Chapter 156: Return

At that moment, I was extremely nervous, because my master had said that the moment the city lord woke up would be the most dangerous moment, and I didn’t know what I would face.

Another thing was that it came from the dragon. I don’t know why, but I always felt that what I saw in its eyes was not hatred, but great pain, and a desperate desire to be relieved.

“Chengyi, retreat!” The master seemed to have seen through everything. His voice came from outside. How did the master know that the lord had woken up?

At that moment, the lord’s eyelids moved a few times, and he had already opened his eyes slightly. The movement was very slow, and if you didn’t look closely, it was hard to notice that he was opening his eyes.

However, I couldn’t wait for it to open its eyes completely. Since the master had shouted to retreat, it meant that the situation was extremely dangerous. Thinking of this, I spread my wings without hesitation and rushed outside frantically.

After passing through the curtain, I realized why my master had told me to retreat at this time!

Because it was already in chaos outside!

Just like the hall we are in now, there are now cracks in the ground, and these cracks are rapidly breaking at a speed visible to the naked eye. On the ceiling, there are constantly falling debris and bricks, which disappear into thin air as soon as they hit the ground.

Through the huge cracks, I could still see outside, and the situation was even more shocking. Large areas of buildings were disappearing, and the ground was shaking as if there had been an earthquake. Suddenly, cracks appeared in the ground, and then everything turned into a gray mist…

The inner city was like this! Because I was flying high, I could also see the outer city, which was like the end of the world. The outer city was directly collapsing, and the gray mist kept rising, even the sky was broken, revealing the original purple-red sky…

Is this the scene of a broken dream? My heart couldn’t help but tremble. Even though I knew it was a dream, this scene was too much like the scene of the end of the world. In the face of nature, any powerful existence would feel scared, let alone me?

“Since you woke me up, you have to pay the price!” When I was about a hundred meters away from my master, a voice suddenly sounded behind me. The voice was filled with boundless anger and had a power that made people despair. Just hearing it, my whole body tightened, and for a moment, I didn’t even have the thought of resisting.

“Oh no!” The Grandmaster, who had been burning his soul power with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. I saw a look of anxiety on his face for the first time. But as soon as he finished speaking, a powerful force enveloped me, leaving me unable to move.

Then, I felt a shadow above my head. I looked up and saw a large gray hand appear above my head, coming toward me with a direct and suppressive momentum.

I never thought that after living for more than 30 years and experiencing many ups and downs, I would end up like Sun Wukong. Yes, Sun Wukong was also caught in the palm of the Buddha.

I admit that I am a bachelor, but at this time, I thought of such an unreliable thing. In fact, even in my dreams, I am not Sun Wukong, and the city lord is even less likely to be the Buddha. At this moment, four golden rays of light shot up into the sky!

This is the most dazzling and grand golden pillar of light I have ever seen, surpassing any golden pillar of light I have ever seen before. The momentum is so strong that it surpasses the sum of the eighteen golden pillars of light.

At this moment, my mind suddenly heard the urgent thoughts of my master. It was a waste of time to speak at this moment. Only thoughts could instantly let you know what to do next, and instantly express the meaning to be expressed.

“Chengyi, it has not completely woken up yet. Quickly release the soul union! Hurry!” This is what the master’s thoughts meant.

So, the moment that giant hand grabbed me, I immediately released the soul union with Shatu, and at the same time, I felt the immense pressure of the soul union coming from all directions.

I was caught, but I was relieved and strangely happy that Shatu did not return to my soul this time, but instead ran towards a golden pillar of light. I was surprised by Shatu’s behavior, but I was also relieved that Shatu had escaped.

I thought I was going to die, but Shatu was so fast that it seemed as if it had suddenly been sucked into the golden pillar of light. As Shatu entered, the golden light around the golden pillar of light seemed to suddenly burst into flames, emitting a strange and dazzling light. Wherever the light passed, the gray mist was instantly wiped out!

At this time, a painful roar came from the throne. I felt the large hand that had grabbed me suddenly tremble, and then suddenly squeeze me with great force…

“Chengyi, hold on through this moment.” I don’t know if it was my illusion, but I heard my master say these words, and I could also see tears in his eyes.

Am I going to die? Even as a Taoist priest, I have never experienced the taste of death like this. I used my last ounce of willpower to support myself, telling myself not to break.

That year, my master appeared at the entrance of the courtyard, his large hand reaching out to pinch my face. He said he wanted to take me as his disciple, and he even spanked my butt…

That year in the bamboo forest, I was playing in the water, and my master was smiling at me from the shore…

That year in the Hungry Ghost Tomb, Yue, me, and the crispy meat…

That year in the deserted village, the pair of outstretched hands held the old village chief in the water…

That year, I first saw Ru Xue, and the light of the moon danced…

That year, my master left, and fireworks were easily extinguished and people were easily divided…

All the past events were like an explosion in my mind, as if I were reliving my life, or as if I were watching my life myself. In this blur, I was still thinking, am I going to die? People say that when you are about to die, you can see all your past events. Isn’t that what I am doing?

But I could still hear my master’s voice shouting, “Chengqing, use the longevity-borrowing technique. Hurry, before it wakes up completely and you have to pay the price!”

The art of borrowing life? Borrowing life for whom? I vaguely heard Chengqing yell, “Chengyi, I won’t let you die.”

Is it to lend me his life? Just as I thought this, the memory in front of me suddenly stopped, and I was left in the bamboo hut where my master had left. Then I felt a powerful energy rushing towards me, the strongest energy in the world.

What is the most powerful energy? It is the power of life! Can the seed that breaks through the soil and sprouts push open the hardest skull? I can’t refuse this power. I feel that life is returning to me!

The art of borrowing longevity, Cheng Qingge actually used the art of defying heaven! It turns out that my master had already calculated that I would have this ordeal!

In the midst of my confusion, I opened my eyes and saw that my master’s expression had returned to its usual calm. But Chengqing’s hair had turned completely white, and his face had aged to the middle-aged look of a man who was rapidly aging…

And on top of his head, a large tortoise shell kept spinning, with the word “longevity” engraved on it. He was lending me his own longevity! I suddenly wanted to cry!

In Taoism, there is a saying that if you borrow someone’s life for a year, you will lose ten years of your own life. In short, the more dangerous and critical the situation of the person who borrows life is, the more the cost will double.

My situation is almost a death sentence. How many more years of life has Qing borrowed for me?

Over there, the dragon’s screams continued to ring out, and even the earth began to shake. In my tear-filled eyes, the gray hand finally realized that I had been given a life extension, and it seemed that I could not be killed. It snorted and quickly faded away. I knew clearly at that moment that its fading away was probably due to the dragon.

“Chengqing, thank you,” I cried in my heart. As the large hand faded, my body fell rapidly, and I saw the entire new city rapidly disintegrating. In the blink of an eye, the city was reduced to nothing but ruins…

Then I saw Master Hongren. It turned out that he was right under the main hall, surrounded by deep black yin energy. I even saw the distant lake…

Huh? The lake! Has the city lord completely woken up?

I didn’t have time to think, but I felt a huge force pulling me, quickly moving in one direction. Not only me, but all my companions were the same…

As we were rapidly retreating, we exchanged uncertain glances. What was even more bizarre was that I saw Erlan Gui, the cute snake, the dragon that fulfilled wishes, and Tao Bai flying in the opposite direction. What was going on?

Before I could think, I felt a brief moment of blankness in my mind, and then a coldness surrounded us.

Was it cold? I felt a sense of stiffness throughout my body, except for my heart, which was radiating a slight warmth. After realizing that I was conscious, this warmth quickly spread, instantly covering my entire body.

My mind quickly recalled everything that had happened in the city, as if I was really dreaming. When the dream stopped at the moment when I fell from the sky, I felt like I was just waking up from a dream.

I opened my eyes and subconsciously raised my hand. The first thing that appeared in front of me was the agarwood beads on my wrist!

It turned out that we had returned to our own bodies at this time, and all the events that had happened in the city, the fantastic things, were all in a dream, really in a dream.

“Hmph, the game is over. Are you not willing to accept defeat?” An old voice sounded beside me. I looked up—it was the ferryman!