Chapter 331: Chapter 331: Living Again _1
"Ye Ming, is that your voice?" Lin Mengdie’s consciousness was gradually blurring, and she thought she was experiencing auditory hallucinations.
She said faintly, "Looks like I’m dead too, huh? Well then, I’ll join you on the road to the afterlife!"
"You won’t be alone on the Yellow Springs Road!"
Ye Ming gave a wry smile, looking at Lin Mengdie in his arms, feeling a wave of emotion in his heart.
He said, "Don’t worry, we won’t die."
Ye Ming forced himself to sit up and saw that his body had become charred black, likely a consequence of the lightning strike.
He didn’t know the source of the lightning, but at that moment, with the help of the Life Essence Lin Mengdie had transferred to him, his body was rapidly recovering.
Soon, he felt vitality return to his previously numb limbs, and the remaining True Qi inside him began to circulate again.
After two cycles of his meridians, his vital signs had stabilized.
He then lent some True Qi back to Lin Mengdie.
Not long after, Lin Mengdie regained consciousness.
She sat up hastily, touching her body, and muttered in astonishment, "I’m actually not dead?"
Ye Ming smiled lightly and said, "With me here, how could you die? Silly girl, who told you to give all your Life Essence to me just now? If I hadn’t stopped it in time, we really might have gone to see King Yama."
Lin Mengdie’s eyes widened as she looked at Ye Ming, tears no longer able to be held back.
"Ye Ming, it’s so good that you’re okay!" she cried out suddenly, throwing herself into Ye Ming’s embrace.
Ye Ming, wearing a smile, truly enjoyed the warmth of this embrace.
This time, coming back from the brink of death, he owed much to Lin Mengdie; Ye Ming felt grateful and somewhat guilty.
After letting Lin Mengdie cry enough, Ye Ming patted her shoulder and said, "Alright, now’s not the time for tears. Didn’t I give you some Soul Condensing Pills just now? Let me borrow them for a moment."
Lin Mengdie released Ye Ming and said with a pout, "They are already yours, why talk about borrowing?"
She took out four Soul Condensing Pills from her pocket and handed them to Ye Ming.
Fortunately, she had clung to her pocket before being blown away, ensuring the pills were preserved; after all, they were gifts from Ye Ming, and she couldn’t just lose them carelessly.
After receiving the Herbal Pills, Ye Ming immediately popped them into his mouth, absorbing the Spiritual Energy within them and utilizing it for himself, then used the converted True Qi to heal his wounds.
After over three hours of meditation, the injuries on Ye Ming’s body were essentially healed, and the charred skin was peeling off to reveal new skin beneath.
Lin Mengdie was stunned by this sight, feeling utterly astonished.
When Ye Ming stood up to stretch his muscles and bones, he suddenly felt a cool sensation beneath him.
Looking down, he realized his clothing had turned to ash and drifted away with the wind, exposing his newly formed skin entirely, standing naked in front of Lin Mengdie.
"Wow!" Lin Mengdie’s eyes widened. There was no scream, no covering of eyes, but rather she looked intently, keen to not miss any detail.
"Uh... sorry!" Ye Ming realized something was amiss, quickly covered his vital areas, and then started looking around.
Alas, there was nothing around him; it was a desolate sight, completely devoid of clothing for him to wear.
Fortunately, there was a pond not far away. Ye Ming leaped into it, retrieving a few lotus leaves to cover himself and took the opportunity to wash off the filth from his body with the river water.
Throughout the entire process, Lin Mengdie’s eyes never left his body, which made him quite embarrassed.
After all was done, Ye Ming came back and earnestly said, "Miss Lin, I really can’t thank you enough. It was you who saved my life!"
Lin Mengdie waved her hands dismissively and said, "It’s no big deal. You’ve saved me several times before, and this was just me returning the favor once, not worth mentioning!"
Ye Ming firmly said, "It’s not the same. This time you saved me, you pulled me back from King Yama’s door, and you almost paid with your life. I am deeply moved."
Lin Mengdie rolled her eyeballs and asked, "In that case, you should properly repay me. How about we fulfill our marriage agreement right now? Let’s turn raw rice into cooked rice!"
In the wild, with only a man and a woman, and Ye Ming in such a state without clothes to wear, Lin Mengdie had been staring at him relentlessly, which had already started to make his heart itch.
So she couldn’t help but blurt out what was on her mind.
At that moment, she also realized she had misspoken and her face turned red with embarrassment.
Ye Ming stood frozen on the spot, somewhat at a loss for words.
Lin Mengdie quickly revised her words, "Alright, alright, I was just joking with you, don’t take it seriously!"
"How about this, from now on, you can’t talk about breaking off the engagement with me anymore. If you want to break it off, you’ll have to say it to my father’s face, how about that?" Lin Mengdie asked.
Ye Ming nodded his head, as this request wasn’t excessive, and he could agree to it.
In the following time, Ye Ming sat cross-legged and continued his cultivation practice.
He was quite puzzled by the supernatural phenomenon that had just happened. He was on the verge of breaking through his bottleneck to reach the Intermediate Earth Rank realm when suddenly, a bolt of lightning descended at that critical moment, which infuriated him.
Could it be that someone in heaven did it on purpose, not wanting him to advance?
After checking his internal condition, Ye Ming found that the bottleneck he had just barely pushed open had now contracted back to its original state.
The setback in his cultivation didn’t discourage him; he wouldn’t be defeated by any setback. If someone was trying to stop him, he wouldn’t let them succeed. If once wasn’t enough, he would try again!
Therefore, he immediately entered a state of self-forgetfulness and began to challenge the bottleneck once more.
Lin Mengdie did not disturb him again, but quietly began to search around, continuing to look for food for the two of them.
Seeing that Ye Ming was alright, her mood also relaxed a lot.
After a whole day of scavenging, Lin Mengdie found some wild rabbits and wild chickens in the vicinity, as well as some wild fruits.
After a full meal, she fell into a deep sleep.
In the following days, Ye Ming still maintained that state, continuing to cultivate and challenge his bottleneck.
At this time, he discovered something strange.
Not far from him, he found the marriage document he was carrying. Struck by such intense lightning, all his belongings had turned to ash, yet his marriage document remained intact.
At this, he couldn’t help but fall into contemplation. Could it be that this seemingly simple piece of parchment paper contained greater power within it? Power that could rival the great calamities of the heavens?
