Chapter 298 Is there 1

If the rule of Taiyi is “change”, then the “character” that Taiyi bestowed on Xia Yubing is “unchange”.

“You are Taiyi’s granter. Any changes that happen to you, unless seen by Taiyi, will not happen.” Ning Zhe put his hands behind his head and fell back, lying on the bed and said, “If it didn’t happen, it doesn’t exist.”

Xia Yubing looked at the intact nails on her hands, then at the calm expression on Ning Zhe’s face, and swallowed silently.

“That is to say, my state was locked at the time when I left Zanju Town. That was the last time the Four-Faced Buddha observed me.” Xia Yubing: “No matter what changes happen to me, as long as I am out of the observation of others, my physical state will be reset to the time when I just left Zanju Town, and become what Taiyi thought…”

Although her body left, her soul was forever imprisoned in that small town.

Even if she was killed, she would be forced back to life because Taichi believed she was alive.

“You can say that, but the ‘unchangeable’ given by Taiyi is not omnipotent. After all, it is just a status granted to you. It is not something that truly belongs to you. It is not absolute enough.”

Ning Zhe continued, “It’s okay to use conventional means like swords, guns, and cannons, but if you are killed by an ascender who has the rule of instant death, I guess even Taiyi can’t save you.”

Understand the names Taiyi and Taiyi literally.

Tai: refers to the first, earliest
Yi: refers to change

One: refers to all, all

Translated, the word Taiyi means: the initial change.

Taiyi is ‘the original form of everything’.

“Taiyi” in the context of mythology generally refers to Donghuang Taiyi, the supreme god in the Chu mythology system. This name is even more interesting.

Dong refers to the first direction of east, south, west and north; Huang refers to the person who knows the essence of all things in the world; Tai means the beginning and the earliest; Yi is the literal meaning.

Donghuang Taiyi, translated means: 1111.

After listening to Ning Zhe’s explanation, Xia Yubing lowered her hands and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze. She remembered what Ning Zhe said when he took her away from Zanju Town, but at that time she didn’t understand what those casual words Ning Zhe said meant.

“Once you come into contact with strange events and are infected by strange influences, your life will never be able to return to its original normal track.”

“You will have no choice but to keep walking down this wrong path for the rest of your life until all that is ahead is darkness.”

Xia Yubing silently repeated what Ning Zhe had said, and her eyes gradually lost focus.

“cheer up.”

Feeling a warm weight on her shoulder, Ning Zhe sat up from the bed and patted her shoulder: “Look at it in a positive way, this can be considered eternal youth in a sense, right? Even the First Emperor couldn’t ask for it, but you found it when you went out for fun.”

“That’s what you said…” Xia Yubing relaxed her body, lying on the bed using Ning Zhe’s thighs as a pillow, staring blankly at the ceiling inlaid with crystal chandelier above her head. The Four-Faced Buddha’s face with hideous cracks and no joy or sadness flashed faintly before her eyes.

He was still looking at her, from the creation of all things to the heat death of the universe, his sight was like a thread that penetrated the beginning and end of eternity, silently watching the only ‘one’. “But all this has a price, right?” Xia Yubing’s eyes were dim, and his tone was dim too.

“Compared to the upgraders, the price you have to pay is already very light.” Ning Zhe lowered his head and said, “The next Gengshen day is September 9th, the 25th day of the eighth lunar month, which is about half a month away.”

For those who exchange their death for the granting of status by Taiyi, their three corpses will leave their bodies on every Gengshen day and report their sins to the heaven – that is, the truth that this person is dead will be told to Taiyi, the Four-Faced Buddha. Once the Four-Faced Buddha knows that “Xia Yubing is actually dead”, then she is really dead.

Therefore, every Gengshen day, the deceased must give the Three Corpses what they like by offering them three kinds of sacrifices: “treasures”, “tastes” and “lust” as hush money to the Three Corpse Gods in exchange for them not reporting their death to Taiyi.

“Gengshen Day?”

Xia Yubing lay on the bed with her head resting on Ning Zhe’s thighs, and took out her cell phone to look at the electronic almanac.

离现在最近的一个庚申日在半个月后的9月25，再下一个则是11月24，中间隔了差不多两个月，再再下一个庚申日……就要到明年的1月23了。

The interval between two adjacent Gengshen days is about 2 months, which means that every two months, she has to offer sacrifices regularly to bribe the Three Corpse Gods. If she forgets or neglects it once, the consequence will be that the matter will be exposed, the news of her death will not be concealed, and she will die on the spot.

After turning off the electronic almanac, Xia Yubing’s face was filled with worry and he felt uncomfortable all over. He always felt that there were many pairs of eyes staring at him, waiting to take his life as soon as the Gengshen day came.

This is just the price that those who are granted the title have to pay, what about those who are upgraded?

Looking up, she saw Ning Zhe’s collar slightly open, revealing his fair collarbone. Xia Yubing swallowed her saliva and asked, “…Hey, Ning Zhe, have you always been like this before?”

“Before?”

Ning Zhe thought about it and felt that his past was not much different, so he said, “It’s about the same. You don’t have to be too stressed. The price that a person who is granted a rank bears is much lighter than a person who is promoted. Your current situation is much better than mine. You just need to check the almanac regularly.”

“Besides, no matter what, you have me.” Ning Zhe lowered his head and looked into Xia Yubing’s eyes: “We are an engaged couple, aren’t we? So I won’t let you die, not even if it’s Taiyi, understand?”

Xia Yubing looked straight into Ning Zhe’s eyes without dodging or avoiding. Their eyes met and entangled with each other like silk. Even the air became thick and sticky.

A crisp sound broke the ambiguous silence. Xia Yubing kicked off her shoes, threw her cell phone aside, put her arms around Ning Zhe’s neck and pushed him down on the bed, then her long legs wrapped around him like a python.

“Today is not Gengshen Day.” Ning Zhe said, looking into her burning eyes.

“I know.” Xia Yubing opened her lips slightly, and breathed warmly on Ning Zhe’s face: “I just miss…”

“Okay.” Ning Zhe had no objection.

Looking at the abstinent and indifferent face of the young man in his arms, and his calm expression as if it had nothing to do with him, Xia Yubing felt as if there was a ball of evil fire burning in his chest.

I want to invade, I want to possess, I want to mess up this otherworldly person…

The fire in her heart was about to start. Suddenly, Ning Zhe broke away from her embrace, freed his hands to grab her shoulders, and suddenly flipped her onto the bed. He pressed Xia Yubing, who was used to riding on him and bullying him, under him and said, “But this time I have to be on top.”

(End of this chapter)