Dragon King 44

  Ghost, return also.

  It is said that after a person dies, they become a ghost. Their essence returns to heaven, their flesh returns to the earth, their blood returns to water, their pulse returns to the marsh, their voice returns to thunder, their movements return to wind, their eyes return to the sun and moon, their bones return to wood, their tendons return to mountains, their teeth return to rocks, their fat and grease return to dew, their hair returns to grass, and the breath of life transforms into a departed spirit that returns to the underworld.

  ……

  When they arrived at Ao Qian's home, the young shepherd returned to his own home to put away the pet supplies he had just bought and also to visit his beloved dog, Feng Xiao Xiao, who had not been seen for several hours. Meanwhile, Ao Qian took the stray dog back with him.

  Yang Yan's first reaction upon entering the house was to furrow his brow, and then he looked around the tidy and comfortable room with a disgusted expression: "How can it be so gloomy? Did you kill someone?"

  Ao Qian was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It turns out you're not simple either." After a pause, he replied: "Don't worry, I won't do anything illegal. The one who died is me." Then when he opened his eyes again, he found himself inexplicably back to life, and the date displayed on the living room clock indicated that he had been "dead" for a week.

  "This answer was clearly beyond Yang's expectation: 'You died and came back to life?'"

  Ao Qian nodded and looked at the dog in Yang Yan's arms, pointing to the direction of the sofa: "First put your pet over there."

  After Ao Qian helped Yang Zhen put the mud dog in a good place, he walked over, bowed his head to observe the condition of the mud dog, and continued to explain warmly: "My body is not very good, I was originally a person who might die at any time, and I have always been aware of it. It's just that I didn't expect to really wait until after I died, only to find myself alive again, and my body seems to be a bit abnormal."

  "This is almost the same as Tai Shang Lao Jun's situation." Feng Xiao Xiao smiled, then looked at Ao Qian who seemed surprised and puzzled, and asked casually: "Haven't you discovered where your abnormality lies?!"

  Ao Qian furrowed his brow, somewhat hesitant: "Abnormal..." This period of time, he had always felt that there was something inside him expanding, filling his body to the brim as if it was about to burst out, but he couldn't find a breakthrough. Apart from this, Ao Qian suddenly discovered that he possessed the ability to control water.

  Little White Snake heard that his former secret crush was not an ordinary person, so he hurriedly swam out to seek attention: "Handsome guy, handsome guy! Do you still remember me? I'm Little White ~"

  "Little White?!" Ao Qian was stunned, looking foolish at the little white snake in front of him that was speaking human language: "You can talk?!"

  "Of course, I was afraid of scaring you earlier." The little white snake blushed and lowered its head, twisting its body: "Are you very happy to see me again? Are you surprised?! Do you have the urge to confess to me?! Is...?"

  Yang Yan picked up the small white snake and threw it out of the window, impatiently saying: "Don't bother with it! I heard that last time this beast bit a rabbit and you also cured it? My dog's situation is the same, just cure it."

  "......That's a monster?!"

  "You're not normal yourself." Feng Xiao Xiao couldn't help but strike back with a blunt truth.

  "......" Ao fell silent for a moment, then dropped the half-checked Tudi and stood up: "If it's still that snake bite, I have some medicine left here that can be injected directly."

  Last time when treating the little rabbit, Ao Qian was coincidentally in a state of near-death, and his internal small universe was stirring, waiting to erupt. Somehow, he extracted the antivenom or detoxifying component from his body. Now that it has erupted, Ao Qian's abilities have stabilized, and it would be impossible for him to do it again... Not to mention this snake venom is mutated, even if it were a normal process of extracting known snake venom, following standard procedures would take around 9 months.

  It's good that the detox component was extracted more last time, and there are still some left after use. Originally, it was intended to be used for research at home, but unexpectedly, it came in handy this time.

  The medicine was administered and injected, and within a few minutes, the rigid Alexander, a stone-like dog, began to relax, and it seemed that after resting for a while, he would be able to recover.

  Others sat down and prepared to discuss the issue of Ao Qian.

  The little white snake was sorrowful, wailing and crying like a yellow-faced woman who had been abandoned by an unfaithful husband, as it crawled back from outside the window and buried its head in Ao Qian's bosom seeking comfort. Ao Qian first stiffened, then sighed, allowing the small snake to crawl around his legs, before pouring tea for the guests and sitting down.

  "I knew why it's been raining non-stop lately, turns out the Dragon King has returned." Feng Xiaoxiao took a sip of tea to clear her throat before continuing, "You should have noticed something too, right?!"

  Ao Qian smiled bitterly: "Just before I died, I found that the weather outside the window was very gloomy, while the weather forecast clearly said it should be sunny that day..."

  "Do you believe in weather forecasts?!" Yang Yan said with disdain while stroking the still somewhat sluggish bulldog on the sofa.

  "...will ignore the unfriendly tone, Ao Qian pretended not to hear and continued: "But at that time my body had already begun to...and I didn't have the energy to think about these irrelevant things. Afterwards, until my breathing was no longer under control, I finally fell down...I'm sure you all know that after a person dies, their bodily functions and breathing will stop, but the brain will still retain its thinking ability for another hour..."

  We don't know squat!

  Feng Xiaoxiao and Yang Zhen both felt speechless. Who among them had ever died before? How could they possibly have this experience?!

  "I was still clearly aware of my own death, until even my consciousness dissipated... and when I found myself able to open my eyes again, it was already a week later. The lady from the same building happened to rush in with someone, seemingly saying that they saw me fainting at home through binoculars from the opposite building, so they came to rescue me... Even if I'm confused, I shouldn't be unable to distinguish whether I'm dead or just fainted, right?"

  "Telescope......" The wind was speechless, encountering such a fierce pursuer, it's really hard to say whether this is a blessing or a curse. But thinking again, the other person's luck with women isn't great either, not to mention the suspected mistress, and another one is actually a snake...

  During the time when Ao Pu was dying, falling into a coma and then reviving, the torrential rain in this area also continued intermittently until recently when Ao Pu vaguely realized his ability to summon the wind and call for rain, and the scattered violent power was withdrawn, only then did he gradually see a glimmer of sunlight.

  Of course, he had realized his abilities, but he never thought or dared to imagine that he would be the Dragon King...

  "So, after you came back to life, you've been resting at home and trying to figure out the abnormalities in your body?" Feng Xiaoxiao summarized.