Chapter 553: Truth and Treatment

The eyes with which Xu San and Xu Si looked at Zhang Jie were also full of complexity.

In order to hide the secret of Feng Baobao's immortality, they would change her real identity every few decades,

and coupled with their best efforts to cover it up, no one had ever discovered this secret.

As a result, Zhang Jie had analyzed this secret purely from the nature of Feng Baobao's Qi.

If they had known, they wouldn't have let Feng Baobao come into contact with Zhang Jie.

The only thing that made them feel a little relieved now was that Zhang Jie's friendship with them was not shallow,

and he himself was not the type to stop at nothing for immortality, so he was trustworthy.

"Xu-shu, San-ge, Si-ge, don't worry, I will not speak of Bao'er-jie's secret."

Zhang Jie, who knew what Xu Xiang's family cared about most, promised.

"Good."

Xu Xiang's exhausted expression finally relaxed a little.

"Chulan, come here."

Xu Xiang beckoned to Zhang Chulan.

"Xu Zong."

Zhang Chulan walked quickly to the hospital bed, less than three or four meters away from Xu Xiang.

"Why call me Xu Zong? It's too distant. Like Ah Jie, just call me Xu-shu."

"Yes, Xu-shu."

Zhang Chulan also climbed up the pole, calling respectfully.

"I am about to die; it is time to tell you about Bao'er."

Xu Xiang looked around at everyone present and spoke slowly.

Zhang Chulan immediately pricked up his ears; this was an absolutely earth-shattering secret.

Xu San and Xu Si also concentrated on listening; they only knew that Feng Baobao was immortal,

but did not know more details, such as how she met their father, Xu Xiang.

Even Zhang Jie calmed his mind; although as a book-flipper who transmigrated into an anime,

he already knew quite a bit about these secrets, but since the "Under One Person" world had evolved into a world of arrays,

the information contained within it was not something that a manga or anime could describe in detail.

"That was a major event seventy years ago; I was just a child then,

living with my parents in a small village in Shu, living a simple life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

But suddenly one day, when I went to play in the mountains as usual, I saw a girl wearing an embroidered dress..."

Xu Xiang fell into memories.

'That girl should be Bao'er/Bao'er-jie.'

Xu San, Xu Si, and Zhang Chulan were all thoughtful.

"I found my parents and explained the matter to them; they rushed over,

and talked to the girl, only to find that she had lost her memory, not knowing how she got there,

nor where her home was, nor who her family members were; she only remembered her name—Feng Baobao."

Xu Xiang recounted how he met Feng Baobao one by one.

From bringing Feng Baobao back to the village, because she only remembered her name, they called her 'A-Wu';

to robbers coming to rob, his father dying tragically under the robbers' knives, and the robbers being killed by the enraged Feng Baobao.

After discovering that Feng Baobao was an anomaly, out of fear, his mother lured her into the forest,

saying 'Be good and wait here, we will come find you after we finish our business,' and then took him, young as he was, and fled that village.

His next meeting with Feng Baobao was decades later;

at that time, he had already cultivated internal Qi, become an extraordinary individual, and joined the country's secret department.

For a mission, he went to Hong Kong on a business trip, where,

he accidentally discovered Feng Baobao, who had been abducted by human traffickers.

Speaking of Feng Baobao's miserable appearance at that time, even after many years, Xu Xiang still could not hide the monstrous anger in his heart:

"I found a local gang leader who needed my help,

and let him give those human traffickers the ending they deserved!"

"Hmm, human traffickers all deserve to die!"

Without any communication, Xu San, Zhang Chulan, and the others reached a unanimous conclusion.

Zhang Jie's attitude toward this was: human traffickers are also humans, how can they be sentenced to death?

What about their parents and children?

Will their parents be sad? Will the children be in pain, and will they take revenge when they grow up?

So he suggested that human traffickers be executed along with their entire families, so that their friends, relatives, parents, and children would not be in pain.

"After that, I brought A-Wu back to the mainland.

At that time, President Zhao Fangxu was gradually building the company with the support of the country, and he invited me.

In order to cover up the secret of A-Wu's immortality, I chose to join the company,

and step by step became the person in charge of the North China region.

Time flew by for decades; I am now nearing the end of my life, while A-Wu is still youthful."

"Bao'er-jie is really an immortal!"

After hearing Xu Xiang's words, no matter how unbelievable Zhang Chulan felt in his heart, he had to accept reality.

"Regarding your grandfather's matter..."

After finishing Feng Baobao's matter, Xu Xiang recounted how Zhang Huaiyi died.

"Bao'er-jie didn't lie to me."

Zhang Chulan carefully compared what Xu Xiang said with what Feng Baobao said and found that the details were all the same,

such as which extraordinary individuals died, and the shocked and familiar words his grandfather Zhang Xilin said when he met Feng Baobao.

"Cough, cough..."

After finishing, Xu Xiang began to cough violently again, heart-rendingly, as if he wanted to cough out his lungs.

"Father!"

Xu San and Xu Si immediately grabbed his hands, intending to repeat the same trick.

"It's useless; I know my own body."

Xu Xiang refused Xu San and Xu Si's idea of transmitting internal Qi to extend his life.

"A-Wu, I have no regrets in this life; the only thing is that I can't let you go."

Xu Xiang looked at Feng Baobao, his murky eyes full of reluctance.

"Gouwazi, are you leaving me now too?"

Holding Xu Xiang's thin palm, which had little meat and was almost skin and bones, Feng Baobao burst into tears.

"Jie-ge, I wonder if you..."

Zhang Chulan could not help but look at Zhang Jie.

"Ah Jie, you..."

Xu San and Xu Si also cast hopeful gazes at Zhang Jie.

If one were to ask who among these people now had the ability to extend the life of their father, Xu Xiang,

then it could only be Zhang Jie, whose strength was unfathomable.

"Let me see."

Zhang Jie thought for a moment and replied.

His cheap father in this life had been making a living in the North China region and had received no small amount of care from Xu Xiang,

and even when he went to Long Hu Mountain to learn his craft, he had Xu Xiang's help; he acknowledged these favors.

"Bao'er-jie, let me see Xu-shu, is that okay?"

Zhang Jie came to Feng Baobao, who was tightly holding Xu Xiang's hand, and said softly.

"Hmm."

Feng Baobao, with tears on her face, nodded heavily.

"Xu-shu."

Zhang Jie held Xu Xiang's palm.

"Ah Jie, I was already a dying man; go ahead and do it!"

Xu Xiang smiled freely.

"Good."

Zhang Jie smiled slightly, then closed his eyes, and input a trace of internal Qi into Xu Xiang's body,

traveling through his extraordinary meridians and all his limbs and bones.

Under the effect of his powerful, refined, and vibrant internal Qi, Xu Xiang's old body seemed to have ushered in a second spring.

"Hoo!"

Xu Xiang let out a long breath, his face became rosy, and he was full of emotion:

"It's been a long time since I felt so comfortable."

"It's effective, Ah Jie's treatment is effective!"

Xu San and Xu Si were full of joy.

Even Feng Baobao's cold face showed a trace of a smile.

"Jie-ge is indeed Jie-ge."

Zhang Chulan was not surprised by this. Even if Zhang Jie told him now

that in fact, Feng Baobao was not the only immortal, and that he was also one, he would believe it without doubt. ===== CHAPTER 554 =====