Chapter 708 We are here, waiting for a bright future

Although Yu Bi had previously avoided the topic of half-soul, Jiang Xuxu secretly sensed her soul breath when she was studying Yu Bi's body.

With her current half-soul state, her soul lifespan can't last more than a hundred years.

Yu Bi is a thousand-year-old spiritual object, and this is the case, not to mention other spiritual objects that only have hundreds of years.

If it will completely dissipate in just a hundred years, what is the point of returning to hide in the mountains?

This thought flashed through Jiang Xuxu's mind, and she saw a group of villagers in front of her, including the village chief and Yu Bi, looking at her with gentle eyes.

When they heard that the soul lifespan was less than a hundred years, they were not surprised at all, because they had already known it in their hearts and had accepted it calmly.

Suddenly, something quickly crossed Jiang Xuxu's mind.

Vaguely, she seemed to know the answer.

"You have known this for a long time... and, this has been the plan since the beginning when we separated the main body, right?"

Jiang Xuxu's voice was slightly hoarse, and he looked at the group of spiritual objects in front of him.

A spiritual object that can transform into a spirit must be a unique treasure that carries the spiritual energy.

Every cultural relic in this village is a national treasure.

But their return is not just to go home.

It is to choose... death.

When Lu Nanxing heard Jiang Xuxu say that the villagers' soul lifespan was less than a hundred years, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. When he heard her say this, he couldn't help but feel confused and anxious.

"Xuxu, what do you mean? Why would their soul lifespan be less than a hundred years?

Aren't they treasures passed down for thousands of years? They have been passed down for so many years, how come they are less than a hundred years?"

Lu Nanxing was really anxious.

Not only because she knew the identities of the villagers, but also because after just a few days of getting along, she already regarded them as her friends.

Jiang Xuxu was also shocked in her heart because of the shocking actions these spiritual creatures were planning.

Seeing this, Chu Beihe reached out and held her slightly clenched palm.

Feeling the warmth from the back of her hand, Jiang Xuxu calmed down a little and explained to Lu Nanxing and others.

"With sufficient spiritual energy and proper maintenance, the soul life of a spiritual creature can indeed be long, but if the soul body is forcibly divided, the soul life will naturally be greatly damaged."

It's like a person having one kidney removed.

Even if one kidney can survive, not only will the body's functions be severely reduced, but the life span will also be affected.

"The body of a spiritual object is even more special. Once the half-soul is completely weak and can no longer support the body, the body will gradually lose its luster. When the soul is exhausted, the body will immediately dissipate and turn into dust."

Jiang Xuxu looked at the village chief,

"You want to use collective self-destruction to let the world see you, so as to speed up the return of all the cultural relics scattered abroad."

Jiang Xuxu could imagine that once hundreds of cultural relics in foreign collections were turned into dust one after another, those who withheld Chinese treasures and refused to return them would definitely attract attention.

But they would only get one result in the end.

They could not keep any of these looted treasures.

And the result of not being able to keep them was either to watch them lose their luster and completely dissipate, or to let them play their final value.

Use them to exchange for the last favor with China, but the result is that all the remaining cultural relics can be successfully taken back.

But the prerequisite for success is that someone must react after the sacrifice of cultural relics to manipulate public opinion and put pressure on the British Embassy.

Therefore, there is another key figure behind the cultural heritage village.

"Who gave you such an idea?"

The village chief didn't expect that she could see through all their plans just by relying on speculation.

But I feel happy in my heart. It is precisely because such people exist in Xuanmen that they can stand on this land and feel hope.

"This is a decision made by all of our cultural relics."

The village chief said,

"I know that the country has been working hard to let all of us go home."

Not only these cultural relics left outside, but also all the lands that were forcibly divided.

Over the years, it has done so little by little.

But the brighter the means, the more time and planning are needed.

Because we are a great country, we cannot resort to stealing and robbing.

So they can only wait.

They are willing to wait.

But they can't wait too long.

"If sacrificing a group of us old guys can bring back the remaining cultural relics, everything we do is worth it."

The village chief said,

"We hide here, not to wait for extinction, but to wait for rebirth."

We are here, waiting for a bright future.

...

At night.

The village is quiet.

Jiang Xuxu and Chu Beihe sat side by side on the roof of the attic, looking at the bright stars in the sky and the villagers who were surrounding the formation under the stars to absorb spiritual energy.

Chu Beihe said to Jiang Xuxu,

"This is their choice."

"I know."

Jiang Xuxu said,

"I was curious at first. The jade disc had been secretly replaced with a counterfeit, so why was she in a half-soul state like the other villagers?"

"Later, after I learned about the villagers' plans, I roughly understood why."

"After she turned into a spirit, she must have secretly replaced herself and left her half-soul there, just like the other villagers."

"Because she didn't want to stay out of it."

Jiang Xuxu was silent for a long time when she said this.

After a long while, she said to Chu Beihe,

"Chu Beihe, I want to help them."

They are the treasures of this world and should not be buried like this.

Her voice was soft but firm.

Chu Beihe was not surprised, he just looked at her, his dark eyes deep.

"Okay,"

he said, "let's do it together."

*

Although they decided to save the villagers from extinction, it was not something that could be done overnight.

They could not influence the country, they could only do their best.

For now, they could only help the villagers enhance their own spiritual energy.

In addition, Jiang Xuxu had a bold idea, but she still needed to test how to do it and whether she could do it.

So the next day, Jiang Xuxu approached Yu Bi again.

She asked a question that she was very curious about but very critical.

"Even if a spiritual object has accumulated spiritual energy for thousands of years, it still needs opportunities to successfully transform into a spirit.

Just like the jade cabbage was able to transform into a spirit thanks to you, how did you and the cultural relics in this village successfully transform into spirits?"

She didn't think it was a coincidence that so many cultural relics were transformed into spirits and settled in the cultural relics village at the same time.

There must be someone involved.

And that person should be the key figure behind the villagers' plan.

Jiang Xuxu wanted to know,

"Who is that person?"

Yu Bi saw that the plans of the villagers in the cultural relics village had been seen through, and there was no intention to continue hiding it.

Just looking at Jiang Xuxu,

"Come to think of it, I told the village chief before that the aura of that person is somewhat similar to yours."

Jiang Xuxu was a little surprised and subconsciously asked,

"What's the name of that person?"

Yu Bi opened her mouth to answer, but suddenly, her expression froze.

As if she sensed something, she suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the village entrance, and said coldly,

"The barrier separating the village has been broken!"