Chapter 477: Chapter 441: Sorting Through Information
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 time, just like every time she returned from the Deceit Dynasty.
As for those confidentiality agreements, 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 time, 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 development of the Deceit Dynasty could proceed unimpeded, and Sang Que could wholeheartedly explore the secrets of the Nine Netherworld, seeking and verifying methods 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 extreme, 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 become simpler."
Sang Wan bit her lip in thought, "I understand your meaning. 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 outcome, we can indirectly increase your chances of successful advancement, 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 someone who makes a living writing novels, Sang Wan already had a vague framework in her mind, finding an entry point.
"Little Que, let me 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 merges 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 some 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 become 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 harmed the Yin Child in the past, the Daoist, the Monk, and the government officer, to avenge the Yin Child and resolve her final obsession. Is this the ritual before advancement?"
"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 time in Wangshan City, I faced the Dream Ghost. In the Dream Ghost’s dream, everyone loses their power and becomes 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 remember the events in Wangshan City. At that time, the Dream Ghost could cause so much harm to the entire city solely because of Granny Zhuang’s memory. If you lure the Dream Ghost into the dream of someone 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 same, but even people who don’t believe in ghosts may have peculiar thoughts. These thoughts and memories will become lethal methods 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 advancement.
"Once engulfing is complete, the advancement 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 phenomena and affecting the surroundings. The last time 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 time; preferably have you complete your advancement 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, some 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 something to be taken lightly."
"Since you finally have a three-day break, Jiang Zao has been visiting me 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 immediately turned on her fully charged old phone, sent Jiang Zao a message, inviting her to watch a movie tomorrow, and asked her to bring along Xu Yichao.
