Chapter 2187: Chapter 2187: Such a Ruthless Secret Technique!
"A new...Gatekeeper?" Hearing this voice, Ye Haochuan felt a bit creepy. He wanted to run, but couldn’t move at all, so he secretly let the Purple Lotus Spirit Flame swirl up.
Unexpectedly, those ghostly hands seemed to be made of Vajra, showing no reaction whatsoever.
"Oh? Such a weak cultivation!" The voice inside the gate suddenly sounded a bit disappointed.
Ye Haochuan couldn’t turn his head, but through the Heavenly Eye, he could see an old head poking out from the depths of the great door.
This head was unidentifiable as male or female, with only a thin layer of black skin over bones, like a Ferocious Ghost just emerging from Hell.
The head examined Ye Haochuan for a moment, then spoke again in a ghostly tone: "Oh well, though the cultivation isn’t high, being able to reach here surely means you have some skills."
As these words were said, the mummy suddenly raised its head and exchanged a glance with the head, with hollow eyes seemingly sparking with a fire of hope.
The head slowly opened its mouth and said: "You’ve lived for six thousand years and reached your limit. Now that someone is here to serve Miss as a servant, you can rest in peace!"
As soon as these words fell, the mummy’s eyes showed a trace of joy, it exhaled its last breath, and its entire body collapsed, turning into a pile of scattered bones.
"From now on, you’ll be guarding this door. Do not disappoint me!"
The head suddenly said menacingly, followed by a force from the two ghostly claws grabbing Ye Haochuan’s head, trying to draw Ye Haochuan’s soul in.
"Ghost Escape Technique!" Ye Haochuan hurriedly tried to make his soul escape.
However, those large hands were extremely strange, making it impossible for Ye Haochuan’s soul to escape at all.
"Already in my hands and you still want to escape?" the head sneered.
In an instant, Ye Haochuan only felt his Soul Power being rapidly extracted.
"Is there truly no way out?" Ye Haochuan lamented inwardly.
The ghostly hands were far too bizarre, and clearly not on the same level as him. Now, he seemed like an ant being crushed in a hand, with no room for resistance whatsoever.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Haochuan’s Soul Power, which was originally comparable to the Immortal Transformation Peak, shrank rapidly to the level of a normal person.
Even his greatest soul trump card, the blue Skeleton Head, was activated many times but still to no avail.
The blue Skeleton Head, in front of these ghostly hands, was like a newborn baby, easily destroyed.
Ye Haochuan was completely desperate. The strength of these ghostly hands was dozens of times greater than the Holy See’s eight-winged divine statue. Ye Haochuan couldn’t hope to be as lucky as last time, being absorbed into the statue and living again.
Just as Ye Haochuan resigned himself to meet death, a crisp voice suddenly emanated from the door.
"Stop!"
The head trembled upon hearing this voice, incredulously saying: "Miss, you’ve awakened? Unbelievable, truly unbelievable!"
As it spoke, the last door suddenly opened eagerly, and a graceful figure walked out.
"Liu Xianglan, you’re alright?" Ye Haochuan exclaimed in surprise upon recognizing the figure.
"Indeed, I’m fine, rather I’ve benefitted from the misfortune and obtained this body!" Liu Xianglan replied expressionlessly.
"This body?" It was only then that Ye Haochuan noticed that Liu Xianglan was no longer a Soul Body but an actual human body.
Moreover, this person looked exactly like Liu Xianglan, as if she had finally retrieved her own body.
"That’s great, I don’t have to gather your body reconstruction materials anymore!" Ye Haochuan suddenly laughed, seemingly forgetting his own peril.
"Hmm!"
Liu Xianglan nodded slightly, then looked up at the head and said: "Old Ghost Woman, release him!"
The head quickly nodded and obediently loosened the ghostly hands restraining Ye Haochuan.
Regaining his freedom, Ye Haochuan found it somewhat unbelievable. He circled Liu Xianglan several times before finally exclaiming, "So the Shadowless Smoke Spirit was right; there’s really a female corpse inside, and it matches you perfectly?"
Liu Xianglan nodded indifferently: "Thanks to you during this time. Without you, I wouldn’t have made it here to complete my destined mission!"
"Destiny? What do you mean?" Ye Haochuan was quite puzzled.
Liu Xianglan explained: "Liu Shining was my ancestor, exceptionally gifted from a young age, achieving astonishing cultivation at a tender age. Unfortunately, she was ultimately harmed and perished. Her father built this Underground Palace for her, preserving her corpse from decay for millennia.
At the same time, through a Secret Technique, managed to forcibly attach her last trace of soul into the soul of a descendant, nurturing it over a hundred generations to reforge and strengthen it to the exact same level as the original."
"This..." Ye Haochuan was slack-jawed, "This is the first I’ve heard of such a bizarre method for resurrection. Aren’t there any other Soul Devices to quickly restore a soul?"
"It’s not that simple."
The head, known as the Old Ghost Woman, suddenly spoke: "Back then, Miss’s soul was already shattered, only a trace was found, entirely deceased, how could ordinary Soul Devices revive her?"
The Old Ghost Woman clearly knew more true facts than Liu Xianglan. Though Liu Xianglan inherited some of Liu Shining’s memories, Liu Shining had already died by then and couldn’t know about events afterward. Liu Xianglan learned these from the stone wall records.
After listening quietly to the Old Ghost Woman, Liu Xianglan sighed bitterly: "When I was born, my mother clearly wasn’t in hard labor, yet she still died. It must have been due to that damned Secret Technique, right?"
The Old Ghost Woman nodded slightly, saying: "A hundred generations of nurturing, all of them must have a female inheritance. When giving birth, they could fully transfer their soul, achieving the purpose of passing it on to the child."
"Such a ruthless Secret Technique!" Ye Haochuan couldn’t help but take a cold breath.
Liu Xianglan’s eyes revealed a hint of sorrow, seemingly lamenting her mother. After a long time, she sighed softly: "By my generation, it was exactly one hundred generations, so my soul itself had already grown into Liu Shining."
Ye Haochuan noticed a problem and couldn’t help but ask: "If your body wasn’t damaged, what then? Would your soul be forcibly extracted as well? Wouldn’t the other Liu Shining die? Both are Liu Shining, saving one and killing another, what meaning does this resurrection have?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xianglan also showed a hint of confusion in her eyes, clearly not having considered this issue before.
"Of course it has meaning!"
The Old Ghost Woman explained: "Miss’s body is an exceptionally rare and perfect root and bone, destined to obtain Titled Godhood in the future. No other reincarnated shells can compare to this one."
"Titled Godhood?" Ye Haochuan had never heard of this term, looking bewildered.
