“I asked you, what’s going on with that girl?”
Chen Ping asked Ge Cangsheng.
He certainly didn’t want such a thing as crafting puppet corpses to happen at the entrance of his Heavenly Dragon Hall!
“Upon hearing this, Ge Cangsheng quickly explained: ‘Lord Master, this girl is my beloved daughter…”
“Your daughter?” Chen Ping’s face was full of disbelief: “Then she… how come there’s no sign of life at all, could she be a corpse?”
Hearing this, Ge Cangsheng’s expression moved slightly, and then he said: “Reporting to the Lord of the Palace, my daughter was murdered many years ago. The subordinate spared no effort to find back her soul and spirit for her, so to be precise, my daughter is not a corpse!”
“However, to prevent my daughter’s flesh from rotting, I can only burn incense inside the main hall every day to control her body from decaying.”
Speaking of this, Ge Cangsheng’s eyes actually welled up with a few tears!
Anyone seeing their own daughter in this state, and having to live with it day in and day out, would find it unbearable.
Chen Ping couldn’t help but take a few more glances at the girl. Looking at her appearance, she was only in her early twenties. Looking at Ge Cangsheng again, he was already an elderly man nearing his end, well over a hundred years old. If Ge Cangsheng hadn’t said anything, Chen Ping wouldn’t have dared to believe that this girl was actually his daughter!
“How many years has your daughter been like this?”
Chen Ping asked curiously.
“Twenty years…”
“She… she doesn’t look to be over twenty. How is that possible?”
Chen Ping looked at Ge Cangsheng’s daughter with disbelief. No matter how he looked, the girl didn’t look like a woman in her forties or fifties.
“Master, I was murdered when I was twenty-four, so my physical body has remained that age.”
And as cultivators, we increase our lifespan with the growth of our strength. Hundreds of years, even thousands, are nothing unusual…
Ge Cangsheng followed Chen Ping’s explanation.
Chen Ping nodded slightly and continued, “Then over all these years, have you ever tried to find a way to bring your daughter back to life completely?”
“Alas!” sighed Ge Cangsheng, “Over these years, I have tried every means possible, but to no avail. However, when my little girl was about to turn like this, I had a dream, in which a golden dragon told me that the next master of Tiangong Palace would be able to resurrect my daughter completely!”
“So, my subordinate has been waiting for the Lord’s arrival. I waited for twenty years, and today, I have finally met the Lord…”
Ge Cangsheng, speaking, suddenly knelt before Chen Ping again: “Please, Master, resurrect my daughter. I will swear to follow you till death, even if I die a thousand times…”
This threw Chen Ping into a panic. He had no ability to resurrect Ge Cangsheng’s daughter, not with his current power level. He wasn’t even as strong as one of the elders in the Ge family.
“Elder Ge Clan, my current strength is probably not capable of resurrecting your daughter. Perhaps you could consider other solutions?”
Chen Ping said with an embarrassed face.
“Master, since the Golden Dragon appeared in my dream, then it must be possible. Even if Master cannot do it now, he will surely be able to revive my little girl in the future.”
“I hope to have my little girl stay by the Lord’s side and seek a chance at resurrection!”
“My daughter is at the realm of Out-of-Body Experience, which is equivalent to the martial arts saint’s level. Although my daughter now only has one soul and one spirit, this physical body is also indestructible.”
“He follows the Lord of the Hall, and can also help the Lord of the Hall with his worries and troubles…”
Ge Cangsheng hoped that Chen Ping would bring his own daughter.
This put Chen Ping in a very difficult position. If Ge Cangsheng’s daughter was normal, it wouldn’t be a big deal. Besides, with a Martial Saint by his side, Chen Ping could go straight to the Martial Arts Alliance and rescue Su Yuxi.
But now Ge Cangsheng’s daughter is like a puppet corpse. Chen Ping keeps her by his side, but it’s hard to explain!