the police officer, you would definitely struggle with it in your heart.

No matter how good a person's character and morals were, as long as they were human, they would have "greed."

Karun took a deep breath and made up his mind, stuffing the copper coin back into Ron's hand.

Ron immediately smiled, his expression returning to normal as he kissed the copper coin.

But Karun felt a sense of loss and emptiness in his heart.

I only held it for a while, and this copper coin has already affected me so much?

The power of this copper coin is really amazing.

It's just copper, it's not worth anything!

The hearse finally arrived at the door of the house, and the last group of mourners were leaving. Today's mourning was over.

"Whose funeral is it?" Karun asked Paul."Today is Old Darcy's funeral," Bao replied.

"Old Darcy?" Karun asked, puzzled. "Who paid for Old Darcy's funeral?"

Old Darcy had family and friends, but it was clear that as a cremator, even if he was paid a lot of money, his family would not be willing to hold a funeral at the Inmoleis family.

Mrs. Xius, who had said she would help hold a grand funeral for Old Darcy, had already fled in fear of the police.

"Mrs. Xius's property has been confiscated. The crematorium is about to be auctioned off, and the remaining property will be used to compensate the victims," Bao replied.

Uncle Mason, who had just turned off the car, turned back and said, "We are considering whether to take over the Xius crematorium."

"How much is it?" Karun asked.

"I'm not sure yet. I'll go have dinner with the official in charge of the auction in a few days and ask for the benefits they want. Nowadays, who would really go to bid directly?" Uncle Paul and Ron carried Karun out of the comfortable coffin and onto the stretcher.

"Karun?"

A familiar voice sounded, it was Piajie.

He was dressed in solemn attire today, obviously here to attend Old Darcy's funeral.

"Old Darcy once collected Linda's ashes for me, so I came to mourn for him. At the same time, I knew you were going to be discharged in the afternoon, so I waited a little longer," Piajie said with a warm smile.

"One, two, three!"

Paul and Ron lifted the stretcher off the hearse.

Ron accidentally dropped the copper coin he was holding in his hand and it rolled to the ground.

For a moment, Ron was about to let go of the stretcher to grab the coin.

Fortunately, Uncle Mason next to him hurriedly caught the stretcher. Otherwise, Karun would have flipped over at the doorstep. If the wound reopened accidentally, he would have to be sent back to the hospital before entering the house.

Piajie bent down and picked up the copper coin.

"Mine, mine, mine," Ron kept saying as he walked towards Piajie.

Piajie handed the coin to Ron, but what was strange to Karun was that Piajie's expression did not change at all when he handed over the coin. He still maintained his warm smile.

But he himself had only held it for a while, and there was a clear sense of loss.

So, was it because Piajie was too rich? Whether he found a penny on the street or a gold brick, it didn't make much difference to him?

"My copper coin, my copper coin," Ron hugged the copper coin like a baby.

After Uncle Mason and Paul securely placed the stretcher on the ground, Uncle Mason kicked Ron to the ground with a straight face, but he still clung to the copper coin.

"Were you crazy just now, Ron!"

Ron was unmoved and just smiled foolishly at Uncle Mason.

Uncle Mason gritted his teeth, but didn't say anything more. He pushed Karun into the house with a serious face.

Piajie took off his hat and said goodbye to Karun, "I'll come visit you in a few days. Rest well."

"Okay, Piajie."The stretcher was pushed into the living room. If they had pushed it to the basement, it would have been convenient to go down the slope.

Fortunately, this time, Paul and his colleagues didn't let their professional habits get the best of them.

Karun's stretcher was carried to the third floor and into his room.

Lunt, Mina, and Chris had to go to school today. Since Darcy's funeral didn't require many people, they didn't need to take the day off.

After Karun was settled in bed, Aunt Mary walked in with some snacks and water.

"My Karun, you have suffered so much. Rest well at home and tell Auntie if you want to eat anything."

Because of Mrs. Xius's incident, Aunt Mary felt genuinely guilty towards Karun.

"Auntie, is Grandpa at home?"

"Yes, he is in the study." Aunt Mary smiled. She knew how much Dis valued his grandson, but she couldn't personally welcome him home due to the elder's face. "I'll go get Grandpa."

Not long after, Dis appeared at the door.

Without any delay or even greetings, Karun went straight to the point:

"Grandpa, Ron has a copper coin stolen from an old lady's corpse in the hospital morgue. The demon we encountered last night is probably looking for it. I took the coin and can feel it attracting me. The coin is still on Ron!"

Karun didn't want to waste any time and let Dis go down to find out that Ron had already gone home, causing more trouble.

Dis also didn't hesitate and left immediately.

After about two minutes, Ron walked into Karun's room. Dis walked in and closed the door.

"Sir, is there something you need from me?" Ron was still confused. If they wanted to talk about work, they should have done it in the study. "I accidentally made a mistake earlier, and I feel very guilty. I won't do it again next time."

Ron could only guess that he had made a mistake while carrying the young master and was reported.

"Ron, give me the copper coin."

"The copper coin?"

Ron took out the copper coin from his pocket but held it tightly.

"Give it to me," Dis said.

Dis's authority was heavy. Ron took a deep breath and slowly opened his palm.

Dis reached out and took the coin.

Ron looked at the coin leaving his hand and his eyes gradually became dull.

"My money...my money...my money..."

He muttered to himself and made a gesture to take the coin back from Dis.

While examining the coin, Dis said in confusion, "This is the Sin Origin Coin of the Lux Church."

"What is that?" Karun asked curiously.

"The Sin Origin Coin of the Lux Church."If money can be called the source of sin, it seems not entirely unreasonable, although it may be somewhat one-sided.

Dis had no intention of hiding anything from Karun. He had told him before, when they were at the hospital, that he would tell Karun everything he wanted to know once he had recovered.

"The Lux Church has many followers in the Eastern Desert Continent. They advocate enduring hardships in this life to pursue salvation of the soul in the afterlife. They require their followers to maintain simplicity in material conditions and keep a detached heart towards material possessions that are beyond their basic survival needs."

Hearing Dis's introduction, Karun did not feel surprised or even curious about the doctrine of the Lux Church.

Except for some extreme cases, most mainstream churches, when they were first founded, actually catered to the needs of the ruling class, emphasizing the patience and obedience of the lower classes and erasing the anxiety factors under the social structure.

The Lux Church was a relatively typical example, taking the opposite path from the Berry Church.

Dis lightly rubbed his thumb on the bronze coin:

"It is said that the true god Lux deeply felt that his people were tempted by wealth and led to constant wars, so when he died, he cast a bronze coffin inlaid with nine demon snakes. He also commanded his followers to collect the sources of sin in the world, melt them into nine coins of sin, and seal them in the bronze coffin with his corpse."

As Dis spoke, Karun was also searching his memory, or rather, the memory of the previous "Karun":

"The treasure of Lux?"

"Yes." Dis nodded, "Many people imagine the burial place of Lux as a hiding place for a mountain of treasure, and this element also appears in many novels and movies."

In the memory of the previous "Karun," there was a novel about an adventurer who discovered Lux's tomb, found the treasure, but triggered Lux's curse.

Dis sat down beside Karun's bed and placed the bronze coin in front of him:

"The main story of the Lux Church is the arrangement made by the true god Lux before his death, which is too much like collecting treasures for his burial. But in fact, what Lux collected and sealed in the bronze coffin was human greed, which turned into nine coins of sin, rather than a tangible wealth piled up like a mountain.

However, it seems that the true god Lux's plan was still too idealistic and simple. Even if he really collected and sealed all the greed in the area where his followers were, greed would continue to breed and grow rapidly."

"So this bronze coin is the source of Lux's sin, one of the nine?" Karun asked.

Dis shook his head, "No. If it were one of the nine, it would not only affect the person holding it, but also attract an entire city to go crazy and fight each other for it.

This should be a coin made by a high-level priest of the Lux Church who imitated the behavior of the simulated god Lux and prepared it as burial treasure before his death. The effect is similar, but the effect and influence cannot be compared with the true god Lux's actions.""I guess it's because the tomb of that priest was stolen, which caused this copper coin to circulate, and its age is probably impossible to determine.

Of course, for ordinary people, it still has a very strong fascination, after all, few ordinary people have a mental dam that can resist the impact of huge wealth.

Moreover, even if one can hold oneself at the beginning, it is easy to be slowly contaminated by it when carrying it for a long time. By then, they will influence each other, and even merge with each other.

It is a 'sacred object', and if it belongs to the sequence of the Order of God Church, its ranking will not be low."

"How is Grandpa going to deal with it?"

"I will submit it and keep it sealed in the house. After submitting it, it will be properly placed."

Hearing that it will be submitted, Karun felt a little bit distressed.

It's not the kind of distress for money, but this kind of "prop" with special effects, or "sacred object", always feels better to keep it around, like a squirrel hiding nuts, regardless of whether it is useful or not, I am happy to hoard it.

But what Grandpa said is indeed right. If something happens at home one day:

Uncles, aunts, aunts, and cousins ​​are all sitting there shouting over and over again:

"My money... my money..."

This scene is chilling just thinking about it.

"Why was the enchanting demon last night so powerful?"

Ron is still a silly look now. Karun doesn't think that if Ron wears this copper coin for ten days and a half month, he will have the terrible ability of the old lady last night.

"That was a diviner. I found some tattoos on her body when I was inspecting her body in the mortuary. She should be a wandering diviner, a Chaser."

In Karun's previous memory, there was knowledge about "Chaser". In Karun's view, this ethnic group is very similar to the Gypsies. They are a wandering ethnic group, and their main occupations for making a living are divination, theft, and prostitution.

There is also a small settlement of Chasers in Roja City.

In Karun's memory, there was also a scene two years ago. When a Chaser husband rode a motorcycle carrying his wife and passed by Karun who was walking alone after school, the husband kindly asked Karun if he wanted to experience his wife's skills.

Karun was frightened and ran back home like crazy, and his autism symptoms worsened.

"So, it's not just the priests of the church who have special abilities, right?" Karun asked.

"Who told you this?" Dis asked.

This has already involved a "system" problem.

"Alfred told me."

"The priests of the church are mainstream." Dis explained, "Mainstream sometimes does not refer to the majority, but because they can stand in the sun openly. In fact, there are many groups and individuals who do not belong to the church but have their own unique inheritance methods. They can also have the special abilities you mentioned."

After speaking, Dis looked at Ron on the ground:

"Order... purge!"Karun, lying on the bed, saw a white light shining at Dis's index finger, and then he pointed it at Ron's forehead.

Ron's body began to convulse violently, and at the same time, black mist began to rise from his nose and mouth.

Dis said, "Excessive spiritual dependence also constitutes a violation of order."

Seeing this scene, Karun really wanted to ask Dis if this "spell" could also be used to quit smoking.

Ron stopped convulsing and started snoring, but Dis slapped him on the face, "Slap! Slap!" Poor Ron was awakened by the pain.

"Sir, what happened to me..." Ron obviously forgot something, or maybe he was already attracted by the copper coins before, and he was a bit dreamy, like a drunk person with fragmented memories.

"Go home and sleep. Don't fall asleep next time you go to work."

"Yes, sir, I was wrong. I won't do it again next time." Ron immediately got up and left the room.

The work in the Inmores family is highly paid and easier than working in a factory. He really doesn't want to lose it.

After Ron left, Dis threw the copper coin into the cup of water that Aunt Mary had poured for Karun earlier. The coin made a crisp sound when it hit the water.

"When you talked about Ron just now, you spoke really fast and urgently," Dis pointed to his ear, and then to his head, "If I wasn't still sharp-eared, I might not have understood."

Karun smiled and said, "I just feel that when there is something urgent and necessary, you should speak as quickly as possible without delay, to prevent any accidents. Otherwise, if something really does happen, it feels... pretty stupid. Oh no, Grandpa, I'm not talking about you."

Dis nodded and pulled out a chair from the desk and sat down facing Karun.

"Well, I won't delay any longer. Let me tell you about your situation now. How do you want to hear it? Should I just tell you, or should you ask me?"

"You go ahead and tell me first, and then I'll ask."

"Okay. Your parents were killed by me..."