Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 323 - 160: The Mortal Body Has Perished, Yet the Soul Endures

Chapter 323: Chapter 160: The Mortal Body Has Perished, Yet the Soul Endures

"Unharmed?"

Third Sister looked at Fan Wubing who returned safe and sound. Not only was he fine, but his energy and spirit seemed quite good, which made her click her tongue in wonder.

"I underestimated you, kid." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Fan Wubing laughed and said, "Maybe I was born for this kind of work."

Third Sister chuckled, "Kid, no one is born for anything."

"Third Sister, I want to discuss something with you."

"What is it?"

Fan Wubing rolled his eyes, coughed slightly, cleared his throat, and said solemnly, "Why don’t you discuss with everyone and let me handle the task of unclogging the energy gates?"

Third Sister squinted her eyes, "What are you up to, kid?" She circled around Fan Wubing, examining him from head to toe, "Come to think of it, you came here to the Abyssal Prison on purpose, didn’t you?"

"How could that be? I owe Ye Yixian a favor, that’s why I’m helping him with this." Fan Wubing replied with an unchanged expression.

"Do you know that it’s hard to enter the Abyssal Prison and even harder to get out?" Third Sister sat down and crossed her legs; her pretty eyes seemed to have colors and patterns swirling within them, truly mesmerizing, "Come, sit here." She patted the stool beside her.

"Third Sister..."

"Afraid I’ll eat you? Don’t worry, I’m not like Zhao Qi."

"Alright then." Fan Wubing sat down. To be honest, not knowing what Third Sister’s intentions were, he was somewhat wary of this woman.

In terms of fighting, Fan Wubing believed he could protect himself even if he couldn’t win, but this woman seemed like an abyss with a gravitational pull.

Third Sister, with her hands on her lap, said, "I won’t question your purpose for coming to the Abyssal Prison. Everyone here has their own goals, including me. But kid, I must tell you, the Abyssal Prison is not as peaceful as it seems."

Fan Wubing retorted, "It’s not peaceful at all, okay?"

Every day, many people are imprisoned, then tortured to death.

During patrols, the screams, pleas for mercy, and cries come in waves, overwhelming. Spending every day in such an environment, a normal person would have gone insane long ago. Only these sick people can endure it.

Third Sister smiled gently, "That’s not what I’m talking about. I ask you, do you know why the Abyssal Prison exists?"

Fan Wubing answered, "To punish criminals who deserve death, making them suffer and atone for those who perished."

"We all understand that a person, whether alive or dead, possesses both life force and death energy simultaneously. This is the basic balance that allows living beings to survive and continue among all things. Everything exists because of balance." Third Sister began to preach.

Fan Wubing had read a lot about the discourse and explanations of the Great Dao, and he personally experienced much of it.

But after all, he was just a Nascent Soul, never truly delving into the Dao, so Third Sister’s narration immediately enthralled him.

Third Sister: "Life force is the driving energy for something to change, continue, and move forward towards a hopeful direction. Death energy restrains such change and continuation. As immortals, essentially we strive to enhance our life force and suppress death energy. Life force is change and hope, death energy is restraint and curse. The prisoners here have weak life force and strong death energy. This clearly doesn’t conform to the way of balance, thus the need for energy exchange, sending out death energy and bringing in life force. This is the significance of the Fifth Level."

"To ensure the balance of the Abyssal Prison?"

"Yes. If this balance is disrupted, the Abyssal Prison will be shaken." Third Sister narrowed her eyes, "So... kid, if what you’re doing will break the balance of the Abyssal Prison, then you won’t be able to bear the consequences." She smiled, "I don’t mind, but those who survive by the Abyssal Prison surely will."

Fan Wubing was thinking. So, the world beyond the energy gate is a place where life force is unusually vigorous, while the Abyssal Prison is where death energy is strong.

These two places achieve a certain balance together?

Balance...

Balance!

Fan Wubing suddenly realized. He couldn’t wait to ask, "Third Sister, what is the essence of the Abyssal Prison!"

"Essence?" Third Sister was momentarily taken aback, she thought for a moment, "The Abyssal Prison... is a physical body."

Fan Wubing only felt his back heating up, his mind suddenly cleared.

If the Abyssal Prison is a physical body, then the world beyond the energy gate is the Realm of Divine Soul!

The balance between the physical body and the divine soul...

Isn’t this the manifestation of ’Heart’s Desire’!

"So, the Abyssal Prison itself is the third trial of the ’Heart’s Desire’ I’ve been searching for!" Fan Wubing confirmed this thought in his heart.

"Whose body?"

Third Sister laughed, "Why ask such a question? You can’t really have a purpose, can you?"

Seeing Fan Wubing’s serious expression, Third Sister suddenly paused, a heavy look appeared on her face, "Silly brother, I’m only telling you all this because I’m afraid you’ll get yourself killed, what exactly are you planning!"

Fan Wubing asked softly, "Does Third Sister plan to stay in the Abyssal Prison for life?"

The colors and patterns in Third Sister’s pupils slowly came to a stop, "I’m just glad I said this to you."

"It’s because it’s Third Sister that I would say it."

"Why?"

"Third Sister even gave me one of her cherished eyes, how could I not open my heart to her."

Third Sister squinted her eyes and asked, "Aren’t you afraid that I have another motive for giving you my eye?"

"I was worried about that before, but I’m not worried now."

"Why?"

"Because, look." Fan Wubing held the eyeball in front of himself, injected a stream of energy, and immediately, the colors and patterns in the pupils swayed, gradually reflecting Fan Wubing’s face.