Crisis of Life and Death?

After doing all this, Hou Ba seemed hesitant to speak. He glanced at you several times, then finally sighed and told you a piece of news. Yet the moment he opened his mouth, he gave you no small shock.

According to Hou Ba, not long after you left, he had felt something in his heart. That feeling foretold that your return journey would bring great trouble, and that you yourself stood a high chance of dying along the way.

Although Hou Ba's opening words had indeed startled you, you neither grew angry nor interrupted him or questioned him.

Your reaction instead surprised Hou Ba. After all, what he said concerned your life and death, yet he had not expected you to remain so calm.

But after you gestured for him to continue, Hou Ba had no mind to dwell on your reaction and spoke the rest.

It turned out that Hou Ba's premonition had not come out of thin air; it was connected to the immortal body he possessed. As for what kind of immortal body it was, that involved his own secrets, so Hou Ba could not tell you. But he said that ever since childhood, the signals from his immortal body had helped him escape danger several times and evade death.

Hou Ba's premonitions were somewhat unusual, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. Most often, they concerned signs related to himself. Whenever a major event was about to befall him, such premonitions were likely to appear, with the chance reaching sixty to seventy percent.

Aside from foretelling matters concerning himself, his immortal body talent could also, on occasion, foretell major events involving those close to him or those who had spent time around him. However, the probability was comparatively low. Based on Hou Ba's familiarity with it over the long