CHAPTER 539: CHAPTER 345: IHUI’S PAST (8000 WORDS GOAL ACHIEVED)_2

This was the true origin of those Human Pillar Earth Spirits buried beneath the grounds of Izumi Shrine.

All of it was just a deception.

The Yihui Island residents knew nothing and had been duped by such lies from the Ihui Main Family and the Izumi Shrine for hundreds of years... no, maybe even for a thousand years?

"How could you... how could you know all this?" Ihui Ju Xu collapsed to the ground, his voice strained.

Everything mentioned by Beichuan Si was true.

But what they couldn’t understand was how he had come to know these things.

If it was merely the information they had inadvertently leaked along the way, it shouldn’t have been enough for Beichuan Si to draw such a conclusion.

Hearing Ihui Ju Xu’s question, Beichuan Si merely looked calmly at the Shenzhu Shihui floating beside him.

Shenzhu Shihui understood his meaning, extended her hands, and gently patted her Residence Spirit Residence Kagura Bell.

Then, under the incredulous eyes of Ihui Nailuo and the others, a grotesquely shaped, putrid Spiritual Body flickered into existence.

It was the Ihui Shenzi, after being subjected to the water cage punishment.

Ihui Nailuo’s eyes widened, "Ihui Shenzi?! When did you rescue this great sinner... could it be..."

She realized it.

Before they set off, she had given Beichuan Si four hours to prepare.

Could it have been during those four hours?...

The spiritual body of Ihui Nailuo involuntarily curled up.

What kind of being was this young man?

How could he be so thorough in his considerations?

She understood completely now.

Yesterday, Shenzhu Shihui had been absent the entire day, and even the fluctuations of goodwill had been suppressed to the lowest level.

He had been hiding in the spiritual residence, adjusting the spiritual state of Ihui Shenzi.

After the water cage, the spiritual state of Ihui Shenzi was terrible. Her still twisted form said it all.

"But, but... giving her a day to regain her sanity... that was enough time. It’s a method that has been passed down through Shenzhu..."

Shenzhu Shihui, with a smug expression, stutteringly explained.

Indeed, Shenzhu Village, formerly a village that suppressed disasters and intersected with Yellow Springs, actually had many methods for dealing with spiritual bodies.

Located between the hidden and the visible worlds, it was not the only place like Yihui Island.

Ihui Nailuo now understood completely.

She looked at Ihui Shenzi, floating in mid-air... her hands and feet crossed over each other, her form distorted.

Twenty years ago, due to an impromptu escape by Ihui Shenzi, there was a slight mishap in the ritual.

Twenty years later, because of Ihui Shenzi, the legacy of the Ihui Main Family, the Izumi Shrine on Yihui Island would now come to an end...

"Going in circles."

"In the end, it has come full circle..."

Ihui Nailuo laughed derisively at herself.

The affairs of the world are indeed mysterious.

Going around in circles, round and round, in the end, you find yourself standing at the same spot, never having moved forward at all.

Watching Ihui Nailuo in such a state, in the eyes of Ihui Shenzi too, there was a profound sadness, "Miss Nailuo, you were wrong from the very start. The era of Ihui had already ended during the reign of the previous Great Heavenly Person. The islanders do not need celestial transformation... nor do they need a symbol of power like the Ihui Main Family anymore. The glory of the Main Family... the glory of the Shrine... it never needed power to define it... What the islanders need, is not power."

She twisted her skewed neck, turning her face towards the Divine Tree.

The towering Divine Tree spread its canopy wide.

Forty years ago, under this very Divine Tree, Ihui Nailuo had admonished her, when she was young, to never forget the glory of the Shrine and the Main Family.

Forty years later, her entire disposition had changed.

Ihui Shenzi spoke in a low tone,

"Keeping the Divine Tree... will only continue to bring misery to the island’s residents. Children born on Ihui Island will be tainted with the essence of the Yellow Springs, and as a result, will not be able to leave the island... If they leave Ihui Island, their bodies will deteriorate and they will die."

She recalled the days she had lived with Sanseiyuan You, and continued word by word,

"Ihui Island is like a giant birdcage, a birdcage where once you fly in, you should not think of getting out."

"Only by chopping down the Divine Tree will the bursting vitality completely block the mouth of the Gate of Yellow Springs. By then, the essence of the Yellow Springs will no longer contaminate the bodies of Ihui Island residents, and they can live outside the island... work outside... This is what I once saw accidentally in the ’Ihui Divine Sky Book.’"

Seeing that Ihui Shenzi had come to understand this extent, Ihui Nailuo felt too disheartened to carry on refuting and she continued along Ihu Shenzi’s line of conversation, "In fact, our ancestors had already discovered the method to completely seal the Yellow Springs Gate... But due to the Ihui Main Family, Izumi Shrine... our ancestors feared the consequences of not having the Divine Tree, thus they recorded it in the ’Ihui Divine Sky Book.’"

Chopping down the Divine Tree seemed to be a good way to end all of this.

However, for the Ihui Main Family and the Izumi Shrine, this was an unacceptable loss.

After losing the Divine Tree, the influence of the Ihui Main Family and the Izumi Shrine would inevitably decline significantly, likewise, the island would no longer see the emergence of new Heavenly Beings, and the art of reincarnation spells would become a mere joke.

That’s why they have been hiding the truth all this time.

"After losing the Divine Tree, the entire Ihui Island will lose its Heavenly Beings..." Ihui Ju Xu and Ihui Guangjiu gasped.

They had come here with the idea of becoming Heavenly Beings, only to face such a reality.

This undoubtedly made it hard for them to accept.

But even if they didn’t accept it, there was no other choice.

All the power of speech was in the hands of one person alone.

Everyone looked simultaneously toward Beichuan Si.

A small doll was standing on Beichuan Si’s head and, seeing everyone looking over, it became even more arrogant.

But while it was jubilating, Beichuan Si took it off his head, expressionlessly stuffed it inside his collar.

He voiced his answer,

"The Divine Tree must be chopped down."

The folklore about the Divine Tree, passed down from the distant past, would come to an end in Beichuan Si’s hands.

Sealing the opening of the Yellow Springs Gate was good for the islanders, the Ihui sisters, and even for Ihui Nailuo who was trapped in the past.

They would no longer be troubled by the expectations imposed on them by their ancestors nor be entangled with the past glory of the Ihui Main Family.

From then on, they could live the life they wished.

Beichuan Si glanced at the time.

There was half an hour left until the Yellow Springs Gate completely stirred.

He had also tried it just now.

The Divine Tree was unexpectedly fragile to the essence of death, half an hour was enough for him to completely topple this towering tree.

And just as Beichuan Si was about to make his move, Ihui Shenzi suddenly called out to Beichuan Si.

"Mr. Beichuan..."

"What is it? Your current Spiritual Body state should not allow you to stay outside for a long time." Beichuan Si, whose hand was moving quickly with the essence of death forming a dark and menacing axe, said without turning his head.

Indeed, after a long period of water cage torture, Ihui Shenzi’s twisted Spiritual Body would need a long time to be restored to its original state. Moreover, due to the long-term erosion by the essence of the Yellow Springs, her Spiritual Body was always in a weakened state, unable to stay outside for long.

"I’ve heard from Miss Shenzhu," Ihui Shenzi watched Beichuan Si, her twisted Spiritual Body quivered slightly, her face also holding a hopeful glow, "I heard that you might have seen my daughter outside? I want to ask how she is doing..."

Saying this, Ihui Shenzi felt a bit of self-reproach, "I guess she probably hates me as well."

"..." Beichuan Si.

What actually caught his attention was not the part where Ihui Shenzi guessed ’she probably hates me as well,’ but rather her initial query ’how is she doing?’

How could Beichuan Si just bluntly answer ’your daughter has become a Salty Egg and has turned into a Spirit just like you?’

But faced with her hopeful expression...

Beichuan Si stroked his chin.

This was indeed somewhat hard to speak of.