Chapter 76 Birthday Banquet
If a soul was possessed, the first person Luo Xuanyi thought of was the Taoist ancestor of the Yu family.
According to Yu Linghe, the story of Daozu is so legendary, but he still couldn't avoid the end of his lifespan. In the end, he used special magic to preserve his body, and then used the descent technique.
This sounds somewhat similar to soul possession. Of course, it would be great if the Daoist Ancestor's body could be used, but this means there is one more problem to be solved - if soul possession is used instead of the descent technique, then will the life-limiting thunder tribulation that the Daoist Ancestor avoided through special means be awakened?
Or should we simply abandon these useless bodies that have an end in sight and choose spiritual creatures of heaven and earth that can achieve immortality?
Although the general direction of efforts had been determined, Luo Xuanyi had no way to put it into practice at the moment, and she had no experience with souls and the Sumeru mantra, so she had to memorize the operation and seals of the three mantras first.
She also considered trying to come up with a reason to teach Yu Linghe and have him perform experiments for her. However, as a reclusive family, the Yu family would have difficulty finding suitable experimental subjects nearby. Thinking of Yu Linghe's fanaticism towards the family, she had to give up the idea.
Days passed. Yu Linghe would occasionally wander the garden, but as her health began to noticeably change, she heeded the old patriarch's advice and stayed in her room. Sometimes, when she had some free time from practicing, Luo Xuanyi would ask Yu Linghe to explain the stone tablet on the bookshelf to her.
Although Yu Linghe spoke cheerfully, Luo Xuanyi couldn't help but feel a shiver of fear. This was the first time she had witnessed someone gradually transform into someone else—Yu Linghe's voice would sometimes suddenly become calm and deep, and sometimes the veins on his hand pressing against the stone slab would suddenly bulge, as if he were enduring something.
She began to look past the maids who came to serve her. It wasn't disdain, but rather a look of contempt from a high vantage point. She didn't seem to notice it herself. Only when she spoke to Luo Xuanyi did she regain some of her "Jade Spirit Crane" persona.
Then there was the lethargy. It seemed like she was lacking soul, and the strength that could support her body was increasingly depleted.
It's only been seventeen years.
I don't know why I'm so concerned about this. Maybe it's because the principles of the Advent Technique are somewhat similar to the Soul Possession Technique? Luo Xuanyi inquired in a roundabout way and finally understood why the Advent Technique required the blood and flesh of a six-month-old fetus.
Daozu's lifespan had expired, and even if someone replaced his soul, it would simply be assimilated and die. However, through the technique of descent, the fetus's innate Qi and pure body nourished Daozu's body, allowing it to radiate spirituality.
What is similar to Zang Yaozong's initiation at this time is that these foreseen fetuses are all powerful beings who could have cultivated to the realm of refining emptiness in the future, but their fate was forcibly reversed and they were born on the body of the Taoist Ancestor. At this time, the powerful force of fate will forcibly twist the body that was about to die, and then burn the soul fire, and a "Taoist Ancestor" with complete power will come back to life.
But Daozu was, after all, part of the Heavenly Dao. No matter how formidable the fate of those mighty ones might be, they could only last eighteen years. Without the support of life force, the soul fire would quickly extinguish. The process of extinguishing was the process of the body assimilating the soul. Therefore, the Jade Spirit Crane was becoming less and less like itself.
If Luo Xuanyi hadn't seen it with her own eyes and heard it with her own ears, she would probably find it hard to believe in the so-called life force. From this perspective, if she used another person's body, would their fate backfire on her?
The more he thought about it, the more headache he got. Luo Xuanyi had no choice but to put these questions aside and continue to study the Small Xumi Soul-Locking Spell.
Just as she was becoming more and more proficient in the spell, Yu Linghe's seventeenth birthday party began.
Early in the morning, maids filed in, carrying gorgeous garments and beginning to dress Yu Linghe one by one. Yu Linghe looked slightly weary. She was now struggling to control her body, remaining motionless until she could.
"Why does the Yu Clan hold a birthday banquet for those who descend every year? After all, Daozu's body won't change his appearance. Wouldn't it be better not to let them know the Yu Clan's secret?"
Luo Xuanyi could also understand that this was a deterrent, but looking at Yu Linghe's physical condition, wouldn't it make outsiders feel that there was an opportunity to take advantage of him?
Yu Linghe didn't care about the maids' presence at this point, and spoke openly to Luo Xuanyi, "Daozu also wanted to keep it secret at first. But Daozu had ruled for too long, and those old monsters were waiting for Daozu's death. If we hadn't announced it then, perhaps they would have wiped out our family."
"And my situation is unique. Previous arrivals would only feel assimilated when approaching their eighteenth birthdays. At the eighteenth birthday banquet, the Dao Ancestor's oracle would be announced, indicating the next arrival, as a deterrent. My formation went awry when I first arrived, and my soul fire nearly burned out, which is why I'm so weak now. If we postpone this millennium-long tradition now, I'm afraid it will bring more disaster than my own exhaustion."
The maids all remained calm, none of them wavering or showing any signs of doubt. The gorgeous red dress was embroidered with countless sacred treasures. Yu Linghe noticed Luo Xuanyi's gaze and stroked a jade ruyi pattern on the dress, explaining, "This is the Zhirong Talisman, a special talisman that can collect objects. It's similar in function to that so-called storage bag hanging around your waist."
The hem of her red robe was fashioned into a phoenix tail, and Yu Linghe swayed majestically as she walked, like a true phoenix. Her entire body was covered in woven charms that looked like they were embellished with gold thread, reflecting the Yu family's profound heritage. Luo Xuanyi, lost in thought, walked alongside her toward the ancestral temple.
From time to time, streaks of light streaked across the sky. Some were cloud chariots pulled by spirit beasts, others were simply dragons. Luo Xuanyi even spotted a massive alchemy furnace. Compared to the furnace, the group of monks stepping through the air, carrying broken cattail-leaf fans and wearing flesh-shaped Buddhist beads, seemed less out of place.
The thousand-year-long rule of the Yu family has made them the unspoken leaders of evil and demonic forces. The annual birthday banquet is more like a demonic conference to establish new forces.
Just as Luo Xuanyi was watching with great interest, she suddenly noticed a strange black spot in the sky.
The black color seemed to be something from another world, stretching apart the sky and the earth, with a strong smell of death flowing from the middle - it was a river of the underworld.
The dead silent water surface without a single splash of water reflected in the water countless faces that could not be seen crossing the stone bridge.
Along with the sound of fishermen's songs that no one could understand, a white paper boat slowly crossed the sky, revealing the wobbly lantern and the smiling old man holding the pole.
Yu Linghe suddenly stopped and looked at the sky, his face revealing a strong sense of disgust and relief.
"Here I come."
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