Chapter 17

Cheng Hui was a bit overwhelmed by the shock.

He even started to doubt whether his whole transmigration thing was just a figment of his imagination. Maybe his real body was lying in a hospital bed, a vegetable, otherwise, how could he so clearly feel the emotions of a spiritual light?

“Huihui?” Lin Qingyang noticed that his spouse seemed quite shaken, looking all gloomy and downcast.

Cheng Hui waved his hand, feeling he needed some time to calm down. However, while trying to calm himself, he didn’t forget to corner that spiritual light.

Whether it was an illusion or not, the benefits in hand couldn’t be lost.

Spiritual Light: …MMP!

Lin Qingyang was clueless, thinking Cheng Hui was just upset about not being able to activate his talent, so he quickly comforted him with kind words.

Cheng Hui waved his hand to indicate he was fine, just needed some peace.

Lin Qingyang stood by worriedly, looking to Ouyang Zheng for help.

The cultivation techniques he practiced from the Blood Slaughter Sect didn’t pose much of a problem for his own cultivation, but it was different for Cheng Hui’s mysterious corpse.

If any issues arose, he would have to seek help from his master or other seniors.

Ouyang Zheng shook his head helplessly.

Honestly, he had never seen such a peculiar mysterious corpse.

Clearly just a walking corpse, yet it felt so lively, especially those eyes, filled with too many emotions.

If it weren’t for his clumsy movements and inability to speak properly, he might have mistaken it for a silver-armored corpse.

Cheng Hui was in a funk for a while but soon bounced back to his usual optimistic self.

Who cares!

Whether this transmigration was real or fake, so what?

Could he really come back to life in the real world?

He clearly remembered that truck hitting him and sending him flying.

With the tonnage of that truck, let alone how badly he was hurt… even keeping his body intact was unlikely.

Cheng Hui quickly convinced himself.

He believed his greatest strength in this life was his optimism.

No matter how tough the environment, as long as he could live, he would live with a smile.

He remembered his grandma saying when he was young, “A day spent in misery is still a day, a day spent in happiness is still a day, so why not choose to live happily?”

The bratty kids who used to mock him relentlessly, making his life miserable, all became well-behaved after he ‘reasoned’ with them.

He didn’t care what they said behind his back, as long as it didn’t affect his mood.

“Huihui, how are you feeling?” Lin Qingyang asked cautiously.

Cheng Hui sensed that the spiritual light had been captured by him, but the problem was… he didn’t feel any new talent emerging.

He could only shake his head, and Lin Qingyang quickly comforted him, “That’s normal. If talents were so easily activated, there wouldn’t be so many mysterious corpses without them.”

Cheng Hui felt a bit guilty hearing this.

Other mysterious corpses couldn’t activate their talents because they weren’t compatible with the spiritual light in the magic fish gold, but he had directly swallowed the spiritual light without any reaction.

These were two completely different issues.

He felt increasingly uneasy, suspecting there was something very strange about his body.

No matter what he thought, he remained outwardly calm. This was from his past experience; even if he was panicking inside, he had to appear as steady as an old dog on the outside to prevent others from seeing through him.

He didn’t need to hide anything from Lin Qingyang, but with Ouyang Zheng present, he didn’t want to expose his uniqueness.

In the cultivation world, the crime of possessing something valuable was the most terrifying. Ouyang Zheng might be a good person, but Cheng Hui didn’t want to gamble his and Lin Qingyang’s lives on someone else’s integrity.

Ouyang Zheng said to Lin Qingyang, “No need to rush. Talent is a matter of luck. My Xiao Hong has only activated one talent so far, which is already quite good. Be patient, take your time, and you’ll surely find the right magic fish gold.”

“Thank you, senior brother, for your comfort,” Lin Qingyang thanked him.

The two of them went to the riverbank, naturally splitting up in different directions, searching for magic fish gold in the river as they walked. Since the river surface was black and the magic fish gold was also black, finding it naturally required some effort.

Lin Qingyang’s disadvantage was his low cultivation level. While he could challenge higher levels in combat and had many hidden techniques for explosive power, he was helpless in this situation and could only search slowly.

Cheng Hui followed him slowly, wobbling as he walked, looking like a penguin. Watching Lin Qingyang struggle to find the magic fish gold, occasionally diving into the water without any results, Cheng Hui felt a pang of heartache.

He had already felt the temperature of the underground river earlier and had been chilled unexpectedly.

Lin Qingyang was only at the fifth level of Qi Refinement, and even though his cultivation of the Corpse Life Profound Luo Skill made him immune to yin energy, the cold had to be endured by him personally.

After several dives, each time he emerged, his face was pale, and his clothes were soaked, clinging to his thin body, making Cheng Hui uncomfortable.

Even if he wanted to dive in, his body wouldn’t cooperate, and he’d just sink to the bottom, unable to help and only causing trouble for Lin Qingyang to fish him out.

So frustrating! Cheng Hui was very annoyed, this feeling of being useless was really unpleasant.

Splash! Lin Qingyang climbed out of the water again, shaking off the river water and pulling out a smile. His teeth chattered from the cold, but his expression was very happy.

“Huihui, I found another piece of magic fish gold. Give it a try.” He placed a fist-sized piece of magic fish gold into Cheng Hui’s hand, and Cheng Hui’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Lin Qingyang was genuinely good to him, this unconditional kindness weighed heavily on his heart, fearing he might not be able to repay it in the future.

Holding that piece of magic fish gold, he felt like he was holding Lin Qingyang’s most sincere heart. He gave Lin Qingyang a deep look and made a decision in his heart.

If Lin Qingyang truly chose him, even giving up forming a dao partnership with him, even if he didn’t have those feelings for him, he would be willing to stay by his side, treating him as a younger brother.

The same operation, the same spiritual sense coverage. The spiritual light within this piece of magic fish gold was clearly not as lively as the previous one.

It dodged left and right within the ore, but its agility was far inferior to the previous one, and Cheng Hui easily captured it and absorbed it into his body.

And then… nothing.

Cheng Hui: ???

What happened to activating a talent? Even if it didn’t activate, shouldn’t it at least come out? How could it just disappear like that?

Cheng Hui searched his entire body but couldn’t find it. He had a vague feeling that this spiritual light had gone to the same place as the previous one, and he needed more spiritual light, the more the better.

“Did it not work this time either?” Lin Qingyang sensed that Cheng Hui’s mood wasn’t great and tried to speak in a relaxed tone, “It’s okay, we can keep looking.”

Cheng Hui’s face darkened as he looked at Lin Qingyang, who was still wet, and his expression grew even more unpleasant.

Keep looking? You might as well want to freeze yourself to death. Don’t think that cultivators don’t get sick. The cold in this river water isn’t something ordinary chills can compare to.

After just a few dives, he might fall seriously ill when they return. If he continues searching aimlessly, it will surely have irreversible consequences for Lin Qingyang.

No way! He couldn’t let this little brat keep searching.

“Go back…” Cheng Hui struggled to say a word.

But Lin Qingyang coldly refused, “No, Huihui, listen. The opportunity to activate a talent only comes a few times. If you miss this one, you can’t make up for it later. My Huihui doesn’t want to be weaker than others in the future because of this, right?”

Cheng Hui: …

Cheng Hui was at a loss for words. What could he say?

Just like Lin Qingyang said, there are only so many opportunities. If you give up one, you have one less than others. In future battles, this difference in talent could be the reason for defeat, and in the cultivation world, defeat doesn’t just mean losing a fight; it could mean losing your life.

Cheng Hui didn’t have much ambition for his own strength, but he clearly remembered that he was Lin Qingyang’s mysterious corpse. His strength was closely tied to Lin Qingyang’s.

If he was weak, it meant Lin Qingyang was weak. It didn’t matter what happened to him, but it wouldn’t be good if it affected others.

Cheng Hui thought bitterly, if only there was a way to directly find the location of the magic fish gold. Magic fish gold wasn’t too hard to catch, and its movement speed wasn’t fast. The problem was that it was similar in color to the river water, making it hard to distinguish.

Lin Qingyang had dived seven or eight times before, and the first few times he had mistaken it, only once did he fail to catch it. If he could control the magic fish gold within a certain range, it would be much easier.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Cheng Hui’s mind. Wait! His spiritual sense was so strong that he could even capture the spiritual light within the magic fish gold. Could he use his spiritual sense to envelop a section of the river and search for the magic fish gold within it?

Lin Qingyang couldn’t stay underwater for too long each time. If he could control the magic fish gold within a certain area, it would be much easier to catch!

No sooner said than done! He immediately spread his spiritual sense over a section of the river, then controlled it to form a large net. In his imagination, he slowly lowered this large net, and sure enough, he ‘saw’ the situation beneath the river surface.

The underground river wasn’t empty; in fact, there were many ‘things’ inside.

However, most of them were very weak, so when Lin Qingyang entered the water, the majority of these ‘things’ would actively avoid him. Occasionally, some would approach, only to be eliminated by Lin Qingyang. But in Cheng Hui’s spiritual sense, these strange things were all exposed.

Cheng Hui: …emmmm…

How should he put it? Calling these things ugly would be an insult to the word ugly.

He felt these creatures were like deep-sea beings, living in an environment so dark that no one could see each other, so they just grew however they wanted…

Each one was bizarrely shaped, more terrifying than the monsters in horror movies. Even knowing they were all weaklings, Cheng Hui still didn’t want to get close.

Fortunately, he could use his spiritual sense to intimidate them, driving them all away to avoid further polluting his eyes.