Chapter 272: Reunion

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Chapter 272: Reunion

A thousand voices sounded out all around Hui, voices hed heard before, voices he hadnt. He looked around, peering into the mass of glowing light. Human-ish shapes bobbled in the light, indistinguishable from one another, blurring together.

Hui tilted is head. Can you cultivate in here?

Voices sounded, all talking over one another. Hui winced and took a step back, overwhelmed. Seniors, your voices please.

The Sect Master cleared his throat, voice cutting above the babble. It isnt easy, but we arent dead. We can continue to cultivate. Theres even a source of qi in this formation. I hesitate to contemplate where it came from, but

Sect Master did end up in here! Good, good, Hui thought, nodding to himself.

Ah? Are you people doubting your Patriarch once more? After everything Ive done for you

Hui turned. Chen Wuya stood beside him, red robe flying from his shoulders, arms crossed, ragged hair flapping on a breeze no one else felt. Chen Wuya?

Why are you surprised Im in here? You know I built this array, Chen Wuya replied.

Patriarch?

Whos that?

Chen Wuya? Isnt he an ancient demonic cultivator? Whys he calling himself our Patriarch?

The Sect Master appeared before Xiao Hui, assuming human form the same as Hui and Chen Wuya. He bowed deeply to Chen Wuya. Patriarch, accept my apologies. After All-Heavens Sect rose to ascendance, we had no choice but to repress knowledge of you. Their grudge against you against us, was too much to bear with the sect as it is.

Fallen to the level that a mere seventh-stage cultivator is the Sect Master? Chen Wuya asked mockingly.

Sect Master Lan said nothing, instead choosing to silently continue to bow.

Ah, I understand. Well, you also understand me not helping the sect much, Chen Wuya replied.

Or desire, Sect Master Lan murmured.

The two are fundamentally the same, Chen Wuya replied. To be desired by Heaven is diametrically opposed to being beloved of Heaven. Do you understand?

Sect Master Lan hesitated, then bowed his head. This cultivator is not worthy of hearing Patriarchs words.

Chen Wuya clicked his tongue and turned away. Che. Ah, oh well. Youll all learn in time.

Caught up in his contemplation, Hui heard none of their conversation. Instead, he focused on the souls inside the formation. He reached out to one of the glowing ones and tried to draw it apart from the others. It moved, but so did the rest of them. All the souls had no weight, and all were completely stuck to one another. Untangling one simply couldnt be done.

He grit his teeth. If I unraveled the formation, then the souls would untangle. But then the souls would immediately start to dissipate and enter the cycle of reincarnation. Im confident I could guide the souls back to their bodies one-by-one, but without some kind of array or formation, I dont think I could handle re-homing them all at once.

Theres the option of talking to the person who repaired the soul transferal formation last time, but thats Yunxu, isnt it? Hes an outright demonic cultivator. If I hand him the soul transferal formation full of everyones souls, wouldnt he immediately use it to do something horrible and nefarious, like I dont know, try to congeal a Ghost General by putting them all in a ghost flag, or or, I guess, just repair the soul transferal array and use it again to transmigrate someone, or worse! No, no. I absolutely cannot go to Yunxu. I might as well walk straight to Gui Delun instead. Hed kill everyone, but at least he would do it in an upright and righteous way!

Going to Yunxu is no good. What else?

I could try to raise my cultivation to the level I can handle the transferal, but again, Im not Master. Im not confident I could reach a level where I could do such a thing in a mere ten years. True, Im close to my fifth stage ascension already, but cultivation only becomes more difficult once one passes the fifth stage. Its only Master who can do something as ludicrous as skipping the last three stages. And I dont know at what stage I could accurately transfer so many souls into their proper bodies without any assistance.

No good, no good. I need something better.

What if I made a formation of my own? A talisman

The entire world shuddered. Pain slammed into Hui, and his cultivation and heartrate both spiked. His eyes opened, and he stared around, startled.

Sect Master Lan waved his hands at him desperately. Go, get out of here! The formation and your body, are both under attack!

Yeah, go on, scram, Chen Wuya said, scoffing. He hopped up. Red and black swirled, and a crow momentarily appeared in the formation before he disappeared entirely.

Then, Ill go first, Hui said. He bowed once to Sect Master and everyone else, then retracted himself from the formation. Hey! Whos attacking my helpless body? Eh, does it not look dead enough?