Chapter 975 The Method to Break the Curse
The scene before Jiang Fenghua subsided and disappeared, and the disaster she had witnessed did not reappear. Then, the female voice rang out again, "What you just saw was the Yinchuan Kingdom a thousand years ago. This is the truth behind the destruction of the Yinchuan Kingdom."
Jiang Fenghua didn't know if she was dreaming. She would probably never forget the scene she had just seen. Since she had lived two lives, she was not too surprised. She regained her composure and asked in a deep voice, "Are you Ashina Xue, the Queen of Yinchuan Kingdom?"
Ashina Xue said, "Yes."
Jiang Fenghua tried to stand up and began to look around for her figure. She was also on guard. It was really strange. The first "person" she met in Xichuan was the legendary Queen of Yinchuan. Ever since the rumors of the Queen of Yinchuan spread in Shengjing, she had a feeling that this matter was not simple. Why did these rumors come from Xiao Shang's mouth? Before this, no one knew about the Kingdom of Yinchuan. Perhaps Xiao Shang was just Ashina Xue's messenger.
But Xiao Shang knows some bewitching magic. Could it be that Xiao Shang is up to something again? What she just experienced was all an illusion.
If it really was Xiao Shang's doing, she would still be on guard to find the flaws in the illusion. This time, she was clearly wrong.
Seeing the rich emotions in her eyes, Ashina Xue suddenly smiled and said, "You can't see me. My soul can no longer leave Yinchuan. My body and soul have turned into the air here. Only in this way can I protect my people. I was not sent by anyone to harm you. I am Ashina Xue, the Queen of Yinchuan. It was indeed I who led you to Yinchuan."
When she spoke of the word "common people," Ashina Xue's voice became somewhat sad, and she even dared not mention it again. She had been here for a thousand years, but she still had to face the fact that the Yinchuan Kingdom had long since perished.
Jiang Fenghua seemed to be able to sense that she was in a bad mood, and at the same time, Ashina Xue could even hear what she was thinking. "Everyone is cursing you for learning sorcery and attracting a heavenly calamity, causing the entire Yinchuan Kingdom to suffer from earthquakes and flash floods. The entire Yinchuan Kingdom just disappeared from the world. You have been blaming yourself for killing them, which is why you are sad. But doesn't your Yinchuan Kingdom have a secret technique for bringing the dead back to life? Why don't you use the secret technique to save them?"
Ashina Xue's voice was heavy, "It's no use. The Ashina clan's secret arts violate the laws of nature. I made some mistakes, which is why I attracted the heavenly calamity and harmed Yinchuan..."
Jiang Fenghua then realized that the secret techniques of the Ashi clan could not be used casually. It was because she used the secret techniques to save her beloved man that she attracted a heavenly calamity. In the end, the man was saved, but after the natural disaster, her beloved man also died, and the entire Yinchuan Kingdom was also harmed.
Ashina Xue thought that after a thousand years, she would have long forgotten the past and would no longer be sad. Time had erased everything. However, when she poured the memories of Yinchuan Kingdom into Jiang Fenghua's mind, she still couldn't help but feel heartbroken and shed tears of regret: "It is indeed all my fault. If I hadn't used the secret technique without permission, such a great disaster would not have happened."
Jiang Fenghua asked, "Since your Ashina clan possesses the art of rebirth, why don't you use it to change the disaster in Yinchuan?"
“I’ve tried, it’s no use. I made such a big mistake, it’s already beyond repair. I have no ability to bring Yinchuan back to life.” Ashina Xue always believed that the natural disaster was caused by her.
Jiang Fenghua instantly understood, "So even if I find the Queen of Yinchuan now, I can't save the people of Great Zhou at all, and I can't change the disaster that this earthquake has brought to Great Zhou. Just like the ancient kingdom of Yinchuan also experienced earthquakes and flash floods. Even if you have the art of rebirth, Queen, you still couldn't save the kingdom of Yinchuan. So what is the purpose of the Queen waiting for me to come here? How do you know that my name is Jiang Fenghua, and even know that Xiao Shang is different?"
Ashina Xue explained, "The flower mark between your eyebrows is called Manjusaka, also known as the Red Spider Lily. Since the fall of the Yinchuan Kingdom, this mark has become a curse on the other shore."
"The Curse of the Other Shore?"
“That’s right. Legend has it that those who die with resentment in their hearts are unwilling to cross the River of Oblivion. Their resentment condenses into the mark of the red spider lily, which then parasitizes their reincarnated bodies,” Ashina Xue explained. “Over the past thousand years, I have done my best to help many people from the Silver River to be reincarnated as humans. They have long since let go of their resentment and left the Ghost Realm.”
Jiang Fenghua said, "I still don't understand what Your Majesty means. What is the connection between the flower ornament between my eyebrows and the spider lily of Yinchuan Kingdom? Am I also a person of Yinchuan Kingdom?"
She then thought of Zhang Yumo and Xiao Shang, and said, "There is a woman named Zhang Yumo who also has the mark of the Other Shore Curse on her wrist, just like me, but why doesn't Xiao Shang have it?"
Ashina Xue said, "Those who have the Other Shore Curse are born with resentment. This mark awakens the resentment in your past life, making you its host and causing you to kill the person you hate the most."
"So that woman in red really was me in my past life, and she hates Xie Shang," Jiang Fenghua murmured to herself.
Ashina Xue said, "Why don't you say you hate him! The woman in red doesn't exist at all. She's just an illusion created by the resentment in your mind. You should say you hate him."
Jiang Fenghua couldn't believe what she heard. "The person I hate the most... is Xie Shang." She had clearly let go of her love and hatred for Xie Shang long ago. All she wanted was the power he gave her; they were partners.
Ashina Xue sighed, "Where does hate come from without love? The deeper the love, the deeper the hate."
Jiang Fenghua knew she could read minds, and even knew what she was thinking. She asked, "Does Your Majesty know about my past life?"
Ashina Xue shook her head. "I don't know. I don't have the ability to investigate other people's past, but I know that you are a reborn person and that you are a kind-hearted person."
"But my evil thoughts want to destroy this world and kill Xie Shang. Where is my kindness? I am just a selfish person. I will not do anything that is not in my best interest. My first thought is my own interests, and only then do I think of others," Jiang Fenghua said self-deprecatingly.
Ashina Xue didn't expect Jiang Fenghua to be so frank. "If you said that the first person you thought of was someone else, I would say you were hypocritical. You dare to admit your selfishness, so you are kind. Everyone has selfishness. If you were a bad person, you would have been killed by your own evil thoughts just now. It was because your kindness defeated your evil thoughts that you were able to wake up from the illusion. Jiang Fenghua, do you want to look at the flower on your forehead?"
Jiang Fenghua took out a small bronze mirror and saw that the Other Shore Curse between her eyebrows had disappeared. She said, "Won't it appear again?"
"Not necessarily. Even when your evil thoughts overcome your good thoughts, they will still appear. If you don't get rid of your inner demons, they will torment you for the rest of your life."
Jiang Fenghua didn't even dare to say that she had no evil thoughts. She said, "Is there any other way to completely remove the Other Shore Curse and make it disappear forever?"
Ashina Xue said, "The curse can only be completely broken if the cursed person personally kills the person they hate most, or sacrifices their own life."
Jiang Fenghua understood what she meant. The woman in red... no, the person she hated most was Xie Shang. Did she have to kill Xie Shang with her own hands for her evil thoughts to disappear?
After calmly analyzing the situation, Jiang Fenghua said, "Your Majesty has not yet told me why you brought me here. How do you know that I am a reborn person, and Xiao Shang is also a reborn person? Why did he come here?"
"You should first examine your connection with the Kingdom of Yinchuan!"
The Queen of Yinchuan naturally hoped that Jiang Fenghua would do things for her. She didn't have much time left, but she still had many things to do and many people to help. Her wishes and sins were not yet repaid, and only Jiang Fenghua's horoscope could help her complete them.
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