Chapter 762 - 412: Past and Present Lives (Part 2)

Chapter 762: Chapter 412: Past and Present Lives (Part 2)

They are harmonious with each other, with not a hint of exclusion...

Because they were originally one.

However, perhaps because of the damage from the initial journey, or maybe due to too long a slumber, Chu Qing forgot the beginning and thought this forest was his starting point.

"So that’s how it is."

Chu Qing murmured:

"Wouldn’t you feel unwilling?"

The forest was drenched with rain, yet the assassins from that day were gone, and the corpses in the trees were nowhere to be seen.

Only Chu Qing, leaning against the tree trunk, was seated with his body covered in blood, and slowly spoke:

"This question is incorrect; I do not exist, so how could I feel unwilling?"

A figure appeared, standing with his hands behind his back. It was Chu Qing, now the Alliance Leader of the Lingbei Martial World, quietly standing in front of the Chu Qing who was seated beneath the tree:

"If you do not exist, then who is answering my question?"

The two Chu Qings looked at each other in silence, and finally spoke simultaneously:

"It is me!"

After a brief pause, they spoke again in unison:

"It is you!"

With the utterance of those two words, they both suddenly laughed again and said in unison:

"You are me, I am you!"

The rain stopped, the wind dispersed, the forest disappeared, the sky vanished, and the spiritual world transformed endlessly.

Like a giant hand, effortlessly wiping away the existence of it all.

Spirit shone like flowing light, racing in an instant, with surrounding colors ever-changing, and all things in flux.

Seemingly wandering, seemingly exploring...

Until finally stopping at a certain moment, in a white room.

It was a hospital room.

Chu Qing stood silently by the bed, looking at the elderly man lying on it.

With white hair, a face full of wrinkles, and slackened skin no longer showing traces of youth.

Yet faintly, there were still some recognizable features.

On the other side of the sick bed, sat a middle-aged man looking somewhat weary and tired.

His body was slightly plump, and his hair was thinning.

The heart rate monitor by the bedside suddenly sounded an alarm, startling the middle-aged man awake.

His expression changed, and he hurriedly pressed the button by the bed:

"Nurse, nurse... the heart rate monitor is beeping!"

Soon, a group of nurses and doctors rushed into the ward, and the middle-aged man was ushered out.

Chu Qing stood silently in front of the middle-aged man, reaching out to touch his head...

But his finger passed through the man’s body.

Dumbfounded for a moment.

The waiting time wasn’t long, the doctor walked out of the room, sighed, and spoke:

"Mr. Chu, my condolences."

The image froze on the face of the middle-aged man, looking lost... because from this moment on, he no longer had a father.

All retrospection ends here, for Chu Qing had remembered everything.

Even in the modern world, his name was Chu Qing.

An ordinary person, like everyone else, studying, working, marrying.

Married life was considered happy because it was very mundane.

He had a son, mischievous when young, rebellious in adolescence, but fortunately the rebellion didn’t last, and he returned to the right path.

His achievements were better than his father’s, eventually graduating from a prestigious school and becoming an executive in a certain company.

However, years of drinking and socializing caused his body to change, and staying up late working inevitably led to premature baldness.

His wife passed away before him, and within a couple of years, he followed suit.

This life wasn’t particularly extraordinary, but he had the wisdom an adult should possess... able to see through many things.

Sadly, he had forgotten these as well.

The only thing he remembered was the time not long after starting work, when he rented a rather nice apartment outside.

He once thought he possibly died unexpectedly, but it turned out... his memory had a gap.

On that night he remembered, everything was calm, and his life continued the next day.

Only, at the point of crossing over, his memory was incomplete. He didn’t remember the rest of his life, and the memories of his past life stopped at that moment in the apartment.

If not for obtaining this Heaven-Transforming Earth-Striking Technique, he probably wouldn’t have recalled these things in his lifetime.

"So this is my two lifetimes as a person... No wonder there always seemed to be some discord.

"Clearly a university student who had just graduated and started working, why did I have such deep schemes and meticulous thoughts?

"Memories may be lost, but what’s etched in the bones won’t be forgotten...

"Having lived a lifetime, possessing some wisdom is reasonable."

Opening his eyes, everything around disappeared.

Still at the Immortal Cloud Manor, still on that bed.

In his mind, what was once a small spring the size of cupped hands, at this moment had turned into a vast pond.

Far beyond what it was before!

Chu Qing pondered, estimating that if someone else cultivated this Heaven-Transforming Earth-Striking Technique, they wouldn’t see such a manifest scene.

This was the change brought by the Black Celestial Book, a reflection of all that he had chaotically learned, being forcibly consolidated into one.

Impossible to replicate.

The Tri-Element Light Wheel dissipated, and the energy around flowed.

Chu Qing felt the changes in his body. Inner Power didn’t advance much, but there was an indescribable feeling of ease and freedom.

And the memories of his past life had left no adverse effect on him.

What remained from his past life’s experiences was the sediment of wisdom, after all taught by time, with the whip of the years, even the dullest person must learn something.

The Heaven-Transforming Earth-Striking Technique set his spirit into natural motion, with a thought, ripples in the pond arose, and spiritual power, like threads and mist, rose forth.

Chu Qing felt that this martial arts had a significant impact on him, with strengthened spirit, Sitting God and Entering the Light became more profound.

Sorting oneself out and repairing what one has learned also became more intuitively and thoroughly.

But these matters could be dealt with slowly later on; tonight, he still had another matter to attend to.

Changing into a set of black clothes and taking the Cyan Night Sword.

Chu Qing stepped out of the room; he needed to remind those who had requested Night Emperor’s intervention.

Although the Night Emperor ultimately did not take action, as agreed upon, the payment must be made...

...

...

That night, some were joyful, some were sorrowful, but regardless of the state of mind, that night would eventually pass.

The next morning, at the foot of Immortal Cloud Mountain, over a hundred people from Celestial Sound Mansion, Liaoyuan Mansion, and Yao Tai Sect gathered here.

Leading Celestial Sound Mansion was Liu Qingyan, Chu Qing was vexed upon seeing her.

This woman, relying on being the older sister, always wanted to pinch his face...

The one who came from Liaoyuan Mansion was Ouyang Tianfeng, he was touching a book in his hand, engrossed in reading.

It was clear he was indeed earnestly reading.

Because the expression on his face and his eyes were full of pain.

Blue veins bulged from his hands, itching to tear the book apart, his eyes glaring at it as if harboring some deep-seated hatred against its contents!?

Representing Yao Tai Sect was a middle-aged woman.

Among the three, only she courteously bowed to Chu Qing:

"Greetings, Alliance Leader."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Tianfeng was startled by Chu Qing’s arrival and quickly raised his head, attempting to clasp his hands and perform a bow, though somewhat disorganized, at last performing an awkward salute, with his fists atop his fingers:

"Little one... oh, that’s not right, subordinate greets the Alliance Leader."

"..."

Chu Qing gently pinched the bridge of his nose, having heard that Ouyang Tianfeng had a preference for reading, often studying late into the night, yet inherently not bookish, unable to comprehend no matter how much he read, but persisting nonetheless.

He once thought it exaggerated... now it seems to be true.

He nodded slightly, acknowledging the two.

Lastly, he looked toward Liu Qingyan:

"Why is it you?"

Liu Qingyan’s eyebrows immediately arched, responding fiercely:

"Why can’t it be me? Does the Alliance Leader have any objections towards me?"

Ouyang Tianfeng and the Yao Tai Sect member couldn’t help but look at this brave soul, this was someone who fought in a battle that shook the heavens and earth, even General was beaten to death by him, an unrivaled master.

And seeing him today seemed even more profound.

Standing there, his presence exuded a unique aura, and when his deep eyes gazed, it felt like they could see the deepest secrets hidden within one’s heart!

So terrifying!

Was Liu Qingyan courting death? Daring to speak to the Alliance Leader this way?

Chu Qing glared at her:

"If I have an objection, what would you do?"

"...Then let’s have it."

Liu Qingyan’s anger dissipated instantly, smiling playfully:

"My dad was sent back to Celestial Sound Mansion to oversee affairs by you, Liu Jinghan went to do errands for you, in the end, I’m the only one left to follow you... if you find me disagreeable, just send me away.

"After all, as a weak woman, can I really gainsay the Alliance Leader?"

Seeing her acting coy, Chu Qing couldn’t help but roll his eyes:

"Master Liu ought to find you a husband sooner."