How did I, a fake bodyguard, become a terrestrial immortal?

"The heavens of Dali will change..."

Lu Yang repeated it in a low voice.

He looked at Shen Guanqi: "Since Dali is still doing well, does that mean my father's last shipment wasn't delivered?"

Shen Guanqi was silent for a moment: "Not bad."

"Lu Chenzhou has traveled through the seventeen states of Dali throughout his life and has never lost a single escort mission. Except for this last one."

Lu Yang's expression hardened slightly.

A powerful warrior who could kill a fourth-rank martial artist with a single punch failed to deliver the goods he was escorting to their destination.

Either the item itself is defective.

The people who intercepted him were even more terrifying than a fourth-rank martial artist.

Neither of these scenarios is good news for Lu Yang right now.

"Did he eventually go west?"

Lu Yang recalled the direction Shen Guanqi had been looking.

"That's right. Your father didn't tell me the specific destination, he only said that we had to cross the western border of Dali."

"As for what he was escorting, and why he was able to change the fate of Dali, I don't know."

"Interestingly, he only left me one thing before he left."

Shen Guanqi reached into his robes and, after a moment, took out a palm-sized black iron plate.

The metal plate was not intact; it looked as if someone had forcibly broken it in half, with jagged edges.

The front is carved with a pattern of a tortoise and a snake intertwined.

The back only has a simple and ancient character "陆".

The moment the iron plaque appeared, the Xuanwu Zhenyue Body within Lu Yang's body trembled slightly.

It was as if it was responding to a familiar feeling.

"This is?……"

"Black Tortoise Escort Order"

Looking at the broken iron plaque in his hand, Shen Guanqi's eyes filled with reminiscence: "This is the token of the Lu family's generations of bodyguards."

"Before your father left, he gave me half of the Xuanwu Dart Token."

"He carried the other half with him, saying it was proof that you would meet again in the future."

Shen Guanqi handed the Xuanwu Escort Order to Lu Yang.

Did he say anything else?

"have."

Shen Guanqi slowly said, "He told me not to tell you what that escort mission was."

"Don't force yourself to walk the rest of the way for him."

"The decision of whether or not to accept a shipment from the Lu family is solely up to the Lu family members."

Looking at the half-broken escort token, Lu Yang felt a mix of emotions.

He had no memory of Lu Chenzhou.

Until today, I didn't even know that such a person existed in this world.

But from Shen Guanqi's words, he could sense Lu Chenzhou's protectiveness towards this child.

It concealed the original owner's own life force.

Choose to take all the danger and secrets with you.

Ah, this fatherly love is truly heavy.

Lu Yang reached out and took the Xuanwu Dart Token; it was icy cold to the touch.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar voice suddenly rang in Lu Yang's mind!

[Special item detected: Xuanwu Dart Token.]

Lu Yang's pupils contracted slightly.

system?

Ever since he unleashed the Xuanwu Zhenyue technique, this guy has been playing dead.

Lu Yang even suspected that it might have gone bankrupt by giving out too many newbie rewards.

Unexpectedly, after many days, there was a reaction again.

An unfinished special escort commission has been discovered.

[Original bodyguard: Lu Chenzhou.]

[Escort target: Unknown.]

[Mission Destination: Western Border of Dali.]

[Task Status: Overdue for 21 years, still incomplete.]

Lu Yang looked at the words in front of him that only he could see, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Overdue for 21 years.

On Earth, online shopping platforms would have gone bankrupt several times over.

Isn't the statute of limitations for this negative review a little too long?

The system's prompts did not end there.

[Special Note: The original escort target is still alive.]

[Former bodyguard status: Unknown.]

[The host possesses the Xuanwu Escort Token and can inherit this escort mission.]

[Accept? Yes/Delay Accept]

The relaxation on Lu Yang's face gradually disappeared.

Is the person being escorted still alive?

In other words, what Lu Chenzhou was escorting back then was not a specific treasure.

He's the same person!

It's not surprising that anyone can live to be twenty-one.

But who is worthy of being escorted by a powerful figure like Lu Chenzhou, and who could change the entire Dali Kingdom after reaching their destination?

More importantly, why was the system able to recognize the escort order left by Lu Chenzhou?

It even knows about the escort mission from twenty-one years ago.

Could it be that the so-called Super Escort System was related to the Lu family from the very beginning?

The Xuanwu Zhenyue Body was not a reward randomly drawn by the system, but rather an inheritance that originally belonged to the Lu family.

Lu Yang subconsciously gripped the Xuanwu Dart Token tightly.

At that moment, countless questions popped into his mind.

What exactly is a system?

Did Lu Chenzhou ever possess a system?

Who was the last person he escorted?

Was my transmigration into this body a coincidence, or was it a result preordained?

"What's wrong?" Bai Yixin noticed that Lu Yang's expression was off and asked softly.

Lu Yang snapped out of his daze, put the Xuanwu Dart Token into his pocket, and shook his head: "It's nothing."

He did not choose to accept it.

The secret from twenty-one years ago is certainly important.

But with my current strength, I'd probably just be a sitting duck if I went.

The shipment left behind by the cheap father was already twenty-one years late.

Waiting a little longer shouldn't make a difference; a few more days shouldn't be too much of a difference.

Besides, Bai Miyao's health can't afford to wait any longer, and the real Fang Xuan has been kidnapped...

Lu Yang made his choice silently in his heart.

Acceptance is temporarily suspended.

The special escort request has been temporarily saved.

[The host can review this again using the Xuanwu Dart Token.]

The system notification then disappeared.

Lu Yang patted the Xuanwu Dart Token through his clothes.

"Dad."

He silently muttered a sentence to himself.

"Please put your darts in line first."

"I haven't finished delivering this batch yet."