[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-557":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: My Cheat Skill Is Myself",{"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},2315812,4528,"Chapter 557: Secrecy","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-557",557,"\u003Cp>Time passed slowly, and Zhang Jie’s treatment neared completion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green light that had originally covered Xu Xiang’s entire body gradually retracted, converging at his heart before vanishing entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xiang, who had cooperated fully with Zhang Jie’s treatment, turned his inner vision inward and saw, at his heart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a green glow the size of a pea, expanding and contracting in rhythm with his heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiny specks of light scattered with each expansion and contraction, merging into his blood and true qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, Xu Xiang understood: when this green glow was fully consumed, it would be the moment of his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by its rate of dissipation, it would last about three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Zhang Jie’s estimated three-month lifespan was precisely accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Zhang Jie, who had been closing his eyes to guide and stimulate Xu Xiang’s vitality, opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Jie, how is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Si and the others immediately crowded around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie’s lips curled slightly: “Mission accomplished!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Xu Xiang also opened his eyes and struggled to sit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, how are you feeling?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San and Xu Si hurried forward to support him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Xiang waved them off, his expression relaxed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never felt this good in my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he let out a long, deep breath, as if expelling all the stagnation from his chest at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Jie, thank you for saving this old man’s life—I can’t express my gratitude enough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xiang bent over on his hospital bed and bowed deeply to Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Xu, you’re overdoing it—I merely did what was my duty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this old man, old enough to be his grandfather and who had once helped the Zhang family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie dared not accept such a profound bow with casual indifference—he quickly helped him back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No one is to speak of today’s events. Understood?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bowing to Zhang Jie, Xu Xiang scanned the group and gave a stern order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San and Xu Si nodded eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helping someone extend their life—Zhang Jie’s method was simply too shocking to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If word got out to the wrong people, it could trigger a seismic upheaval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, who, except those utterly despairing of life, wouldn’t want to live a few more years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t the popular TV drama “The Kangxi Dynasty” have a theme song called “I Really Want to Live Another Five Hundred Years”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desire to survive, to live, is humanity’s foremost instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, who faced death with such detachment, dismissing the imperial physician sent to treat him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he not only drove the man away but rewarded him with gold, saying, “I rose from commoner status,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wielding a three-foot sword to seize the empire—isn’t this fate? Fate lies in heaven; even Bian Que cannot change it!”—such men are exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Tang Taizong, hailed as the model emperor of all ages, took elixirs in his later years, showing clear signs of folly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Zhang Jie’s life-extension method requiring rare herbs of considerable age?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xu Xiang had, by chance, collected a centuries-old ginseng from Mount Zhangbai; others certainly had no shortage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in terms of actual status, Xu Xiang, head of the North China region for the Nandatong Corporation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was merely a hired hand to the true powers above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan raised a hand to his lips, miming a zipper, vowing to keep silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao’s immortality was distant and elusive, but Zhang Jie’s use of rare herbs to extend life was right before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie himself wasn’t particularly concerned. First of all, given his strength,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the greatest violent apparatus on this land couldn’t force him to do anything he disliked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as those above weren’t fools, they’d never resort to coercion—they’d choose to court him instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, during life extension, the patient’s very life was truly in Zhang Jie’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhang Jie had any ill intent, bending or breaking the patient was merely a thought away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely why Zhang Jie chose to reveal part of his method:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A highly skilled “physician” could effortlessly attain lofty status,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gain considerable influence, and make his life far more convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone coveted this “life-extension secret” and sought to seize it by deceit or force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie didn’t hold the elites of this world in high regard—without the power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>without centuries of pure true qi and the immense mental force of a planetary-level mentalist to guide it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>learning this secret was no less than the dream of a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such a prodigy truly existed, and their character was sound, Zhang Jie wouldn’t hesitate to teach them—they could advance together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Xu Xiang and the others were looking out for him, so Zhang Jie said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he trusted the secrecy of the Xu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the patriarch Xu Xiang down to his two sons, Xu San and Xu Si,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had kept Feng Baobao’s secret of immortality and unchanged appearance for decades without a single leak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan was undoubtedly a clever man—he knew what could be said and what must remain silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Baobao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… she was a natural airhead—completely irrelevant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their minds unified, Xu Xiang rose enthusiastically and moved toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, I think you should stay hospitalized for a few more days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San held back his father, urging him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, Dad, staying a few more days won’t hurt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Si chimed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know my own body best!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xiang was stubborn, unwilling to linger any longer in this place of suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Jie?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his father act like a mule and refuse to listen, Xu San turned to Zhang Jie with a questioning look,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seeking the opinion of the man who had treated Xu Xiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie gave a slight nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the creator and practitioner of the life-extension method, no one understood Xu Xiang’s condition better than he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months meant three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these three months, Xu Xiang’s body would be indistinguishable from that of a healthy young man—he could eat, drink,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sleep, jump, run, and even indulge in thrilling activities like dancing or skydiving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, all this vitality was a false splendor fueled by the rare herb’s life essence; once the time came,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the life essence was fully depleted, he would return to his original state—he would still die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Zhang Jie’s approval, Xu San finally relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freed from Xu San’s resistance, refreshed and invigorated, Xu Xiang strode boldly out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eager to leave the prison that had held him for so long and breathe the fresh air of the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jie Ge, your method is truly astonishing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Xu Xiang transform in an instant from a gasping, bedridden man into a vigorous, striding figure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan couldn’t help but give Zhang Jie a thumbs-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen anyone bring the dead back to life or restore flesh to bones, but Zhang Jie had truly snatched a man from the jaws of Yama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could such a feat not leave him awestruck?\u003C\u002Fp>",1201,"2026-06-20T14:22:37.780Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","887f9f91a0d2d3c305485c15e45664520b5bb8e2255212103481d989517c69ca","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-558","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-556",601,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-cover.jpg"]