Chapter 46: A Century-Long Agreement Across Time, Chen Changsheng Falls Asleep Again
“Left Emperor, it’s not that I don’t want to collect your remains, it’s just that my time has come.”
“Please bear with me for a while, and I will come to collect your remains later.”
Chen Changsheng greeted the “Left Emperor” from eight hundred steps away.
Thirty years spent in the Ancient Forbidden Ground was merely a blink of an eye.
During these last thirty years, Chen Changsheng advanced another three hundred steps, but he was still two hundred steps away from the Bronze Ancient Palace and the Left Emperor’s remains.
As he was about to reach the time to fall asleep, Chen Changsheng made an agreement with the Left Emperor to come back to collect his remains in a hundred years.
After that, Chen Changsheng turned and returned to the Bronze Ancient Palace.
Eighty years in the Ancient Forbidden Ground could be said to be the most stable period of Chen Changsheng’s life.
There were no grudges or entanglements here, only the long stretch of tranquility.
Every day, Chen Changsheng’s routine involved studying the Dao Patterns and then collecting the remains of those bones that he passed by.
In the process of collecting the remains, Chen Changsheng often found some strange little trinkets.
For instance, a rusty iron rod, expired Dan Pills, and among the most bizarre was a large silver bone he picked up.
This bone had no other use, but its hardness was second to none.
After some thought, Chen Changsheng still decided to keep the bone.
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In the Bronze Ancient Palace.
Chen Changsheng stored all the little trinkets he had collected in the system space and then lay down in the stone coffin.
Facing the darkness inside the coffin, Chen Changsheng had long since gotten used to it.
Before falling asleep, Chen Changsheng still asked the question weighing on his mind.
“System, even though I’ve stayed in the Ancient Forbidden Ground for so long, I still can’t guarantee my safety.”
“Will anything go wrong while I’m asleep?”
In response to Chen Changsheng’s doubts, the system’s voice rang in his mind.
“Host, you completely do not need to worry about this issue.”
“During your sleep, the host will have an invincible status, and no being will be able to cause you harm.”
“Additionally, during your sleep, all your vitality will stop, and at that time, you will be no different from a piece of stone on the ground.”
“If a being could threaten the host, how could it aimlessly attack a piece of stone?”
Hearing this answer, a gleam instantly shone in Chen Changsheng’s eyes.
“System, if that’s the case, I could freely roam the Ancient Forbidden Ground while I sleep?”
“The system does not recommend the host do this, because the invincible time during sleep is limited.”
“The invincible period lasts only ten breaths; after ten breaths, the host will be forcibly awakened.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Changsheng’s face immediately fell.
He had originally wanted to use this invincible mechanism to do something interesting, like launching himself out with a big bounce.
The moment he launched out, he would immediately fall into a deep sleep, which would allow him to freely enter and exit the Ancient Forbidden Ground.
Although the time interval might be a bit long, it was still a brilliant method.
But who would have thought, the system’s invincible time had restrictions—what a stingy move.
After a brief complaint about the system’s meanness, Chen Changsheng said, “System, start the sleep now.”
“Put the sleep time to full; my attributes are still too weak.”
“Sleep begins, sleep duration: one hundred and ten years.”
The final word reached Chen Changsheng’s ears, and his consciousness completely stopped at that moment.
Chen Changsheng fell into a deep sleep, and the last trace of living aura in the Ancient Forbidden Ground also vanished.
As for Chen Changsheng’s disappearance, the vast Ancient Forbidden Ground saw no changes; it remained just as it was.
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“Creek~”
The heavy coffin lid was pushed open, and the ragged Chen Changsheng sat up from inside.
After stretching his stiff body, Chen Changsheng looked around.
Nothing around him had changed; not even a speck of dust.
If it weren’t for the decayed clothes on his body and the additional one hundred sixty attribute points on the system panel, Chen Changsheng would think he had only taken a simple break.
“This unchanging environment is really oppressive.”
“No wonder it’s said that seven days in the mountains equals a thousand years in the world; in a place like this, time truly passes too quickly.”
After a moment of reflection, Chen Changsheng looked at the system panel in his mind.
Host: Chen Changsheng
Strength: 1
Speed: 1
Defense: 91
Spiritual Strength: 0
Lifespan: 320
Chen Changsheng was already quite accustomed to this complete reset of his power.
Looking at the one hundred sixty attribute points in his hands, he hesitated not at all, directly investing them all into defense.
After finishing the upgrades, he nodded in satisfaction and then said,
“System, can you give me a label?”
“Something that turns each data point into a specific realm, otherwise I really wouldn’t know my weight!”
In response to Chen Changsheng’s request, the system’s cold voice sounded.
“Label adding… Label added successfully.”
Soon, Chen Changsheng’s system panel underwent a small change, with corresponding power levels added after each data point.
Interestingly, apart from the defense attribute marked as Early Stage Nascent Soul, all other data points were labeled as Mortal.
“Tsk tsk!”
“Can’t break below Early Stage Nascent Soul; this defense isn’t too shabby. At least it should be fine for self-protection outside.”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng crossed his legs to sit, beginning his first cultivation in the Ancient Forbidden Ground.
Currently, Chen Changsheng had no cultivation at all; therefore, he couldn’t engage in fasting.
If he didn’t quickly gain some cultivation, he might end up starving to d*ath.
A massive amount of spiritual energy began to surge into Chen Changsheng’s body, and his realm surged from the Qi Refining Period straight to the Nascent Soul Stage.
The reason Chen Changsheng could achieve such an astonishing speed was fundamentally due to his familiarity with these realms and the abundance of resources at his disposal.
While others had to work hard to improve their cultivation during the limited time, Chen Changsheng spent a large amount of time reading.
Though Chen Changsheng never deliberately studied cultivation methods, he had simply read too many books!
He had thoroughly internalized the cultivation methods from Shangqing View, Xuanwu Kingdom, and Night Moon Nation.
He remembered all the books in the Xuanwu Pavilion, and the books in the Book Crypt were nearly worn out from his handling.
In addition, Chen Changsheng gained quite a bit from his two trips to the Night Moon Nation.
Yuhua Zhenren, Wanyan Aguduo, the Fox Clan’s Young Master Hu Zhan, and the Tiger Clan’s Young Master Lin Hu.
These people were all assisted by Chen Changsheng in collecting their remains, and during the process, their storage rings naturally ended up in Chen Changsheng’s pocket.
After all, an undertaker can’t engage in detrimental trades!
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