Mahayana 132
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Chapter 132: Dao Companion, Luring the Dog Inside Just to Kill It?
TL : Cnine
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Part 1
Pure, immaculate soul-light, like stars filling the sky, slowly drifted out from his body. He stood there as if he had lost his soul, his arms hanging limply at his sides.
“To actually erase his own Three Souls of his own accord… truly ruthless. And yet, also a hopelessly devoted fool,” Grandmaster Qingxu sighed deeply.[TN: Three Souls/Hun (三魂) [Consciousness Will Spirit / higher self]]
In his view, the present Xiao Yifeng was nothing more than an empty shell, carrying only the Seven Po that bore his memories.[TN: Seven Po (七魄) are Memory Instinct Emotion Bodily awareness Attachment to the physical body]]
In order to make him believe, and to choose to possess his body, he had actually taken the initiative to disperse his own Three Souls, leaving behind only the Seven Po that preserved memory. Now, he had already become a naturally ideal place to escape the summer heat.
Hearing this, Su Miaoqing’s tears fell like rain. At this moment, countless words surged in her heart, along with regret, yet it was all too late. Xiao Yifeng had already turned into nothing but an empty shell, leaving her only that final, unforgettable monologue.
Grandmaster Qingxu looked at Su Miaoqing and Xiao Yifeng, and for a moment fell into a dilemma. Xiao Yifeng was undoubtedly an excellent target for possession, but Su Miaoqing was as well.
If he were to possess Su Miaoqing, once exposed, it would certainly bring about Su Qianyi’s relentless pursuit, to the death.
Besides, Su Miaoqing was a woman. At the end of the day, that fact alone made him instinctively resistant.
Then, a possibility suddenly occurred to him. If he were to possess Xiao Yifeng first, and then erase this segment of Su Miaoqing’s memories, with Xiao Yifeng’s Seven Po used to complete his own soul, he could ensure that not the slightest flaw would be exposed.
In the future, he would be able to retake control of Boundless Horizon Palace, and the potential of Xiao Yifeng’s body was limitless. The unification of the Three Teachings was, admittedly, an astonishing notion.
In this way, not only would he obtain a perfect body through possession, he would also secure the most perfect Dao Companion for the future. That was right. He was actually intending to make Su Miaoqing his Daoist Companion.
A Daoist Companion reborn from the Immortal Bird. Just thinking about it was enough to stir excitement. Judging from Su Miaoqing’s behaviour toward Xiao Yifeng, she was by no means indifferent to him. On the contrary, her feelings ran deep, even if she herself had not yet realised it.
The more he thought about it, the more brilliant the idea seemed to him, and he could not help but burst into loud laughter.
Seeing that Su Miaoqing appeared to have something to say, and being in an excellent mood, he flicked his finger and released the mute point restraining her.
He laughed and said, “That boy truly was a devoted fool. He’s handed me a heaven-sent opportunity for nothing.”
“Kill me,” Su Miaoqing said, tears streaming down her face, her spirit utterly shattered. “If you don’t, my father will never let you go. Xiaofeng is dead anyway. I don’t want to live either.”
“I couldn’t bear to kill you,” Grandmaster Qingxu laughed loudly. “And your father won’t kill me either. Once I possess this boy and erase part of your memories, with the depth of feeling you have for him, I’ll even gain a Daoist Companion reborn from the Immortal Bird in the future."
Hearing this, Su Miaoqing felt her heart sink straight down. She then said in disbelief, “How can you be so shameless? Kill me instead. I would rather die than accept this!”
She simply could not bear to imagine herself, due to missing memories, mistaking him for Xiaofeng and forming a Daoist companion bond with him. Yet she knew all too well that such a thing was entirely possible.
“That is no longer up to you!” Grandmaster Qingxu said. As he spoke, his soul body flew out from within, transforming into a streak of red light that instantly plunged into Xiao Yifeng’s body.
The moment he entered Xiao Yifeng’s body, he discovered that it was indeed vast beyond measure. This boy’s sea of consciousness was astonishingly spacious.
He had truly stumbled upon a treasure. Ecstasy surged in his heart as he flew toward the depths of Xiao Yifeng’s sea of consciousness, intending to seize control of it.
He flew forward, only to discover that this sea of consciousness was dazzling beyond compare, its aura vast and majestic. At its centre stood an Azure Lotus, gently swaying as it scattered strands of pure radiance.
“What is going on? An Azure Lotus within the sea of consciousness! What kind of manifestation is this? This boy is extraordinary from birth.”
He searched through Xiao Yifeng’s sea of consciousness, and there he discovered a scroll-like contract branded directly upon the soul.
He could not help but exclaim in shock, “A divine artifact master-recognition contract! This boy actually possesses a divine artifact contract.”
No wonder he was so excited. Divine artifacts were exceedingly rare, let alone a master-recognition contract bound to one.
He recognised it because the inherited Divine Artifact of Boundless Horizon Palace, the Ink Snow Sword, was itself a Divine Artifact. However, what he had signed was merely a sword-spirit contract.
(Yet now, for some unknown reason, that contract had not dissipated along with that brat. Could it be transferring to himself instead?)
At this thought, he could not help but burst into loud laughter. “A heaven-born anomaly, a Divine Artifact contract, the unification of the Three Teachings! A phoenix Daoist companion! No matter how defiant of heaven you are, it all ends up benefiting this poor Daoist. Hahahahaha!”
“Grandmaster Qingxu, why are you laughing like you’ve won the lottery? If you knew I also have a Mahayana-stage Daoist companion, wouldn’t you be laughing even harder?”
A calm voice sounded from behind him. He turned around in shock, only to see Xiao Yifeng standing not far behind him. Beside Xiao Yifeng stood a stunning woman in a red dress, looking at Qingxu as though she were staring at a fool.
“You’re still alive! Impossible! Didn’t your Three Soul already disperse?”
Grandmaster Qingxu cried out in disbelief. Before entering, he had scrutinised Xiao Yifeng’s state again and again, checking it from every angle. Only after confirming there were no mistakes had he dared to step inside.
“They did disperse,” Xiao Yifeng replied with a faint smile, “but not my Three Soul. I simply dispersed the Three Soul of a Golden Core–realm ghost entity.”
To trick this man into coming here, he had unleashed the full force of his acting skills, wearing an expression of heartfelt devotion so convincing that he nearly moved himself.
For that, he had bargained with Zhan Xian(Immortal Slayer Sword's spirit) for quite a while before Zhan Xian finally agreed to help him by separating his Three Soul and Seven Po.
Zhan Xian was then responsible for dispersing the Three Soul of that ghost entity. In order to imitate Xiao Yifeng’s aura, Xiao Yifeng even severed a portion of his own soul light.
He himself hid inside the Immortal Slayer Sword and lay low. In order not to be discovered, he did not dare to leak the slightest trace of aura, knowing nothing of what happened outside until Qingxu approached the vicinity of Immortal Slayer Sword.
The price Zhan Xian demanded for helping was that Xiao Yifeng would repay her a hundredfold in the future. Xiao Yifeng could not help but curse inwardly. That little Zhan Xian really had a black heart. Still, being able to survive at all was already a blessing.
“The Immortal Slayer Demon Sword!” Qingxu cried out as he instantly recognised that familiar aura. After all, his master, Wu Yazi, had died by this very demon sword. He had never expected that the Divine Artifact within Xiao Yifeng would be this demon sword.
Was this fellow luring the dog inside just to slaughter it? Planning to shut the door and beat the dog?
At this moment, how could he not realise that he had fallen into Xiao Yifeng’s trap? The situation was now extremely dangerous. He blustered outwardly while panicking inwardly and said:
“Boy, you truly are cunning! But this is a battle of divine souls. I am, after all, at the Mahayana realm. Even if you add that Immortal Slayer sword, do you really think you have any chance of victory? This body, I am taking for sure!”
“A mere Mahayana-realm remnant soul dares to speak such arrogant words. In my Sea of Consciousness, even a Tribulation-realm demon lord has already died. A Mahayana realm remnant sould is hardly worth mentioning.”
Xiao Yifeng said with a smile, then forced out the soul aura of Mo Tianqing.
“Mo Tianqing! You’re Mo Tianqing!” Grandmaster Qingxu was utterly shocked, and his scalp immediately went numb.
“Zhan Xian, beat him! Beat this old monster who refuses to die properly! Don’t kill him just yet. I’m going to grind his bones to dust and light his soul up as a sky lantern!” Xiao Yifeng said with a vicious grin.
Zhan Xian rolled her eyes at him, but still transformed into a streak of crimson light and lunged towards Grandmaster Qingxu. At the same time, Xiao Yifeng unleashed soul-attack techniques such as the Soul-Severing Spike, launching them at Grandmaster Qingxu.