Chapter 288: Remnant Souls Enter the Egg Awaiting Nirvana

Lingxiang toyed with the fan in her hand; though the fan was not opened, one could still see the tattered state of the fan face, and some discordant gaps were exposed among the fan ribs.

Wuwei Laozu sat quietly to the side without speaking, only watching the steam in the tea cup, as if he were extremely interested, occasionally flicking it with his hand.

Following Wuwei Laozu's flicking, the originally ethereal, rising mist actually underwent a change. Suddenly it transformed into lotus flowers, dissolving into mid-air as they bloomed; suddenly it transformed into little beasts, drifting toward the heights as they chased one another. Looking closely, those little beasts actually had pointed mouths and pointed ears, looking extremely cute.

The grandfather and granddaughter sat like this, neither of them speaking first.

Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was too silent, or perhaps truly feeling uncomfortable, Lingxiang cleared her throat, yet she still did not speak, only rubbing the fan in her hand.

It was at this moment that a cup of warm tea drifted past her and landed steadily on the side table.

"If you feel thirsty, then stop playing, put it down quickly and drink some tea," Wuwei Laozu said calmly.

Lingxiang followed his words and picked up the tea cup, but unlike her usual careless sipping, she only took a small sip and put it down, though the fan in her hand was still not set aside.

Once this small sip of tea entered her mouth, a burst of tea fragrance immediately diffused; Lingxiang only felt a sweetness in her throat, followed by a chill traveling between her lips and throat, which was extremely refreshing.

Perhaps it was this sip of tea that moistened her throat, as Lingxiang let out a long sigh and raised her eyes from the fan: "Grandfather, I..."

Lingxiang looked as if she had done something wrong; as soon as she opened her mouth, she stopped again, and the words that had reached her lips were slow to be spoken.

Wuwei Laozu was not in a hurry, only smiling as he toyed with the steam on the tea cup; the steam was originally about to dissipate, but it strangely traveled and changed between his fingers, sometimes like falling petals, sometimes like flowing water.

"If you haven't thought it through yet, then think about it some more. Think clearly before telling your grandfather; no rush, no rush."

Following Wuwei Laozu's toying, the mist constantly changed and gathered, actually forming a Taiji that rotated leisurely between his palms.

This time, Lingxiang seemed to have made up her mind; she stood up slowly, walked to the front of Wuwei Laozu, and knelt down with a thud.

"Grandfather, if you still allow me to call you that, granddaughter is afraid... is afraid..."

Having said this much, Lingxiang's face was already covered in tears; bean-sized tears slid down and dripped onto her plain-colored clothes, and a fluorescent flower bloomed instantly.

The mist dissipated from Wuwei Laozu's hands; he finally stopped toying with it and instead reached out his hand, gently helping Lingxiang up.

"You little girl, what nonsense are you spouting? Grandfather is naturally always your grandfather, and you are always your father's daughter. We love you so much and have raised such a spirited little darling, not for you to suffer grievances."

Wuwei Laozu's hand was gentle in its force, yet he lifted Lingxiang up with ease, then pulled the fan from her hand, slowly opened it, and looking at the tattered yet blank fan face, said:

"Although you entered a side path for a moment, you are still a good child. If you do not meet a good end, it would truly be a pity."

Hearing this, Lingxiang's eyes brightened; she immediately stopped crying, looked up at Wuwei Laozu, and spoke hurriedly: "Grandfather, you mean, you have a way..."

Wuwei Laozu sighed: "A demon's destruction is like wind erosion; solid rock turns to dust, scattering and drifting—how could it be so easy?"

"Then there is still a way?" Lingxiang heard this and hurriedly grabbed Wuwei Laozu's robe hem, "Grandfather, just say it."

"Since the matter has already happened, just accept it calmly; why must you insist on going against the Heavenly Dao?" Wuwei Laozu reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of Lingxiang's eyes and advised her earnestly.

Lingxiang shook her head: "Heaven is the butcher's block, but granddaughter is unwilling to be the fish and meat. If I don't struggle, how can I be worthy of this life in the human world?"

"From the moment I was born, this shell of mine was not complete, but granddaughter simply refused to believe it. I had to find and make up for this deficiency to be able to live so firmly through these years."

"Granddaughter has such a stubborn nature; if I had yielded to the Heavenly Dao early on, I am afraid there would not have been today's disaster. But even so, granddaughter will never use the lives of others to exchange for my own peace."

"In this world, no one is inherently obligated to be good to anyone, but since others have been good to me, I must repay them."

Hearing these words, Wuwei Laozu sighed again: "Fine, fine. Your senior brothers taught you well; grandfather is very gratified. Since you insist on saving him, it is not difficult."

"Since he has already developed kind thoughts, he is no longer purely of the demon kind. Since he is not a demon, there will be remnant souls left. One only needs to collect those remnant souls and place them in an object he often used to reshape his spirit and soul. It is just that if you do this, it will become Karma, and in the future, when it comes to Soul Transformation, I fear there will be a record of it in the Life and Death Ledger."

Lingxiang smiled upon hearing this: "Granddaughter now knows her own background; I am already a Half-Demon Body, so what talk of Soul Transformation is there? Since I cannot undergo Soul Transformation, why fear that thing called the Life and Death Ledger?"

Wuwei Laozu heard this and knocked his fist on the table: "That old thing's mouth really cannot keep a secret; he actually told you everything. Since he told you, he didn't tell you the main point. However, do not speak recklessly. Although you were born with remnant souls, you were nourished by your father's soul; although you cannot compare to ordinary people, your Three Souls and Seven Spirits are complete, and you still have to walk through the Ten Halls."

What?

Lingxiang heard this, her almond eyes wide open.

Lingxiang had searched for years for a way to repair her Spirit Root and naturally knew some things, but she had been unwilling to face them before. And Wuwei had thrust the facts in front of her, so she had to accept them, but now hearing this, there seemed to be other hidden circumstances.

Soul Nourishing—that is an extremely dangerous method!

Lingxiang was still in shock when she heard Wuwei Laozu sigh again.

"A predestined connection in the dust; since I have been your grandfather for many years, I cannot watch you accumulate Karma for a lifetime. Fine, fine, let this Karma be borne by me for you!"

As soon as his voice fell, Wuwei Laozu pinched a finger incantation and chanted: "Why call it home, where is home, why not return home, souls return, souls return..."

One could see that the fan with the broken face began to glow with fluorescent light as Wuwei Laozu chanted. A wind suddenly rose in the room; cups and lamps fell to the ground, and the tidy room instantly became a mess.

This gust of wind was very fierce, blowing so hard that Lingxiang could not open her eyes. She hurriedly covered her face with her sleeve, leaving a gap, only then seeing that the wind was actually scattering from the tattered folding fan.

It was the Soul Summoning Technique, but this method could only be used for complete souls. Xiaobai's soul had long since scattered; how could it be effective?

Just as Lingxiang was puzzled, the wind in the room stopped, but before she could lower her sleeve, another gust of wind rose. Only this time, the wind did not scatter from the fan, but blew in from outside the room, gathering into the fan.

Looking through her sleeve, in this gust of wind, one could actually see wisps of broken souls following the wind into the fan.

A moment later, the fierce wind ceased, and that broken fan face had actually become whole.

It was at this moment that the fluorescent light flew out from the fan, circling in the room. Following Wuwei Laozu's shout of "Collect!", the fluorescent light flew into his palm.

Seeing this, Lingxiang hurriedly pinched her fingers to form an incantation and took out the Phoenix Egg from her Universe Bag.

Wuwei Laozu looked deeply at Lingxiang, raised his palm and waved, and the fluorescent light flew into the egg.

Seeing Wuwei Laozu calmly stop his attack, Lingxiang hurriedly asked: "Grandfather, doing this, your cultivation..."

Wuwei Laozu waved his hand, looking completely indifferent: "Do not worry, mere Soul Gathering cannot do anything to your grandfather."

Lingxiang was still somewhat worried, but it was at this moment that she heard Long Qi shouting loudly from outside the room:

"Where did this demonic wind come from? It's blowing so hard my head hurts! Let me down! Let me down!"