Chapter 1204 The Returnee's Notes 278
Xie Ning took out the Bagua compass to calculate, but unexpectedly, there were not only Qing Nu and the two spirits she mentioned, Ling Qian, but also many scattered souls.
"Those were people who were buried with the deceased."
Qingnu lowered her eyes and looked in the direction indicated by Xie Ning's Bagua compass. There stood a girl who looked to be about ten years old; she was her maid.
Xie Ning felt a tightness in her chest. She did not approve of being buried alive with the dead, but it was the norm in that era.
There weren't many people buried here, because most of them were loyal ministers and servants who died in the war and were moved here afterward. There were about two hundred people in total, and not many souls remained, only twenty or thirty.
Some of them were tomb raiders who came in later and died here.
"Neither..."
Seeing that Qingnu's eyes were getting redder and redder, Xie Ning sat cross-legged on the ground. "Perhaps she's not in the mural?"
"No, she's right beside me. I've calculated it."
But I just can't find it.
The mural was the closest thing to her, and there were also spirits hiding inside it. If Ling Qian's remnant soul existed, it must be in the mural.
Xie Ning asked Qing Nu to take her out first, and looking at the weapons on the eight stone platforms, she asked, "Were these the weapons Ling Qian used when she was alive?"
"Yes."
Xie Ning moved closer, and even before touching the weapon in front of him, he could feel the murderous aura emanating from it.
Qingnu floated to one of the swords and said, "This is a gift I gave to Lingqian."
The murderous aura on the sword had lessened considerably, so Xie Ning took the sword directly. With a flick of her hand, some dark ash fell to the ground, and then she sprinkled some red ash on top.
Qingnu stood to the side, stopping herself from reaching out to stop him.
Then Xie Ning tied a bell to the hilt of the sword before lighting the ash that was about two fingers long.
Hang another, smaller bell on your middle finger and let it dangle above the Bagua plate. Gently shake the bell in the directions indicated by the middle finger.
The bell will only ring in one direction.
Xie Ning never expected that the path to find Ling Qian's remnant soul would be the same path they had come from.
Further ahead was the small tomb they had first arrived at.
As she was about to enter the small tomb chamber, she looked up and saw the extinguished fire line, with a trail of ash still remaining on it.
The two flashlights lying on the ground still emitted a faint glow, and as far as the eye could see, white hair had already climbed all over the walls.
The moment it noticed Xie Ning, the zombie that had been standing motionless in the coffin instantly turned its head around.
Then the white hair surged toward Xie Ning like countless threads.
The bell in Xie Ning's hand rang more and more rapidly, and she immediately put it away. "It's her!"
As soon as he finished speaking, flames erupted from the short sword in his hand, severing all the white hair that surged towards him. However, the opponent did not seem to be afraid of the flames, and even though he felt pain, he still surged forward madly.
"Qing Nu!"
At Xie Ning's loud shout, Qing Nu finally came to her senses and flew over to subdue the zombie.
Xie Ning finally caught her breath; the zombie hadn't been so crazy when they were here before.
"Why...are you here?"
Qing Nu pulled the spirit that was possessing the corpse out. It was not actually in human form, nor was it a black mist like other ghosts; instead, it was a wisp of white mist.
Xie Ning wasn't sure either, but it was good that the remnant soul had been found.
In just a moment, the white mist vanished.
The man and the ghost hurriedly chased after her, and then found her figure in a box in a burial chamber.
She possessed a silk painting.
"This is?"
Qingnu couldn't touch the painting, so Xie Ning unfolded a small silk painting. It had slightly childish brushstrokes and depicted a monarch.
It reads: "Female Ruler".
Next to the female ruler is a general in armor, also written in a childish style, with the title "Female General".
Later, seemingly dissatisfied, they crossed out the character for "woman" at the top. So, "ruler" is "ruler," and "general" is "general." Women can be rulers, generals, or ministers, and there is no need to make a special distinction.
It was a vision drawn by two little girls with childish strokes a long, long time ago.
Qingnu clutched the small white ball tightly and reached out to touch the silk painting that looked quite tattered.
"Isn't it childish and unrealistic, like a delusion?"
Xie Ning carefully put the silk painting back in its original place and stored it in a wooden box.
"No, it's a wonderful vision. Even if it may not come true, why not dare to think about it? Throughout history, there have been not only female generals and women serving as ministers, but also female emperors."
Qingnu became interested and, holding the white ball of dough, said, "When I read books back then, I knew there were female generals, but I had never heard of a female monarch. In the years after my death, did a female monarch really appear?"
"nature."
"Could you tell me about it?"
Xie Ning paused, thinking of the few people still lying in that tomb chamber. They should be fine to lie there a little longer, right?
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