After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 205 3 chance

At this moment, Shen Xu was wandering the streets of Tianjian City, worrying about where he would stay tonight. He was not only penniless but also deeply in debt. He had no idea which god of poverty he had offended to end up in this situation.

"Young friend, I've finally found you! Our last transaction isn't finished yet!" A slightly aged voice rang out behind Shen Xu. A memory from several months ago, like a flood bursting its banks, suddenly surged from the deepest recesses of his mind.

In an instant, Shen Xu was struck as if by lightning, his whole body trembled violently, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Although he had just broken through to the Qi Condensation Realm and his strength had significantly improved, he still couldn't muster the slightest desire to resist when facing the old man again.

It felt as if all his other emotions had been forcibly severed, leaving only the purest and most primal fear, stemming from instinct.

Seeing that Shen Xu remained silent, the old man continued slowly from behind him, "The old rule still applies: exchange all the Nourishing Essence Pills you have for a chance to choose." After saying that, the old man fell silent, and the atmosphere around them became increasingly heavy.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xu didn't dare to breathe, his body tense like a fully drawn bow. His eyes were fixed straight ahead, his mind racing as he searched for a way to escape.

After a moment's hesitation, he took a deep breath, then carefully lifted his foot and took the first step forward very slowly.

Time ticked by, and the surroundings remained silent, as if nothing unusual had happened. Only then did Shen Xu's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settle down a little.

He then adjusted his posture, preparing to take the second step. However, just as he mustered his courage to lift his leg again, the old man's voice came again, "It seems you don't have any Nourishing Essence Pills!"

The distant voice struck Shen Xu's heart like a thunderclap. In an instant, a chill rose from his spine and quickly spread throughout his body, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

Shen Xu's heart tightened, and he quickly stopped his steps. He then said in a trembling voice, "I...I really don't have any Nourishing Yuan Pills, so please consider whether you want to give up on me. You could find someone on the street who is richer than me."

Before he could finish speaking, the old man slowly said, "Your life can also be exchanged for a chance to choose!"

Shen Xu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and four words flashed through his mind in an instant—"The true intentions are revealed when the map is unrolled!"

"Uncle! I may have the life to choose, but I won't have the life to use it!" Shen Xu said with a bitter face and trembling legs. He didn't want to be like this, but he couldn't control his body.

The old man hadn't done anything; he had simply stood behind him, and he hadn't even sensed any cultivation level in the old man.

But for some reason, the fear that originated from the depths of his soul kept crashing against his mental defenses like a surging tide, making it impossible for him to suppress this fear.

Given his current condition, it's impossible for him to leave even if he wanted to.

"Choose the right one and you'll succeed!" the old man said calmly.

But the old man's calm voice sounded particularly chilling and terrifying to Shen Xu, as if the old man were a demon crawling out of hell, extending its claws to slowly drag him into the abyss of fear.

"What should I do?" Shen Xu thought to himself, feeling utterly miserable. He was facing the biggest crisis since his rebirth, the kind that seemed unsolvable.

He carefully recalled his three encounters with the old man. The first time, he was just like an ordinary old man, but the second time, the old man put immense pressure on him, forcing him to flee in a sorry state.

This time, simply approaching him from behind plunged him into an abyss of fear. His mind was easily overwhelmed, and he trembled all over, unable to move, completely at his mercy.

At this rate, Shen Xu knew he had no chance of surviving until his fourth meeting with the old man. In other words, he absolutely had to settle things once and for all with the old man this time, but this settlement might very well cost him his life!

Thinking of this, Shen Xu hardened his heart, took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice, "I want to ask you, old man, why do you insist on making a deal with me, and how will you let me go?"

Now that he had made his decision, he wanted to get to the bottom of it, otherwise he would die with regrets.

"Our deal is done! Make your choice!" The old man's voice was becoming increasingly unlike that of a human.

The eerie sound seemed to come from the deepest hell, creeping into his ears. In an instant, a chill ran up his spine, causing his soul to tremble involuntarily.

This fear did not originate from external threats, but was a deep-seated, innate fear buried in his soul.

As the trembling in his soul intensified, the void in Shen Xu's soul, which had just begun to heal, seemed to be violently torn open by an invisible hand, instantly expanding once more.

What horrified him even more was that he could clearly feel the emptiness in his soul greedily devouring most of the fear that was being transmitted to him.

At this moment, Shen Xu felt a surge of fear. He had a strong intuition that if this mysterious void did not exist in his soul, then the old man's answer alone would have been enough to make his soul stop functioning due to extreme fear.

He will become a fool who lives in constant fear.

But the old man's answer also left Shen Xu in deep confusion. When he first met the old man, the old man was full of emotion. The second time, he did not have much interaction with the old man, but he could still see that the old man's mind was extremely clear.

But this time, the old man seemed to have become a puppet that only knew how to operate according to a specific program, devoid of any emotion and exuding a highly dangerous aura.

Moreover, the fear and damage to his soul made Shen Xu realize that he must never ask the old man any more questions, or even let the old man speak, otherwise the only outcome awaiting him would be becoming an idiot.

But that's easier said than done. Even if he chooses the right box, the old man will definitely respond to him. Once the old man responds, he will be shocked into a daze by the fear in the old man's words!

Just then, the scene of his second encounter with the old man suddenly flashed into Shen Xu's mind.

At that moment, faced with his hasty escape, the old man did not try to stop him, as if he had encountered some extremely special situation, and his whole body instantly fell into a dazed state.

This scene kept flashing before Shen Xu's eyes, and a bold idea gradually took shape in his mind: if this old man was indeed a puppet operating according to some specific program, as he guessed, then perhaps he still had a glimmer of hope!

If we can find the old man's weakness and shut him down again, he might be able to escape from this desperate situation!

Thinking of this, Shen Xu's previously flustered heart gradually calmed down. He took a deep breath, then turned his back to the old man and said with a firm gaze, "Old man, when we first met, you said that all the Qi-Nourishing Pills in my body could be exchanged for a chance to choose. At that time, you took all the Qi-Nourishing Pills in my body, but I did not make a choice."

But since you took my Qi-Nourishing Pill, you must give me a chance to choose.

Similarly, when I saw you a second time, you took all my Nourishing Essence Pills again, but I still didn't make a choice, so my chance must still be there.

This is the third time I've met you, and this time I'm going to trade my life for another chance to choose. In other words, I now have three chances to choose.

My choice is to select all!!

"I remember you said, sir, that one of these three boxes must contain a treasure, which means I'm sure I'll choose the right box!"

After Shen Xu finished speaking, he slowly turned around. What he saw was an extremely ferocious smile on the old man's face. Even more strangely, black blood was flowing continuously from the old man's seven orifices.

Although the old man was bleeding from all seven orifices, his appearance did not instill much fear in Shen Xu. It seemed that the old man's voice was the real source of his trembling.

Moreover, his blood essence was not touched, indicating that the blood flowing from the old man was not real blood, but this also indirectly suggests that the old man was probably not a real living being.

Staring intently at the three black boxes in the old man's hand, Shen Xu hesitated for a moment. After a brief moment of thought, he finally decided to carefully put the three black boxes into his storage ring.

He was terrified that the strange old man would approach him again under the pretext of delivering the box; he didn't want to see this scary old man a fourth time.

Just then, Shen Xu suddenly realized that his vision was limited to the old man in front of him, while the surrounding scenery had become extremely blurry.

Because all his attention had been focused on the old man, he hadn't noticed this situation at all. Thinking back carefully, perhaps the same thing had happened during his previous two encounters with the old man, but he hadn't noticed it either.

Faced with such an unknown and powerful being as the old man, Shen Xu had always maintained a respectful but distant attitude.

Therefore, he bowed deeply to the old man to show that he had no intention of offending him or provoking the person behind the old man. After doing this, he slowly turned around and moved away into the distance.

As Shen Xu increased the distance between himself and the old man, he noticed that the previously blurry scenery around him gradually returned to normal. Finally, when he had walked far enough, everything had returned to normal.

However, even so, he still couldn't completely calm down inside. "I hope it will let me go!"

As for those three boxes, it's better to leave them in his storage ring to gather dust forever.