571: Chapter 104 The Deceased_2 571: Chapter 104 The Deceased_2 The soul thought of Zheng Fengsheng, also condensed into human form, now appeared in front of Xie Xuanyi; even though he took shape through Divine Thought, he was seated in a wheelchair, looking sickly and frail.
“That Taoist, wasn’t he quite strange?”
With self-deprecating laughter, Zheng Fengsheng spoke softly, “That day, I actually talked with him for a long time.
He told me everything has a spirit, everything has an end, and that I should cherish every day to come, because ‘Chu Guo’ saved me, giving me this second life.”
“But even given a second life, wouldn’t the end eventually come?”
With narrowed eyes, Zheng Fengsheng remarked reflectively, “In these ten years, sometimes I’ve been extremely happy, at other times terrified.
People always fear the unknown, dread death.
I wanted to know where the ‘end’ of this second life would be.
Now, I think I know…
it might be today.”
While speaking these words.
There was no fear in Zheng Fengsheng’s tone, nor any trembling.
Calm.
Utter calmness.
When death truly approaches and the bell in one’s heart ceases to toll, he faces this ultimate end with transparency.
The memories of snowstorms from before recur in his mind, not making him feel cold, but incredibly warm; it was his first day of rebirth, forever fortunate no matter how many times recalled.
“…”
Xie Xuanyi had nothing to say, only silence.
“That’s why I said earlier, you don’t have to try to save me.”
Zheng Fengsheng raised his head, earnestly saying, “I am a doctor, I know very well, I cannot live.”
“The healer cannot heal thyself.”
Xie Xuanyi shook his head, saying, “My methods are different from yours.”
“That vapor, I saw it ten years ago.”
Zheng Fengsheng looked around.
The Purple Mansion was shrouded in the warmth of the Undying Spring Water Vapor.
He smiled and said, “Since I gave that Taoist a Copper Coin, my body improved a lot.
Whether it’s pain or discomfort, whenever my body felt out of the ordinary, I could sense a warm current flowing through my blood, infusing into my meridians.
I once tested by cutting open my skin with a sharp knife…
the result was that the wound scabbed over within half a day, and then, in just a few short days, it healed on its own, without even a scar to be seen.”
This was the reason he chose to take the blade for Chu Guo on the day Pingzhi City fell—
He believed he would not die.
That divine encounter from ten years ago, Zheng Fengsheng had always treated with utmost care and piety.
His boldness to stand in harm’s way was because of this “self-healing” mutant phenomenon…
But what he never imagined was that…
As this blade struck down, he no longer felt the presence of the “warm current.”
Perhaps over the ten years, this thing had been overly expended.
Or maybe…
This was his fate.
Now seeing the familiar “Undying Spring Water Vapor” once more, Zheng Fengsheng’s expression didn’t show much excitement.
He had no idea what the Undying Spring was.
He was even more unaware of the fact that during the Battle of Poison in the past, when humans and demons clashed over this so-called “Undying Spring,” many cultivators with Great Divine Power from the Yin God Realm fought to their deaths without ever catching a glimpse of the Undying Spring.
“Since you understand the effects of these water droplets.”
Xie Xuanyi said in a low voice, “Then you should realize…
if you are willing to cooperate, I have the chance to save you, to grant you a new life.”
The words were not fully spoken.
Xie Xuanyi dared not promise an absolute success.
But he already felt…
after touching upon the memories from ten years ago of Zheng Fengsheng, his Life Dao Principle was only a hair’s breadth away from reaching the Condensing Dao Realm.
With just a slight epiphany during the healing process, he could achieve “Perfection.”
If he had the Principle of Life from the Yin God Realm capable of advancement, combined with the Undying Spring, there was a fifty-fifty chance of rebuilding Zheng Fengsheng’s lifeline.
“I know.”
Zheng Fengsheng said, “It’s just…”
“Don’t you want to live again?”
Xie Xuanyi interrupted Zheng Fengsheng’s words.
“Of course, I want to.”
Zheng Fengsheng lowered his eyes, expressing regretfully, “With attachments, with loved ones, who wouldn’t want to live a few more years…
it’s just…”
“Do you truly understand the real meaning of ’cause and effect’?”
The old man in the wheelchair lifted his head.
He exhaled deeply and said, “Cause and effect are greater than life and death.”
The next moment.
With a bang.
Zheng Fengsheng, seated in the wheelchair, burst open without warning!
Although this was just a soul thought, the explosion of the soul thought indicated the shattering of the original soul of the host.
This scene happened too quickly; Xie Xuanyi was completely unable to react in time.
His external Divine Thought was extinguished instantly, the Undying Spring Water Vapor not yet fully infused into the Divine Sea spontaneously flowed back into the Sword Qi Cave Heaven, and similarly, the Life Dao Principle did as well.
This promising healing session took a steep turn for the worse at this moment.
The collapse of the Divine Sea world is irreversible.
Xie Xuanyi stared intently at the old man before him, with veins bulging on his forehead.
Ever since he saw Lu Yuzhen in the illusion of Pingzhi City, his sense of ominous premonition had soared to the extreme.
As expected.
Even though he had summoned the Undying Spring, he still could not save Zheng Fengsheng…
The old man opened his eyes and greeted this belated death with utmost calm.
Cause, effect.
The visit of the white-robed Taoist ten years ago made Zheng Fengsheng understand the greatest principle of this world.
Owe a debt, repay money.
Owe a life, repay a life.
He owed a life ten years ago…
And now this calamity was due for him to suffer.
A few moments later.
Zheng Fengsheng’s soul scattered, leaving behind nothing but an empty shell.
“…”
On the bed couch, in utter silence, the candlelight was extinguished following the death of Zheng Fengsheng.
The talisman paper brought out by Fa Cheng from Fan Yin Temple also fell to the ground one after another.
The “Blazing Sun” of the Principle of Life, once high above, now ceased to flicker, gradually fading and returning to Xie Xuanyi’s palm.
Xie Xuanyi looked at the near-Perfect Principle of Life, unable to hide the weariness in his eyes.
In the fading memories of Zheng Fengsheng, in the past that he himself had not glimpsed, what had Lu Yuzhen said to Zheng Fengsheng?
These things, it seemed, no longer mattered.
The moment Zheng Fengsheng died.
Xie Xuanyi confirmed his speculation that Lu Yuzhen’s visit ten years ago seemed to have been solely for the purpose of today, deliberately planting a seed.
Lu Yuzhen hoped that Zheng Fengsheng would die before him, and after the combination of the Undying Spring Water Vapor with Zheng Fengsheng’s blood, some marvellous changes occurred.
The vapor in the Dantian became more solidified and dazzling.
At the same time.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
Roaring sounds emanated from Xie Xuanyi’s own Purple Mansion Divine Sea.
Countless silver-white flames, like fireworks, shot up into the sky, gathering as if to form a great sun.
The “Principle of Life,” which was just a hair’s breadth from condensation, actually took a step forward during this failed treatment…
This was an ending Xie Xuanyi had never anticipated.
To save or to kill, the difference appears to be just one word.
Yet in reality, they are worlds apart.
Xie Xuanyi’s nurturing of the “Principle of Life” was far less dedicated than that of the “Rule of Destruction,” and by reason, this strand of Tao Rules should have taken more time to achieve the “Condensing Realm.”
An unintentional act today, instead, led to an unprecedented breakthrough.
Clearly.
This was the “scene” that Lu Yuzhen wanted to see.
Cause, effect, cause, effect.
Lu Yuzhen reviving Zheng Fengsheng, that was the cause.
Ten years later, the Undying Spring Water in Zheng Fengsheng’s meridian acupoints fused with Xie Xuanyi’s Undying Spring…
That was the effect.
This cause and effect can help Xie Xuanyi solve the stagnation and obstruction of comprehending the Principle of Life!
“Is this, truly saving someone?”
He inwardly examined, observing the Mutant unfolding in his Grotto Heaven Divine Sea.
The death of Zheng Fengsheng.
Opened up the last gap of the Principle of Life.
He watched the countless fireworks rushing into the sky, blooming within his Purple Mansion, truly an unprecedented magnificent scene.
For this moment.
Xie Xuanyi had painfully waited for two lifetimes.
If the Principle of Life were then to solidify, Xie Xuanyi’s “Divine Embryo” should also smoothly take shape, and the solidification of the Rule of Destruction would be but a moment’s work, not far off.
However.
Xie Xuanyi at this moment questioned himself.
Was this promotion truly what he desired?
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