Chapter 316 - 142: The Curtain Falls on the Second Life

Anyone would be deeply intimidated!

It seemed even that old Enchantress had been intimidated.

Because after that, Xu Lei urged his Locust Leaf Flying Ship onward and flew out of the Eastern Wilderness Marsh without any further trouble.

The old Enchantress and Mei Xiong didn’t pursue him.

"Venerable Ancestor, we can’t just let him get away like this."

Mei Xiong had even spoken resentfully in the Demon Language, "He must be at his limit!

Look, you’ve already injured him! He’s already coughing up blood!

He must be on his last legs!"

But despite this, the old Enchantress didn’t give chase.

And neither did Mei Xiong.

Though he urged the old Enchantress to pursue, he himself didn’t move an inch.

And so, just like that, Xu Lei had actually managed to escape.

However, just as he reached a patch of mountain forest outside the Eastern Wilderness Marsh and landed in a hidden corner, Xu Lei coughed up blood once more.

He discovered his injuries had worsened!

After all, he was old. An old man’s body couldn’t take much of a beating.

Xu Lei couldn’t help but sigh. "I thought I could still make it back to see Ling’er... or at least die somewhere near the Imperial Palace. I never thought I would die right here, right now."

Still, death wasn’t such a big deal.

It just meant starting a new life.

Xu Lei quietly awaited his death.

"Amitabha Buddha."

But then, unexpectedly, a figure suddenly emerged from the white clouds above and drifted down.

She was dressed in white, seated upon a Lotus Platform.

Her body was wreathed in a white, cloud-like fog, and a halo shimmered behind her head.

She had a vermilion dot on her brow and held a White Jade Bottle in her hand.

It was Bodhisattva Guan Yun!

Xu Lei was stunned. ’How could she be here at a time like this?’

"Disciple Hui Chi,"

Xu Lei, his face a mask of disbelief, quickly feigned excitement and reverence, pressing his palms together. "Greets Bodhisattva Guan Yun."

"Amitabha Buddha. There is no need for such ceremony."

Bodhisattva Guan Yun looked at Xu Lei with a faint smile. "Hui Chi, what was that offensive Dharma Gate you used back in the Eastern Wilderness Marsh?

I was unable to see through it. Since when did the Buddhist Sect possess such a Dharma Gate?

It allowed someone of the Sixth Realm, like yourself, to wreak such havoc in a place like the Eastern Wilderness Marsh!

Even an expert of the Charm Race, whose power rivals the Ninth Realm of the Bodhisattva Dao, was unable to slay you!

Though it appears you were also gravely wounded and are now on the verge of death.

Still, to be able to escape at all is no small feat.

This Dharma Gate of yours... it’s quite interesting. Might you tell me about it?

Who created it?

Was it your own creation, or did you learn it from another?

Why have I never known the Buddhist Sect to possess such a Secret Technique?"

Xu Lei was surprised.

He hadn’t expected Bodhisattva Guan Yun to ask him about his Secret Technique!

But what Secret Technique? Xu Lei had no such thing.

He had used science!

He had used Explosive Firepowder!

Of course, Xu Lei wasn’t about to readily reveal the secret of his gunpowder.

It was true that Bodhisattva Guan Yun was the one worshipped in the Buddhist Sect’s Bu Zhong Hall.

And Xu Lei was a disciple of that very same Bu Zhong Hall.

But after all, a person’s public image and their private self are often two different things.

Who knew what Guan Yun was really like behind closed doors!

’If I tell Guan Yun about the gunpowder, what’s to stop her from using it to blow me up in my next life?’

This gunpowder was currently his greatest trump card.

So, Xu Lei had never even considered telling anyone about it.

"Bodhisattva, I recall it was you who received my Senior Brother Hui Ming when he underwent his Nirvana Ascension."

Xu Lei asked in return, "Why have you appeared here now?

Is it possible to return to the Mortal World after Ascension?

If so, then why has my Senior Brother Hui Ming never come back?

Why have none of the other ascended sages from history ever returned?

Where does one go after Ascension?

Do they leave this world for the endless void?

Or is there some self-contained world above the clouds?

Is that where they ascend to?

What truly happened to Senior Brother Hui Ming?

Is he all right?"

Xu Lei poured out all the questions that had been weighing on his mind.

"Your Senior Brother Hui Ming is quite well. He just cannot return at this time," Bodhisattva Guan Yun said. "But never mind. I know you are unwilling to tell me, and that is fine.

It is merely an offensive technique.

While its power is considerable, it is not enough to harm me.

If you will not speak of it, then so be it.

I see that you are on the brink of death.

Since you are Hui Ming’s junior brother, and I happened to pass by this place today, it must be fate.

I shall bestow upon you a drop of Jade Liquid.

It will allow you to return and bid farewell to those from your past.

So that you do not have to die a lonely, miserable death in this desolate wilderness!"

As she spoke, she flicked her jade-like hand, pulling the branch from her White Jade Purification Bottle.

She flicked out a single drop of liquid that shot toward Xu Lei.

The moment the liquid touched his skin, it was instantly absorbed.

It passed through his skin and into his blood vessels, circulating throughout his entire body.

Instantly, Xu Lei felt his injuries had lessened considerably.

However, it had only prolonged his life for a short while; his injuries were still grievous.

He still didn’t have much time left!

"Many thanks, Bodhisattva!"

Xu Lei hurriedly expressed his thanks.

But Bodhisattva Guan Yun said nothing more.

Seated on her Lotus Platform, she had already floated up into the sky and vanished from sight.

Xu Lei stared in the direction Bodhisattva Guan Yun had disappeared, his expression deep and contemplative.

He couldn’t, for the life of him, figure out what Bodhisattva Guan Yun was planning.

Was she really just trying to grant him one last breath of life?

Or was she deliberately letting him return to say goodbye to his disciples, his Dao Companion, and the like?

’Since I didn’t reveal the Dharma Gate, perhaps she thinks my disciples or Dao Companion might have learned it from me!’

’And then, she could make her move on them?’

’Why hadn’t Hui Ming returned?’

’And why could Guan Yun appear here so freely?’

Xu Lei was utterly baffled.

But now that his body had recovered somewhat, Xu Lei didn’t hesitate.

He left immediately.

Of course, after Xu Lei left the forest...