Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 759: The Value of Being Alive

Chapter 759: The Value of Being Alive

"How did you awaken me?"

Ni Chang had just woken up, and everything seemed so baffling to her.

After all, the slumber of a soul is akin to a deep sleep.

She had no perception of the passage of time whatsoever.

"Isn’t killing the robber who snatched your body the obvious solution?"

Lin Fan said with a smile as he pointed at Huanji not far away.

She, now completely wrapped in blood-red, was just like a mummy.

"It wasn’t a theft... she gave it to me willingly... you don’t believe me, ask her..."

Huanji’s eyes widened in terror, for she was no thief.

"She’s right, it was a transaction between us,"

Ni Chang nodded in confirmation of Huanji’s words, which eased her own anxious heart a bit.

"That’s not important. The body has returned to its rightful owner now, and as for her... tearing up her soul here shouldn’t cause you any harm, should it?"

Lin Fan’s words caused Huanji’s complexion to drastically change.

This dreadful power could rip her soul to shreds in mere moments.

She had already seen the records of Di Xin’s terrifying cruelty and dared not disbelieve his words.

"Don’t kill me... I’m still of use..."

Huanji shouted loudly in panic, knowing that if her soul were shredded, she would cease to exist.

"Oh, let’s hear it?"

Lin Fan looked at Huanji with keen interest.

"The Water Moon Illusion Realm... Meng Die is only temporarily sealed... Only I can help you eradicate Meng Die and take back the Taiyin Body... so you can’t kill me!"

Huanji’s words brought a slight smile to Lin Fan’s face.

His trip into the celestial cave was firstly to find Ni Chang, and secondly, of course, to snatch the Taiyin Body, which was the best method for Xu Zhi Rou to progress rapidly. As a reincarnated ice corpse, once she obtained the energy of the Taiyin Body, she would ascend to great heights in one fell swoop.

"Alright, but keeping you in my woman’s body all the time feels so awkward. What if you set up another trick and harm her someday?"

"That’s impossible... After all, this body belongs to Ni Chang herself. I wouldn’t be able to seize it, which is why I didn’t take it without first trading and revealing the ancient Soul Summoning Array in exchange for this body..."

Huanji frantically denied, "Just spare me... and I’ll never dare do it again... Plus, I can help Ni Chang wield Illusion Techniques and add another divine Cultivation Technique to her arsenal."

"What do you think?"

Hearing this, Lin Fan turned to look at Ni Chang.

As the Goddess, although she had the Cultivation Techniques of her title, she certainly did not know Illusion Techniques. Besides, Huanji had lived for thousands of years and indeed had many memories of things long unrecorded. Keeping her as a servant might not be a bad idea.

"I think we should keep her. After all, she’s a wandering spirit without a master. Destroying her would be such a waste,"

Ni Chang’s inherent nature was still kind; she never felt that Huanji had harmed her from the beginning to the end.

"Fine, we’ll keep you to serve as a maid then,"

Lin Fan nodded, agreeing that keeping her alive was more useful than killing her.

"Let’s go out then,"

Once matters were settled, Ni Chang looked at Lin Fan; now that the issue was resolved, it was time to free themselves from chaos.

"I was sent in here; how would I know the way out?"

Lin Fan shrugged his shoulders. Although he knew it was his soul that had entered Ni Chang’s body, he couldn’t control how to fly out.

It only proved the saying, "different trades, different skills." With no understanding of the Daoist arts, he could only helplessly shrug his shoulders.

"I’ll help you then,"

Ni Chang said, and with a push on Lin Fan’s shoulder,

he felt the wind whistle by his ears.

The next moment, he staggered into the cave.

As he released Zhao Jiaqi’s finger, she too opened her eyes. As the link between them, she was unaware of what had transpired inside.

"Did it work?"

"It should have, I guess."

Lin Fan pointed behind her, and Zhao Jiaqi hurriedly turned around, only to see Ni Chang smiling at her.

"You little thief, not bad at all. In such a short time, you found a new entrance and even broke through Huanji’s illusions with just a word. I underestimated you before."

Now that Ni Chang had regained control of her body, she naturally accessed all of Huanji’s previous memories.

Therefore, she couldn’t help but admire Zhao Jiaqi’s rapid progress, truly astonishing.

"Can you stop laughing? It’s really ugly."

Hearing Ni Chang’s teasing, Zhao Jiaqi felt warmth in her heart, but her words were merciless.

The two had known each other since they were young, and these nicknames were only known to each other.

"I’ll laugh if I want to; what’s it to you? Don’t think you can do whatever you want because you’re skilled in mystical arts; watch out for my whip—it doesn’t have eyes."

Only real friends could exchange such sharp words.

Ni Chang watched Zhao Jiaqi with amusement; this time, it was indeed thanks to her, otherwise, even with great ability, it would have been impossible to blast a tunnel through a hundred meters of rock underground.

"Scared, are you? I’m now profound in the mystical arts; watch out or I’ll give you a fiery monkey butt!"

Zhao Jiaqi wouldn’t fall behind, their mutual teasing was like the reunion of old friends.

"Alright, you two, quit your bickering. Can we get out of here first? I’m about to develop claustrophobia from this damn underground tunnel."

Xu Zhi Rou hurriedly interrupted them.

Lately, searching for and expanding the tunnel, she had practically spent all her days inside it.

For her, this moist tunnel full of rocks was truly terrifying.

It was with great difficulty that she had arrived at the celestial cavern, yet she hadn’t had the chance to properly explore it before she followed Zhao Jiaqi around searching for Lin Fan.

"Yeah, I’ve been starving for days; shouldn’t we go out and find something to eat?"

Lin Fan rubbed his stomach; during the standoff with Huanji, he had had nothing to eat or drink.

"Alright alright, this time I’ll definitely let you taste the heavenly cavern’s delicacies."

Hearing this, Ni Chang couldn’t help but respond with a smile.

"I want to eat fresh river carp, and that stripped pangolin."

Zhao Jiaqi eagerly shouted out loud.

These two dishes were the most authentic flavors of the celestial cavern.

"You look like a pangolin."

Even though Ni Chang said this, she still made arrangements for her immediately after they got out.

Xu Zhi Rou, visiting the celestial cavern for the first time, was extraordinarily curious about everything around her.

She wandered from east to west, thoroughly enjoying herself.

On the other hand, Zhao Jiaqi voraciously indulged herself, eating heartily without a care.

"Right, you two came here, but where’s Zheng Tianxiang?"

It was only after a satisfying meal that Lin Fan suddenly remembered Zheng Tianxiang.

"Because he said that without the Goddess’s summons, no external persons are allowed to enter, so none of the disciples from the five channels dared to come in."

Zhao Jiaqi wiped the grease from her mouth and suddenly remembered something. She hastily pulled a letter from her pocket.

"Right, he told me to hand this over to Ni Chang when I got inside."

"From the Elder Council!"

Ni Chang, puzzled, looked at the strange symbols on the letter she received. It was a secret code used exclusively by the nine Ghost Markets, intelligible only to the Goddess.

"Why is the Elder Council contacting you all of a sudden?"

Lin Fan looked at Ni Chang with confusion, but upon opening the letter, she couldn’t help but be taken aback.

"This is awful. Five Ghost Markets have been razed by a group of mysterious people!"