Who Let Him Cultivate?!-Chapter 898 - 897: Back from the Dead
Eldest Senior Sister’s words couldn’t possibly be false.
"Of course, I believe that Junior Brother Lu committed suicide," Dai Bufan forced a smile, his legs trembling, never having felt death so close.
This looked like Eldest Senior Sister had accidentally killed Junior Brother Lu and was trying to destroy the corpse to eliminate evidence, and here I was, foolish enough to come over and express my concern for Lu Yang.
Had I lived long enough, considering the predicament I am in, it’s difficult to even save myself!
Indeed, this Immortal Peach wasn’t so easy to obtain; just moments after receiving it and owing Junior Brother Lu a favor, now I have to pay with my life. Could this be what they call the inevitability of causality?
"Then Eldest Senior Sister, please carry on with your work. If you need me, just call for me."
Dai Bufan stealthily retreated, taking advantage of Yun Zhi’s distraction, and ran for his life as fast as he could without daring to look back.
"Wait, come back."
Yun Zhi couldn’t let Dai Bufan escape; if she didn’t clarify things now, it would be even harder to explain in the future.
Yun Zhi had a thought and pulled Dai Bufan back, even retracing his original path.
"Eldest Senior Sister, please have mercy, I really didn’t see anything!" Dai Bufan, sensing danger, immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
Yun Zhi covered her forehead in exasperation and explained, "Junior Brother truly isn’t dead; he’s just in a state of playing dead, but he played dead too well, fooling even the Soul Lamp."
Dai Bufan had never heard of such a magic skill, but as the saying goes, "The fish on the chopping block cannot choose but to accept its fate." He believed everything Yun Zhi said.
Fairy Eternity had sensed Dai Bufan’s arrival quite early, and out of the need to prevent outsiders from knowing about her, she immediately hid herself.
Yun Zhi could have sensed Dai Bufan’s arrival too, but at that time, she was conflicted about whether to burn Junior Brother, which momentarily distracted her.
If I had known about Junior Brother Dai’s arrival, I would have definitely hidden Junior Brother’s corpse... but why does that still seem not quite right?
Yun Zhi pondered, feeling like there was no correct way to handle the situation.
When Yun Zhi approached Lu Yang with the golden flame in hand, before the fire even touched him, Lu Yang sprang up as if resurrected, with a loud shout.
The Soul Lamp in Dai Bufan’s hand reignited.
"It’s really just playing dead?!"
Dai Bufan was shocked, never expecting such a miraculous magic skill that could even deceive the Soul Lamp. Was it a long-lost ancient skill, or one created by Eldest Senior Sister?
Dai Bufan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed he didn’t have to die after all.
"Junior Brother Lu, are you alright?"
Lu Yang grimaced in pain; he had been sleeping deeply and suddenly felt his soul burning, which startled him awake.
By the time he came to, the burning sensation had vanished.
"No, no problem, Elder Brother Dai, what brings you here?"
Dai Bufan thought to himself that he came to be a funeral offering.
"You’re really okay? Maybe you should take a look at your current state," Dai Bufan examined Lu Yang from top to bottom, his expression turning strange.
"My current state?" Lu Yang was puzzled, not understanding Elder Brother Dai’s meaning. He looked down and discovered his body lying properly on the ground, while he himself was experiencing astral projection!
If Elder Brother Dai weren’t there, Lu Yang would have really liked to ask Fairy Eternity what was going on.
"It’s a minor issue, indeed nothing serious." Lu Yang waved his hand, indicating everything was under control.
Seeing that Lu Yang was mostly fine, Dai Bufan left, still somewhat suspicious.
Once Dai Bufan was gone, Lu Yang leaned back, attempting to merge with his physical body.
Unfortunately, he failed. After standing up, he was still in a state of astral projection.
"Fairy, can you come out and explain what’s going on here?"
Fairy Eternity emerged from behind a large tree, praising Lu Yang’s talent for magic skills, "Little Yang, you have started learning the basics!"
Lu Yang pointed to his own soul, and then pointed to the body on the ground, "Are you sure this is what you call basic?"
"Of course, what is the Playing Dead Technique? It’s a technique that deceives the heavens. To deceive the universe, you must first deceive yourself."
"Your physical body is now in a deceived state, turned into a corpse!"
"If you don’t believe me, have Miss Yun try the Corpse-Driving Spell, I guarantee it will move your body."
Lu Yang dared not say he didn’t believe it.
"The way you are now, you could even swindle insurance and certainly make a fortune."
"So what you’re experiencing is not astral projection but should be called wandering lost soul and wild ghost," Fairy Eternity corrected Lu Yang’s misunderstanding with rather precise terms.
"Your learning progress is much faster than Xiao Ling and Lianyi’s. When they first started learning, what they were practicing couldn’t really be called the Playing Dead Technique but rather something like Pretending to Sleep. They were pretending so badly that I couldn’t even tell they were pretending to be asleep."
Eldest Senior Sister, observing Lu Yang, nodded slightly, "I see. You fooled the Soul Lamp, fooled Dai Bufan, and even fooled your own body. It seems, Junior Brother, that you could deceive Pass Tribulation Cultivators."
Eldest Senior Sister could see that when Lu Yang performed the Playing Dead Technique, there was a faint trace of life force within his soul, a level of life force that even Transcendance Tribulation Cultivators couldn’t see through.
"Fairy, don’t praise me just yet. First, tell me how I should return to my original state," Lu Yang asked calmly, not getting carried away by Fairy Eternity’s compliments.
"Simple, just possess yourself."
"Possess?"
Just as Lu Yang was about to ask whom he should possess, he looked down and saw his own body quietly lying on the ground.
"Of course, you’re going to possess yourself," said Fairy Eternity as she circled Lu Yang’s body, her tone as enthusiastic as if she were promoting slow-moving merchandise: "Look how well your soul fits with your body; it’s as if they were made for each other. There will be no feeling of rejection when you possess your own body!"
Lu Yang: "..."
I admit your words make sense, Fairy, but could you please stop talking?
Although Lu Yang hadn’t systematically learned how to possess a body, as someone who frequently ended up being possessed by Fairy Eternity, he had learned after going through it a couple of times.
He activated his Profound Skill and merged with his body, successfully possessing himself.
Fairy Eternity, with arms akimbo, said proudly, "Humph, now you know why I’m so adept at possessing you. It’s all because of the practice I got while developing the Playing Dead Technique!"
Lu Yang wasn’t very clear where the Fairy’s pride was coming from.
"Is this how the Playing Dead Technique is performed?" Eldest Senior Sister murmured to herself, attempting to run her Profound Skill, sitting in the Emperor’s Chair with no signs of life.
Just then, a spatial gate opened, and the Vast Sea Daoist Lord rushed in with a Soul Lamp, hurriedly checking the situation.
"Is Yun Zhi in trouble?"
The moment he arrived, he saw Yun Zhi sitting on the Emperor’s Chair, with her life force dissipated, not a trace to be detected.
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord breathed a sigh of relief, "So, she was pretending to be dead."
Lu Yang, puzzled, "Grandmaster, you know about the Playing Dead Technique too?"
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord was confused, "What Playing Dead Technique?"
"Then how could you tell she was pretending to be dead?"
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord rolled his eyes, "She has no injuries anywhere on her body, hasn’t been through any fight, nor does it seem like something went wrong while running a Cultivation Technique, if she’s not pretending to be dead, could it be that you killed her?"
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