547: The Method of Soul Transfer

“Heh…”

“It’s really lively.”

At the same time, Mo Xuan and Hai Ruoli’s eyes flickered, looking beyond the small island.

Hai Ruoli waved her hand, and within the Azure Lotus Lake, the huge thirty-six-petaled azure lotus in the center sank beneath the surface of the lake, taking Zhou Tailai’s figure with it, disappearing into the lake.

The azure lotuses swayed, returning to their original appearance, with no trace of the smiling and unrestrained figure that had been there.

“Old Ancestor, this is for me.”

Zhou Xingqun, his face greatly changed, shifted his expression several times before turning around, bowing to the hundred-zhang black snake, and speaking in a deep voice.

“Let’s wait and see.”

Mo Xuan nodded slightly, showing no surprise. He had naturally paid attention to Zhou Xingqun’s uniqueness; otherwise, he wouldn’t have personally overseen the xing generation grand competition back then.

However, he didn't know the specifics of how he was unique, but it seemed that it would be revealed today.

“Let’s go.”

Mo Xuan whispered, and his and Zhou Xingqun’s figures disappeared from the small island.

Hai Ruoli looked at Zhou Xingqun’s previous abnormality, already having some conjectures in her heart. While deep in thought, she too flickered and appeared high in the sky outside the small island, standing shoulder to shoulder with Mo Xuan, while Zhou Xingqun stood behind them.

Buzz~

At this moment, a Qi gradually manifested between heaven and earth, and space unfolded like an ink painting.

Whoosh~

The Void Realm trembled slightly, with ripples spreading out. A stunning figure, wearing a Phoenix hairpin, dressed in luxurious clothes, with a cold expression and a hint of pity in her eyes, stepped out from the void, as if walking from the Great Dao itself. She carried a dazzling light, and though the stars shone brightly, they seemed not to be even a fraction of her brilliance.

Lady Yao Guang

“Yao Guang…”

When this peerlessly beautiful woman, filled with pity for all living beings, appeared, Zhou Xingqun, standing behind the man and the snake, felt a sharp pain in his heart. This figure resided in the deepest part of his memory; even the most profound Dao techniques seemed unable to erase this figure imprinted deep within his Soul.

The peerlessly beautiful, compassionate woman’s gaze was clear, falling upon the only ordinary figure with a weak Qi present.

“Senior Brother, please come back with me. I have already atoned for the sins you committed. Come back with me, you will not die, but from now on, you will have no freedom.”

The peerlessly beautiful, compassionate woman looked at Zhou Xingqun with a somewhat complex expression and spoke softly.

Then, she bowed to Mo Xuan and Hai Ruoli.

“Fellow Daoists, please hand my Senior Brother over to me.”

The complex expression in the peerlessly beautiful woman’s eyes turned serious.

“Who are you? Xingqun is a Junior from the Family under This Lord/Monarch’s protection. How could he be your Senior Brother?”

Mo Xuan shook his head, his tone calm, with a hint of inquiry, making it impossible to discern his attitude.

“My name is Yao Guang.”

“He is the Reincarnation of my Senior Brother, Dao Lord Yuheng.”

“Fellow Daoist, you do not know the details of this matter, nor do you know who my Senior Brother is. How do you know that if my Senior Brother were to grow again, it would not lead to an unimaginable disaster?”

Lady Yao Guang’s expression was serious, and the mere Golden Core cultivator, Zhou Xingqun, seemed like a true formidable enemy in her eyes.

“Heh…”

“Yao Guang, back then, for that item, you harmed me just as I was about to Breakthrough, causing my body to perish and my Dao to dissipate. If not for my good fortune, Awakening the mystery in the womb and comprehending past and present lives, I fear I would have truly fallen.”

“Today you came here, yet you still put on such a hypocritical act. Even if you obtained that item, do you still refuse to drop your disguise?”

Zhou Xingqun’s eyes held clear hatred, no longer caring about too much.

Now that Yao Guang had found him, no matter the outcome, his secret could not be hidden, so why bother to conceal it anymore?

“Hmm?”

Lady Yao Guang was startled, somewhat surprised. The Dao Lord Yuheng, who had once dominated the world, galloped across the lands, and possessed astonishing talent, had actually started to distort facts. Back then, even after doing such a thing, the former Yuheng would not have uttered such a clumsy lie.

It seemed his cultivation was low, and it had worn down the spirit of that astonishingly talented and peerless figure from back then.

“Senior Brother, if that item wasn’t in your hands, how could you have Reincarnated and cultivated again?”

Lady Yao Guang scoffed.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xingqun’s expression darkened. He hadn’t expected that even after his ‘death’ for so many years, Yao Guang still hadn’t dropped her disguise.

“Fellow Daoists…”

Lady Yao Guang no longer argued with Zhou Xingqun and looked towards Mo Xuan and Hai Ruoli, who had remained silent, wanting to say something, but was interrupted by a voice.

“Fellow Daoist Yao Guang, there might be a misunderstanding here.”

Beside Mo Xuan, although she had only heard a general outline, Hai Ruoli already understood the gist of the matter. If the discussion continued, though they had only just met, she could still be sure that Fellow Daoist Mo would definitely not back down.

At that time, if a conflict were to arise with this sudden, unfamiliar Female Sovereign, no matter the outcome, it would not be a good thing.

Connecting this to what she had seen on Zhou Xingqun, Hai Ruoli interrupted Lady Yao Guang’s words, stepped forward, and spoke in a solemn voice.

“Misunderstanding?”

Upon hearing this, Lady Yao Guang and Zhou Xingqun were both startled at the same time.

The two were mortal enemies, their love having turned to hatred; how could it be cleared up with a mere ‘misunderstanding’?

“Both of you, what you said is true.”

Hai Ruoli’s words were astonishing, causing Lady Yao Guang, whose Aura was slowly condensing, to pause slightly, and Zhou Xingqun also looked towards Hai Ruoli.

“Your memory has been tampered with… You are not this Fellow Daoist’s Senior Brother…”

Hai Ruoli’s expression was somewhat complex. If possible, she didn’t want to reveal this matter so directly.

This was undoubtedly extremely cruel for Zhou Xingqun.

However, she had no choice but to do so now.

“What?”

“How could this be…”

Zhou Xingqun’s face suddenly turned pale. He suddenly remembered the Senior’s gaze when he first came here and entered the island—it was pity… “Impossible, how could I be mistaken?”

Lady Yao Guang’s expression changed slightly as she looked towards Hai Ruoli.

“This is an ancient Soul shifting technique. Although the caster’s cultivation is not high, they are extremely proficient in this Dao.”

“Fortunately, when this person cast the spell, their cultivation was not high; otherwise, even I might not have been able to discern it.”

Hai Ruoli shook her head. Following Heavenly Venerable Qing, she had seen and heard countless things. In the previous epoch, she had already witnessed this evil method.

At that time, she and Qing had encountered a person who was decadent and had no belief in life. Qing, seeing his pitiful state, initially wanted to help, but unexpectedly angered him. The two fought fiercely, and the person, unable to win, sought death wholeheartedly. Qing discovered this and did not strike him down.

However, after capturing that person, Qing took out hundreds of kinds of good wine he had collected, which finally ignited that person’s belief in life.

Qing and that person got thoroughly drunk. In the last moment, that person told a story. In the story, there was a person who, from childhood, had memories of his entire Clan being annihilated by powerful enemies. This person spent his entire life cultivating for revenge.

But in the end, when he personally killed his enemy, he discovered that the person he had killed with his own hands was his own biological parent.

And his Revered Master, who had always guided him, was the true mastermind behind the scenes, his parents’ enemy, who had used this Soul shifting technique to fabricate a memory that was real yet false.

Therefore, the first time she saw Zhou Xingqun, she confirmed that Zhou Xingqun was also a pitiful person.