A gentle yet indifferent voice echoed in Lu Fuyue's mind.

It is the spirit of the Weak Water Zither.

"Your death tribulation at the age of sixteen is not insurmountable, as long as you can find the remaining five Five Elements Zither strings and reach the Nascent Soul stage in your cultivation."

"By playing a song of life and death on the Weak Water Zither, one can achieve the state of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bones."

"What did a mere forbidden demon technique matter back then?"

Lu Fuyue was slightly taken aback. "You're not joking, are you?"

"Although I don't know much about cultivation, I do know that even a genius with top-grade spiritual roots needs a thousand years to reach the Nascent Soul stage."

"Although I have a top-grade spiritual root, I am only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Above Foundation Establishment are Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and then Out-of-Body stage. Each major realm is divided into three minor realms: early, middle, and late."

"Moreover, the further one progresses in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes to break through. Those who can break through to the Golden Core stage before the age of sixty are extremely rare, let alone someone like me who only has a short lifespan of one year."

"And how can we then search for the remaining missing strings?"

Shui Ze smiled. "Since I dared to say it, it proves that I am confident that I can keep you from dying for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Lu Fuyue's heart pounded, her hand on the strings unconsciously pressed down, and her voice trembled slightly. "What method?"

Having died once, she cherishes her life the most; she doesn't want to die!

"The Weak Water Zither was born in the Weak Water, which is the boundary between Yin and Yang and the realm of life and death, so it can be used to kill or to save people."

“There is a qin score in the Yin-Yang Life and Death Manual called the Song of Life and Death.”

"Playing the 'Song of Life and Death' on the Weak Water Harp can save lives, but playing it in reverse can kill!"

"However, the Weak Water Zither is now incomplete, and its power has been greatly reduced. So if you use it to play the 'Song of Life and Death' now, it can only temporarily extend your life by one hundred years."

A flicker of excitement flashed in Lu Fuyue's eyes, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true."

"Besides, if you die, I'll die with you. What good would it do me to lie to you?"

Lu Fuyue lowered her eyes and thought about it for a while, and it was indeed so.

After a moment, she asked, "Then can you sense where the scattered strings are falling?"

"Yes, but the nearest string to us won't appear for another year."

"So you now have 101 years to find the next string."

Lu Fuyue's eyes flickered slightly. "You mean that my lifespan will be extended with each string I find? If all five remaining strings are found, plus these two now, my body will be completely restored to normal?"

Mizusawa explained, "In other words, the more strings you add, the better you will be able to play 'The Song of Life and Death,' and your lifespan will also be extended accordingly."

"If you find the first string, your lifespan will increase by five hundred years."

"And so on, until all seven strings are gathered, the grade of the Weak Water Zither is fully restored, and your cultivation level is sufficient to support you in playing the fifth level of the 'Song of Life and Death'. Only then will your body be saved."

...

Lu Fuyue gently touched the Weak Water Zither. The two strings on the zither were cool to the touch, like fine silkworm silk.

The Song of Life and Death has seven levels.

First level: Can cure all diseases of mortals.

The second level: It can heal cultivators below the Golden Core stage.

The third level is currently shrouded in white mist. Only when Lu Fuyue's cultivation reaches the Golden Core stage can the restriction be lifted.

Since the first string won't appear until a year later, she must use this year to improve her skills.

What she lacks most now is powerful offensive spells and practical combat experience.

It seems I need to find a place to gain some real experience.

But before that, she had to deal with Mo Qianci.

Just then, Shui Ze suddenly spoke up again.

"You want to kill Mo Qianci?"

Lu Fuyue's expression changed drastically, and she stopped what she was doing. "You've been spying on my thoughts?"

"We have a soul contract, and the most basic function is that we can communicate with each other. If you don't want to, you can block me out."

So that's how it is. She hadn't thought of that before.

Lu Fuyue's expression softened a bit.

Suddenly, she remembered something. "Your decision to form a contract with me must also be related to that book, right?"

The air fell silent immediately after those words were spoken.

Just as Lu Fuyue was about to change the subject, Shuize slowly spoke, "My first master was an immortal who guarded the banks of the Weak Water, but he fell in love with a nine-tailed fox demon."

"So he became a fallen immortal in order to be with the fox demon. At first, the two were very much in love, but the fox demon suddenly fell in love with a human cultivator."

"The fox demon was willing to sever her nine tails to save that human cultivator and do anything for him. In short, as long as that cultivator said one word, the fox demon would give up everything just to fulfill that cultivator's wish, and no matter how the fallen immortal tried to persuade the fox demon, it was to no avail."

"In the end, the cultivator and his beloved successfully ascended to the upper realm, but the fox demon died under the ascension tribulation because only one of its nine tails remained."

"The Fallen Immortal never wanted to believe that the fox demon would suddenly fall in love with someone else, so after the fox demon died, he returned to the Upper Realm after a thousand years, just to find out the truth about the fox demon's change of heart."

"It wasn't until he accidentally discovered a book in a place abandoned by the gods that he realized that all of this was the work of the Heavenly Dao. The book recorded the life of a cultivator, as well as the people and events related to him."

"In that book, the fox demon is just a supporting character who relentlessly pursues cultivators. Her existence is solely to use her nine lives to shield cultivators from calamities, and her attraction to cultivators is merely a way to glorify the fact that cultivators achieve the Great Dao through her."

Lu Fuyue's pupils contracted, "The book the Fallen Immortal saw, and the one I saw..."

“That’s right, the book you saw before was also written by the Heavenly Dao.”

"If you want to escape from the plot of this book, you can only do so by killing the protagonist of this book, namely Mo Qianci."

"But by doing this, you are going against the will of Heaven. Throughout history, no one who dares to go against the will of Heaven has ever survived."

You should think this through carefully.

Lu Fuyue recalled that in her previous life, under the control of the Heavenly Dao, she had become a supporting character on Mo Qianci's path from birth, only able to feel joy, anger, sorrow, and grief for him.

A surge of resentment welled up inside her. Why should her life be controlled by others? Why couldn't she be the master of her own destiny?

In this life, even if it means going against the will of Heaven, she will live for herself.

Moreover, her path was already predetermined on the day she was reborn: to kill the scumbag and use his blood to forge her ruthless path!

It's either Mo Qianci who dies, or she who perishes!

Shui Ze suddenly appeared in front of Lu Fuyue, his handsome appearance accentuated by a light blue robe.

"Although Mo Qianci's cultivation has been destroyed, he is a chosen one of destiny. It is hard to guarantee that he will not suddenly obtain some opportunity and regain his strength, becoming even stronger than before."

"So to avoid any unforeseen complications, it's best to kill him as soon as possible."

Lu Fuyue pursed her lips, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. Indeed, Mo Qianci still had a space and a remnant soul of a powerful being.

The book says that ten years ago, the remnant soul of that powerful being spent a lot of his cultivation to reshape the spiritual roots of Mo Qianci, a useless person with five spiritual roots, so that he could cultivate. Therefore, he has been asleep for twenty years.

Judging by the timeline, he still has ten years before he wakes up.

However, it's better to be safe than sorry, so it's best to take action sooner rather than later.

I just don't know if the law enforcement officer has found Mo Qianci's space.

After all, the things Mo Qianci took out to save Bai Lianlian that day were not simple.

It seems I need to go and find out what's going on from the law enforcement officer.