"I can't die. I... I can't die, Feng Erniu!" Tuoba Danqing, on the brink of death, feebly clawed with his shriveled, chicken-claw-like hands.
He was unwilling. Truly unwilling.
Back when Feng Erniu had trapped him inside, amid the turbid karmic evils of the mind, he had thought day and night about how to get out and how to avenge himself.
Yet just as he had finally escaped, he was about to die again. He truly could not accept it.
But Tuoba Danqing quickly realized he had no time to dwell on that. He was likely left with only one final last word. "Miss Bai, go back and tell my son that he must never join the Celestial Surveillance Division!"
Seeing Tuoba Danqing speak such words while hovering in a daze between life and death, Bai Lingmiao's face showed a trace of pity. "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, you won't die."
As Bai Lingmiao spoke, she formed the Lotus Seal with one hand and lightly pressed it against Tuoba Danqing's brow. A black lotus flashed across his forehead and vanished in an instant.
Immediately afterward, Tuoba Danqing felt the decay of his body halt. Though he had not been reborn, neither had he died. His body seemed permanently wedged between life and death.
"You won't die now, but you can't exactly be called alive either. This state should last around twenty days. Use that time to have the masters of Zhengde Temple properly tend to your physical body, then come find me again."
Tuoba Danqing lowered his head and looked at his current body. He could not help but be astonished by the strength of the white-haired woman before him.
Ear Nine's wife was actually this formidable. As far as he knew, such divine powers over life and death