The Desire to Be Eternal

Chapter 65: Gravekeeper

The moment of sneezing was the same moment when Bai Xiaochun woke up. His mind was still in the same state as when he was severely injured and fell into a coma, so as soon as he woke up, he subconsciously hugged his left arm and let out a miserable cry. However, as soon as the cry left his lips, he looked down in surprise at his arm, and then at his entire body. She started to poke and push herself, and even undressed her clothes and saw her white and soft belly.

"eeee? There are no wounds? " Suddenly, his eyes flickered in fear as he recalled something the old man in the village used to say. Supposedly, when one died, their soul would enter the shadows of the underworld. Right now, he clearly had no injuries, which meant that he just had to be a soul …. Shivering, he looked around and realized that everything around him was dead. Even all the plants and grasses withered. Chen Heng's body was nowhere to be seen.

As he looked around, he also noticed the mist everywhere. He could not see at all, and everything that passed a certain distance was completely blurred. A faint death aura pulsed in the area, causing a cold sensation to sweep over his body.

"That's her. I was very careful for most of my poor little life, only to end up losing it…. ” Bai Xiaochun was now even more convinced that he was now a lost soul. His face twisted bitterly, and he groaned with sadness.

'' I never even gave Du Lingfei a chance to repay me wholeheartedly …. Elder Brother Hou still has a promise to keep…. People still don't know that I'm Lord Turtle, and there are still plenty of spirit-tailed chickens to eat in the world. I. ... I haven't lived forever .. "The more he thinks about it, the more it hurts in it. Tears began to flow in his eyes.

However, even when he started roaring loudly .. someone cleared his throat behind him.

The voice came so suddenly that it shocked Bai Xiaochun.

"Who's there?!" he screamed, scrambled forward on the ground and then spun, a wooden sword appearing in his hand.

He saw an old man standing near where he had just laid down. He was wearing a long black robe and looked almost like a corpse as he looked at Bai Xiaochun in an extremely horrifying manner.

His body exuded a powerful death aura. Coupled with the many wrinkles covering her pale face, she seemed to have just come out from the grave. He was perfectly suited to his surroundings, and looked extremely terrifying.

As soon as Bai Xiaochun looked at him, all the hair on his body stood up, and he suddenly recalled countless frightening stories about murderous ghosts. But then he realized that if he himself was dead, then he had nothing to worry about. Poking out his jaw, he gave a cold harrumph and then slowly got up.

"Well fine then. You're a ghost. I'm a ghost. Since we're both dead and both ghosts, then who's afraid of who, huh? " He walked up to the old man, then surrounded him with a low-pitched and strange whistle.

“You must be a ghost living in these nameless mountains. No need to be nervous.I just passed by and happened to die.I'll be leaving soon. Ai. I wonder if I can continue to live forever and practice cultivation now that I am already a ghost. I could be a ghost that lives forever. ” Suddenly, sadness rose once again in Bai Xiaochun's heart, and he sighed.

The black-robed old man looked at Bai Xiaochun and frowned. Then, he spoke in a hoarse voice: "Why don't you die?"

Bai Xiaochun started to be surprised, then suddenly seemed to think of something. He bit his tongue hard, and when the pain ran through him, he could hardly believe it. He bit again, this time until tears flowed down his cheeks. His expression lit up happily, and he actually started to dance around. He even threw his head back and laughed loudly.

"I'm not dead!! Ha ha! i, Bai Xiaochun, have an unparalleled cultivation base! I am invincible in heaven and on earth. How could I possibly die !? ” He was so excited that he reached out to grab the old man's arm, except that his hand passed the man, and grabbed nothing but air. At the same time, his hand suddenly felt extremely cold.

"Nh …." Bai Xiaochun suddenly became stiff. He stared blankly at the old man, his eyes widened, before shouting and jumping backwards. "Ghost!!"

Back when he thought he was dead, he didn't think much of seeing ghosts. But at that moment, he was terrified, as the tales of the murderous ghost once again began to flash through his mind.

Immediately, he reached the area where the fog was thick, where he found some sort of invisible barrier that he could not pass through. Returning to the barrier, he gripped his wooden sword and looked at the old man, countless thoughts floating in his mind. Finally, a pitiful expression filled his face.

"Sir, do you have unfinished business in life that I can help you take care of …"

The black-robed old man had a strange expression on his face as he studied Bai Xiaochun. He could not help but ponder that the young man standing in front of him looked very different from the previous steel fighter. They almost looked like two different people. Finally, a thoughtful expression appeared in his eyes.

"Maybe only people with personalities like this can truly develop the Eternal Life Technique .." he muttered. Feeling more comfortable, he shook his head and smiled. Then he turned around and started drifting into the distance.

“Eternal Forever Live Technique is divided into Codex Undying and Live Forever Codex. Each Codex has five volumes .. What you are developing is the first volume of the most commonly circulated of the Codex Death, the Skin of Death.You have mastered the Iron Skin, the, and have made progress with Bronze Skin! " As the old man floated, his voice echoed behind him into Bai Xiaochun's ears.

“Deadless Codex breaks through the five shackles of death. Live Forever Codex reveals five seals of immortality!

“Work hard to cultivate you. If you can reach the Undying Gold Skin level, you will make contact with the shackles of death first. Whether you can break through those shackles depends on your own good fortune.

“Because we are united by fate, I will give you a medicinal pill. Furthermore, to help you make a breakthrough with your Death Skin, and achieve mastery of Bronze Skin, I will give you this jade slip. It contained .... the second volume of the Codex of Death, the Undead Heavenly King! [1. The word here "Heavenly King" is one of the Chinese words that can be translated in various ways. One slightly more accurate translation might be Lokapala, but I'm not a fan of such a complicated religious term, especially not in the context of how it's used here, so I'm going with the Heavenly King]

"If you succeed with the Forever Live Forever Technique, you can .. form a Core!" At this point, the old man was so far away that he could not be seen. However, as his voice echoed, two rays of light shot through the air and came hovering in front of Bai Xiaochun.

And the reason for that .. was because Bai Xiaochun was cultivating the Eternal Forever Live Technique.

Although Bai Xiaochun was afraid of death, he took matters of aid and debt seriously. He knew that he had been injured so badly in that fight that he most likely had to die. A tremor flowed through him, and, taking a deep breath, he clasped his hands and bowed deeply towards the old man disappearing.

“Senior,” exclaimed, “thank you so much for the kindness you showed in saving my life. May I respectfully ask your name …? ”

"I. .. gravity supervisor," the old man replied, his voice weak and ancient, almost as if floating through countless years of time.

It was at the exact same time that cracking sounds could be heard from the fog as it suddenly disappeared. The area that had been separated from the rest of the world was now open, and returned to its place. The wind blew, lifting Bai Xiaochun's long hair as he looked into the distance.

After a while passed, he muttered, "The Foreying Live Forever Technique …. Five shackles of death and five seals of immortality? " This was the first time he had heard such things.

Finally, he took a deep breath and looked at the medicinal pill and the jade slip. He first took out a jade slip, scanning with divine sense. Inside is the second volume of the Codex Death.

He put away the jade and then looked towards the medicinal pill. Although he was already a day-worker apothecary, he was unable to determine the quality of the pills. He picked it up and started checking it out. He was basically a cautious person, and he knew that if the black-robed old man wanted to injure him, he could do it in various ways. Thus, a medicinal pill would most likely only bring benefits, and would not harm it.

Muttering to himself, he looked around, then put away the medicinal pill and started walking. As he continued, he looked around into the forest, and sighed emotionally. When he thought of the entire pursuit and battle with the cultivators of the Luochen Clan, and the dangers involved, he could not shake off the feeling of fear that was still in his heart.

“i want to know how Elder Sister Du and Elder Brother Hou did…. Did they run away …? ” Currently, he did not dare to use his jade slip to try to make contact with the sect. He was worried that the cultivators of the Luochen Clan might still be around, and would detect the fluctuations of the transmission attempt. That could cause big problems. Patting his bag, he produced Feng Yan's windskiff, and after a quick test, confirmed that it was now functional.

His eyes glowed with joy. Although he had speculations about the current situation, he did not want to leave the area, so he found a mountain cave where he could rest for a while. There, he produced a turtle, as well as a medicinal pill given to him by the black-robed old man.

Immediately, a silver light flashed on the medicinal pill, and three spirit designs could be seen on its surface. Bai Xiaochun took the pill, and his eyes shone with determination as he stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it. Immediately, his body began to beat violently, as if a burning flame was giving birth to indescribable vital energy, which then ran through him.

He began to tremble, and he gritted his teeth, releasing the Eternal Life Technique. Then, he slapped himself, revealing that his skin was no longer pitch-black, but instead, now contained a hint of bronze. That bronze color reached the point where he almost looked like a statue made of those items.

The power within him grew even stronger, and he felt stronger than before.

However, his medicinal energy had not been exhausted. After performing a threefold spirit enhancement, the medicinal pill had reached an incredible level of quality. Even at the moment where his skin was completely bronze, cracking sounds rang out from within him, as if something was breaking.

The streaks spread rapidly on the surface of his skin, steadily increasing in number until it covered his entire body. A great pain struck him, but he endured, and before long, the lines began to turn silver!

The Undying Skin was broken down into Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels!

Even the black-robed old man would never be able to anticipate that the medicinal pill he gave Bai Xiaochun would receive an increase in spirit, either, and thus would allow him to break through not only to the level of Bronze Skin, but to pass through it.

Rumbling sounds echoed out from within Bai Xiaochun for several days. More and more cracks appeared on his skin, and before long, pieces of skin started to fall out, almost as if he was changing skin. In addition, each piece that fell showed a shining silver underneath.

After ten days, the last skin had fallen out. He was now completely silver, and even though it was a dull silver color, when he opened his eyes, they shone with a bright silver light.

He suddenly exploded into motion, causing a shocking explosion to be heard. He was now at least twice as fast as before!

His eyes shone with joy as his right hand clenched and smashed into the nearby boulder. The stone was instantly shattered, not becoming a large piece, but becoming dust!

This level of strength exceeded the previous level by several times!

Bai Xiaochun gasped. Until now, he was certain that if he fought Chen Heng again, the battle would definitely not be as bitter.

After a few more tests, something even more shocking was revealed. His defensive level with the Undying Silver Skin was such that even his wooden sword with a triple spirit enhancement was unable to even scratch it.

Bai Xiaochun's eyes shone with excitement. After stopping the operation of the Undead Immortal Life Technique, his body returned to its normal and fair condition. He changed his clothes, then started to drive off into the distance, looking very happy with himself.