My Demon Husband Is a Snake

Chapter 1209: Yet It Could Also Be Called Immortality

Zhang Che was noncommittal, "Su Chongwen is dead, yet one could also say he’s immortal."

What does it mean to be dead, yet immortal??

I couldn’t understand Zhang Che’s words, but deep down I knew I’ve been living in a meticulously planned deception all my life.

This matter concerns my family secrets, and the wounds I cannot reconcile.

Zhang Che only said this much and didn’t elaborate further.

And I didn’t want to pursue Su Chongwen’s matter in such a public setting.

Next, Zhang Che continued to recount the predicament within the Mystic Sect. Most of the core members of the Mysterious Gate Noble Family had been afflicted by Gu Poison and held hostage by Su Chongwen.

They were being coerced to use their own spiritual power to nourish a special kind of mystic insect.

It made the mystic insects spin silk, offering the threads to Su Chongwen.

The various major sect families were in misery.

The Celestial Master Sect intended to take a stand and deal with Su Chongwen.

With Ancestor Zhang Zidao absent, the Celestial Master Sect was leaderless.

There was no one to uphold the facade, especially Elder Jia, who had just been sitting at the head of the table, was of high seniority.

But really lacked the boldness, much less any capability.

The inner workings of the Zhang Family were even worse, with the old being old, and the rotten being rotten.

They could only bring Zhang Che back to take charge of the situation, and Zhang Che managed to persuade Zhang Shuying to return.

After explaining the situation clearly, everyone dispersed.

I intended to ask Zhang Zidao to release Zhang Shuying, but, unfortunately, Old Taoist Zhang didn’t agree.

Zhang Che mediated, and finally convinced Zhang Zidao to temporarily lock Zhang Shuying in prison.

Then, Zhang Che and Old Taoist Zhang went together to see those afflicted by the Gu Poison.

Perhaps considering my feelings, Zhang Zidao didn’t let me follow.

I was arranged to stay in a room at the Celestial Master Sect, and upon entering I saw my mother threading a needle and pulling thread.

Judging by her technique, she was definitely working on the Yin Yang Life and Death Embroidery, but the patterns and designs were ones I had never seen before, and the flowers in the design were somewhat poignantly beautiful.

Just as I wanted to get a clearer look at what she was embroidering, my mother quickly noticed and put away the fabric she was working on, "Why are you here?? This is the Zhang Family, did Uncle Che bring you here?"

"I... came with my master." I cleared my throat to ease the awkward atmosphere.

My mother immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Ancestor, has he returned from his retreat? With him around, Uncle Che can lay down that heavy burden. But... what did the ancestor bring you back for?"

"It’s probably... to have me inherit his mantle." I stammered.

Knowing my mother’s temperament, she would certainly oppose anything that might cause trouble for me.

As expected, my mother’s face darkened, "Before we could assume it was just talk, but now he’s actually brought you here. With over ten thousand people in the Zhang Family, he only chose you as his successor, and to pass all his skills onto you—this doesn’t seem appropriate."

I thought to myself, mom, don’t worry, Zhang Zidao hasn’t taught me anything.

The only thing I know related to the Celestial Master Sect is from the book Uncle Che gave me.

"Now that Uncle Che is back, there should be nothing left for me to worry about." I said this out loud, and it was also what I thought, "Back then, my master chose me because Zhang Shuying was expelled from the Zhang Family, and Uncle Che went to the Lin Family."

"When it comes to Shuying, that child truly has a bitter fate. Him ending up like this is still our..." My mom murmured halfway through, suddenly stopping, and said to me, "After the ancestor returns, does he... know the reason why Uncle Che came back to the Zhang Family?"

"Of course he knows, mom, in fact, I’m not surprised by this at all, you don’t need to worry it will upset me." I quietly comforted her, but my mind was a tangled mess.

I once thought Su Chongwen wore a cheongsam to drag out his remaining days, just to live a little longer.

But now it seems, even after so many years of being dead,

he could suddenly wake up and stir up trouble, it seems he might not have been so afraid of death back then, perhaps it was just an act.

Then... why did he want to kill Yu Longting...

The White Python Cheongsam was made for prolonging life, after all. What exactly was his underlying motive.

My mom suddenly laughed at herself, "I’m not surprised either, for him to engineer such an elaborate plot to harm you, to have killed the Snake Lord through human means, only to be suddenly struck down by illness—it’s absurd in itself..."