AWB Chapter 220 contains two souls from another world.
Chapter 220 contains two souls from another world.
Chapter 220 Two Souls from Another World
After waiting for seven days, the opportunity that the Star Gazing Taoist had mentioned finally arrived.
A letter from Yichen.
Upon receiving the letter, the Star Gazing Taoist immediately went to see Lu Jian.
"Simply put, pinpointing Wang Qingyan's hiding place is only the first step."
"To kill him completely, we must first deal with the primordial energy within him."
Lu Jian nodded deeply. "Does the Daoist priest have any methods?"
The Taoist priest bowed respectfully and said, "There are two methods."
"Please speak, Daoist Master," Lu Jian said, his expression suggesting he had nothing to lose by listening.
"The first is suppression, the second is stripping away."
"Master, you seem to know so much about this, have you tried it yourself?"
"It was an old fellow disciple who tried it, but unfortunately they all failed."
Lu Jian thought for a moment, feeling that the Star Gazing Taoist wouldn't waste time talking nonsense at a time like this, "Why?"
"Without the checks and balances of the Heavenly Dao, no force is sufficient to completely suppress or strip away the power of primordial life."
“But the Ancestral Gu has not fully integrated with the Heavenly Dao…” As Lu Jian spoke, his brows relaxed, and he suddenly understood. “What does the Daoist mean?”
"By filling in the gaps, one can successfully attain the Dao."
How to complete it?
"The so-called Way of Heaven is nothing more than overseeing order, fulfilling the duty of observation, and following the principles of nature."
"Therefore, those who can repair the damage must be unrelated to this place, yet deeply entangled in it."
"Master, you might as well explain it more clearly."
"Bai Li Ce"
"What does this have to do with her?"
"The young lady is a soul from another world. She is the most suitable vessel for the new Heavenly Dao, and only she can provide a glimmer of hope for this world."
Lu Jian stared at the Star Gazing Taoist for a long time before asking another question, "You and your fellow disciple agreed to borrow luck before, was it because of this?"
"..." The Taoist Guanxing lowered his head with a look of shame on his face.
"Be bold!"
Lu Jian grabbed a teacup and smashed it, causing the Taoist priest who observes the stars to bleed profusely from the head. "How dare you deceive me!"
That stinky Taoist priest!
It turns out that the intention was not to save people, but to reserve a Heavenly Dao container to facilitate the fusion of the Ancestral Gu with the Dao!
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!" Zhang Shan quickly knelt down.
"By doing this, how do you make me any different from a despicable villain?!"
"..." The Stargazing Taoist looked like he was ready to be beaten and scolded at will.
Seeing that he neither dodged nor argued, Lu Jian was not so angry anymore. In the end, it was really not advisable to make too much of a fuss about borrowing luck.
He then gave Zhang Shan a wink, and after the latter gave the Taoist Guanxing some basic treatment for his wounds, he decided to let the matter drop for the time being.
Suppressing her anger, she asked, "Isn't there any other way?"
The Baili family has sacrificed enough over the years; to take someone else's sister's life now would be utterly inhuman.
"This situation is a dead end on all sides. In order to fight for this sliver of hope, all of my senior brothers and sisters died tragically, and most of the remaining disciples also died young. Today, only my junior brother and I are left."
“If there were other ways, my junior brother wouldn’t be plagued by this disease all day long, and our sect wouldn’t have chosen such a detrimental and immoral method that would cut off our lineage.”
"Damage your virtue and cut off your descendants?" Lu Jian had a bad feeling.
Please don't do what he thinks.
The Stargazing Taoist took a deep, heavy breath, somewhat reluctant to speak, "The reason why the young lady, as a soul from another world, came here is precisely because of our temple."
"Ha," Lu Jian laughed in exasperation.
He couldn't help but scoff, "It seems that not all of your disciples are upright and honest."
Lu Jian is not a good person, but bringing a complete stranger here is no different from being a human trafficker.
"This is the only way."
After the Taoist Guanxing finished speaking, he withdrew. Using a soul from another world to eliminate the Heavenly Dao, which was filled with selfish desires, and then using this soul to repair the new Heavenly Dao, was truly a desperate attempt to fight for life, vicious and selfish.
But compared to a "dead end on all sides," this is the best option.
......
After Guan Xing left, Lu Jian had an even bigger headache.
Seeing his furrowed brows, Zhang Shan assumed he was furious. "Your Majesty, shall we summon the imperial physician?"
"You may leave now. I wish to be alone."
"Yes"
Hearing the door close, Lu Jianfang shed his imperial demeanor and collapsed wearily onto the dragon throne, staring at the roof of the palace.
After a while, he took out a few sheets of paper from the drawer.
This is the result of the interrogation of Blind Tan by the Criminal Investigation Department.
His original intention was to investigate whether there was a Gu tree in Lincheng by talking to the local people, and at the same time win over the hearts of the people there so that they could quickly gain the trust of the imperial court.
However, he unexpectedly learned that Baili Ce had made several strange porcelain dolls.
The officers in the Investigation Bureau thought Baili Ce had some deeper meaning, so they had Tan the Blind draw the porcelain doll's appearance.
"These porcelain figurines are strange and unusual, but apart from hiding poison, I can't see any other deeper meaning in them."
Lu Jian said this in front of Baili Ming.
But this wasn't the first time he'd seen the porcelain doll image on the paper.
A monkey wearing a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown and a golden chainmail armor...
He first met her at He Yao's place.
It's also a painting, but it's a bit more mischievous than the one painted by Blind Tan.
It was only the size of a palm, and although it was tattered, it was incredibly precious. It was framed and placed inside the dressing case.
He only noticed it by chance, took it out to look at it, and it made He Yao furious, almost ignoring him forever. The impression was too deep.
So when that old Taoist priest was talking, he was actually thinking, was A Yao also a soul from another world?
In the nightmare he often had in his childhood, Baili Ce was not there.
He Yao was not there either.
Or rather, it's not Ayao, whom he loves now.
But assuming they are both souls from another world and have a good relationship, then A Yao would never let Bai Li Ce sacrifice himself.
"..." As the flames leaped, Lu Jian burned the papers directly.
Since this is the only way, we can only apologize to Baili Ce.
......
The pattering raindrops stirred up a misty vapor on the ground. Bai Li Ce sat on the veranda, stretching out his hand to feel how heavy the rain was, while also keenly smelling the stench of blood mixed in the water.
In just a moment, it vanished, leaving only a chill.
She withdrew her hand and dried it, without making any further movements.
Wang Qingyan stopped three steps away from her as he approached from a distance. "The rain is too heavy now. Let's go for a walk in the yard when it gets a little lighter."
"This rain probably won't stop anytime soon."
"There will always be a time when it stops, won't there?"
Sensing the hidden meaning in his words, Baili Ce stopped responding.
Wang Qingyan, however, was not so easily appeased. He almost guessed that she was already beyond saving before slowly asking her, "If you were seriously injured, how long could you endure in this rain?"
"You can say whatever you want to say."
"Nothing else was it. We just had some outsiders visiting the manor and gave them a simple welcome."
"I wanted to ask you," Wang Qingyan paused deliberately, wanting to see Baili Ce's reaction, "would you like to meet him?"
This was clearly not a genuine attempt to get her opinion, but if they didn't want her to see them, why tell her in the first place?
He could have simply not said it.
Or do you want her to see you?
"It's up to you to decide." If he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it and didn't bother to ask who had come.
Is that so?
Wang Qingyan sat leisurely on the bench by the railing under the corridor. Since he was already wet, he didn't mind getting even wetter. "Then I hope this old friend can hold on a little longer."
He emphasized the words "old friend," but Baili Ce still didn't ask anything.
Then came the torrential rain.
"Looks like the weather isn't cooperating."
Wang Qingyan's voice carried a hint of mockery, no longer caring about Baili Ce's reaction.
After all, some problems cannot be solved by running away from them.
"Bring the people up."
The servants had probably been prepared long ago; at Wang Qingyan's command, they dragged the person up.
It crashed roughly to the ground in front of the porch, "Thud..."
Bai Lize couldn't see his surroundings directly. The misty atmosphere further impaired the unknown "power's" perception of the person in front of him. He only knew that there was someone lying in the rain, motionless for quite some time.
"Cough cough..." Just when Wang Qingyan thought Yichen was gone, he coughed a few times and slowly got up.
She swayed as she stood still, and in the rain that made it hard to open her eyes, she solemnly performed a Taoist salute, saying, "Young lady, it's been a long time."