Chapter 93: Ten Deaths and No Life

There are several lake heart islands in Yunmeng Marsh, and the pavilions and Confucius statues on them have a history of hundreds of years.

The pond in Gathering Immortals Garden seems to be a miniature version of Yunmeng Marsh. In the center of the clear pond, there is also a small pavilion, in which stands a yellow stone statue carved with a knife and axe, looking very familiar, exactly the same as the Three Immortals statue seen before:

The bright and beautiful Ziwei Heavenly Venerable in brocade clothes,

The small and exquisite Wenchang Emperor in charge of eternal food and salary,

The hunched Antarctic Immortal with boundless longevity.

The bases under the feet of the three statues of the old, middle, and young are all connected, presumably carved from the same giant stone, and placed in this pavilion.

"Okay... where would that old guy Ji Bochang hide the money here?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe came to the pond, stood by a few bamboo plants and looked forward, only to see a pool of clear water without fish, and he could see a layer of round stones paved at the bottom of the pond at a glance, which was very cute.

He hugged his chest with both hands, leaned on the bamboo beside him and stared at the Three Immortals statue in the pavilion, his gaze falling on the face of Ziwei Heavenly Venerable.

"Careful." Suddenly a hand gently pressed on Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's shoulder, and Seeing Lan Shiwen's voice came from behind: "Don't move."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe obeyed and didn't move, asking: "What's wrong?"

"Stand straight before speaking."

"Okay."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe stood up straight, turned his head to look, Seeing Lan Shiwen was standing behind him, an index finger silently pointing at the bamboo he had just leaned on.

Following the direction of Seeing Lan Shiwen's finger, he saw that there was a worm-eaten round hole on the dark green and yellowing bamboo node, and the dry bamboo fibers started from the worm-eaten hole and extended two straight cracks up and down.

"This bamboo will be crushed by your weight in 11 seconds, and the cracked bamboo node will burst out a sharp bamboo piece, which will pierce your heart from behind by inertia." Seeing Lan Shiwen said: "Then you will die."

"What the hell." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe hissed: "Thanks."

"No need, because I saw you resurrect after you died." Seeing Lan Shiwen said indifferently: "Let's go, let's find out if there are any clues."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe nodded and walked toward the pavilion in the center of the pond with him.

"To find the life-buying money Ji Bochang hid here, we must first ask ourselves a question." Seeing Lan Shiwen said while walking: "Try to imagine—if you were Ji Bochang, where would you hide your legacy?"

"No, I think we should change the question."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe shook his head: "Before looking for the legacy, I first need to know—if you were Ji Bochang, why would you hide the legacy?"

If you have money, why don't you use it to buy life, why hide it?

"Because you can't afford it, right." Seeing Lan Shiwen thought: "Ji Bochang has bought life from the God of Wealth more than once. You also know that only people who meet the God of Wealth for the first time can trade with Him at a 1:1 cost price. After that, the price of each transaction will double."

Ji Bochang served as the God of Wealth for 40 years. Undoubtedly, he hoarded a large amount of wealth, but the speed at which he hoarded life-buying money could not keep up with the exponential growth of transaction prices.

"In other words, a sum of money of the same amount might not be able to buy a life in Ji Bochang's hands. But in the hands of a new customer who has never met the God of Wealth, it might be enough to short the God of Wealth." Seeing Lan Shiwen came to the conclusion.

His explanation is very reasonable, but what Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe wants is not this explanation.

"You know I'm not asking about this." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe sighed and continued: "As you said, Ji Bochang is a crazy old man who harms others and doesn't benefit himself. He has no way out, so he wants to drag everyone in Yun Ducheng into hell to be buried with him."

"Ji Bochang's character can be summarized in one sentence—'After I die, I don't care about the flood'."

"Such an extremely selfish person, why would he leave something like a 'legacy'? Who does he want to leave that pile of life-buying money he accumulated to?"

Seeing Lan Shiwen didn't answer his question, but silently stretched out a hand to stop Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe from continuing to walk forward. "What's wrong?"

"You will die if you take another step forward."

"Damn." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was happy: "How did I die this time?"

"Don't know." Seeing Lan Shiwen's expression was a bit weird: "I only saw you die in front of me, without contacting anything, and without suffering any harm, you died suddenly on the spot without any warning."

Finally, he added: "After you died, the pistol in your arms fell to the ground, went off, and shot me, a headshot."

"Impossible." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe shook his head: "The safety of the pistol on me should be in a locked state, even if it falls to the ground, it won't go off."

Seeing Lan Shiwen smiled: "Just check and see, right?"

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took out the pistol from his arms and checked. The safety on the right side was indeed in the open state: "How could it be...?"

"You think you locked the safety, but you didn't, you forgot." Seeing Lan Shiwen said, took out the 2011 from his arms, checked the safety again: "Keep walking."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe hesitated for a few seconds and stepped forward to continue walking.

There are ghosts in Gathering Immortals Garden, which they have known for a long time.

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In the few minutes of entering this mansion, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe died suddenly twice, once pierced through the heart by a broken bamboo node, and once died suddenly for no reason. Even Seeing Lan Shiwen was shot and killed by his dropped pistol, and it happened to be a headshot...

Everything was so coincidental, revealing an indescribable weird atmosphere.

If it weren't for Lan Shiwen relying on the ability to predict the future to avoid dangers several times, if it were anyone else, even other Ascenders entering Gathering Immortals Garden, they would only have a dead end if they were not prepared enough.

"Does your ability to predict the future have a limit on the number of uses?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe asked while walking.

They can now stroll leisurely in Gathering Immortals Garden, all relying on Lan Shiwen to predict the future to avoid dangers. However, Ascenders use rules at a cost. Even with the thought steel seal imitated by Tai Yi to stabilize himself, Ning Zhe dare not drive Tai Yi's rules wantonly.

Other Ascenders are mostly the same.

Once Seeing Lan Shiwen is afraid of the rule flaws and cannot continue to predict dangers, the two can only grope in the chaos like headless flies, no different from blind people.

This quadrangle courtyard, which seems quiet and peaceful, has begun to show its terrifying and ferocious nature.

"Don't worry." Seeing Lan Shiwen smiled at Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe: "I have a sense of proportion."

"Okay, then I believe you." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said, took off the wool coat he was wearing, put it on the shore by the pond, and walked into the water while taking off his clothes.

"What are you doing?" Seeing Lan Shiwen was stunned.

"It's suitable for bathing today." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe unbuttoned his shirt, poured the cold pond water on his muscular upper body, and continued: "Take a bath, and your luck will get better."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 94 =====