Chapter 452 - The Old Man in the Black Robe (2/2)

After another hour, finally, eight faint green fires left Xiao Chen’s body again, and with Liu Liancheng’s finger, the eight faint fires swooshed and flew to the soul-drawing lamp hanging over the stone platform. The lamp immediately lit up, glowing with a layer of faint green light.

Liu Liancheng finally let out a sigh of relief, slightly smiled, and said, “Okay, as long as this light does not go out, Brother Xiao will be fine. Next, I will add a hundred years of lifespan to Brother Xiao. His three souls are not here. Cross the sea under camouflage, even the two Emperors of Heaven and Hades could not find out.” At the end of his words, he produced a smug smile.

Qingluan frowned and said, “What do you mean?”

Liu Liancheng smiled and said, “Did I not say before? What can be cured in this world is called illness, and what cannot be cured is called destiny. So, I’m going to change his destiny!” At the end of the conversation, he kept his smile and his eyes were firm.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er were shocked. “How could one’s destiny be changed so easily?” Liu Liancheng said, “Ladies, you can rest assured. Before this, I have successfully changed the lives of seven dying men, and no attempts had failed.”

After speaking, Liu Liancheng ignored the surprised looks of the two girls and began to perform mystic arts. To increase a lifespan, it was necessary to take the lifespan of others. These were already prepared by Liu Liancheng. After several hours, it was dark outside. Liu Liancheng also finally finished the spell. At this moment, Xiao Chen seemed to have recovered a lot of vitality, and his hair had gradually turned black.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er finally let out a sigh of relief. Liu Liancheng smiled and said, “Next, I’ll return the souls to Brother Xiao. Ladies, please keep in mind that these mystic arts must not be spoken about in the future.” Then he chanted a few spells, and with two fingers, pointed to the soul-drawing lamp suspended in midair, and said, “Return!”

However, after a while, the soul-drawing lamp didn’t respond at all. Qingluan frowned and said, “What’s going on?!”

Liu Liancheng’s expression also became abnormally heavy, and he chanted again and said, “Return!” However, the soul-drawing lamp remained still, and Liu Liancheng’s expression finally changed for the first time, as he muttered, “How can this be?” Then he chanted a spell rapidly and inserted another magical power into the soul-drawing lamp, and read aloud, “Taiyuan mixes up, yin and yang reverse, return!”

Suddenly, the soul-drawing lamp shook violently, and the dim green flames inside flickered. On the stone platform, Xiao Chen’s face turned pale instantly, and his hair turned white again quickly, and even his face and hands gradually wrinkled. Qingluan and Ziyun’er were terribly frightened. Liu Liancheng was stunned as well. He murmured, “How can this be…”

Ziyun’er rushed up quickly, pressed her purple blade against his neck, and said fiercely, “What’s going on?! If anything happens to the Lord today, I will make sure that you can neither live nor die!”

Liu Liancheng was also frightened, and his breathing became a little rapid. He tried to calm himself and said, “Don’t be anxious. I have changed the destinies for seven men before. How could this be…” At the end of his words, he seemed like he was sleep-talking.

Suddenly, the stone platform also shook. Qingluan immediately rushed to hold down the stone platform. She turned her head and stared at Liu Liancheng fiercely. “Hurry up and think!”

“Think! Think!” Liu Liancheng was also a little panicked. He paced back and forth in the stone room, and finally tried a dozen more methods, all of which failed to get Xiao Chen’s three souls back in place. If this continued, Xiao Chen’s souls would be gone.

Suddenly, he looked up as if he had made a last resort decision. He turned and looked at the two boys, said, “Get someone to the Gorge of the Lofty Breeze quickly and ask my master over!”

“Yes, Young Master.” The two kids immediately turned and walked out of the stone room.

One night had passed, and the light in the soul-drawing lamp continued to flicker. The hearts of Qingluan and Ziyun’er were as though suspended above a blade. It was the same for Liu Liancheng. He continuously cast remedial measures, but with little effect. The hearts of the three were as if they were hanging on a thread until the sound of the stone door opening outside resounded.

“Master!” It was as if Liu Liancheng had finally met his last lifesaver. He quickly went over and greeted him. A man in a black robe walked in, wearing a bucket hat, and his looks could not be seen, aside from the sparse white beard on his chin.

“You!” When the old man in the black robe saw Xiao Chen on the stone platform, his body shook violently, and then stared at Liu Liancheng, screaming loudly, “You really don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth!”

“I…” Liu Liancheng could not rebut for a moment, and said, “I originally succeeded in renewing the lives of the seven people in this way, I didn’t expect him to…”

“Ha!” The old man in the black robe smirked and said, “Only with him, you realized how stupid you were, huh? Scram!” He pushed him away and said in a low voice, “With your skill level, you’re merely fine at refining medicine, and you want to change people’s destiny!” While talking, he walked to the side of Xiao Chen.

Liu Liancheng gritted his teeth, squeezed his fingers, and looked at the back of the old man in the black robe. A cold radiance flashed in his eyes.

The old man in the black robe walked to Xiao Chen, flicked the sleeve of his robe, and took out all the silver needles that Liu Liancheng had placed in him earlier. Then he pressed rapidly on several locations of Xiao Chen’s body. It was so fast, like chasing wind or shadows, that even Qingluan and Ziyun’er could not keep up at the moment.

“Yin and yang turn black and white, life and death are predestined, and the spirit returns!”

The old man in the black robe shook his arms. The wind suddenly rose and the sleeves of his robe could not stop flying. Then Xiao Chen was suddenly suspended in midair, and his body kept spinning. The old man in the black robe was pointing on his body rapidly again. Finally, with two fingers, he reached out to the soul-drawing lamp, and said, “Return!”

The soul-drawing lamp trembled, then green flames burst out immediately, led by the fingers of the old man in the black robe, and pierced Xiao Chen’s eyebrows.

As the wind in the stone room finally stopped, Xiao Chen fell back onto the stone platform and suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up in shock, gasping, and finally stared blankly at the old man in front of him and said, “Gui… Senior Gui Xian.”