Absolute Death Game-Chapter 426 - 41 The Story of Xuan Zhenzi_2
"Hehe, this Daoist has finally regained his freedom, and naturally wishes to travel around and live a life of leisure like the floating clouds and wild cranes," Xuan Zhenzi said with a laugh. His appearance was still that of the same handsome and elegant young man from thirty years ago, making his smile particularly delightful to behold.
"Then Mystic Hollow Palace in the future..." Jingci started to say that Mystic Hollow Palace would always welcome him back, but suddenly remembered that Xuanxu Zi had died at the hands of Xuan Zhenzi. Who would be in charge of Mystic Hollow Palace in the future was uncertain, so it seemed presumptuous of him to say such a thing. Thus, he swallowed the rest of his words, but to the others it sounded like he was worrying about the future of Mystic Hollow Palace.
Qingfeng Mingyue interjected, "When our Master Xuantian passed away, he ordered our eldest senior brother Gu Yuexuan to take over Xuantian Palace. But later, after the Master came back to life, we all thought his time hadn’t yet come. As for Xuanxu Zi later changing his name and Xuantian Palace being renamed to Mystic Hollow Palace, in general, it’s still the foundation of Xuantian Palace. Therefore, I propose that our eldest senior brother inherits the mantle to fulfill Master’s wish at that time."
Ji Xiangyun and Jingci were never ambitious individuals, and Qingfeng Mingyue’s suggestion seemed quite fair and reasonable. Thus, they raised no objections, and the matter was settled.
"Who will exchange my reward for me?" Xiao Buli, seeing that the important matters had been decided, hastily asked—eliciting a round of laughter from everyone.
Gu Yuexuan waved his hand grandly, and Xiao Buli heard the system prompt: Completed the Sect Mission ’Rectify the Chaos,’ receiving a reward of 2000 Contribution Value points, and Mystic Hollow Palace Prestige increased to Respected.
Completed the mission of ’Fratricide,’ receiving a reward of 500 points.
Completed the ’Punishment of the Heart Demon’ mission, eligible to receive a random reward item from Xuan Zhenzi.
A flood of rewards came pouring down, and Xiao Buli’s mouth was so wide in joy he could hardly close it, "So in the future, if I want to learn a skill, I just find our eldest senior brother, right?"
"Haha, any one of us is willing to teach you, don’t worry, fourth junior brother," Jingci quickly spoke for everyone.
"Hehe, that’s good."
"Xiao Buli, come with me, I need to talk to you about something that happened at the base thirty years ago," Xuan Zhenzi said to Xiao Buli. A private conversation with Xuan Zhenzi was what Xiao Buli had always longed for; he had too many questions that he needed answers for from Xuan Zhenzi. Hearing that Xuan Zhenzi sought him out, he immediately nodded solemnly in agreement.
Seeing that everything here had been resolved, everyone dispersed, and Gu Yuexuan replaced Xuanxu Zi and returned to the main hall to preside.
Xiao Buli followed Xuan Zhenzi to a secluded spot, and they both sat cross-legged. Xiao Buli had expended a lot of True Yuan earlier, and this was a good opportunity to replenish it.
Xuan Zhenzi watched Xiao Buli with a smile and said, "What do you want to ask?" The tone was as if he already knew.
"There’s too much I want to ask." Xiao Buli immediately said impatiently, "How did you break free from the Heart Demon? Did you really use the Avatar Shadow Transformation method? How did you enter the game? Is what I’m seeing now your projection in the game, or have you actually come into the game? And about what you guys did at the base back then..." Before Xiao Buli could finish speaking, Xuan Zhenzi suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him.
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"Let me start from the beginning; once you’ve heard the story, all these questions will be answered," Xuan Zhenzi took a deep breath, looking past Xiao Buli’s head into the distance, "I was raised in a Daoist temple, brought up by a Daoist priest, so naturally, I became a priest myself. It was probably around the time I was twenty-four that the Cultural Revolution broke out. You should be familiar with that piece of history, right? In those years of universal trepidation, one could hardly avoid sudden misfortune. I wasn’t even sure what crimes I was accused of when I was sent to a remote farm in the northwest for re-education through labor. Every day I faced grueling work that made me wish for death and beatings that could come at any moment. After about a year there, one day the farm was visited by a group of soldiers, led by a general named Huo. He gathered everyone from the farm and gave a lengthy speech, saying there was an opportunity to serve the country, which could get us out of there—participation was on a voluntary basis. Many people were afraid, whispering that it might involve dangerous jobs like bacteriological experiments, but there were also those who were not afraid of death. Some thought that if they were to be tortured to death on the farm, they might as well end it quickly, and about twenty people volunteered to take part. However, the numbers seemed insufficient, and the next day General Huo spoke to me. He knew that I had previously been a Daoist priest, so he asked if I would leave with him and assured me that it was definitely not the kind of bacteriological experimentation that everyone was talking about. To show his sincerity, he let me eat my first meal of white flour buns that year—it must have been those buns that swayed me." Xuan Zhenzi’s face showed a self-deprecating smile, "I signed the consent form and stamped my thumbprint. Later, I found out that many others like me had been persuaded by General Huo after a chat. Some were blacksmiths, some were furriers, but at that time, we didn’t know the significance of this. We rode in a truck for more than ten days, and by the end of the journey, it felt like our bodies were falling apart from the constant jolting. We finally arrived at a base located in the desert. You must be familiar with it, right? I think you’re trapped there now." Xuan Zhenzi’s gaze was piercing as he looked at Xiao Buli.
