Chapter 227: The Truth of Death

Upon hearing Jing Ke's affirmative answer, Qin Qin Wuyang's body gave a violent jolt, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"How can that be?"

Qin Qin Wuyang still did not believe it. "The corpse of the Great Giant of the Six Fingers was right before our eyes, and you saw it too!"

"But the things he mentioned earlier are known only to me and the Great Giant of the Six Fingers," Jing Ke replied to Qin Qin Wuyang's doubt. "I am very certain of this!"

"Therefore, no matter how unbelievable or difficult to accept it may be, there is only one explanation: the person before us is truly the Great Giant of the Six Fingers!"

"As for the matter of the Great Giant's corpse..."

Jing Ke looked toward the Six-Fingered Black Knight. "Perhaps the Great Giant can give us an answer to this!"

Through Jing Ke's words, Qin Qin Wuyang gradually calmed down. Although he was still shocked by the resurrection of the Six-Fingered Black Knight, the man was already standing before him; no matter how shocked he was, he had to accept this reality.

In the world today, there are still some arts like the Turtle-Breathing Technique or methods of feigned death. Perhaps the Great Giant had fallen into a state of suspended animation at the time, which went undetected, and he later crawled out of the grave himself.

"The corpse you saw at that time was not my corpse!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight heard Jing Ke's question and provided an answer.

"So that is the truth; the corpse we saw back then was not the Great Giant's..." Upon hearing this, Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang felt their inner doubts resolved, but immediately afterward, they realized this answer was highly problematic.

One must know that it wasn't just them who examined the corpse of the Six-Fingered Black Knight; Master Ban and others were also present. All of them were certain that the corpse was that of the Great Giant. With so many people, it was impossible for everyone to have been mistaken.

Even with the use of disguise or camouflage arts, it would be impossible to make someone else's corpse look so realistically like the Great Giant.

"Forget it, it cannot be explained clearly!" The Six-Fingered Black Knight looked at their furrowed brows, sighed, and prepared to summon the ultimate authority.

"Your Excellency Master Xuantian, please reveal yourself for a moment!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight's voice rang out.

Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang felt their hearts tighten simultaneously. Under heaven, there was only one person called "Your Excellency Master Xuantian," and that was the leader of the Yin-Yang Sect, the "Master Xuantian Dao Lord." After the Mohist School had dealt with the Yin-Yang Sect twice, they knew the leader had changed to a mysterious person whose secular name was Su Xuan, known as the "Master Xuantian Dao Lord."

Amidst the flickering lamplight, mist condensed, and in an instant, a figure emerged.

The person's appearance was young and handsome, looking kind and approachable. However, because of the Six-Fingered Black Knight's previous words, both Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang felt guarded against this mysterious visitor.

"I know what you are thinking," Su Xuan's calm voice sounded. "In your view, even with disguise or camouflage arts, it is impossible to make another person's corpse look like that of the Six-Fingered Black Knight. You are certain that what you saw back then was his corpse!"

"But the world is vast and full of wonders; there are always things beyond your imagination. In the end, you are nothing but a group of frogs at the bottom of a well!"

Su Xuan, with the posture of a superior, expressed his disdain for Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang.

This made the two feel somewhat resentful. Then, they saw Su Xuan point his finger, and the table in the room suddenly changed, transforming into a... corpse.

It was, shockingly, the corpse of the Six-Fingered Black Knight!

Watching his own corpse appear beside him, the Six-Fingered Black Knight, the original, felt complex emotions and a sense of unease. He couldn't help but grumble inwardly, "Can't you transform into something else? Why are you so obsessed with transforming into my corpse? Or is it that you want me to be dead so badly?"

"Don't you know it's unlucky to see one's own corpse?"

Earlier, at the Yin-Yang Sect, when Su Xuan demonstrated the art of "Finger Transformation," he had also transformed into the corpse of the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

The gazes of Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang first looked at the living Six-Fingered Black Knight, then toward the dead one on the ground.

Both men subconsciously rubbed their eyes, fearing they were hallucinating.

After confirming it was not a hallucination, they began to examine the corpse on the ground. Whether by touch or other details, it was confirmed that there was no difference from a real corpse. At the same time, the six fingers on one arm confirmed that this was indeed the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

This corpse looked exactly the same as the one they had examined that day; there was no difference whatsoever.

Previously, Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang had been somewhat puzzled by the explanation regarding the Six-Fingered Black Knight, but now, upon seeing the corpse of the Six-Fingered Black Knight, they were, on the contrary... even more confused.

The Mohists had always believed in ghosts and spirits, hence their advocacy of "manifesting ghosts." At this moment, upon seeing this corpse, a sense of fear immediately arose in Qin Qin Wuyang's heart, and he could not help but ask the Six-Fingered Black Knight: "Are you, are you actually a human or a ghost?"

If the Six-Fingered Black Knight appearing before them were a ghost or spirit, then it could explain why he knew so many of Jing Ke's secrets, because he was truly real; at the same time, as a ghost or spirit, it would also explain the various bizarre events before them, such as using ghostly arts to move his own corpse here and manifest it before them.

Upon hearing Qin Qin Wuyang's words, Jing Ke also looked at the Six-Fingered Black Knight with curiosity.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight was already somewhat displeased that Su Xuan had once again manifested his corpse, and upon hearing this, he flew into a rage. He quickly turned toward Qin Qin Wuyang and shouted angrily: "I think you're the one who wants to become a ghost!"

He rambled on, lecturing Qin Qin Wuyang and Jing Ke for a while.

Afterward, he spent quite some time providing further evidence, and finally, he successfully made Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang accept the fact that he had not died.

He made them understand that the corpse they had seen back then was actually manifested by Su Xuan using magic, and that he himself had never died from the very beginning.

Of course, this only resolved a portion of the doubts in their hearts; as the Six-Fingered Black Knight finished speaking, even more questions arose in their minds.

For instance, when did the Six-Fingered Black Knight get involved with Su Xuan?

One must know that according to Yan Dan's account, it was the Qin State's Net and the Yin-Yang School who had conspired to murder the Six-Fingered Black Knight. Or was there some other hidden story? Was it actually the Qin State's Net that murdered the Six-Fingered Black Knight, while the leader of the Yin-Yang School was not the one who murdered him, but rather the one who saved him?

Was it because the leader of the Yin-Yang School feared that the Net would know the Six-Fingered Black Knight was not dead, that he used magic to manifest a corpse of the Six-Fingered Black Knight to deceive the Net?

The more Jing Ke thought about it, the more he felt this might be the truth, so he asked these questions to confirm the truth or falsehood.