Chapter 249: Erbao, it's Mom!

Seeing this, I finally understood: the face in my soul was the Great Witch's, merged with my remnant soul when we underwent Nirvana together.

She used witchcraft to condense my soul, held onto my two liquefied ribs, and accompanied me in reincarnation.

The ancient witchcraft she used must be related to this parasol tree in Cangwu Mountain.

That's why a parasol tree grew at the Qilin Temple, always protecting me.

When Tafengcun was destroyed, it mysteriously disappeared again.

All of this was actually the Great Witch's plan for me.

It was also her atonement.

I asked myself, do I hate her?

No, I don't.

It's not that I'm so noble; I just can't remember.

I can't recall what happened during the days we spent together day and night, so how can there be love or hatred?

But looking at this letter, I recall what happened after I discovered that face, and how she repeatedly urged me to return to Cangwu Mountain when her oil ran out… I think she truly loved Feng Li Nu as well.

Looking further down, the handwriting became noticeably messy, showing that the situation was urgent when she wrote this letter.

I read it carefully, and all I felt was a buzzing in my head.

I can feel that the Great Witch had so much she wanted to tell A Li, or rather, to tell me who had been reincarnated.

But time ran out, so she could only mention things sporadically as they came to mind.

"When your older sister first suffered a backlash from the Birth-bound Curse, I began to reflect: was it a mistake to have placed the Birth-bound Curse on you sisters?"

"A Li has been getting better and better, and she has contracted the Ancient Sacred Implement Feng Wu, which is the Fire Witch Deity's natal artifact!"

"When the Fire Witch Deity fell, it is said that her divine essence remained in the Nirvana Fire, and the Snow Phoenix Clan firmly believes this, having always guarded the surroundings of Cangwu Mountain."

"A Li, watch out for your older sister! Watch out for the Right Protector!"

"After I perish in body and spirit, everything in Cangwu Mountain will belong to A Li to inherit; A Li, read more of my witchcraft notes—it will benefit you."

"A Li, our actions have already ruined your life once; don't let them ruin it a second time. Your engagement to the Right Protector was never auspicious—you can break it off and bravely live for yourself."

"A Li, good child, live well!"

……

I don't know why, but after reading this letter, my eyes involuntarily welled up.

From the fragments in the letter, I can piece together the circumstances under which the Great Witch wrote this letter.

A remnant soul of Feng Li Nu returned to Cangwu Mountain on its own after being killed by Feng Li Shu and Feng Xian Qiu.

She did not want to continue being exploited by Feng Li Shu, so she resolutely jumped into the Nirvana Fire.

At that very moment, the Great Witch decided to sever her own soul and go together with Feng Li Nu's remnant soul.

Before that, she hastily wrote this letter.

The question is, how did a remnant soul of Feng Li Nu escape from that big pit at the Qilin Temple?

And why, after experiencing the Nirvana Fire, did it return to Tafengcun?

And after many years, what circumstance led to its reincarnation as me?

Perhaps only Feng Xian Qiu can tell me the answer to all of this.

Or perhaps I will never be able to obtain an accurate answer.

I scanned the whole study and quickly found the Great Witch's witchcraft notes.

She hoped I would study her witchcraft notes more, hoping I could find the best way to resolve the Birth-bound Curse, to find a way to save myself?

I did not move the Great Witch's corpse; instead, I held her witchcraft notes and returned to my room, leaning against the headboard and turning page after page.

I have never been exposed to witchcraft, and the Great Witch's expertise lies in ancient witchcraft, which is extremely old; I don't recognize many of the characters, so how could I study it?

As I kept looking, I grew extremely tired and just fell asleep like that.

That sleep left me in a daze.

I was too tired.

After all I've been through, surviving countless hardships, just being alive is already a great fortune.

It might also be because I knew the entire Cangwu Mountain was guarded by Nirvana Fire, and Feng Xian Qiu couldn't get in, making this place absolutely safe.

With my guard lowered, I slept very soundly.

I don't know how long I slept, when suddenly I felt someone touching my face.

The motion was light, tap by tap, like a feather, gently touching.

I whimpered a few times, dodged a few times, but I just couldn't avoid it.

Finally, unable to bear the disturbance, I opened my eyes.

My vision went from blurry unfocused to gradually clearing, and the first thing that entered my sight was a faint yet extremely beautiful face.

That face…… I know it.

I instinctively called out: "Aunt Tang."

But after calling out, I realized something was wrong.

She was not Aunt Tang.

Although her face looked similar, her demeanor was completely different.

Tang Xun is a vigorous, heroic woman full of spirited energy, whereas the woman before me is gentler.

Moreover, her soul is very faint, and incomplete.

It seems only half of her three souls and seven spirits remain, and they could dissipate completely at any moment, vanishing in body and spirit.

I was startled and sat up suddenly.

But when I sat up, I realized I had not actually woken from sleep.

I am merely a soul that has been awakened.

This feeling…… is very strange.

I stared blankly at the woman before me, my thoughts twisting and turning.

Who could this woman be, appearing here, looking so much like Tang Xun, yet with an incomplete soul?

It's not hard to guess.

I opened my mouth, but my throat felt as if something were blocking it, and I simply couldn't utter that title.

The woman smiled warmly at me, raising her hand to touch my cheek again.

We gazed at each other for a long time before she finally said, "Erbao, it's Mom."

At this moment, I almost wanted to burst into wild tears.

But I awoke as a Soul Body, and there were no tears.

Yet that trembling in my heart was very real.

She did not call me Fenglinu.

She did not call me Xiao Jiu.

She said, "Erbao, it's Mom."

Here, I am not any character given a name; I am simply her second child.

I am her Erbao.

This is the mother‑daughter bond that comes with birth.

And it is something I have never obtained, never truly possessed.

She opened her arms to me, her earnest gaze fixed on me: "Erbao, come into Mom's embrace, let Mom hug you."

I couldn't hold back; my Soul Body instinctively lunged forward and buried itself in her embrace.

In fact, the two strands of remnant souls embracing each other felt hardly anything.

But I felt this embrace was warm, making me endlessly reluctant to let go.

"Erbao, Nirvana is not that easy; you must first merge with your sister's remnant soul before you can return here for Nirvana."

She held me and quickly instructed, "You have seen her, and you know her condition—she has no consciousness. The sooner you merge, the more vital it is for you and our entire Feng Clan. Always carry the Cangwu Dark Seal; at a critical moment it can help you."

Then she released me, her hands lightly gripping my shoulders, and said solemnly, "Erbao, the Feng Clan lineage is now entrusted to you; protect it, protect the Feng Clan's last homeland…"