Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

Xu Lei froze, not immediately taking the Magical Artifact.

It was all too sudden.

"Hui Chi, Jin Xin."

Jingchun continued, "If I fail in Crossing the Tribulation, then bury me together with Hui Lu.

Hui Lu’s body is growing weaker and weaker.

This coffin Magical Artifact can’t maintain his condition forever.

This is one of the reasons I’m in such a hurry to face my Tribulation.

If I’m no longer here, you don’t need to keep powering the Magical Artifact.

Once the Magical Artifact stops running, Hui Lu’s body will die.

Bury us together.

That would be a kind of Perfection for us.

Of course, if I succeed, I’ll have to trouble you to continue maintaining the Magical Artifact.

I want to see what it’s really like after Ascension.

To see if I can come back.

And save Hui Lu!"

"Why are you already talking about Crossing the Tribulation and Ascension?"

Xu Lei couldn’t help but ask, "Are you sure? Why so soon?

Even if your Cultivation is progressing well, there’s no need to rush, is there?

Shouldn’t you prepare more?

If you keep this up, you can maintain Senior Brother Hui Lu’s vitality for many more years, can’t you?"

"That’s right, Master, you must think this through!"

Zhao Xin chimed in, "There’s no need to do it so soon, is there?

Considering your body’s current rate of aging, you could easily cultivate for several more years!

Wouldn’t you be more confident about Crossing the Tribulation then?

And have a better chance of a successful Ascension?"

"No. My mind is made up."

Jingchun said, "My current state is actually my peak.

If I wait any longer, I probably won’t make any breakthroughs in my Cultivation.

I won’t get much stronger. Instead, my body will only continue to age and weaken!

That will only increase my chances of failure.

All these years, I haven’t been able to save Hui Lu.

I can’t find peace in my heart.

If I can achieve Ascension.

Perhaps after I attain the Dao, I’ll have greater powers.

Perhaps I’ll be able to bring him back."

"But isn’t Master’s husband’s soul still inside Uncle Hui Chi’s body?"

Zhao Xin said, "Even if we can’t find a way to get him back into his own body right now, there’s no need to take such a risk and rush into your Tribulation, right?"

At this, however, Jingchun didn’t answer Zhao Xin. Instead, she turned to look at Xu Lei.

Xu Lei’s mouth opened, but no words came out.

For forty years, Xu Lei had been playing two roles.

In the early years, Jingchun truly hadn’t seemed to notice anything was amiss.

After all, Xu Lei did possess a portion of Hui Lu’s memories.

But seeing her expression and hearing her words now, Xu Lei understood. ’She must have known long ago that Hui Lu’s soul was no longer inside my body.’

As Xu Lei thought back, he realized his acting probably hadn’t been good enough.

After all, the memories he’d gotten from Hui Lu were like watching a few movie clips.

He had tried his best to imitate him,

but there was no way to perfectly mimic the man from those clips.

He could pull it off for a short while.

But to live with someone day in and day out for forty years without being found out?

’That was just too difficult.’

Xu Lei now understood that he hadn’t been deceiving Jingchun at all, despite what he’d thought.

After all, Jingchun was no fool. On the contrary, she was a very intelligent woman.

"Since you already knew something was wrong, why didn’t you say anything?"

Xu Lei continued, "You never even asked what happened to Senior Brother Hui Lu’s soul."

"Didn’t Brother Hui Lu’s remnant soul shatter after entering your Sea of Consciousness back then?"

Jingchun replied, "And you put on an act because you were afraid of hurting me?

Or did you keep acting because you wanted me all to yourself?

Isn’t that it?"

"Yes. That’s right,"

Xu Lei said. "I didn’t know what happened back then either.

Senior Brother Hui Lu’s soul didn’t last long in my Sea of Consciousness before it shattered.

It broke apart into fragments,

which were then absorbed by my Sea of Consciousness.

Of course, he was lucid for a time before he shattered.

He told me to pretend to be him, to convince you to stop being so fixated on saving him.

He wanted you to live your own life.

Afterward, I was afraid you’d be heartbroken, so I did as he asked and pretended to be him."

And so, Xu Lei kept the real truth to himself—how Hui Lu had attacked him, and how he had killed him in turn.

’There’s no need.’

In Jingchun’s eyes, neither he nor Hui Lu was the villain.

She would never have imagined that they had fought to the death inside his Sea of Consciousness.

’It’s better to let her keep believing that.’

Xu Lei looked at Jingchun and asked,

"But... if that’s the case, then, Sister-in-law... why have you... all these years?"

Because over the years, under the guise of being Hui Lu, Xu Lei had often been forceful in his Charitable Giving to Jingchun.

"Because, just as you’ve said, I truly am a shameless woman."

Jingchun said without a change in expression, "I knew you were acting, but I let you continue the charade.

I even played along.

Because I really am shameless, lewd, and wanton.

I was just greedy for my role in this little play.

After all, I could never find a way to truly save Hui Lu.

I already had a feeling that if I couldn’t attain the Dao, there would be no hope.

But attaining the Dao is no easy task.

Was I really supposed to, because of Hui Lu...

...live a lonely life until I grew old and died?

And since I was already receiving your Charitable Giving...

...why bother stopping?"

Xu Lei and Zhao Xin were both speechless.

"Take this. It’s a Spatial Magical Artifact for long-distance storage."

Jingchun then said to Xu Lei, "I saw you seemed quite interested in it before.

So, I’m giving it to you.

As for my other Magical Artifacts...

...I’m leaving them all to Jin Xin.

Hui Chi, I hope you don’t think I’m playing favorites."

She handed a Qiankun Cloth Bag to Zhao Xin. All she gave to Xu Lei was the single Round Tube Magical Artifact.

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