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Although the topic briefly veered towards the aspect of marital happiness, it quickly returned to the main subject. In a more solemn and serious atmosphere than before, Major General Lu carefully said, “Mr. Wu Rong, your safety is the top concern from higher-ups.”
If possible, it would be best to protect Wu Rong and prevent him from dying when the Lantern Ghost King comes, fundamentally changing the future. However, disregarding the descriptions of Wu Rong’s Ghost King personality by those who have been reborn from the recent interaction, Major General Lu understood that Wu Rong is not the kind of person who can tolerate being controlled by others.
His character is reclusive and suspicious. Setting aside the descriptions by the reborn individuals from the recent contact, Major General Lu understands that even within the federation, there are rotten elements. Even if Wu Rong is truly protected and sent to the capital, it may not necessarily be better than the current situation.
“As for the incident of Fu-daozhang losing his soul, Master Ling Yun is the most adept at handling such matters.” Major General Lu diplomatically said, “You can have a conversation with the Master.”
The so-called “conversation” actually means that for the next period of time, Master Ling Yun will be responsible for protecting Wu Rong. As soon as these words fell, Major General Lu immediately closely observed Wu Rong’s change in expression. Seeing him only frown slightly without speaking up, he felt a bit relieved. However, thinking about Master Ling Yun’s attitude earlier, the Major General’s worries still lingered.
When Wu Rong looked towards Master Ling Yun, Major General Lu also looked in the same direction, and his heart sank. Master Ling Yun did not make eye contact with Wu Rong but lowered his gaze, appearing rather absent-minded.
Could it be that Master Ling Yun still has reservations about the relationship between Wu Rong and Fu-daozhang?
Major General Lu’s heart shuddered, and his nerves tightened. After Wu Rong left, he softened his stance and had a heartfelt conversation with the Master: “Master, I believe Wu Rong is not the kind of person to indulge in carnal desires. His relationship with Fu-daozhang should be pure, similar to a spontaneous connection between two like-minded individuals.”
You should stop thinking about breaking them up.
“I understand that Longhu Mountain has its own considerations, but this time, I hope you can cooperate with me.”
The Major General’s attitude was very sincere, and he lowered his head, “I beg you, please ensure the safety of Mr. Wu Rong.”
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“Ct, C-Djb, kts jw P rb eciemxs?”
“Qbbo!”
“You see, that thing in Wu Rong’s belly is Chunyangzi’s Zhengyang Fire …”
“Qbbo kbbo!”
“Vlut.”
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Even though Master Ling Yun now appears to be a member of Longhu Mountain on the surface, he couldn’t help but complain from the bottom of his heart: the Ghost King is truly too indulgent towards Chunyangzi! The current Wu Rong is a Ghost Keeper. Allowing the pure yang flame to enter the body is a major taboo, equivalent to handing over life and death to others. After all, the pure yang seed causes the greatest harm to Yin-attribute individuals. As long as Fu Qing wishes, he can manipulate the flame at any time, rendering Wu Rong powerless in battle.
This was something Master Ling Yun, who knew how cold and suspicious the Ghost King Wu Rong was, found hard to believe. He even wondered if Wu Rong had been switched by someone else.
But while souls can be deceived, soul contracts cannot. The fluctuations in the soul contract that Master Ling Yun sensed from Wu Rong earlier confirmed that the person in front of him was indeed Wu Rong, and most likely the Ghost King version. However, he has not yet regained the memories and powers of the Ghost King. In other words, the current Wu Rong, though aloof, is still a normal person, waiting for his strength and memories to be restored… Hmm.
So, the Chunyangzi being able to form a soul contract with Wu Rong is really a scum taking advantage of a great deal! It’s just because the current Ghost King Wu Rong is still pure and kind, making this a marriage fraud!
Considering his position of being the Ghost Country’s military adviser, Master Ling Yun’s fists clenched at the thought, but then, when he thought about Chunyangzi’s strength, his fists relaxed. In the end, he could only sigh and rub A-Bao in sorrow.
“A-Bao, in this world, only dogs can be relied upon.”
“Woof woof woof!”
The small spirit dog, round like a white rice ball, obediently rubbed against Master Ling Yun’s palm, the fur on its chin gleaming with a faint golden light. Pure spirit has a spontaneous attraction to the Pure Yang Flame. Just now, when it rubbed against Wu Rong, trying to please him, it successfully brought a bit of Fu Qing’s Fire that had adhered to Wu Rong’s body.
Master Ling Yun’s move was just an attempt. A-Bao is still young, and if it could really bring the Yang Fire from Wu Rong, it would indicate that the Yang Qi from someone on him has reached an unbearable concentration, almost covering his entire body. Seeing that A-Bao had indeed brought it, Master Ling Yun’s heart was filled with mixed feelings, so complex that he didn’t know how to express it.
“Sigh…”
He took out a small white jade bottle with golden patterns and placed the golden light inside. He certainly had no intention of using this bit of fire against Fu Qing; he just wanted to calculate the odds.
The marital fate between Fu Qing and Wu Rong and the future of their relationship was something he couldn’t predict. Wu Rong was like a black hole; everything related to him was completely invisible. He just wanted to divinate Fu Qing’s remnant soul.
In the previous life, he had always stayed closed off in Longhu Mountain until the outbreak of the Seven Great Tiankeng. He only learned about everything that happened later. According to the onlookers, Fu Qing had returned to Longhu Mountain to call back his soul but gained nothing. Usually, this indicates that the remnant soul has completely dissipated. At that time, the Fu family members were unwilling to accept this and wanted to ask Ling Yun to come out and help with divination, but Fu Qing didn’t stay and directly descended the mountain, making a notorious name for himself in the Ghost Territory.
In the previous life, when Master Ling Yun saw Fu Qing for the first time at the ceremony, he didn’t leave a good impression. The young celestial master was as cold as the thousand-year-old ice stones on Kunlun Mountain, devoid of any emotion. Power, money, fame, and status meant nothing to him. This wasn’t just about having no desires; it was a cold ruthlessness that permeated his bones. To him, there was no difference between a person and a dead tree. There was no passion in his heart, only a desolate snowfield. But when Fu Qing wielded his sword to kill ghosts, he completely transformed. The Zhengyang Fire burned fiercely, casting a golden-red glow in his eyes. However, this warm-colored light didn’t bring any warmth; it only emitted intense killing intent, no different from being possessed by demons.
Master Ling Yun had seen Fu Qing exterminate ghosts several times. While the ghosts dispersed and fled, the protected humans also looked at him with deep fear and dread. Such a celestial master was like an uncontrollable blade, able to harm not only ghosts but also humans themselves. Not to mention ordinary people and ghost keepers, even celestial masters and monks would instinctively tremble at his aura.
Master Ling Yun understood clearly that if the fighting hadn’t been so intense at that time, and if there hadn’t been a terrifying and brutal ghost like Wu Rong emerging in the Ghost Territory who controlled almost the entire Ghost Territory, and if Chunyangzi hadn’t been the only human powerhouse capable of contending with Wu Rong, Fu Qing, in his current state, would either self-destruct or be destroyed by his overwhelming power.
All of this was due to Fu Qing’s lost soul; he lacked the normal human emotions, only understanding killing and not joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. Only when this lost soul returns to its place can he return to normal.
Master Ling Yun wanted to divine the whereabouts of Fu Qing’s lost soul. In his previous life, he had come out of seclusion three years later, and the temple master had brought him Fu Qing’s birth characters and a strand of hair to divine, but the results were very regrettable. Master Ling Yun divined that Fu Qing’s lost soul had long dissipated—a complete depletion of strength, and even the most powerful medium couldn’t bring back his soul.
Even if Fu Qing, the Chunyangzi, is powerful, he can only endure the cold and pain of a missing soul for his entire life.
Three years earlier in this life, with so many changes happening, would the situation be different? Master Ling Yun didn’t know. Normal people have emotions and desires, but Fu Qing has none. He was born with the potential for cultivation, but is also not a true Taoist due to the loss of his soul.
Taoist priests are not heartless. After confirming that Fu Qing’s soul could not be recovered, the temple master on Longhu Mountain once lamented and described Fu Qing with the first sentence of the Tao Te Ching:
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.”
Fu Qing is not a taoist priest, neither a ghost, nor a complete human. He has no place in heaven or earth. He’s clearly the humankind’s hero, yet he’s more lonely and desolate than the Ghost King Wu Rong. At least Wu Rong had Hongxiu and Zhou Jin’s admiration, with countless ghost beauties offering themselves, while Chunyangzi Fu Qing was feared even by the humans of his own side.
Yet such a person actually formed a soul contract!
Two solitary kings came together!
Master Ling Yun instinctively felt that this was related to the remnant soul that Fu Qing had lost. With his indifferent temperament, it was impossible for him to form a soul contract with Wu Rong. After his rebirth, Master Ling Yun had secretly inquired about Fu Qing and found that he had returned to his initial state of saying that everything was irrelevant, and doing things according to his own will.
It’s abnormal that he can be destined to meet Wu Rong! Maybe in this life, Fu Qing’s remnant soul has not yet dissipated.
With such thoughts, Master Ling Yun used A-Bao to rub some of Fu Qing’s Yang Qi for divination. However, even for him, divination at this level required considerable effort and a lot of preparation. He estimated his inventory of materials and headed to the outskirts – Major General Lu had long prepared a standalone villa for him, right next to Wu Rong and Huang Mao’s villas.
The Major General returned to oversee the overall situation, while Master Ling Yun prepared for the soul-summoning ceremony and Wu Rong was escorted back home by a military vehicle. Along the way, the Zhong Gu was extremely excited, even ignoring the looming pressure from the Big Ghost subtly creeping towards his left arm. That intensely excited emotion was transmitted to Wu Rong’s heart, indicating that whatever Zhong Gu obtained from the underground of the school must be of great use to him.
At that moment, in front of Major General Lu and Master Ling Yun, Wu Rong suppressed the anomaly, calmly returned to his own villa after exchanging greetings with his mother, and went to Huang Mao’s place. He had turned the basement of the villa into a safe room, spending a fortune to cover the walls with gold foil, seamless and meticulous. Any new ghosts captured by Wu Rong or any experiments he conducted would not emit any fluctuations.
When Wu Rong was alone in the basement, the Zhong Gu could no longer contain his excitement. A small orange egg-shaped shadow, the size of a soybean, appeared at the tip of Wu Rong’s finger, shining like a small light bulb. The embryonic form of the Gu inside, wrapped in sparkling, shattered golden and flowing sand, was extremely dazzling. Wu Rong was not to be outdone; with a flip of his left hand, the things brought by the Big Ghost appeared in the palm of his hand.
It was a pure silver hairpin.
Nice! What would the hairpin’s use be?
Thanks for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Welp now we definitely know the big ghost is his other soul. Seems he loves our rong even with his very soul
? a silver hairpin? Well I guess Shan Rong’s hair is growing longer-
I can’t believe the Zhong Gu is finally going to hatch soon, only the gold element needed!!!!