What if it gets broken...
Her long, slender eyelashes, her small, rosy lips occasionally smacking as she slept. Jiang Ye gazed at Zhuque’s sleeping face, sighing helplessly.
He playfully twirled a lock of Zhuque’s hair around his fingertip and kissed it gently. “Forget it, who told me I like you?”
“Forget it~ Who told me I like you~”
He turned his head to see Jing Feng squatting nearby, a sly grin on his face, raising an eyebrow. “So the brute can also say sweet nothings?”
Jiang Ye clenched his fist in anger, ready to lash out at Jing Feng. But at that moment, Zhuque stirred and sat up.
“So noisy, what are you doing?” she yawned, her eyes heavy with sleep.
Jiang Ye instantly lowered his fist, meek as a quail. “Awake? Should I make you some hangover soup?”
Zhuque swayed as she stood up, rubbing her eyes groggily. “Hangover soup? I didn’t drink that much?”
“Where’s master?” She looked around for Bai Ran’s figure. Had master woken up long ago?
“See that soundproof barrier?” Jing Feng pointed to the space above the room. “It’s probably something Miss Bai set up when she woke up.”
Ninth Heaven—Demon Realm.
“I found it! I found a way to separate the inner demon!”
Tang Yi’s face was alight with joy as she clutched a book to her chest as if it were a precious treasure.
Jing Yun was overjoyed. “That’s wonderful! Quickly, take it to His Highness!”
Tang Yi, Jing Yun, and Long Jinhan had been searching the library day and night.
Finally, their efforts paid off. After poring over five hundred and sixty-seven ancient texts, Tang Yi discovered the method to separate the inner demon.
A moment later, Long Jinhan carefully took the ancient book from Tang Yi’s hands.
The book recorded that if the inner demon coexisted with the soul, then to save the host, the inner demon and the soul must be separately housed in two vessels.
“Two vessels?” Long Jinhan pondered with lowered eyes. Did they need to find another body?
Jing Yun nodded, his expression troubled. “Finding vessels won’t be difficult, but the real challenge lies in how to separate the soul from the inner demon.”
Long Jinhan furrowed his brow and read the words below.
One of the Nine Heavens’ supreme treasures, the Soul Controlling Flute, was emerald green and could control the souls of all beings through its melody.
To separate the soul and the inner demon, the host must form a contract with the Soul Controlling Flute and play its melody to control the transfer of their own soul.
However, at the same time, the host’s soul would coexist with the Soul Controlling Flute. If the flute broke, the soul would scatter.
Tang Yi’s face was etched with worry. “The Soul Controlling Flute is a legendary treasure; we haven’t found the slightest trace of it.”
The Soul Controlling Flute had vanished for thousands of years. No one had ever seen it, let alone form a contract with it…
Long Jinhan closed the book, his voice heavy. “We must find the Soul Controlling Flute, even if we have to dig three feet into the ground.”
“Yes—”
…
“Transport these crystals out.”
Bai Ran stood within the crystal mine, her expression touched. The Su family head had perished with the enemy after breaking the seal.
He probably feared that after his death, no one would be able to break the seal on the mine…
Rather than leave the crystals here untouched, it was better to use them to rebuild Black Crow City and give the people a better life.
Hired cultivators began excavating the crystal mine, while Jing Feng stood guard, preventing anyone from secretly hoarding the crystals.
A violent fluctuation of spiritual energy swept through, and the space was torn open.
Seeing the person emerge from the rift, Bai Ran stepped forward. “Long Jinhan? What are you doing here?”
Long Jinhan placed his large hand on her head, a handsome curve to his lips. “I found a way to separate the inner demon.”
Jing Feng, standing beside them, was ecstatic. “That’s wonderful!”
If the inner demon could truly be separated, then Miss Bai wouldn’t be their enemy anymore!
Bai Ran removed his hand from her head, gripping it tighter. “You’ve lost a lot of weight.”
She knew that Long Jinhan had been worried sick about her these past few days, searching for a way to keep her safe without rest.
Long Jinhan smiled and gently intertwined his fingers with Bai Ran’s. “It’s not as important as you being safe and sound. Let’s talk inside.”
Bai Ran nodded, finished giving instructions to Jing Feng about the mine, and followed Long Jinhan into the house.
He spread the ancient book open before Bai Ran. “Find another vessel and transfer your soul to the new body, then you can successfully separate the inner demon from your soul.”
Bai Ran scanned the contents of the book and raised an eyebrow. “The Soul Controlling Flute?”
Long Jinhan sighed, his dark eyes filled with gravity. “That’s right. The Soul Controlling Flute is a supreme treasure of the world, capable of controlling all souls.”
“Girl, it’s alright. Even if I have to search every inch of the Nine Heavens, I will find this item.”
If they couldn’t separate the inner demon without the Soul Controlling Flute, then the young girl would be in danger, facing death with her inner demon.
Looking at his somber face, Bai Ran chuckled softly. “If it’s the supreme treasure, the Soul Controlling Flute, I seem to have one.”
As she spoke, a flute, emerald green and emitting a faint halo, appeared in her hand.
Long Jinhan stared at the object in Bai Ran’s hand, his handsome face filled with astonishment. “The Soul Controlling Flute?”
The Soul Controlling Flute, which had been lost for thousands of years, was actually in the young girl’s possession!
Long Jinhan chuckled softly. “You always manage to surprise me.”
“Now, all that’s left is a vessel.”
Speaking of vessels, a scene from her memories flashed through Bai Ran’s mind. “Long Jinhan, I actually had a body originally.”
“Your original body?” Long Jinhan looked confused. “Isn’t your current body your own?”
It was time to tell him about the memories from the seal. Bai Ran smiled with newfound understanding and began to slowly recount what she remembered after breaking the seal.
Her mother and father, the experiences she’d gone through in countless reincarnations, and everything Baili Xiao had done for her.
Half an hour later, Bai Ran took a sip of tea. “These are the memories restored by the third layer of the seal.”
To her surprise, Long Jinhan simply stared at her, his heart aching.
The young girl had endured so much pain, facing betrayal and hurt time and again, only to enter the next cycle of reincarnation.
And all of this was to fortify her soul, to make her a complete person once more…
“So this life is also the last one, and you still need Baili Xiao to personally kill you?”
Just the thought of the young girl’s loneliness in death, the pain of betrayal…
Feeling powerless as life drained away, Long Jinhan’s heart felt as if it were being crushed to pieces.
“That’s right. Once this last soul returns, my soul will become complete, and I will be truly resurrected.”
In other words, if the soul from the last life didn’t return to Bai Ran’s body, then all the effort made thus far would be in vain.
All the souls within her would dissipate, and she would truly vanish from the world.
This was why Baili Xiao had said that if he died, the young girl would die too.
Long Jinhan lowered his gaze. Fortunately, he hadn’t killed Baili Xiao…