The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 235 - 234: Humans Have Limits

Bai Jiaojiao tensed up subconsciously when she saw Chu Huai make his entrance, sensing a faint threat.

The old man was not weak, and given that he had stepped forward at this moment, he was likely the hidden mastermind!

However, as soon as Lin Yun opened his mouth, Bai Jiaojiao felt a blow to her confidence.

How was it that Lin Yun seemed like the real grand puppeteer behind the scenes?

Chu Han was equally shocked.

Upon Chu Huai’s arrival, he exclaimed in astonishment, "Grandfather?"

Chu Han had a bad feeling. He wasn’t foolish, just a bit naive, but given the current situation and Chu Huai’s sudden appearance, he could sense that something was off.

He had a special affection for Chu Huai because it was Chu Huai who told him about the outside world.

The blue sky, white clouds, red flowers, green trees, and endless colors were all described to him by Chu Huai, who also showed him how to leave the village.

The Chu family lineage was unlike other villagers. Chu Han’s grandmother was the former Temple Priest, responsible for Divine Spirit sacrifices and possessed extraordinary powers.

Not only that, but she was able to conceive a child with Chu Huai, who was human, and then Chu Ren had the descendant, Chu Han.

This showed that the residents of Hidden Mist Village were indeed a very strange form of life, sometimes human, sometimes beast, yet capable of reproducing with humans, and their offspring were still human.

And it was only the Chu lineage that still maintained human thought and reason, but they, too, needed food.

Without food, they would all have to sleep.

Chu Huai had always been devising strategies for Chu Han’s escape, and Chu Han always believed his grandfather was one of his own, confiding everything to him.

Now, at the critical part of the plan, his grandfather had shown up.

This enforced plot twist immediately made Chu Han realize the situation was far from simple.

Especially that message revealed by the previous statement.

He would have to do the same in the future...

Was he the Great Mist?

Or rather, did he want to replace it, become the Great Mist?

No one cared about the mental gymnastics Chu Han was performing.

Chu Huai turned his gaze to Lin Yun and clicked his tongue, saying, "Not a bad young man, but it’s a pity he lacks manners and doesn’t show enough respect for me, his elder."

"Elder? How old are you?"

Bai Jiaojiao asked somewhat defiantly, her youthful voice making Chu Huai not even want to contend with her as he proudly said, "When I came to this place, I was already three hundred years old, and I don’t know how many years have passed since then, so let’s start with six hundred years for now. You youngsters wouldn’t lose anything by calling me ’grandfather’."

"That’s it? I’m over a thousand years old, why don’t you try calling me ’grandma’ and see how it sounds?"

Chu Huai: "..."

You little brat, you have no respect for martial ethics!

Chu Huai was initially skeptical, but when Bai Jiaojiao voluntarily released some of her aura, he believed her.

He hadn’t expected Bai Jiaojiao to be a demon!

He had only noticed that Xiao Qing was a member of the Demon Tribe, while Bai Jiaojiao seemed far too human, without revealing any hint of her true nature; he had thought she was really just a human.

Moreover, this demon was of a very high ranking and somewhat difficult to handle.

Nevertheless, the only person he needed to deal with was Lin Yun.

Embarrassed by Bai Jiaojiao’s outburst, Chu Huai found himself in an awkward spot. He had intended to use his age to his advantage, but now faced with someone older, his attempt to impress had failed.

Chu Huai was actually bored to death, having known that in the Hidden Mist Village there wasn’t a single normal person, not even himself, since he had turned into a monster. However, he utilized his wife, the Temple Priest at the time, to retain his own rationality.

As for his wife...

She was nothing more than a tool, and once she lost her usefulness, she naturally ceased to exist.

Gone completely into the void of nothingness.

After death, humans are supposed to have their souls return to the Netherworld, while the villagers of Hidden Mist Village, when they die, merely become part of the Great Mist. But his wife was different; her spirit had been stripped away by him, not even leaving her the chance to merge with the Great Mist.

Just like those villagers who were burned to ashes by Lin Yun, they couldn’t return to the Great Mist either.

Back to the point, Chu Huai, while retaining human rationality, couldn’t find another normal human being to communicate with, so he was left with no choice but to interact with Chu Han.

The reason Chu Han was still able to live as a human was simply because Chu Huai didn’t want to be too bored.

As for blood ties and familial affection, they meant nothing in the eyes of such an old-timer.

Lin Yun was an outsider, quite rare to come by, and with exceptional talent, which gave Chu Huai the desire to show off. Unfortunately...

He failed to impress the moment he made an appearance, how infuriating!

"Since you don’t give me face, then I won’t say much anymore. Originally, I wanted to let you be aware ghosts."

This old man was being petulant.

Lin Yun suddenly felt the urge to laugh, clapped his hands, and said, "You won’t tell, so let me guess then, you want to take over my body, right?"

Chu Huai: "..."

Was it that obvious?

Seeing the shocked expression on Chu Huai’s face, Lin Yun knew he had guessed correctly.

Some people, you know, live for hundreds of years, only to regress with age. They can’t even manage to hide their emotions anymore. So, the saying that the older one gets, the wiser one becomes, isn’t necessarily true.

Lin Yun continued, "I guess you have found out that I can absorb the Great Mist without being transformed into a Mist Beast. You, Chu Han, are worried about me becoming a sacrifice and the possibility of something going wrong. Because I can’t be transformed into a Mist Beast, that could cause your plan to fail, so you told your grandfather."

At this point, both grandfather and grandson from the Chu family exchanged glances, both puzzled.

He could guess that too?

"But what you didn’t expect was that your grandfather’s ambitions were greater than you thought. Knowing that I could absorb the Great Mist, he saw his chance. The Great Mist is the power of a god, the god is already dead, but the power is without a master. My body’s ability to absorb the Great Mist is a huge temptation to your grandfather. So, of course, he would want to take over my body. Am I right, old man?"

Chu Huai: "..."

He couldn’t say it was exactly right, only that it wasn’t wrong at all.

"What does it matter if you know? You think you can rely on the two members of the Demon Tribe by your side? In this contest of the Divine Soul Level, they can’t get involved. The strength of my Divine Soul exceeds your imagination,"

said Chu Huai, feeling confident again.

His long-suppressed desire to show off surged out, and without waiting for Lin Yun to speak, he excitedly said, "You all stumbled into Hidden Mist Village by accident, but did you know that I actively sought out Hidden Mist Village, planned for over a hundred years, and finally arrived at this Secret Realm!"

Lin Yun played along and prompted, "What did you look for the Secret Realm for?"

Why do villains die after talking too much?

Probably, besides the director’s scripting, it is also because villains do many things, and deep down, they have the need to boast.

Being wealthy but not returning to one’s hometown is like walking in brocade at night.

To do so much, yet end with no one knowing about it – isn’t that very boring?

Therefore, when Lin Yun asked, Chu Huai, although he saw that he was fishing for information, didn’t mind at all and candidly replied, "I have practiced for many years, only to find out that there is a limit to the realm one can reach through cultivation!"

"So, you decided not to be human anymore?"