Chapter 118: 149, 150

Song Cheng did not know where his sister-in-law had learned that "the Reappearance Tribulation requires resistance," but based on his observations, this idea of hers was wrong nine times out of ten, because there was no such thing as resistance at all.

As for the principle of how the soul becomes stronger, he had also guessed the general idea.

If it could be said that Soul-Strengthening practitioners could still grow stronger by consuming pills like "Soul Strengthening" ones, then for descendants of noble families who were born as ghosts, "ghost" was actually both the starting point and the end point.

If one wanted to break through, one could only borrow the power of a Ghost.

To borrow the power of a Ghost, one naturally needed to experience the Reappearance and accept the Reappearance.

This point was similar in meaning to the "undergoing the lightning tribulation" often found in the cultivation novels Song Cheng read before he transmigrated.

Heavenly lightning is a tribulation, yet it can also temper the body.

Reappearance is a tribulation, yet it can also strengthen the soul.

It is the same principle.

Since it requires acceptance, where would resistance come from?

Within a heavenly tribulation, if you do not accept the heavenly lightning, how can you grow stronger?

The Reappearance Tribulation contains "the Ghost's nourishment"; if you do not "eat," how can you grow stronger?

Therefore, although the standard method of undergoing a tribulation is not like his, nor like his sister-in-law's current method, it must involve first bearing the tribulation, and then using some method to break free at the final moment of "being about to die and turn into a ghost," rather than resisting and not accepting the tribulation from the start, or like Su Houzhang did before, throwing himself directly onto the Ghost.

How to break free?

He did not know.

At this moment, Song Cheng followed his own understanding, sitting on a branch and watching his sister-in-law.

Although the isolated island was lonely, it was not barren; the greenery was like a carpet, and as the wind blew, flowers rose like sleet. His sister-in-law, with disheveled hair, twisted her body as she crawled on such ground, presenting a beauty full of wildness and temptation.

But in fact, this was in itself an inhumane torture; no matter how beautiful it was or how much it could arouse desire, Song Cheng would not look. If it were not for the fact that this was a Reappearance World, he would likely have already begun to observe and analyze, and prepared to kill.

Although he was not a bleeding heart, this so-called "Extreme Bliss World" was too excessive.

As for doing anything untoward while a woman was in an "unconscious state," he was also incapable of that.

If he did not need to watch over Su Mengzhen to ensure she would not encounter life-threatening danger during the tribulation, he would not even be here, but would have chosen some place to comprehend power and come back to meet up after his sister-in-law finished the tribulation. Afterward, the Reappearance of the Skin-Ghost proceeded scene by scene.

On the deserted island, a gu-style cultivation began.

Children who were already cooperating by acting like animals to survive were still thrown into the sea, and the remaining children went mad trying to act like them, completely forgetting that they were human.

And in this gu-style cultivation, the first to be cultivated to perfection was a boy, a Leopard Man implanted with leopard skin.

The leopard had no name.

However, the people on the island, in order to celebrate his perfection, named him "Zi," which is the first of the twelve earthly branches, the end of one day and the beginning of a new one.

Soon, "Zi" was taken away by that mysterious doctor responsible for the skin grafting.

The second one cultivated was the Leopard Woman, whom Song Cheng was familiar with.

The people on the island followed suit and gave her a name—Chou.

The mysterious doctor appeared again, performed a brief examination, but shook his head; it seemed this cultivated Leopard Woman was far from qualified, and the name "Chou" was directly stripped away.

This Leopard Woman was not worthy of possessing it.

Before leaving, the mysterious doctor casually fed the Leopard Woman a Pill.

This was also Song Cheng's first time seeing the Reappearance of the Skin-Ghost.

Seeing that mysterious doctor appear again and again, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

A Reappearance is a fragment of the Ghost's life before death; this fragment must cover other people, most of whom are passersby, but someone like the mysterious doctor is extremely rare.

Song Cheng even felt as if this mysterious doctor was conducting some kind of experiment.

And the "Zi" he took away was clearly a much more perfect existence than the Leopard Woman.

Where did he take him?

What did he take him for? Driven by this curiosity, Song Cheng leaped down from the branch and followed the mysterious doctor as he left. However, "Reappearance" is only a world "centered on the Ghost's perspective before death, lit up within a certain range"; beyond this deserted island, it was just a circle of darkness a few nautical miles away.

The mysterious doctor disappeared into that darkness.

Song Cheng stopped and looked at what was in front of him.

In the deep blue ocean, one could faintly see schools of colorful fish swimming, but whether it was the seawater or the fish, once they reached that boundary, they seemed to fall into another world, turning into pure black.

The dark area was not the sea, but a place to forcibly leave the "Reappearance World."

The prerequisite was that you could walk far enough.

The mysterious doctor was not a person of the "Reappearance World" at all; he was just a shadow imprinted there because of the Skin-Ghost's intense mental fluctuations.

A shadow that had not died, whose motives and goals were both unknown, yet did not exist in this place.

And his appearance was that of a plain, fake-looking kindly old man—it was highly likely he had changed his appearance.

Song Cheng narrowed his eyes, secretly took note, and then returned to the original spot.

The "Leopard Woman" who had consumed the unknown Pill suddenly woke up; she remembered many things, remembered that she was not a leopard. Intense pain surged up.

But in order to survive, she had to continue to persevere and continue to pretend.

This persistence brought unimaginable physical and mental torture.

But after the Leopard Man left, the Leopard Woman's performance was quite excellent.

Although she was not favored by the mysterious doctor, she surpassed the other existences on the island.

The first batch of customers of the Extreme Bliss World arrived on the island, and the man with the handlebar mustache uncovered the black cloths one by one, revealing the extremely exotic beauties inside.

An old man took a fancy to the Leopard Woman; he seemed quite wealthy, spending money like water.

The cage opened, and "Leopard Woman Su Mengzhen" licked her lips and walked out.

How could Song Cheng watch his sister-in-law do such a thing? He flew down quickly and tapped the old man.

The old man looked dazed, and then turned and left.

The memory of "Leopard Woman Su Mengzhen" also interrupted for a moment, but the "pain belonging to the Skin-Ghost" was still inherited.

She was different from the others.

Others had truly and completely forgotten that they were human.

But she remained clear-headed.

The pain began to double.

Finally, one day, she broke down and wanted to escape; she wanted to leave on the ship of a certain patron—that patron was very kind and had expressed enough sympathy toward her.

It was only after a long period of observation that she had made such a decision.

She confessed that she had not entirely lost consciousness and that she wanted to leave this place.

The patron agreed.

That evening, the Leopard Girl ran with all her might toward the promised ship, the light that belonged to her.

However, a group of people surrounded her.

Scorching torches, the twisted smile of the kind patron, the cold gaze of the handlebar-mustached man in fine clothes—for a moment, the Leopard Girl was at a loss. The matter suffered no further accidents, and the Leopard Girl was taken back.

To punish her, the handlebar-mustached man hung her on a tree, then took a knife and began to peel her skin, peeling it inch by inch. The "Leopard Girl" let out a shrill scream.

This scream was not just pain; it also held all sorts of complex emotions, but the thickest, most inseparable ones were resentment, loathing, and hatred.

Seeing that the sister-in-law was about to be skinned, Song Cheng walked behind that handlebar-mustached man again and patted his shoulder.

The handlebar-mustached man instantly froze.

Song Cheng took down the Leopard Girl, who was screaming in resentment.

At the very moment she was let down, the world turned upside down.

The island, the handlebar-mustached man, and everyone else disappeared. The final ghost-transformation process of the Human-Skin Ghost was interrupted, and the Reappearance Tribulation of the Human-Skin Ghost ended. Just like a scene transition, what followed was Song Cheng's Reappearance Tribulation.

Honestly, Song Cheng initially thought his Reappearance Tribulation was just "the fear of a blind person facing darkness," as well as the pain of drowning and burning.

But after witnessing the Human-Skin Ghost's Reappearance Tribulation, he knew it shouldn't be that simple.

When he wielded the power of the Human-Skin Ghost, the reappearance displayed by the Human-Skin Ghost was merely "the reappearance scene of an evil ghost killing people."

And clearly, if a person with suitable power for crossing the tribulation arrived, they would see more karma.

Song Cheng was actually quite curious.

Darkness—boundless darkness surged in, just as expected.

A sense of icy coldness suddenly emerged; Song Cheng didn't feel much, but the sister-in-law on the other side, who had transitioned with him, froze awake.

Su Mengzhen opened her eyes abruptly; the pain of the Human-Skin Ghost's reappearance had not yet dissipated, and at this moment, it was crazily tormenting her memories and Soul.

But she had finally recovered a bit of her own memory.

After a few thoughts turned over, Su Mengzhen exclaimed, "Little Song!"

A voice sounding like someone just waking up from a hangover came from beside her.

"Sister Su. Where, where are we?" The old artist Song naturally couldn't reveal any flaws, and he said muddledly, "I remember that cage, that island..."

"Little Song!" Su Mengzhen no longer avoided suspicion at this moment, simply gripping his hand tightly.

The intense fear simply would not dissipate.

That was the obsession belonging to an evil ghost, the pain belonging to an evil ghost.

At this time, the sister-in-law had no other thoughts.

She already understood: in a Reappearance Tribulation, any so-called advance planning is "arrogance."

Here, the only thing you can do and should do is to live with all your might.

"Little Song, I was wrong; the Reappearance Tribulation is not at all what I thought." The sister-in-law, while holding onto Song Cheng tightly, smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, we are both alive. But how did we survive?"

Song Cheng thought for a moment and said earnestly, "Perhaps it was our unyielding will and our yearning for life."

In the darkness, he didn't know if the sister-in-law had glared at him fiercely, but he knew that if Tong Niangzi were here, she would likely be scolding and hitting him by now.

Su Mengzhen chuckled softly, then said, "The Double Ghost Reappearance Tribulation should have two layers; the one just now was only the first."

"That layer should have been the Human-Skin Ghost's. Although I haven't fought the Human-Skin Ghost, the Ghost Tide around Hanping Prefecture before was all created by Human-Skin Ghosts. It's not strange to encounter it here."

"But has the Human-Skin Ghost actually become a Double Ghost?"

"This kind of ghost has deep resentment."

"I wonder what kind of ghost swallowed it."

"Although the experience passed down by the Su Family is unreliable, the point that 'the one who appears later is the main ghost' should be correct."

Speaking of this, the sister-in-law suddenly thought of something and said, "Little Song, you said this Reappearance Tribulation was safe, and as a result... it really was very safe."

"I am certain that according to the original progression, both you and I were bound to die."

"But now we have inexplicably survived; there must be some noble person looking after us."

"You... did you meet some noble person, and did that noble person point you to come here to cross the tribulation?"

The old artist Song responded nonchalantly, "Sister Su, don't mind it... That noble person only said I had some affinity with them; as for the rest, they were unwilling to let me say more."

Su Mengzhen waved her hand hurriedly, "Don't say it; even if you said it, I wouldn't listen."

Having said that, she smiled again, "Then I have enjoyed the benefits by following you, Little Song."

Having crossed the Human-Skin Ghost's Reappearance Tribulation, Su Mengzhen already knew... this tribulation was simply not something an ordinary "scion of a noble family" could cross; let alone someone like her, even if a head of a noble family came to cross it, they would die all the same.

The air suddenly went quiet.

In this silence, the two felt an icy coldness that pierced the bones and eroded the Soul.

Sensing further, they both discovered that they weren't wearing shoes or socks, and their clothing was very thin, just a single layer of thin undergarments.

As for the terrain, although they couldn't see anything in the darkness, a little groping revealed that this was a flight of stairs. "Little Song, do... do you have any discoveries?" Su Mengzhen's teeth were chattering from the cold.

Song Cheng said, "Just stairs."

Stairs—there were only three choices: go up, go down, or stay put.

Su Mengzhen gritted her teeth and said, "Go up."

Song Cheng nodded.

Just then, a hand reached out from the side and gripped his tightly.

With fingers interlaced, Su Mengzhen said, "Don't get separated."

In the Reappearance Tribulation, both of them were merely ordinary people; at this moment, they climbed the stairs rapidly, running through over twenty bends in one breath, yet despite clearly moving upward, they always felt that the surrounding scene remained unchanged.

Crack! The sound of fabric tearing came through.

Song Cheng bent down, placed the torn scrap of cloth in a corner of the wall, and then said, "Sister Su, I tore a piece of my hem and left it here; let's first see if this is a Ghost wall-trap."

Su Mengzhen gave a response, then suddenly screamed, "Ah!!"

Her voice was like a bell dropped into a bottomless dry well, emitting a continuous, unending echo.

Su Mengzhen listened for a while, then suddenly said, "Little Song, it might be a Tower."

"A Tower?"

Song Cheng paused for a moment, then said, "Let's keep walking first."

The two of them, hand in hand, walked quickly once more.

Every time they reached a new level, both of them would check the corner of the wall for that piece of fabric, but the result was that it was never there.

This meant that either the fabric had suddenly disappeared, or this Tower reached the heavens, endless and infinite.

And as they walked, the originally cold air became extremely cold, and even the ground became "sticky"—the kind of sticky where "if you step on it and then lift your foot, it pulls off a layer of skin."

Song Cheng was still fine; after all, this was his own Reappearance Tribulation.

He was currently in "viewing" mode.

But the sister-in-law was not.

Feeling the temperature from her palms growing lower and lower, Song Cheng abruptly bent down and hoisted Su Mengzhen onto his back; their thin clothing left no gap between them, and a faint warmth welled up.

Su Mengzhen was frozen cold all over; at this moment, she wrapped herself around Song Cheng's waist and hugged his neck tightly, using him as a furnace to keep warm.

By this point, both of them tacitly avoided mentioning anything else.

Song Cheng climbed upward in silence.

He climbed for who knows how long.

Su Mengzhen only felt a slight warmth on her chest, but her back felt as if it were being sliced apart by frost.

The pitch darkness, the cold, and even the hunger began to make her feel despair.

This time, she did not fall into the distorted psyche of a Ghost, thereby losing her own consciousness.

But precisely because of this, the despair was so real.

"Lit... Little Song, I... I'll carry you." Su Mengzhen's teeth chattered, but she felt that she, like Song Cheng, was here to undergo a tribulation, and she could not take advantage of her brother-in-law like this.

Little Song had already been carrying the burden for so long; next, it should be her turn to carry Little Song.

She had never considered herself a woman who needed a man to take care of her.

She struggled to break free as she spoke, but Song Cheng did not let go; instead, he clamped his forearms even tighter around her thighs.

He gave a little hop to shift Su Mengzhen higher up, then continued forward.

"What are you doing, Little Song?" the sister-in-law's voice came, "Put me down!"

Song Cheng said, "Sister Su, there are nobles watching, it's fine."

The sister-in-law fell silent again, only saying, "Then don't push yourself; if you can't hold on, switch with me and let me carry you."

Song Cheng gave a response, then continued upward. One step, two steps, three steps... As time passed, Song Cheng felt more and more that something was wrong.

Was this really his Reappearance Tribulation? Why did he have no memory of it? And the characteristic of the Reappearance World was to "play" step-by-step; even Song Cheng could not "fast-forward."

However, while the sister-in-law was truly cold, he was not cold, nor did he feel fatigue.

He was simply carrying his sister-in-law through the tribulation while also exploring.

In this process, his control over the power of "Reappearance" was also slowly deepening.

"Su Mengzhen! Su Mengzhen!"

Song Cheng called the sister-in-law's name from time to time to prevent her from falling into a deep sleep.

At the beginning, Su Mengzhen could still speak, later she could only blurt out one or two words, and eventually, she couldn't say a single word at all.

Darkness, cold, difficulty in seeing, difficulty in surviving... these factors were not so terrifying when taken individually, but when linked to a "stairway to heaven that simply has no end," it became extremely torturous.

Who knows how much time passed—so long that Song Cheng felt the sister-in-law had almost become one with him—yet the stairs still had not changed in the slightest, and the sister-in-law was only cold and hungry, but had not yet died.

After rounding another flight of stairs, a murmur came from behind Song Cheng.

"So hungry, so... cold, so... dark..."

Song Cheng said, "Sister Su, endure a little longer."

After a long while: "Mm, thank... you..."

Song Cheng continued to climb the Tower while checking the sister-in-law's vital signs; if he discovered that the sister-in-law could no longer hold on, he would immediately end the current Reappearance Tribulation.

As for doing so prematurely, he would not.

Because he did not know if that would cause the sister-in-law to fail her tribulation.

At the same time, he also wanted to see "what exactly his own Reappearance Tribulation was," as it differed significantly from what he had originally expected.

The old artist Song Cheng simulated the image of "persisting in climbing the Tower," his breath as thin as a thread, yet he gritted his teeth and stubbornly held Su Mengzhen tight on his back, climbing upward step by step, shakily yet extremely steadily, stumbling every now and then, yet standing firm again to continue forward.

If there were any onlookers, they would surely be moved to tears by the scene before them.

Another unknown amount of time passed, so long that Song Cheng felt "a person would definitely starve to death after not eating for so long," but Su Mengzhen still had breath.

Suddenly, as if in a moment of clarity before death, she murmured intermittently: "Song Cheng... I'm sorry... before, I was actually seducing you. You are very outstanding, and I was afraid Xiao Yu'er couldn't keep you, so... I used methods to seduce you... Men are like... like dogs; the bone you can't eat but can still smell is always the best.

I... wanted to make you fall for me, then occasionally give you a little sweetness to make you obsessed with me.

But I had no other bad intentions; I just wanted to tie you to the Su Family."

Song Cheng:???!!!

Sure enough, his feeling at that time was correct; he had indeed been flirted with.

However, why is the sister-in-law saying this now? Does she really think she is going to die, and is she moved by his current actions, so she is speaking her true thoughts before death?

Is he acting too realistically? On the other side, Su Mengzhen leaned weakly against Song Cheng's shoulder, and said powerlessly into his ear, "Actually... the noble person is you yourself, little Song. But this Tower now is also beyond your expectations."

"We... we are all going to die here."

"I'm sorry, it was me who implicated you... As the head of a family, I am so ignorant about the Reappearance Tribulation."

"I'm sorry... if there really is reincarnation, in the next life, I will compensate you."

Song Cheng:... He hesitated for a moment, decided to tell the "truth" anyway, and said: "Sister Su, there really is a noble person."

"Is that so."

Su Mengzhen smiled faintly, but she did not want to argue with the stubborn little Song anymore. She wrapped her arms around little Song's neck; her whole body had frozen to the point of losing all sensation, with only the chest and abdomen pressed against little Song's back still retaining a trace of warmth, as if it were there or not.

She was very hungry, hungry to the extreme.

She did not even know why she hadn't starved to death when she was this hungry.

However, it did not matter anymore.

Thinking about it carefully, from the destroyed Qingque Continent to this Shang Dynasty Continent, everything she had thought about along the way was letting the family survive. She was too suppressed, and too tired.

Just treat it as sleeping.

Song Cheng felt that the sister-in-law had not yet reached the point of truly dying, so he continued to carry her on his back and climb higher.

The cold air rushed toward his face. Song Cheng did not even know how far he had walked, but he felt that the sister-in-law's abdomen was extremely empty, so empty that he could even feel the bones.

Touching again, he discovered that the sister-in-law's plump, snowy flesh had become shriveled... "So cold... so hungry."

Even though Su Mengzhen was extremely cold and extremely hungry, she was still alive.

The intense pain made her consciousness completely dazed.

Hungry but not dead.

Cold but not stiff.

The road was long and endless, pitch black to the eye, unable to see anything, so much so that the pain of dying was magnified countless times... Here, this is probably hell, right?

Song Cheng felt that the sister-in-law on his back was becoming more and more wrong; she began to become light, as if she were going to be so hungry that all the flesh on her body would shrivel up, thereby turning into a skeleton... Finally, he stopped waiting, because he really wasn't sure if, after continuing like this, Su Mengzhen would become a lunatic even if she succeeded in the tribulation.

Thus, he took advantage of the moment Su Mengzhen fainted again and stopped.

Slap! He knocked on the wall beside him.

The wall directly transformed into a door.

Song Cheng opened the door and walked into it while carrying Su Mengzhen.

Looking back again, he saw that his Reappearance Tribulation was indeed in a tower, a tower that reached the sky and pierced straight into the starry sky.

One thought... the Reappearance ended.

Song Cheng opened his eyes and found that he and Su Mengzhen were still in the canyon.

The gray mist was hazy; he raised his hand to disperse it, only to see that the lush forest valley from when he arrived had already turned into a golden expanse.

Autumn had arrived.

"Sister Su, Sister Su..."

Song Cheng shook the sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law's eyelids moved, but no matter how Song Cheng shook her, she would not wake up.

Feeling that the sister-in-law's breathing had become normal, how could Song Cheng not understand... the sister-in-law was faking unconsciousness.

This made him feel slightly relieved.

Feeling the hunger in his abdomen, he said: "Sister Su, I'm going to hunt for some food."

After speaking, Song Cheng stood up and scanned the surroundings.

His gaze quickly passed through the mountains and saw some data that looked like it should be demonic beasts.

Song Cheng flew up, and in a few quick moves, he caught three rabbits about the size of an adult, skillfully skinned them, removed the organs, washed them in a nearby mountain spring, and then lit a fire; before long, the aroma of meat drifted out.

Seeing Song Cheng doing his own thing, how could Su Mengzhen not know that her faked faint had been seen through? Plus, with the hunger in her abdomen, she opened her eyes, sat up, and came to Song Cheng's side to help him roast the rabbits together.

During this time, neither of them spoke.

Because it was too awkward.

If some true words that would only be revealed before death were spoken too early, but one didn't die, it would create the current atmosphere... After a long while, Su Mengzhen finally said: "Little Song, I feel that I should have succeeded in the tribulation, and I will need some time to consolidate afterward. But, how did we get out?"

Song Cheng said while turning the rabbit meat: "I don't know either. I just carried you like that, kept walking upward, walking in a daze, and saw a light door. I walked through it, and then we were out."

Su Mengzhen suddenly felt her heartbeat accelerate.

"Little Song, in the tribulation, I... what I said to you, don't tell Xiao Yu'er."

"Seducing, giving you some sweetness," and words like "compensate you in the next life"... If it were a man and woman with no relationship, that would be fine.

But these two were in the relationship of brother-in-law and sister-in-law; such words were purely immoral.

"Mm."

Song Cheng said silently, then watched the roasted meat intently. Suddenly, he raised his hand and handed a skewer of rabbit meat to the sister-in-law, saying, "It's cooked."

Su Mengzhen looked at him with a complex expression.

The more she thought about those words in the Reappearance Tribulation, the more ashamed she felt.

Some things can only be done but cannot be made explicit.

And besides, her successful tribulation should be entirely due to little Song, which made her even more worried that little Song would leave the Su Family in the future; after all, Su Mengzhen knew her own sister's level.

So, the question now is whether to continue pushing forward with the original plan.

If she doesn't push forward, she worries that after she successfully "consolidates her realm," little Song will get involved with other noble families again.

Su Mengzhen pondered while eating the meat.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the mountain spring gurgling in the distance, her eyes rolled, and she had an idea.

On the other side, Song Cheng also understood in his heart that "he and the sister-in-law definitely won't work out." Although he was indeed teased into feeling something by Su Mengzhen before, now that it had all been made clear, it should be over.

He sighed inwardly: when it comes to feminine charm, An Jie, Tong Niangzi, and even Xiao Yu'er are likely a hundred and eight thousand miles behind; Su Jie is just too skilled.

Casting aside these distracting thoughts, he ate while contemplating his own strength.

Within the Reappearance Tribulation, he saw the flow of the Reappearance Tribulation even more clearly.

That vast Ghost Qi is the Grey Membrane.

Those who enter the Grey Membrane will inevitably encounter a Reappearance.

While he can certainly impose a "Reappearance" by leading the skin-ghost to the Tower, this is like "continuous spellcasting" and is not suited for high-intensity, rapid combat.

Then, since his body can gather a phantom to present as a Grey Membrane, why can he not gather this Grey Membrane together with the grey mist?

Once this thought emerged, it became unstoppable.

Song Cheng estimated the possibility in his heart, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was worth a try.

If he could succeed, he would press his two fingers together like a blade; one strike would not only slash a person but also bind their Soul.

In an instant, an opponent would have to face his attack as well as the attack of the Reappearance fragment.

Suddenly, a soft cough, accompanied by an intellectual voice, called him back to reality.

"Little Song, at least three months must have passed. Our clothes are all dirty; let's go to the spring water to wash up."

"That works, Su Jie, you go first."

"Let's go together; we aren't taking off our clothes, what are you afraid of?"

"Alright then."

Song Cheng's heart beat faster for no reason; he really wanted to ask, "Su Jie, are you trying to flirt again?"

But he swallowed the words back down.

The spring water gurgled, slightly cool, rushing down from upstream, washing the grime from their bodies.

Su Mengzhen, like a swimming fish, slid over, circled behind Song Cheng, placed her hands on his shoulders, and said softly: "You carried me for so long in the Reappearance Tribulation; let me help you massage them."

Song Cheng subconsciously wanted to turn his head.

Su Mengzhen brushed his face with her palm and, with a voice that made his heart race, said with a smile: "You are not allowed to look back."

Song Cheng was certain.

Su Jie was truly flirting with him again.

Although his heart was filled with conflict, his heartbeat was extremely fast.

And he felt an extremely comfortable grinding sensation on his spine.

"Close your eyes, you are not allowed to open them, and you are not allowed to move around."

Su Mengzhen suddenly said again.

Song Cheng felt a sensation he had never experienced before.

The next instant, he felt Su Mengzhen, who had been behind him, suddenly circle to the front.

An indescribable ultimate pleasure instantly enveloped him.

Song Cheng could guarantee that this was absolutely the happiest time from his past life until now, just like a desert traveler seeing an oasis, or someone who had never eaten sugar suddenly licking honey.

"Just this once, don't tell anyone, we are the same as before," was the last thing Su Mengzhen said to him.

After saying this, the sister-in-law left on her own; she needed to go consolidate her realm and cultivate the Three-Tailed Fox Method.

Of course, before leaving, she also gave the cultivation technique for the Three-Tailed Fox to Song Cheng, and at the same time, reported that she was safe to Xiao Yu'er through the Yin She.

Inside the Yin She, Song Cheng and the sister-in-law acted as if nothing had happened, but even a single eye contact rippled with a soul-snatching feeling... Xiao Yu'er was of a lower rank, she didn't notice, and couldn't have noticed.

Song Cheng began to return alone.

With a thought, the vast grey mist spread out.

Following his control over "Reappearance," he began to gather the grey mist back in.

After failure upon failure, and attempt upon attempt, he succeeded just as he was about to reach Hanping Village.

With two fingers pressed together, the phantom and the Reappearance converged from two different dimensions, forming a dual "Grey Membrane" around his body.

The two overlapped, the color tone became darker, turning into a deep grey... and his strength also jumped sharply; the lower limit remained the same, but the upper limit changed from 2544 to 2671.

'It's not enough; the power of the Soul has yet to be overlapped.'

Song Cheng pondered deeply.

But the Soul is the Soul, and the body is the body; how could they be overlapped together? He did not enter the village directly, but instead summoned the Six-Tail.

Five clusters of peach-pink Huxia were produced, and because of the Six-Tail, they doubled to become ten clusters.

After the Huxia were produced, they just floated around Song Cheng, waiting for him to use them.

Song Cheng thought for a moment and controlled the Huxia to stick to his body.

But he failed; the Huxia had no effect on the physical body. If it hit a living person, it would strike the Soul directly; if it hit a dead person... it would be like a breeze, and nothing would happen.

How could you possibly make a gust of wind stably wrap around your body? Song Cheng simply didn't return to the village, but instead took advantage of this inspiration to continue trying.

Half a month later... after many attempts, Song Cheng finally found the method.

While it is difficult for the Soul and body to overlap, the strange power of "Reappearance" seems to be able to link the two.

With a thought from Song Cheng, the ten Huxia attached to his body; seeing them about to escape, he had another thought, the grey mist converged, the power of Reappearance covered his body, locking the Huxia that were about to escape, and simultaneously compressed the "Huxia clusters" into a "Huxia membrane."

The Grey Membrane immediately turned into a grey-red membrane.

But this membrane was unstable.

Song Cheng had another thought, his Qi exploded into a powerful phantom, the phantom instantly transformed into an attached Grey Membrane, and then locked it tight from the outside.

Thus, everything stabilized.

A terrifying dark red appeared around Song Cheng's body, and his data upper limit jumped again, becoming 2798.

A few question marks appeared in the 【Skill】 column.

【Please name】

Thinking about it, this could be considered the first time Song Cheng had created his own move in reality.

The process was actually quite easy, but what normal person could possess the "power of a Ghost"? "It has three types of power: Body, Soul, and Ghost."

"Then let's call it Three Phases."

And having experienced so many things, Song Cheng discovered that the deduction probability of his Xuanwu True Qi also seemed to have increased quite a bit.

Perhaps it is time.

(End of this chapter)