area51novel Chapter 256: Past Events (The House Game Ends Here)
Chapter 256: Past Events (The House Game Ends Here)
"Chen Yixuan, I have a question, I hope you can tell me the truth."
Hu Zhaigong's tone was very serious. From the fact that she directly called out Chen Yue's name, it could be seen how heavy what she was about to say was.
"Am I going to die?"
His body shook slightly, and Chen Yue turned his head back stiffly, but his expression was still that familiar smile. "It's not a joke, it's not easy to make, hahaha. You are alive and well, how could you be dead?"
"Don't play dumb. Foxes have very high IQs." Hu Zaigong looked at Chen Yue seriously, without any sign of joking.
"You've been writing letters to me for nearly a thousand years. Even a dullard like Ying could learn the Liyue characters in such a long time."
"I can understand everything in that book 'Immortal Reincarnation'. Although you blocked a lot of sensitive words, I can still tell that this is a technique that requires a living person as a sacrifice."
"The offering is covered with dust and carved into the image of the deceased. Then, through the information of the deceased's body, the soul of the deceased is summoned and possessed on the offering to achieve the effect of 'reincarnation'."
"Ha, hahahaha, ahahaha, huh... Now you have a reason to collect my blood and hair. Add to that the disaster you mentioned, and it's not hard to guess that I will die there, right?"
Facing Hu Zhaigong's sharp speculation, Chen Yue's laughter gradually subsided until it finally turned into a deep sigh. He did not respond immediately, but slowly put the scroll on the ground back on the shelf, as if the scroll weighed a thousand pounds.
"You...know everything." Chen Yue's voice was a little hoarse. He turned around and faced Hu Zhai Gong, with a complex light flashing in his eyes. In that light, there was both surprise after being discovered, and admiration for Hu Zhai Gong's wisdom, and even a hint of indescribable helplessness.
"I don't know much, but I am very sure that 'I will die'. And the purpose of your teaching me this technique may not be so pure." Hu Zhaigong did not retreat. She looked directly into Chen Yue's eyes. Her voice was firm and powerful, without the slightest fear or hesitation.
Chen Yue frowned slightly, as if thinking about how to answer Hu Zhaigong's question. After a moment of silence, he finally said, "Actually, you..."
However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Zhaigong. Hu Zhaigong raised her hand and motioned Chen Yue not to speak. She took a deep breath and said calmly: "Let me guess, what is your purpose?"
Chen Yue looked at Hu Zhai Gong, and couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. He originally thought that Hu Zhai Gong would panic or angrily question him, but he didn't expect her to be so calm and even take the initiative to guess his purpose. He nodded and acquiesced to Hu Zhai Gong's request.
Kitsaigong closed her eyes and began to ponder. After a moment, she opened her eyes with a cunning gleam in them.
"Since I will die, and you have developed this technique, it means that I am not the only one who will die. At least Shin, Kage, and Chiyo may all face the fate of death."
"But there is a contradiction here! If I die, I will definitely not be able to use this magic; but you still taught it to me, which means I will definitely need it in the future. You know, in the entire Inazuma, no one is better at magic than me."
"Thinking about it this way, the most likely outcome is that neither of us will die, and we can continue to live well. Then, you will return to this world through the method of "Immortal Reincarnation"."
"At this point, the truth of the matter is almost clear: Impure World Reincarnation is actually a forbidden technique. You will never watch this happen to us. You will definitely use all your strength, even at the cost of your own life, to change this predetermined ending, just to allow me, or us, to survive."
"So, your real purpose is to let me learn this forbidden technique, and then use it to summon you back from the underworld to reunite with us after you die, right?"
Hu Zhaigong's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples. Chen Yue looked at her, a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then turned into deep praise. He really didn't expect that Hu Zhaigong could deduce Chen Yue's plan in such a short time, just based on some of his fragmentary information and his own intuition.
After a long silence, Chen Yue finally started to explain. "Your wisdom is really admirable. Is this the wisdom of the Baichen clan?"
"Yes, that's right, absolutely right. You figured out all my plans with just a few clues. It seems that I still have a lot of room for improvement!"
"Since you already know, I won't force you. It's just that the future is too heavy, so I had to come up with this idea. I just hope that if one day I'm really gone, you can have a choice."
"You are desecrating life!" Hu Zhaigong's voice was filled with reproach and helplessness. She shook her head gently, as if trying to shake off the heaviness in her heart.
"What do you think 'Reincarnation' is? Is it a simple summoning technique? It is a forbidden technique that goes against the way of life and death. Even if it succeeds, the one summoned back is just a walking corpse, without thoughts, memories, or emotions. Would I still be myself in that state? What's the meaning of such a reunion?"
"Besides, your life is so precious, how can you give it up easily for an uncertain result? You have to think about it, if you are gone, how many people in this world will be sad and upset? Your emperor, your friends, and... Zhen and me." Hu Zhaigong's voice gradually became low, and his eyes began to turn red.
"And this thing also requires living people as sacrifices. The people summoned are not truly resurrected. They can only stay in the human world for a short time. At the appointed time, their souls will return to the earth. Do you want to kill people every once in a while for your own selfish reasons, so as to achieve some kind of immortality?"
Facing Hu Zhaigong's rebuke, Chen Yue turned around silently, then closed his eyes, and his tone became firm.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to back down on this. You can choose not to use it, but I won't change my mind."
"At this point, I have nothing to hide. I don't belong to this world. If my death can save you, I think it's a good deal."
"Okay, Yubihakokomadeda, there's no need to tell anyone about what happened here today. Since you can guess so much, then the others are probably not much worse, right?"