Chapter 19 An Internal Strife (1/2)
I was considering the meaning of Zhang Chi Hang's coy smile just and did not understand what these people were talking, so I pulled at Liu Shuai. Seeing that I did not understand, Liu Shuai explained to me, ”if I'm not mistaken, in that plane just now, there are a few people who fell in the same status as Zhou Yuan.”
”They also lost their souls?” I couldn't help but remember Zhou Yuan's current appearance and shuddered.
Zhang Quan responded, “Not merely losing souls, those people have gone further than Zhou Yuan. Their souls have been exchanged for the souls of monsters or goblins. Though such things like goblins possessing human body have happened in the past, those souls did not belong to the bodies, and host bodies usually lost vitality and died not long after possession. Therefore such an evil technique has always been on prohibition. However, if they have a secret technique to achieve confluence of spirit and body, they should be able to exert some kind of limit, and at the same time, live normally for a short period of time. “
I faintly felt that there was a connection between Zhou Yuan's matter and what Zhang Quan described, “so that night, they planned to do something else on Zhou Yuan body?”
“Probably. There should be a soul of an animal being inserted to Zhou Yuan's body within seven days. This way Zhou Yuan would be able to live on without anyone knowing. Originally, Zhou Yuan's soul should be devoured due to a false 'suicide' outside of this law, becoming the blood food of some devil cultivators.”
”So you're saying that if we want to save Zhou Yuan, we simply need to find an animal's soul and merge it with Zhou Yuan’s body?” I suddenly felt some hope.
“Dream! Not even possible! Don't say such words again! ” Zhang Quan could not help but be furious, while Zhang Chi Hang's expression also instantly turned cold.
I felt weird furtively, but I continued asking without caring about Zhang Quan's persuasion,“Why not? Those people in the plane are all in that situation, ain’t they? ”
“Young man, don't just think of taking the chance and getting things without effort.” Zhang Chi Hang looked at me with a smile. His attitude was much softer than that of Zhang Quan, ”if the method was so simple, why didn't Brother Zhang Quan mention it when you met?”
We looked at Zhang Quan whose Zhang Quan's anger alleviated slightly, then turned to Zhang Chi Hang. Zhang Chi Hang nodded, “just explain to these juniors. This is not a secret, after all, so there is no cause and effect for talking about it.”
Zhang Quan thought for a while, then said, “just like the Black Dragon said, demon souls are not under protection and can be caught by some little deities wherever they go. Confluence of spirit and body between a human and such a soul is very likely to cause a violent death. Furthermore, since demon souls are cultivated, even if they left host bodies, they would still be contaminated with the bodies' aura. If such a soul possesses a human body, even if it uses some secret techniques to force the confluence of spirit and body, it would still be incompatible with the Yin and Yang of human body. After a long time, the body will not die, but personality of the host would probably changed dramatically. After that, the host would lose all the kindness and do everything evil, even killing his father or wife.”
”The Zhou Yuan you want to save, does he want to become like this?” Zhang Chi Hang looked at me.
I immediately shook my head. I really didn't know that there were so many strange things about souls, so I gave up on this idea.
”Mankind is the essence of all living things in the world. Those who defy the heaven's will must undertake the effect.” Zhang Quan explained to us as he picked up the Immortal Tying Rope s from the ground. Only then did we took a close look at the silver round plates on the Immortal Tying Rope, which made us stunned that the two plates were actually one Yuan coins.
“Are you too poor to use nothing but such items to make magic tools?” Liu Shuai couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
“Son, you know nothing about it.” Zhang Quan curled his lips. He did not care that he was even younger than Liu Shuai. ”Do you know why the magic tool of Cao and Bao is called Falling Treasure Coin when they were in the Immortal Granting Age in Shang and Zhou Dynasty? I have studied it for a long time and finally solved the mystery within, and I got the skill to make copies of Falling Treasure Coin of the past. I figured out that it is not feasible to use copper coins as we usually do. Instead, we must use coins from the corresponding era. Only if people consider it as real money does the falling treasure works. This is called the connection between money and deity. “
“Connection between money and deity? It seems to make sense...” Liu Shuai and I looked at Zhang Quan and immediately felt that this dazed master's words were somewhat logical.
“Regarding the raw materials of these two Falling Treasure Coins, I originally planed to use them, well,” Zhang Quan scratched his head, “to ride a bus. I didn't expect that today's subway was cheaper than the bus, so I saved two of them, and they happened to come into use.”
Liu Shuai could not help but retort, “so that’s the rest after you bought a subway ticket. Could you be more reliable, master?”
I couldn't help but laugh. This master truly had a carefree personality, so I planned to tease him, “so does it count as the knockoff of Falling Treasure Coin?”
”What knockoff? This is called reference.” Zhang Quan was startled. Obviously, he did not think that I would ask him that question, so he could only forcefully hold on, ”you can create all kinds of treasures as long as you have the ability and make a proper reference. There was no term like ‘knockoff' in a Taoist’s dictionary.”
”I have been in Fu Tu Kang for many years, so I know exactly the meaning of monkey version. A small factory imitates high-end products of a large factory, creating a product of mediocre quality but extremely similar style. However, all of our products in Fu Tu Kang are authentic, just like the magical tools I referred—“
Zhang Quan seemed to be somewhat guilty when he said these words. He didn't want to look at me, while changing the topic as shifted his gaze towards the Immortal Tying Rope. Then he shouted as if he discovered something, “who did it? Who made this knockoff? Who?”
Zhang Chi Hang followed Zhang Quan's gaze. He was surprised at first, but then he could not hold back his laughter, and laughed out loud, ”Hahaha, Brother Zhang Quan, this is really an internal strife!”