Eternal Night

Chapter 633 Invincible God of Slaughter... Lin Daiyu's First Battle!
"...Don't come any closer, or I'll call for help!"

Lin Daiyu's face was deathly pale, and she looked like she had cried herself to despair. She hugged her chest and pressed herself against the wall, wishing she could just crawl into it.

Wu Pifu didn't actually get close to him at all. She just found a stool in the main room and sat down, while frowning and saying, "Calm down, don't be so startled. You're supposed to be a perfect person, why are you making such a fuss?"

Wu Pifu himself didn't think about what would happen if this scene happened to him... well, he probably wouldn't be afraid, he would just kill any imposter... In short, if this happened to most people, their familiar relatives and friends would suddenly seem to be bewitched, and then they would have a completely non-existent relative, and everyone would insist that this was their relative. In that situation, they would probably be no better off than Lin Daiyu.

It's even scarier than a ghost story!
How could Lin Daiyu possibly remain calm?
She's on the verge of a breakdown right now.

Fortunately, Wu Pifu had his own plan. He clapped his hands, and an invisible shockwave erupted. Lin Daiyu was suddenly stunned, and then the fear slowly subsided. But this made her feel even more terrified. This was no longer a physical fear, but a fear from the deepest part of her heart.

Is this person... a god or a demon?
Wu Pifu answered directly, "I am neither a god nor a demon. I am a pure-blooded human, but I am different from the humans you know. Uh, you can call me a superhuman!"

Lin Daiyu remained rooted to the spot, and Wu Pifu ignored her, continuing, "I'll tell you the truth, I'm not from this world, but come from beyond the heavens. Let's just assume that's the case. My arrival in this world today is truly a matter of fate..."

Lin Daiyu's body, which had calmed down somewhat, immediately began to fluctuate again. She burst into tears and cried out in panic, "I don't want to!"

Wu Pifu choked for a moment, sensing Lin Daiyu's emotions. He blushed, a rare occurrence for him, and said, "No, what have you been reading all this time? Let me explain. We are destined to be together. Today, I'm taking you as my disciple, teaching you unparalleled martial arts, and making you a perfect person. Do you understand? Right now, everyone outside thinks I'm your brother, but that's just a temporary identity. I have no ill intentions towards you, and I'm not some demon or monster, much less some god or demon who would rob you of your virtue. I have only one purpose for this trip: to make you perfect!"

Lin Daiyu listened to all of this in a daze. Although she still couldn't believe it, her mind was forcing her to believe it. Otherwise, she would have completely broken down emotionally.

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Daiyu cautiously asked, "What is perfection?"

Speaking of this, Wu Pifu said earnestly and excitedly, "I've been thinking about what perfection means to you. After thinking about it carefully, I think it might be spiritual perfection, social identity perfection, time-space closure perfection, or family happiness perfection. Unfortunately, I probably can't achieve any of these."

When Lin Daiyu heard about the perfect family happiness, her heart skipped a beat, and she stared intently at Wu Pifu. Although she felt that she was indulging in wishful thinking, since even a god-like and demonic being like Wu Pifu had appeared, this wishful thinking was nothing.

Her voice choked with emotion, yet also tinged with agitation, as she said, "A happy and perfect family... Can you... can you bring my mother back to life?"

In the original plot of Dream of the Red Chamber, Lin Daiyu's mother died when she was a few years old. Her father was a high-ranking official in the dynasty depicted in the book, but he was in charge of salt tax collection. Such a job was not easy to end well. Not only were those in power prone to sudden death, but their families also generally did not have a good end. Therefore, the young Lin Daiyu was sent to the Rongguo Mansion, which was her mother's relative's place. The child, who was only a few years old, was living under someone else's roof because her mother had died young.

This was truly the greatest pain in Lin Daiyu's heart that she never dared to tell outsiders.

Wu Pifu sensed the information in Lin Daiyu's emotions. Looking at the eleven or twelve-year-old girl in front of him, he couldn't deceive her for a moment and could only say frankly, "I can't do it now. To tell you the truth, I am resurrecting my companion, but this resurrection process is terrifyingly long and involves countless tribulations. To be honest, my teaching you unparalleled martial arts, hoping that you can achieve perfection, is also one of the necessary tasks to resurrect my companion. Do you understand? I can't achieve perfection in your family."

Although Lin Daiyu was disappointed, she kept Wu Pifu's words in her heart.

So... it really is possible to bring the dead back to life?

Could it be that in the heavens beyond, her mother can really be resurrected?

Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu gradually calmed down. Although she still dared not approach Wu Pifu, she carefully found a chair and sat down.

Seeing Lin Daiyu like this, Wu Pifu felt a pang of guilt.

The reason this little girl remained calm wasn't for her own sake, but rather because of that tiny glimmer of hope she had of resurrecting her mother...

This pang of guilt prompted Wu Pifu to immediately revise his original plan; he now genuinely intended to teach Lin Daiyu some real skills.

"very good!"

Wu Pifu praised, "So after thinking it over, I realized that I can't make you achieve any other kind of perfection. The only thing I can make you achieve is physical perfection. I'm going to make you achieve physical perfection!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Daiyu's face flushed red, then turned deathly pale, and she began to tremble again.

Wu Pifu slapped him again and shouted, "No, that's enough! What have you been watching all this time? When I say perfect physique, I mean strength, power! Martial arts, combat! I mean turning you from someone who can defeat one person into someone who can defeat ten thousand, becoming invincible, becoming the kind of person who can kill enemies in the heavens! Give me a good brainwashing!"

Lin Daiyu's trembling stopped, but her face suddenly turned crimson, and she lowered her head, not daring to move.

She then realized that this seemingly magical little brat actually possessed mind-reading abilities...

Seeing that Lin Daiyu had calmed down, Wu Pifu nodded again and said, "This process will be very difficult. I only have less than thirty days to teach you, so I will be very strict. Within these thirty days, you must become a person with a perfect physical body!"

Lin Daiyu lowered her head and remained silent, but her emotions revealed her thoughts and ideas.

Wu Pifu was stunned. He hesitated for a long time, but then he thought that the upper realm was the Heavenly Court, and this world was obviously connected to other worlds. If he used the Heavenly Court's methods, or if his strength reached its limit, it was not impossible to penetrate this world. He thought for a moment and said, "If your strength reaches the top, reaches or even surpasses my level, there is a chance to go to the outer heavens. Or, if I complete the mission of resurrecting my companions this time, and I wander through the various worlds in the future, there is a chance to come here again. At that time, I can still take you to the outer heavens... Although it is only a sliver of hope, the stronger you are, the more likely you are to achieve your wish. There is no doubt about that!"

Lin Daiyu remained silent for a long time, then suddenly felt a surge of emotion.

Because she felt honesty from Wu Pifu, the honesty in how he treated people, unlike what she encountered in the Rongguo Mansion, where although her grandmother loved her and others respected her, she felt a kind of helpless pain.

She immediately looked up at Wu Pifu seriously and said, "You... don't lie to me. I have nothing but this body. If you lie to me or defile me, I will have no choice but to die..."

Wu Pifu said seriously, "I'm not lying to you, I'm telling the truth. This is exactly the purpose of my trip, and I have no other needs. As for you... pfft, what good is a little kid like you?"

Lin Daiyu blushed and spat several times, then lowered her head and murmured, "How will you teach me martial arts? Will I need stone locks or something?"

Wu Pifu laughed and said, "I already told you, what I'm going to teach you is unparalleled martial arts! Come closer."

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then carefully moved to within two meters of Wu Pifu, but refused to take another step forward. Wu Pifu grew impatient, stood up, took a step forward, and then placed one hand on Lin Daiyu's head, while shouting, "Calm down and focus!"

Lin Daiyu naturally didn't understand what it meant to calm the mind and concentrate in martial arts, but just as Wu Pifu pressed down on her head, a piece of information appeared out of nowhere in her mind, as if she had known it innately.

"Traditional Chinese martial arts!"

"Human Immortal Martial Arts, training skin and flesh..."

Wu Pifu withdrew his palm and said, "This is the most basic introduction to martial arts. You need to master it within three days."

Lin Daiyu was momentarily stunned, but after regaining her senses, she became even more convinced of Wu Pifu's identity.

Such supernatural abilities are truly only possessed by celestial beings from beyond the heavens. She actually knows martial arts and the way of martial arts, and she also knows what national martial arts and the way of human immortals are. Although knowing and understanding are two different things, her knowledge of martial arts has now surpassed that of everyone in this world.

Lin Daiyu was actually very intelligent. She lowered her head and murmured, "You... Brother Wu, how could I possibly learn all this in three days? And even the martial arts principles within it require me to nourish my body, accumulate blood and qi, circulate my qi and blood, and sense the power..."

Wu Pifu, however, was confident. He said, "As long as you get enough nutrition, I will hunt all kinds of creatures with vigorous blood energy in this world and search for all kinds of natural treasures for you in these three days. Although the effect is not high, there will definitely be enough of things like hundred-year-old ginseng and thousand-year-old he shou wu. Then, you can comprehend your own strength and such. I have a quick way to do that!"

By this time, Lin Daiyu was at least a master in terms of knowledge of traditional Chinese martial arts. She disbelieved, "How is that possible? The knowledge you passed on to me all mentioned the importance of gradual progress. How could I possibly learn it in just three days?"

Wu Pifu said seriously, "Practical combat! The so-called martial arts are essentially the art of fighting. If you don't engage in actual combat, you will never reach the pinnacle even if you practice for a lifetime. Since you want perfection, your goal is to move towards the pinnacle, so you must comprehend martial arts through life and death!"

"Now... you will walk the path I once walked, and I will grant you the same level of martial arts skill I possessed. All you have to do is simple: defeat your enemies!"

After saying that, Wu Pifu pointed a finger at Lin Daiyu's forehead.

Everything before Lin Daiyu's eyes began to spin, and then when she opened her eyes, all she saw was flames.

A nunnery, a raging fire, clay Buddha statues, skinned corpses, and a monster roaring as it pounces on Lin Daiyu...

A moment later, Lin Daiyu collapsed to the ground, her face filled with despair, fear, and pain. Her whole body was convulsing and twitching. She gasped for breath, while Wu Pifu said with dissatisfaction, "You're already done after dying nine times? Is this all the determination you have to bring your mother back to life?"

Lin Daiyu opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of sour water.

Wu Pifu shook his head slightly and then pointed a finger at Lin Daiyu's brow.

A nunnery, a raging fire, clay Buddha statues, skinned corpses, and a monster roaring as it pounces on Lin Daiyu...

A nunnery, a raging fire, clay Buddha statues, skinned corpses, and a monster roaring as it pounces on Lin Daiyu...

A nunnery, a raging fire, clay Buddha statues, skinned corpses, and a monster roaring as it pounces on Lin Daiyu...

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An hour later, Lin Daiyu, with a strange, dazed expression, leaned against the edge of the bed, her whole body convulsing. Her mouth was wide open, and tears, snot, and saliva flowed unconsciously from her mouth, giving her an expression that looked like she had broken down...

(End of this chapter)