Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2495  Withered Soul Daoist

After learning about the origin of the Soul Fragment, Lin Mu was quite surprised and intrigued at the same time. ~SHUA~

"There's more?" But they didn't stop just there.

More memories poured in and Lin Mu got to see them. But these memories didn't seem to be as completed as the ones he had seen so far. They seemed more broke and had lot of miscellaneous information in them.

About half of them were simply useless though as they were either about things like daily life or random conversation or were filled with thoughts that didn't make sense. This made Lin Mu think that the memories were likely not intact after the Soul being fragmented.

But still, among them there was enough information that Lin Mu got to learn quite a few things about not just the owner of the Soul but also about the Celestial Realm itself.

The owner of the soul was called as the Withered Spirit Daoist and she seemed to be among several other that served a common master. The only thing was that Lin Mu didn't know what this master was called as the always called him as their 'liege'.

'Looks like she got her Daoist title due to her proficiency with the Withering Dao.' Lin Mu figured out. 'And Yao Changying has this too, that means… She has a Soul Fragment too!' it all clicked in place.

"Now you get it." Lin Mo finally spoke again. "Though I saw it before too."

"You did?" Lin Mu didn't remember that part clearly.

"I did… When Yao Changying attacked back in the Bridge Plane I sensed not one but two souls inside her." Lin Mo revealed. "Two souls? That means the same thing that happened to that little girl happened to Yao Changying." Lin Mu now understood.

In one of the memories of the Soul Fragment he had witnessed a Little Girl touching the lantern with the Soul Fragment and getting taken over. She had caused a lot of deaths and as such the demons had sealed the Soul separately.

Lin Mu had wondered why hadn't they just destroyed the soul, but reckoned there might have been limitations that prevented them from doing this.

"It was a bit strange though. If the Celestial's Soul intended to take over her body there would only be one soul present not two." Lin Mo expressed his doubts. "So they are cooperating?" Lin Mu narrowed his eyes. "Quite like one of those 'Fairy Tales' you read." Lin Mo risked. Lin Mu then remembered that among the six that he had read there was one that talked about about a woman falling to the temptation of a forbidden power. They had thought that this did seem like it suited Yao Changying, but now it was making even more sense.

'The little girl and this Soul Fragment's story also seems to be one of the six. The very first story was the only one that talked about a little girl… this does fit the bill.' Lin Mu thought to himself. 'There were also Six Soul Fragments created from the single soul… if each story is for one fragment then this has happened at least five times before!' he concluded.

They had originally thought that multiple stories fit Yao Changying, but now it was clear that each story belonged to a different incident. This revelation was quite concerning though, as now they had more things to worry about.

"If she's cooperating with that soul, she's collecting the soul fragments for it." Lin Mu muttered in understanding. "But why didn't the soul simply take over and is cooperating instead. As a Celestial Soul, even if its just a fragment it should be enough to control her right?" he was confused.

"There might be more to it that we don't know about." Lin Mo also was at a loss here. "It could be as simple as Yao Changying offering something that made the Soul Tempted enough to not take control, or the Soul knows something that makes it more favorable for her to not assimilate the host's soul." He stated.

"Hmm… if we assume that the soul has a reason not to assimilate, then perhaps her gathering the other soul fragments could be a condition for the 'independence'." Lin Mu tried to analyze it. "She also learned a lot of skills and got information that others wouldn't normally have, thus that could be the benefits being offers day the other Soul Fragment." Lin Mo silently listened to Lin Mu, feeling a bit amused. After a few second though, Lin Mu stopped as more memories were flowing in.

In these Lin Mu learned about the Celestial Realm. He learned about a few regions in it such as the Cracked Sun World and the Frozen Rain Realm. Both were totally unknown to him, but the Withered Soul Daoist had been living in these places before as her master had dominion over both of them. It was clear that whoever was the master was quite strong.

He also learned about a few miscellaneous pills and herbs, but after that the memories seemingly came to an end.

~SHUA~

Lin Mu felt a wave of exhaustion having gone through it. Though as much as he wanted to simply sleep he knew this was not the time.

After all, Lin Mo was still in control right now.

As such he mustered through and observed.

Thankfully for him, Lin Mo seemed to be behaving and was standing still in the real world.

"This is it for now." Lin Mo spoke. "Though if you want, feel free to call me out at any time. It's fine being out." He laughed before relinquishing the control voluntarily to Lin Mu.

~SHUA~

Lin Mu felt the sensation of his body once more and took a deep breath. Surprisingly enough though, the exhaustion he was feeling earlier went away too and he felt more energetic than before.

"This is strange…" Lin Mu checked his body just to be sure and realized that his Qi was fully replenished. "Did absorbing the Soul Fragment actually restore my Qi to this level?" He had thought that he would get no energy since Lin Mo had said the Soul Fragment was lacking it.

"It might have been lacking energy but it is still a Celestial Soul Fragment. The remnant energy in was probably still a rich amount." Xukong spoke up sensing that Lin Mu was back in control.

"It seems like it… Though more than the energy, the memories I gained from it were a lot more valuable." Lin Mu said. "I'll show you, Senior." He quickly shared them.

~SHUA~

Xukong spent a few minutes going through them and by the time they were done he was silent.

"Other than the memories, you've also gained a lot of questions, haven't you?" Xukong knew.

Lin Mu simply nodded to that.

~SIGH~

"I'd want to answer them too, but the restrictions won't let me." Xukong replied.

"There's a way to overcome that." Lin Mo suddenly spoke. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Huh? What?" Lin Mu asked feeling curious.

Xukong also wondered what the method might be.

"You have something that can do that. Something you haven't used so far." Lin Mo said making Lin Mu intrigued. "The Heaven Silencing Seal." He revealed.

"The Heaven Silencing Seal!?" Lin Mu truly hadn't used it as Xukong was also wary of it. "But that's meant to stop Tribulations." He added.

"Not necessarily." Lin Mo spoke. "You can't just assess it from how the Lost Immortal used it… Think of the description." He added.

"Silences the voice of the Heavens…" Xukong muttered. "Voice of the Heavens can be the Tribulations… but it can also be the retaliation when restrictions are broken." Lin Mu's eyes went wide as he understood this.

"Exactly." Lin Mo had already figured this out a while back. "We have no surety of that." Xukong said. "Even if you don't there won't be a harm will it?" Lin Mo retorted. "It's not like he's suppressing a Tribulation with it. If it doesn't work it just means Senior Xukong won't be able to speak about the Celestial 'Secrets'. In the worst case it will simply fail." Lin Mo suggested.

It was certainly something they hadn't considered before and now that Lin Mu had heard it he was very, very tempted. At the very least he knew from the Lost Immortal Memoirs that the Heaven Silencing Seal hadn't brought him any direct harm. Though he hadn't used it in the way that Lin Mo was suggesting either.

But then again it was a unique situation that not every person would be able to get into anyways as it would mean they'd need a willing Celestial telling them about it.

"I want to do it Senior." Lin Mu stated firmly.

Xukong was silent for a minute before replying. "Then so be it." He gave in too.

Now the only issue was how they would do it.

"We best do it in the Sleepscape. It might be safer that way." Lin Mu suggested next.