"Gone forever." I replied after being silent for a while.
He breathed a sigh of relief, with a complicated smile on his face.
"I'm sorry for him."
"but……"
He shook his head and did not say any more. Instead, he looked at me and said, "I can help you."
"But now I'm just hanging on for breath."
After saying this, the Tu Xingzhen coffin trembled slightly, and then the coffin lid slowly opened.
The smell of decay surged out of the coffin at the same time.
A hand that could almost see the bones slowly came out from inside, and then supported the edge of the coffin, and a thin figure slowly sat up from the coffin with difficulty.
Looking at the figure in front of me, I couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhang Mingyu on the side also had a bit of surprise on his face.
If I hadn't known that this skinny body was still alive, I would have thought it was a mummy that had been dead for who knows how long.
From his body, I could only feel a faint trace of vitality.
Other than that, it's just death.
There is only the air of death.
"You..." I didn't know what to say for a moment.
He smiled, and the soul sitting next to the coffin slowly merged into the body.
"In my current state."
"I don't have much energy left."
"The reason why I am still surviving now is just because of the immortality Gu."
Immortality Gu?
I was stunned for a moment.
Doesn’t he not believe in the immortality Gu cultivated by his disciples?
As if he saw my doubts, he continued: "My disciple gave me the Immortality Gu."
"Just because of the longevity Gu, he..."
There was a hint of reminiscence in his eyes, and then he sighed and said, "It's okay not to mention it."
"What exactly happened that year?" I asked.
He shook his head, as if he didn't want to tell us the truth, but walked out of the coffin with difficulty, and then said: "Unfortunately, the immortality Gu on my body has left my body while I was sleeping."
"The breath it left on me can only barely keep me breathing until now."
"I am no longer able to fight against that City God with you."
My eyes narrowed slightly.
But I'm not that surprised.
As the first Gu King of Miao Territory, he has existed for who knows how many years. It is a miracle that he is still alive now.
What I care about is the Immortality Gu.
His former disciples also relied on the Immortality Gu to survive until now.
And so does he.
What exactly is Immortality Gu?
But he seemed to know what I wanted to ask, and said calmly: "You don't have to ask me what Immortality Gu is, even I can't explain it clearly."
"I have to admit that if that thing hadn't happened... he would have been an outstanding Gu user in the world, and he would have been a Gu king who created miracles."
Speaking of this, his eyes dimmed.
But soon he continued: "Although I can't help you fight against that City God, I can help you find him!"
I was stunned for a moment.
"real?"
I was a little surprised by what he said.
There are two things that are most important to me right now.
One thing is to obtain the Earthly Immortal Bone, and then combine it with two divine invitations to raise my own strength to its peak.
Another thing is to find the City God who has not yet appeared.
I didn't find him in Zhongdong Gu Village.
I came here and he didn't show up.
This made me very confused and uneasy.
If I can't find him, then I will always be passive, and I may even die without knowing how.
He did not answer me, but walked out of the coffin. A layer of yellow halo began to appear on his body. Under that layer of yellow halo, the aura on his body also began to rise.
From being just a little bit of life and full of dead energy, it has become full of vitality.
Even his skinny body began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a moment, he changed from a body like a mummy to something similar to a middle-aged man.
This change made me stunned.
But before I had time to marvel, his eyes were on me again, "Take me to death..."
"You can take the bones yourself."
My eyelids twitched.
So he knows everything?
I remained silent and did not answer.
But I'm not too surprised.
Just like in Dragon Burial Village before.
The City God of Buried Dragon Village also saw my purpose of going there. As a living earthly immortal, and from the same lineage as me, how could they not see my purpose.
Different.
Their path to becoming a living immortal may be different from mine.
But it is definitely not difficult for them to see my problems and what I need.
Looking at him, I felt a little more complicated.
I wanted to stop him, but I also knew that when he walked out of the coffin, it would be too late. If I wanted to stop him, I could only stop him from the beginning.
I nodded.
He smiled, and then a sword roared out from Tu Xingzhen's coffin. The blade of the sword buzzed and pierced directly into his chest. He groaned but his expression did not change.
As the sword penetrated, the yellow halo on his body began to change, and even the coldness around him began to dissipate at this moment, replaced by gentleness.
In that gentleness, I saw his eyes become dim.
His body also shrank again.
The flesh and blood seemed to be dissipating.
It wasn't until his body turned into that skinny appearance again that he spoke in a trembling voice.
"Holy Village..."
"temple……"
Four simple words, but it seemed that all his energy had been exhausted. After he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and his face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even the skin and flesh on his body began to show cracks.
His eyesight became darker and darker.
The little bit of life that was left was completely swallowed up by the death energy at this moment. His body slowly fell down, and then his skin and flesh were completely broken, replaced by small pieces that slowly floated into the air.
The yin energy came again.
Faintly, there seemed to be bursts of thunder.
Looking at this scene, I only felt complicated.
He is dead.
He used his last breath to find the location of the City God for me.
But I couldn't be happy.
Living immortals...
He is a living immortal.
But he died just like that.
Is this the fate of the villagers?
"He... left?" Zhang Mingyu looked at the jade bone body on the ground with some confusion.
I took a deep breath, then nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."
"He gave up his last breath."
"Gone."
Zhang Mingyu was stunned for a while before he bowed heavily to the jade-like bone body on the ground, and then looked at me.
"Is that City God really in the temple?"
"Under the nose of this generation of Gu King?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't know, but since he paid the price with his life, there shouldn't be anything wrong."
I said, and walked towards the jade-like bone body on the ground with a complicated look.