After finishing the New Year’s Eve dinner, Xia Chan nestled on the sofa, continuing to munch on various dried fruits and snacks, crunching away like a squirrel, while Xuan Yu was grooming its fur nearby.
Sang Que and Sang Wan sat together, with the Great General lying at their feet. Sang Que used the Ghost Realm to shield everything around and told Sang Wan everything that had happened during this ti, just like every ti she returned from the Deceit Dynasty.
As for those confidentiality agreents, Sang Que didn’t care. In this world, the last person she could deceive or hide from was her mother.
After listening, Sang Wan remained silent for a long ti, especially upon hearing Sang Que say that, currently, besides Zuo Jinye, no one in the Deceit Dynasty had successfully entered the Ghost God Realm. Her first reaction was also to stop Sang Que from heading to her doom.
But rationally, Sang Wan understood Sang Que’s reasons. As long as Sang Que possessed absolute strength in the Mysterious Domain, combined with Huaxia’s support, they could overthrow Da Xuan with minimal casualties and cost.
By then, the developnt of the Deceit Dynasty could proceed unimpeded, and Sang Que could wholeheartedly explore the secrets of the Nine Netherworld, seeking and verifying thods to completely resolve the ghost problem.
If Sang Que didn’t have such strength, just one Zuo Jinye would cause countless casualties for Huaxia. By then, if Zuo Jinye really opened the channel between the two realms, indiscriminately sending people and ghosts over from the Deceit Dynasty, it would be the end of the world.
Huaxia didn’t want a broken Deceit Dynasty either. Unless pushed to the extre, they wouldn’t use ’peace weapons’. But if truly forced into it, Huaxia would also unhesitatingly destroy the Deceit Dynasty.
Moreover, on the Deceit Dynasty’s side, there were so many friends who trusted Sang Que. Sang Que would never abandon them.
Understanding these, Sang Wan firmly grasped Sang Que’s hand and said, "Don’t worry, Mom will help you. Mom will always stand by your side and support you."
Sang Que nodded, "No matter what the higher-ups decide, I have to try. As long as I pass the threshold of the Ghost God Realm, I believe everything that follows will beco simpler."
Sang Wan bit her lip in thought, "I understand your aning. We just need to use the storyteller’s ability to write horror stories to create a horror story and place you in it. By using the power of the story to push the predetermined outco, we can indirectly increase your chances of successful advancent, right?"
"Yes, but how to write this story, how to proceed, and how to avoid harm to you, I have no idea yet," Sang Que said troubled.
Being soone who makes a living writing novels, Sang Wan already had a vague frawork in her mind, finding an entry point.
"Little Que, let sort through the situation first, see if I’m right. First, you need to ensure there’s no issue with the heart you retrieved, then return it to the Yin Child. Only when the Yin Child rges with the heart can she be truly complete, reaching the true Sixth Level of the Nine Netherworld, allowing you to continue onwards and formally step into the Sixth Level."
Sang Que continued to nod, "Yes, my heart has undergone so kind of mutation. I feel I should reclaim my heart."
The matters of the Mysterious Domain are often unclear and difficult to investigate the underlying principles.
Back then, when the Yin Child removed her heart from her body, that heart didn’t decay or rot, and now it even allowed the Yin Child to temporarily beco complete through it.
Sang Que felt her heart might have gathered the divine power of previous witches and it was best to recover it before stepping into the Ghost God Realm, even if not used, to keep it close as a precaution.
Sang Wan continued, "Next is to find the three people who hard the Yin Child in the past, the Daoist, the Monk, and the governnt officer, to avenge the Yin Child and resolve her final obsession. Is this the ritual before advancent?"
"Yes!"
"The final step is to exponentially increase your incense and engulf a ghost that gathers a large amount of the Power of Fear. Currently, your plan is to find the injured Earth Ghost in the Hidden Realm, with the Dream Ghost as an alternative using that cloth doll?"
"Yes, the Earth Ghost’s injury makes it easier to deal with, and the Yin Child says she has a way to find the Earth Ghost. But I also worry that the Earth Ghost’s power might not be enough, so I chose the Dream Ghost as a backup. Last ti in Wangshan City, I faced the Dream Ghost. In the Dream Ghost’s dream, everyone loses their power and becos ordinary people, but as I’m a Witch, I can use the power of the Mountain Ghost Coin to harm the Dream Ghost, this has been verified."
Sang Wan was thoughtful, "I still rember the events in Wangshan City. At that ti, the Dream Ghost could cause so much harm to the entire city solely because of Granny Zhuang’s mory. If you lure the Dream Ghost into the dream of soone who absolutely doesn’t believe in the existence of ghosts, wouldn’t it be easier to deal with the Dream Ghost in such a dream?"
Sang Que agreed, "I think the sa, but even people who don’t believe in ghosts may have peculiar thoughts. These thoughts and mories will beco lethal thods in the Dream Ghost’s dream."
If not for the cloth doll, Sang Que wouldn’t dare to say anything about finding the Dream Ghost as these ghosts with power exceeding the Sixth Level but not reaching the Seventh Level have always been hidden in the Hidden Realm, making it exceptionally difficult to find their true forms.
Otherwise, Zuo Jinye could directly go to the Hidden Realm and devour these ghosts, rather than causing the Qinzhou bloodbath and waiting for the Ghost Opera Troupe Leader’s advancent.
"Once engulfing is complete, the advancent is considered completed?"
"More or less. With enough incense and the power of fear, the Yin Walker and their harnessed ghost naturally undergo changes, creating phenona and affecting the surroundings. The last ti Zuo Jinye advanced, nearly all of Qinzhou was destroyed, so I must choose a suitable location. If possible, it’s best that all this is completed in the Hidden Realm, as its impact on reality would be relatively smaller."
"But the Hidden Realm is too mysterious, you currently know too little about the Hidden Realm..."
Sang Wan pinched her chin in thought. Sang Que did not disturb her, knowing her mother surely had a rough idea and was organizing the information.
The TV was still playing the Spring Festival Gala, Xia Chan with a half-eaten persimmon slouched on the sofa asleep, Xuan Yu leaned beside Xia Chan, eyes half-closed, making a soft purring sound.
"I have a rough idea now, to string all this together for you to buy more ti; preferably have you complete your advancent before Zuo Jinye fully recovers to her peak," Sang Wan said.
Sang Que wanted to ask for specifics, but Sang Wan gave a mysterious smile, "Don’t ask yet; if you know the content of the story, so aspects might backfire, and I still need to sort out the details, safeguard against possible accidents. It won’t be quick to start writing, this isn’t sothing to be taken lightly."
"Since you finally have a three-day break, Jiang Zao has been visiting every weekend lately, always asking about your situation. She’s also in her senior year of high school, you might not have the chance to see her again before the end of the holiday. Do you want to ask her out to play tomorrow?"
Thinking about Jiang Zao made Sang Que feel a bit guilty, so she imdiately turned on her fully charged old phone, sent Jiang Zao a ssage, inviting her to watch a movie tomorrow, and asked her to bring along Xu Yichao.
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