Chapter 27

Chapter 27

The Long Immortals biography accounted for a relatively large part of the chronicle. There were about three or four pages detailing it, which was quite a lot for a genealogy. But because the characters had been written in a large font, there wasnt too much content anyway.

A lot of the information in the chronicle differed from what people had been spreading around, so they didnt know which one to believe. According to the chronicle, Long Immortals birth name was Huang Saishun. After he was born, he didnt start talking until he was four years old. But even though he couldnt speak, he always acted very intelligent. When he was fourteen, he had a high fever which didn't go away for three months. During the high fever, he could constantly be heard saying, So tall, so tall. He later explained that he was dreaming of himself overlooking the world from the clouds.

The fever had failed to respond to multiple treatments, but it resolved itself after three months. From that point on, he started to grow taller and said that he was able to see black spots on human bodies.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

According to Long Immortal, those black spots moved erratically. They werent moles but areas that were shaded in dark colors. Later, they gradually realized that those were lesions inside the human body. There was a relatively detailed classification of the colors recorded: a gray area represented organs or benign lesions; a black area indicated serious illness; and a mix of black and red meant death or dead tissue.

In the early years when Long Immortal first gained an understanding of his ability, he liked to warn people. But humans had evil tongues and often responded to him with negative words. Moreover, when Long Immortal looked at himself in the mirror, he found that his body was entirely black. As a result, he knew that his life would end soon.

And to be loved by a gigantic, high-cheekboned man who watched her every day from behind a tree that was almost as tall as him was extremely frightening.

The girl soon left the village and moved away to the town. But at this time, Huang Saishun noticed that a black spot had appeared on the girl's chest. He hoped to explain this to the girl, but she and her family were very afraid of him. Moreover, these kinds of remarks sounded very ominous.

So, Huang Saishun could only watch helplessly as the girl became critically ill. But the girl's family just thought that it had happened because of the monster's curse. When Huang Saishun peeped at the girl's bed from outside the hospital wall, the girl would see a terrifying head leaning over the wall, which was believed to be the main reason for her deteriorating condition.

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Yvettes notes: Heres a story (about the disease) to read if you are interested: I remember hearing about this clinical case when I was a kid. It was quite famous at the same. Most likely the author is alluding to this (but dont quote me on this). Heres a more recent update (2018). If you think this is too far-fetched, just think of Superman having an X-ray vision.