Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

Chu Lingguang waited in the snow for seven days.

Merging with a strange object required both time and a stroke of fate; not everyone was compatible with such things. As a level-two Qi Refining expert who had already mastered his own cultivation Skill, Yun Hong should never have taken this path.

But it was the best way Chu Lingguang could save him.

Seven days passed quickly.

Cracks appeared in the snow, spreading up the sides of the canyon.

Blood-streaked white vine roots emerged from the cracks, and a white heart shattered within Chu Lingguang's Spiritual Perception.

A naked figure appeared before Chu Lingguang.

It was Yun Hong, now merged with the strange object.

At this moment, he was like a prince from a world of ice and snow—pure, flawless, sacred, and inviolable.

Chu Lingguang couldn't help but sense the changes in Yun Hong's aura. He discovered that Yun Hong seemed to have formed a resonance with this world of ice and snow, turning the snowy landscape into his domain.

Although his Spiritual Sense could still detect his presence and feel the fluctuations of his aura, it could no longer penetrate his body to gauge the changes in his strength as it had before.

Of course, with his powerful Telekinesis, Chu Lingguang could probably still do it if he forced the issue.

"Mr. Yun."

Chu Lingguang said in a low voice.

RUMBLE!

A torrent of ice and snow surged toward Chu Lingguang. Great swaths of snow fell from the canyon walls on both sides, as if the canyon itself would be buried and flattened. Chu Lingguang felt a powerful fluctuation of energy from Yun Hong.

But the force stopped five meters in front of him.

"Chu Lingguang, saving me this way... was like dying a second time."

Yun Hong sighed, retracting all the turbulent power that had been surging toward Chu Lingguang.

He had never thought that one day, he too would merge with a strange object. He had found the focal point of his resonance with the world of ice and snow, and the power within him had undergone several transformations.

With each transformation, his strength had increased.

Before he knew it, he had jumped from the second level of Qi Refining to the fifth—a leap of three entire levels. If he hadn't experienced it himself, he would never have believed it.

"Do you still want to kill me, Mr. Yun?"

Chu Lingguang also realized that the fluctuations of Yun Hong's aura had grown so powerful they were now beyond his ability to control with Telekinesis.

"You stay at the West Warehouse. I'll convince Zhang Xuan to let you go,"

Yun Hong said.

"How do you plan to convince him, Mr. Yun?"

Chu Lingguang was very curious.

"I have my ways!"

Yun Hong didn't explain further. Now at the fifth level of Qi Refining, he could fly using his Spiritual Power. He quickly left the snowy landscape. He knew that merging with the strange object had taken seven days, and if he didn't report back to Zhang Xuan soon, Zhang Xuan might come looking for him personally.

'Zhang Xuan is dead set on killing me. If Mr. Yun wants to save my life, the only way is to let Zhang Xuan know who the Wolf Demon is.'

'He probably doesn't know that Qin Yu is the Wolf Demon.'

'Even if he did know, he probably wouldn't expose him.'

'Then what method could he use?'

'Could he find another demon to take the fall?'

Chu Lingguang thought in alarm.

Since Yun Hong had told him to stay at the West Warehouse, he decided to do just that and see how things played out.

「Three days later.」

Yun Hong dragged the corpse of a Wolf Demon to Zhang Xuan.

THUD!

The Wolf Demon was a bloody, mangled mess. The lingering aura on its body proved it had reached the Qi Refining realm, its power apparently awakened through a strange object.

「Demon Suppression Bureau Headquarters.」

Zhang Xuan's Spiritual Sense covered the Wolf Demon's corpse.

Zhang Xuan had already classified the sudden disappearance of Lin Jiangkun and two others as a fatal incident. He had recalled all personnel to the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Yan Zhen and Qin Yu were currently in the crowd.

With their rank of Captain, the two of them were like greenhorns among the crowd of experts, cautiously watching everything unfold. Beside them stood Tuoba Yunhong and Hu Yanlin, both on their tiptoes, looking as if they were dying to inspect the Wolf Demon's corpse themselves.

"How did you find him?"

Zhang Xuan asked.

His Spiritual Sense detected that the Wolf Demon had the aura of one who had merged with a strange object.

"I spoke with Chu Lingguang for several days. I had him repeat every detail of what happened that day dozens, even hundreds of times. He truly doesn't know this Wolf Demon. The reason the Wolf Demon helped him is simply because its offspring and siblings were all killed by Andenuk and Xie Xiaohuan. Xie Xiaohuan almost merged with a strange object, but Chu Lingguang killed him and brought that strange vine into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, which gave this beast an opportunity!"

Yun Hong explained.

"Chu Lingguang came into contact with the vine?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

"Yes, he encountered it when he killed Xie Xiaohuan. The vine clung to him, and he sensed something was wrong, so he did everything he could to leave it behind in the Hundred Thousand Mountains,"

Yun Hong explained.

"He was actually able to resist merging with a strange object?"

Zhang Xuan was skeptical.

"Mr. Zhang, Chu Lingguang, Qin Yu, and I all swore an oath to one day enter Yuanchu Mountain to cultivate. When I was fighting Andenuk in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, I visited Wolf Valley Pass, and we talked about these strange objects. He knows, just like I do, that merging with one doesn't just turn you into a monster—it means you can forget about ever entering Yuanchu Mountain to cultivate in this lifetime,"

Yan Zhen said.

"Mr. Zhang, Chu Lingguang would never be foolish enough to shelter a demon or associate with one,"

Qin Yu added in agreement.

"Yang also took Chu Lingguang to the Blood Wolf Cave before. With Yang's Telekinesis, if Chu Lingguang had been in contact with a demon, there's no way he could have hidden it from him,"

Yun Hong added.

Zhang Xuan didn't speak. Instead, he used his Spiritual Power to continue examining the strange aura on the Wolf Demon's corpse. Unfortunately, the creature was thoroughly dead, and the strange aura on its body was growing fainter and fainter.