In the game.
Fang Yu opened his eyes.
"So fast?"
Ding Hui was a bit puzzled, she thought she would have to stay until dawn.
But ending so quickly... the result might not be very good.
Seeing Fang Yuâs silent demeanor, Ding Hui tentatively asked.
"Failed?"
Fang Yu closed his eyes and slowly nodded.
Ding Hui comforted him, "Itâs okay, thereâs still a chance. There are so many miraculous things in the world, there must be a way to save your friend."
Fang Yu sighed and stood up.
"I failed, but also didnât... things have gotten a bit complicated, Ding Hui, do you know about the soul?"
"Soul? I believe more in things one can touch and see."
Ding Hui frowned, "Whatâs going on? Didnât the Life Seed work?"
"It worked, but my friendâs soul has been imprisoned by a person named Lian Xiaoya. What Iâve revived now is just a shell."
"Soul... imprisoned?"
Ding Hui was stunned.
She had traveled far and wide all these years and was quite knowledgeable, but sheâd never heard of matters concerning the soul.
"Big trouble... your friend has gotten into big trouble."
Involving the soul, anyone could tell it must be big trouble.
"I have to save her."
Fang Yu said determinedly.
"How to save her? How to rescue her? Where is she?"
With these three questions, Fang Yu could only shake his head.
Currently, the only piece of information Fang Yu had was the name Lian Xiaoya. As for where to find this person, it was truly a mystery.
"How much longevity do you have left?"
Ding Hui suddenly asked out of the blue.
"About forty years or so."
Ding Hui smiled.
"I will see to it that you live longer."
Fang Yu also smiled; he trusted Ding Huiâs words.
"What do you intend to do now? Still going to Thunder City?"
"Yes!"
Just as he thought before, big cities had better chances of finding relevant information.
If he stayed in a small place, he might never uncover the information related to soul imprisonment in his lifetime.
"Then letâs go collect the masterless spirit first," Ding Hui suggested.
"Of course."
Originally, this place wasnât far from where the masterless spirit was hidden.
Fang Yu and Ding Hui drove the carriage and traveled for another day.
By noon the next day, they finally arrived at the location mentioned by Lei Shenhao for hiding the spirit.
"Nothing here."
Fang Yu looked around the endless fields of grass and couldnât see any sign of the spirit.
"Look around, since itâs a hidden treasure, it surely wonât be easily found."
Ding Hui bent down, groping and searching in the grass.
Fang Yu frowned, transforming his right hand into a Bone Blade, and slashed horizontally.
Whishâ
The knee-high grass in front was cleared with a slash, leaving only grass roots and small sprouts.
And a somewhat odd stone was revealed.
"A skull carved from stone?"
Ding Hui went over, touched the skull, and tried to lift it from the ground, but the skull didnât budge.
"Let me try."
Fang Yu went over and pulled, resulting in cracks forming around the ground surrounding the skull. Evidently, a little more force might tear the skull out along with the ground.
Ding Hui went over and scraped a few times at the soil around the skull, discovering that the skull was actually part of a complete skeleton, with only the skull exposed above ground.
"Pull it out; it must be this thing," Ding Hui instructed.
There was nothing else special around, only this stood out.
Fang Yu didnât stand on ceremony and directly pulled the entire skeleton from the ground with great force.
After patting the dirt off the skeleton, Fang Yu placed it on the ground.
"Now what?"
Ding Hui looked at him, frustrated.
"Asking me? Youâre the Believer, think about whether there are any common methods used by believers?"
Ding Huiâs words gave Fang Yu a direction.
He placed his hand on the skull, slowly channeling the Bloodline Spiritâs power.
Soon, he felt a kind of resonant aura from the skull.
Indeed!
Pouring the Bloodline Spiritâs power into the skull.
Fang Yu immediately discovered a spirit imprisoned within the skull!
Only the power of a fellow Believer could unlock this prison and release the spirit.
So this was... Qingling Taoistâs insurance...
Really careful. Even if a Believer encountered it in the wild, they wouldnât be interested in a skeleton overgrown with weeds, let alone needing to infuse the Believerâs power into the skull to discover the secret.
Moreover, from the way the skull was buried, it seemed that this skeleton was initially underground, just exposed by rain and the passage of time.
"Howâs it going?" Ding Hui leaned over to ask.
"Itâs in the skull, shall we release it?"
"No! No need to release it now, we should just take it with us. Besides, I also want to research this method of sealing spirits and see how itâs accomplished."
Ding Hui was interested in everything, but Fang Yu was more curious about what kind of powers this spirit possessed.
"Release me...out..."
Suddenly, a voice echoed in Fang Yuâs mind.
Oh?
Fang Yu looked down at the skull.
The spirit imprisoned in the skull was using its power to communicate with Fang Yu.
"Release me! I am the rewind spirit! I will grant you a contract, bestowing you with boundless power!"
Rewind Spirit?
Fang Yuâs lips curled into a smile.
Sounds... pretty good.
If he possessed both the power of the Repeat Spirit and the Rewind Spirit, wouldnât that mean... a double rewind? Double negatives make a positive?