Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

The villagers’ jeering finally dissuaded Mr. Gu from storming the stage to drag Little Yao Family down.

"The Gu family are truly righteous!"

"Mr. Gu’s wife has guts! Go on, go on, put on a show for us!"

Some of the bolder troublemakers even shouted, "Second Sister-in-law Gu, hurry it up! After you’re done, can you let us have a try? We want to see how this leather bag holds a person too!"

"Ooh, ooh, ooh! Start, quick, start!"

Everyone was clamoring and cheering.

Amidst the lively shouts, at the third quarter-hour past noon, Yao Ermei voluntarily stood before Brother Yun. Her voice trembled slightly as she said, "I’m here. You... you can start!"

It turned out that, having come this far, Yao Ermei was actually a little scared.

Brother Yun, wearing a white-lacquered mask, acted as if he didn’t know Yao Ermei at all. He circled her a few times, holding the leather bag.

The opera troupe’s musicians timed their accompaniment perfectly, playing tense and suspenseful music.

The erhu wailed mournfully, the drumbeat quickened.

The notes of the pipa were like a frantic heartbeat.

The jeering from the crowd below gradually died down. The atmosphere grew more and more tense as everyone held their breath to watch the show.

After circling Yao Ermei a few times, Brother Yun suddenly raised his hand. With the mouth of the leather bag facing down, he abruptly brought it down over her head.

A familiar yet bizarre scene unfolded.

The small leather bag seemed to hide a bottomless Abyss. This Abyss first swallowed Yao Ermei’s head, then her shoulders, then her torso, her arms, her legs and feet...

Finally, her entire being was packed into the leather bag, and she vanished completely!

Brother Yun flipped the bag upright and gave it a little heft. The tips of a pair of pink embroidered shoes were still visible at the bag’s opening. With that small motion, the tips vanished completely.

The leather bag became deflated and empty again. Brother Yun held it open for everyone to see.

Inside, it was pitch-black. There was no one, nothing at all.

The villagers, who had been holding their breath, finally let it out one by one. Someone let out a long cry, "Good heavens!"

Then, the excitement and cheering returned.

"Bravo!"

"Brilliant!"

"That was amazing, hahaha!"

...

"HONK HONK HONK! HONK HONK HONK!" The Big White Goose flapped its wings and honked loudly, joining the humans in their cheers.

This time, no one questioned whether Brother Yun had somehow lost Yao Ermei. Everyone was incredibly excited. People chattered nonstop, either expressing their delight with the trick or racking their brains trying to figure out its secrets and principles.

"How on earth did he do that?"

"That was just incredible!"

"Does that performer actually know Magic?"

"No way... If he really knew Magic, would he be touring with an opera troupe in a backwater village like ours? It has to be a trick, but I’ve no idea what kind of trick it is."

"There’s definitely a hidden mechanism in that bag! If there isn’t, I’ll... I’ll... I’ll eat shit while doing a handstand!"

"PFFT!"

The crowd burst into laughter again. After a while, they saw Brother Yun on stage begin his performance once more.

The routine was similar to before, so there’s no need to describe it in detail.

Brother Yun danced wildly, as if performing a ritual. When the music ended and a long gong was struck, he stood on his tiptoes, held the leather bag high with its mouth facing down, and began to shake it.

At this point, everyone knew that Yao Ermei was about to be shaken out of the bag by Brother Yun.

This was the most exciting part, the very essence of the trick. Even having seen it once before, the villagers below the stage couldn’t help but feel their hearts rise in anticipation.

Everyone stopped talking, waiting quietly for Yao Ermei to appear.

And so, one breath, two breaths... dozens of breaths passed.

Brother Yun’s hands were shaking like a leaf, but Yao Ermei, who should have tumbled out of the leather bag, did not appear!

The leather bag remained empty, and the space beneath it was vacant.

The entire audience fell silent. Everyone was stunned.

No expression could be seen on Brother Yun’s face, covered as it was by the white-lacquered mask, but his eyes were blinking abnormally fast.

The performer at the gong stopped striking it, and the sound of the erhu also ceased.

An unknown amount of time passed—or perhaps it was only an instant—when a voice suddenly piped up from below the stage: "Where is she?"

Yeah, where is she?

Where was Yao Ermei?

Seeing the situation about to spiral out of control, Brother Yun quickly began to move, once again roaming the stage with the leather bag in hand.

The troupe leader at the side of the stage jolted, quickly gesturing for the musicians to start playing again.

"CLANG CLANG CLANG!"

"CRASH CRASH CRASH!"

The music started up again, and the troupe leader hastily said, "Everyone, please be patient! The trick isn’t over yet! Just wait, just wait a moment, the best part is yet to come..."

The troupe leader’s reassurances worked, and the villagers quieted down for a short time. But a sense of unspeakable panic began to spread through the crowd.

Time ticked by. On the stage, Brother Yun danced wildly until he was drenched in sweat. He tried once more to turn the bag upside down, wanting to release Yao Ermei.

But there was nothing... The bag remained completely empty. He couldn’t shake anything out of it.

At this moment, Brother Yun was truly starting to panic.

A great fear welled up in his heart. ’This isn’t how it’s supposed to go! This isn’t right!’

’According to their original plan, once he put Yao Ermei in the leather bag, the enchanted sachet she was hiding would activate.’

’Because the sachet contained the Little Girl’s newborn hair and blood essence, the Curse Technique would take effect at this moment.’

’The Little Girl would disappear from the leather bag in place of Yao Ermei, going where she was supposed to go! Then, Brother Yun would release Yao Ermei from the bag, completing the trick in front of everyone.’

’And just like that, the Little Girl would be gone. But that would be the Gu family’s own problem! The Little Girl would have vanished from her own cradle. Brother Yun and Yao Ermei were on stage performing a trick the whole time, a great distance away. What would the Little Girl’s disappearance have to do with Brother Yun?’

’Afterward, the opera troupe would make their escape. The Gu Family would have lost a child, but they could only blame themselves for not being careful enough. There would be no way to blame Brother Yun, who was on stage—’

’The plan wasn’t flawless, but in Brother Yun’s eyes, it was practically foolproof.’

’The child would just be gone without a sound. What could the Gu family do about it?’

As for what the Gu family would do if the plan had actually succeeded... that was now unknowable. The reality was that the plan had failed!

On the stage, no matter how hard Brother Yun tried, he couldn’t get Yao Ermei out. There was no news yet on whether the Little Girl had disappeared, but Yao Ermei had, without a doubt, vanished right before everyone’s eyes!

The villagers could be placated for a moment, but they couldn’t be fooled for long.

Seeing that Yao Ermei was still nowhere to be found, Mr. Gu, who had been held back below the stage, finally let out a furious roar. He leaped onto the stage and charged at Brother Yun. "You villain! You scoundrel! Give me back my wife!"

"Second Brother!" Seeing that he couldn’t hold back Mr. Gu, Ancient Major Sect panicked and simply ran onto the stage after him.

The entire scene descended into chaos. Mr. Gu grabbed the fleeing Brother Yun and raised a massive fist at him.

The villagers below the stage also started shouting all at once. "Where is she? Did she really disappear?" "Could this actor be a Demon?" "What did he do to Mr. Gu’s wife?"

"Quick! Someone over there is trying to run! After them!"

"Don’t let them run! The nerve! A whole pack of Demons, daring to run wild in our Gu Family Village!"

"We’ve got them surrounded, surrounded..."

Amidst the chaotic villagers, no one noticed that the Big White Goose, which had been cheering in the crowd, had at some point returned to Song Ciwan’s side.

Song Ciwan reached out to stroke the Big White Goose’s head before putting it back in her Spirit Beast Bag. Then, with a flicker, she followed Yao Ermei’s lingering aura, giving chase in the direction she had vanished.

’There was clearly another secret behind the bag trick. Brother Yun might not even be the leather bag’s true owner.’

’Song Ciwan sensed that the way Yao Ermei had disappeared was more akin to a form of spatial Teleportation. It even bore a subtle resemblance to her own Heaven-Stealing Day-Changing technique.’

’It was just that Yao Ermei’s disappearance was more sinister, more shrouded in darkness.’

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