Chapter 2: The Undying Corpse in the Cave

  Hmph!

  Tang Song's body heavily crashed into the stone wall, and the intense impact caused his internal organs to suffer severe shock.

  The place where the storm wolf was perched transmitted waves of sharp pain, as if it were about to be severed.

  Lying on the ground, Tang Song was about to faint. But he knew that now was not the time to faint, so he made a great effort to stay awake and observe clearly what this place was.

  Panting heavily, Tang Song's eyes were lifeless.

  "Why should I suffer this heavenly punishment if I was also killed for doing good deeds in my past life?"

  "Is it really as they say, that this world has become morally bankrupt and good people don't live long?"

  "No way! Absolutely no way!"

  Although Tang Song didn't want to think so, the intense pain that kept coming from his body told him that he wasn't dreaming, and all of this was really happening.

  He did a good deed and died, his soul crossed over, then he borrowed a corpse to return to the world of the living. But before he could even get excited about it, reality gave him another blow, and now he has to die again.

  He had just escaped from the wolf's claws, but Tang Song didn't know if he had fallen into a tiger's den again.

  Even if he's lucky enough to escape with his life this time, his dantian is broken. In a world where martial arts reign supreme, how can he survive?

  If you were born into an ordinary family and lived a simple life, perhaps you could live a stable life.

  Unfortunately, he was born into a martial family, and most importantly, his identity wasn't that of an ordinary clansman. Even if he wanted to be an ordinary person, there were people who wouldn't let him have his way.

  Taking a deep breath, Tang Song's body finally recovered a bit of strength. The quiet surroundings made him feel slightly more at ease. At least, he didn't seem to have fallen into a tiger's den.

  With great difficulty, Tang Songyun sat up and started practicing his former cultivation technique, the Earth Controlling Spell.

  Although the dantian was broken and the body could no longer store internal energy, absorbing some of the spiritual energy from heaven and earth to heal wounds was still possible.

  "Ah!" Just as he was about to use his Earth Escape Technique, Tang Song suddenly jumped in fright.

  In the memories of his predecessors, his qualifications for cultivation were poor, and his body's compatibility with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was extremely low, so the speed at which he absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate was very slow.

  This also resulted in him being sixteen years old and still only a third-rate warrior, basically equivalent to being useless.

  But just as he started to operate the Earth Escape Technique, he felt countless heavenly and earthly spiritual energies around him, as if they were rushing into his body in a hurry, scaring him so much that he quickly stopped his technique.

  "What's going on?" Tang Song was perplexed, this was too damn unexpected. "How did it end up like this?"

  "Is this another kind of compensation given by heaven?"

  After a while, Tang Song finally came back to his senses. Suddenly, he pointed at the sky and cursed loudly, "I'm going to kill you, my dantian has been broken, even if I absorb spiritual energy quickly, what's the use? Can't store it up, still have to scatter into the world, this thieving heaven! I despise you!"

  Although it can't be cultivated, healing is very suitable.

  But in less than half an hour, Tang Song, who had just been on the verge of collapse and could have died at any moment, was once again full of energy.

  Alas!

  Tang Song sighs heavily, what kind of evil have I created!

  With such good qualifications for cultivation, yet without a dantian to store spiritual energy, is there anything more infuriating than this under the heavens?

  The more Tang Song thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wanted to curse loudly, but considering that he was in an unfamiliar place, he decided to first get a clear understanding of the situation before venting his anger.

  Here is a cave, and where he is located is the turning point of the passage. The light is shining in from the outside entrance of the cave, and as soon as he turns this corner, he can enter the cave.

  He scratched his head, was this cave natural or man-made?

  Normally, if it's natural, there shouldn't be two channels. And the channel above seems to be man-made rather than naturally formed.

  When he saw another exit, this guess was even more confirmed.

  Looking at the fog rising from the bottom of the cave entrance, this is a cliff entrance. If there wasn't that path above, I really wouldn't know how to get into this mountain cave.

  But soon, Tang Song was entangled again, what kind of person would dig a cave here and then dig a passage with great effort.

  This is absolutely not something that ordinary people can dig out, and from the entrance and passage have been covered by plants, it can be seen that the owner of this cave has not entered or exited for a long time.

  After making sure there was no danger, Tang Song began to truly measure this cave.

  It is clear that this cave was prepared for long-term residence, as there are not only a large hall but also two stone chambers in the cave. In the hall, apart from a stone table, there is a stone bench.

  Tang Song walked closer to the stone chamber near the passage and glanced inside. It was very empty, except for a few animal hides hanging on the stone wall, there was nothing else.

  It's estimated that this was where the owner of the cave used to store food, but now except for a few pieces of fur, there is no other food left.

  Even if it existed, it has vanished in the long river of time.

  After taking a look around, Tang Song lost interest and retreated, then came to the second stone chamber.

  Ah!

  At first glance, Tang Song was startled, although he had been over 20 years old in his previous life, but it was still the first time he had seen human bones.

  Only in the second stone chamber, on top of the stone bed, was a human skeleton propped up.

  What astonished Tang and Song was that this skeleton's flesh and clothes had long since

  Turned into dust, but this skeleton still remains very intact, and even the whole skeleton is like jade stone, emitting a faint glow.

  Her skeleton is as white as jade!

  And as Tang Song's eyes gazed into the two cavities of the skull, he could even feel a wave of pressure emanating from the skeleton and pressing down on him.

  "It's just a skeleton, yet it can make someone who has died once feel oppressed. What kind of person was he when he was alive? What level of cultivation did he reach, and how did he end up falling here?"

  "Huh?" Suddenly, Tang Song saw that the skeleton's chest had several broken ribs. "It was actually fractured with broken ribs, it seems that this person must have suffered a very serious injury when he was alive."

  After calming down, Tang Song carefully observed the skeleton again, and a string of questions emerged in his mind, but he couldn't get to the bottom of it.

  After a moment of contemplation, Tang Song withdrew his thoughts and shifted his gaze to a brocade box beside the white bones.

  This brocade box is also unknown what material is made of, palm-sized, placed there, very ordinary.

  "Is this really the legendary 'great calamity brings great fortune'?!" Tang Song looked at the scene in front of him, hardly daring to believe it.

  But this cave, this stone chamber, these remains of a strong man, this brocade box, all of these things are indicative of one fact.

  What a coincidence!

  Yes, now Tang Song's mind is left with only these two words.

  It is said that great difficulties will not kill one and there must be good fortune afterwards. However, when Tang Song had just been reborn, he didn't feel anything at all, but now, he has gained some understanding.

  Although he hasn't seen what's inside the brocade box, he knows that it must be something good.

  "Damn it, I'm cursing you!"

  Suddenly, Tang Song looked up at the sky and cursed loudly. The grief and indignation in his expression was enough to make even the heavens feel ashamed. His excitement had just reached a peak, but now it suddenly plummeted to rock bottom.

  He just remembered that the dantian of this body has been shattered, and he will never be able to cultivate again in this life. Even if there are more strange encounters, it's still just a moon in a well, a flower in water.

  Although Tang Song had also fantasized about having some kind of spiritual elixir that could repair the dantian, after searching through his predecessor's memories, there was no news on this aspect.