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

Mountain belly stone interior.

The woman in the black robe suddenly opened her eyes.

The black destiny compass in front of her shattered instantly, several fragments piercing her arm, and blood gushed out from beneath her white mask.

She fell backward, clutching her head tightly with both hands.

The complex and fragmented memories continue to collide within my soul.

The divided spirit and the original body share the same origin. Before the divided spirit dissipated, it still brought back a small amount of memories.

A giant iron bird capable of flying in the sky.

It is called a mobile phone, a device that transmits sound over long distances.

And there was that huge cloud of explosion slowly rising over the Japanese islands.

These memories are fragmented, and she cannot understand most of them.

Fang Xuan looked up and saw her disheveled appearance, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"What did you see?"

The woman in the black robe did not answer. After a long while, she slowly lowered her hands.

......

The wooden plaque in Lu Yang's palm suddenly cracked.

The black energy quickly retreated into the wooden sign, and the twisted patterns wrapped around his arm also disappeared.

Beneath the ruins of the ancestral hall, the dark red array patterns gradually faded away.

Without the support of the formation, the black lines between the villagers' eyebrows all broke, and their distorted shadows returned to normal.

Lu Yang swayed and fell backward.

Zhao Mingtang was closest to him and instinctively reached out to hug him.

Bai Yixin also quickly stepped forward and supported Lu Yang's other shoulder.

"Young Master Lu!"

"Master!"

The two voices rang out almost simultaneously.

Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view were two faces filled with worry.

His consciousness was still somewhat hazy, as if he had just been standing in the city where he used to live.

Familiar streets, towering buildings, and vehicles perpetually stuck in traffic jams...

Those scenes were clearly far away from him.

But in the dream I just had, everything felt so real, as if I could almost touch it.

"Young Master Lu, how are you?" Bai Yixin asked.

Lu Yang snapped out of his daze and tried to move his arms.

"It's nothing, just a dream."

Lu Yang spoke casually, but Zhao Mingtang sensed something was amiss.

When the wooden plaque was activated, the aura within Lu Yang's body completely disappeared.

Even the mark on her wrist that was closely related to Lu Yang lost its sensation for a moment.

Bai Miyao peeked out from behind Bai Yixin.

Seeing that Lu Yang's face was a little pale, she took out a piece of malt candy from her small cloth bag and handed it to Lu Yang.

"Uncle Lu, have some candy."

Lu Yang took the malt candy, and the daze in his heart dissipated slightly.

"Yao'er is the one who knows how to care for people."

Bai Miyao nodded earnestly: "Mother said that eating sweets will make you less afraid."

Lu Yang put the candy in his mouth and sat up straight from Zhao Mingtang's arms.

Bai Yixin and Zhao Mingtang also withdrew their hands at the same time. They looked at each other, and the atmosphere became inexplicably subtle.

Lu Yang did not notice their reactions.

He bent down and picked up a piece of wood that had fallen to the ground.

Just before the black-robed woman's distraction dissipated, it seemed that several fragments of memories that did not belong to him remained along with the black mist.

The image was extremely blurry; Lu Yang couldn't even make out the appearance of the people in the stone chamber.

The only thing that was clearly visible was a stone tablet lying in the grass.

The stone tablet was broken into two pieces, with only two barely legible characters remaining.

Jiudu.

"Jiudu..."

Lu Yang read it aloud in a low voice.

Bai Yi's expression shifted slightly: "Young Master Lu, what have you remembered?"

"I saw a stone chamber in my dream; Fang Xuan might be imprisoned there."

Bai Yixin quickly pressed, "You saw Mr. Fang?"

"I didn't see it clearly."

Lu Yang shook his head: "But I heard the sound of iron chains and saw a stone tablet with the words 'Old Ferry' written on it."

Zhao Mingtang frowned and pondered for a moment.

"There is indeed an old ferry crossing near the ferry pass."

Everyone looked at her at the same time.

Zhao Mingtang explained, "The old ferry was originally the largest ferry crossing on the Qinglong River. Later, the river course changed and a landslide occurred, so the merchant ships gradually moved to the current ferry crossing."

"That place has been abandoned for more than ten years and is not marked on ordinary maps."

Qingluo asked, somewhat puzzled, "How did the princess know?"

"There is an old military map of the area around Yong'an County in my father's study. I have secretly looked at it before."

Upon hearing this, Qingluo silently shut her mouth.

The Prince of An's study was heavily guarded.

The princess's so-called secret viewing was probably not a very honorable process.

Lu Yang took out the Life-Seeking Lamp that Shen Guanqi had given him.

The lights, which had originally been pointing roughly south, now slowly shifted and pointed southeast.

A slight vibration came from the Life Lock Box.

Lu Yang glanced at the fragments of the wooden plaque.

When the black-robed woman's distraction entered his life palace, she inadvertently revealed her own aura.

This aura clearly originates from the same source as the Gu energy remaining in the Life-Locking Box.

After capturing this wisp of aura, the Life-Seeking Lamp finally found a more accurate direction.

The woman in the black robe never dreamed that her attempt to possess someone would fail, but instead, she would show them the way.

"We must set off immediately," Bai Yi thought to himself.

The life force in the life-locking box has less than three days left.

Having lingered in Huai'an Village for so long, they don't have much time left.

When the village head learned that everyone was preparing to leave, he quickly had the villagers bring them dry food and water.

Although everyone had just woken up from the dream curse and was still weak, they all knew that Lu Yang and the others had saved the lives of the entire village.

Many villagers brought over the few dried meats and grain cakes they had at home.

Lu Yang did not accept it all, but only took enough for the journey.

"What should we do about the formation below the ancestral hall?" Muramasa asked worriedly.

"First, seal the entrance completely."

Lu Yang looked at the now-extinguished array patterns: "Send someone to the Martial Arts Division of Hanlin Town to inform them and let them handle it."

Industry specializing in surgery.

Asking him to study formations would be somewhat of a challenge for an illiterate person.

The group quickly packed their belongings.

The two guards from the Prince An's mansion were originally going to take Zhao Mingtang back to Yong'an County, but as soon as Zhao Mingtang moved slightly away from Lu Yang, her body went limp involuntarily.

The two guards had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Lu Yang sat on the carriage shaft, while Zhao Mingtang rode alongside him on horseback.

Bai Yixin lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at Zhao Mingtang, who was walking almost side by side with Lu Yang.

"Princess, you have just broken through and your breathing is not yet stable. Why don't you go into the carriage to rest?"

Zhao Mingtang understood the meaning behind her words.

"Thank you for your concern, Sister Bai, but the seal between me and my master cannot be too far apart."

Bai Yixin nodded gently.

"In that case, Princess, please be careful on your journey."

She lowered the carriage curtain and didn't say anything more.

Lu Yang looked at the carriage, then at Zhao Mingtang.

For some reason, he felt that the conversation between the two of them just now seemed to have more to it than it appeared on the surface.

……

The carriage left Huai'an Village and continued south along the official road.

About an hour later, a fork in the road appeared ahead.

The road on the left is flat and leads to the ferry crossing.

The path on the right is overgrown with weeds, and there is a stone tablet that is only half left standing by the roadside.

Lu Yang picked up the Life-Seeking Lamp.

The pale flames did not veer towards the main road, but instead pointed straight towards the abandoned path on the right.

Zhao Mingtang dismounted and cleared the vines off the stone tablet.

Two blurry ancient characters appeared.

Jiudu.

Lu Yang's expression gradually became serious.

This stone tablet was exactly the same as the one he had seen in the black-robed woman's memory.

Two guards from the Prince An's residence searched along the path and soon made a discovery.

"Princess, there are cart tracks ahead."

A guard crouched down and touched the marks in the soil.

"The marks are very fresh; they must have been there no more than two days ago."

Lu Yang walked to the ruts.

A white jade buckle stained with blood lay in the soil.

Bai Yixin's expression changed immediately when he saw the jade buckle clearly.

"This is from Mr. Fang's clothes."

Lu Yang picked up the white jade button.

The life force within the Life-Locking Box vibrated once more, and the flame of the Life-Seeking Lamp instantly lengthened.

Fang Xuan was on this road.

However, the woman in the black robe was also waiting for them.

Lu Yang looked up at the old road overgrown with weeds.

"Let's go, they've already left the door open for us."

"It would be disrespectful to them not to attend this treacherous banquet."