frightfiction #565 - Buried? Burned?
#565 - Buried? Burned?
Chapter 562: Buried? Or Burned?
"Big Brother!!!"
Zhang Fei was listening to Zhang Chen's rambling words, feeling unconvinced and about to retort, but who knew that the next moment he would see Zhang Chen's body fall straight down, the back of his head hitting the deck heavily. This scene immediately shocked Zhang Tuowei and Zhang Fei, who threw down their fishing rods and rushed over.
"Big Brother, what's wrong?" Zhang Tuowei kept shaking Zhang Chen's body, her voice full of panic, but as her small hand landed on Zhang Chen's chest, she immediately realized that Zhang Chen's heartbeat had stopped.
Zhang Tuowei is now also a second-order cultivator, and her supernatural powers are not bad. As soon as she touched Zhang Chen's body, she immediately noticed something was wrong.
"Big Brother… Big Brother's heartbeat is gone!" Zhang Tuowei stroked Zhang Chen's chest, and after realizing that Zhang Chen's heartbeat had stopped, she quickly reached out to touch Zhang Chen's nose, but at this time, Zhang Chen's breath was gone, where was there any life?
"Big Brother's heartbeat is gone? His breath is gone too?" Zhang Fei, who was on the side, was shocked when he heard this, a look of horror on his face. He quickly ran forward to test Zhang Chen's breath, and then wailed, "Big Brother, what's wrong? What's wrong with you?"
At this time, Zhang Tuowei's face was pale, and tears fell from her eyes like broken beads: "It's over! Big Brother was angered to death by the two of us! Big Brother was angered to death by the two of us!"
"Ah… Big Brother was angered to death by us?" Zhang Fei's face turned pale when he heard this, and he immediately cried, his voice full of panic: "What can we do? What can we do?"
The two children cried loudly, immediately attracting the attention of the surrounding people. Among them, an elder looked at the two helpless crying children, lowered his head to check Zhang Chen's body, confirmed that Zhang Chen's heartbeat had stopped and his breathing was gone, and couldn't help but sigh softly: "It's hopeless!" Then he reminded, "Where are your adults? Go and call your adults!"
Zhang Tuowei was slightly older. Although she was panicked at this time, she had some ideas after hearing the elder's reminder: "Big Brother just died, maybe there is still hope for rescue. Go and call Mother and Sister Chengyu. Sister Chengyu is a great cultivator, her cultivation is much higher than ours, maybe Sister Chengyu has a way to save Big Brother."
Hearing Zhang Tuowei's instructions, Zhang Fei quickly got up and ran towards the cabin in a panic. However, after only a few steps, his legs softened and he fell directly to the ground, tumbling over and hitting his head, his face covered in blood. But he couldn't care so much, stumbling along while running and crying, "Mother, Sister Chengyu, Big Brother is dead! Big Brother is dead! Come quickly! Come quickly!"
Zhang Fei stumbled and ran away. On the other side, Zhang Shi and Chengyu were doing hand embroidery. Now that everyone was idle on the boat, they had to find something to do. Moreover, because of Chengyu's identity, she couldn't show her face in public, lest she be seen by the people of the Yellow Sky Dao, so she had been acting in a low-key manner.
At this moment, Zhang Fei's crying came from afar. Zhang Shi and Chengyu quickly turned their heads to look, and saw Zhang Fei stumbling on the deck, covered in blood, running and shouting the words 'Big Brother is dead'.
Hearing Zhang Fei's shouts and seeing Zhang Fei's face covered in blood, Zhang Shi and Chengyu only felt a 'buzz' in their heads, and they instantly lost their senses.
Chengyu was a great cultivator, and now she had at least reached the realm of possession. She was the first to recover, throwing down the embroidery in her hand and rushing out quickly, grabbing Zhang Fei's collar: "Where is Zhang Chen? What happened? Who killed Zhang Chen!!!"
Zhang Fei's face was pale at this time, and he wiped the blood from his forehead miserably, blurring his entire face. He said sadly, "No one killed Big Brother, it was my sister and I who angered Big Brother to death! It was my sister and I who angered Big Brother to death!"
Zhang Fei was frightened at this time, and his words were incoherent.
"Angered to death by you?" Chengyu was stunned when she heard this. She didn't have time to ask more questions, but pushed Zhang Fei and said, "Go ahead and lead the way for me! Quickly go ahead and lead the way for me!"
All she knew now was that her junior brother was dead! She wanted to see her junior brother! She had to see him alive, and she had to see his corpse if he was dead!
Zhang Fei quickly led the way, his hands and feet weak and stumbling. At this time, Zhang Shi recovered, her hands and feet also weak, and she stumbled along behind, chasing after him: "What exactly happened? How could your Big Brother die? Who harmed your Big Brother?"
Zhang Chen was the pillar of the family, and the people in the family had to rely on Zhang Chen to live. No one could have any accidents, especially Zhang Chen. If Zhang Chen died, how would his family live in this chaotic world?
"What exactly is going on?" Zhang Shi chased after him in a panic, losing one of her shoes. She only felt her brain dizzy and her head buzzing.
Zhang Fei cried even harder when he heard this, but facing Zhang Shi's questioning, he couldn't help but speak. He could only cry and sob, saying that his siblings had angered Zhang Chen to death.
Zhang Shi was furious when she heard this, and slapped Zhang Fei directly on the back of the head. Zhang Fei was already frightened and his legs were weak. At this time, Zhang Shi slapped him, and he staggered and fell to the ground. However, Zhang Shi and Chengyu didn't even look at Zhang Fei, but stepped over Zhang Fei and ran towards the distance.
At this time, a crowd of people gathered on the deck, surrounding Zhang Tuowei and Zhang Chen. Zhang Tuowei's crying was loud, and it could be heard faintly through the crowd.
After Zhang Tuowei and Zhang Shi pushed through the crowd, they saw Zhang Tuowei kneeling beside Zhang Chen's chest, crying with tears streaming down her face, snot and tears flowing freely.
"Zhang Chen!"
Cheng Yu quickly came to Zhang Chen's side and placed his finger on Zhang Chen's chest. He found that Zhang Chen's heartbeat had indeed disappeared. Then, he checked his breath and found no response whatsoever. Touching Zhang Chen's body, he felt that his body temperature had already started to cool down!
And what about sensing Zhang Chen's soul fluctuations? Where were Zhang Chen's soul fluctuations?
"It's over!" Cheng Yu collapsed directly onto the ground, his face pale, his eyes full of disbelief: "How did he die? How could he just die like that?"
"How is he?" Zhang Shi asked, her face pale, as she approached: "Is there any way to save Zhang Chen?"
Seeing Cheng Yu collapse to the ground, Zhang Shi felt a bad premonition rise in her heart.
"He's almost completely cold! There's no saving him!" Cheng Yu's body was trembling, his eyes full of disbelief: "How could he just die like that? How could someone who has cultivated to his level be angered to death?"
Thinking of this, Cheng Yu gradually regained his composure, a glint of shrewdness appearing in his eyes: "Something's not right! Something's not right! This is completely wrong! How could Zhang Chen be angered to death? He must have been murdered!"
"Who harmed you? Who secretly poisoned you? I will definitely find the murderer, even if I have to search every corner of the earth and heavens, I will grind them to ashes to avenge you!" Cheng Yu's tears flowed down, his eyes fixed on Zhang Chen's entire body, wanting to observe all traces on Zhang Chen's body, find the cause of Zhang Chen's death, and trace it back to the murderer.
"Is there really no saving him?" Zhang Shi still couldn't believe that the pillar of their family had died just like that, her eyes fixed on Zhang Chen's body, her gaze full of sorrow.
"There's no saving him!" Cheng Yu took a deep breath.
At this time, Zhang Fei also caught up, falling to the ground and crying loudly, the two little ones crying until their eyes were red, snot and tears streaming down their faces. Zhang Shi looked at the two little ones crying bitterly and raised her hand: "It's all because of you two孽障, you angered your eldest brother to death!"
Her hand was raised high, but Cheng Yu grabbed it: "Don't blame them. I still know Zhang Chen's abilities. How could he be angered to death?"
Cheng Yu's words made Zhang Shi pause, her scarlet eyes turning to look at Cheng Yu, her voice full of gloom: "Are you saying that Zhang Chen was murdered?"
Before Cheng Yu could answer, Zhang Shi suddenly realized: "That's right! You're right! How could someone who has cultivated to his level be angered to death?"
Cheng Yu gradually regained his composure at this time, recalling Zhang Chen's journey wrapped in a quilt and wearing a斗笠, and then said: "Perhaps there was a problem with his cultivation, or perhaps he was secretly harmed, poisoned by someone else's methods. No matter what, I must find out the truth! It's a pity that his soul is gone. If we can find his soul back, we may be able to understand the truth of the matter."
"Soul… Soul… I do have a way!" Zhang Shi said quickly upon hearing Cheng Yu's words.
Cheng Yu looked at Zhang Shi, and Zhang Shi said: "The Zhang family controls the power of the soul. If we can ask someone from the Zhang family to help us find Zhang Chen's soul, we may be able to revive him. At the very least, we can know the truth!"
"The Zhang family? The people of the Zhang family are far away in the capital, where can we find someone from the Zhang family?" Zhang Shi's eyes dimmed.
"If we can't find someone from the Zhang family, we can find someone from the Shen family. I know that the Shen family has a kind of elixir called: Seven Treasures Heart-Locking Pill. Every direct descendant of the Shen family carries it with them when they go out, it is the Shen family's life-saving medicine. If we can ask the Shen family for this medicine to preserve the body of our eldest brother, we will have time to maneuver. Whether it is looking for someone from the Zhang family or finding the prescription ourselves, there is still a chance!" Cheng Yu said.
This is the Shen family's ship, and there are direct descendants of the Shen family on board. If we can ask the Shen family to take action, Zhang Chen may be saved.
Zhang Tuowei's eyes lit up when she heard this: "That's the best! Let's preserve our eldest brother's body first, and then we'll find a way to retrieve his soul. If we can find our eldest brother's soul and reinstall it into his body, while his body hasn't completely cooled down, we may be able to save him, and we can also find out the truth of the matter."
Zhang Chen didn't want to contact the Shen family, but he never thought that after all his calculations, he would still have a connection with the Shen family.
"I will go ask the Shen family to take action! Zhang Chen's body flows with half of the Shen family's blood. They cannot stand idly by and watch him die out of consideration for their clansman." Zhang Shi wiped her tears, then stood up, pushed away the people gathered here, and headed towards the ship manager in the distance.
"We'll go with you!" Zhang Tuowei got up and quickly chased after Zhang Shi. That was her own eldest brother, how could she still sit still at this time?
Zhang Fei also wiped the snot and blood from his face when he heard this, and then got up and rushed out: "Take me with you! I'll go with you!"
Looking at Zhang Shi's receding figure, Cheng Yu did not move, but instead guarded Zhang Chen's body to avoid any accidents.
"I hope everything goes well." Cheng Yu sighed softly.