ILSITM Chapter 36

The Wang Taoist then turned around and walked towards my backpack.
I fell from mid-air to the ground and wanted to pick up my backpack, only to realize I had no hands and couldn’t lift it.
I wanted to “possess” my backpack, but found that it didn’t support me “possessing” it.
As the Wang Taoist walked towards my backpack, I wanted to push him away with my hands, but I had no hands.
I tried to kick him with my feet, but I had no legs and couldn’t kick him.
I wanted to shout at him to get lost, but I had no mouth and couldn’t make a sound.
I had become an invisible man. Not only could I not see myself, but no one else could see me either, including the Wang Taoist.
When the Wang Taoist opened my backpack, all the constables surrounded him, none of them recognizing the things inside.
“Since these are things left behind by the milkweed spirit, please take them all away together, Wang Taoist, to avoid future troubles,” one constable said worriedly.
The Wang Taoist, not recognizing the items in the backpack, was a little embarrassed and at a loss. Hearing the constable’s words, he picked up the backpack.
Seeing this, I had a sudden idea and floated towards the cellar where the uncle and nephew were hiding.
The two of them were peering out of the cellar, watching the Wang Taoist and the constables’ every move.
I quickly descended into the cellar and saw Liu Jinhua lying there at a glance.
I successfully “possessed” the milkweed that Liu Jinhua was “possessing.”
I extended half of a vine to the cellar entrance and saw that the Wang Taoist and the constables had just left the pond.
I leaped out of the cellar and chased after the Wang Taoist.
The roots of the milkweed were as nimble as my feet.
Running, I gathered all my strength and swept the vines towards the Wang Taoist and the constables.
The Wang Taoist and the constables fell to the ground one after another, and I took the opportunity to seize my backpack and its gourd.
I slammed the gourd hard on the ground. It cracked and split in two. I didn’t see any milkweed inside. Only a flash of white light appeared, and a person stood before me.
This person was tall and sturdy, every part of his muscles as hard as iron.
His dark face wore a smile, and his bright eyes sparkled with determination.
He had the unique temperament of a soldier: dignified and stern, calm and restrained. His short hair, paired with a soldier’s characteristic square face, made him look clean and neat.
Who was this person? This person was Ma Tiandong.
Who was Ma Tiandong? Ma Tiandong was me. I was Ma Tiandong.
Since I became obsessed with cave exploration and time travel, I had rarely looked in the mirror.
Today, I finally saw myself.
I walked up to myself, hesitated for a moment, and then entered my body. My soul and body were a perfect fit, and at that moment, they were finally reunited.
The Wang Taoist and the constables got up from the ground, their faces showing surprise as they looked at me.
“Who are you? Where did you come from?” one of the constables asked.
“I traveled here from a country more than a thousand years in the future.” Because this question was difficult to explain to them in a short time, I answered concisely.
I then looked at the Wang Taoist and said, “I am not a milkweed spirit. Like you, I am a human.”
The Wang Taoist looked at me with suspicion and took out a magic mirror from his bundle to shine on me.
The magic mirror, also called a demon-revealing mirror, could reveal the true form of demons and monsters.
The Wang Taoist shone the mirror on me for a while, then said, “You are not a demon. You are indeed a human!”
I glanced at Liu Jinhua beside me, then looked at the Wang Taoist and said, “The milkweed plant next to me is also a person. Can you help her regain her human form?”
The Wang Taoist, setting aside his previous suspicions, took out another gourd from his bundle and pointed the mouth of the gourd towards Liu Jinhua.
“Receive!” the Wang Taoist shouted loudly, and the milkweed that Liu Jinhua was “possessing” was sucked into the gourd.
Then, the Wang Taoist placed the gourd on the ground and shouted again, “Release!”
A bright light flashed from the mouth of the gourd.
Soon, a person appeared before us.
This person stood motionless with their back to us, but she had a slender figure and long, flowing hair.
Looking at this person’s back, I saw what seemed like a light mist surrounding her, as if she were not a person of this world.
After a moment, this person slowly turned around.
She had an oval face, long eyelashes and large eyes, fair skin, and a tall, slender figure. Her bearing was dignified and elegant, like a budding peony flower, beautiful but not seductive, gorgeous but not vulgar.
She looked at me, her big eyes smiling, her thin lips smiling, and the two dimples on the outer corners of her mouth also smiling.
She smiled and walked towards me.
“Brother Tiandong, thank you!” the girl said with a smile.
Looking at this girl, I suddenly felt a little at a loss.
“Are you Liu Jinhua or Wen Rourou?” I asked somewhat incoherently.
“Haha, Brother Tiandong, I am Liu Jinhua from the Tang Dynasty, and Wen Rourou from Jiudong City,” the girl said with a smile.
I had filmed a television documentary with Wen Rourou and explored caves with her, but I had never stared at her like this before.
“Long time no see, hello, beauty Rourou!” A smile instantly appeared on my face.
At this moment, I noticed the Wang Taoist and the constables standing to one side, awkwardly looking at the two of us.
I said to them, “Today was a misunderstanding. Please don’t hold it against us, thank you everyone. Thank you, Wang Taoist, for helping my friend regain her human form. Thank you so much!”
Wen Rourou also reacted and hurriedly expressed her gratitude to them.
The Wang Taoist picked up the gourd from the ground, put it in his bundle, and left with the constables.
“Wen Rourou, the last time we traveled back to Earth from the Black Hole Star, I didn’t return to Jiudong City but traveled to the Tang Dynasty. How did you travel to the Tang Dynasty too?” I asked in confusion.
“I don’t know what happened either. On the way back, I seemed to have fallen asleep. When I woke up, I found myself transformed into a peasant girl named Liu Jinhua in the Tang Dynasty,” Wen Rourou said with a giggle.
“I wonder if Old Lin and Old Zhang have returned to Jiudong City. I bet they’ve also traveled to the Tang Dynasty,” I said with some concern.
“Brother Tiandong, where are we going now?” Wen Rourou asked me gently.
“This is, after all, a foreign land. I think we should go back to the Tang Dynasty,” I said.
As Wen Rourou and I were talking, the uncle and nephew, who had been hiding in the cellar, climbed out and walked towards us.
“Thank you, benefactor, for saving us,” the uncle and nephew said to me.
“I also want to thank you. If you hadn’t brought me to the Kingdom of Silla, I wouldn’t have met the Wang Taoist, and my friend and I wouldn’t have regained our human forms so quickly,” I said sincerely to the uncle and nephew.
After saying goodbye to the uncle and nephew, Wen Rourou and I headed towards the Tang Dynasty.
On the way, I saw a Garuda, a large golden-winged bird, carrying a person in its beak, flying through the air towards Diamond Mountain.

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