Chapter 400 The Wheel King
Old Master Zhu and Zhu Shi were both gathered inside the mansion, and Ma Zao was also there. Lu Chan was very concerned about the details of the battle at the Humanitarian Division's main stronghold, and he arrived early to wait.
I briefly explained what had happened to me to them.
"Silver Mask is dead, and the Humanitarian Division is destroyed..."
Lu Chan looked somewhat dazed as he gazed into the distance, seemingly processing the information in his mind.
He harbored a deep-seated hatred for Ying Lingyun, all of which could only vanish into nothingness with the latter's death.
Old Mr. Zhu laughed heartily, as if he had avenged a great grudge, and said with great satisfaction, "Ying Lingyun is dead? Good riddance, good riddance!"
Zhu Shi sighed softly, then said to me, "Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Zhuang."
"You're welcome, it's what I should do," I said.
"Don't be so polite and courteous in this situation. Although I also feel that my father deserved to die, isn't it a bit hellish to say that to my face?"
Although Zhu Shi habitually teased me, she didn't seem to really mind, and then asked, "So... what about my brother? How is he now?"
I placed Chang'an's body in a bedroom deep within the mansion, and then I brought them there. Old Master Zhu and Zhu Shi stepped forward at the same time to examine and inspect them carefully.
"If it were any other ordinary person, or even a witcher, they would have been annihilated by now."
After performing a simple diagnosis on Chang'an, Mr. Zhu produced a preliminary report.
Fortunately, he had the soul of a fully-developed demon as his foundation, or rather, Chang'an himself was this great demon, which is why he was able to hold on until now. Normally, either the resurrection ritual's consumption of his soul or my flames burning his soul would be enough to shatter the soul of a fully-developed demon, but Chang'an's soul actually withstood both.
To solve Silvermoon's problem, nothing less than this level of effort is necessary. And since the person hasn't died, the next step is treatment. We're currently at headquarters in Luoshan, with countless treatment methods available; we can't afford to actually kill her with treatment. There's only one problem we need to worry about.
That is, can ordinary treatment methods repair the burns I caused?
At the Great Completion stage, the damage I caused to objects already possessed an irreparable quality. This is because when power reaches a certain level, the very act of creating something becomes mysterious. Now, I am the Great Impermanence. In Lu Chan's words, if someone sincerely believes in me and imitates my past deeds, this act itself can attract the spiritual power of nature.
Although I intended to only damage one side of Silver Moon when I burned Chang'an's soul, the resulting injury was so severe that even a Grandmaster level cultivator could not repair it.
Fortunately, solving this problem is not difficult.
"You only need to use your own power of words." Old Master Zhu was very knowledgeable. "As long as you give authorization in words, allowing a designated person to treat Chang'an, that person can be exempted from such interference."
"Then... Asahi, can I ask you for a favor?" I looked at Asahi beside me.
Ma Zao nodded: "I'll give it a try."
After I gave her my "authorization," she stepped forward and placed her palm on Chang'an, whom I had placed on the bed. The space around them distorted slightly, and a strange ripple swept over Chang'an's entire body.
Chang'an is now dressed in blue cotton pajamas. He doesn't appear to be wearing the stone collar, because I placed it in his mental world. If someone possessed the vision to see spirits and souls, they might be able to hallucinate a large collar around Chang'an's neck.
As Ma Zao moved, I sensed that Chang'an's soul was very slowly returning to wholeness.
Mazao's expression relaxed slightly, and then she continued with the repairs.
If Chang'an's state is simply restored using resetting power, it might reset Chang'an back to the state of Silver Moon, thus rendering all previous efforts futile. However, Asahi's power of return is not a rigid time-reversal power; it has many flexible aspects, making it seem that it can be used as a healing power, albeit with some difficulty.
This usage deviates somewhat from the main theme of the power of return, and since it seems that this is the first time Asahi has tried to repair such a complexly injured soul, he inevitably showed a somewhat strained expression.
Seeing this, Zhu Shi thought for a moment, then asked Lu Chan, "If we use the technology from the Luoshan headquarters to repair my brother's soul, how long would it take?"
“If we disregard the cost, considering the quality of his soul, it will probably take six months to a year,” Lu Chan replied.
"That's too slow," I said bluntly.
"No, it's almost about to explode," Lu Chan said speechlessly. "In a normal society, your good brother would be like his entire body, from bones to internal organs, being crushed countless times, then shredded into pieces. Then a hospital could piece him back together and guarantee he'd be back in a normal life within six months. He could even play basketball, drink alcohol and eat meat as much as he wants—the kind of life with minimal aftereffects..."
"Ma Zao, how much time do you need?" I turned to ask Ma Zao.
Ma first looked down and calculated for a moment, then said very seriously, "One week."
I looked at Lu Chan again, and he couldn't help but say, "Having the power of healing at the Great Perfection level can't be considered a normal option; that's cheating!"
Zhu Shi looked at me speechlessly, and I felt that she had seen through my intention to just show off Ma Zao.
Ma Zao's power only has a restorative and therapeutic effect, not true healing power. If it were someone at a high level specializing in healing, they could probably reduce the time significantly. Luo Shan doesn't seem to have such a person, so for now, they can only take it slowly.
After confirming that there was nothing they needed to help with, everyone else went on to do their own thing.
For the next few days, I spent most of my time by Asahi's side, but unfortunately, that was all I could do; I couldn't offer much help for the time being. Although my power of words could also be used to repair souls, its effects were far inferior to Asahi's, and it would also hinder the existing treatment process. The treatment authorization previously granted was permanent, so I could only ask Asahi to continue her efforts for now.
If it were someone like Mingzhuo, a seasoned and experienced Great Impermanence, they might not even need to use the power of words; they could simply and skillfully adjust the power contained within the facts they create. My attainment of the Great Impermanence power is still relatively recent, and I cannot yet handle it with such ease.
Moreover, after the previous battle, I once again felt my own inadequacy. Although I call myself the Great Impermanence, within the realm of the Great Impermanence, my strength is undoubtedly in the lower ranks. Fazheng, Shenzhao... even Mingzhuo's performance was significantly stronger than mine.
For a long time, I've been accustomed to being the stronger one. I might gradually adapt to and accept this situation. On the other hand, I can't allow myself to adapt and accept it. A change is necessary.
In addition, I carefully reviewed my experience at the Humanitarian Division headquarters and found that there seemed to be some information that I had not noticed before.
First, let's discuss where Ying Lingyun obtained the White Tiger's killing power.
Ying Lingyun was a son-in-law of the Zhu family in the past, so he must have come into contact with the Yama Sword. Therefore, I wondered if the large amount of White Tiger killing power he possessed might have been secretly extracted from the Yama Sword a long time ago. However, after asking Zhu Shi to release the power inside the Yama Sword and comparing the differences between the two, I dismissed this speculation.
The killing power of the White Tiger that Ying Lingyun wields differs in detail from the power used to forge the Yama Sword. The latter likely originated from Zhu Yi, the ancestor of the Zhu family, while the former has a different source.
Even among the two lineages of the same White Tiger, the quality of their magical power would certainly differ. Ying Lingyun's White Tiger killing power likely originated from this generation of White Tiger lineage.
I thought of King Chakravartin. The naval master Genbu once said that King Chakravartin was also a successor of the Yin and Yang. Since I possess the Vermilion Bird seed, and Genbu possesses the Black Tortoise seed, then King Chakravartin must possess either the White Tiger seed or the Azure Dragon seed.
In fact, I think the owner of the Azure Dragon Seed may not be King Yama, but the Lord of Peach Blossom Village.
In the past, I suspected that the Lord of Peach Blossom Village might be Yama Ryougi, because he could very well be the origin of all the monsters. His method of spreading and collecting Heart Seeds is exactly the same as Yama Ryougi's method of spreading and collecting Power Seeds. Even now, I haven't given up on the suspicion that the Lord of Peach Blossom Village might be Yama Ryougi, but another clue has pointed me in a new direction.
Dr. Silver Mask left documents on the bookshelf in the secret headquarters of the Humanitarian Department. In them, Ying Lingyun once referred to the "Seed of the Heart" as the "Mengzhang Original Seed".
The Four Symbols hold an important place in Chinese mythology, with countless related stories. Sometimes, they are personified and given different names. Among them, the Vermilion Bird is called "Lingguang" or "Lingguang Shenjun" after being personified, while the Black Tortoise and the White Tiger are respectively called "Zhiming Shenjun" and "Jianbing Shenjun".
The Azure Dragon is "Lord Mengzhang".
Therefore, the "Mengzhang original seed" can also be called the "Azure Dragon seed".
But... isn't this a bit strange? There are hundreds or thousands of Heart Seeds, but among the Mountain Yin-Yang Power Seeds, there should only be one seed of a specific attribute in each generation.
Furthermore, the situation of King Yama is also suspicious to me. According to the information I have collected, King Yama is a very ancient Great Impermanence who disappeared a long, long time ago. Currently, there are only two Great Impermanences who have had a relationship with him and are still alive: Gua Tianshi and Xuanming.
The power seeds of the Two Elements should only be implanted when the target is still growing. Since the Wheel King is such an ancient Great Impermanence, and has occupied the position of the White Tiger or Azure Dragon successor, and has survived to this day, then there should only be a maximum of three new Two Elements successors in each generation, and there will definitely be a vacancy among the White Tiger or Azure Dragon successors.
As far as I know, in the generation of the Water Master Xuanwu, the White Tiger successor was Zhu Yi, while the Azure Dragon successor was killed by the Mountain Two Elements.
So what kind of Yin-Yang successor is the Wheel King?
Could he actually be a duality of mountain and yin?
Unable to suppress my doubts, I took some time a few days later to visit the fortune teller's residence and ask him my questions.
The fortune teller sat under the pavilion, put down his teacup, and sighed, "You really do come to me whenever you have a problem... Aren't you the Great Impermanence allied with Fazheng now? It's not very appropriate for you to come and chat with this old man of the transcendentalist world all the time, is it?"
Despite saying this, he ultimately gave his own answer: "The Wheel King is a Great Impermanent One who extremely despises being known and almost never interferes with the outside world. Even Xuanming and I are gradually forgetting a lot of information related to this Great Impermanent One. It wouldn't be surprising if he severed all ties with the strange world one day and became the 'Lost Great Impermanent One.' So I can't tell you too much about him."
"Can't tell me too much... does that mean there's still something I can tell you?" I gradually became familiar with the fortune teller's style.
“I once divined information about the Wheel-Turning King,” the diviner said. “The divination results show that the Wheel-Turning King is very likely a successor of the Yin-Yang lineage from the same generation as you.”
(End of this chapter)
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