143: Chu Yaohua, a person from the upper realm

Chu Qianqian turned this massive bedchamber upside down, inside and out.

She did not even spare the wardrobe, behind the screens, the rafters, or even the crevices beneath the bed.

She swept the room with her Divine Sense again and again, but did not find a single Soul.

"Whew..."

Chu Qianqian sat dejectedly on the edge of the bed, exhaling a long breath as she wiped the fine beads of cold sweat from her forehead.

"It seems... I really am just too tired."

She comforted herself in her heart:

"Having experienced so much recently, my mind has been in a state of high tension. It's normal to have some auditory hallucinations, right? Yes, that must be it."

Just as she was trying to hypnotize herself into believing it was just an illusion and prepared to lie back down to rest,

"Stop looking, silly girl. I am right inside your body."

That lazy, magnetic, and slightly playful female voice exploded right in the center of her mind again, without any warning!

It was clearer and more deafening than the last time!

"Ah——!!"

This time, Chu Qianqian heard it clearly and distinctly.

That voice was not heard by her ears at all; it resonated directly within her Soul!

Her face was as pale as paper, her hands tightly clutching her arms, and her body trembling uncontrollably.

She shouted at the empty room with a trembling voice:

"Who?! Who exactly are you?! Inside my body? Are you human or a ghost? Or could it be... are you my Heart Demon?!"

"Heart Demon?"

The voice chuckled, with a tone of casual nobility and disdain:

"That kind of lowly thing born from desire is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as me? As for who I am... you are not yet qualified to know my true identity. You only need to know..."

The voice became somewhat ethereal and majestic:

"I come from the Upper Realm. Like you, I also have the surname Chu. My name is—Ancestor Chu Yaohua."

"Upper Realm... Ancestor Chu Yaohua..."

Chu Qianqian muttered to herself.

Although the other party's identity sounded very mysterious, that pressure emanating from the depths of the Soul could not be fake.

The fear of the unknown in Chu Qianqian's heart eased slightly.

But it was replaced by deeper suspicion and vigilance:

"Then why are you staying inside my body?"

Chu Qianqian bit her lip and asked vigilantly:

"What do you want to do? Are you trying to... commit Possession of me?"

The voice in her mind was silent for a moment.

It seemed to be organizing its words, or perhaps it felt a hint of awkwardness about what it was about to say.

"Ahem..."

Ancestor Chu Yaohua gave a light cough and explained somewhat helplessly:

"Originally, according to the original plan, I intended to use a relatively gentle method. As your cultivation improved, I would imperceptibly assimilate your Soul to regain a new life. This is what you people of the Lower Realm call 'Awakening' of memories."

Speaking of this, her tone carried a hint of resentment:

"The problem is that you previously took that thing called 'Soul Condensing Liquid'... I don't know what grade of medicine it is, but its efficacy is ridiculously strong!"

"It solidified your Divine Soul barrier like a stinky rock in a latrine! Hard and smelly! This caused my Soul to be unable to bite into you at all when I recovered, and I couldn't achieve Fusion with you. Instead, due to rejection, I was forced to condense independently. So now..."

Ancestor Chu Yaohua sighed:

"The plan failed, and neither of us can do anything to the other, so we can only squeeze together in this body for the time being."

Chu Qianqian listened, feeling completely bewildered.

But she was a Saintess after all, and she quickly grasped the main point—

In short, she had originally intended to swallow her to "resurrect".

But because of the previous medicine, she had "indigestion" and the Fusion was not smooth.

Now she was stuck in her body and couldn't get out, resulting in a strange "symbiotic" relationship.

"Whew..."

After figuring out that she wouldn't be subjected to Possession immediately, Chu Qianqian breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But immediately after, she suddenly thought of a most crucial, most fatal, and most embarrassing question!

Her face instantly flushed red, all the way to her earlobes.

She gritted her teeth and asked in her mind, filled with shame and anger:

"S-since you are inside me, does that mean you have always been able to perceive what happens outside? Then I ask you! Before, deep in the Jade Pool, my body suddenly lost control... was that your doing?!"

"..."

Ancestor Chu Yaohua was silent for a moment.

Subsequently, her voice became somewhat playful, even carrying a hint of mocking amusement as if watching a show:

"Deep in the Jade Pool? Which incident are you referring to?"

"You... you are asking when you already know the answer!!"

Chu Qianqian stomped her feet in anger. The sense of shame made her incoherent, and tears were about to fall:

"It... it's the matter of tackling Lu Yi! And then... then with him... doing that!! Was that your doing?!"

When she asked this, Chu Qianqian felt the blood in her whole body flowing backwards, and she wished she could just faint on the spot.

However, facing this Soul-searching question,

Ancestor Chu Yaohua appeared extremely calm.

She did not even try to hide it in the slightest, admitting it directly, openly, and even with a hint of righteousness:

"That's right, it was me. I saw that the boy looked quite good, and his physique was also quite nice, so I borrowed him to use."

"You——!!"

Chu Qianqian's eyes widened, and she almost couldn't catch her breath.

She never expected that this great expert from the Upper Realm would be so shameless!

"You... how could you... that is my body! My innocence!!"

Before Chu Qianqian could explode,

Ancestor Chu Yaohua added leisurely, her tone filled with the implication of "I did it for your own good":

"Girl, don't be ungrateful. At that time, you happened to be suffering from the backlash of the Gu poison, which is something even I found tricky."

"If I hadn't done that, borrowing that boy's Pure Yang Qi to harmonize Yin and Yang and suppress the poison, do you think you would still be standing here shouting at me? You would have long since burned with lust and died with your Meridians severed!!"

Ancestor Chu Yaohua huffed and said righteously:

"I was saving your life! I also took the opportunity to recover a bit of my injuries; this is what you call killing two birds with one stone."

"What? Judging by your tone, you seem quite aggrieved? Shouldn't you be kneeling down to properly thank me for saving your life?"

"..."

Chu Qianqian was stunned into speechlessness by this shameless yet logically circular argument.

She opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but found that she couldn't find any words for the moment.

Thank you? Thank you for using my body to force yourself onto Lu Yi?

What... what kind of situation is this?!