Chapter 2469 — What Exactly Is It
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Wei Zhao had read in certain accounts of strange matters that some cultivators could, at the moment of death, preserve their primordial spirit from extinction, so that one day they might remold a body or seize another's. But he had never seen proof that such tales were true.
For in the present world of cultivation, the highest masters were Heaven-rank experts; beyond that, Wei Zhao had truly never seen, and perhaps even the little Ice-Sugar Girl did not know. So as for what those strange accounts described, Wei Zhao had never really taken them seriously.
But now, hearing this ghastly thing bring it up, Wei Zhao's heart stirred faintly.
"You are a primordial spirit?" Wei Zhao asked.
"You know of primordial spirits?" The ghastly thing was plainly startled.
"I have heard that certain high-level cultivators, at the moment of death, can preserve their primordial spirit from extinction, so that one day they may remold a body or seize another's. Is that so?" Wei Zhao set out what he knew.
"More or less." The ghastly thing did not deny it.
"You mean to seize a body?" Wei Zhao's gaze went to Wang Xinyan, and his expression shifted slightly as a terrible possibility suddenly struck him.
"......" The ghastly thing was rendered somewhat speechless by Wei Zhao's words. "You overthink. To begin with, she is no cultivator, only a mortal—if I were to seize a body, I would choose you, not her! And furthermore, seizing a body is a technique of the demonic sects. I only wish to preserve my primordial spirit, so that one day I may remold a body."
"I see......" Wei Zhao let out a breath. "Then why are you after her?"
"In her I have discovered a peculiar aura......" the ghastly thing said. "With such an aura, I can speed up my cultivation. The spiritual qi of heaven and earth here is already exceedingly thin, and my cultivation speed is far from enough to make up for the daily depletion of my primordial spirit! In other words, I am eating into my own reserves. If this goes on, in time my primordial spirit will grow unstable and scatter to the winds......"
Hearing this, Wei Zhao's expression shifted slightly. He had not expected the ghastly thing's intuition to be so keen that it could actually discover Wang Xinyan's secret! Wei Zhao had thought that secret would not easily be found out by other cultivators......
After all, at Wang Xinyan's side there was not only Wei Zhao, a cultivator, but other cultivators as well, and none of them had discovered it. Yet now this ghastly thing had, which made Wei Zhao's expression turn somewhat grim.
"Oh? It seems you have discovered this secret too?" Seeing Wei Zhao's expression, the ghastly thing knew he likely understood the matter as well. "Yes—that you recovered your strength and true qi so swiftly just now, was it not because you borrowed that peculiar fragrance?"