Immortal Travel of Longevity

They tried twice more, but Chen Changsheng's reaction grew more severe each time. It started as a mere headache, but soon his entire body convulsed. During the final attempt, even his soul began to destabilize.

Seeing this, Xiao Dongxu and Su Junhan did not dare try again.

If they continued, even if Mister Chen returned to them, he might truly be driven mad. If that happened, the loss would far outweigh any gain.

Feeling helpless, the two simply let Mister Chen rest, not daring to make any more rash moves for the time being.

"Mister Chen's reaction was too intense..."

"Yes..."

Su Junhan furrowed his brow, unable to think of another solution.

Xiao Dongxu opened his mouth and asked, "Fox Lord, should we try again?"

"What do you think?"

"Given Mister Chen's condition, he likely has no memory of the dream."

Su Junhan paused. "Why? Mister Chen clearly reacted to it."

Xiao Dongxu shook his head. "Fox Lord, I once read about a condition in a medical text. For instance, someone who unexpectedly loses their legs might still feel, in a daze, that their legs are there. In reality, they are gone. This discrepancy causes their divine sense to trigger intense pain, which then echoes in the physical body. We have tried three times now, and Mister Chen's reactions have only worsened. I am afraid..."

Su Junhan let out a long sigh. "So you are saying that Mister Chen has lost that memory, but subconsciously remembers that such a thing did happen. That conflict is what triggers the destabilization of his divine sense and the pain in his physical body. Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Then there is no need to try again."

They had just found a sliver of a lead, but now it was completely severed.

The two had no idea what to do next.

At that moment, the Old Dragon King walked out. Listening to their chatter, he said, "Hearing you talk reminds me of someone. He might actually know."

Su Junhan paused and looked at him. "Who?"

The Old Dragon King sat down and said, "According to what you are saying, this is a problem with his divine sense. As long as we can find a fragment of his divine sense that retains those memories, we might find our answer, right?"

Xiao Dongxu nodded. "Exactly."

"Actually," the Old Dragon King said, "Mister Chen still has some divine sense lingering in the Mortal World."

Su Junhan stared in surprise. "Where?"

"In his early years, Mister Chen used his divine sense to manipulate a spirit warrior to walk the world in his stead and visit various places. Later, due to Mister Chen's Magical Power and the world's Spiritual Energy, that spirit warrior developed its own divine sense and consciousness. Recognizing how difficult it was for the entity to gain sentience, Mister Chen put the portion of his divine sense inside the warrior into a deep slumber. It might still be resting within that spirit warrior's Sea of Consciousness right now."

Su Junhan leaped to his feet. "Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

The Old Dragon King threw his hands up. "If you had explained everything to me sooner, I would have told you sooner!"

"Let's go!"

Xiao Dongxu and Su Junhan set off immediately, rushing toward the Mortal World.

Meanwhile, the Old Dragon King stayed behind to watch over Chen Changsheng's condition.

The Old Dragon King did not mind. Staying here afforded him some peace and quiet, and he was too lazy to run around anyway.

Looking at Chen Changsheng on the bed, the Old Dragon King could not help but shake his head. "Look at you," he muttered. "You do not resemble a cultivator at all. Sigh..."

He did not understand the profound mysteries of Daoist arts or Divine Abilities, but he grasped the gist of the situation: all of this had happened because Chen Changsheng's own willpower simply was not resolute enough.

In Cultivation, the very first step was to temper the mind. Yet Chen Changsheng had never placed any importance on that, choosing instead to sink deeply into the Red Dust. The Old Dragon King had guessed long ago that something would eventually go wrong, but he had not expected it to happen so soon.

Ruyi approached the Old Dragon King and bowed. "Greetings, Dragon Lord."

The Old Dragon King looked at her. "No need for formalities. Come, sit down. Mister Chen hasn't woken up yet."

Ruyi paused and asked, "Are Fox Lord Su and Priest Xiao not here?"

"They went to the Mortal World to see if they can find a solution," the Old Dragon King replied.

Ruyi asked, "How is Uncle Chen's condition right now?"

She did not understand. She did not understand at all.

She felt that Uncle Chen was merely suffering from a bout of madness. In the eyes of these Immortals, shouldn't curing him be as simple as raising a hand? Why were they struggling so much with it?

The Old Dragon King said, "He is alright. If their trip yields results, he might wake up very soon."

Ruyi prayed silently in her heart before saying, "Uncle Chen will definitely wake up."

"Yes, don't worry too much. It's nothing major."

The Old Dragon King was speaking against his conscience. It would be a miracle if this was not a major problem. If it was not handled properly, they truly would be separated by life and death.

Although the Old Dragon King spoke lightly, Ruyi vaguely sensed that something was wrong. If it truly wasn't a big deal, why would he have rushed all the way here from the Tongtian River, and why would the others have hurried back to the Mortal World? If it were simple, it should have been resolved long ago.

The Old Dragon King looked at her and said, "Speaking of which, I met you when you were just a little girl. Back then at the Temple Fair, Mister Chen begged me to give both you and your brother a wisp of protective Magical Power. Later, it transformed into the Dragon Spirit that has resided in your body ever since. In the blink of an eye, you've grown up so much..."

Ruyi's heart skipped a beat. Why did this sound so different from what Uncle Chen had told her?

Back then, Uncle Chen had told her that he had extorted this Dragon Spirit out of the Dragon Lord. He had never mentioned anything about begging for it.

Unable to wrap her head around it, Ruyi simply said, "I haven't even thanked the Dragon Lord for the gift."

The Old Dragon King chuckled and waved his hand. "Don't mention it. Your Uncle Chen begged me for it, heh heh."

No matter how she listened to it, Ruyi felt something was strange.

The implications just felt entirely different.

...

Following the Old Dragon King's directions, Xiao Dongxu and Su Junhan arrived at the Mortal Realm Demon Market.

The moment they arrived, the Demonic Power radiating from Su Junhan alarmed the master of the market.

Hu Yin hurried out. Upon seeing the visitor, his heart skipped a beat. He immediately dropped to his knees and kowtowed. "Thirteenth-generation fox descendant of Yuanshan, Hu Yin, greets the Fox Lord!"

Su Junhan glanced at him, pausing for a moment before saying, "You're a demon from my Yuanshan?"

Hu Yin replied, "Answering the Fox Lord, Hu Jin is my older brother."

Su Junhan thought back for a moment. "I have heard Hu Jin mention you. So after you left Yuanshan, you actually came to the Mortal World for your Cultivation."

Hu Yin smiled. "The timing was right, so I sought out a better prospect."

Su Junhan nodded and got straight to the point, explaining their reason for coming.

The moment Hu Yin heard the mention of a 'palm-sized little man', he instantly knew who they meant. "Such a person does exist. However, he isn't here with me right now; he is in the Demon Market overseen by Mister Lan."

"Lead the way."

"At once!"

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