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Chapter 86 - 88: Deceiving Heaven and Changing Fate (Part 6)

Chapter 86: Chapter 88: Deceiving Heaven and Changing Fate (Part 6)

"Zhao Xinglang’s comment about ’using such a small child as a sacrifice’ has a double meaning, referring both to the little Feng of today and also to the young Feng from ten years ago."

Li Cheng spoke in a light tone, "First, let’s make one thing clear: before the Slaughter Field Game started, there were no truly advanced Extraordinary Powers. Everything was just old Feng’s fabrications after being duped by feudal superstitions sold by charlatan Alchemists.

First, he switched Zhao Xinglang’s Life Formation with little Feng’s. Then, he traded little Feng’s Longevity Life Chart with his wife’s. Lastly, he swapped his wife’s Life Formation back to Zhao Xinglang, creating a triangle. He attempted to use this to ward off the Curse.

In old Feng’s view, this method of changing Life Formations was indeed effective. Little Feng’s high fever subsided, and his critical condition turned for the better. His wife’s near-fatal illness also improved, allowing her to live for two more years.

After his wife’s death, old Feng was heartbroken, but he didn’t have any better ideas until he thought of a crazy notion—that is, the one I just mentioned—choosing a grandson’s Life Formation through careful selection and transplanting it into his deceased wife to enable her to undergo the Taiyin Refining and Body Transformation.

To achieve this goal, he most certainly lied to Zhao Xinglang, persuading him with reasons such as wanting to honor his wife to renovate the mountain villa, move the coffin into the secret chamber, and keep this secret.

However, today Zhao Xinglang discovered the not completely burned ’Supreme Cave Destiny Changing Scripture’ and learned the truth. He first confronted old Feng, then made a phone call, attempting to warn little Feng’s family.

To restore the blood corpse to full strength, it needed more than just nebulous Life Formations—it also required things like little Feng’s flesh, soul, and so on.

Old Feng figured he might as well go all out and released the blood corpse to kill Zhao Xinglang. The blood corpse’s power also affected him, reducing him to a mush of flesh that mixed with the remains of Zhao Xinglang.

As for why I know this... the answer is, the amount of flesh."

Li Cheng snapped his fingers, and the snap blended with the distant thunder over Wudun Town, "Remember Wang Beipo and the nanny? They were both killed by the blood corpse, their remains largely dissolved, leaving only half the original amount of flesh.

And at the gate fence, there was a full amount of flesh—originating from both Zhao Xinglang and old Feng."

"..."

Everyone came up short, at a loss for words, and after taking a deep breath, one of them said, "To judge the amount of flesh by sight alone, how similar it is to the skill of a pork vendor at a market."

Li Cheng exclaimed, "Hey, how did you know? I learned this trick from Old Zheng downstairs. He used to sell pork as a business, but unfortunately, he was later beaten to death by a troublemaking customer with three punches. It was a terrible scene."

"Lu Tixia beat Zhen Guanxi, was it?" He rubbed his temples with a headache and complained, "You might as well say you’re from the Cannibal Clan."

"An adult male’s lung is 1596 calories, heart 650 calories, brain 2706 calories, upper arm 7451 calories, kidneys 376 calories, calf 4486 calories, thigh 13354 calories."

Li Cheng pushed up his glasses, which reflected a strange light under the street lamps.

??? Brother, you really are from the Cannibal Clan, aren’t you? I was just joking.

Setting aside the horrified expressions on the faces of the onlookers for the moment,

The seeming lifeless mush on the ground slowly began to move, and the indistinct head within it began to turn, facing upwards towards Li Cheng, and although it lacked the complete structures to make sound, it still emitted a hoarse, deep voice, "What you said is correct."

"Dad..."

Little Feng’s expression twisted in pain. He could clearly distinguish his father’s voice, but couldn’t decide which hurt him more—the death of Zhao Xinglang whom he regarded as family, or his father’s cold attitude of treating him like a mere tool.

The severed head fell silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Chengwang, I’m sorry to you, sorry to all of you. I just missed your mother too much."

"Nine lives, this love is just too sweet, it makes me want to kick my legs up and hang myself while exclaiming in awe."

Li Cheng casually uttered these weird cancer-causing phrases, tilted his head, and said: "I have three last questions. First, the ’Supreme Cave Destiny Changing Scripture’ is undoubtedly the dregs of feudal superstition, and the recorded content has no extraordinary power at all. How did you, old Feng, resurrect the blood corpse?"

"..."

After a long silence, old Feng’s head finally spoke, "The method of changing life formations mentioned in the ’Supreme Cave Destiny Changing Scripture’ requires cutting off the hair of both parties whose life formations are to be swapped, weaving it into a rope, and casting it into fire. This is how one can switch life formations.

When my wife passed away, I kept a few strands of her hair. With those strands, I switched the Heavenly Yi Life Formation of my son Xiaobao with my wife.

Moreover, that itinerant alchemist contacted me three months ago, ten years had passed yet he hadn’t aged a bit, still loquacious, and he even revealed to me more details about the Taiyin Refining.

Like every few days, using human blood to draw formations on the surface of the coffin and the floor of the secret chamber;

The resurrected blood corpse, with every relative it devours, its intelligence and appearance become more human-like;

One must not open the coffin near the due date, or it would bring calamity."

"So that’s how it is." Li Cheng nodded his head, "Drawing formations on the secret chamber floor, so the blood corpse inherently has the ability to phase and pass through the mountain villa.

Devouring a relative, becoming more human, so you had the heart to sacrifice your son, daughter-in-law, and grandson in exchange for your wife.

You must not open the coffin near the due date, or it would bring calamity, so you’re afraid the resurrection process would go wrong and fail to resurrect your wife, thus you invited four players, as insurance, to avoid losing both wife and soldiers.

Lying here silent, you were holding onto the hope that your wife had already been resurrected and was about to turn back into a normal person."

"Yes."

At this point, Feng Youyun had nothing left to hide and openly confessed everything.

Li Cheng nodded, "Last two questions, before releasing the blood corpse today, have you pried open the coffin? And, where is the villa’s gardener?"

"What? Of course, I have not opened the coffin. As for the gardener, he was here during the day; I don’t know where he has gone now."

"Understood."

Deceiving Heaven and Changing Fate, huh, so that’s what it meant.

Li Cheng already had the answer in his heart, turning to look at the mountain villa.

The blast bomb Bai Zhi fired at the second-floor window had not only knocked down half a wall but also ignited the wooden furniture, causing a fire.

The fierce fire raged like a wildfire, engulfing the villa. Thick smoke billowed out from each window. Vaguely, the silhouette of the blood corpse wandering in the hall could be seen.

The task objective required finding Feng Youyun and unraveling the true story of the residence. As these have been accomplished, it also meant...

[Regular Task "Deceiving Heaven and Changing Fate" has been completed]

At the moment the system notification popped up, the cold and uncomfortable feeling shrouding the three players dissipated like smoke in the air, and the blood corpse, crashing through the wall, pounced towards the three.