Chapter 25 - The Year Before

"Sure, but you have to come with me."

"Ah —" I was dumbfounded.

I thought he was going by himself, so why did he ask me to follow him? What's more, I'm not that familiar with the Chen family, so I'm not too familiar with him.

If I go with them, I won't be able to help with my meager abilities.

One day later.

An isolated island with a beautiful environment.

This is the Chen family's ancestral land, and the few of us are currently in this damned place.

I thought of a lot of ways to escape along the way, but I couldn't get away until I reached this damned place.

How sad —

"Are you really sure it's your people?" I whispered to Chen Ye.

It's not my fault that I asked that question. It's just that Chen Ye and the people here don't have any similarities, okay? Everyone here has white hair and even their eyeballs are white.

Furthermore, the people here are generally quite short. I've observed carefully before, the man is around 1.6 meters and the woman is around 1.5 meters. To date, I haven't seen anyone taller than me.

This was too much different from Chen Ye, who was beside him. Chen Ye, this guy, was at least 1.8m.

"We used to be no different from Asians. Let's go, you'll know when the time comes." Chen Ye did not explain anything to me and instead brought us to a side chamber.

This should be where the Chen family would treat guests.

It was only until someone served tea did Chen Ye begin to explain: Since a thousand years ago, our whole family has turned into this. In the past, we were no different from you, but a thousand years ago, we saved them. He pointed to Chu Yu.

"Ever since we saved him, it is as if we have been cursed by fate. The abilities of our ancestors' Corpsetaker suddenly disappeared, and all of us did not have any Inherent Skills.

See those white-haired people?

As long as it's a bloodline that belongs to our Chen Clan, we won't be able to escape this fate.

"What about you?" I asked unwillingly.

The person beside him couldn't be a foster child, right?

"I was the only exception to this rule for the past thousand years, which was why I was asked to live in the mortal world and search for the fragment of the jade soul, the one who saved me a thousand years ago.

Actually, helping him reconstruct his body and recover his memory is also beneficial to our tribe. As long as we can resolve the issue from a thousand years ago, I feel that this curse might disappear.

Of course, all of this is just the guess of the elders and me, it might not be correct, but at this point, no matter what kind of hope, even if it's very slim, we still have to give it a try, right? "

"…"

After Chen Ye's words, I fell silent — —

Although I have always been heartless, I am not the kind of person who has no conscience. Those people who were cursed were miserable, the noble Corpsetaker bloodline used to be so powerful, it could even be said that they would scare people off after hearing about it.

Although through the generations of legend, all the capable people have slowly become lonely, no longer as glorious as when they were at their peak …

However, that was because he was lonely for other reasons. Being cursed in such a way made him unable to display his full strength even though he had a Bloodline Inheritance.

In my opinion, this is like someone dying of thirst, and in the desert, I gave you a bottle of water but didn't let you drink it.

How cruel, how sad —

"What happened a thousand years ago?" Chu Yu asked coldly.

It was as if the story just now had not affected him at all.

Sometimes I wonder if all the ghosts are so cold-blooded.

Or perhaps, it was only this old man in front of him that was so cold.

"I'm not sure. It was passed down from our ancestors. They say that a thousand years ago, the ancestor of our Chen Clan suffered a very serious injury while fighting someone."

Afterwards, he was saved by a great general. After recuperating from his injuries, he planned to return to repay his gratitude. However, at that time, the great general was already dead.

Thus, when he was on his deathbed, he left behind his last words, telling the descendents of the Chen Clan to find this great general and repay his debt of gratitude.

Furthermore, at that time, he had found a fellow cultivator to help him deduce the situation. It was true that this great general had not been reborn, but had instead remained in this world for other reasons, turning into a malicious spirit.

So, this is also the first time I saw you, and when I found out that you were also looking for a Jade Soul Fragment, I was certain that you were our ancestor's benefactor. "

"For what?" I can't help it.

Was it because it was a wraith? Was it just because he was strong? Was it because everyone was looking for Jade Soul Fragment?

So this was their Chen family's benefactor?

Are you kidding me!

Who doesn't want the treasure? How many evil spirits are there in this world? Why, this is your Chen family's savior.

What if he repaid her kindness with the wrong words?

"Hmph …" A cold snort sounded in his ears.

Then, she saw Chu Yu had already turned his head, with a look of disdain on his face, as if he was not willing to explain to me.

The corner of my mouth twitched, but I didn't dare to get angry. Who asked me to be weaker than him? Who told me to be shallow?

Ay — too much talk is all tears!

"Let me explain it to you." Chen Ye who was at the side smiled at me in a good mood.

Then he said: "This Jade Soul Fragment, not many people know about it, if we investigate thoroughly, there would only be seven or eight of them, and if we exclude them one by one, then right now as a ghost, and with powerful abilities, the one looking for the Jade Soul Fragment, would be the benefactor of our Chen family."

Chen Ye's explanation is very vague, and I feel like he is deliberately hiding some important content.

For example, how was one to eliminate all of them?

For example, what was the use of this jade soul after it had been collected?

However, these people didn't say anything. It was obvious that they didn't want to tell me. Or rather, the current me wasn't qualified to know.

"Then how are you going to help him? Are you alone?" I wonder.

Ever since they had arrived on this small island, other than the Corpsetaker beside them, the rest were ordinary commoners. They had no abilities, and although they looked a little strange, they were indeed ordinary people …

Just like this, how were they going to help Old Boys reconstruct his body, and how were they going to help him recover his memories?

Moreover, that was a few thousand years ago, right? At the very least, it should have been several hundred years ago, and after so many years, it might have already disappeared.

Furthermore, I didn't forget A Fan also said that the soul of this Old Boys is unstable. That is to say, when he turned into a wraith, this Old Boys experienced a lot of suffering.

Perhaps, it was at that time that he lost his memories.

If that was the case, it would be even more difficult. He had to help him consolidate his soul …