Chapter 336
“Isolated from the outside world… In other words, another space!”
Spaces can have isolation methods, and once you step into another space, it indeed becomes impossible to sense anything.
“When I realized I could no longer sense Big Brother, I decided to go to Yunluo Town to find him. But just as I was preparing to leave for Yunluo Town, I felt that the gaze watching me grew even more intense.”
“The night before I planned to leave for Yunluo Town, a soul entered my body,” Nangong Yan recounted calmly. “At that time, I didn’t know what was happening; I just felt someone had taken over my body.”
“I instinctively resisted, and the other party didn’t get what they wanted, so they eventually chose to cooperate with me.”
At this point, Nangong Yan paused and looked at Huang Quan. “That soul is the man you saw earlier.”
“As for who that man is…” Nangong Yan thought for a moment and continued, “He is, technically, our mother’s elder brother.”
Hearing this, Huang Quan wasn’t surprised.
It would be impossible to possess someone’s body from such a great distance without a blood relation.
“His talent in the Spirit Clan is very high, specializing in formations and forbidden techniques,” Nangong Yan said. “This wouldn’t have been a problem, but his curiosity got the better of him. He used forbidden techniques to open the Spirit Clan’s forbidden ground and took something from inside.”
“He took out a black fragment from inside,” Nangong Yan continued. “That fragment emitted a very strong aura of death. The Spirit Clan could resist death energy, but if it was too strong, even those with the Spirit Clan’s bloodline couldn’t withstand it.”
“If he had put it back, nothing would have happened. But his curiosity got the better of him, and he loved researching all sorts of strange forbidden techniques. This led to a disaster.”
“Because of what he did, the Spirit Clan lost over a hundred people.”
“The Spirit Clan’s leader, who was our maternal grandfather, was furious and sentenced him to death, demanding that he pay for the lives of those who died,” Nangong Yan explained. “Except for his family, everyone in the Spirit Clan wanted him dead. No one saved him, and he was killed. However, because of that fragment, his soul remained in the Spirit Clan, but he couldn’t leave.”
“That was because his body was buried inside the Spirit Clan.”
“He couldn’t leave the Spirit Clan, and no one inside could see him, so he had to find a way to escape.”
“While he was trying to find a way to save himself, Mother gradually grew up. The Spirit Clan’s Saintess possessed powerful spiritual power, and with the Spirit Clan’s bloodline, she couldn’t see him but could sense his existence.”
“When he died, Mother was still young. However, even then, she knew the extent of his crimes, so even though she sensed him, she didn’t help him escape from the Spirit Clan.”
“His soul, for some reason, did not dissipate. If he were to leave the Spirit Clan, he could cause harm to people outside, which Mother feared, so she didn’t help him.”
“He understood Mother’s thoughts and didn’t force her; he simply continued to stay inside the Spirit Clan. Later, the only person who could sense him left the Spirit Clan…”
“Having no other options, he continued researching ways to leave.”
“Many years passed, and he eventually found a way using the fragment—by possessing a body,” Nangong Yan said. “But he could only possess a body with a blood relation.”
“But while he met this criterion, he didn’t meet another,” Nangong Yan continued. “For some reason, those with a blood relation didn’t have strong bodies.”
“After staying with the fragment for so long, he was tainted by the death energy from it. When he possessed a body, that body would soon fall ill.”
Chapter 337: The Soul-Searching Artifact
“With no other option, he had to abandon the body he had already possessed. Later, he thought of Mother,” Nangong Yan’s expression twisted for a moment as he spoke. “He said Mother’s spiritual power was very strong, and if he possessed her body, nothing would happen.”
After hearing Nangong Yan’s words, everyone understood why his expression had twisted earlier.
“But he didn’t find Mother. Instead, he found me and Big Brother,” Nangong Yan continued. “The gaze that was watching us, as I mentioned earlier, was his.”
“He initially wanted to choose between me and Big Brother, but later he found Big Brother’s situation a bit unusual, so he chose me,” Nangong Yan said. “This explains his origin and reason.”
“He wanted to possess my body mainly as a way to leave the Spirit Clan,” Nangong Yan explained. “But I’m not someone who would easily let him take over. Eventually, we reached a compromise.”
“I lent him my body, and in return, he agreed to help me find our parents and Big Brother,” Nangong Yan continued. “After Big Brother disappeared, and another soul appeared in my body, I discarded the communication stone.”
“If the communication stone remained, he could have contacted you while I slept. I couldn’t know what he might have said to you, so I chose not to make contact.”
“No wonder both you and Big Brother lost contact afterward,” Huang Quan remarked.
“It was all beyond my control.”
Huang Quan frowned slightly and did not continue on that topic. Instead, she asked, “Second Brother, you said he agreed to help you find our parents, but it seems they haven’t been found yet. However, since he found Father’s jade pendant, there should be some clues, right?”
“Yes,” Nangong Yan nodded. “Father’s jade pendant was found by him in a pool inside a cave. I suspect it was deliberately left there by Father as a clue.”
“In what kind of situation would someone deliberately leave a clue?”
Jing Chen answered, “When someone is captured and under surveillance.”
“That’s correct,” Nangong Yan agreed. “We’ve been investigating along the path from where we found the pendant for the past two years, but we haven’t found any leads.”
“Later, he accidentally saw Crown Prince Di Qin in the Buddhist Capital.”
“He could see the death aura surrounding Crown Prince Di Qin. Upon seeing it, he thought of a plan.”
Huang Quan asked, “What plan?”
“To create a soul-searching artifact,” Nangong Yan replied. “The soul-searching artifact requires blood containing death aura. The fragment could be used as the main body of the artifact, but it also needed blood containing a death aura. In this regard, only Crown Prince Di Qin met the criteria—no one else did.”
“So, is that why you sought out Nangong Qingle?”
“He was the one who sought her out,” Nangong Yan quickly distanced himself from any fault, thinking about how Di Qin would be his future brother-in-law. “He said that because Di Qin had death aura, he couldn’t make contact with normal people, but those with the Spirit Clan’s bloodline could make brief contact.”
“Although the contact time was short, it was better than no contact at all,” Nangong Yan explained. “So he returned to the Spirit Clan and chose Nangong Qingle.”
“The reason he chose Nangong Qingle was, firstly, because she had her own secrets and was easier to control compared to other members of the Spirit Clan. Secondly, her appearance was considered one of the best in the clan,” Nangong Yan explained. “He said that since she was going to be involved with the Crown Prince, her looks had to match his status.”
“So, he gave her the jade pendant and instructed her to go to the Nangong family of the Tianqi Empire, impersonating you, Quanquan, and infiltrate the Nangong family.”
“Wait a moment!”
This chapter ends here. Happy reading!
