CH 96.2

Heyo! I'm back. It's been a heck of grueling months. The site I was using before shut down as I was really unable to take care of it, and now it's impossible for me to reinstate the site or retrieve all the translations there. So, I'll just be with Sleepytranslations :) It will take some time for me to transfer all the novels with whatever I was able to save, but I'll be sure to complete what I've been working on.

A short while later the car parked at the door of the Lu residence. Chen Yu followed the father and son into the door. Mrs. Lu was already waiting in the living room, next to the Yan siblings.

“Shishi, you’re here.” Mrs. Lu smiled gently at Chen Yu.

“Hello auntie.” Chen Yu greeted cordially, then smiled again to Yan Wei who nodded at her. As for Yan Xin, Chen Yu tacitly pretended to treat her like air.

“How are you feeling?” When Lu Jinjiang saw his wife waiting in the living room, he anxiously strode toward her. His wife had reacted uncomfortably to the Mount Tai stone the night before. At present, her soul was unstable without the suppression of the stone.

“I’m fine, don’t worry.” Mrs. Lu looked up at her husband with unmistakable tenderness in her eyes. 

Lu Jinjiang was still uneasy, so he personally checked his wife’s condition, and then frowned. He asked, “Are you feeling dizzy again?”

Mrs. Lu’s soul was unstable and the initial symptom was constant dizziness.

“Not that bad,” Mrs. Lu answered with a shake of her head.

“Don’t shake your head. You can’t shake your head when you’re dizzy.” Lu Jinjiang hurriedly stopped his wife’s self-torture.

Lu Jinjiang initially didn’t want Chen Yu to cast the Soul Calming Spell on his wife as soon as they arrived, but when he saw his wife holding back her dizziness and smilingly saying that she was fine, Lu Jinjiang couldn’t help but feel distressed. He looked back at Chen Yu and said, “Fellow Daoist Chen, the Soul Calming Spell…” 

Chen Yu naturally understood what he meant. With his prompt, she walked to Mrs. Lu’s side. That night, Chen Yu briefly checked Mrs. Lu’s soul, but to be cautious, Chen Yu decided to check again.

“Mrs. Lu’s soul is still in a stable state, so she likely won’t suffer when I cast the Soul Calming Spell at this point.” The Soul Calming Spell was directly branded on the soul, which required the floating three immortal souls and seven mortal forms to be forcibly suppressed. If the souls and mortal forms were too agitated, the person would suffer more. Fortunately, Mrs. Lu’s soul was previously subdued by the Mount Tai stone. Although the stone was removed from her, it was still stable.

“Then I’ll entrust her to you, Fellow Daoist Chen,” Lu Jinjiang said.

If Lu Jinjiang still had doubts before, everything had been completely dispelled after he saw Elder Wu.Back then, it was thanks to Elder Wu’s blessings that he was able to rescue his wife from the Underworld. Such a Metaphysics master could enter and exit freely in the Underworld and then knock a ghost messenger down with a wave of his hand, so it was no surprise that his sect had inherited the Soul Calming Spell. 

“I’m fine casting the Soul Calming Spell, but there’s one thing I want to make clear in advance.” Chen Yu pondered for a moment and decided to tell the truth.

“Shishi, what’s the matter?” Lu Ning asked suspiciously.

“I forgot to tell you the other day.” Chen Yu said, “I remember Soul Calming Spell incantation, and I know how to cast the spell, but I can’t guarantee its effect.”

“What do you mean?” Lu Ning failed to understand, “Since it is a spell to soothe the soul, it is naturally useful. What do you mean you can not guarantee the effect?”

“Uh,” How can I explain this? I can’t just say that the Soul Calming Spell incantation just popped up in my head, can I? Seriously, I seriously doubt it was a spell I dreamed about asleep.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, please speak up if you have any concerns.” Seeing Chen Yu’s embarrassment, Lu Jinjiang prompted aloud.

Chen Yu organized her words and said: “Although this Soul Calming Spell has always been recorded in the books of our sect, neither my grandfather nor I have cast it. We have not practiced it, so I can’t guarantee its effect.”

Chen Yu cooked this excuse up on a whim. Saying that I read it from the records of the sect is more reliable than saying that I dreamed about it, right?

Honestly, Chen Yu now regrets it. Why in the hell did she agree to Lu Ning to help the Lu family to cast the spell?

On the good side, Chen Yu was sure that the Soul Calming Spell wouldn’t cause any harm to the soul. Otherwise, she would have turned her head and left without even trying.

After Chen Yu finished speaking, the Lu father and son fell silent. Yan Xin was somewhat perturbed. She was about to say something, but her brother restrained her. 

“It’s all right.” Mrs. Lu took the lead to break the silence. She said with a smile, “Shishi, feel free to cast the spell. Whether it succeeds or not, I’m grateful to you.”

“Mom.” Lu Ning faced her nervously.

Lu Jinjiang looked at his wife with a complicated expression, and then turned his attention to Chen Yu. In the end it was the reverence for Elder Wu in his heart that prevailed. When it came to Perfected Lou He, his disciple, and their sect’s classics, there absolutely wouldn’t be any fraud. “Fellow Daoist Chen, I understand what you mean. Whether it succeeds or not, the Lu family will be grateful to you.”

“Why are you guys so nervous?”Chen Yu innocently asked in puzzlement. “If it ends up in failure, it won’t cause any adverse effects on Auntie, ah. At best, the status quo will just remain as is. Why do each of you look like you’re confronting a formidable enemy?”

“…” This  was Lu Ning’s. 

“…” This was Lu Jinjiang’s.

“Pfft,” And this was Mrs. Lu, who did not hold back her laughter. “Don’t mind them. They are just nervous.”

The Lu father and son exchanged glances and smiled awkwardly, both understanding that they had been overly worried.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, is there still anything we need to prepare in advance?” Lu Jinjiang asked.

“Just prepare a quiet room.” Chen Yu said, “The spirit qi here is abundant, enough for me to use the Soul Calming Spell.”

Because Mrs. Lu would be unconscious for a while after the Soul Calming Spell was cast, Lu Jinjiang finally chose the couple’s bedroom. He himself took Lu Ning and the Yan siblings to guard the door. Although nervous, he did not know what to do.

“Brother Lu Ning, auntie will be fine,” Yan Xin couldn’t help but comfort him.

“I know, thanks,” Lu Ning nodded.

Inside the room a wall away, Chen Yu let Mrs. Lu lie directly on the bed and instructed, “Auntie Lu, I will cast the Soul Calming Spell in a moment. The process may be a little painful, so please bear with it.”

“Shishi, don’t have any worries. I’m not afraid,” Mrs. Lu turned around and comforted Chen Yu.

“Then close your eyes and wake up after a good sleep,” Chen Yu said.

Mrs. Lu closed her eyes according to her instructions. Next, Chen Yu pointed her finger on her brow, and with a gentle hook, Mrs. Lu’s soul instantly floated from her body.

So easy to get hooked out? It seems that her soul is more unstable than I thought.

While observing Mrs. Lu’s soul, Chen Yu inwardly prayed, hoping that the Soul Calming Spell would be successful this time. That way, Lu Ning’s favor for giving her the Soul Summoning Bell would be regarded as repaid.

Two minutes after the soul was separated from the body, one of the three immortal souls suddenly separated from the main soul. Chen Yu was shocked and stretched out a hand to reunite the souls again.

The mark of Soul Calming Spell must be branded on the three immortal souls and seven mortal forms respectively, and then a new stable form would be shaped between the souls through a special incantation.

Although it was much easier to mark the souls after separating them from each other, if the three immortal souls and seven mortal forms were completely separated, a Celestial Master with low cultivation would likely be able to even gather them together. Even if he could, the souls that were completely separated would cause excruciating pain to the body when they were forcibly gathered by the Soul Calming Spell. 

It was for this reason that Chen Yu said it was a good thing that Mrs. Lu’s soul was relatively stable, but what Chen Yu didn’t expect was that one of Mrs. Lu’s souls would separate so quickly after it left the body. Her brow wrinkled, and she stared intently at Mrs. Lu’s soul, finding the location of each of the three immortal souls and seven mortal forms as quickly as possible and then speedily branding them.

This process greatly consumed Chen Yu’s mental and spiritual power. After this task, Chen Yu’s forehead was densely packed with beads of sweat. However, she didn’t dare to stop to rest, because the three immortal souls and seven mortal forms kept trying to detach themselves now and then. She could only grit her teeth and silently chanted the incantation.

Ten identical soul seals ignited in the three immortal souls and seven mortal forms of Mrs. Lu’s soul, and then a thin golden strand suddenly lit up . Starting from the most marginal mark, the ten marks got closely connected one by one until they no longer tried to separate.

Chen Yu stopped and surveyed the soul that had solidified a lot. She knew that the Soul Calming Spell was almost complete. What was left to do was to return the soul to the body. Once she awakens, it would be a complete success. 

Chen Yu raised her hand and sent Mrs. Lu’s soul back to her body. The mark of the Soul Calming Spell sensed Chen Yu’s spiritual power and suddenly flashed at the same time. Chen Yu was stunned and a dialogue suddenly flashed in her mind.

“Is it true that you can’t remember anything after drinking Mengpo soup?”

“Of course.”

“But what if there are people and things that you don’t want to forget?”

“Reincarnation means new life, and they are supposed to be forgotten.”

“I mean if.”

“Meng Po soup washes away the memories in the mind, but the memories imprinted on the soul will never be forgotten even in reincarnation.”

Soul imprint? Does it refer to the Soul Calming Spell?

But why do I suddenly know this? For a rare moment, Chen Yu fell into thought.

The author has something to say:

The lady heard what happened to Young Yan and went to question Young Wu

Lady: Is it you who caught a zombie to scare Young Master Yan?

Young Wu: Yes. 

Lady: Why?

Young Wu: I don’t like him.

Lady: Why?

Young Wu: He wore an outfit identical to mine.

The lady gnashing her teeth: Idiot!