Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1125 - 204:

She was already dead, these Jade Pendants are used to preserve the body from decay.

The scholar carried the woman into a cave, which wasn't very deep but had an Array set up outside.

Inside the cave, there was a stone platform, with a stream flowing underneath it, the favorite Array guide of the Array Masters.

The scholar placed the woman's body on it and spoke:

"They all say that birth, aging, sickness, and death are beyond human control. I believe it, so I have decided not to continue being human.

Rest here peacefully, once I achieve immortality, I will return to resurrect you and take you to the heavens.

You've never seen the scenery there, but I think you'll like it."

Is this about resurrecting a lover and walking the path of pursuing immortality?

Li Zhiyuan thought, this quite fits the character of the scholar.

The young man also noticed that the wordless book was always tied to the scholar's waist; he was reading that book at the time.

Next, the memory scene rapidly progressed.

Like a movie in a fast-forward mode, not jumping to that time period directly but quickly scanning through, Li Zhiyuan's situation was similar here.

This is also the reason why such a Secret Technique can cause serious side effects; you immerse yourself in someone else's life, thus affecting your own self-positioning.

In the scenes that followed, the scholar used various means to enter here when the Stone Gate reopened, and quite a few people came in with him. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The scene skipped again, with the scholar arriving on the eleventh floor and choosing a bearded man.

The following scene felt familiar since Li Zhiyuan had just experienced it himself.

The group that entered here with the scholar picked individuals and began to fight underground.

The scholar killed the bearded man.

The bearded man's corpse rapidly decomposed, transformed into mist, and entered through the scholar's eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

The scholar did not resist, calmly accepting it all, as his vitality gradually ceased, accepting his death in a very peaceful manner.

From the moment of death, he became part of this tower.

He closed his eyes, walked back to the tower like a walking corpse, reached the eleventh floor, sat in the bearded man's previous spot, pulled out a book, and lay on his side motionless.

The eleventh floor had little change because few could challenge it.

In subsequent years, the scholar only accepted two challenges. After each challenge, he absorbed the challenger's Life Chart and Luck into his mouth and then returned to his position, assuming the same posture.

The next memory scene was gray, like slits seen through half-open eyes.

Within the gray, Li Zhiyuan saw a young figure busy setting up an Array and forcefully pulled down the book "in his hand".

Li Zhiyuan didn't expect to enter the opponent's deep memory.

Next, following traditional procedures, Li Zhiyuan should construct false memories for manipulation purposes.

But now, being on the fourth floor,

Even if the scholar was controlled by rules, suppressed by Arrays, plus the special effect of the human skin mask on Li's face... with all these favorable conditions, completing the dark skill Secret Technique for traditional control would still take a considerable amount of time, because he was very strong during his life.

Li Zhiyuan could only take a shortcut. Since conventional methods are too slow, he had to adopt a reconciliatory approach.

The opponent still remembered the previous incident of Li stealing his book, indicating some self-awareness.

Moreover, this scholar was different from other fervent immortality seekers.

He might not be obsessed with pursuing immortality; his lover died, and he couldn't stop or recover, so he came here, seeking escape.

Under Li Zhiyuan's manipulation, the memory scenes started to reverse, going back to the cave.

Outside the cave, scenes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter flashed rapidly.

Li Zhiyuan was simulating the changes inside and outside the cave under the erosion of time.

The youth was adept at Arrays, his antiquing skills naturally didn't lag.

Soon, as "time flew by quickly", the Array outside the cave showed mottling and fell off, gradually losing its power.

The stream inside the cave dried up, the patterns on the table were slowly filled with dust, eventually losing their protective effects.

Several Jade Pendants on the woman's body, used to keep the corpse fresh, were losing their sheen.

Small animals began sneaking in; the body, losing protection and freshness, faced the risk of being gnawed by animals and the consequence of decay.

The scholar's body began to tremble, clearly unable to accept the scene.

Li Zhiyuan's voice sounded in his ear:

"When you left, you thought it would be long, but you didn't expect it to be this long.

Even if you had considered the erosion of time in your arrangements, no preparation could stop the inevitable.

I promise you, if you ultimately fail to ascend to immortality, I will go to the place where she is buried, and re-arrange the Array inside and outside, preserving her presence eternally."

In the memory scene, the scholar's body stopped trembling.

In reality, the scholar no longer resisted the young man's consciousness, completely opening up his defenses.