Chapter 749 - 831 Villain
"The Soul-Burning Lamp is a type of Magical Artifact used to preserve the soul. Its creation is not difficult, but the method of making its lamp oil is somewhat inhumane, using the Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul Cultivator to refine it..."
Saying this, Zuoqiu Yiren raised her eyebrow and said, "No, you still have things you’re hiding."
After speaking, Zuoqiu Yiren’s Divine Sense spread out while chanting in her mind, the Soul Suppressing Array emitted a dazzling golden light, and then Zuoqiu Yiren reached out across the void towards Qiao Yushi.
Since she won’t tell the truth, then it’s time for Soul Search.
Zuoqiu Yiren gathered a large, invisible hand using her Soul Power.
Qiao Yushi’s face changed. Seeing that she had been discovered, a cyan glow surged in her hand, trying to summon the Dragon-Devouring Sparrow to confront the enemy.
"Suppress!"
Zuoqiu Yiren softly exhaled, and an overwhelming pressure swept out from her body.
The cyan glow in Qiao Yushi’s hand instantly dissipated.
Next, her neck was gripped by the large hand formed from Zuoqiu Yiren’s Soul Power, and then she felt a soul power not belonging to herself invade her mind.
In Soul Search, if not careful, it can even injure the Soul Origin, leading to memory loss.
Even if nothing goes wrong during the Soul Search, it would still cause great harm to Qiao Yushi.
Zuoqiu Yiren chanted in her mouth, then lifted her left hand, her jade finger pointing to her own forehead, and afterwards, with the finger that pointed at her forehead, drew a circle in front of her.
Then, that circle became like a display screen, showing scene after scene.
And these scenes were Qiao Yushi’s experiences, to be precise, her memories.
In the memories, Qiao Yushi was not a victim...
Her father was indeed Du’jie Zhenren, but he wasn’t a Loose Cultivator in the true sense.
He was a successor of the Heaven Shifting Sect.
The Heaven Shifting Sect has a Secret Technique that can transplant a person’s root, constitution, divine eye, onto another person, turning a regular person into a genius.
And this Secret Technique is called the Heaven Shifting Skill.
Du’jie Zhenren himself was also a genius.
One day, he met a prodigy from the Demon-Taming Sect who happened to be seriously injured.
And discovered this Demon-Taming Sect prodigy had an Immortal Marrow.
So Du’jie Zhenren used the Heaven Shifting Skill to transplant this Immortal Marrow onto himself.
To keep the secret, afterwards, he cruelly killed the Demon-Taming Sect prodigy.
Once powerful, Du’jie Zhenren roamed Primordial Heaven, looking for people who had Immortal Collection hidden within them.
Once discovered, he captured them, transplanted them onto himself, then killed them.
Over time, his secret was discovered by others.
But at that moment, Du’jie Zhenren was already in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, and alone, none of the sects could capture him.
Whether it was retribution or something else.
The evil Du’jie Zhenren was struck by the Immortal Tribulation, severely injured, before dying, he transplanted all the Immortal Collection he had onto his daughter, Qiao Yushi.
As a result, Qiao Yushi inherited all her father’s memories.
Qiao Yushi had just buried her father not long ago.
But the forces behind the Immortal Collection prodigy taken from him by Du’jie Zhenren had come looking for her.
Qiao Yushi’s mother self-destructed to death to cover her retreat.
The Artifact Spirit of the Soul-Stabilizing Bead also self-destructed to perish while protecting Qiao Yushi.
However, Qiao Yushi was still caught up.
To give everyone an explanation, and also give herself a chance to survive.
Qiao Yushi used the Heaven Shifting Skill to extract all her Immortal Collection, then jumped into the Demon Abyss.
The Demon Abyss, known as the land of death, was caused by the War of Deification in Ancient Times, a forbidden place for the living.
Entering the Demon Abyss, Qiao Shiyu was left with just a breath, her body eroded by the bizarre entities within the Demon Abyss, even her Soul Body was devoured, to survive, she hid a strand of her remaining soul into the Soul-Stabilizing Bead.
Afterwards, it was as Qiao Yushi had said.
Once the Soul Search ended, Zuoqiu Yiren released Qiao Shiyu, muttering, "So Du’jie Zhenren was an evil man, and you are the descendant of evil, no wonder you hide and conceal."
Qiao Yushi’s figure became even fainter, that Soul Search had greatly injured her.
Not only had her Soul Body been consumed tremendously, but mentally she suffered fundamental torment, reminding her of past pain.
She looked dejectedly at Zuoqiu Yiren and said, "Are you satisfied now, go ahead."
The reason Qiao Yushi concocted so much was because she knew once her identity was discovered, it’d be hard to survive.
"Your father is your father, you are you, I didn’t find you doing anything similar to your father from your memories, if otherwise, without needing your words, after searching your soul, I would’ve caused your Soul Destruction." Zuoqiu Yiren glanced at her and said.
"Wait..." Chen Mo rubbed his chin and said, "Since Demon Abyss is a land of death, how did Song Jun bring you out of there?"
"The Demon Abyss was ten thousand years ago, now after so long, the bizarre entities inside have long perished with the passage of time, even if some weirdness remains, after so long, their strength would be terrifyingly weak, far from as frightening as ten thousand years ago, now it’s just a rather dangerous mysterious realm." Zuoqiu Yiren explained to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo nodded.
"You don’t kill me, what do you want me to do?" Although Qiao Yushi was slightly surprised, she didn’t believe Zuoqiu Yiren would easily let her go.
"Just make a deal. Hand over the Spirit of the Dragon-Devouring Sparrow, and teach all the Divine Techniques you know to him, and I’ll consider helping you refine a new body." Zuoqiu Yiren pointed to Chen Mo and said.
Chen Mo raised his eyebrow, looking at Zuoqiu Yiren in surprise.
He noticed that Yiren Jie was overly kind to him...
Qiao Yushi slightly squinted her eyes, she knew she had no choice, nodded and said, "I don’t want a newly refined body, just take my original body and refine it."
"Alright." Zuoqiu Yiren nodded in agreement.
"Also give me some soul-recovering materials..." It seemed she was afraid Zuoqiu Yiren would misunderstand she was bargaining, Qiao Yushi explained, "In my current state, if not recovering somewhat, not only won’t I be able to separate the Dragon-Devouring Sparrow, but I myself will face soul annihilation."
Zuoqiu Yiren glanced at her, then nodded.
Then Zuoqiu Yiren handed the Soul-Stabilizing Bead to Chen Mo, letting him proceed with refinement without worry.
Qiao Yushi returned inside the Soul-Stabilizing Bead.
Zuoqiu Yiren told Chen Mo:
"After you refine the Soul-Stabilizing Bead, Qiao Yushi will obey your commands. She has lived over ten thousand years, longer than the Sect Leader, she can teach you plenty of things."
"Yiren Jie, but you..."
"I only agreed to help her refine a body, didn’t say I’d let her go. Besides, if I really let her go, who knows if she would seek revenge, better to keep her by your side as your teacher, so I can relax a bit."
"Yiren Jie, your goal is only to make yourself a bit more at ease." Chen Mo transmitted in response.
"Go, the matter is resolved, you can leave now."