Chapter 452 - The Old Man in the Black Robe

“What are you doing!”

The voice was cold and serious. Ziyun’er was startled, as if she had had an electric shock. She quickly released Xiao Chen. Her heartbeat was fast, her breathing became very short and rapid, and she could not speak.

Liu Liancheng turned around and deliberately nagged, “Do not look at what is contrary to propriety; do not listen to what is contrary to propriety; do not speak what is contrary to propriety…”

In Qingluan’s eyes, two cold radiances flashed with emotionless killing intention. She walked toward the house step by step. Ziyun’er was so scared that her face was red and white simultaneously, and she slowly backed away. She had heard others say that kissing could divert attention, and the pain would not be felt if the attention was diverted. She just wanted to help Xiao Chen alleviate his pain.

“Sister, I… It’s not what you think…” Ziyun’er trembled with slight fear in her eyes. She kept backing up, and finally hit onto the corner of a table. She could really feel the killing intent in Qingluan’s eyes at this moment.

It seemed that only Qingluan’s footsteps were echoing in the room. Xiao Chen felt very embarrassed. What should he say? Yang Qi CPR? What’s that supposed to do at this time? Passing power? Healing?

“That… Qingluan, actually… just… just now I was drowning, yes, I was drowning, that… she…”

“My Lord, are you better now?” Qingluan walked behind him and suddenly whispered.

“Uh…” Xiao Chen let out a sigh of relief, slightly smiled, and said, “I’m better, thank you. ”

“Then, please put on your clothes first.” Qingluan’s tone was flat and emotionless, and after finishing speaking, she put Xiao Chen ‘s clothes on the edge of the tub and walked out.

Ziyun’er lowered her head, bit her lips, squeezed her hands tightly, and walked out slowly. When she passed by the side of the wooden tub, Xiao Chen held her by her hands, then shook his head. He made a “shush” gesture to signal that Qingluan was still angry and that she should not go out.

“Ahem…” Liu Liancheng coughed twice, walked in, smiled and said, “Congratulations to Brother Xiao, the bone washing was successful. Now, next up…”

Xiao Chen suddenly turned his head and looked at him coldly and said, “Bastard! Did you tamper the water!” This sentence was shouted out loud, also for Qingluan to hear and let her know that Ziyun’er was just trying to help him divert his attention.

“Uh… Brother Xiao has misunderstood me. You see, after stimulating, haven’t you become more energetic now? Your waist is not sore, your legs don’t hurt, do you feel more powerful walking now as well?”

“I… I’ll go out first.” Ziyun’er bowed her head and passed by Liu Liancheng to go outside. Xiao Chen did not want to get into a quarrel with this person anymore. He quickly got up and put on his clothes. His body indeed had become a bit different, and the sense of weakness from before had disappeared.

Liu Liancheng coughed and said, “This is just the beginning, what will happen in the next three days is the top priority. No mistakes can be made. Brother Xiao, please come with me.”

Xiao Chen glanced at him suspiciously and then walked out of the room. This time, they went to a cold stone room. There were some green candlelight on both sides of the stone room. There was a stone platform that could hold just one person down in the middle of the room, and a strangely shaped lamp was suspended above the stone platform, but there was no oil in the lamp, and what was inside was unknown. Farther up, there seemed to be a thing at the top of the stone room but he could not see what it was.

Liu Liancheng instructed the two children to prepare everything before getting Xiao Chen to lie on the stone platform. After Xiao Chen lay down, he could finally see what was at the top of the stone room. It was a coffin turned upside down that covered him nicely, and this stone platform was the coffin cover, and the lamp was the Hades guidelight!

“What are you going to do?!” Xiao Chen became tense. For some reason, since the last experience of the Corpse Refinery Sect, he had been particularly repulsed by things like coffins, and at the same time, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

“Brother Xiao doesn’t have to be nervous. I have no intention to harm you, you can rest assured.” Liu Liancheng’s look also became heavier now and not as relaxed as before.

Xiao Chen frowned and he slowly released his fingers. He did not know why, but he did not feel good about this, and he suddenly had a bad feeling. There would be a big event happening during the Mount Wuyue Wind Cloud Meeting.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er stood aside without saying a word and remained silent for a long time. Liu Liancheng said, “Brother Xiao can relax, and now I will heal you.”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and stopped talking. Anyway, it had reached this point, so even if it was bad, how bad could it be? He closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it too much.

Liu Liancheng took a step forward, took the silver needles from the medicine boy, and inserted them one by one in the major acupuncture points on Xiao Chen’s body. After a while, Xiao Chen seemed to be unconscious, and his breathing gradually slowed down. Liu Liancheng had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead and was afraid to act carelessly.

He took the towel handed over by a medicine boy, wiped the sweat from his face, and ordered another medicine boy to light eight small oil lamps on the edge of the stone platform. The content of the oil was unknown, but it was green when it burned. The entire stone room was also permeated with a special fragrance.

Liu Liancheng turned around, looked at Qingluan and Ziyun’er, and said, “I will temporarily introduce his three souls to the soul-drawing lamp. You do not have to worry. This process will not cause any harm to Brother Xiao.”

Qingluan and Ziyun’er frowned and remained silent. Liu Liancheng nodded, returned to the stone platform, and began to manipulate his mystic arts. The green fire of the eight oil lamps suddenly brightened up a lot and then turned into a plume of fine fire threads digging into the seven apertures of Xiao Chen. The scene was weirdly terrifying.

After an hour like this, Liu Liancheng continued having cold sweat appear on his forehead, and the boy beside him wiped the sweat for him. Qingluan and Ziyun’er clenched their fingers tightly, and they did not dare to relax, while Xiao Chen’s consciousness was in a haze as if he was half awake. He could blurrily see the surrounding scenes and hear the surrounding sounds, but he could not move his body, as if he had fallen into a nightmare.

After another hour, finally, eight faint green fires left Xiao Chen’s body again, and with Liu Liancheng’s finger, the eight faint fires swooshed and flew to the soul-drawing lamp hanging over the stone platform. The lamp immediately lit up, glowing with a layer of faint green light.

Liu Liancheng finally let out a sigh of relief, slightly smiled, and said, “Okay, as long as this light does not go out, Brother Xiao will be fine. Next, I will add a hundred years of lifespan to Brother Xiao. His three souls are not here. Cross the sea under camouflage, even the two Emperors of Heaven and Hades could not find out.” At the end of his words, he produced a smug smile.

Qingluan frowned and said, “What do you mean?”

Liu Liancheng smiled and said, “Did I not say before? What can be cured in this world is called illness, and what cannot be cured is called destiny. So, I’m going to change his destiny!” At the end of the conversation, he kept his smile and his eyes were firm.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er were shocked. “How could one’s destiny be changed so easily?” Liu Liancheng said, “Ladies, you can rest assured. Before this, I have successfully changed the lives of seven dying men, and no attempts had failed.”

After speaking, Liu Liancheng ignored the surprised looks of the two girls and began to perform mystic arts. To increase a lifespan, it was necessary to take the lifespan of others. These were already prepared by Liu Liancheng. After several hours, it was dark outside. Liu Liancheng also finally finished the spell. At this moment, Xiao Chen seemed to have recovered a lot of vitality, and his hair had gradually turned black.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er finally let out a sigh of relief. Liu Liancheng smiled and said, “Next, I’ll return the souls to Brother Xiao. Ladies, please keep in mind that these mystic arts must not be spoken about in the future.” Then he chanted a few spells, and with two fingers, pointed to the soul-drawing lamp suspended in midair, and said, “Return!”

However, after a while, the soul-drawing lamp didn’t respond at all. Qingluan frowned and said, “What’s going on?!”

Liu Liancheng’s expression also became abnormally heavy, and he chanted again and said, “Return!” However, the soul-drawing lamp remained still, and Liu Liancheng’s expression finally changed for the first time, as he muttered, “How can this be?” Then he chanted a spell rapidly and inserted another magical power into the soul-drawing lamp, and read aloud, “Taiyuan mixes up, yin and yang reverse, return!”

Suddenly, the soul-drawing lamp shook violently, and the dim green flames inside flickered. On the stone platform, Xiao Chen’s face turned pale instantly, and his hair turned white again quickly, and even his face and hands gradually wrinkled. Qingluan and Ziyun’er were terribly frightened. Liu Liancheng was stunned as well. He murmured, “How can this be…”

Ziyun’er rushed up quickly, pressed her purple blade against his neck, and said fiercely, “What’s going on?! If anything happens to the Lord today, I will make sure that you can neither live nor die!”

Liu Liancheng was also frightened, and his breathing became a little rapid. He tried to calm himself and said, “Don’t be anxious. I have changed the destinies for seven men before. How could this be…” At the end of his words, he seemed like he was sleep-talking.

Suddenly, the stone platform also shook. Qingluan immediately rushed to hold down the stone platform. She turned her head and stared at Liu Liancheng fiercely. “Hurry up and think!”

“Think! Think!” Liu Liancheng was also a little panicked. He paced back and forth in the stone room, and finally tried a dozen more methods, all of which failed to get Xiao Chen’s three souls back in place. If this continued, Xiao Chen’s souls would be gone.

Suddenly, he looked up as if he had made a last resort decision. He turned and looked at the two boys, said, “Get someone to the Gorge of the Lofty Breeze quickly and ask my master over!”

“Yes, Young Master.” The two kids immediately turned and walked out of the stone room.

One night had passed, and the light in the soul-drawing lamp continued to flicker. The hearts of Qingluan and Ziyun’er were as though suspended above a blade. It was the same for Liu Liancheng. He continuously cast remedial measures, but with little effect. The hearts of the three were as if they were hanging on a thread until the sound of the stone door opening outside resounded.

“Master!” It was as if Liu Liancheng had finally met his last lifesaver. He quickly went over and greeted him. A man in a black robe walked in, wearing a bucket hat, and his looks could not be seen, aside from the sparse white beard on his chin.

“You!” When the old man in the black robe saw Xiao Chen on the stone platform, his body shook violently, and then stared at Liu Liancheng, screaming loudly, “You really don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth!”

“I…” Liu Liancheng could not rebut for a moment, and said, “I originally succeeded in renewing the lives of the seven people in this way, I didn’t expect him to…”

“Ha!” The old man in the black robe smirked and said, “Only with him, you realized how stupid you were, huh? Scram!” He pushed him away and said in a low voice, “With your skill level, you’re merely fine at refining medicine, and you want to change people’s destiny!” While talking, he walked to the side of Xiao Chen.

Liu Liancheng gritted his teeth, squeezed his fingers, and looked at the back of the old man in the black robe. A cold radiance flashed in his eyes.

The old man in the black robe walked to Xiao Chen, flicked the sleeve of his robe, and took out all the silver needles that Liu Liancheng had placed in him earlier. Then he pressed rapidly on several locations of Xiao Chen’s body. It was so fast, like chasing wind or shadows, that even Qingluan and Ziyun’er could not keep up at the moment.

“Yin and yang turn black and white, life and death are predestined, and the spirit returns!”

The old man in the black robe shook his arms. The wind suddenly rose and the sleeves of his robe could not stop flying. Then Xiao Chen was suddenly suspended in midair, and his body kept spinning. The old man in the black robe was pointing on his body rapidly again. Finally, with two fingers, he reached out to the soul-drawing lamp, and said, “Return!”

The soul-drawing lamp trembled, then green flames burst out immediately, led by the fingers of the old man in the black robe, and pierced Xiao Chen’s eyebrows.

As the wind in the stone room finally stopped, Xiao Chen fell back onto the stone platform and suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up in shock, gasping, and finally stared blankly at the old man in front of him and said, “Gui… Senior Gui Xian.”