Chapter 1488: I Don’t Dare Die Until I Finish What I Promised You, Senior (1)
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the early morning, rays of sunlight fell into the courtyard.
Jiang Hao looked at Hong Yuye under the tree. The light shining on her face made her look like a painting.
But he noticed that she was not in a good condition.
“A long time?” She looked at him. “It’s just been six months.”
Jiang Hao shook his head. “Senior, it may seem like six months to you, but for me, a lot of time has passed. To die and come back to life again is not something that can be done in a mere six months.”
When he was released, he gradually sensed the state of his body.
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If he had been just a skeleton, the moment he was revived, flesh and blood would have regenerated.
He could have chosen to delay waking up.
If he had waited a few hundred years, perhaps things outside would have settled down.
But he did not do that.
When he felt it was the right time, he woke up.
When he came back to life, he felt a sense of peace. He thought he would be in some wilderness, but he was surprised to find himself in the courtyard.
Although he had speculated, he was still taken aback when he heard what Xiao Li had said.
It felt like a lifetime had passed.
Before, he had almost died. This time, he had really died.
The endless darkness had swallowed him and offered him no escape.
At that moment, he could clearly feel that there was no Jiang Hao left in this world.
If not for a divine power that gave him another chance, his story would have ended.
It was a terrifying feeling.
“What did you go through?” Hong Yuye hesitated before asking him.
“Senior, Why did you think I could come back to life?” Jiang Hao asked in return.
“There’s a special power protecting you… a force of life,” Hong Yuye said.
When she tried to save him, there was no hope, but she did sense something unusual.
Jiang Hao sat down at the tea table under the peach tree and began making tea for Hong Yuye.
His storage treasure was still with him, though the spirit stones inside were gone.
Out of the over seven million spirit stones, only seventy thousand were left.
He was rather emotional.
Those were the spirit stones he had saved up over decades.
He had no idea where they had gone.
As he brewed the tea, Jiang Hao said, “It felt like I had a dream.”
“A dream?” Hong Yuye was a bit surprised.
“Yes. In the dream, I fell into an endless abyss, where I would sleep forever, with nothing in the world concerning me anymore. Just as I was about to settle into that silence, someone woke me up,” Jiang Hao recalled. “Later, in a special place, I met two people. A husband and a wife. The man gave me two choices.”
“Two choices?” Hong Yuye asked curiously.
“Yes, one was to stay there and become a disciple of a certain Sect Master, and the other was to return,” Jiang Hao said.
“What was the difference between the two choices?” Hong Yuye asked.
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“Perhaps staying there would mean truly dying,” Jiang Hao said slowly.
“In the dream, you probably thought staying would be the best choice, right?” Hong Yuye asked.
Jiang Hao nodded.
Indeed…
Becoming the disciple of a Sect Master had seemed like a good thing.
If he returned, he would have to face the Earth Extreme Silent Pearl once again. His life and death were uncertain.
“Why did you choose to return?” Hong Yuye asked while sipping her tea.
Jiang Hao lowered his head and looked at the tea leaves on the table. He said softly, “I felt that there were many things that I left unfinished for you, Senior.”
Hearing this, Hong Yuye’s hand on the teacup paused before she continued drinking her tea. “What things?”
“I can’t remember clearly, but there should be a lot of things I still need to do,” Jiang Hao shook his head and said truthfully.
He really could not remember clearly. He had delayed a lot of things. He only remembered that he had yet to find the owner behind the stone tablet and had to figure out the origin of the Archean Abyss Dragon Pearl.
He had wanted to put everything off until he was strong enough to control his own life and death.
He was not someone who would forget the debts he owed, but…
He was afraid of losing control and dying.
Only with enough strength could he decide his own fate and live well.
Hong Yuye set down her teacup. “Just because of that?”
Jiang Hao shook his head. “My home is here.”
“Home?” Hong Yuye said plainly. “Wasn’t your home destroyed?”
“You’re joking, Senior,” Jiang Hao said as he looked at the courtyard. “This is my home.”
Hong Yuye fell silent.
Jiang Hao continued sipping his tea.
“Why did you crush the Earth Extreme Silent Pearl?” Hong Yuye asked.
Jiang Hao thought for a moment and said, “Turning left meant living, turning right meant dying peacefully.”
“So, you chose to go right because of Xiao Li?” Hong Yuye asked.
“I don’t know.” Jiang Hao shook his head. “I thought about a lot of things back then. I reflected on my life, which was full of bitterness because of many reasons. Since I couldn’t decide how to live, I decided to die on my own terms.”
“What would you choose if it were someone else?” Hong Yuye asked.
Jiang Hao lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before shaking his head. “I don’t know. Back then, with you there, Senior, I could die without worries. Without you, nothing I did would have been without meaning.”
Hong Yuye looked at him for a while before asking how it felt to come back to life.
“It feels like I’ve lived through endless years. I feel a bit lost, even confused,” Jiang Hao hesitated before saying. “But there’s something I’d like to ask you, Senior.”
Hong Yuye sipped her tea and did not say anything. She gestured for Jiang Hao to speak.
Jiang Hao thought for a moment and said, “I was poisoned before I died, and after coming back to life, I’m still poisoned. I’m curious, is this poison really that tenacious?”
Hong Yuye looked intently at him and asked, “What do you think?”
Jiang Hao was silent. ‘I’m asking you because I don’t know…’
“I believe you must have a deeper purpose, Senior,” Jiang Hao said. “Senior, do you know where the seven million spirit stones in my storage treasure went?”