A faint sobbing sound came from the quilt. In this silent night, I could hear it through the quilt.
Eventually, Tong Tong was hurt …
I stood by the bed and reached out my hand to comfort her. However, I didn't do anything. I just sighed.
Tong Tong was born in heaven. Although she had become a ghost, she had experienced the same growth as a human. However, she wasn't a human. She had experienced the growth of her body, but she hadn't experienced the growth of her mind.
This time, it was the growth of her mind.
I quietly left the bed and returned to the empty space. I continued to meditate and cultivate.
This time, I didn't know why, but the magic barrier in my heart disappeared. I didn't have any distracting thoughts. I easily entered the ethereal state and began to absorb the black smoke in my body. Slowly and steadily, my shaman energy grew.
My shaman energy circulated three times in my body. When I opened my eyes, it was the next morning.
I got up to check Tong Tong. However, as soon as I turned my head, I saw the little zombie sitting not far from me. He opened his big eyes and looked at me. From his expression, it seemed he had been staring at me for a long time.
I felt strange. Ever since the little zombie had come out of the Imperial Tomb of the Shang Dynasty two days ago, he had become very strange. His spirit hadn't developed yet, and he wasn't good with words. Now, he was even quieter. For the past two days, he had been quietly following me. He didn't say a word. At first glance, he didn't look like a zombie at all. He didn't look like a zombie at all.
Perhaps the little zombie felt my gaze, but he finally moved. He blankly turned his head to the side and didn't look at me anymore.
I was puzzled. I walked over to him and asked him if he was hurt. The little zombie shook his head. He didn't want to talk to me. He even closed his eyes.
The little zombie was different from Tong Tong and the snake spirit. The snake spirit and Tong Tong had stayed by my side for a very long time. The snake spirit could communicate with me through the Ink Dragon Seal on my body. They were like my closest friends. They could communicate with me if there was anything. They couldn't be more familiar with each other.
As for the little zombie, although he had been by my side for some time, I still felt a sense of unfamiliarity with him.
It wasn't because the little zombie was cold and didn't want to communicate with me, but because the little zombie was very special. He was a zombie. Although he could talk, he didn't have any intelligence. He needed to go through a special Awakening Ceremony to gain intelligence.
For a long time, I haven't opened his spirit, mainly because this kind of creature is very special. Without opening his spirit, he is the best carrier of Yin Qi. I even read in a Taoist book that after reaching the Yang Spirit phase, I can practice a special kind of cultivation method that can separate a part of my Yang Spirit and place it in the body of a corpse to cultivate a doppelganger.
This was the reason why zombies were so precious and special.
After awakening, a zombie would possess intelligence and self-awareness, thus becoming an independent entity. It could no longer be used as a carrier of Yin Qi, nor could it cultivate any clones.
As we had been together for a long time, I had some feelings for the little zombie. I didn't reject the idea of opening his spirit. However, I still had a selfish thought in my heart. I thought that I might need to use him in the future. That was why I kept delaying it day by day.
The path of cultivation was cruel. Cultivators didn't want to let go of any method to increase their cultivation base. It wasn't just because of selfishness. More importantly, it was because they didn't feel safe.
Ordinary people might think that the stronger they were, the safer they would feel. However, the fact was that the stronger they were, the more they knew how small they were.
I was no exception.
After thinking for a long time, I couldn't make up my mind. I shook my head and didn't want to think about it anymore. I turned around and walked to the bed.
When I reached the bed, I lowered my head and saw that Tong Tong was still under the quilt. She looked the same as last night.
I thought that she was still angry. However, before I could say anything, Tong Tong lifted the quilt and jumped up from the bed. She giggled and asked me about my cultivation progress. Her face didn't look as aggrieved as last night.
I was stunned, but I quickly smiled. Although I wasn't sure if she had thought it through, at least I could confirm that she hadn't changed. She was still that kind and cute Tong Tong.
I rubbed her head and chatted with her for a while. Then, I brought her and the little zombie to walk around the Flame God Temple.
The Flame God Temple wasn't small. As I walked around with Tong Tong, I looked around the place again.
Just like last time, I didn't see the fat boy's father. I didn't know if he was still here.
The day passed by quickly. After nightfall, there was still no news of Tao Wu. Tong Tong didn't mention that I was going to sleep with her. She obediently lay on the bed alone. I continued to sit cross-legged in the middle of the room.
That night, after the magic energy in my body had revolved a few times, I sat there and didn't hurry to cultivate. I took out the sword case that Nangong had given me and thought about what had happened.
There were two main questions that were troubling me.
The first was the people around me, such as Nangong. What was their motive, or what was their conspiracy?
The second was my identity.
The first question had been bothering me for a long time. Originally, I thought I had found the answer after I understood the nature of the battle between the witches. However, after the Yinshang Royal Tomb, I realized that what I had previously thought was only a part of the answer. The real answer might be much more complicated than I had imagined.
Let alone the others, I couldn't understand the sword case that I was holding in my hand.
This was the Xuanyuan Sword. Although I didn't know the power of this ancient Huaxia divine weapon, I could imagine it.
If this sword was real, Nangong would be invincible with this sword. Why would he give it to me?
What he was after wasn't just the battle between the witches!
The second question was something that I had discovered during my trip to the Yinshang Royal Tomb.
No matter if it was the murals or statues in the royal tomb, or the illusions that I had experienced in my half-asleep state, they all showed that I had an extraordinary past life.
Of course, the term 'previous incarnation' was just a saying that I could think of. It only represented a relationship. Whether or not it was a real previous incarnation, I wasn't sure at the moment.
Originally, I was certain that the 'me' on the murals and statues was the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty. His name was Shang Qi. However, after seeing the Silver-eyed man, everything was overturned. He admitted that he was Shang Qi, but he looked different from me. Moreover, he called me 'Imperial Father'.
This term completely confused me. Even though the term 'Royal Father' had an ancient aura to it, it wasn't foreign to anyone. It should be how the princes in ancient times addressed their father, the emperor. But why would the Silver Eye people address me like that?
I had an absurd and unimaginable feeling in my heart. I was confused.
Originally, I planned to wait for Lao Ai to return and ask her about the Silver-eyed man in detail before thinking about this matter. However, Lao Ai didn't return for two days. Nothing happened during the long night. I couldn't help but make wild guesses on my own.
While thinking about these two questions, I unintentionally took out the piece of paper that Nangong had left on the sword box and read it again and again.
"Yellow Emperor, son of Shaohao.
He took the power of primal chaos and cultivated his own origin. His brother Shennong created the Mountain and Sea Realm. Monster Emperor Jun invaded the human world. Xuanyuan and Shennong joined hands to resist. Monster Emperor Jun secretly invaded the Mountain and Sea Realm. Shennong was no match for him, so he turned into mist and sealed the world wall.
Monster Emperor Jun obtained the power of primal chaos in the Mountain and Sea Realm. Later, he borrowed the bloodline of Shennong's daughter to escape alone and invade the human world.
Xuanyuan was no match for him and died. Gao Xin borrowed the power of Xuanyuan Sword to fuse with Monster Emperor Jun. His descendants took the power of the primal chaos of the world and weakened the power of the Monster Emperor.
In the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen made a divination. Monster Emperor Jun and Gao Xin died. The disaster of the human world was eliminated and civilization began to flourish. "
I didn't know how many times I read it. Suddenly, a thought popped into my head.
That day, I had checked on my phone. Shang Qi was the son of Gao Xin's Emperor Ku. If the word 'Imperial Father' was referring to my father, then from the way the Silver-eyed people addressed me, I should be Gao Xin's Emperor Ku.
Although the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty was Shang Qi, Emperor Ku was Shang Qi's father. From a certain perspective, it made sense to call Emperor Ku the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty!
If that was the case, everything seemed to make sense.
The piece of paper that Nangong had given me recorded that Emperor Ku and Monster Emperor Jun had a bloody battle. In the end, they had fused into one … If that was the case, the statue that was worshiped in the Imperial Tomb of the Shang Dynasty should be Emperor Ku!
Or, it should be the fusion of Emperor Ku and Monster Emperor Jun!
It could also explain why the statue was half human and half beast.
If Monster Emperor Jun was called 'Monster Emperor', then his true form was a beast covered in fur.
And, Gao Xin had used the Xuanyuan Sword to do all of that!