The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 169 Corpse Dissection and the Method of Resurrection

Li Zhen looked at Xie Yali without saying a word.

According to the theory of destiny, everyone's destiny is different, and there are naturally different levels of importance and status, which are determined by the pattern of each person's destiny.

Xie Yali glanced at the corpses on the ground and continued, "One of the reasons I can take them with me is that their fates are not as strong as mine, and I can easily influence their destinies."

"But if someone's destiny is so significant that I can't easily influence it, do you think I could take them with me to become an immortal?"

"The mortal world is like a sea of ​​suffering. I have spent countless hours and efforts to finally escape this sea of ​​suffering. But if a heavy object comes and drags me back into this sea of ​​suffering, what do you think will happen?"

Li Zhen said, "From a fortune-telling perspective, my destiny doesn't seem to have anything special about it."

Xie Yali said quietly, "If there wasn't something special about this place, why would you be here?"

"So you're saying you can't take me with you to immortality?" Li Zhen said in a deep voice. "You brought me here just to keep me calm?"

Xie Yali shook his head: "If it were anyone else, I definitely couldn't bring him along to ascend to immortality, but you are a little different."

She circled Li Zhen halfway around him, saying with great interest, "You look extremely wicked and evil, yet you have so much merit. It's really strange."

"It is precisely because you have accumulated merit that we can mutually benefit each other, which is why I agreed so readily."

"I'm telling you all this to tell you that I can make you, to some extent, replace Huang Huotu and join my ascension ritual, but I can't guarantee that I can make you ascend to immortality. I don't know what will happen after the ritual."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhen pondered and said, "You achieved the Corpse Dissection Immortal in this way?"

Xie Yali shook his head: "I don't know."

"Your sister... hasn't communicated with you? What's her current situation?"

"I don't know either. I'll only find out about my sister's condition after I succeed."

"You dare to perform a corpse dissection without knowing anything?"

"Why wouldn't you dare?" Xie Yali said. "Have you ever read the story about a master who, along with two apprentices, refined the elixir needed to become an immortal?"

"On the day the elixir was completed, the master gave each of them a celestial pill and told them that as long as they ate the elixir with him, they could ascend to immortality."

She walked back to Li Zhen and said, "One of the disciples swallowed the elixir without hesitation and died along with his master."

"The other disciple doubted the effectiveness of the elixir and did not take it in time. After seeing the miserable state of the two who had taken the elixir, he was terrified and believed that the elixir was fake. He dared not take it again and went down the mountain after burying his master and his companion."

"After more than half a year, he returned to the mountain and found something strange about the tomb. When he dug it up, he found that the remains of the two people he had buried had disappeared without a trace, leaving only their clothes in the coffin."

After telling this story, Xie Yali sighed softly: "This road has no end. If you hesitate, it will be difficult to continue."

Li Zhen remained silent.

Having experienced so many worlds, he had seen places that resembled the underworld and mutated skeletons left behind by those who had failed in their attempts at corpse dissolution, but he had never seen a true immortal.

The story Xie Yali told was simply to tell him that people like him should not have any hesitation in their hearts.

However, Li Zhen believed that his conditions were much better than Xie Yali's. At least he could go to the mission world and meet all kinds of people. He might even meet a fairy in the future.

Xie Yali concluded, "You have a lot of entanglements involved. I don't know what will happen if I take you to become an immortal. Of course, this is for you, but it might actually be beneficial for me."

"Furthermore, I must emphasize again that because of your existence, the timing of my ascension to immortality has changed, forcing me to hastily complete my preparations. I have no idea what the consequences will be."

"I've made myself perfectly clear. Are you still determined to become an immortal with me?"

Li Zhen nodded: "I want to give it a try."

“Very good.” Xie Yali chuckled softly. “Look at your body, it’s so broken… After I disintegrate, perhaps I can help you find a way to restore yourself.”

"Immortals are beings who transcend humanity and are more perfect than humans. Even if they cannot directly make you an immortal, they should still be of some benefit to you. Give me the item."

Li Zhen raised his hand and handed Xie Yali the sleeve stained with Huang Huotu's blood, as well as Huang Huotu's hair and nails.

Xie Yali plucked a few hairs from Li Zhen's head and wrapped them together with Huang Huotu's hair and fingernails in a piece of prepared yellow paper.

After folding the yellow paper, Xie Yali placed it in Li Zhen's palm and pressed Li Zhen's fingers onto the paper one by one.

“You are not Yellow Fire Earth, nor do you have the Lesser Yang and Greater Yin destiny. I can only disguise you as Yellow Fire Earth. Fortunately, you are very special and have no activity trace in the world... It is strange that there is no such person as you in the world.”

Feeling the cool touch of Xie Yali's fingers, Li Zhen did not resist and took the folded yellow paper in his hand.

Even now, he is not completely at ease with Xie Yali and is still wary of her.

Xie Yali symbolically dabbed some of Huang Huotu's blood on his sleeve with his finger.

She pulled up the sleeve of Li Zhen's right arm and saw the snake scales on his arm, her expression showing some surprise.

"You really are different from everyone else..."

She removed Li Zhen's gloves and used the blood to draw a complex talisman on the palm of Li Zhen's right hand.

She then pierced Li Zhen's skin with her sharp fingernails, leaving a long wound on his arm.

No blood flowed from the wound.

Then, Xie Yali used his fingernails, stained with the blood of Huang Huotu, as a "pen" to draw an even more complex talisman on Li Zhen's chest.

Li Zhen kept a close eye on Xie Yali's every move.

Even after Xie Yali finished the spells, I still couldn't figure out their function.

Xie Yali himself hadn't changed much; he was still pale and looked like he was terminally ill and wouldn't live much longer.

In Li Zhen's understanding, if a person is close to becoming an immortal, then there should be some extraordinary things about them, but Xie Yali has no special qualities at all.

Or rather, Li Zhen couldn't see the special qualities in Xie Yali.

Seemingly exhausted, Xie Yali appeared somewhat weary after finishing drawing the talisman, but her eyes also shone with even greater excitement.

“Now it’s ready.” Xie Yali casually picked up a sharp ancient sword from the ground. “Go, possess Huang Huotu’s body, and become an immortal with me…”

The sirens of ambulances could already be heard outside the building.

Huang Huotu called for emergency medical services after discovering the body and has just finished providing basic first aid to the few people who were still breathing.

Li Zhen first ordered the vampire and the banshee to leave the Taoist temple, then turned to look at Huang Huotu.

"If you wake up, go back and live a good life with your wife."

"What happened two years ago wasn't your fault. Your wife will understand you. The rift between you isn't as deep as you think."

"When you wake up, your daughter should have regained her ability to speak, and you will never encounter any strange things again. Everything will be back on track."

Huang Huotu stood up, opened his mouth as if to say something, but looking into Li Zhen's deep eyes, he couldn't say anything.

The next moment, Li Zhen's body slowly fell backward.

As expected, Huang Huotu's body shuddered, and his expression became somewhat strange.

Footsteps could be heard outside.

A red-eyed bat flew back from outside and landed on the crossbeam of the Taoist temple.

If Li Zhen loses consciousness, it will stay by his body to prevent it from being cremated.

Li Zhen wasn't worried about things like dissections, since he was currently "living" on his own corpse anyway. He was only worried about being burned to ashes, at which point he wouldn't even have a place to "live" in.

Without wasting any time, Huang Huotu walked straight to Xie Yali, took the ancient sword from Xie Yali's hand, and severed Xie Yali's head with a single stroke.

Blood spurted out.

Xie Yali's head rolled to a spot not far from Li Zhen's. Her expression showed no pain, but rather a smile and a strange bewilderment.

Her mouth opened and closed a few times, as if she wanted to speak, but no sound came out.

Huang Huotu's body stiffened, and he slowly fell down along with Xie Yali's body.

An indescribable atmosphere enveloped this ancient Taoist temple.

Li Zhen experienced an unprecedented tranquility.

His primordial spirit flew out of Huang Huotu's body on its own, and with absolute stillness, saw Huang Huotu and the corpses on the ground once again...

Although he was devoid of emotion, Li Zhen's mind was in an unprecedentedly active state.

Huang Huotu simply lost consciousness.

Under the hints set by Li Zhen's powerful primordial spirit, he should have a dream that reminisces about his life over the past few decades.

After he wakes up, he may be able to see through those so-called barriers and reconcile with his wife.

At the moment Xie Yali faced life and death, Detective Li had only completed half of his mission: to solve the underlying cause of this supernatural murder case and to stop the situation from escalating.

However, the first half of helping Huang Huotu out of the shadows is not yet complete.

Therefore, before Huang Huotu wakes up, the runes will not urge Li Zhen to return to the original world or go to the new mission world.

Li Zhen estimated that Huang Huotu would not wake up for at least a week.

These times are the buffer periods he set for himself.

Whether he becomes an immortal or not, there should be a result within a week... During this time, vampires and banshees will be waiting for him at the place he has prepared.

Having broken free from all constraints, Li Zhen's primordial spirit continued to rise.

We passed through the Taoist temple, and through the building...

Li Zhen saw the ambulance arriving in front of the building, and then he saw an even more beautiful night view...

Has he become an immortal?

This was Li Zhen's last consciousness.

……

"Your time isn't right yet... I should help you this once..."

After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhen suddenly heard Xie Yali's voice.

Like a signal, his dormant consciousness began to awaken.

He remained emotionless, simply observing everything unfolding before him with absolute detachment.

A book appeared "in front of him" with the words "Resurrection from the ashes" written on its cover.

The book's cover opened, and pages flashed before Li Zhen's eyes, each one a bloody and cruel ritual flooding his consciousness.

After turning to the last page of the book, Li Zhen's consciousness suddenly went black.

Perhaps only a moment passed, or perhaps an infinite amount of time had gone by, before Li Zhen's consciousness returned.

Along with his recovery, his emotions also revived.

This time, in his dazed state, he heard some different voices.

"...Too many people have died. We need to perform autopsies on twenty or thirty bodies. There has to be an order to it..."

"Why examine this one first? What's different about this body?"

“I’ve observed that most of the people who died in that building were killed by sharp weapons, but this person… has lividity, so he must have been dead for quite some time. Also, there are no obvious wounds on his body, which makes him look rather unusual. Perhaps we can find something different about him.”

"Only one person survived the scene and is still in the hospital. The criminal investigation team is in big trouble..."

“They’re in big trouble, so they’re urging us to hurry up. We’re in big trouble too, we’ve dissected several corpses… our backs are aching, so you’ll be the lead surgeon.”

"Can I?"

"You didn't study for so many years for nothing. Just follow the procedure to dissect the body, check the places that need to be checked, and then sew it up."

The sound of wheels rolling on the ground rang out.

Li Zhen felt as if he had been placed on some kind of trolley and was being pushed to a certain place.

Although his consciousness was gradually returning, his body was very stiff, and he couldn't even open his eyelids for a while.

The cart stopped.

It seemed as if a white light was shining on him, making Li Zhen, who had his eyes closed, feel uncomfortable.

"Write down all the symbols on the corpse in the 'External Characteristics' section. Don't overlook any details."

"How bizarre... What's the point of investigating? It's 90% likely that a cult is holding some kind of sacrificial ritual at the scene. Everyone's dead, so we won't find anything."

"So many people died, we definitely need to investigate thoroughly, otherwise how can we explain it to the outside world? This corpse is indeed strange. Look at the photos of the crime scene, the sword was left next to this corpse, and there is blood splattered on the corpse."

"Did this corpse decapitate that little girl? Don't scare me..."

"The scene was terrifying, you didn't see it. The criminal investigation officers were all vomiting, they were all pale with fright, and they even wrote down the snake-scale-like changes on their arms. What kind of strange disease is this?"

After regaining consciousness and being able to control his body, Li Zhen opened his eyes as if he had just had a long sleep.

What came into view was the blinding white light hanging directly above him.

Li Zhen squinted, slowly turned his head, and looked to his right.

His body was very stiff, as if it had been frozen, and even a simple movement like twisting his neck was extremely difficult.

Li Zhen's consciousness was still somewhat hazy; he could only see the scene before him and hear the sounds around him, unable to make any complex thoughts.

A woman wearing a white coat and a mask is standing here taking notes.

When the woman's gaze swept from Li Zhen's arm up to his eyes, she suddenly froze.

With a "thud," the pen she was holding fell to the ground.

She trembled all over, but couldn't utter a single word.

"You dropped your pen, aren't you going to pick it up? Hurry up and make some notes, we're about to start the dissection."

A voice sounded at Li Zhen's feet.

The woman reached out her hand, trembling, and pointed it at Li Zhen's eyes.

Li Zhen blinked and looked down at his feet, where he was staring at another middle-aged man in a white coat.

"I...fuck!"

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, he gasped, and then grabbed the woman's arm, dragging her outside.

"It's a fake corpse!"

A mournful scream, inhuman and piercing, echoed through the cold morgue.

With a creaking sound of bones grinding together, Li Zhen slowly sat up.

The more consciousness he regains, the more active his mind becomes.

At this moment, Li Zhen felt as if he had just woken up from a deep sleep, his consciousness in a state of extreme relaxation and inability to focus.

I haven't slept this well in a long time...

Li Zhen looked at his stiff hands and a few questions arose in his mind.

There doesn't seem to be much change.

Was it that he himself failed to ascend to immortality, or that Xie Yali also failed?
wrong.

Xie Yali should not have failed.

The extra thoughts that had entered Li Zhen's consciousness flashed through his mind.

Finally, we've gained something...

Now is not the time to overthink things; we must leave here first to avoid any unnecessary complications.

Dragging his stiff body, Li Zhen stepped off the cart.

This area is likely used specifically for autopsies, and the room temperature is extremely low.

The place where he was wheeled out should be the morgue.

Li Zhen wanted to check if Xie Yali's body was in the morgue, but thinking that seeing Xie Yali's body would be useless, he didn't waste his time looking.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future...

Li Zhen continued walking forward along the exit.

As he exercised more, his stiff body gradually became more flexible, making his activities much easier.

After passing through several corridors, he arrived at a gloomy underground space.

This should be one of the underground floors of the hospital; the terrain is somewhat complicated.

It took Li Zhen several minutes to find the elevator to go up.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of wings flapping behind me.

Li Zhen looked back.

After a series of excited "squeaks," the red-eyed bat emerged from the darkness, flew to Li Zhen's shoulder, and affectionately rubbed against his neck.

The familiar touch made Li Zhen instinctively reach out and pat the red-eyed bat on the head.

Before dissecting Xie Yali's body, he ordered red-eyed bats to guard his body.

Concerned that the Red-Eyed Bat might not understand overly complex commands, Li Zhen simply instructed it to keep watch in the shadows and prevent anyone from damaging its body.

It seems the red-eyed bat did a good job, staying by his side the whole time.

The Red-Eyed Bat is less rational than the Little Devil and the Mahjong Ghost, but Detective Li trusts the Red-Eyed Bat more.

While he was unconscious, he was worried about letting the little ghost and the mahjong ghost roam outside.

Seeing the blood at the corner of the red-eyed bat's mouth, Li Zhen guessed that the bat had just gone out to find food...

(End of this chapter)