Chapter 168: Replenishing the Soul

“Grandmaster, wait!” At this moment, except for Tao Bai, who was still unconscious, Cheng Xin had already woken up, and the time he woke up was just a few minutes before the ferryman died. Together with our narration, we also knew most of the things that happened after he fell into a coma.

Cheng Qing was restrained, and I have been carrying too much for so many years that I have become more and more self-restrained. So when faced with the words of the master, Cheng Xin was the most direct.

The master turned and looked at Cheng Xin, but did not speak.

Cheng Xin was very direct and asked loudly, “Grandmaster, where are you going? Are you going to Kunlun? My master and the others are looking for you. We are looking for our master too. Tell us where you are going and we will find you together. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be reunited?”

After saying this, Cheng Xin was afraid that the master would not agree, so he said, “Master, if you answer us, then you can just go. There is a saying that parting is for a better reunion! If you refuse to answer, then don’t go. If you do, I, as a disciple, would rather die than live in loneliness. Everyone in the circle wants to take advantage of us.”

After saying this, Cheng Xin deliberately looked at Xiao Chengqian, who looked quite resentful. Xiao Chengqian looked up at the sky and said to himself, “The stars are so beautiful.”

Chengzhen looked at him and laughed. He simply sang a line: “Where is tomorrow’s breakfast?” Then he asked Xiao Chengqian, “Don’t you think it rhymes and sounds familiar?”

“What does it mean?” Xiao Chengqian didn’t understand for a moment.

“It means that this is a children’s song. Don’t think that just because you sing a children’s song, you can clear the relationship. Your organization has always been at the forefront of bullying us.” Cheng Zhen said to him without any courtesy.

“What does that have to do with me?” Xiao Chengqian glared at Chengxin, who had started the topic. Chengxin glanced at Xiao Chengqian, who felt a little ashamed and could not argue, so he simply shut up.

The master looked at us laughing and joking, and a hint of happiness appeared on his face. But even though we were joking, our eyes were on the master. Yes, the question that Brother Chengxin asked was the question we wanted to know the most, and we were waiting for the master’s answer.

Looking at us, the master sighed and said, “To be precise, I am not your master. Therefore, I have no way to answer your questions.”

As soon as the words fell, we all turned to stone, including Lu Shan, who was not involved in the matter. What kind of answer is this? It is even more upsetting than a direct refusal to answer us.

“Grandmaster, if you don’t want to answer, just don’t. Why do you have to trick us with such words? The attitude of the Grandmaster Hongren Hongye in passing on the Dharma, setting up the formation, and spreading the teachings proves that you are our Grandmaster. Why do you have to say that you are not?” Chengzhen was hot-tempered and couldn’t stand it anymore.

After all, we in the Li family have been brought up this way since childhood, and the relationship between superior and inferior has no boundaries or restrictions in our hearts. Therefore, it is understandable that Chengzhen said this in his excitement.

This time, none of us blamed Chengzhen. He had undoubtedly spoken our minds.

“I’m not fooling you. I’m not your master, but I am your master! To be precise, I am a remnant of my soul, a remnant of my own soul that I have separated from myself. Do you understand?” The master sighed and said seriously.

“What?” This time, we almost shouted out at the same time.

“A person has three souls and seven spirits, and none of them can be missing! But what if you use a secret method to separate a part of each of the three souls and seven spirits and then reunite them into one remnant soul?” The master looked at us and said.

“No, this is impossible. Even the strongest person cannot separate a part of a soul and make it whole again. This is a provocation of heaven… a copied soul will be scattered to pieces.” I said loudly.

The secret method that the master said was theoretically feasible, but in fact it was not. Any magical method must follow the laws of heaven. Even if it is a method of evil cultivation, it must also conform to the laws of heaven and not provoke the bottom line of heaven.

Replicating a soul is definitely the bottom line of the bottom line!

“It seems that you have studied the basics of Taoism very seriously, but what if you seal yourself in this boundary stone?” The master looked at me with deep meaning.

I looked at the boundary stone and suddenly couldn’t speak. I felt intuitively that this boundary stone was extraordinary, and my master said just the right thing: “This boundary stone has many secrets, but you don’t need to know them now. In short, you only need to understand one thing. I am actually just a remnant soul sealed in the boundary stone. For many years, I have been accumulating spiritual power. When you arrive, bring the opportunity and awaken me.”

This… if that’s true, it makes perfect sense! On second thought, this is the key to the Grandmaster’s plan. When he left the demon soul behind, he already knew that future generations would obtain it, and he used some secret technique to calculate this opportunity… When I thought about it, I couldn’t help but sigh again, the Grandmaster is truly a godlike being.

Facing our surprise, the attitude of the master was still very indifferent, and he just said, “So, as a remnant soul with a complete set of three souls and seven spirits, I have the complete will of your master, that is, myself, but not the complete memory! I can only remember the key points, or I have learned some information through divination before, but I really can’t answer your questions. The reason why I left the remnant soul here is also my responsibility. I must eliminate the disaster of Kunlun. This is what everyone in Kunlun should do.”

At this point, I was already unable to describe the loss in my heart. I asked in a mumble, “Grandmaster, since you say that, why didn’t you intervene at any point?”

“I cannot attack any being from Kunlun. Kunlun has its own rules, one of which is that beings from Kunlun cannot attack each other outside of Kunlun. Even if I am facing a plant from Kunlun, I cannot attack it. This is the reason, otherwise why would I have to go through such a difficult process of setting up the trap?” The Grandmaster sighed and explained.

This explanation also dispelled many of my doubts, doubts that had existed since the beginning of the demon bugs. Why didn’t the Grandmaster just destroy the bugs back then? Instead, he passed the responsibility to the Master.

“What kind of stupid rule is this?” Cheng Yuan couldn’t understand, but the Grandmaster smiled and said, “In fact, in Kunlun, you can’t easily kill any living being unless there is a good reason. You can understand it as a kind of kindness, an attitude of survival, and a higher kind of humanity.”

I was a bit dazed. I didn’t quite understand what the Grand Master was saying, but I somehow yearned for it.

“Then, Grand Master, the masters have already gone to find you, whether you want them to or not. We don’t care whether the masters want to go or not. This is simply the fate of our lineage. Won’t you show us the way?” Chengqing, who had been silent, spoke up.

The master sighed and said, “Even if I have supernatural powers, I can’t read the minds of these idiots. They really are…”

While he was talking, the Grand Master rested his hands on his back and looked up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking. We dared not disturb him, so we waited quietly for the Grand Master’s answer.

After a moment of silence, the master said, “What can I do with a remnant of my soul? They are all my closest disciples, and their goals are vague and their paths are filled with uncertainty. Even if I were to come myself, I would not be able to calculate the outcome or point out a clear path. Who can command the hearts of men? I can only use divination to give you an answer.”

What answer did he give us? We all looked at the master, not knowing what he meant.

Then the master suddenly said to Chengqing, “Chengqing, release the spirit platform and let me possess you.”

Chengqing immediately did as he was told, and the master instantly possessed Chengqing’s body. He then took out the divination tools from the yellow cloth bag that Chengqing was carrying and began to calculate carefully.

Time passed by minute by minute. After a long time, Chengqing’s body became limp, and the figure of the master appeared again. This time, the master’s soul was obviously a little dimmer. He looked at us and said, “The answer is already here.”

We immediately looked eagerly at the master, but his face became a little strange: “All I can say is that they are still alive. The day they meet is unclear, and I can’t see the result. This is the answer I can give.”

Grandmaster can’t see it either? We were a little disappointed, but at the same time we were very happy. After all, being alive is the greatest encouragement to us. It’s already very amazing that a trace of Grandmaster’s soul can do this.

“Then, there is only one thing left to do now, and that is for me to leave.” While we were still happy, Grandmaster suddenly said this.

“Grandmaster, you are going to reunite with your main soul. Do you want us to help?” I said happily. My master is still alive. What could be more joyful than that?

“No, there is no need to merge. I still have one thing that I have already calculated and must do, and that is, my remaining soul will merge with your soul to supplement your soul.” The master said seriously.

“What?” I didn’t react for a moment. What does this mean?

“It must be the will of heaven. Chengyi, you and I have almost the same fate, so my remaining soul will transform into pure spiritual will, and my spiritual power will be able to supplement your soul and repair the damage you sustained in the battle. That’s it.” The Grandmaster walked towards me step by step.

Before I could fully react, my master’s figure disappeared in front of my eyes. I felt a sudden surge of willpower in my body, which then suddenly shattered into pure power, overwhelming me for a moment.

My legs went weak and I fainted on the ground!