[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-forbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a":3,"chapter-forbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a-forbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a-chapter-117":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Forbidden Spellcasters Have Short Lives? I Have an Immortal Body",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2350401,4595,"Chapter 117: Blatant Scheming","forbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a-chapter-117",117,"\u003Cp>Facing Zhuge Ni’s obstruction, Ye Lin did not say anything more; he simply retreated silently outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not want to argue with someone who had just experienced the pain of losing a father, nor was there any need for an argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Zhuge Qianxing off on his final journey, fulfilling Zhuge Qianxing’s dying wish to keep Zhuge Ni safe and sound as much as possible was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, he would no longer have any involvement with Zhuge Ni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, compared to Zhuge Ni, there were clearly bigger troubles at this funeral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lin’s gaze could not help but sweep toward the big shots in the front row who had rushed over from all parts of Great Xia; he did not believe for a second that these people had come purely to pay their respects to Zhuge Qianxing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Litian was easy to deal with, but these old foxes were the truly troublesome characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the ice coffin containing Zhuge Qianxing’s body was carried out of the mourning hall, prepared to be transported to the Qingcheng Cemetery for burial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice coffin was lifted onto the hearse, the black hearse moved in the lead, and the mourners followed behind on foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, low sobs could be heard, and even the air was stained with an atmosphere of sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Ni sat on the hearse, watching Zhuge Qianxing lying quietly in the ice coffin as if he were asleep, and tears began to fall involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the hearse suddenly drifted and fishtailed, throwing Zhuge Ni directly into the corner of the ice coffin, and bright red blood immediately seeped from her fair forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on? Why did you suddenly swerve?\" Zhuge Ni looked at the hearse driver and questioned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Zhuge, someone is blocking the road ahead...\" The driver pointed to the front of the hearse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several men dressed in black robes, their true faces hidden behind masks, stood in the middle of the road; these people were all holding sharp weapons, clearly with ill intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are these people?\" Zhuge Ni frowned, a sense of unease surging in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know. They suddenly appeared in front of the car, so I swerved instinctively.\" The driver shook his head, looking helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hearse slowed to a stop, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Ni jumped off the vehicle, staring sharply at these people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you? Do you know whose hearse you are blocking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course we know. The one inside the hearse is Mr. Zhuge, isn't it?\" the leader, a man wearing a ghost-face mask, spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, yet you still dare to block the car?\" Zhuge Ni’s face was full of fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, we have no ill intent. It’s just that Mr. Zhuge died under suspicious circumstances, and we simply want to open the coffin to properly verify the cause of his death,\" the ghost-masked man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you! My father died from the Heaven Devour due to too much divination; I am very clear on this point!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blazing firelight suddenly erupted from Zhuge Ni’s body, and the surrounding space distorted under this high temperature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be intercepted and have the coffin opened for an autopsy in full view of everyone was undoubtedly a humiliation to Zhuge Qianxing; she would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen, not letting him have peace even after death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gathered citizens of Qingcheng were also instantly enraged. Zhuge Qianxing was the savior of Qingcheng and had done countless good deeds in the city; now that someone wanted to cause trouble at his funeral, how could they allow it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't care where you came from, get out of here! No one is allowed to cause trouble at Mr. Zhuge’s funeral!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sturdy man took the lead and walked up, wanting to push the ghost-masked man away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of white light streaked past, and the sturdy man’s head rolled out more than ten meters like a soccer ball, blood staining the street red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the hand of that ghost-masked man, he was clearly holding a long blade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden scene frightened everyone so much that they dared not move again, and even Zhuge Ni widened her beautiful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could have imagined that this ghost-masked man would actually dare to kill in broad daylight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people were so scared they scattered and fled; it was true that they respected Zhuge Qianxing, but if they were asked to die for him, most were unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Zhuge Ni took a deep breath, her expression grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was inside the city; since the ghost-masked man was a Job Changer and was wantonly killing, the Investigation Bureau should arrive soon to take him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only needed to guard Zhuge Qianxing’s body from being disturbed until the people from the Investigation Bureau arrived; it should only take a few minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move aside,\" the ghost-masked man said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not a chance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crimson Flame Sea!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Ni gritted her teeth; she would never let anyone disturb her father’s rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the surrounding air became scorching hot, and the temperature climbed rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dazzling crimson-gold flames surged from Zhuge Ni’s body, forming a sea of crimson-gold fire that blocked the space between her and the ghost-masked man, like an impassable chasm of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, facing Zhuge Ni’s all-out attack, the ghost-masked man did not take it to heart at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the raging sea of fire, the ghost-masked man no longer suppressed his aura and simply lifted his foot and walked in; the crimson-gold flames burned fiercely, but they could not harm him in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this sight, an unspeakable terror rose in the depths of Zhuge Ni’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you... a level 50 Job Changer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already a level 22 Job Changer, and combined with her SSS-rank Fire Mage profession, the power of the fire-type skills she unleashed was certainly not to be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That this ghost-masked man could walk freely within her flames meant his level was at least 50 or higher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level 50 Job Changer was already at the ceiling level in Qingcheng; as long as they didn't provoke the very few people at the top, a level 50 Job Changer could walk sideways in Qingcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, I won't kill you. You are Zhuge Qianxing’s daughter; if you die, it will be very troublesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he finished speaking, the ghost-masked man reversed his blade and struck Zhuge Ni with the back of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Ni only felt a massive force strike her, and she flew directly away, crashing into the guardrail at the side, her face full of agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop! Do not approach my father’s coffin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the ghost-masked man walk toward the ice coffin, Zhuge Ni struggled to stand up, but a sharp pain came from her chest and abdomen; clearly, that strike from the ghost-masked man had broken her ribs, and she had completely lost the ability to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Ni could only watch helplessly as the ghost-masked man approached the ice coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Why had there been no movement from the Investigation Bureau for so long? Where were the people from the Investigation Bureau?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if realizing something, Zhuge Ni looked back and discovered that in the procession that had been following the hearse, many of the prominent figures in Qingcheng were already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord Hu Weng, the Chief of the Qingcheng Investigation Bureau, and even many of the big shots who had been standing in the first row had quietly left at some point, as if they had agreed upon it long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive sense of fear enveloped Zhuge Ni, making her whole body go cold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She finally realized that these few people blocking the car were merely pawns; Zhuge Ni had never imagined that her father had only just passed away, and yet someone would dare to start plotting against her so blatantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people from the Investigation Bureau, clearly, were never going to come...\u003C\u002Fp>",1344,"2026-06-21T02:52:47.916Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fa99cf08c2fba16189f4b151372e7745c14e8f0d721a04e8fbe9c17105f21e48","forbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a-chapter-118","forbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a-chapter-116",847,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fforbidden-spellcasters-have-short-lives-i-have-a-cover.jpg"]