Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 373 That's good.
Changli led everyone back to town, subtly inquiring about Lin Jiang and the others along the way:
"But people with your skills rarely get together. Why did you all act as a group?"

"I accepted some tasks from His Majesty and have been heading west ever since."

After hearing this, Changli couldn't help but start thinking.

Daxing dispatched a large group of highly skilled people westward.
Is that country planning to send troops to fight?

According to Chang Li's understanding of Daxing, that country was simply like the embodiment of a madman who practiced the art of war. In the years since its establishment, many surrounding countries have been thoroughly beaten by them, either becoming their possessions or simply disappearing into the dust of history.

Now that they have sent out such a scout-like team, Chang Li felt a little uneasy.

Who knows, it might not be long before she sees that powerful team from Daxing marching all the way from the east.

If that really happens, then she'll be a glorious Daxing native, and no one can stop her!
At the city gate, the guards who had been humming a tune and seemed quite cheerful were now wide-eyed at the sight of this scene.

this.
This is so abnormal.

Why does my master, who is so aloof, look so aggrieved now?
He dared not ask, nor dared to utter a sound, but simply shrank back and remained silent.

Chang Li had no interest in the Fire-Slaying Man under her command, whose name she couldn't even recall. She simply led her large entourage toward the mansion in the city.

After entering the mansion, Changli dismissed all her subordinates, leaving only Lin Jiang and a few others present.

"What exactly happened just now?" Changli asked first.

This matter was also quite relevant to her, so she naturally took this opportunity to ask about the specifics.

Upon hearing this, Li Xingguang remained silent for a moment, then turned to look at Chang Li:

Do you remember how you were born?

Chang Li seemed somewhat helpless:

"What does this have to do with my injury? Aren't I supposed to be saving her?"

"You really don't remember?"

"I..." Changli hesitated, then fell silent.

She pondered for a long time, then looked at Li Xingguang with a slightly confused expression:

"I really don't remember. The last thing I remember is opening my eyes and finding myself in this vast wasteland."

He gave a bitter laugh again: "Do you know how difficult it is for someone who, upon opening their eyes, has only food and sleep in their mind, and can't even speak, to live in this vast wilderness? Back then, I was struggling just to survive."

"Did you not have any magical powers after you woke up?" Li Xingguang frowned slightly.

"Do you think cultivation is something you pick up from the sky? Where did I find cultivation after I woke up? It was already quite a struggle to survive in this place. Fortunately, I later came to this forest and found that I could resonate with it. So we depended on each other for survival and lived there."

After Changli finished reciting these words, she also looked at Li Xingguang:

"I've talked a lot about my own experiences; now it's your turn to talk about yours."

Li Xingguang stared at Changli's face and sighed:
“You look almost exactly like my original adoptive mother.”

"what?"

Chang Li frowned, pondering the matter repeatedly in her mind, then turned to look at Jiang Jinyue:

"What does that have to do with her?"

"She is my adopted daughter... probably the reincarnation of my adoptive mother."

Chang Li: "?"

Her thoughts were churning, and she felt a little confused.

After holding it in for a while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, albeit somewhat stiffly:

"Alright... alright, although you two don't really look like mother and daughter."

Li Guang sighed silently.

Lin Jiang thought about it carefully, but some doubts still lingered in his mind.

He went straight to the point and asked:
"General Li, when did Li Jinyue pass away?"

Li Xingguang snapped out of his daze after hearing Lin Jiang's question.

She hesitated for a moment, then said:

Thirty-five years ago.

"Where?"

"The northern grassland border."

Lin Jiang turned his gaze to Chang Li:

"Putting the location aside for now, I heard before I came that this town was built at the beginning of the founding of the Great Xing Kingdom... Did you personally build this town?"

“Of course, I’ve been running this town for many years!” Changli frowned after saying that. “You mean the timeline doesn’t match up?”

The timing definitely doesn't match.

There was a significant gap of many years, and Changli appeared first.

Could it be the primordial fog?

The body was sent back, but the soul didn't?
Thinking of this, Lin Jiang's expression became somewhat subtle.

The woman's soul clearly had a very strong desire to attack me. Could it be because I will do something to the past in the future because of the primordial fog?
Lin Jiang thought about it and felt that the explanation was too far-fetched and didn't seem quite right.

"General Li, when that person passed away, was there fog on the field?"

Lin Jiang couldn't help but ask Li Xingguang.

Upon hearing this, Li Xingguang immediately shook his head:
"No, I remember everything very clearly that day. After my foster mother died, the sky and clouds around us changed, the stars and constellations shifted for three days, and then a torrential rain fell, which gathered in the same spot to form a lake, but there was no fog at all during this process."

There is no fog.

In other words, there was no primordial fog at that time?

Or is the primordial fog in some other form?

"The body of that person at that time..."

“It has already transformed into the primordial energy of heaven and earth.” Li Xingguang added, “Most stars will transform into this form after they die, taking from heaven and earth and dispersing within heaven and earth.”

The group turned to look at Chang Li. "Why are you all looking at me like that?" Chang Li retorted indignantly. "Let me make this clear: although you say I look very much like that person, we are definitely not the same person!"

Suddenly realizing what she was saying, she stared intently at Li Xingguang:
"No wonder. You originally wanted to turn her back into your foster mother?"

Centrifugal light is silent.

But inexplicably, everyone present understood her answer from the silence.

"You're completely delusional!" Chang Li snapped. "I am me, and she is her. I am neither a substitute for anyone!"

The rebuke made Li Xinguang's eyes suddenly dazed.

My thoughts suddenly surged, plummeting back to a long time ago.

Back then, when she caused trouble, her adoptive mother would scold her in the same stern voice.

But Chang Li's eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as the face in her memory.

It's just like the past that can never be returned to.

Seeing the sudden realization in Li Guang's eyes, Chang Li rubbed her goosebumps and took two steps back.
"Mad man."

After asking these questions, Changli didn't want to stay by Li Guang's side for another second, so she took two steps to the side.

Having said all that, Lin Jiang was no longer entirely sure what the truth of the matter was.

Although the primordial fog was the most likely explanation, Lin Jiang felt that something was not quite right.

While Lin Jiang was pondering this, he suddenly noticed that the little golden figures in his inner palace seemed to be behaving strangely.

These little golden figures are still working, but they look a bit like children who have done something wrong.

After staring at the little golden figures for a while, Lin Jiang went directly into the inner palace and came to stand in front of them.

He stared at the group of little ones without saying a word.

After a short while, the little ones finally couldn't withstand the pressure and all came to Lin Jiang.

He obediently lowered his head.

"Was the soul that attacked me earlier related to you?"

The little golden statue at the head nodded stiffly.

Lin Jiang couldn't help but press his hand to his forehead.

I never imagined that this matter would be related to them.

"What exactly did you guys do back then...?"

The little golden figures didn't know how to explain it.

Lin Jiang now only regrets that Liu Fangyue is not a linguist, and that after spending so much time, she still couldn't figure out the language system of the little golden man.

"Let me ask you a few questions first," Lin Jiang said. "Is Chang Li's body the same as Li Jinyue's?"

The inner palace allows a view of the outside world, so the little golden figures knew what was happening outside. Upon hearing Lin Jiang's question, the little golden figures all shook their heads.

In other words, Changli's body did not travel back through the original fog?
"Then... are Changli and Li Jinyue sisters?"

Lin Jiang asked again.

After a moment of thought, some of the award recipients nodded, while others shook their heads.

What does it mean?
Are they sisters, yet not?

Lin Jiang was a little taken aback.

"Then, is Jiang Jinyue the same as Li Jinyue?"

Lin Jiang finally couldn't hold back and asked the question.

Upon hearing this, some of the golden statuettes nodded, while others shook their heads.

It seems that some of them are, but not all of them are.

He truly hadn't expected that coming to see Li Xingguang would lead to so many unforeseen events.

It seems that Jiang Jinyue also has many secrets that even she herself doesn't know.

Leaving the inner palace, Lin Jiang looked towards the centrifugal light:
"We'll continue our journey westward. I have a way to send you directly back to the capital. Miss Jiang, would you like to come back with me?"

Jiang Jinyue glanced at Li Xingguang and immediately shook her head:
"Now that we've set out, we must see the journey through to the very end."

This might be part of Jiang Jinyue's thoughts; more likely, she simply doesn't want to be with her adoptive mother.

Lin Jiang nodded, understanding Jiang Jinyue's choice:

"Then I'll take her back first. You guys wait for me in this town. I'll be back in about five or six days at most."

Normally, it would take a long time to travel from this place to the capital by carriage, but Lin Jiang had both a homecoming and a coffin, so five or six days was already considered a long time.

The others nodded in agreement, and Lin Jiang left the courtyard alone with Li Xinguang.

Before leaving, Li Guang glanced at Jiang Jinyue behind him a couple more times.

Only then did he leave with Lin Jiang.

When they arrived at an open space outside the town, Lin Jiang put his hand on Li Guang's body.

He planned to use the coffin directly to bring the centrifugal light back with him.

However, before leaving, Lin Jiang took a few more glances at Li Xingguang:

"Don't you regret it?"

"What do you regret?"

“From today onwards, I’m afraid Jiang Jinyue and you will have no further connection.”

Li Guang remained silent for a long time.

He finally revealed a complex smile that Lin Jiang couldn't quite put his finger on.

It seems a little empty, yet also relieved:
"That's good."

(End of this chapter)