Chapter 131 It Was an Old Acquaintance
Chapter 131 It Was an Old Acquaintance
Seeing Zixu frowning in thought, Wu You also went over and carefully examined Xue Huairui before falling into deep thought himself.
"I also felt that she was familiar, as if I had seen her somewhere before."
Zixu paced back and forth, deep in thought. Wuyou banged his head, racking his brains for a long time before finally remembering.
"I remembered!"
Wu You exclaimed loudly, "Isn't that Xiao Hua? How come she's gotten younger... no, she must have been reincarnated!"
Zixu punched him on the head and said speechlessly, "Don't give people nicknames so easily."
After reprimanding Wu You, Zi Xu said to Yun Zhao, "Palace Master, she is Xue Huai Rui, the Vice Palace Master of Ling Xu Palace. She was by your side when Wu You and I met you."
If you do the math, Xue Huairui has known Yun Zhao for longer than he has known Wu You... and even longer than he has known Qi Yan.
“How come she’s with that Song Zhiyuan?” Wu You wrinkled his nose. “They’re so close together, you can tell they have a very good relationship.”
“I have no memory of her,” Yun Zhao pondered. “Before entering Lingxu Palace, she came to me and said…”
She told the others what Xue Huairui had told her, and Zixu frowned, "Nonsense. Apart from me, Wuyou, and those spiritual and demonic plants, there are no other living things in Lingxu Palace."
"Then we'll have to find an opportunity to ask her what she means. By the way, Wu You, you were down there just now, how come you didn't recognize her?"
Yun Zhao was puzzled. According to Zi Xu, Xue Huai Rui had dealt with them for many years, so how could Wu You not recognize her?
Could it be that Xue Huairui's appearance changed after being reincarnated?
Zixu gave a bitter smile. "Palace Master, you may not know this, but we are now two remnant souls, and our memories are slowly fading away."
"If you had come any later, we probably wouldn't have remembered your voice and smile."
"It's not just about memories, but also personality and temperament. We've been doing things lately that are, well, contrary to our personalities."
Han Mujiao quickly answered, "I know, it's the Old Rascal!"
Zixu: "..."
Wu glared at him and said, "You think you're all talk?!"
Yun Zhao clenched his fist and asked, "Is there a solution? I mean, a way to reshape one's body."
Zixu shook his head, "Reshaping a human body is against the will of Heaven, is there any way to do it?"
Qi Yan suddenly spoke up: "It's not like there's no way at all."
Yun Zhao and Zi Xu Wu You looked at him at the same time. Yun Zhao exclaimed in surprise, "A Yan, you have a way?!"
Qi Yan nodded and then shook his head. "Zhao Zhao, I remember seeing it once ten thousand years ago in the library of the Demon Realm's imperial city, but I'm not very sure."
"It's good that there's hope," Yun Zhao said hopefully. "Ayan, let's go to the demon realm after we get out."
"I wonder how Senior Sister Bai is doing in the demon realm. We can go and visit her while we're there."
Qi Yan nodded with a smile, "Okay."
While they were talking, Song Zhiyuan and the others woke up again. This time, the first one to wake up was a disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
Yun Zhao did not change the prize, but handed a Heaven-Rank Pill to the disciple.
Before they could discuss it, Yun Zhao started the next test, and the disciples were trapped in an illusion once again.
Yun Zhao clicked his tongue and said, "That's easy, just press it a few times."
Wu You muttered to himself, "It's simple, but it's expensive. We've opened the secret realm so many times, and our inventory is almost full."
Yun Zhao's lips twitched, "Then you still..."
It's one thing to let cultivators come in looking for opportunities, but to set up tests before the inheritance, and then give out prizes after each test... Who can keep up with all this spending?
"Since the inheritance is used to select disciples of Lingxu Palace, why not just have them stand in front of the inheritance and go through it?"
Wu You shook his head seriously, "Palace Master, you don't understand. We need to maintain the mystery. If everyone could see the inheritance, wouldn't the inheritance be as common as cabbage?"
Yun Zhao: "..."
"Is it possible that their memories will be erased after they leave?"
This time, Wu You was speechless.
Yes, yes.
All those years, all that effort they put in, and all those magical artifacts and pills they gave away, what does that amount to!
Qi Yan sneered: "You two are just bored, yet you're so generous."
Zixu: "..."
Utopia: "..."
Wuyou awakened them, and while they were confused, he teleported them directly to the inheritance.
Unfortunately, apart from Xue Huairui, no one else is a disciple of Lingxu Palace.
Yun Zhao asked Wu You to bring Xue Huai Rui over and knock the others unconscious. Suddenly, Bi Tong Hu barked twice, telling him to bring Song Zhi Yuan over as well.
"I almost forgot, you couldn't find your child earlier."
After Yun Zhao finished speaking, the Azure-Eyed Fox hurriedly called out a few times. It was so anxious that it shouted, yelled, and gestured, making Yun Zhao dizzy.
Zixu asked curiously, "Palace Master, what is it saying? It's so excited."
After listening attentively to the description from the Azure-Eyed Fox, Yun Zhao's expression changed. "It said that Song Zhiyuan's spirit beast pouch contains many demonic beasts, all of which are demonic beasts that guard the spirit plants in the secret realm."
Zixu was shocked: "What?!"
Wu You also said in surprise, "When a demon beast meets the conditions I set, it will be teleported to the outside of the secret realm. I have never heard of it being put into a spirit beast bag by a cultivator."
“Of course,” he glanced at the Azure Fox, “the Palace Master is no ordinary person. Perhaps it was because the Azure Fox encountered the Palace Master that it wasn’t teleported away.”
The Azure-Eyed Fox howled twice, and Yun Zhao decided to have Wu You bring the two of them over first to ask Song Zhiyuan why he did that.
Wu You returned quickly, carrying Song Zhiyuan, with Xue Huairui following behind.
Upon seeing Yun Zhao, Xue Huairui first performed a deep bow, saying, "This subordinate greets the Palace Master."
Before Yun Zhao could ask her, she recounted the whole story.
Ten thousand years ago, she died before Yun Zhao, but she survived because she possessed a spiritual artifact that nurtured her soul.
After thousands of years of recuperation, the magical artifact was found by a young girl with the same name and birth date as Xue Huairui, and Xue Huairui possessed her body.
After saying that, Xue Huairui glanced at Yun Zhao subconsciously and explained, "Palace Master, she is about to die. Even if I don't possess her body, she won't live for many more days. After possessing her body, I will avenge her."
She thought she was quite kind. The little girl's parents favored boys over girls, and before the little girl died, she made her witness the abuse of her parents and her younger brother Yaozu, who perished in the fire.
Xue Huairui didn't care whether she had any lives on her hands, but Yun Zhao had repeatedly warned her against indiscriminate killing, and she was afraid that Yun Zhao would be unhappy.
Yun Zhao wrinkled his nose in disgust. "That kind of person deserved to die. You..."
Xue Huairui replied, "Palace Master, you used to call me Little Xue."
Yun Zhao paused for a moment. This form of address... Hmm, it seems like the two of them aren't very familiar with each other.
However, she readily agreed, "Xiao Xue, please continue."
Xue Huairui nodded and continued, "I possessed this body because of her spiritual root..."
Having acquired a top-grade ice spirit root, Xue Huairui joined the Qingyun Sect in order to get closer to Song Zhiyuan.
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