Hell's Handbook

Chapter 393

“Where’s… where’s my dad?” asked Wu Jingru with teary eyes. Her question stumped Chu Yi, because he wasn’t sure how to answer her.

“He’s… he’s already passed away.” Chu Yi did not like lying, and he was bad at it anyway, so he could only be honest with her.

Wu Jingru went into a daze, then her knees suddenly buckled. Thankfully, Chu Yi caught her before she hit the floor, but she had already fainted.

“I… I just brought her back to life! I didn’t scare her to death again, did I?!” Chu Yi gave himself a slap. It was not easy to get all the items needed for the Ceremony of the Gods. If he seriously shocked her to death, then his efforts would have gone down the drain.

Luckily for him, Wu Jingru had only fainted from shock. He carried her onto the bed and waited for her to regain consciousness.

A few hours later, she slowly opened her eyes again. She saw that Chu Yi was sitting next to her, and tears began rolling down her cheeks rapidly like a broken pearl necklace.

“Don’t… don’t cry! Don’t cry!” Chu Yi panicked for a moment before saying, “You don’t have to be so sad, actually. You were dead too and I managed to revive you. I can bring your dad back too.”

Wu Jingru’s eyes widened as she said, “Are you serious?”

“And you think I would put in so much effort to revive you just to lie to you? Don’t worry, Wu Chen died because of me, so I’ll definitely bring him back to life,” said Chu Yi confidently as he patted his chest.

Wu Jingru calmed down and suddenly stopped talking. She just kept staring at Chu Yi, to a point where Chu Yi was getting creeped out, so he asked, “What… what are you staring at?”

“Nothing, really. Can you tell me how you were able to resurrect me? Are you… some celestial being? With supernatural powers?” asked Wu Jingru curiously as she blinked her large eyes.

Chu Yi scratched his head awkwardly and said, “I’m sorry but I can’t tell you. There are some things we have to keep secret, or we’d all get into big trouble.”

“Oh oh! I get it! You have to keep everything a secret, so you’re a secret agent for the country? Our country has invented medicine that can cure people with late stage cancer and I’m one of the test subjects?” Wu Jingru came up with such a wild yet perfect story, Chu Yi felt that if he just agreed with everything she said, he would be able to get away with this.

“Something like that, I guess,” he scratched his head again.

“Then can you tell me how my dad died?” Wu Jingru brought the topic back to Wu Chen.

Chu Yi’s expression fell slightly. She continued, “You said he died because of you, so are you… his colleague? You guys are all secret agents for the country, right? My dad died protecting you during a mission?”

“Young lady, why don’t you write a book since you’re so good at cooking things up?!” said Chu Yi.

But Wu Jingru glared at him and said, “Who are you calling ‘young lady’? You’re not that much older than me!”

Chu Yi didn’t know how to respond to that. Based on physical age, it was true that Chu Yi wasn’t that much older than Wu Jingru, and the two could be considered peers. But the things that Chu Yi had gone through during this time were way more than all the experiences of any person’s lifetime. One could not measure the mental age of any owner purely by their physical age.

“Alright then, from now on, you’re gonna follow your oppa right here! Before I revive your dad, your safety, your diet, your schooling, your work, your future spouse, and children will all be taken care of by me!” said Chu Yi as he patted his chest. He had matured greatly after going through Handbook Challenges, but he could be childish when necessary.

He was unable to explain a lot of things to Wu Jingru, but for some reason, she trusted this young man greatly, even though he was only a few years older than her and sometimes went off tangent. It was because she could sense some… fatherliness in him.

In the midst of darkness, Su Jin had climbed to the top of a mountain to wait for the sun to rise. Before long, the sun rose from above the horizon and brought light back to the world.

Su Jin had a sword fastened to his belt, but it wasn’t a weapon fashioned from metal. It was made from Su Jin’s psychokinesis, but because he was so good at controlling his powers now, it was impossible to tell if this was an actual weapon or if it was made from psychokinesis.

Eighteen years had passed – Su Jin felt like he had lived a second lifetime. He had remained in this world for a good 18 years now. After their run-in with the rune creatures, the three great demons had gone into hibernation. According to them, they needed to recuperate, and the best way to do so was to hibernate.

But Su Jin couldn’t sleep for that long, so he eventually decided to explore this world. He was going to take it as a little holiday in a different world, even though this holiday was a little too long.

This world was very big, and it was much bigger than where Su Jin was from. But unlike his own world that had entered the age of technology, this place was still stuck in medieval times. Kingdoms and aristocrats were a norm, while martial arts was considered the highest form of power.

Chu Yi was the expert in martial arts, but learning it was even easier for Su Jin. He was able to understand the limits of martial arts instantly, like installing a patch for an operating system.

So now, Su Jin was basically a wandering martial arts warrior. He wandered the world and had been given the title of Martial God. That was a title that was given to the strongest martial artist in the entire world, and it was given to only one person.

He had only taken three years to gain that title, and had spent the next 15 years accepting challenges from a number of martial artists, like a formidable character who stood in a lofty place, guarding the title of being the strongest.

But in reality… Su Jin was bored to death, because the standards of the people here were simply too low and it was meaningless to duel with them. Besides, it wasn’t that Su Jin was trying to defend his title. He couldn’t lose a duel even if he wanted to.

Seven years ago, Su Jin arrived at this mountain and went into seclusion at its peak. He could have enjoyed high status, women, and riches if he lived among people, but Su Jin wasn’t interested in any of that. He just wanted to spend the remaining time on top of this mountain, then leave with the three demons.

The winds here were cold enough to rattle bones, and there was snow everywhere. Su Jin had spent quite a bit of time doing nothing on this mountaintop now. Someone would come looking for him every now and then, but few were actually capable of scaling such a mountain.

After spending ten minutes on the peak to exercise, Su Jin pointed randomly and a plump, delicious fish suddenly came flying out from a deep lake thousands of meters below the peak. If one looked carefully, they would notice a silvery thread coming out of the fish’s mouth, and the other side was connected to Su Jin’s finger.

The fish quickly flew into Su Jin’s hands. He pointed to another spot and created flames, which he used to roast the fish. It didn’t take long for him to get a nicely cooked fish to eat. He had a lot of complaints about this world, but he really loved the fresh ingredients.

Just when Su Jin was about to take a bite of the fish, he paused and frowned slightly as he muttered in annoyance, “What the heck? Someone’s actually climbed up in this ridiculous weather? Are they tired of living?!”

It was the middle of winter now, so the temperature on this mountain had dropped to a terrifying low, and it was impossible for any ordinary person to climb it. Martial artists stood a chance, but if they were unlucky, they would perish halfway up. But now, someone had actually almost reached the top, except that they were now in danger. In most cases, Su Jin would not bother, since anybody making their way up was well aware of the dangers here and it wasn’t his business if they wanted to risk their lives.

But this time, Su Jin frowned, which meant that he had already decided to save this person. He disappeared in a flash, then reappeared a thousand meters away, in a leeward area close to the peak.

A man in a giant cloak was running desperately, and the one chasing after him was the one who originally ruled this mountain, a giant ape covered in white fur.

The cloaked man was clearly no match for the white ape, so he had no choice but to keep running. And when he had no other place to escape, two sword blades suddenly stuck out from his abdominal area, as though they were protruding from his stomach.