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Living Funeral
I suddenly thought about it and felt it was very likely that this was Aged, and I was just Chen Fei. But why did Zhang the Fatty bring me here? I suddenly felt uneasy; this person looked exactly like me.
I glanced at Nian Chen and asked, "Who is this?"
Nian Chen replied, "This is you."
I was stunned, unable to believe it. If this is me, then who am I? At that moment, I felt a sense of confusion; could it be that I have two bodies? This kind of plot only happens in TV dramas—could it really occur here?
I felt a wave of panic wash over me.
Is this really me? Although this body looks like mine, there is not a shred of familiarity. Zhang the Fatty had bandaged his wound and walked over to me. He said, "Chen Fei, do you know why so many evil beings are gathering outside?"
I asked why. Zhang the Fatty explained that they were all coveting this body. I wondered why they didn't come in. He said it was because when you died here years ago, you set up a formation and cast a secret technique, which is why those things dare not approach. To be honest with you, if you hadn't come here yourself today, neither I nor Nian Chen would have been able to enter.
What was Zhang the Fatty's true purpose for coming here?
I asked him what we came here for. He replied simply, "To save you."
"Save me? I'm perfectly fine right now!"
I stared at Zhang the Fatty and Nian Chen, who were also examining me. Especially Nian Chen, who looked at that body with an unusual expression in his eyes.
Nian Chen said, "Fei, we want to transfer your soul into that body."
Upon hearing this, I was instantly dumbfounded. My first reaction was refusal; why should I exchange my perfectly good body for another? I shook my head to indicate my unwillingness. Seeing my reaction, Zhang the Fatty became furious and shouted, "Damn it, Chen Fei, I've paid such a high price to help you, and now you refuse to switch!"
I said to Zhang, "You didn't tell me in advance why I was coming in. If you had, I definitely wouldn't have agreed." This was my true thought at that moment.
Zhang was getting fired up and seemed ready to argue with me again, but he was ultimately stopped by Nian Chen.
Nian Chen said, "Fei, we won't harm you."
I took a deep breath and replied, "He is Aged, right? Because he is Aged, you want to swap my soul to bring him back to life?"
At that moment, I wondered if the person who had blocked my way earlier was really Lin Xue. Did Lin Xue want me not to come in? Were Zhang and Nian Chen truly trying to harm me? After I spoke, Nian Chen clarified, "No, he is not Aged. Aged just called your name; actually, you've always been called Chen Fei in our hearts."
Zhang Xun added, "Turns out it's not just 198."
Then something else happened. I fell silent for a moment and said, "If you don't give me a convincing reason, I won't agree. If you force the swap, you'll have to kill me first."
Zhang replied, "Chen Fei, don't be ungrateful. You left yourself a way out; now you're refusing to take it. That means you don't believe in yourself."
"My own way out?"
"What else would you think?"
I was taken aback. Why had I left myself such an option? Unless it was to guard against Jiang Changsheng. But wasn't Jiang Changsheng the one who wanted me alive? Logically, I should be grateful to Jiang Changsheng. Yet now it seemed entirely the opposite; it felt as if Jiang Changsheng had harmed me.
I stared at the two of them—one I knew fairly well and the other I had only just met today.
I remained silent. At that moment, I felt an immense pressure in my heart. How could I be facing such a situation? It wasn't a difficult choice; there was no choice at all. The atmosphere around us became tense and awkward; no one spoke, but I could hear Zhang's heavy breathing.
At that moment, the white gauze wrapped around Zhang Fatty's face had already been stained red. Nian Chen said, "Do you really want a reason?"
I nodded, and Nian Chen continued, "Alright, I'll tell you."
Zhang Fatty asked, "Do we really need to?"
Nian Chen affirmed with a sound, not denying it. He said, "Fei, Jiang Changsheng has placed a mark on your body. If you continue using this body, when the time comes for him to deal with you, you could die at any moment."
"Why would Jiang Changsheng want to deal with me? If he wanted to harm me, why wait until now? Why did he save me last time?" I questioned. When the Old Witch harmed me, if Jiang Changsheng hadn't saved me, I might have died; that was no exaggeration.
Nian Chen replied, "Fei, I used to think like you before, but recently we've learned that it's not just about 198."
Not just about 198; this time Nian Chen was also involved. What did this mean? I was still quite confused. I didn’t interrupt Nian Chen and waited for him to continue. He said that 198 years ago, there were two young men: one named Chen Fei and the other Jiang Changsheng. They both studied the way together. Normally, life and death are part of life’s cycle. At that time, Chen Fei advocated following the natural order of things, while Jiang Changsheng did not share this belief. This led to a divergence between the two young men; neither would yield to the other. Later, their master discovered Jiang Changsheng practicing this path and reprimanded him, threatening to expel him from the sect. Chen Fei pleaded for Jiang Changsheng.
In fact, throughout history, countless individuals have sought immortality; Xu Fu and Qin Shi Huang are among the most representative cases. However, in the end, Qin Shi Huang still died.
Thanks to Chen Fei's plea, their master forgave him but forbade Jiang Changsheng from practicing the path. On the surface, Jiang Changsheng agreed but secretly continued his practice in pursuit of immortality, even changing his name in the process. Later on, when their master died, he passed a secret scroll to Chen Fei. Jiang Changsheng begged Chen Fei to let him see the scroll, and ultimately Chen Fei showed it to him.
Nian Chen paused here.
Listening to Nian Chen narrate using the name Chen Fei felt strange, but I patiently listened. At this point, since Nian Chen had stopped speaking, I couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?"
Nian Chen said that the key point lay in that secret scroll; after that, Chen Fei disappeared without a trace while Jiang Changsheng used the scroll to master the art of immortality.
"What was written on that scroll?" I asked.
Nian Chen shook his head and said, "The contents of this secret scroll are probably known only to Chen Fei and Jiang Changsheng. The name Jiang Changsheng is one I adopted later. I find it all quite mysterious. Just how many years has Jiang Changsheng lived? Since Chen Fei has disappeared, why did he come back to life in a coffin? Along with him were four others."
"Could this be some sort of conspiracy?" I asked. "Why did I come back to life in 198?"
At this point, Zhang Fatty sighed and replied, "I don't know. Before 198, I thought Jiang Changsheng helped us, but now I realize what true suffering is."
I looked at Nian Chen's stunning face, so beautiful it was almost suffocating.
My mind was a bit chaotic at the moment. How did everyone seem to know about events before 198? Was someone spreading this information? Zhang Xun must have heard it from that ghost, but how did Zhang Fatty and Nian Chen know?
After a moment of silence, I asked, "Who told you about this?"
After my question, Zhang Fatty said, "It was another person."
"Another person?"
Zhang Fatty's words were somewhat vague. Could it be another person who crawled out of the coffin? And was the corpse left behind truly a backup plan for myself? Could I really predict the future? Moreover, how did Zhang Fatty know there would be such a place?
I felt a bit dazed, my thoughts tangled like a mess. Were Jiang Changsheng and I really enemies?
Were Nian Chen and Zhang Fatty truly good people? Just then, there was a knock on the door from outside. Upon hearing that sound, all three of us were stunned. Damn it, can someone really knock in this cursed place? Wasn't there some secret technique set up here?
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