Chapter 29 Taoist Priest Lingxiao (1/2)

Wen Jiubo’s tone sounded like some villain from a hot-blooded cartoon, and it made me burst into laughter.

“Really? I thought I heard you say that evil and good are just social constructs made up by human beings,” I said with a smile.

“Some are, while some are not,” Wen Jiubo paid no attention to my joke and went on. “There are some things that can capture the darkest side of human nature and use it for its own benefit. From every perspective, it is evil.”

“But you said that this Jade Ruyi can realize one’s wish, didn’t you?” I asked.

“That comes with a price,” Wen Jiubo said sternly. “If you make a wish to the Jade Ruyi, then you must pay a price equivalent to the value of the wish. And that price is not something everyone can afford.”

“What price?” I asked curiously.

Surprisingly, Wen Jiubo shook his head. “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“I’ve never really seen that object. So, the only knowledge I have of it is from my perspective as a victim to its power when it sealed me, and some investigations I did afterward,” Wen Jiubo said calmly.

“So you’re saying that you were sealed by that object?” I asked.

“As I said, the Jade Ruyi can realize wishes. This was why a weak priest with no power such as Lingxiao was able to seal me so easily. After I was sealed, my power was scattered all over the world. I could no longer maintain my animal form and was barely able to live as a human being,” Wen Jiubo said softly. “The Jade Ruyi can be used for good or evil. But in most cases, it seduces the darkest side of human nature, which is why I called it the most dangerous ritual instrument.”

I nodded and gradually understood how the Taoist priest Lingxiao sealed the nine-tailed fox. But why did he show up again? What purpose did he have now?

Just before I was about to ask, Wen Jiubo stopped me with a hand gesture. He seemed to have already guessed my question.

“First of all, I don’t know why he showed up again after thousands of years. When I first heard that there was a strange Taoist priest from Su Xiaoyun, I didn’t think much of it. After all, he’s still a human being and there is no reason he could live that long. However, as more and more incidents occurred, and his name was increasingly linked to the mastermind behind, I became sure he was the same Taoist priest Lingxiao I knew. If you wish to know what he wants from me, I think the purpose of our mysterious mastermind is very obvious.”

“What’s his purpose? Why can’t I see it?”

“He wants to trouble me,” Wen Jiubo turned his head and said. “No matter what he did or what kind of strange plan he carried out behind the scenes, there is one common goal, that is to interfere with my plans. I know that man. He’s willing to do anything in order to achieve his goal.”

“Really?”

“Lingxiao is… how should I put, he’s just like a child,” Wen Jiubo thought for a moment before answering me.