webnovelfull Chapter 150 Substitute? The senior from the Heavenly Evolution Sect taught me that.
Chapter 150 Substitute? The senior from the Heavenly Evolution Sect taught me that.
Gu Lin and Chu Luobai both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
Qiu Lin quickly realized this as well, and he changed the subject, beginning to explain the reason.
"Do Senior Sister and Senior Brother Gu Lin both believe that Qiu Jun is completely different now, and no longer my father?"
Gu Lin didn't speak, but just looked at Chu Luobai.
Chu Luobai nodded slightly.
"If I'm not mistaken, Qiu Jun has indeed completely changed into a different person."
“His situation is different from your royal sister’s; I did not sense any divine soul belonging to a mortal in him.”
Qiu Lin took a deep breath and calmed herself down.
"No, my father's soul has always been there, but it was suppressed by that unfamiliar soul."
"After you left just now, my father's soul briefly regained control of his body, and he told me all of this."
As Chu Luobai listened, she subconsciously gripped the hem of her clothes.
"That blood sacrifice tree was created using the bloodline of my Qiu clan; the seeds were brought from the southern border..."
Qiu Lin continued.
Seeds brought from southern Xinjiang?
Chu Luobai subconsciously thought of Qiu Lin's elder sister, who had been forced into a marriage alliance with a family in Southern Xinjiang.
That so-called national advisor had also been to southern Xinjiang.
After returning from southern Xinjiang, the families there became much more obedient.
These two things combined made Chu Luobai think more deeply.
"The old imperial advisor used my sister's body to refine insects. According to my father, it seems to be some kind of witchcraft from the southern border?"
"As long as my sister and those mortals sacrifice themselves to the Blood Sacrifice Tree, that person will be able to completely take over my father's body and greatly increase his power."
"At that time, even if a cultivator at the Mahayana stage comes, they won't be able to do anything to him."
Qiu Lin spoke slowly, adding a few more details.
After speaking, he looked up at Chu Luobai and Gu Lin.
"Thank you both so much today, otherwise I don't know what would have become of Qiu Kingdom."
Gu Lin waved his hand.
"I was just helping out, no need to thank me. It's mainly your senior sister who's amazing."
Chu Luobai's eyes flickered slightly.
Using the bloodline of an entire family, a blood sacrifice tree is forged, solely to nourish one of them.
This story sounds so familiar to her.
It seems that something similar happened in my previous life?
Chu Luobai raised her head and looked at Qiu Lin.
Their eyes met, and Qiu Lin, who was about to say something to express her gratitude, suddenly stopped herself.
"Junior brother, is the family your second elder sister married into in Southern Xinjiang the Tie family?"
Qiu Lin was taken aback by Chu Luobai's unexpected topic and paused for a moment before nodding.
"The Tie family controls hundreds of trade routes in the vicinity and has also trained many cultivators from a young age. They wield considerable power within the Qingzhou region."
On the edge of this realm, it's no longer unusual for various forces to cultivate their own people in another realm.
For example, the Tie family in the Southern Frontier would search for talented individuals and allow them to cross the boundary as mortals when they were young and had no cultivation.
Afterwards, he cultivated in Qingzhou and became a powerful henchman who served the Tie family.
Although the Tie family is located in the southern border region, they hold the lives of these thugs' families in their hands and are not afraid that these thugs will go back on their word.
From then on, there were members of the Tie family on both sides, and even within Qiu Kingdom, there were many spies of the Tie family.
Previously, Chu Luobai was wondering why the Tie family would go through such a troublesome route as marriage if they wanted to annex the Qiu Kingdom.
It now seems that the Tie family isn't after Qiu Kingdom, but rather the Qiu family's bloodline.
Even the smallest country is protected by the aura of the human emperor bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. If the Tie family were to directly send people to invade, those cultivators would likely not reap any benefits in the future.
However, if they could dismantle the Qiu Kingdom from within, or simply replace its ruler...
It seems that the origin of this Demon Language Insect is far more complicated than I imagined.
"Senior sister, do you know my second imperial sister?"
Qiu Lin hesitated, though given the current situation, it was unlikely that his second elder sister would survive.
But... he couldn't help but feel a sliver of hope.
"I'm sorry, I know about something else, which has nothing to do with your second sister."
Chu Luobai pursed her lips and shook her head.
This statement is somewhat hurtful, but rather than giving Qiu Lin some faint hope, it's better to say it sooner rather than later.
The light in Qiu Lin's eyes flickered and then dimmed. In the end, she sighed and said nothing more.
The heavy atmosphere made Gu Lin and Xiao Lin feel uncomfortable, and they looked up and looked away.
.........
The somber atmosphere didn't last long. Chu Luobai looked at Gu Lin and hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, please make a substitute and place a wisp of your divine consciousness in it. Do not interfere with your divine soul."
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Gu Lin looked up, his eyes filled with doubt and wariness.
He had only recently developed the concept of a body double.
Apart from a few close disciples and the sect leader of Tianyan Sect, no one else knew about it.
Why would this sword cultivator from the Qingyun Sword Sect...
Xiao Lin also sensed that something was amiss, and his face was filled with vigilance.
Chu Luobai knew that Gu Lin appeared easygoing on the surface, but was actually extremely wary.
If it weren't for the need to quickly find out the origin of the Demon Whisperer, she wouldn't have brought up the concept of a substitute.
Under Gu Lin and Xiao Lin's watchful eye, Chu Luobai slowly took out a talisman in the shape of a human.
After the spiritual energy was infused into the talisman, golden light enveloped it.
Soon, a 'person' who looked exactly like Chu Luobai stood in front of everyone.
"This was taught to me by a talisman cultivator I met by chance when I was traveling in the mortal world in my early years. He said he was from the Tianyan Sect, and as a sword cultivator, I am really not very familiar with this aspect."
“I think Fellow Daoist Gu, as a talisman cultivator of the Tianyan Sect, should know these things.”
"If Fellow Daoist Gu can add a wisp of his divine sense to this substitute, I am confident that I can find the origin of this Demon Language Insect."
Chu Luobai's gaze was clear, and his tone was calm, showing no sign of wavering despite the wariness of the two people in front of him.
Gu Lin remained silent for a moment, weighing the matter in his mind for a long time, before finally nodding.
Although he did not want to expose his trump card to Chu Luobai, a sword cultivator he was not familiar with.
But the prospect of finding the Demon Whisperer's home was far more appealing to him than revealing a trump card.
"I do know how to make this substitute. I learned it from a book left by an elder of the Tianyan Sect."
"Presumably, the talisman cultivator that Fellow Daoist Chu encountered back then was the senior who wrote the book I read."
A human-shaped talisman fell into Gu Lin's fingertips, but it looked more exquisite than the one Chu Luobai had taken out before.
The next second, a 'person' exactly like Gu Lin appeared in front of everyone.
Xiao Lin looked left and right, a strange and indescribable emotion welling up in his heart.
After all, he was considered half a genius of the Tianyan Sect. He had wanted to learn this substitute talisman for so long, but his senior brother was unwilling to teach it to him.
How did a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect suddenly appear and learn it?!