Chapter 59
Chapter 59 The Puppet Soul
The flowers were dancing on the Spring Equinox; the nights got longer after the June solstice; the gold leaves were floating on the Autumnal Equinox; the snow would make up the world on the Winter Solstice. The four seasons of the Pure Land held its own beautiful scene full of striking imagery. Carefully feeling, it was also a kind of Taoism. It was the Taoism of nature, of the reincarnation.
The spring breeze wakened everything in the world. The flowers bloomed, the trees and the grass sprouted. In the summer, all life would enter the most complicated state. The autumn wind swept the fallen leaves, which seemed to indicate their demise. At the end when the winter came, all things were dying. But in the next spring, the dying things were reborn on the withered shell.
On the ground, on the same root, one flower died, and one flower was reborn. A year was a turn. Though the flowers were different, their roots were the same. Isn’t this a kind of reincarnation? It was like the Reborning Bridge over the Three-way River, and the people of reincarnation drinking the soup of Granny Meng. The same person, with different memories. After reincarnation, he would forget everything before.
This was the biggest gain of Wang Bugui within the two and a half years; he understood a kind of reincarnation Taoism, which let him understand the Taoism further and sublimate the power of his primordial spirit again.
Time flew, Wang Bugui had cultivated for five years. Every day in the Yuxu Palace, he cultivated the eight human limits repeatedly. No matter what changes would appear in the outside world, the Yuxu Pure Land was still alternative with the four seasons, and it was still always warm as the spring.
Though the daily cultivation was hard, Wang Bugui still thought the time passed fast, because there was a woman in his heart giving him endless motivation, which was the only belief he kept cultivating now. The fast five years was enough to change a lot. The cultivation base of Wang Bugui had been promoted to the peak of the Prana Soul State, and it would only take him a few days to break through to the next state.
Considering his talent, he should have reached the State of God of War already. But in order to build a divine cultivation base that had been through the Basing State, the State of Introducing the Prana Power into Body, and the Prana Body State, he used two and a half years. After he broke through to the Prana Soul State, he didn’t need to suppress himself, so he speeded up cultivation. The cultivation road was narrower and narrower, but it still couldn’t stop him.
In addition, with the help of the auras and resources of the Pure Land, as well as the small pendant, his later cultivation was smooth sailing. Repeatedly cultivating the mystical skills of the eight human limits, and occasionally relying on the power of the pendant to understand the Taoism, he had entered the mediating status for many times. These days, he was constantly studying the martial arts, expecting to cultivate all the mystical skills to the peak of the Prana Soul State.
Now Wang Bugui’s punch power had reached 45,000 kilograms, and the speed of his fastest move was close to the subsonic speed. Cooperating with the martial arts of the Acuity Limit, his moves were indeed unpredictable. He could run easily at all kinds of terrains in the Pure Land, even including the water surface. His explosive power was already able to fight against the iron meteorolites, and even a few of them were beaten full of cracks by him.
He could now release a sense field covering the entire Yuxu Palace, and had finally made a small achievement on his body. Just relying on his body power, without using the prana blood, he could also fight against the iron meteorites hundreds of rounds without injuries. At this time, he was cultivating his primordial spirit on the jade bench. The gold little man was solemn, sitting in the center of his forehead, reciting the mysterious ancient scriptures.
He put the soul of Hanae Chiou on the jade bench. Then, the small pendant began to float and spin in the air, emitting a blue glow to protect her. He held the Soul Thread that the Azrael gave him, and was carefully, slowly repairing the slight cracks on her primordial spirit.
To use the Thread, he must resort to plenty of primordial spirit power. And to repair the soul of Hanae Chiou, he had to be highly concentrated. The sweat had already soaked his body. The surrounding was so quiet that his careful breaths could be heard clearly. A breeze sneaked over his face, but it couldn’t flip his hair, because it was tightly entangled with sweat.
“Wow…” Wang Bugui took a long breath. After two hours, he finally repaired all the cracks on her body. Now Hanae Chiou was completely naked without secret to him. After all, what he repaired was her soul, which needed his concentration. At first, he was very shy, and his face was redder than the Suzaku feathers.
But, until now, he had seen her body for so many times, so he was no longer shy. In order to save her, he couldn’t care so much. What was more, it was not her flesh body, just her primordial spirit. He planned to tell her all the things after she woke up, after all, he believed that she would understand. That was the idea inside his heart. And finally, her primordial spirit was complete.
He put away the Soul Thread and began to cultivate primordial spirit with the help of the little pendant. Since their primordial spirits were connected, he could share his fruit of Taoism with her. Therefore, the stronger his power of primordial spirit was, the sooner Hanae Chiou would wake up. This could be regarded as an alternative Simultaneous Training, also the real life change.
The blue light spread out from the jade bench like riffles, and suddenly, Wang Bugui seemed to feel something. He opened his eyes immediately. There was a voice calling his name in his heart, then he looked back at the jade soul lying beside him tremblingly.
“Sister Chiou!”
Wang Bugui exclaimed. What happened just now was what he had expected for a long time. But now, he only felt like a dream. He pinched himself vigorously, and a slight pain let him understand that this was not a dream!
The primordial spirit of Hanae Chiou was lying quietly on the jade bench with her beautiful sea-like blue eyes slightly opened, but they were hollow without spirit. There was no emotion on her deliberate face as well; she was just like a beautiful doll.
“Sister Chiou, is that you who called me just now?”
His brows were knitted. It was her voice, absolutely! But why she made no reaction now? However, at the next moment, that faint voice came again. He could hear vaguely it was his name. He couldn’t be calm anymore. This time, he knew it was definitely not an illusion. But then, the silence prevailed again.
He quickly put away the soul of Hanae Chiou and went to his Master. However, Yun Jinghong didn’t know why that would happen, neither. He only shook his head. “Her primordial spirit is in a very magical state. Theoretically, your primordial spirit is not enough to wake her up. But somehow, it let part of her divine mind wake up in advance. Incredible!”
“Will she be like this all the time?” Wang Bugui asked with a frown.
“I don’t know. You can go to Zi Yuxiao. She is a living history book who knows all the treasures and martial arts from ancient times to the present. Moreover, she values you so much, so she will definitely answer your question.” Yun Jinghong analyzed. As for the background of Zi Yuxiao, he was not completely clear.
After all, this woman had existed since ancient times. And there was a rumor in the sect that she did help the Founder Master to become immortal. If not a problem disturbed her at that time, which made her unhesitating to stay in the world, perhaps she had already become an immortal together with the Founder Master. But fortunately, Zi Yuxiao stayed in the world, so that the earth was not destroyed in the last few turmoils in the Age of Dharma Decline.
“Sister Ziyu? Okay! I’ll go now, Master!” Enlightened, Wang Bugui immediately left his master, took out the purple crystal, and injected it with martial power. He was then covered by purple brilliance and disappeared together with the purple light.
The mainland where the Palace of Purple Clouds was located had not changed back to a planet since Wang Bugui left. The nine large stars still surround the palace. In the auspicious peaceful palace full of purple auras, Zi Yuxiao slightly frowned and whispered to herself, “Oh no, my rare spare time…”
“Sister Ziyu!! It’s me!” Wang Bugui’s voice sounded, just as Zi Yuxiao’s words were finished, breaking the quiet and peaceful scene of this palace.
She took a short sigh, and formed a purple beam of power to welcome Wang Bugui. He ran to the palace along the purple road, so fast that he arrived within a minute.
“Well, what do you come here for?” Zi Yuxiao’s tone was as usual, charming and lazy.
“Sister Ziyu, I want to ask you to have a look at this primordial spirit.” Wang Bugui told his idea immediately, and then carefully released a soul from the center of his forehead.
Even Zi Yuxiao was moved by it, “This… this is more a pure soul rather than a primordial spirit. It seemed that she has been fatally wounded. Terrible! It should be a broken soul. Who did that to her?”
Wang Bugui told Zi Yuxiao all the things about Hanae Chiou. After that, Zi Yuxiao took a long sigh, nodding, “Such a wonderful woman who is willing to dissipate for the sake of love. She is so courageous! Boy, you have a conscience, not betraying her. Since the Azrael has reshaped her soul, then the following steps are easy.”
“Really? Sister Ziyu, tell me how!” Wang Bugui finally relieved at this time.
Zi Yuxiao nodded and said, “Well, listen, now her soul is repaired, but after all, she is not a cultivator, so her power of primordial spirit is pretty weak. You need to use the power of the contract you signed with the Azrael, cooperating with the Soul Thread to inject your fruit of cultivating primordial spirit to her. With the guide of Soul Thread, the power of the contract will transform your fruit into hers.”
“You can start that in your following cultivation. You two are destined to be in Simultaneous Training with life, so you can start now. After the power of the contract is established, her cultivation base will grow as yours improves. When her power of primordial spirit is strong enough, she will wake up completely. Now there is only a little bit of dissatisfaction, but it is also a good start. Perhaps, when you’re cultivating, she will gradually wake up in the next few days.
“This is called Soul Puppet that can attach to human’s primordial spirit, and then turns into what she looked like before death. Therefore, after she wakes up, you can use this as her body temporary. But after all, it is just a puppet, and you need to teach her how to walk, to cultivate, and to fight, etc. Just like the Azrael has told you. Here you are.”
After clearing up Wang Bugui’s confusion, she took out a golden puppet in an embryonic form to him.
“Thank you, Sister Ziyu! I feel that this puppet’s history is absolutely amazing. The strength containing in this kind of material is terrible. Among the divine things I have seen, only my small pendant, the Longinus, and my mother’s Demon Hunting Bow carry such powerful strength as the gold puppet do.” Wang Bugui was extremely excited, for it was really a supreme treasure.
“You’re welcome. After all, it is useless in my hand. Besides, I have to give it to you sooner or later. The reason why the Azrael signed that contract with you is that he has predicted our encounter. Soul Thread, humph! He just wanted to see a puppet play! You should use your hand to control the thread. There is such a magic Simultaneous Training skill in the world! It seems that you are destined to be a couple!”
Zi Yuxiao smirked. In the fascinating voice, the laziness seemed to disappear quietly. She seemed to return to ancient times, recalling the past.
“Sister Ziyu, you?” How could Wang Bugui understand women’s hearts, not to mention the woman with endless stories?
“Alright, you can go back now. Just let me see what the result will be of this puppet drama…” Implicating something, Zi Yuxiao waved her hand to call out the purple light, sending Wang Bugui to leave.
In this way, Wang Bugui left the Palace of Purple Clouds and returned back to the Pure Land with confusions.
At the same time, in West London, Brock seemed to have felt what happened. He turned to the east, whispering to himself, “My favorite thing is drama, and among the ancient Chinese culture, the puppet play is the most interesting. Wang Bugui, Hanae Chiou, the two kinds of life that should not meet, met with each other.”
“Moreover, he is the person chosen by that thing. What kind of drama will he bring to me? The human’s life is a play, and the one I have chosen is always the most exciting in the world. I even can’t wait. Haha…”