Chapter 655: Unfinished Love Between Humans and Ghosts

“Skin of ice and bones of jade”?!

Young girl Xi’s expression was odd. It was the first time she had encountered someone so utterly shameless. How could he praise himself like that without his face burning?

She immediately pouted and said, “Even a naturally stunning and peerless beauty like me wouldn’t dare to praise myself that way. You’re so thick-skinned. One should be modest, understand?”

Chu Feng was speechless. This girl was praising herself so shamelessly, yet she had the nerve to talk about modesty. "Naturally stunning," "peerless in grace"—she was piling on the compliments for herself, and her own thick skin was no less impressive.

Finally, Chu Feng, against his better judgment, said, “I knew it! We have surprisingly similar qualities. I’m as handsome and refined as jade, and you are graceful and captivating. These are natural traits because we both hail from the Yang Realm. It must be fate!”

Young girl Xi, entirely encased in a strange spacesuit, widened her eyes, completely disagreeing. She shook her head emphatically and said, “What kind of eyes do you have? A vibrant beauty like me is indeed captivating, with charming smiles and captivating eyes, adored by millions. But you, you look like a pallid, ghostly figure radiating coldness. Where is the elegance? I feel cold even from this distance.”

“I told you, it’s ‘skin of ice and bones of jade,’ and I was born in the Underworld, so I’m a bit weak congenitally, which makes my body slightly cold. In fact, we’re both the same—descendants of the Yang Realm.”

Young girl Xi scoffed, “Pfft, still trying to fool me! You little ghost, you’re shameless. Please stop complimenting yourself; you’re shaming the very term ‘skin of ice and bones of jade’!”

At this point, her courage had grown, and she was no longer afraid of ghosts.

Chu Feng righteously retorted, “Shaming what? How could someone as pure and unsullied as I, a true immortal’s descendant with a naturally formed Daoist body, be as bad as you say? On the contrary, you’re the one with thick skin, claiming to be modest while constantly praising yourself!”

Young girl Xi scoffed in disdain, striking back, “Ugh, ‘pure and unsullied’? Why don’t you say you’re too ethereal for this world, as if you’re about to vanish into the wind? Besides, I truly am a beauty that could topple nations, but I won’t show you. You little ghost have such a sly, treacherous look; you don’t seem like a good ghost at all!”

Chu Feng sighed, “I’m heartbroken. My father originally came from the Yang Realm but accidentally fell into the Underworld and could never return. Since then, he’s lived a lonely life here. Although half of my blood is from the Underworld, I’m still considered half a Yang Realm human.”

“Really?!” The girl’s interest immediately piqued. Her big eyes blinked, wide and round, as she examined his physique and assessed the strength of the Yang energy within him.

She instantly transformed into a little busybody, extremely excited, saying, “You don’t fear Yang energy like other ghosts, and you can even absorb some. That’s indeed strange. It’s like you have some Yang Realm bloodline in you. This is truly astonishing! Is this the legendary ‘unfulfilled love between human and ghost’ that resulted in offspring?!”

Chu Feng’s face darkened, and he really wanted to kick her.

“You little brat, do you have any sympathy?”

“Hold on, I’m going to check some data.” With that, she turned and ran off, leaving Chu Feng locked in the cold storage room, unable to leave.

Then, she entered the main cabin, quickly reviewing information. She was very excited and happy as she said, “Legends of fierce ghosts, secrets of the Underworld—I found them all! There really is such a claim, supposedly a true record. I thought it was always just a fantastical story! Oh, the descendants of ghosts and Yang Realm creatures do possess the traits of that little ghost just now. All the conditions seem to match. Does he really have half Yang Realm blood? However, it also says here that humans and ghosts, like living beings and cold corpses, generally cannot produce offspring. There’s only a one-in-a-billion chance.”

Then, young girl Xi excitedly rushed back, fully equipped, and entered the cold storage room, carrying a pile of instruments to test Chu Feng. She was extremely enthusiastic and serious.

For a moment, Chu Feng wanted to slap her on the back of the head, knock her out, and then properly teach her how to be a ghost and how to be a human.

However, when he saw the astonishing and mysterious symbols emanating from inside young girl Xi’s spacesuit, he gave up. His heart pounded, suspecting that her undergarments might contain the work of a Saint!

Moreover, this timid girl dared to approach him, so she must have been absolutely confident; otherwise, she wouldn’t have so recklessly barged into the cold storage room.

Chu Feng discovered that a large tube of his blood had been drawn for various analyses and tests. Then the girl cheered, saying, “After verification, you indeed appear to have a partial Yang Realm bloodline. I tentatively suspect you are the crystallization of a cross-species union, a miracle in the history of life!”

Chu Feng could no longer tolerate it and decisively made his move. But as soon as he initiated, alarms blared throughout the cold storage room. Hundreds of thousands of symbols instantly appeared, binding him. Then, he was struck by intense Yang energy and sent flying.

If he hadn’t promptly and rapidly activated the Thief-Inducing Breathing Method, he would have undoubtedly been burned to charcoal and turned to ash.

Even so, Chu Feng was smoking all over, enduring unbearable pain until he resisted the erosion of the dense Yang energy. Only then did he let out a long breath—it had been too close.

He realized for the first time that the so-called Human Realm’s suppression of this universe, that so-called Yang energy, was terrifying.

Without the breathing method from that world, there was simply no way to resist!

Chu Feng realized that the Thief-Inducing Breathing Method might truly come from the Yang Realm, and it was precisely because he had practiced it for so long that his blood appeared to have Yang properties, like containing some human genes.

“Waaah… it’s too scary, Mommy, I miss home! Even a little ghost is so vicious; he wants to eat me! The Underworld is terrifying!”

This left Chu Feng quite speechless. He, the victim, hadn’t even said anything yet, grimacing in pain, while young girl Xi, after escaping, burst into tears first.

Damn it, Chu Feng wanted to hit her. At the same time, he wondered if this girl was secretly scheming or truly just a naive rookie. He couldn’t figure her out for a while!

Regardless, he had been captured, and he had just had bad luck!

Young girl Xi said, “Little ghost monster, are you okay? You really aren’t afraid of Yang energy. Now I believe you’re a descendant of a powerful Human Realm expert left behind in the Underworld.”

Chu Feng’s face was dark as he said, “Do you have any sympathy? We’re both from the Human Realm, yet you tried to harm me. That’s really disingenuous.”

“It’s not my fault. This spaceship was refined by my grandfather. It looks like a technological product, but it actually incorporates terrifying evolutionary runes. It’s almost a primordial secret treasure. If it fully unleashed its power, it would be enough to slay a Saint.”

Chu Feng immediately realized that her grandfather was a very important person, and this girl’s family in the Human Realm must be extraordinary.

Young girl Xi pleaded, “Oh right, little ghost, what’s your name? And can you help me return to the Yang Realm? If you succeed, I’ll reward you handsomely!”

“I’m not a ghost; my name is Wu Lunhui.” Chu Feng genuinely disliked being called a ghost; he always believed he was a living person.

“Wu Lunhui? You don’t believe in reincarnation? Hmm, my grandfather and his peers don’t believe in it either, yet they spend all day mumbling about studying reincarnation. It’s so contradictory and absurd.”

When Chu Feng heard this, he instantly felt a headache coming on. The more he heard, the more formidable and bizarre this old man sounded. Could an ordinary person even dare to study reincarnation?

Then, he thought of Purgatory, the City of Bright Death, the end of the reincarnation path, and those creatures carrying mysterious talismans to be reborn. Were they related to the Yang Realm?

“I’ll tell you clearly, you can’t go back. The Underworld is a one-way street in. You should consider how to live in this world. I think you should learn how to be a ghost,” Chu Feng said, trying to scare her with a serious expression.

Young girl Xi immediately shrieked, “No! I’m still young. I haven’t fallen in love, haven’t gotten married, haven’t cultivated to the highest realm, haven’t reached the pinnacle, haven’t caught up to the Heavenly Emperor’s footsteps, and I have… so, so many regrets! I don’t want to be a ghost here.”

Was this girl from the Yang Realm not feigning ignorance to catch a tiger, not scheming, but truly just a novice? Chu Feng became even more uncertain, unable to figure her out.

Young girl Xi fussed for a long time, finally crying out for her mom and wiping away tears. Eventually, looking dispirited, she started talking to Chu Feng again.

“Am I really going to be trapped here for life? I don’t believe there’s no way out! And aren’t there any living Yang Realm humans in the Underworld? If I’m going to marry, I need to find a living person. Dating a cold, ghostly corpse? That would scare me to death!”

“Furthermore…”

“Also…”

She transformed into a chatterbox, rambling on endlessly by herself, using Chu Feng as a confidant. She talked for a long time without her throat getting dry; her “conversational mood” was still strong.

Finally, Chu Feng couldn’t stand her anymore and forcefully interrupted, saying, “First, you need to find a way to survive in the Underworld. Second, if you’re looking for a living person, aren’t I here? With a Yang Realm bloodline, you won’t find anyone else you’d want besides me.”

“You… you’re a lecherous ghost among ghosts, actually having designs on me! I don’t want to have an unfulfilled human-ghost romance with you!” Young girl Xi was angry, but then she frowned, troubled. “However, logically speaking, you are indeed an option, but that kind of life would be truly terrible.”

“Don’t worry,” Chu Feng said, “as long as you don’t have bad intentions towards me, I’m absolutely not interested in you.”

“What? What did you just say? Try saying that again if you dare!” Young girl Xi exploded in anger, feeling utterly devastated. She was a bit scheming, but now she was truly provoked, starting to doubt her own charm.

Chu Feng said, “Let’s talk about this later. As fellow descendants from the Yang Realm, I have a duty to guide you on how to survive in this cosmic netherworld.”

Young girl Xi’s attention was drawn again. “How do I survive?”

“First, you need to disguise yourself as someone from this world. Then, do more good deeds, like eliminating harm for the people, perhaps killing a few notorious Saints, so that people have a good impression of you and even admire you in certain areas,” Chu Feng said, offering guidance with a very sincere look.

“Tell me more specifically,” Young girl Xi’s big eyes sparkled, looking like she was listening attentively.

Chu Feng patted his chest and said, “Don’t worry, with me here, as a relative from my homeland, I’ll definitely help you. Later, I’ll plan things out for you, and we’ll earnestly do some meaningful things, killing a few scoundrels. Of course, even with strength, we can’t be arrogant; we must be low-key.”

“That sounds interesting. So, shall we set off now? We can chat as we go.” Young girl Xi looked innocent and eager to start.

“Good, let’s go!” Chu Feng began to rub his fists together, his heart filled with excitement and anticipation.