Chapter 530 - Zhi Lin’s Death (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon turned to look at the still screaming Zhi Lin in Shen Ying’s hand. “You swallowed a part of Mushroom’s soul on purpose!” That part of Mushroom’s soul might still have contained some of her memories. That was probably why Zhi Lin could disguise herself as her for so long, so that even Fatty could not tell that she was not Mushroom. This was also probably why Lonemoon was not able to tell that Zhi Lin was possessed. “Mushroom was not devoured by an evil spirit – you were the one who attacked her!”

“No… I don’t know, I don’t know!” Zhi Lin struggled and shouted. They could no longer tell if she was writhing in pain at being literally torn apart, or writhing in guilt after being exposed. She began to stutter helplessly, “I just wanted to come back. I just wanted to come back!”

Everyone’s expressions turned dark as they looked on in disbelief at Zhi Lin. She possessed Mushroom’s body on purpose. That meant that there were many other “coincidences” that could be better explained, including the fact that her soul remained on this earth without her body. They began to think back to everything they had experienced thus far. They could not help but think of the fact that she had been at the bottom of the mountain the entire time. Quhuang City was not far away, perhaps from the beginning she… Suddenly, a wave of shock spread throughout the group.

Even Jian Xing turned pale. He looked absolutely shocked.

Lonemoon lowered his gaze. He raised his hand and dissipated the remaining life hovering around Zhi Lin’s soul. Her translucent soul slowly turned black. That was… ghost Qi!

She was no longer a living soul – she was a true ghost now. He prepared a Reincarnation Array and turned to Shen Ying. “Send her to Samsara.”

Shen Ying frowned. She tightened her grip and a loud crack was heard. A few cracks appeared on the soul in her hands. Then, Shen Ying tossed the soul into the Reincarnation Array. Since Zhi Lin swallowed a part of Mushroom’s soul, she must have been missing a part of her own soul as well. Now that Shen Ying had torn Mushroom’s soul away from Zhi Lin’s, Zhi Lin’s soul was no longer whole. What’s more, it was cracked. Even if she entered Samsara, she would never be born complete again. She would always be missing something.

Lonemoon sighed. She turned to the part of Mushroom’s soul that was beside Fatty. She was more pitiful. All that was left of her was this small part of her soul. Lonemoon could only guess how many times she would have to go through Samsara in order to have a chance to be reborn. After all, even her primary soul had been swallowed by the evil ghost…

Wait a moment!

Evil ghost?

Lonemoon paused, suddenly recalling something. “Shen Ying, where was the remnant soul from the evil ghost earlier?”

Shen Ying stared blankly at Lonemoon. A moment later, she said, “Oh, here!” She retrieved the amulet she got earlier from her storage bag and broke it, setting the remnant soul free. A ball of red light floated out from the amulet and formed a perfect sphere which emanated ghost Qi. In just a few months, the remnant soul had grown. The strange thing was this remnant soul did not take this chance to try and escape. Instead, it remained obediently in front of Shen Ying.

Lonemoon watched on and found that the remnant soul was covered in the baleful Qi of evil spirits. There was no hint of Mushroom’s aura at all. Could he be mistaken?

Just as he was pondering this, Shen Ying flicked her wrist and tossed the red sphere in front of Yi Qing. “Chef, fire!”

“Yes, Master!” Without any hesitation, Yi Qing flicked his wrist and conjured the True Phoenix Fire. The flames of the True Phoenix Fire surrounding the remnant soul so that all the baleful Qi disappeared. Even the ghost Qi was wiped out. Yi Qing retracted the fire to reveal that the originally red remnant soul had turned back into white, and it was slowly taking on human form.

“Mushroom!” Fatty shouted joyfully. He was the first to recognize Mushroom.

Nobody would have guessed that the evil spirit’s remnant soul contained Mushroom’s primary soul. Lonemoon heaved a sigh of relief. It was no wonder that the remnant soul of the evil spirit rushed toward Shen Ying after the evil ghost died. So it had not been trying to escape – it was Mushroom’s primary soul rushing to Shen Ying for help.