Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 126 - 95, 96. Catastrophe is imminent, maxing out the favorability of Fox Immortal (major Chapter - subscribe please)_2

Chapter 126: 95, 96. Catastrophe is imminent, maxing out the favorability of Fox Immortal (major Chapter - subscribe please)_2

By that point, Song Cheng had long since understood.

The body represents Yang, and the Divine Soul represents Yin.

Without a body, where would such strength come from?

Fox Immortal Su had merely left her body behind and somehow hastily possessed Madame Tong’s body, but she soon discovered that Madame Tong was a Martial Artist. This type of bodily environment made her uncomfortable, which was why she had hurriedly sought a new one—a normal human body—before going out to eat and drink.

The Divine Soul and the body are complementary.

The body of a Martial Artist naturally makes any foreign Divine Soul feel uncomfortable.

But saying that, Fox Immortal Su had spun a whole web of lies, expressing them with moving emotions so pitifully that Song Cheng had no reason to detect any inconsistencies.

Upon re-evaluating his fondness for Fox Immortal Su.

Eating chicken together and listening to her stories had already brought his fondness score up to 70.

’Then...’

Song Cheng thought about it and the emotions from the most sorrowful and distressing memories surged within him. Then with a roll of his Adam’s apple, he raised his hand to rub his eyes through the black cloth, his voice slightly choked, "I had no idea Sister Su had such an experience."

"You... cried?"

Fox Immortal Su secretly delighted; her fondness "snap" went from 70 to 75, perhaps she also hadn’t expected her fabricated emotional tale to achieve such an effect.

With pitiable charm, she rubbed her eyes and said with flushed cheeks, "So, will you help me, please? You’re the second person who has been this trusting and kind to me after all this while."

Song Cheng realized that the first person was the Taoist from Fox Immortal Su’s made-up story, and he was getting drawn into the act.

Fox Immortal Su, supporting her chin, looked at him with a tearful voice, "I don’t want the disaster that befell my country to happen here, so I want to suppress the evil spirits; I want to avenge that Taoist. You are a powerful Martial Artist, accompany me."

Song Cheng, with an air of the oppressed modern man, plaintively said, "But... what can we do? Suppression... how could we possibly?"

Fox Immortal Su said, "We will fight our way through, I will cast spells to suppress them. You just need to protect me until we find the source of the evil spirits, then follow my command."

Song Cheng:...

He said, "We can’t overcome them, it’s absolutely impossible."

Fox Immortal Su said, "But if not, the world will perish, and I... I don’t want to see that happen. The people of this nation don’t want to see it either. If it comes to that day, corpses will litter the fields, and lives will be ruined. Can you... bear to see that?"

Her eyes lowered, pitifully heartbreaking, she radiated an eerie charm.

For country and beauty, another might have agreed by now.

Song Cheng too adopted a lamenting tone and pitifully said, "I can’t bear it. But if I die, my wife’s child will have no father, and he would experience discrimination from a young age. One child after another taunting him, pointing at him saying ’fatherless, fatherless, fatherless’. I... I can’t be so selfish."

He rubbed his head, visibly distressed and tormented, seemingly deeply entangled in the dilemma.

Jokingly, not a word of truth was spoken, clearly showing no sincerity.

Plus, such an excuse, to say it didn’t harbor any ulterior motives would be impossible.

Yet, the mention of "suppression of evil spirits" was new to him.

How to suppress them?

Fox Immortal Su again said, "No, as I told you, the initial evil spirits aren’t that formidable; they are merely indestructible. You are a high-level Qi Realm master and the Northern Region Blade King, right? The first in the Prefectural City. There’s no one better suited than you. You just need to use your Yang Qi to support me a bit longer, and I can seal the evil spirits."

Song Cheng was stunned.

There.

"Suppression" had changed to "sealing" now.

Another moment, another explanation, so casual.

With a mournful face, he shamelessly said, "But they are not initial evil spirits, some of them are very ancient. They are too powerful, whereas compared to them, I am just a child."

Fox Immortal Su, patient yet also sounding distressed, wiping her tears while determination shone in her eyes, said, "Although they are ancient, as long as calamity has not arrived, ancient doesn’t necessarily mean powerful. But now, the ghosts have started to devour each other, the calamity has already begun, a new Ghost River will form, and our nation will also be utterly destroyed. Someone needs to step forward. Song Cheng, stop hiding, this is your destiny."

The two quickly exchanged their pleas.

One more skillful at invoking pity than the other.

You pull in national sentiments, I pull in familial emotion.

You play the victim, I also grieve.

Indeed, a match of equals, encountering a worthy adversary, meeting all challenges as they come.

But no matter what Fox Immortal Su said, Song Cheng just wouldn’t be fooled.

The logic was simple...

You have a stronger body yourself, why don’t you go yourself instead of pulling me into it?

Fox Immortal Su continued her efforts.

But no matter how much she talked, Song Cheng remained unmoved.

Just then, the distant sound of a rooster crowing signalled the approaching dawn...

Without realizing it, the two had been eating for quite a while.

Fox Immortal Su said resignedly, "Daytime is coming, your little woman will be back, but come evening, it’s still me. Just think it over, we don’t have much time left."

Song Cheng glanced at Fox Immortal Su’s "75" fondness level and thought to himself, ’I absolutely won’t believe any word from the Fox Immortal until her fondness reaches 90.’

He had made his strategy.

No matter how sensible your words, as long as your fondness for me isn’t high enough, I won’t trust you.

Being differently intimate, naturally, the information revealed would also differ.

At this moment, he felt increasingly grateful for his "Displayed Data Talent."

If it had been someone else, they either would have suspected the Fox Immortal was an evil spirit right from the start, or by now, might have been utterly confused by her bluff.

...

Shortly after, dawn gradually broke.

Fox Immortal Su, supporting her chin, gazed toward the sky outside, and suddenly, her whole body softened.