A thousand voices sounded out all around Hui, voices hed heard before, voices he hadnt. He looked around, peering into the mass of glowing light. Human-ish shapes bobbled in the light, indistinguishable from one another, blurring together.
Hui tilted is head. Can you cultivate in here?
Voices sounded, all talking over one another. Hui winced and took a step back, overwheld. Seniors, your voices please.
The Sect Master cleared his throat, voice cutting above the babble. It isnt easy, but we arent dead. We can continue to cultivate. Theres even a source of qi in this formation. I hesitate to contemplate where it ca from, but
Sect Master did end up in here! Good, good, Hui thought, nodding to himself.
Ah? Are you people doubting your Patriarch once more? After everything Ive done for you
Hui turned. Chen Wuya stood beside him, red robe flying from his shoulders, arms crossed, ragged hair flapping on a breeze no one else felt. Chen Wuya?
Why are you surprised Im in here? You know I built this array, Chen Wuya replied.
Patriarch?
Whos that?
Chen Wuya? Isnt he an ancient demonic cultivator? Whys he calling himself our Patriarch?
The Sect Master appeared before Xiao Hui, assuming human form the sa as Hui and Chen Wuya. He bowed deeply to Chen Wuya. Patriarch, accept my apologies. After All-Heavens Sect rose to ascendance, we had no choice but to repress knowledge of you. Their grudge against you against us, was too much to bear with the sect as it is.
Fallen to the level that a re seventh-stage cultivator is the Sect Master? Chen Wuya asked mockingly.
Sect Master Lan said nothing, instead choosing to silently continue to bow.
Ah, I understand. Well, you also understand not helping the sect much, Chen Wuya replied.
Still silence. He maintained his bow, exuding respect and regret at once.
Chen Wuya huffed and tossed his hair. Say sothing. This is making uncomfortable.
Hui cut his eyes at Chen Wuya. Hmm, could it be? Is this a way to deal with Senior? This small cultivator has learned!
Dont go learning useless skills, Chen Wuya shot back under his breath. Louder, he said. Alright, alright. Straighten up. You fools diligently cultivate in here. Our Xiao Hui will have you out in no ti.
Hui looked at Chen Wuya, suddenly hopeful. Maybe Senior is feeling generous now that the sect acknowledges him, and will tell how to
Chen Wuya rolled his eyes. Stop being ridiculous. I didnt create this formation to store souls in the first place. The souls it did store coincidentally were ant to be trapped forever, not released. There isnt a way to do it built in. If you want to do it, youll have to build your own thod from scratch.
Right, I ca in here to investigate the formation, not to reminisce! Hui sat down in the lotus pose and closed his eyes, reaching out with his ntal energy.
Chen Wuya glanced around, then scoffed and settled into a lazy stand beside Hui, arms still crossed. In the distance, the black corrupted souls scurried even further away.
Sect Master Lan straightened up at last and looked at Chen Wuya. All around, the other souls stood silently, watching with bated breaths. Patriarch I can only apologize for leading this sect to its fall.
Ah, thats right. If not for that Xiao Hui you tried your best to kill and repress, youd all be dead right now, right? Even that precious son of yours. He flicked his sleeve at the Sect Masters right sleeve, where a fuzzy ball of light trembled, incomplete.
Patriarch is correct. Its all due to my negligence, Sect Master Lan replied.
Lets not exaggerate. Im sure there was sothing else. Or should I say, soone else? The person who used this array before he must have been very precious to you. After all, you let him use it three tis, and he still draws breath to this day, Chen Wuya said, bored.
Sect Master Lan drew a short breath. That child, the one who used the array he is beloved of Heaven.
Chen Wuyas eyes widened. His robe flapped, and his eyes glowed a brilliant red. The souls of Starbound Sect staggered back, blown away by his aura. A fierce grin stretched across his face, entirely humorless. Oh? You know, every ti I hear that phrase, my blood boils.
Sect Master Lan pressed his lips together and said no more.
Chen Wuya let out a cawing laugh. His eyes widened further, and he shook his head. It is like that, then. Understood, understood. Ha! It seems this Xiao Hui shares more fate with than I thought. He looked at Hui, who sat there with his eyes closed, focused on his task. Quietly, he whispered, You, too, have drawn Heavens ire.
Or desire, Sect Master Lan murmured.
The two are fundantally the sa, Chen Wuya replied. To be desired by Heaven is diatrically opposed to being beloved of Heaven. Do you understand?
Sect Master Lan hesitated, then bowed his head. This cultivator is not worthy of hearing Patriarchs words.
Chen Wuya clicked his tongue and turned away. Che. Ah, oh well. Youll all learn in ti.
Caught up in his contemplation, Hui heard none of their conversation. Instead, he focused on the souls inside the formation. He reached out to one of the glowing ones and tried to draw it apart from the others. It moved, but so did the rest of them. All the souls had no weight, and all were completely stuck to one another. Untangling one simply couldnt be done.
He grit his teeth. If I unraveled the formation, then the souls would untangle. But then the souls would imdiately start to dissipate and enter the cycle of reincarnation. Im confident I could guide the souls back to their bodies one-by-one, but without so kind of array or formation, I dont think I could handle re-homing them all at once.
Theres the option of talking to the person who repaired the soul transferal formation last ti, but thats Yunxu, isnt it? Hes an outright demonic cultivator. If I hand him the soul transferal formation full of everyones souls, wouldnt he imdiately use it to do sothing horrible and nefarious, like I dont know, try to congeal a Ghost General by putting them all in a ghost flag, or or, I guess, just repair the soul transferal array and use it again to transmigrate soone, or worse! No, no. I absolutely cannot go to Yunxu. I might as well walk straight to Gui Delun instead. Hed kill everyone, but at least he would do it in an upright and righteous way!
Going to Yunxu is no good. What else?
I could try to raise my cultivation to the level I can handle the transferal, but again, Im not Master. Im not confident I could reach a level where I could do such a thing in a re ten years. True, Im close to my fifth stage ascension already, but cultivation only becos more difficult once one passes the fifth stage. Its only Master who can do sothing as ludicrous as skipping the last three stages. And I dont know at what stage I could accurately transfer so many souls into their proper bodies without any assistance.
No good, no good. I need sothing better.
What if I made a formation of my own? A talisman
The entire world shuddered. Pain slamd into Hui, and his cultivation and heartrate both spiked. His eyes opened, and he stared around, startled.
Sect Master Lan waved his hands at him desperately. Go, get out of here! The formation and your body, are both under attack!
Yeah, go on, scram, Chen Wuya said, scoffing. He hopped up. Red and black swirled, and a crow montarily appeared in the formation before he disappeared entirely.
Then, Ill go first, Hui said. He bowed once to Sect Master and everyone else, then retracted himself from the formation. Hey! Whos attacking my helpless body? Eh, does it not look dead enough?
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