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"Is this what death feels like…"

Xiao Chen could feel his vision gradually darken, to him his last sight of the face of the most beautiful girl in the martial world could be said to be an accomplishment as well. Xiao Chen was at least able to avenge his sect before dying, leaving nothing to regret.

"Is there really no more regret?"

Xiao Chen felt like laughing, feeling stupid. Who is he trying to fool? So many regrets in his life that he couldn't fix but now even regretting them is useless.

"It's too late, unless I can turn back time… What kind of stupid thoughts do I have."

Now that Xiao Chen felt that he was in the dark, the pain all over his body also gradually disappeared indicating that he was heading towards the afterlife.

"Master… Father, Mother… I am coming…"

When Xiao Chen began to choose to surrender and give up everything suddenly a bright blue light appeared in front of him.

"Oh, is this the door to the afterlife?" Before Xiao Chen could think further, the bright blue light grew bigger and closer to him. Xiao Chen wanted to observe the light further but when the blue light hit his body, it seemed to enter into him.

Xiao Chen's body then emitted a bright blue light before his vision darkened again, but this time his whole body returned to feeling pain though not as badly as before.

"Ouch! Ouch! What happened?!" Xiao Chen struggled to escape from the pain he was feeling, shouldn't he already be dead? Why did he still have to feel this pain?

When Xiao Chen struggled further, he found himself able to open his eyes and found himself lying down looking up at the starry night sky.

"I'm not dead yet?" Xiao Chen couldn't believe it, he tried to change his position to sit but his entire body ached and could hardly be moved. Xiao Chen was certain that he had died and this place was also foreign to him, could it be that the afterlife was different from what Xiao Chen had thought in the notebooks up until now.

"Oh, you've come to your senses? I think it will take a few more days."

Xiao Chen then found someone sitting in front of a fireplace not far from him, a young man who wore an iron mask to cover most of his face. Even though all that could be seen were a pair of eyes and a mouth, Xiao Chen could recognize the person.

"Master Fang, Why are you still wearing a mask in the afterlife? Does Master's good looks still bring trouble in this realm?" Xiao Chen immediately recognized this young man as Fang An, the one who had brought him into the martial world.

Fang An, who had originally approached Xiao Chen with a gentle smile, now stopped in his tracks and became alert, "How did you know I was surnamed Fang young man? Who are you?"

Xiao Chen frowned when he heard Fang An call him a young man. Xiao Chen inspected his body, his hands looked much smaller and his legs had also become shorter.

"What the…" Xiao Chen held his head which was starting to hurt, he was sure he had been killed by such a severe injury but now he was in a situation he started to remember, "Isn't this the first time I met Master Fang? I go back in time? How could it be?"

Xiao Chen didn't understand his condition, his head hurt and he started screaming hysterically. No sane person could understand the situation that had happened to him. Fang An, who had been on guard, turned to pity when he saw Xiao Chen's condition.

"Calm yourself, everything will be fine…" Fang An hugged the hysterical Xiao Chen, strangely the hug calmed Xiao Chen after a while.

Fang An did not force Xiao Chen to tell any further but let Xiao Chen digest the situation he was in.

During that night Xiao Chen could not sleep, trying to find an explanation for this experience that was happening to him. Occasionally Xiao Chen could hear Fang An coughing softly in front of the fireplace all night long.

Seeing Fang An also not sleeping because he wanted to keep an eye on Xiao Chen, worrying that Xiao Chen might need something or return to hysterics again made Xiao Chen accept the situation more quickly.

"Perhaps God gave me a chance to settle my regrets…" Xiao Chen no longer cared whether all of this was an illusion or reality, but he was going to live it. For him, no matter what he's going through, being able to meet his Master again is a blessing.

Xiao Chen didn't understand why he had returned at the age of 5, when his village had been attacked and lost both his parents. Xiao Chen then dismissed the thought, realizing that returning to an earlier time would not necessarily save his village from robbers' attacks.

"Son, have you calmed down? Can you tell me where you come from? How did you end up in this place?" Fang An started to ask after seeing that Xiao Chen's condition was stable.

Xiao Chen told Fang An everything, in his previous life it took a long time before Xiao Chen could tell everything to Fang An because of the trauma he had experienced but this time Xiao Chen was able to tell everything smoothly.

Fang An was quite amazed to see Xiao Chen who was still so young looking calm in the situation that had happened to him, Fang An could also see that everything Xiao Chen had told him was not a lie.

"Okay, I understand your situation. How did you know my surname? And why do you call me Master?"

Fang An was dressed like a normal person, apart from the mask on his face of course while his sword was hidden by a cloth. Not many people would think Fang An was a warrior by nature, they would only think Fang An was hiding his face because his wounds or appearance were unsightly.

Xiao Chen scratched his head, he couldn't possibly relate to the fact that this was his second life right? In the end, Xiao Chen could only make up a story that before he woke up, he had a dream that he was made the disciple of a warrior named Fang An who also wore a mask.

Fang An looked Xiao Chen up and down, knowing his surname was one thing but knowing his full name was certainly quite another. To be honest, Fang An found it difficult to believe Xiao Chen's story, but on the other hand, Xiao Chen was only a five year old child in Fang An's eyes.

"There's no way I left him in this forest alone, he said in his dream he recognized me as Master, could it be true? Is this fate? Fang An stroked his chin.

Xiao Chen was a little worried that Fang An would not take him as a disciple this time because of his previous reaction and Xiao Chen was indeed so suspicious but if Xiao Chen wanted to make up for all his past regrets, he had to join Fang An into the martial world.

"If you really don't have a goal, how about you come with me? Maybe all of this is fate, I have never had a disciple, you could be my first disciple…"

Fang An hadn't finished speaking yet but Xiao Chen had already started kowtowing before him three times before calling Fang An back as Master Fang. All of Xiao Chen's behavior made Fang An a bit anxious, but in the end this Master and disciple were back together in this life.