Chapter 1075 Heart Control Spell
"When the Nine-Layered Sky Lantern changed, the Di Family Patriarch's soul power fluctuated abnormally," Luo Li lowered her voice, "There was his presence in the black fog."
Xie Shiyuan raised his head suddenly: "Could it be that he staged this himself? But why would he attack his own son?"
"It may not be targeting him." Luo Li looked at Di Chen, who was being examined by several elders. "If the mind control spell is successful, it can control the host's mind. Maybe they just want to use Di Chen to do something."
Before he finished speaking, Di Wuyou suddenly spoke: "Everyone, three unfamiliar soul power fluctuations were detected within the barrier just now."
He raised his hand and waved, and three beams of light were projected into the hall - they were actually three young disciples from other forces.
"Impossible!" one of them exclaimed, kneeling down. "We have never come across a mind-controlling spell!"
Emperor Shi sneered, "The evidence is irrefutable, yet you still dare to quibble?" He gathered spiritual energy at his fingertips, "Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"
Luo Li looked at the three people's faces that turned pale in an instant, and suddenly chuckled.
Lan Xiaoxiao followed her gaze and saw
It’s just that compared to other people, they are often exposed to this power and can recognize it at a glance.
It's demonic energy.
"Ari, that is..."
"Just a scapegoat." Luo Li gathered a wisp of soul power at her fingertips and quietly wrapped it around the remaining black energy. "The real source of the curse..."
Her eyes suddenly turned cold, "It's in Di Wuyou's ring."
At this moment, Di Chen suddenly raised his eyes and met Luo Li's gaze.
A barely perceptible dark light flashed in his eyes, and with a slight movement of his fingertips, the black air suddenly turned into ashes.
Luo Li scoffed, "You are quite perceptive."
Lan Xiaoxiao looked at the three disciples trembling in the corner, anger rising in her heart: "They can't even recognize the demonic energy, how can they possibly control the mind-controlling spell?"
Xie Shiyuan clenched the sword at his waist, his knuckles turning white. "Is the Di family planning to use them as scapegoats?"
Luo Li lowered her eyes to hide the cold light in them, and saw Di Wuyou holding a wine glass and chatting with the leaders of various forces. The ring on his finger shone with a warm luster under the candlelight, but there was a faint black mist flowing along his cuffs.
"Look over there." Ye Yichen suddenly lowered his voice.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, only to see the third elder of the Di family suddenly stagger half a step, and half a roll of animal skin slipped out of his sleeve - it was the remaining page of the "Record of the Underworld" that recorded the solution to the Heart Control Spell.
There was an uproar in the hall, "It's actually the third elder of the Di family?!"
"Why would he do something like this at a banquet? Does he think he's lived too long?!"
The Third Elder's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to open his mouth to explain, Di Wuyou's expression changed as well. He waved his hand and ordered his men to take him down.
"The Council of Elders failed to supervise properly and is now closed for reflection."
Di Wuyou's voice was filled with just the right amount of anger, "As for these three assassins..."
He glanced at the three people kneeling on the ground and said, "Let's deal with them according to the rules of the Di family."
Luo Li looked at the Third Elder who was being dragged away, and noticed that a complex struggle flashed in his eyes when he passed by Di Chen.
Di Chen lowered his eyes and stared at the palm of his hand, where a faint golden line was faintly visible - it was left behind when the black energy dissipated just now.
"Ari, look at Di Chen's hand!" Lan Xiaoxiao exclaimed.
Luo Li's eyes moved slightly, "He is still hurt."
She walked over and took out a pill. "This kind of injury is not easy to heal. Here."
Di Chen was slightly stunned, "Thank you."
At this time, Di Wuyou walked to the center of the banquet hall, his voice filled with unquestionable majesty: "The Tianxu Secret Realm will be opened soon. I hope everyone will return and be ready. As for today's incident, the Di family will definitely investigate it thoroughly."
He glanced at Luo Li, a meaningful smile curling up at the corner of his mouth, "Especially for a distinguished guest like Young Master Luo, safety must be ensured."
Luo Li sneered in response, but her consciousness quietly probed towards Di Wuyou's ring.
This time, she felt a very thin soul thread trembling in the ring, which actually resonated faintly with the mark on Di Chen's palm.
"It seems that the waters of the Di family are deeper than imagined." Ye Yichen whispered.
Luo Li clenched the jade slip tightly, feeling the coolness of a faint blue light at her fingertips.
She looked at Di Chen, who also happened to look up. The moment their eyes met, a look of almost pleading flashed in his eyes, but was quickly covered by frost.
The soul power at Luo Li's fingertips entangled the soul thread like a gossamer, but Di Chen suddenly turned around and walked towards the terrace.
She was slightly startled, and followed without leaving a trace. The night wind blew up the hems of their clothes, and in the distance, the nine-layered sky lanterns were still flickering.
"Luo Li." Di Chen's voice fell with the sound of the wind, "Don't investigate."
The golden lines on his palm glowed faintly, reflecting the dark blue on Luo Li's jade slip.
Luo Li raised her eyebrows: "Is the Emperor Saint threatening me?"
"It's a reminder," Di Chen turned his head, his Adam's apple moving slightly, "There is a Great Desolate Forbidden Formation in the Tianxu Secret Realm, which is connected to the Di family's bloodline."
He paused and continued, "But you are not of the Di family's bloodline. If you trigger the forbidden formation, without the life-saving means of the Di family's bloodline, you will be easily injured."
Suddenly, there was a sound of porcelain breaking from below the terrace. Luo Li caught a glimpse of Di Wuyou's figure flashing behind the corridor column, with black mist swirling from his cuffs.
Luo Li narrowed her eyes, "Do you know that Di Wuyou was responsible for what happened today? That mind-controlling spell was aimed at you."
Di Chen lowered his eyes and stared at the mark on his palm. After a long moment, he spoke in a low voice, "I know that since I was implanted with the 'Heavenly Soul Seal' at the age of seven, my every breath has been under his watch. I am not allowed to have my own emotions and can only appear as the Holy Son of the Di Family."
The night wind lifted the strands of hair from his forehead, revealing a small, pale blue curse mark on his brow. "The black energy I just dispelled was the soul guide my mother left for me before she died."
Di Chen's fingertips gently stroked the curse seal on his brow bone. His voice was as low as a reef sinking into the deep sea. "Before my mother died, she condensed her final soul power into a soul guide and hid it deep in my spiritual veins. The fluctuations in the black fog just now... were her warning to me of danger."
He suddenly turned and looked at Luo Li, his eyes slightly raised. "Have you noticed the soul thread in the ring? It's a special power. Father uses that power to connect with my soul. Every time I use my soul power, the imprint deepens."
Luo Li's fingertips stroked the edge of the jade slip, and suddenly she caught a glimpse of the silver chain exposed from Di Chen's collar - it fit perfectly with the broken jade pendant worn by the female member of the Di family.
Her pupils shrank slightly. "Emperor Shiwei and the broken jade in your hand... are they the Great Desolate Spiritual Artifact 'Twin Soul Contract'?"
Di Chen's entire body trembled slightly, his Adam's apple rolling but he didn't deny it. The moonlight sliced his silhouette into a thin layer, "Sister is the only one who can touch my spiritual veins, but father is using her blood, unbeknownst to him, to nourish the soul thread in the ring."
Luo Li's fingertips lightly touched the silver chain, and a cool feeling spread along her fingertips: "So Di Wuyou needs you as the Holy Son of the Di Family, but he also wants to use soul threads to control you, so that you won't have any different thoughts."
She raised her eyes to look at the starry sky, "But if the twin soul contract is forcibly severed, both of your soul veins will be severed. So, both of your lives are in Di Wuyou's hands."
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