The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1747: "Resurrection

"Husband, hold on." He Linghan threw herself into Ye Shikai’s arms, sobbing in agony. Ye Shikai had been run through the heart by a single sword strike from Mi Wen, and he could even feel his strength ebbing away bit by bit. His limbs felt so heavy; he had never felt that raising an arm could be so exhausting. His eyelids were heavy too, as if they’d been filled with lead. Ye Shikai didn’t feel much pain; his nerves were weakening, the sensation of pain no longer so clear. Blood flowed from the wounds on his chest and abdomen, yet he felt nothing at all, as if this body were not his.

What entered his sight was He Linghan’s miserable wails, and the panic-stricken Mi Wen. Her expression was like that of a good child who had accidentally killed someone. Faintly, he could still hear her sobbing. She had already come back to her senses, but seemed unable to accept any of this; or rather, she simply did not believe what she was seeing.

"Ling’er, you... you need to go, hurry. Live... live on..."

His eyelids were so heavy; it felt like only his brain was still struggling to function. He was starting to lose consciousness, gradually losing the ability to think. His mouth muttered, and only one phrase was left: "Stay alive."

All the way along this path, he and He Linghan had gone through so much, all just for the sake of living. Sometimes, it didn’t even count as living; he even had to think about how to simply survive. Ye Shikai had never thought he would die. After so many brushes with death, one easily formed an illusion—as if favored by the heavens, that he would never die.

If his death today could buy peace for the people beside him, then so be it.

Rumble.

In the last instant before losing consciousness, he vaguely heard a thunderous boom. It was the sound of lightning; the Barrier seemed to be shattered by the lightning strike. Ye Shikai really wanted to open his eyes and see, but his eyelids felt as if they had been locked shut and simply wouldn’t open. Right after that, he felt a burst of light around him; even with his eyes closed, he could still sense it. Then came an immense heat, as though he had been thrown into a furnace.

So hot, unbearably hot.

He could no longer feel his body. Of course, at this moment he should already be dead. Yet Ye Shikai could distinctly feel the existence of his consciousness. Reasonably speaking, once a person dies, the brain stops functioning—dust returns to dust, earth to earth. But he still had clear perception. Could this be the soul after death? Or... was he about to be reincarnated?

No one knew what would happen after death, and no one could be sure if things like spiritual consciousness truly existed. After all, those who stepped through the Gate of Ghosts could never come back and tell the living the answer. Perhaps this was simply the state after death.

Ye Shikai didn’t know how much time had passed. Maybe ten minutes, maybe a day, maybe a year, perhaps even longer. He had no frame of reference: no watch, no sun or moon. Naturally, he had no concept of time. In fact, time itself was something invented by humans. In deeper dimensions, time should probably be redefined...

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In a daze, Ye Shikai felt something "abnormal." Beyond his mind, it seemed he had another sense—something like... touch. That was impossible, and perhaps because too much time had passed, he had even forgotten what that felt like.

Finally, Ye Shikai perceived light. No longer the "profound" darkness, but brightness.

Immediately after, he opened his eyes.

Yes, eyes. Although Ye Shikai had no idea how much time had gone by, he still remembered this organ. His consciousness might have vanished, but his spirit remained.

Then he began to "move." His legs, his hands—he felt a chill. The sensation transmitted through his skin let him once again feel "cold."

"Where... is this?" Relying on the faint sensations he had, Ye Shikai moved his body with difficulty. After dozens of minutes, he finally managed to slowly struggle up from the ground.

With his vision restored, he saw the scene before him clearly. This seemed... to be a secret chamber. There was no lighting around; he groped his way forward in the dark, staggering as he walked.

"Strange. I was supposed to be dead, wasn’t I?" Ye Shikai said blandly. The dead couldn’t come back to life. Could it be... he had really been reincarnated?

Ye Shikai felt over the clothes on his body. There was no light, so he couldn’t see, but by touch he could tell that this garment was torn in many places.

Ye Shikai shook his head, and his memories started flooding back. He remembered... that day, his heart had been pierced through by Xuanjian, and then he died.

"Damn it, there’s so much I can’t remember." Ye Shikai slapped his head and felt over his hands. Fortunately, the Storage Ring was still there. Ye Shikai circulated his Inner Strength and took a flashlight out from it. Seeing light again, he felt somewhat "excited." However, when he saw the sight before him clearly, he got another fright...

This piece of clothing had quite a few slashes in it, especially around the abdomen and chest. Not only were there cuts, there were bloodstains as well. In fact, there were many bloodstains on this garment. Of course he recognized it—this was exactly what he had been wearing when he stormed the execution ground that day. Those cuts were naturally made by Mi Wen, and as for the bloodstains, those were even more unforgettable.

Which meant that after he died on the execution ground, he had ended up here. Ye Shikai lifted his clothes; those wounds had already healed. If not for a faint scar, Ye Shikai would have doubted whether he had really been stabbed by that sword.

He placed his hand over his chest; his heart was still beating. Though somewhat weak, he could clearly tell that his body was slowly regaining its functions. At first, he had struggled even to get up. Now he could already walk. Flashlight in hand, he shone it around. This seemed... to be a burial chamber.

In the center stood a coffin. There were no inscriptions around. Ye Shikai certainly had no intention of lifting the lid; disturbing the rest of the dead was never a good idea. He only wanted to figure out where this place was and... how to get out.

Since this was a tomb chamber, and the person in the coffin wasn’t him, that meant two things. First, this was not his grave. Second, he must have been placed here by someone.

But whose tomb was this? Ye Shikai was a bit curious, but there were no characters on the surrounding walls, so he had no way to investigate. Besides, compared to the identity of the tomb owner, he was far more curious about how to leave.

Coming to a stone door, Ye Shikai felt around with his hands. Suddenly, he sensed a depression; this seemed to be a mechanism. He pressed down hard, and the stone door slowly opened. Outside was a passageway inside the tomb. Ye Shikai walked along the passage. He didn’t know how long he walked before coming upon another massive stone door. He again tried to feel for a mechanism, but this time he didn’t find one. Unlike the stone door of the previous chamber, this "great stone door" before him was double-leafed, like a city gate. He pushed with all his strength, but it didn’t budge an inch; it seemed the outside was completely blocked.