Chapter 263

"This junior is quite decisive. Since that is the case, I will spare you for now. Now it is time for you two reincarnated bodies—no, that's not right, you don't even count as the reincarnated bodies of old man Jialan; you should be called the failed products he created." The semi-transparent middle-aged man's phantom withdrew his gaze from the distance, looked at the old monk and the dying Yuantong in his hand, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

"Are you not a split soul of Master Jialan? Then what is your relationship with Master Jialan, and what did those words you just said mean?" The old monk stared fixedly at the semi-transparent man's phantom, his face no longer holding a trace of a smile as he asked gloomily.

At this moment, he felt that things were going very badly.

"What do they mean? They mean exactly what I just said. You were never the reincarnation of old man Jialan's entire true spirit; you were merely a reincarnation attempt he made using a secret technique to split off a tiny bit of his own origin.

However, it looks like he clearly failed. None of you reincarnated bodies can be considered a truly successful reincarnation. The tiny bit of origin he split off seems to have gone wrong during the reincarnation and even split into several parts, which is why you have appeared one after another." The semi-transparent man said indifferently.

Wang Yu listened from the side, his head filled with confusion, yet he felt he vaguely understood what was happening.

After the old monk finished listening to the semi-transparent man's words, his face gradually turned pale, but the next moment, remembering something, he immediately said loudly:

"Impossible, I don't believe what you say. I am Master Jialan's first reincarnated body, and I even awakened the memories of my previous life on my own. My body also carries the fifth Jialan Secret Key; how could I not be the reincarnated body of Master Jialan?

Besides, who exactly are you? Do you think you can ruin my Dao heart with mere words?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yu could not help but look toward the semi-transparent man, his heart also feeling greatly suspicious about this man's identity.

"Ruin your Dao heart? How pitiful. You clearly know that what I am saying is true; you just don't want to admit it.

As for that fifth Jialan Secret Key, it did indeed appear in the world with you at your birth, but where is it now?" The semi-transparent man asked expressionlessly.

Upon hearing this, the old monk's face changed, and he actually did not answer the semi-transparent man's question immediately.

"Let me help you find it then." After the semi-transparent man said this indifferently, he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed toward Yuantong, who was being held by the old monk.

"Puff!" A sound.

A fist-sized blood hole suddenly burst open in the chest of the young monk who appeared to be on the verge of death, and a small, slender rib that was not stained with a single drop of blood flew directly out from it and landed in the semi-transparent phantom man's hand.

The man merely rubbed his hands together, and a dazzling white light shone brightly between his palms, and a key as white as jade appeared in his hand.

Wang Yu watched from the side, dumbfounded.

The fifth Jialan Secret Key designated by the sect's ancestor had actually been hidden inside this little monk from the Diamond Temple all along; who could have imagined such a thing!

Witnessing this scene, the old monk's face no longer had a trace of blood, but he muttered:

"I said that after entering the secret realm that year, suddenly one day I could no longer find this secret key. So it had flown away on its own."

"This was also old man Jialan's arrangement. As long as a new reincarnated body containing old man Jialan's origin appears, this secret key will enter its body on its own before it is born, and it will detach and break out of the body on its own at a specific time. It will also simultaneously stimulate you to awaken a bit of old man Jialan's memory; otherwise, wouldn't the arrangements in this secret realm be a total waste?

However, you are quite a talent. When you were unable to subdue the Brahma Body and open the treasury, in order to occupy the Jialan Secret Realm for a long time and not give later people a chance, you actually found a wisp of the remnant soul of that spirit pet of old man Jialan to cooperate with.

In order to extend your lifespan, you even used the secret techniques from the awakened memories, not hesitating to refine the next reincarnated body into a human puppet, then hid your divine soul inside it, and even gave your own body to that spider's remnant soul to reside in.

In this way, you two have both managed to survive like dogs. When the third reincarnated body found the secret realm, it was naturally easily dealt with by the two of you working together.

You are merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet by relying on the human puppet body and some life-extending spiritual herbs in the secret realm, you have actually lived in the secret realm for six or seven hundred years. It is to your credit that you could accomplish such a thing.

This 'Thunder Ruler' in your hand was brought in by the second reincarnated body, right? It seems he possessed a Lightning Spirit Root, and his background was not without merit." The semi-transparent man said slowly, as if everything the old monk had done in the secret realm over these years had happened right under his nose.

After hearing these words, Wang Yu finally understood most of the reasons, and he could not help but feel his hair stand on end and cold air rise on his back. His gaze toward the old monk was no longer quite right.

He really hadn't seen it; this old monk was actually such a ruthless person!

"Who exactly are you, and why do you know all of this?" The old monk's face turned bloodless as he listened, and when he could no longer hold back, he shouted sternly at the semi-transparent man.

"Who am I? Don't you see me every day? Otherwise, since I have only just awakened, how would I know about these things that happened in the secret realm?" The semi-transparent man's phantom suddenly laughed and raised his hand to point upward.

Once these words were spoken, both the old monk and Wang Yu subconsciously looked up, but they were both baffled, not knowing what the man was referring to.

Above them, there was nothing but the void and the tower roof.

Seeing the expressions on the two, the semi-transparent man sighed, raised his hand, and beckoned toward the void high above.

The next moment, a thunderous "Booming" sound came from the high sky outside the tower.

They saw that the massive full moon hanging in the high sky was actually falling toward the high tower with a loud sound. On the way, it became brighter and brighter, but its volume shrank rapidly, and finally, it transformed into a small mass of silver light that submerged into the top of the high tower and fell directly into the semi-transparent man's hand.

As the light converged, the silver light mass transformed directly into an ancient-looking silver mirror, its surface covered with dense, tiny, shadow-like inscriptions, as if countless layers had been superimposed.

Wang Yu merely glanced at this mirror from afar, and immediately, countless overlapping rune phantoms floated before his eyes. He felt his head "buzz," his body staggered, and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, relying on his strong divine sense, he reacted immediately and steadied himself with a jolt, but he dared not look at the mirror again, feeling terrified in his heart.

"The Moon-Refining Mirror! This is Master Jialan's fourth-rank natal magical treasure from back then!

I remember now, you are the artifact spirit 'Gong Yue'!"

The old monk seemed not to have been affected much by the mirror, but the moment he saw it, his brain seemed to have awakened another part of Master Jialan's memories, and he immediately blurted out.

"You finally remembered. That's right; Master Jialan specifically placed a seal on the portion of origin he split off back then regarding these memories. Unless I appear in person, you reincarnated bodies would never be able to remember me in your entire lives."

Seeing this, Gong Yue smiled lightly for the first time. The silver ancient mirror in his hand moved slightly, and beams of silver light shot out from it, almost illuminating the entire level of the high tower.