Chapter 50: The extraordinary woman Lin Chaoying! Wang Chongyang... cried?!

Mount Zhongnan, Quanzhen Sect, Scripture Depository.

Wang Chongyang looked at Li Changsheng with a complex expression and a solemn demeanor; in his eyes, there was both a glimmer of expectation and a touch of worry.

"A living dead person?!"

Li Changsheng paused, his expression strange, as if he had guessed something. "You don't mean... Auntie Lin, do you?!"

Wang Chongyang's expression stiffened; he had not expected Li Changsheng to react so quickly and guess it all at once.

"Tell me!"

"What exactly is going on between you and Auntie Lin?!"

Li Changsheng became interested, revealing a gossipy look, full of curiosity.

"Don't you already know?!"

"Why... why do you still want me to... say it?!"

Wang Chongyang became uncharacteristically bashful, his expression awkward, his lips mumbling.

"Just tell me!"

"If you don't say it, I won't save her!"

Li Changsheng "threatened."

"You... you really can..."

Wang Chongyang became even more nervous, terrified that Li Changsheng was deceiving him.

"I can even create the Longevity Art, let alone a mere living dead person?!"

Li Changsheng said nonchalantly.

He was not speaking nonsense; with his heaven-defying comprehension, it was just a living dead person, not someone who was truly dead.

A look of joy appeared on Wang Chongyang's face. After a long silence, he let out a long sigh and slowly began to speak.

"Sigh!"

"Very well!"

"Since you want to know, I will tell you..."

"The story of Ying and me..."

Wang Chongyang looked wistful, the expression on his face constantly changing—at times proud, at times dejected, at times joyful, at times emotional, at times... all sorts of things, too many to list.

"I became famous in my youth, skilled in both civil and martial arts, roaming the Wu Lin, and soon my reputation soared."

"At that time, the Jin Guo was powerful and invaded the Song Guo. I rose in anger, wanting to achieve great things, but in the end, I was no match for the Jin Guo, and my soldiers were nearly all wiped out."

"Helpless, I came to Mount Zhongnan, built the Ancient Tomb, and called myself a 'living dead person.' No matter who came to persuade me, I refused to take even half a step out."

"Until the eighth year, a girl named Lin Chaoying came to the entrance of the Ancient Tomb and cursed me in every way possible for seven days and seven nights, finally forcing me out."

"I was cursed so badly that I immediately went out to argue with her, but as soon as I left the Ancient Tomb, I saw a girl with bright eyes and white teeth, smiling enchantingly."

Speaking of this, inadvertently, Wang Chongyang revealed an inexplicable smile. "I suddenly realized that she wanted to provoke me to come out, and it was out of good intentions."

"So, from that time on, Ying and I turned from enemies into friends and roamed the Wu Lin together."

"Looking back now, that period was the happiest time of my life."

Wang Chongyang could not help but sigh, and in his eyes, a look of regret could not help but emerge.

Li Changsheng did not speak, listening quietly, but in his heart, he curled his lip: Is it not too late to regret it now?!

After a pause, Wang Chongyang seemed to have regained his calm and spoke of the many past events of him and Lin Chaoying roaming the Wu Lin and punishing evil to promote good.

"We fought and bickered all the way... How could I not know Ying's feelings for me? It was just that 'the Jin Guo is not yet destroyed, how can I have a family?' Plus, the 'Innate Art' I practiced required maintaining a virgin body... I could only fail Ying's feelings and pretend not to know."

"If it were an ordinary woman, upon understanding my actions, she would either leave in sorrow or wait silently."

"But Ying was Ying; under the heavens, there was only one Ying!"

"She was top-tier in character and appearance, possessed extraordinary talent, and had peerless martial arts. Looking across the four seas and eight wildernesses, she was also a rare and extraordinary woman."

"She was very unconvinced by me in her heart; why was I always listless, playing deaf and dumb?!"

"So, Ying came up with a method."

"That was... a martial arts duel!"

"The first match was a physical duel; I fought Ying for thousands of moves, and it was a draw."

"So there was a second match, a literary duel, and we made a pact!"

"You know this pact: If I won, Ying would commit suicide on the spot, and naturally, she would not see me again. If Ying won, either I would give her the Living Dead Tomb to live in and obey her orders for the rest of my life, never disobeying in anything; otherwise, I would have to become a monk or a Daoist priest, build a temple or monastery on this mountain, and accompany her for ten years."

"Ying was very smart; she knew I would not watch her commit suicide, so she came up with this method."

"And for a woman as talented and proud as Ying, this was already the highest realm of affection she could express."

"But Ying was also clever but misled by her own cleverness; in this way, my retreat was also blocked by her."

"In the end, Ying won, and I could only give her the Ancient Tomb; I built a small Daoist temple nearby and became a Daoist priest."

"Perhaps! Perhaps... from that day on, Ying lost heart for me..."

Wang Chongyang was incomparably melancholy, his expression dejected. All around him, a faint sense of sorrow flowed, and it even affected the celestial phenomena in the surroundings.

"This... what is going on?! I want to cry!"

"Me too! I don't know why, I just want to cry..."

"I remembered Er Ya from back then..."

"..."

Wang Chongyang's sorrow not only affected the surroundings but even the Quanzhen disciples outside the Scripture Depository were affected, and inexplicably, they shed tears unconsciously.

Li Changsheng was not affected, but he could not help but sigh. Looking at Wang Chongyang's self-pitying expression, he had the urge to beat him up.

This silence lasted much longer than before.

"Later, when I entered the Ancient Tomb again, I learned that Ying had practiced to the peak of the Heavenly Man Realm, and just as she was about to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm, she suddenly suffered from qi deviation. If it weren't for the ten-thousand-year cold jade freezing her, Ying would probably have already passed away."

"But even so, Ying became a... living dead person!"

Speaking to the end, Wang Chongyang sighed heavily. Unknowingly, his eyes filled with tears, which slowly flowed down his cheeks.

He regretted it!

Wang Chongyang truly regretted it!

If he had not been so stubborn back then, perhaps Ying would not have become a living dead person, and perhaps things would have turned out differently...

"Let's go!"

After a long silence, Li Changsheng suddenly stood up and said.

"Go?!"

Wang Chongyang was stunned, as if he had not yet come back to his senses.

"Of course, to go to the Ancient Tomb to save Auntie Lin!"