Although Jade Bennett previously avoided the topic of the Half Soul, Scarlett Jennings secretly sensed her Soul Breath while researching Jade Bennett’s real form.
In her current state as a Half Soul, her Soul Life can hardly last a century.
Jade Bennett, which is a thousand-year-old Spiritual Object, is like this, not to ntion other Spiritual Objects that are only a hundred years old.
If they are destined to completely disperse within a re hundred years, then what is the point of returning to hide in the mountains and forests?
This thought flashed through Scarlett Jennings’s mind, as the villagers, including the village chief and Jade Bennett, all looked warmly at her.
Upon hearing their Soul Life was less than a hundred years, they showed no surprise because they had long accepted it with composure in their hearts.
Suddenly, sothing swiftly crossed Scarlett Jennings’s mind.
Vaguely, she seed to know the answer.
"You knew all along... And from the beginning, separating the real forms was intended like this, wasn’t it?"
Scarlett Jennings’s voice was slightly hoarse as she looked at the Spiritual Objects in front of her.
A Spiritual Object capable of Spirit Transformation must be an unparalleled treasure containing Spiritual Energy.
Every artifact in this village is a national treasure.
But their return was not rely to co ho.
It was to choose... death.
Stella Gibson trembled inside upon hearing Scarlett Jennings say the villagers’ Soul Life was less than a hundred years, and hearing Scarlett’s further words, she couldn’t help but feel anxious.
"Scarlett, what do you an? Why would their Soul Life be less than a hundred years?
Weren’t they treasures passed down for thousands of years? How co after so many years, they only have less than a hundred years left?"
Stella Gibson was genuinely concerned.
Not just because she knew the identity of the villagers, but also because in these few short days, she had considered them her friends.
Scarlett Jennings’s heart was also trembling with difficulty because of the world-shaking actions these Spiritual Objects were planning.
Samuel Chalrs saw this and reached out to hold her slightly clenched palm.
Feeling the warmth from the back of his hand, Scarlett Jennings finally managed to calm down her emotions, explaining to Stella and the others.
"In an environnt with abundant Spiritual Energy, Spiritual Objects can indeed have a long-lasting Soul Life, but when the Soul Body is forcibly split, the Soul Life will naturally be severely affected."
It’s like a person having a kidney removed.
Even though one can live with a single kidney, not only does bodily function severely decline, but lifespan is also affected.
"The real form of Spiritual Objects is even more special; once the Half Soul is completely weak to the point it can’t sustain the real form, the real form will gradually lose its luster, and once the Soul Life is exhausted, the real form will instantly disperse, turning to dust."
Scarlett Jennings looked at the village chief.
"You plan to let the world see you by collective self-destruction, thereby accelerating the return of all the lost national artifacts."
Scarlett Jennings could imagine, once the hundreds of artifacts housed abroad constantly turn to dust, those refusing to return Cathay’s treasures will certainly take notice.
But ultimately, they will only co to one conclusion.
These plundered treasures cannot retain a single one.
Faced with the inability to keep them, either they watch as the treasures lose their luster and completely disperse, or they make use of them one last ti.
By using them to exchange one last benefit with Cathay, leading to the successful retrieval of all remaining artifacts.
But for success, soone must react after the sacrifices of the artifacts to manipulate public opinion to pressure the Elizabethan Manor.
So, behind Artefact Village, there is a key person.
"Who gave you this idea?"
The village chief was surprised she saw through all their plans based solely on speculation.
But he felt gratified, precisely because the Mystical Sect had such people, they could stand on this land and feel hope.
"This is the decision made by all our artifacts."
The village chief said,
"I know, the nation has always tried its utmost to bring us all ho."
Not just those artifacts lost abroad, but also all the national territories forcibly divided in past years.
Over the years, it is gradually being accomplished.
But the brighter the ans, the more it needs ti to accumulate and plan.
Because we are a grand nation, we cannot resort to underhanded tactics of stealing and robbing.
So they can only wait.
They are also willing to wait.
However, they can’t wait too long.
"If sacrificing us old folks can retrieve the remaining artifacts, everything we do becos worthwhile."
The village chief said,
"We hide here, not to wait for extinction, but to wait for rebirth."
We wait here, quietly anticipating a bright dawn.
...
Night falls.
The village is eerily quiet.
Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs sit side by side on the loft, watching the dazzling stars in the sky and the villagers absorbing Spiritual Energy around the Array beneath the stars.
Samuel Chalrs said to Scarlett Jennings,
"This is their choice."
"I know."
Scarlett Jennings said,
"I was curious at first, clearly Jade Bennett had been secretly swapped with a counterfeit long ago, yet she and other villagers were also in Half Soul state."
"After learning the villagers’ plans, I roughly understood why."
"After Spirit Transformation, she must have secretly exchanged herself back, leaving her Half Soul there, just like other villagers."
"Because she didn’t wish to act alone."
Scarlett Jennings said, and there was a long silence,
After a while, she said to Samuel Chalrs,
"Samuel Chalrs, I want to help them."
They are the treasures of this world, not to be buried.
Her voice was soft but firm.
Samuel Chalrs wasn’t surprised, he only looked at her, his dark eyes deep.
"Alright."
He said, "We do this together."
*
Though they’ve decided to save the villagers from the path of extinction, this matter isn’t sothing that can be done overnight.
They couldn’t affect the nation, only exert a small strength of their own.
For now, they could only assist the villagers in enhancing their Spiritual Energy.
Apart from that, Scarlett Jennings had a bold idea, but wasn’t certain how to execute it or if it was feasible; she still needed experintation.
Thus, the next day, Scarlett Jennings went to Jade Bennett again.
She asked a question she was curious about yet crucial.
"Even if a Spiritual Object accumulates for a thousand years, they need a stroke of luck to succeed in Spirit Transformation.
Just like Jade Cabbage needed you to transform, what thod did you and the artifacts in this village use to successfully transform?"
She didn’t believe it was coincidence that so many artifacts simultaneously transford and settled in the Artefact Village.
There must have been human intervention behind this.
And that person should be the key figure behind the villagers’ plan.
Scarlett Jennings wanted to know,
"Who is that person?"
Seeing that the plans of the Artefact Village villagers had been uncovered, Jade Bennett decided there was no point in hiding further.
She simply looked at Scarlett Jennings,
"I have ntioned to the village chief before that the person’s aura is sowhat like yours."
Scarlett Jennings was a bit surprised, instinctively asking,
"What is that person’s na?"
Just as Jade Bennett opened her mouth to answer, she suddenly beca alert.
As if sensing sothing, she abruptly turned to look toward the village entrance, her voice cold,
"The Barrier isolating the village has been breached!"
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