Recap
If Chu Shici had not traveled through to this space, Xunzhe would have been alone throughout the whole journey. Not only must he strive to adapt to modern society, but he must also beware of the Yaoguai Slaying Alliance.
Xunzhe was already in a very bad mental state, and he couldn’t handle all this without anyone by his side.
Chu Shici’s heart froze, his Zhe-ge almost became someone else’s stepping stone.
He looked up at Xunzhe, whose face was full of astonishment.
“The world is not bad enough to drive you crazy. She secretly designed it to show you all the ugliness in the world. Zhe-ge, the stone carving spirit is trying to manipulate good people into doing bad things. She is forcing you to rebel.”
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Throughout ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, many people have this trick to force girls into prostitution.
This is not a clever method, but it is easy to use.
Xunzhe was hesitating whether to eat the soul just now.
He was only one small step away from being artificially ‘forced to a one-way road’.
Although the stone carving spirit’s plan has been figured out, there are still some questions that Chu Shici does not have the answers to yet.
What is her purpose of raising a substitute soul? Is it really just to push all the sins caused by cultivating the unorthodox path on the substitute?
From beginning to end, Chu Shici is only concerned about one point.
Why does the stone carving spirit always claim to be Lady Dayangtian every time she appears? Her subordinates also called her Dayangtian.
According to the records in the underworld merit book, Lady Dayangtian is an earth immortal and a good yaoguai who has never done any bad things.
All the blame lies with Dataiyang.
In this case, why didn’t she put the blame on the substitute when she was trying to attract Xunzhe’s hatred?
In this way, even if Xunzhe wanted to take revenge, he would direct his hatred at Dataiyang. After the substitute soul was killed by the snake yao, the stone carving spirit will be able to completely get rid of all sins and get rid of all hatred against her.
Killing two birds with one stone, why did she give up just like that?
The more Chu Shici thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
After Xunzhe recovered from the shock of the revelation. He lowered his eyes and looked at the small wooden sculpture who was frowning deeply, sitting on the lotus platform with his arms folded in thought.
He reached out and tapped the small wooden sculpture’s head, “What are you thinking about?”
Chu Shici murmured, “I’m wondering if she has any other backup plans.”
Almost falling into the trap, Xunzhe felt very irritable. A hint of murderous intent flashed in his golden eyes, and he said in a cold tone: “You are talking about the matter of the substitute soul.”
The small wooden sculpture nodded sharply, looking up at him with bright eyes.
The snow-white snake tail kept hitting the ground, the snake yao’s anger had reached the critical point.
He curled his lips and sneered, “Dayangtian is a substitute soul. This is her second plan. She wants me to kill Dayangtian.”
Chu Shici raised his hand: “I think so too, Zhe-ge, we share a connection, let’s high-five!”
The small wooden sculpture raised its little hand and waved it in front of his eyes.
Xunzhe hesitated for a moment, then put his fingers against his little hand. The small wooden sculpture tilted his head and showed a bright smile, with pride and joy written all over his face.
Xunzhe’s eyes gradually softened.
The first plan that she can deploy has some unknowns.
The snake yao is powerful and carefree. Although the probability of driving him to darkness is high, there is also a probability that he might dig a hole to hide himself in.
He has experienced the scheme before five hundred years ago.
Manipulating them is the most effective way to achieve her goal, but it is not risk-free.
The second plan of Stone Carving spirit is a backup plan.
If she can’t get the snake yao to join her, then she will make him bear the heavy burden of sin.
The stone carving spirit called herself Dayangtian when she captured Xunzhe, and she also called herself the same name when she committed evil in the temple.
The Monkey King and several high-level believers of Dataiyang society all called her Dayangtian.
The King of Hell said that in order to become an deity, the stone carving spirit raised a substitute soul to bear her sins. Looking at their merits, it will give people the feeling that Dataiyang is the substitute soul.
As Xunzhe investigates his enemies further, all clues point towards Dayangtian as the main culprit.
If they follow the clues they collected, their next step will be to kill Dayangtian.
However, since Dayangtian is an earth immortal, her body is clean, and she is clearly written down in the book of merits of the underworld.
Killing her is equivalent to killing a currently serving immortal, which is equivalent to completely cutting off the snake yao’s path to godhood, and at the same time pushing him to stand on the opposite side of heaven.
After the second plan succeeds, killing the snake yao is tantamount to doing a great merit.
After using the system memo to sort out the two plans that she can deploy, Chu Shici couldn’t help but lament that the stone carving spirit is really vicious.
Her first plan is to force Xunzhe to join the gang.
If it fails, Xunzhe will be pushed directly into another dead end.
She had calculated it five hundred years ago.
First, trap the snake yao so that he cannot ascend. Use ‘rebellion’ as bait to win over the other yaoguais.
Knowing that the seal is maintained by the strength of the monks alone, once the monks in the temple lose their spirit of Buddha*, the seal cannot suppress the snake yao anymore.
*(no longer compassionate etc after they were controlled)
Yet she still chose to organize body snatching for desolated souls in Dayangtian Ming Temple, manipulating the monks and gradually weakening their Buddha nature.
In fact, stealing bodies in the temple is a deliberate way to weaken the seal.
Chu Shici has completely figured it out.
If the rebellion is true, then she is destined to become an enemy of heaven and cannot become a deity. Yet she still appears to care about her merits and demerits as she made the effort to raise a shitty substitute soul.
If the rebellion is fake, then she assisted the deity behind her to suppress the yaoguais’ rebellion. In layman’s terms, she is an undercover agent planted by heaven among the yaoguai.
Killing the yaoguais that initiated the rebellion is a great achievement, and after it is accomplished, she will ascend directly.
In this plan though, she won’t need a substitute soul to help her bear her sins, nor did she need to improve her strength or accumulate merit.
Then, the substitute soul is the bait specially prepared for Xunzhe.
In order to take revenge, the snake yao will follow her guidance and kill Dayangtian. Plan 2 is accomplished, and the snake yao becomes a stepping stone for her.
Chu Shici took a deep breath and felt his heart tremble.
They used to think that both Dayangtian and Dataiyang were the villains and planned to kill them both without thinking about the consequences.
Even a plan for annihilating them requires a sequence.
Dataiyang is also a stone carving spirit, she will also find the opportunities to push out the substitute soul Dayangtian at any point in time. When the time comes, the first person they kill will be Earth immortal Dayangtian.
Chu Shici’s eyes moved slightly. He turned around and meet Xunzhe’s gaze.
He had a careless smile on his face and his eyes were full of scorn, “She really thinks highly of me.”
Chu Shici touched the tip of his nose and said with some distress, “Maybe it’s because you are too powerful and she won’t be able to rest until you are dealt with.”
Xunzhe didn’t react at all, but his head subtly raised in pride.
Chu Shici: …
Why are you so proud at this time?
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Once they see through the stone carving spirit’s matryoshka plan, the road ahead is much easier to navigate.
Chu Shici was about to ask Xunzhe if he had any plans, but when he turned around, he saw that Zhe-ge was about to ask him what to do.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Xunzhe’s face suddenly turned red and he turned away expressionlessly, leaving only one ear that was so red that it was bleeding.
The system background pops up a notification.
[Add 5 points to the vitality value, and the current vitality value is 54.]
Chu Shici’s eyes widened in shock.
System, who had been knitting a sweater, also stuck his head out and asked, [Fuck, what is he thinking about?]
‘He is thinking how nice it is to have me.’
[?]
‘After all, I am his first kiss, and he is shy when he sees me. Just now I saw through the trick and pulled him out of the trap, now he is sure to love me very much.’
Chu Shici rolled up his sleeves and flicked the small mala beads around his neck, “Just wait, I’ll give him another wave of vitality.”
He flew to Xunzhe’s side and stared into the golden eyes of the snake yao.
He discovered a long time ago that although Xunzhe is a yao, his eyes are as warm as the sun.
The stone carving spirit saw that the snake yao had a kind heart. Even if he was bruised and battered by humans, he would still sympathize with the suffering of humans.
So the first thing Xunzhe knew after escaping from the seal was that selfish people wanted Dayangtian to help them steal another person’s body for their own selfish desires.
The first human he interacted with was a serial rapist who wanted to steal another person’s place for reincarnation.
The Monkey King was hinted at by the stone carving spirit who told him about the mass suicides happening in Dataiyang society.
And on the way here, he happened to be on the same cruise ship as the people from the Yaoguai Slaying Alliance.
Everyone who had interacted with Xunzhe along the way was either dead or evil to the core. He couldn’t feel any of the world’s warmth, it was as if he was living in hell.
Chu Shici’s voice became gentler, “She designed it herself. Before you can see the beauty of the human world, she showed you all the evil in it. Because she knows that the human world is far from that bad.”
“She pushed the ugly side towards you, trying to break you down. But it doesn’t matter, I am very familiar with the human world. After we get rid of the stone carving spirit, I will take you to enjoy life and let you see all the beautiful things in this world.”
Xunzhe, who had been silent all this time, suddenly reached out to pick him up.
His eyes were still cold and his expression was as empty as ever. But a gentle and careful kiss fell on the palm-sized wooden sculpture’s face.
He murmured in a low voice, “I believe you, Ah Ci.”
Before Xunzhe finished speaking, Chu Shici heard the system prompt.
[Add 6 points to the vitality value, and the current vitality value is 60.]
Chu Shici knew it will definitely rise.
When Zhe-ge was a little snake, he liked to hang on trees and observe the passing pilgrims.
He had been hurt by the Yaoguai Slaying Alliance, yet during the festive seasons, he would go to the marketplace to watch operas and listen to music.
The mountain is too lonely for him and he has been sealed for five hundred years. In the snake yao’s heart, he still yearns for the lively and bustling human world.
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The old monk Pu Xin found that he seemed to have no sense of existence.
The wood carving spirit and the snake yao are always kissing each other whenever they want, never caring about the feelings of the monk.
He didn’t even want to stick his head into the wall anymore, so he silently searched the nearby houses.
When Pu Xin came back, the two yaoguais had already finished searching the other rooms and were talking to each other.
He wasn’t in the habit of eavesdropping, but when he came back through the wall and walked right next to them, he heard it clearly.
“Zhe-ge, do you have an estrus period?”
“I am a yao, so it has no effect on me.”
“You do.”
The snake yao still wanted to say no, but the wood carving spirit said with a serious face, “You will accidentally go into heat when I turn into my human form. Then, you’ll lose your mind and turn into a white snake, wrap me up and mate me.”
This topic is seriously out of scope, and Xunzhe completely lost his ability to control his expressions.
He blushed, “But I am an inanimate object who gained wisdom, snakes on stone murals can’t…”
Chu Shici interrupted him, “Remember Zhe-ge, from now on, you have it.”
Xunzhe: ……
Pu Xin: ……
He knew he shouldn’t have come back.
Suddenly, a strange feature appeared on Xunzhe’s body. His upper body turned as red as a cooked crab.
After that, Chu Shici confirmed that none of them could find the golden statue after searching the entire headquarters of the society.
Maybe the stone carving spirit took it away.
It was already eight o’clock in the evening, the church was closed, and the light in the hall became extremely dim.
Only a row of candles in front of the statue gave off a faint light.
As soon as they re-entered the hall, that strange feeling appeared again.
Chu Shici sat on the little lotus platform and looked around. All the believers had left. The hall was empty and he didn’t see anything strange.
The moment he passed by the statue, he suddenly had a strong feeling.
It was as if something was calling him, desperate to get back into him.
Chu Shici turned his head to look at the statue. This inexplicably familiar feeling came from the statue.
Adhering to the principle of demolishing whatever there is that’s suspicious, he pointed at the statue and shouted, “Zhe-ge, demolish this statue!”
The unruly snake yao has been completely taken by him. He didn’t even ask why he wanted to destroy it, and just swung his tail at it.
A large hole was made in the stone statue, revealing that it was hollow inside.
Chu Shici flew over with a swish, and the fully charged little lotus platform emitted a faint golden light.
Under the illumination of golden light, he saw a small golden statue placed inside the statue.
Chu Shici raised his eyebrows slightly.
To be hidden in such a conspicuous place, is this what it means to hide in plain sight?
Hearing the excited shouts of the little wood spirit, Xunzhe grabbed him and protected him in his palms, while at the same time reaching out and quickly taking out the golden statue.
The familiar feeling became stronger and stronger, and the little lotus platform that Chu Shici is sitting on also became excited.
He hesitated for a moment, as if he knew what was calling him.
Back then in the cave at the back of Dayangtian Ming Temple, Xunzhe had a fight with the stone carving spirit. He had just broken through the seal and was in poor condition. In order to help him, Chu Shici threw the Buddha Light into the stone carving spirit’s mouth as a weapon.
After Xunzhe beat the stone carving spirit away, there was only a golden statue left on the ground. The stone carving spirit ran away, and the Buddha Light got stuck in her body and disappeared from his range of perception.
Chu Shici tried to poke the golden statue, “Little Buddha Light?”
The feeling suddenly became stronger.
Like a lost child, it finally sees its parent who it has been longing for and is crying and demanding to be returned to him.
Chu Shici’s heart softened. He was about to take out the little Buddha light when the blurred human face of the golden statue suddenly turned into that of a fox’s.
Xunzhe turned around, and Chu Shici and Pu Xin also subconsciously closed their eyes.
The next minute the fox face disappeared and everything returned to calm.
Chu Shici suddenly found that the distance between Buddha Light and himself was rapidly widening.
He was stunned for a moment, then realized, “Zhe-ge, the stone carving spirit is hiding here, she ran that way. Fuck, let’s chase after her!”
Xunzhe looked in the direction pointed by the small wooden sculpture and saw a wall not far away. He looked down again and saw that the golden statue was still well in his hand.
Chu Shici also felt strange.
Since he was in the cave and could keep the Buddha Light in the stone carving spirit’s body, it should mean that she cannot move between her fragments entirely with her thoughts alone. She needs to be there in person.
How did she escape?
The system who looked out to watch the excitement just now let out a buzz, [Just now a shadow floated out of the golden statue and burrowed into the ground.]
It is in another world and will not be affected. It kept its eyes open the whole time and can see everything very clearly.
The hall was very quiet and nothing unusual was seen.
The Buddha Light was getting farther and farther away, and Chu Shici was a little anxious.
He flew around the ground several times, but couldn’t find anything strange.
Xunzhe’s eyes became extremely fierce, and he hit the ground with his palm. Cracks appeared on the ground, and then the ground caved in and a big hole appeared.
He narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: “It’s a rabbit spirit.”
This sentence evokes Chu Shici’s memories.
Xunzhe told him that on the white marble stone mural, there was a rabbit who was poking its head out from behind a tree.
Xunzhe is a snake yao who likes to coil around his enemies when fighting.
When he faced the stone carving spirit before, he would habitually coil around her and bite her a few more times.
There is a visual blind spot every time, and he couldn’t see where they escaped to.
Rabbit holes extend in all directions, and Xunzhe relied on them the entire way.
The rabbit spirit has already been pulled into the camp by the stone sculpture spirit, and she escaped through these rabbit holes.
While Chu Shici was thinking, Xunzhe grabbed him in one mouth, turned into a white snake and rushed into the cave.
The White Snake is extremely fast, and the distance between it and the Little Buddha Light is rapidly shrinking. Monk Pu Xin is floating behind and cannot keep up with them.
When they are less than a kilometer away from the Buddha Light, a thought flashed in Chu Shici’s mind.
Are they relying on the Buddha Light to seize the stone carving spirit?
Or is the stone carving spirit using Buddha Light to lure them into taking the bait?
This idea was quickly rejected by Chu Shici.
He never said anything about it, and even Xunzhe didn’t know about it.
The stone carving spirit gave the Monkey King information of her own volition. She must have known that they would come today, but she cannot have known that Chu Shici can sense the Buddha Light.
This time the initiative is in their hands!
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T/N: Then, it was Reporter Hermes and Deaconess Li, now it is our humble monk Pu Xin…
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