Chapter 1199: Liberated

The only way to take it away originally was to wear it on one's body.

Originally.

Clearly He Lingchuan did not put it on, but instead forcibly collected it by some method.

Celestial Masters excel at collecting ghosts and monsters; knowing there are too many strange objects in this world with bizarre effects, what He Lingchuan used was most likely one of them.

"I will purify it."

Fu Liushan's expression was a bit dull: "Purify?"

Purify the Luosheng Armor?!

He himself had purified many evil artifacts of malevolent spirits, so he found it even more inconceivable, "A thousand years! Who knows how much evil karma this thing has entangled; how much merit do you have to purify it?"

"If there is still anyone in this world who can deal with it, it is me." He Lingchuan wore a 'who else but me' compassionate expression, patted his shoulder, "You won't go wrong believing Ah Xun's words."

"..."

"If you don't hand the evil armor to me, who will be the second Fu Tianlin to sacrifice himself to seal it? You?"

Dong Rui listened on the side without a sound.

He knew very well what "purify" meant, but he just felt He Lingchuan was bluffing.

Based on his understanding of He Lingchuan, this matter absolutely wasn't that simple! "..." Fu Liushan wore a 'no no no don't look at me' expression, but he also hesitated, "This is the Luosheng Armor, what if you fail..."

"Without a diamond drill, how can one take on porcelain work?" He Lingchuan said seriously, "Rest assured, the Luosheng Armor will never harm the world again. The turmoil and cycles arising from it will never appear again."

Relying on himself alone, of course he couldn't.

But he had great confidence in the Great Square Pot.

Fu Liushan sighed. Though uneasy, seeing the Luosheng Armor's appearance just now of expending everything to escape, it was indeed very afraid of He Lingchuan.

Hard to imagine, the evil armor that created countless calamities and devoured countless lives on this continent would actually be easily subdued by a youth.

But for now, handing the Luosheng Armor to the one it fears is still better than sealing it in the ruins.

After all, Fu Tianlin has already dispersed with the wind; the internal motivation to oppose the Luosheng Armor is gone. How long can the Fu family's simple seal hold it? Of course, the established fact is they've already taken the armor away; how could Fu Liushan beat the two of them? Can't beat them, so he might as well go with the flow.

"You..." Fu Liushan hesitated, "You really won't wear it?"

Wouldn't it be that after saying a pile of big talk and empty words, he turns around and tries it on?

After all, who can resist the temptation of "invincible in battle"?

He Lingchuan smiled: "I know what true invincibility in battle is. A mere evil armor is still a hundred and eight thousand miles short. Otherwise—"

He spoke word by word: "Why has the turmoil of the Shanjin Plain never ended for a thousand years?"

If someone could become invincible in battle by putting on the Luosheng Armor, why hasn't the Shanjin Plain been unified yet?

"Your head is still quite clear." Fu Liushan said resentfully, "Hope you can stay this clear-headed."

He Lingchuan asked Fu him: "Your ancestral mission is to seal the Luosheng Armor. Now the armor is gone, what do you plan to do?"

"Yeah, what will I do from now on? Then I'm free!" Fu Liushan spread his hands, slowly stretched them behind his head for a lazy stretch, "Ah, liberated!"

A face of great relief.

He whistled, and the horse trotted out from the woods.

Dong Rui asked him: "You're also a Ying person, right?"

"Yeah. My ancestors back then were elders of the Ying clan." Fu Liushan dug his ear, "After Fu Tianlin sacrificed himself to suppress the evil armor, most Ying people migrated away from the Shanjin Plain, only my ancestors' family stayed behind. The old man said, Ying people have done too many stupid things, our family at least has to do some compensation, accumulate some virtue for the Ying clan; besides, relying on Fu Tianlin alone might not suppress the Luosheng Armor, we have to help him. In short, our branch stayed, basically making a living as Celestial Masters, every generation coming over to sweep the tombs, repair the seal. But the last few generations didn't do well, so the Fu family now only has me left."

"Admirable." He Lingchuan was slightly moved, "I originally thought the Shanjin Plain was truly a god-forsaken land, didn't expect there are still figures like you."

Fu Tianlin sacrificing himself to seal the armor was remarkable; and Fu Liushan's branch of Ying descendants guarding the Shanjin Plain, generation after generation fulfilling a promise, this spirit is also truly admirable.

Surviving on this land is not easy; the Fu family has dwindled to only Fu Liushan as a sole seedling.

He Lingchuan immediately thought of Fang Canran.

Turns out there truly are some powers that can span time and space, enduring endlessly.

"Ah ya, not that amazing." Fu Liushan waved his hand instead, "I'm just muddling through days, muddled to now still a bare bachelor, no wife, no kids, sigh!"

"If you can really purify the Luosheng Armor, I'm liberated, and my descendants forever liberated too—if I can still have descendants." He cupped his fists toward He Lingchuan, "You are my family's great benefactor!"

A hundred and sixty-plus years, the Fu family's ancestral burden, finally ends at his generation! From now on, he can also embrace his new life.

He Lingchuan smiled without speaking.

"But if you can't—" Fu Liushan leisurely flipped onto the horse, "I'll still come find you."

That is his duty.

"Brother Fu, burden gone, will you still stay in the Shanjin Plain?" He Lingchuan smiled, "Why not follow the Ying people's footsteps west? The sky is wide and the land vast there."

"West? No." Fu Liushan shook his head, "I'm a Celestial Master; if I don't stay in the Shanjin Plain, am I supposed to go west and catch ghosts? Heard that saying? One region's water and soil raises one region's people. The Shanjin Plain, not necessarily all as bad as you imagine."

Finished speaking, he gently shook the reins. The horse didn't need his command either, just slowly walked forward.

Fu Liushan waved at them, then disappeared into the distant darkness.

"Let's go, we'll find Three-Tails." He Lingchuan called Dong Rui, turned and headed toward Red Bean Ridge; tonight's main task isn't done yet.

The "purify" he spoke of just now was nothing but nonsense.

Purify what purify, the Luosheng Armor was just swallowed by the Divine Bone Necklace!

When he exchanged moves with Fu Tianlin, the Divine Bone Necklace was scorching hot the whole time, impatient as a monkey, just short of shouting at him: "Quick quick, quick feed it into my mouth!"

Whether to collect this evil armor for his own use, He Lingchuan had also weighed repeatedly.

First, he wasn't sure just how evil the Luosheng Armor was, unclear how much resentment and fear it had absorbed in the Shanjin Plain; second, He Lingchuan knew very well he still couldn't achieve fearlessness.

From love arises worry, from love arises fear.

Deep in his heart he still hid fear and hidden concerns, unwilling to accept the Luosheng Armor's test.

(End of chapter)