Chapter 1168 - Reborn Spirit (1/2)

“Interesting.”

Stefania shifted her gaze away from the sleeping woman and blinked curiously.

“Even though I’ve seen similar beings, this is the first time I’m unable to figure out the exact situation. After all, such beings are extremely mysterious. I’m not too familiar with the Dragon Soul Continent, so I can only rely on my experience to judge the situation.”

“Is that so…”

Upon hearing Stefania’s response, Rhode shrugged helplessly. He had also thought about this issue when he first saw Stefania. Plane merchants were indeed knowledgeable, but due to them being overly-knowledgeable, they had a harder time figuring many things out. Just like himself, Stefania recognized the essence of that woman immediately, but couldn’t pinpoint what exactly went wrong.

“Yes, I’ve faced such instances several times, with some people purposely creating and storing puppets who look exactly like them. As long as they were dead, their spirits could enter their puppets and they could be resurrected. Yes… judging from this, that situation seems similar to this woman’s. If I’m not wrong in my guess, I think she is a vessel.”

“Vessel?”

Upon hearing Stefania’s comments, Rhode was befuddled. The inspiration that he couldn’t grasp earlier suddenly appeared in his mind.

That’s right, a vessel! No wonder I kept wondering about it and couldn’t recall something that felt so familiar.

After being reminded by Stefania, Rhode finally figured out the missing link. Logically, it was impossible for the woman to be born from the ground. But that was in terms of logic, after all. But in the Dragon Soul Continent, many things couldn’t be explained by logic and that included dragon soul heirs.

Dragon soul heirs weren’t inherited by blood, but were born through the cohesion of dragon soul powers and the continent’s essence instead. Their bodies were most suitable to contain dragon soul powers, which was why they were chosen to become dragon soul heirs. In that case, if BoBo wasn’t wrong about that woman being born from the ground, she would be somewhat similar to dragon soul heirs, especially the twin dragons in the Country of Law. The twin dragons weren’t given birth to, but were bred from the fruits of the Spirit Tree instead. Judging from this aspect, the woman was somewhat similar to them.

However, the biggest difference between them was that the woman didn’t have a spirit. Logically speaking, a living being without spirit was dead and the dead couldn’t possibly grow.

However, BoBo said the woman grew up inside the crystal…

At this thought, Rhode shook his head. Even though they were similar, there were many areas that were different between them. The power of Order inside the dragon soul heirs weren’t as pure as this woman’s, where it would subconsciously convert the power of Chaos that eroded her into Order. Perhaps not even the twin dragons were capable of doing that.

“Thanks for the reminder, Miss Stefania.”

Even though Rhode didn’t come to a conclusion, he believed that 70 to 80 percent of his guesses were accurate. That was why he returned to his senses quickly and nodded to Stefania. Facing his words, Stefania didn’t continue speaking. Instead, she smiled and turned around to leave.

“What do you think?”

After Stefania left, Rhode asked the question in his head. Upon hearing his doubt, the younger sister sighed.

“Indeed, just like you said, Big Brother. If that woman is a being similar to dragon soul heirs, it isn’t entirely impossible. Besides, it can be explained from the fact that she doesn’t have a spirit inside her. Back then, in order for us to create the Dragon Soul Continent, we led away most people and power from First Wilderness. But you’ve seen it for yourself, Big Brother. It was exactly due to this reason that we caused First Wilderness to lose its initial bustle. But, as it wasn’t created by us, even after losing its power, it was still able to exist between Order and Chaos. But…”

“Even though it exists, it is unable to reproduce new life forms and spirits, which caused it to end up this way, right?”

Rhode was right. The people who remained became worse with each generation. Back then, even though they didn’t leave alongside the five Creator Dragons, Rhode reckoned that they weren’t weak beings either. And now, since they didn’t evolve and had even degraded to the state of primitive, it was sufficient to explain the problem. Due to this reason, this body that was born from gathering the essence of Order didn’t possess a spirit. Besides, it wasn’t a product of the five Creator Dragons, but was born from First Wilderness that created the five Creator Dragons instead. In that case, it wasn’t surprising that this body contained power similar to the five Creator Dragons.

If that was the case, there was also an explanation for why the woman didn’t have a spirit in her.

“Big Brother…”

At that moment, Rhode heard the younger sister’s voice and twitched his brow.

“What’s wrong?”

“If…”

The younger sister sounded rather hesitant. But eventually, she made up her mind and said solemnly.

“… you agree, I would like… to have this body.”

“…”

Rhode’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing her wishes. He was at a loss for words. Of course, he understood his younger sister’s intentions. Even though she was happy to be by his side like this, as a matter of fact she had always yearned for a body of her own. It was especially so after experiencing the days of being influenced under the ‘power of contrast’ by Cassidy. Rhode empathized deeply with his younger sister’s nostalgia toward owning a body. But it was a pity that she was only a remnant of her spirit. Rhode wasn’t able to find any suitable body for her up until now. He also couldn’t possibly kill someone just to pass the body to her. That was why he kept dragging the matter and now, with such a vessel available, it was impossible for the younger sister to not be tempted by the idea.

But…

“Are you confident?”

If the younger sister were an unimportant spirit, Rhode wouldn’t mind giving it a shot. But the problem was that this was his younger sister’s only remaining trace of spirit. Back then, he failed to awaken her as his card spirit as her spiritual powers were too weak for her to manifest. Without any choice left, she had to stay inside his system. But now… it wasn’t anything simple for her to occupy a body. Moreover, she lacked the spiritual powers to do so, which was why Rhode felt concerned.

Not only that, but even though the body seemingly lacked a spirit, this was also Rhode’s guess, after all. Who knew if there were some hidden traps? What if there were some mysterious tricks that not even he had heard of? For instance, this body devoured any spirit that tried to enter, which was how it managed to grow. If that was the case, wouldn’t he be sending his younger sister into a tiger’s den?

He also couldn’t possibly experiment with his younger sister. Of course, he could seize a random spirit and force it inside the body to see the results. It would be best if it was as dangerous as he had guessed. But what if it wasn’t and the spirit fused with the body and couldn’t break free afterward? Even if he killed the spirit later on, he would cause damage to the body too. The body was like a piece of white paper. No matter how one wiped away the ink that stained it, the ink would remain even after using a correctional fluid. Moreover, this body was also extraordinarily strange. Perhaps she contained enormous power and there would be more issues if he had created yet another enemy.

Right now, there wasn’t a spirit inside this piece of white paper, which was coincidentally suitable for his younger sister because she was a spirit. If the body was a corpse left behind by others, it would be challenging to fuse and resurrect due to the remaining traces of the original owner’s spirit. Only a piece of white piece like this that wasn’t occupied by any spirit before was the best vessel for his younger sister.

But… is this risk worth taking?

“… How confident are you?”