Douluo Sharingan, I really didn't coerce Xiao Wu!

Chapter 191 The Hermit

(Don't get your hopes up too high, the subsequent developments may be a bit fast and may not be the same as what you readers have imagined.)

When Chen Xuan woke up again, he found himself lying on a bed, with someone covering him with a blanket.

"That's strange, where am I? Wasn't I dead?" He sat up and looked at the room's furnishings, the brown wooden door and paper windows, which resembled an ancient decorative style.

Chen Xuan couldn't understand how he could have ended up in an unknown place after being ambushed outside the Star Dou Great Forest and having two large, clear holes punched through his chest.

"Could this be the afterlife?" He frowned, full of doubt, but it didn't seem like it.

Chen Xuan patted his chest; it was very firm, and there were no wounds left. He didn't know when they had healed.

Moreover, his eyesight also recovered, and his vision became clear without any blurriness.

Chen Xuan was puzzled. How could he recover from such severe injuries? What happened during the time after his death?

How are Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, and Yi Yi doing?

"Sigh, it's about time, and I know whether it will be a son or a daughter."

Chen Xuan's biggest worry was Xiao Wu. With a child in tow, and now the Spirit Hall eyeing her, it was uncertain whether she could survive if the Spirit Hall launched an attack on the Star Dou Great Forest five years later.

He desperately wanted to rush back and stop the tragedy from happening, but alas, he was already dead, and it was all just wishful thinking, impossible to realize.

Squeak!

At that moment, the brown wooden door opened, and a silver-haired woman walked in, carrying a porcelain bowl containing an unknown red liquid with a strong medicinal aroma, seemingly a medicinal soup.

"You woke up so quickly, faster than I expected," she said, her voice sweet, her fair hands holding a bowl of medicinal soup.

Chen Xuan's eyes were filled with wariness as he asked, "Who are you, and where is this place?"

He was on guard, having been inexplicably dragged to this eerie place, and then a strange woman appeared. He felt things were getting very mysterious.

Chen Xuan stared intently at the beautiful woman in front of him. Her silver hair fell neatly over her shoulders, and she was very beautiful. It had to be said that she was several times more beautiful than Xiao Wu.

She wore a jade necklace and an ancient costume, a long red skirt that reached the floor and covered her embroidered shoes.

"what?"

The silver-haired woman suddenly looked at Chen Xuan with surprise and disbelief, her eyes revealing a strange expression, as if she had witnessed something unbelievable.

"That's really strange. Half of your soul is missing, yet it hasn't been contaminated. This is the first time I've seen something like this in all this time." Her eyes were very bright, staring at Chen Xuan from left to right, not like she was looking at a person.

"No, who exactly are you?" Chen Xuan couldn't sit still any longer, feeling offended.

He couldn't understand a word about souls or pollution. Instead, he found the woman extremely terrifying, with wisps of mist swirling around her, indicating she was no ordinary person.

However, the silver-haired woman ignored him, took out a yellowed book, and began to read it by herself.

Just then, another person walked in from outside. He was a young man with a buzz cut, a resolute face, and dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, looking like a modern person.

"No need to investigate. He's missing half of his soul. He needs to be boiled in a furnace for a day and a night, along with some medicinal herbs," the young man with the buzz cut said, making a startling statement right from the start.

The silver-haired woman closed the yellowed old book, her eyes bright, and said, "It's too wasteful to use medicinal herbs. Let's use ingredients instead. Throw them into the big iron pot and cook them together."

She stared intently at Chen Xuan, her gaze somewhat fiery. After speaking, she licked her lips, looking as if she was about to enjoy a delicious meal.

"Damn it!" Chen Xuan couldn't sit still any longer. His heart was trembling. What kind of demons were these two people? They actually used human flesh as a substitute for rice, and they even discussed it in front of him without any restraint.

He had to run, escape this hellish place, and get away from those two deranged cannibals.

"He's resisting, quickly hold him down."

In the spacious room, a man and a woman approached very suddenly and sharply, each grabbing one of Chen Xuan's shoulders.

Chen Xuan struggled fiercely, trying to break free, but he failed.

He channeled his soul power and chakra, unleashing his strongest soul skills and killing moves, but he failed. He couldn't even generate a shred of soul power, let alone use any spells.

"What's going on?"

Chen Xuan was stunned and looked completely bewildered. What had happened to him? His spells and soul skills had mysteriously disappeared, and his soul power had not been left behind. Where had all his combat strength gone?

He trembled, feeling uneasy. Why couldn't he sense any source of power?

"Don't bother. Now that you've come to this place, almost all your abilities and resources have been erased, so it's nearly impossible for you to leave anything behind," said the modern-dressed man with a buzz cut.

The man and woman were rude and knew nothing of gentleness. They grabbed Chen Xuan's shoulders and dragged him out of the room.

"His soul is incomplete, missing half of it. Go prepare the ingredients, and I'll go bring out that long-forgotten pot."

"The ingredients are too plain, so I'll add some seasonings to make it more fragrant."

Hearing their conversation, Chen Xuan couldn't sit still any longer. This man and woman really wanted to cook him and eat him; they weren't kidding.

After the two men walked away, he fought back and tried to escape this awful place, but he failed and was immobilized by some force.

Chen Xuan was convinced. He had spent half a day refining his chakra without any results. Just as the man with the buzz cut had said, all his abilities and powers had been erased.

"Everything is ready, we can start boiling water now."

Soon after, the man and woman returned, picked up Chen Xuan, and walked out.

This is a courtyard house, built entirely of old wood, covering an area of ​​five or six hundred square meters. It has a very peculiar character. Outside the courtyard, there is a vast expanse of ice and snow, a white expanse, with the earth covered in snow and the distant snow-capped mountains faintly visible.

"Where is this?!" Chen Xuan's eyes widened in astonishment. He had been in space before and had been sucked away by an indescribable giant tree. Could this be the world behind the leaves?

Outside the courtyard, snow was falling heavily, the wind was biting, and snowflakes were falling continuously from the sky, covering the vast world with a thick layer of snow.

However, despite the harsh and dry environment, an area outside the courtyard was surprisingly thriving, with various flowers and plants growing there, exuding fragrance and taking root in the frozen soil, undeterred by the severe cold.

Chen Xuan was shocked again. He was in the vicinity of the compound, unaffected by the falling snow. What kind of wonder was this? Had he not died, but instead arrived in a world beyond the reach of the world?

However, he had no interest in appreciating the icy world, and might even perish there.

Outside the courtyard, the snow was white. A man and a woman carried out a black pot that looked like a water vat, threw Chen Xuan into it, and then began to add water into it!

Then, the silver-haired woman took out a basket filled with all sorts of colorful ingredients and poured them all into a black pot the size of a water vat.

"I... damn it!" Chen Xuan was going crazy. He struggled desperately, but his hands were bound by an unknown force and he couldn't break free at all.

He was truly devastated. He thought that his resurrection and arrival in this secluded land would bring him good fortune, but instead he ended up as food for cannibals. He was going crazy.

……

……

I'd better not mention the new book; it feels awkward if someone I know sees it. I'll just leave it to chance; I might just stumble upon it someday.

(End of this chapter)