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

"Your arrival here was never an accident."

Lu Yang stared at the last sentence of the letter, remaining silent for a long time.

All eyes were on him.

Zhao Mingtang couldn't help but ask, "Master, what did the letter say?"

Lu Yang turned the letter over to the other side.

empty.

He held the letter up to the sunlight and examined it.

It's still empty.

My dad was probably afraid I wouldn't be able to read.

Lu Yang shook the letter in his hand.

"The entire letter contained only two sentences."

Zhao Mingtang leaned closer for a look.

What do these two sentences mean?

"It means..."

Lu Yang paused for a moment.

"Others' arrival in this world is an accident, but mine might have been arranged in advance."

Qingluo was completely confused.

What does it mean to come into this world?

"They came from a very far place."

How far is it?

"It's farther than your princess returning to the palace."

Zhao Mingtang glared at him.

"Can you get to the point first?"

"I'm getting down to business now."

Lu Yang stopped joking and looked at Shen Guanqi.

"Do you know what's in the letter?"

"have no idea."

Shen Guanqi shook his head.

"This letter is sealed with a bloodline restriction. No one but you can open it."

"You can't open it, and neither can the woman in the white mask, so that's why it's been staying here?"

"good."

Shen Guanqi walked to the broken array plate.

"Six years ago, I followed the instructions left by your father and led you to the ferry pass, where I hid the iron box under the array plate."

"At that time, there was no Wumianfang here, nor was there Yan Wuxiang."

"You just hid something, and the extraterrestrial evil spirits arrived?"

"no."

Shen Guanqi looked down at the unconscious Chen Ping'an.

"Three months after I left the ferry pass, Yan Wuxiang took over his body and set up a soul-swapping array here."

Lu Yang narrowed his eyes.

"How does it know you left something here?"

"It doesn't know."

"Yan Wuxiang stayed at the ferry for six years, searching for what I left behind."

"Unfortunately, it only knows that the thing is hidden here, but it can't find the exact location."

Shen Guanqi looked at the iron box in Lu Yang's hand.

"The Black Tortoise conceals its treasures, its destiny remains hidden."

"It will only truly appear when you come here in person and open the iron box with the Qi and blood of Xuanwu."

Fang Xuan suddenly spoke up: "So, when Yan Wuxiang said you had already made your move, he meant that you left this letter at the ferry crossing."

"Yes."

"The Azure Lotus Society will come to Coldfall City, and the Black Tortoise will definitely pass through the Old Ferry. Who told you that?"

Shen Guanqi remained silent for a moment.

"Lu Yang's father."

Lu Yang raised his head.

"Six years ago, my father was still alive?"

"have no idea."

Shen Guanqi gave an answer that surprised everyone.

Zhao Mingtang frowned.

"I don't know what that means?"

I have never seen him.

Shen Guanqi took out a cracked copper coin from his pocket.

One side of the coin is engraved with Xuanwu (Black Tortoise), while the other side has a blurry character "陆" (Lu).

"Twelve years ago, I found a destiny chart in the North."

"Three life-guiding elements are sealed within the natal chart."

"The first destiny guide me to Hanlin City to find Lu Yang."

"The second destiny led me to the ferry crossing six years ago, where I buried this iron box."

"The third life-guiding path has not yet been activated."

Lu Yang accepted the copper coin.

The moment my fingertips touched the copper coin, a faint sense of familiarity rose from the bottom of my heart.

Memories not from this body.

It's more like the instinctive response of Xuanwu's blood and qi.

"You spent twelve years running errands for someone you'd never even met, all based on a fortune-telling chart you found somewhere?"

"Of course it wasn't a wasted trip."

Shen Guanqi shook the wine gourd.

"The first life guide contains half a scroll of the Heavenly Book of Fate."

"The second life-guiding technique contains a secret method to conceal one's destiny."

"Your father paid a high price."

Lu Yang nodded.

"That makes sense."

"If you don't get paid, I'll start to suspect you have feelings for my father."

Shen Guanqi's hand holding the wine gourd stiffened for a moment.

Fang Xuan silently turned his head away.

He suddenly didn't want to participate in the conversation.

Lu Yang looked down at the letter again.

"But there are only two sentences on it."

"My dad can't just leave a letter telling me this wasn't an accident and then leave me to guess, can he?"

Shen Guanqi raised his hand and pointed to the letter.

"Infuse the Xuanwu's Qi and blood into it."

Lu Yang's body is circulating Qi and blood.

A wisp of black energy traveled along the fingertips and into the letter.

The two lines of text on the paper faded away quickly.

Immediately afterwards, fine golden lines lit up from the edge of the paper.

New writing gradually appeared in the originally blank spaces.

Everyone instinctively fell silent.

Lu Yang immediately noticed the line of text at the top.

"Yang'er, if Shen Guanqi wasn't lying to you, you should already be very angry when you see this."

Lu Yang raised his head.

"He knows me quite well."

Shen Guanqi took a sip of wine.

"Keep watching."

Lu Yang's gaze returned to the letter.

"You've always thought you came from another world."

"That's not true."

"You haven't taken over anyone's body, nor are you a so-called extraterrestrial soul."

"The more than twenty years you lived in another world, and the memories of these past ten years or so, all belong to you."

Lu Yang's expression gradually froze.

Zhao Mingtang, standing beside him, could also clearly see the contents of the letter.

"Both of your lives are you?"

"That seems to be the meaning."

Lu Yang continued looking down.

"Twenty years ago, the Stargate first appeared in the Northern Territory."

"What lies behind the door feeds on destiny and searches for this world along the cause and effect of all living beings."

That year, you were just born.

"Your life force has attracted the attention of the Star Gate."

"In order to save your life, I will send half of your soul out of this world and into a world without martial arts, life techniques, or the watchful eyes of the gods."

"The other half of the soul that remained here was sealed into the Xuanwu bloodline and fell into a deep sleep."

"Once the gaze of the Star Gate disappears, the two souls will reunite."

Seeing this, Lu Yang finally understood.

The so-called time travel does not mean that another version of himself from another world took over Lu Yang's body.

From beginning to end, there was only one Lu Yang.

However, his soul was split in two.

Half of them grew up in this world.

The other half has lived on Earth for over twenty years.

Until recently, the two memories were reconnected.

Lu Yang remained silent for a long time.

He had once wondered where the original Lu Yang had gone.

I've also thought about taking over someone else's body.

However, the system appeared too quickly, and escort missions came one after another, so he never had time to think about it carefully.

The answer is now right in front of you.

This body is his.

The past twenty-odd years on Earth also belonged to him.

No one takes away anyone else's life.

He was himself in both his lives.

Bai Yixin asked softly, "Are you alright?"

"fine."

Lu Yang lowered the letter slightly.

"It's like suddenly realizing I don't owe anyone a life, and that makes me feel a lot more relaxed."

Zhao Mingtang looked at him.

"Did you always feel like you were occupying someone else's body?"

"I've thought about it occasionally."

"Then why didn't you ever say so?"

"What's the point of saying it?"

Lu Yang glanced at her.

"Are you suggesting I find the original Lu Yang for me, so we can decide who will use their body on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays?"

Zhao Mingtang opened his mouth.

For a moment, I didn't know how to answer.

Lu Yang continued reading the letter.

The handwriting at the end is noticeably more illegible.

"I originally thought that Stargate had lost its connection to you."

"But twelve years ago, starlight reappeared in the North."

"Someone opened a crack."

"They have seen this world again, and they are also searching for the Azure Lotus and the Black Tortoise."

"The Azure Lotus is formed from the life force of this world and can bear the arrival of the Star Gate."

"The Black Tortoise guards both realms; it can seal or open gates."

"As for your soul..."

The handwriting on the letter paused here.

The ink stains were heavier than in other places.

"They are the coordinates that allow them to cross the stargate and truly enter this world."

Everyone's expression changed simultaneously.

Chen Ping'an previously said that the souls from another world were offerings to open the stone gate.

However, in the letter left by Lu Yang's father, it was said that his soul was a coordinate.

Regardless of which one it is, it means that the true target of the evil spirits from beyond the borders has never been the more than 30,000 people at the ferry crossing.

It is not a Qinglian Dao Seed either.

It was Lu Yang.

Shen Guanqi suddenly asked, "What's next?"

Lu Yang did not answer, and continued to look at the letter.

"If you have already been seen by the Star Gate, do not trust anyone who tries to cover up your destiny."

"The Star Gate will not leave a mark on you."

"It will only leave an eye on the person who conceals your fate."

Lu Yang's pupils contracted slightly.

Fang Xuan seemed to have thought of something and suddenly looked at Shen Guanqi.

For the first time, Shen Guanqi's expression changed.

The next moment, the cracked copper coin in his hand suddenly began to vibrate.

A thin crack spread from the center of the coin.

Click.

The copper coin was broken in two.

Shen Guanqi's right eye closed without warning.

When he opened his eyes again, his pupils, which were originally black, had turned dark red.

Deep within the pupil, there is no eyeball.

Chen Ping'an's face suddenly turned deathly pale.

"It's this eye!"

"Six years ago, this was what Yan Wuxiang saw through the mask!"

Shen Guanqi raised his hand and pressed it against his right eye.

Gray life lines quickly spread across half of his face.

He swayed slightly and knelt on one knee.

Just as Fang Xuan was about to step forward, Shen Guanqi immediately shouted, "Don't touch me!"

A voice, indistinguishable between male and female, then rang out.

"finally……"

"I've found you."