Sentient Energy?

Chen Changan glanced at Youth, who was watching him just as intently.

Chen Changan's eyes seemed capable of seeing through everything in the world, making Youth nod without thinking.

"I like listening to stories."

"Come with me first."

Chen Changan had intervened because he'd realized that Youth was no ordinary person.

Youth should have been dead, yet not only had he survived, he was still alive.

Chen Changan could tell that Youth had been born with a Sacred Bone, but someone had extracted it from his body.

Every bone in his body had been removed.

By rights, with every bone in his body gone, even a cultivator who could rely on powerful Divine Power to stay alive would be no more than a puddle of mush.

Yet Youth had survived despite having no cultivation at all.

The only explanation was that there seemed to be some unknown energy inside him, forcing his body to hold up a skeleton.

That was what allowed him to move like a normal person.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao found an inn, ordered a table full of food, and got Youth a separate room.

After washing up, Youth proved to be handsome and striking, with sharp brows and bright eyes.

Still, he seemed a little nervous.

"Don't be nervous. Have something to eat first," Chen Changan said with a faint smile.

"Yes, benefactor."

Only after hearing Chen Changan's words did Youth come over and sit down. But even with all that delicious food spread before him, he didn't rush to eat.

"Why did you save me?" After thinking for a moment, Youth finally asked what had been troubling him.

They were complete strangers. He couldn't understand why this man had saved him. Was it really just to hear a story?

"Curiosity."

"You should be dead,