I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 240.

Chapter 240: 240.

"As you spoke, your gaze inadvertently shifted to Zhao’er, whose eyes had never left you. Seeing you look her way, she smiled faintly."

Zhao’er’s other movements were rather stiff, but her smile was pure and genuine, radiating a warmth that felt like a sunny May spring day."

By the way, doing the dishes had always been your job, and now that you finally had a girlfriend, you still ended up washing them. o(︶︿︶)o

Not for any other reason than your mother’s remark that "dish soap is harsh on the hands."

Alright, you’re a man, and these dirty jobs indeed have to be done by yourself.

Once you had tidied everything up and stepped out of the kitchen, you discovered that the living room furniture—sofa and coffee table—had been moved to the entryway and the adjoining corridor. The living room was now empty, and your mother had set up the Innate Eight Trigrams Array smack in the middle!

Huh?

That’s not right!

You looked over the formation several times from the outside, initially noticing nothing unusual. But as you approached it, a mystical aura suddenly enveloped you, and you instinctively stepped back.

The moment your retreating right foot touched the floor, your field of vision flickered. In the blink of an eye, you found yourself at the center of the Innate Eight Trigrams Array.

It was only then that you exclaimed in shock, "Holy crap, the Trapped Immortal Array!"

The Trapped Immortal Array, one of the formations your mother created, looked indistinguishable from a regular Innate Eight Trigrams Array from the outside. But once anything got within two meters of it, they would be teleported inside the formation, becoming completely isolated from the outside world for a short period.

True to its name, even immortals would be trapped inside.

"Okay, don’t move," your mother said.

She formed a hand seal and chanted several incantations. Sixty-four talismans under your feet began to flutter, floating around you at different levels in the air. They subsequently formed nine barriers, sealing you within completely.

"Mom, isn’t this a bit much?" you complained.

Your mother shot you an annoyed look and said, "Some things are better kept secret, especially before you truly gain strength. Now, try your best to open the Gate of Life for me to see."

You scratched your head, "The release of my power has something to do with my surroundings. In secluded mountains, I can gather True Qi and merge it with my body, bringing out the full potential of the Gate of Life, and maybe even more. But in the city, its effect would be significantly less."

Your mother pondered for a moment and then said, "It seems that the Eight Gates you’ve unlocked are somewhat different from the ’Biochemistry Eight Sect’ of the Chu Sect. Those old coots from the Chu Sect have overhyped their Biochemistry Eight Gates to the skies, even calling it the ’Eight Defying Gates of Haven.’ But from what I know, the Chu Sect’s Gate of Life is merely a method of cultivation, of extracting True Qi to speed up disciples’ training and can’t merge with True Qi. It appears there’s a big difference."

She nodded and added, "Yes, my theory was right. More talk is useless, open your Gate of Life!"

Taking a deep breath, your pupils slowly revealed the Seal of Sen Luo. With the spinning of the Sen Luo Curse Mark, your mother could distinctly sense a significant change in the surrounding air. At this moment, you seemed like a black hole, a vortex, endlessly absorbing the sparse True Qi from the air!

"That’s enough, the effect is all I need to see!" she exclaimed as you began to absorb an increasingly substantial amount of True Qi.

The moment she finished speaking, you bellowed, "Gate of Life, open!"

"Boom!"

The Trapped Immortal Array suddenly erupted with a powerful surge of energy, shattering two of the nine barriers erected by your mother with the terrifying True Qi you released!

At that moment, under the watchful eyes of your mother, Zhao’er, and Wu Qiyi, your body was enveloped in a powerful aura of five-colored radiance within the Trapped Immortal Array.

Your mother involuntarily stepped back several paces until her back hit the wall before she stopped; astonishment painted all over her face, "True, the origin of True Qi!"

"My God, my son, my Xiao Ying’s son, can actually control the origin of True Qi! That’s wonderful, too wonderful! Heaven indeed hasn’t forsaken our family!"

Just as Wu Qiyi looked at you with equally astonished eyes, Zhao’er turned her gaze toward the door where apparently someone stood, but except for her, no one could see clearly.

"Son, my treasure, my little treasure, let mother have a look at your Gate of Life!"

Since turning five, you hadn’t heard your mother use such a cringe-worthy nickname, and at this moment, you knew her heart must be incredibly excited.

Without further thought, you also issued a sharp command, "Gate of Life, open!"

Unlike the Scenic Sect, the opening of the Gate of Life appeared very gentle, and the emanating five-colored radiance slowly merged into your body, calming the previously turbulent space.

"Hmm? Why is there no reaction?" your mother asked in surprise.

You smiled and said, "Mom, hand me that little potted plant and the fish bone chewed to spikes."

"What do you need these things for?"

"Just pass them inside the formation, and you’ll know."

No sooner had you spoken than Zhao’er and Wu Qiyi had already placed a wooden broom and the fish head and bones on a plate and handed it to your mother.

Your mother, without thinking, affixed two talisman papers on them and passed the broom along with the fish bones on the plate into the Trapped Immortal Array; you suddenly had two extra items in your hands.

"Watch carefully, this is the power of the Gate of Life."

As you spoke, the wooden handle of the broom in your left hand began to sprout green shoots, followed by transforming into tree bark, with roots growing from the handle, and the broom head underwent an even more astonishing change, sprouting green leaves that even bloomed with reed flowers!

"This... this..."

Your mother was so shocked that she could not speak, her gaze fixed on you.

You smiled serenely, tossed the now unrecognizable broom aside, and then wrapped the freshly gathered origin of True Qi around the fish head and bones, creating a sight that astonished, and even terrified, your mother and Wu Qiyi!

The outer skin of the fish head, previously boiled to mush, began to regenerate, becoming smooth, and the eyes that had been picked and eaten also started to mend, with pupils even appearing on the dead fish eyes!

Moreover, the fish’s vertebral column connected to the head began to grow, and the fish bones you had broken apart with chopsticks slowly grew back into place; afterward, the fish flesh began to grow at a visibly rapid pace!

When the skin finally covered the fish again and all the scales had been regrown, the fish actually came to life!

It struggled as before and even leapt out of the plate, flopping around on the floor.

"How did you do this?" your mother quickly asked.

You answered with a smile, "All things don’t exist out of nowhere. According to the law of conservation of energy..."

"Stop! Don’t go on about that useless stuff. I just want to know, can you do the same to people? Can you turn bones back into a living person?"

Your mother was indeed startled by your abilities. If you could indeed turn bones back into living people, then the Underworld would probably be the first to give you trouble,

You shook your head, "No, I can turn bones back into corpses, but people have thoughts and souls, and that’s something I can’t do; after all, I am not Nüwa. Also, to turn a mere skeleton back into a person is currently beyond me—it’s too strenuous."

Saying this, you closed both gates and let out a long sigh, "Whew, I’m exhausted."

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