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Chapter 167 Choice (2)_1

Chapter 167: Chapter 167 Choice (2)_1

"Uncle Bai, what’s wrong?"

"The Deity is going to abandon us!" silver shouted. "Huagui has been born, Huagui has been born..."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what had gotten into silver.

"Grandpa Xie once said that when Huagui appears, both man and beast will perish. But he didn’t know why." Dugu Qianye said.

"That’s because Huagui is a vessel of evil!" silver finally calmed down but startled everyone with his claim.

Everyone knows that Huagui is a Ferocious Beast, but they didn’t know it represents evil. After all, some Ferocious Beasts are just naturally aggressive.

"Uncle Bai, why do you say that?" Mo Lao San asked.

"Yeah, Brother Bai, tell us about it." Youwu also asked.

silver fell silent for a while, as if lost in memories. After a long time, he began to slowly speak, recounting a tale that sent shivers down one’s spine.

silver’s ancestors were actually not from the Xuanyue Continent but had migrated from a higher plane. Migration might be a stretch as it was only one of his ancestors alone.

His ancestor used to be a figure who commanded great respect in his realm. Though the realm was somewhat small, it was rich in Spiritual Energy. Back then, a certain faction acquired a Huagui and spent decades raising it to its growth stage. Then they deceived many people into coming to their faction. Since the faction was generally seen as fairly upright, many people went. But once there, they realized it was a trap. That faction used the Huagui to forcibly suck out everyone’s Divine Power from their bodies and transfer it to the Huagui, allowing it to reach maturity in one fell swoop. The matured Huagui, having absorbed even more Spiritual Energy, found people insufficient and started drawing from the air itself, eventually turning that plane into a barren zone devoid of Spiritual Energy, with no escape for man or beast. silver’s ancestor happened to be visiting another plane and thus narrowly escaped disaster. Because the Huagui was so malevolent, it was exterminated by the envoys of the Creator God.

Following this, silver’s ancestor relocated and settled in the Xuanyue Continent, but he passed on the tale of that disaster to his descendants, which has been told from generation to generation ever since.

"I had no idea it was like that," everyone murmured, shaken by the story.

"So, the Divine Temple is raising Huagui to forcibly extract everyone’s Phantom Power?" Dugu Qianye asked, unwittingly voicing a shocking conspiracy.

"If that’s true, then the Divine Temple is planning to use the entire Xuanyue Continent as a sacrifice," Mo Chi said.

Sacrifice!

A light of realization flashed in Dugu Qianye’s eyes. Could it be that the great sacrifice being organized by the Divine Temple was actually a conspiracy?!

As soon as Dugu Qianye shared her thoughts, everyone felt that it was a very real possibility.

"As long as Huagui has reached its growth stage, it can absorb a person’s Phantom Power. If the Huagui’s condition described by Qianye and the fact that the Divine Temple has been using children to raise Huagui are accurate, it might have already reached its growth stage. Then, this sacrifice by the Divine Temple..." Qiongli analyzed, with the conclusion left unspoken.

"Back then, Tongtong’s dad must have seen the Divine Temple raising Huagui. Before he died, he told Tongtong’s mom that he was wounded by Lei Fengqi after seeing a monster and also overheard a conversation between Shen Xingzong and Shi Nan, mentioning that another great sacrifice was needed," recalled silver, bringing up what Tongtong’s mother had said, which was enough to confirm their suspicions.

"What should we do then?" Mo Chi turned to ask silver.

silver shook his head, replying, "I once read in an ancient book that Huagui is known as the emissary of evil. Once it reaches its growth stage, nothing can stop it except for one Divine Beast. However, it didn’t specify what kind of Divine Beast it is."

"So are we out of options?" Mo Lao San said, "Are we really just going to stand by and watch the Divine Temple and that creature destroy our world?"

The room fell silent once again.

"There will always be a way," Dugu Qianye said. "I don’t believe there’s any problem that can’t be solved! No matter how formidable Huagui is, there will be a way to restrain him."

Her confident words and arrogant demeanor immediately revitalized the somewhat dispirited group. Right, how could they be discouraged without even starting? They were all at the Phantom Venerable level!

"The most urgent task now is to awaken grandfather. His condition can’t be delayed any longer. Once Jiang Yu is ready, we’ll begin," Dugu Qianye said. "We’ll talk about everything else later."

"Alright."

Early the next morning, Tongtong got up and pulled Dugu Qianye to explain the knowledge of Alchemy to him. Dugu Qianye explained patiently, and Tongtong, with his intelligent nature, understood many things as soon as they were explained. The two of them discussed in the yard, almost as if they had returned to the time when Dugu Qianye first taught Mo Feng Alchemy. Thinking of Mo Feng, Dugu Qianye was somewhat worried about whether they were doing well in the Divine Temple. But considering that the focus of the Divine Temple was now on the High Priest, she assumed that not many people would bother them.

Suddenly, Dugu Qianye paused and said to Tongtong, "You should digest and understand what I have just told you. I’ll explain more next time."

Dugu Qianye called Mo Chi and others over and said, "Jiang Yu says they are ready. We can begin now."

"What method will be used?" Mo Chi asked.

Dugu Qianye summoned Jiang Yu and said, "Jiang Yu will take me into grandfather’s sea of consciousness and awaken him by force."

"Is that dangerous?" Mo Lao’er asked.

Uh, always speaking the least yet always hitting the nail on the head. The others also looked at Dugu Qianye, waiting for her to answer.

"The higher the Phantom Power, the lesser the danger," Jiang Yu answered for Dugu Qianye. "If we can’t succeed, she’ll be trapped in his sea of consciousness indefinitely. If she is attacked by his subconscious, she could suffer a collapse of her consciousness."

"Then let me do it," Qiongli said. His Phantom Power was the highest among them.

"You can’t," Jiang Yu said. "None of you can."

"Why not?"

"Uh, because Jiang Yu can only send me in," Dugu Qianye said. "We have a contract."

Meaning, without a contract, no matter how high one’s Phantom Power is, it’s not possible.

"Let’s begin," Jiang Yu said. "If you don’t want any harm to come to her, ensure no one disturbs us. Otherwise..."

Mo Chi and the others went outside to wait, while Dugu Qianye approached the bed, helped Mo Zhenting sit up cross-legged, and then signaled to Jiang Yu that they could start.

Jiang Yu’s hands began to form seals; white Spiritual Mist spread out, slowly enveloping Dugu Qianye and Mo Zhenting, leaving only their faint outlines visible from the outside. After completing everything, Jiang Yu directly collapsed onto a broken chair next to him, waiting for a message from Dugu Qianye.

Dugu Qianye felt the Spiritual Mist enveloping her, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw a vast expanse of white, with no blue sky, no earth, and no mountains or rivers.

Is this grandfather’s sea of consciousness? Dugu Qianye wondered, looking at the vast white world. Not knowing how to awaken her grandfather, Dugu Qianye could only walk around, hoping to find a solution.