Chapter 124: Unfathomable
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Grand Preceptor Xikong immediately cried out, “Ow! That hurt terribly. You hit me so hard.”
Yun Zui, however, was stunned. Why could he feel pain?
“What is going on?” Completely bewildered, Yun Zui could not make sense of what had happened.
The dead could appear before her. She had been inside the Ice Palace, yet somehow she had ended up on a rooftop!
“Have you noticed these ancient robes I’m wearing?” Grand Preceptor Xikong spread his arms, and his broad sleeves unfurled at once.
Yun Zui was astonished. Why was Yun Kong wearing ancient robes as well?
“Grandfather, have you transmigrated too?” Yun Zui saw through it instantly.
At once, Grand Preceptor Xikong praised her. “My goodness, why is my granddaughter so clever?”
Three black lines seemed to trickle down Yun Zui’s forehead in speechless exasperation. Her grandfather was still the same mischievous old child.
As though she had suddenly thought of something, Yun Zui called out, “Wait!”
She had just realized something extremely important.
The identity one assumed after transmigrating did not merely determine one’s fate in ancient times. Her grandfather had also said that he was Grand Preceptor Xikong!
She had been too excited to notice it before, but now that she thought about it, the whole thing was incredibly strange.
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Grand Preceptor Xikong was the very culprit responsible for having her buried alive as a sacrificial consort, while her own grandfather had always doted on her most!
“What is it?” Grand Preceptor Xikong asked in bewilderment.
Yun Zui narrowed her eyes and demanded, “Tell me again—who are you?”
“Grand Preceptor Xikong of the Mo Chi Kingdom.” After answering, he straightened his back, clearly convinced that Yun Zui must have been astonished.
Yet upon hearing this, Yun Zui’s expression suddenly turned fierce. She roared, “Then were you the one who recommended me as the imperial consort chosen for burial by the late emperor a year ago?!”
According to the rumors circulating outside, the ancient Yun Zui had been buried alive as a sacrificial consort because of Grand Preceptor Xikong.
“Yes.” Grand Preceptor Xikong saw nothing wrong with it.
Yun Zui immediately leapt to her feet in fury. “Are you still my grandfather? How could you let Yun Zui die?!”
Grand Preceptor Xikong quickly raised a finger to his lips. Only then did Yun Zui realize that they were still standing on someone else’s roof and needed to keep their voices down.
“I did it all for your sake. If the ancient Yun Zui had not died, how could you have come back to life?” Grand Preceptor Xikong gazed at Yun Zui as though his reasoning were self-evident.
After a moment of stunned silence, Yun Zui fell into deep thought.
Everything felt far too complicated.
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“Then did the ancient Yun Zui truly die, or did she transmigrate to the modern world?” Yun Zui asked, confused.
At this, Grand Preceptor Xikong gave a profound, enigmatic smile. Stroking his beard, he said, “A person is made up of three souls and seven spirits. Not everyone can transmigrate. The reason you and I were able to do so is that our souls were scattered and reincarnated across different eras. My modern soul possessed the ancient Grand Preceptor Xikong. Now I am a complete person, possessing all three souls and seven spirits. But you…”
Grand Preceptor Xikong paused before continuing, “You currently possess only one soul and seven spirits.”
Yun Zui was utterly astonished. Was she incomplete now?
“Then what happened to my other two souls?” she immediately asked.
Grand Preceptor Xikong answered at once, “That depends on the right moment. I have already found where your other two souls are, but the time is not yet ripe for them to return to you.”
“You’re deliberately being cryptic.” Yun Zui was somewhat displeased.
Grand Preceptor Xikong could only explain helplessly, “Don’t worry, you little wretch. Everything is governed by destiny. When the time is right, not only will you possess all three souls and seven spirits—you will also enjoy an extraordinarily perfect marriage.”
With that, Grand Preceptor Xikong once again smiled mysteriously.
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