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Chapter 1022 The Only Answer

The reason why the White Tiger and the Vermillion Bird's sealing methods are completely different is that the former uses the Heaven-Repairing Divine Stone plus his own spiritual power, so even if he loses a lot of spiritual power in the process, it will not cause any harm to the White Tiger's soul. But the Vermillion Bird's method is much more radical. He uses his own soul as a price to seal the Black Tortoise's soul in an ordinary stone. When the seal is released in the future, the Vermillion Bird's soul will be completely consumed, and there will be no room for reversal.

Meng Zhe couldn't understand why Zhuque used such an extreme method to seal Xuanwu's soul. When he sealed Qinglong, who had already been possessed by the devil, he didn't think of using such a cruel method? But even if he couldn't understand it, Meng Zhe knew that Zhuque must have his own reasons for doing so, and he also believed that Zhuque didn't choose to do so for his own selfish reasons...

In fact, when Meng Zhe first received Deng Kai's call, he was very hesitant about this matter. On the one hand, he didn't want Qinglong to occupy Song Jiang's body, nor did he want Xuanwu to occupy Song Jiang's body. Because in his opinion, Song Jiang, as an ordinary person, shouldn't be involved in the dispute between gods and become the one to be sacrificed; on the other hand, both Qinglong and Xuanwu were his former comrades, and from a moral point of view, it would be fine if Meng Zhe didn't help, but at least he shouldn't stop it, right? !
So even though Meng Zhe finally saved Song Jiang, he was still very conflicted, because he knew that if he really wanted to save people, he should have taken Song Jiang away from this hell as soon as possible, instead of letting him go to find the basalt boulder. Especially when he saw that there was no way out, he was even a little happy in his heart, but he didn't feel happy for a while, and that damned King Pingdeng sent someone to pick him up...

Led by the hunchbacked old man, the two walked out of the deep corridor and finally came to the huge basalt stone. Compared with the last time, the cracks on the stone seemed to be more obvious. Song Jiang knew that even if he did not unlock the seal himself, it would not last long.

As if sensing Song Jiang's presence, the boulder suddenly shook slightly. The hunchbacked old man was horrified and quickly stepped back... Perhaps he realized his own misconduct, so he quickly bowed to Meng Zhe and said, "Please forgive me, Lord God... I am too weak to get too close to the Xuanwu boulder. Now the boulder is right here, and my mission has been completed. I am ready to go back and report to His Royal Highness the King of Heping."

Unexpectedly, Meng Zhe said coldly, "Wait...some things haven't been made clear yet, how can you just leave like this?"

The hunchbacked old man broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. He had always heard that the White Tiger Lord was not easy to deal with, so he hurriedly said with a smile, "Please forgive me, Lord Lord. I am just a close follower of King Pingdeng. I know very little. How about..."

"How about letting your King Pingdeng come and explain to me personally? You must explain everything to me today no matter what. Don't think you can get away with it by hiding and pretending to be dead!" Meng Zhe said in a dignified manner.

The hunchbacked old man knelt down on the spot in fear when he heard this and said, "Lord God, spare me. I am really just an errand boy and I know nothing else. But His Royal Highness King Pingdeng said that if Lord White Tiger wants to know the truth, he must unlock the seal on the boulder. The answer you want is inside. Of course, this is not what our His Royal Highness King Pingdeng said. He is just repeating Lord Suzaku's original words."

When Song Jiang heard this, what was he waiting for? After all, the seal had to be unlocked. Instead of continuing to argue with the King of Hell, why not just unlock it? Thinking of this, Song Jiang didn't say hello to Meng Zhe. He walked straight to the boulder, cut his palm with the dagger on his body, and smeared all the blood on the boulder... Who knew that the Xuanwu boulder was slightly excited after sensing Song Jiang's presence, but it didn't change at all because of his blood. Even Meng Zhe was a little surprised when he saw it. This was indeed different from what he had originally thought. Could it be that Song Jiang's blood didn't have the power to unlock the seal? !

Just when Song Jiang and Meng Zhe were both confused, they heard the hunchbacked old man say casually, "Could it be that the blood...is not enough? Maybe it will work only if we smear the entire boulder with it."

Before Song Jiang could speak, Meng Zhe said coldly, "Get away...if you dare to say another word, I will destroy your soul immediately."

Meng Zhe was not a god who would joke. After hearing this, the hunchbacked old man did not dare to hesitate. He said "yes" repeatedly, then stood up and left quickly. If it were not for his physical disability, he would have wanted to run...

Seeing this, Song Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "Why did you scare him? In fact, when he didn't react just now, I also guessed that it was because he didn't have enough blood... Remember when I unlocked the seal of the magic stone? That drained all the blood from my body!"

Song Jiang didn't wait for Meng Zhe's reaction before he tried to climb onto the boulder. Meng Zhe grabbed him and said, "It's not too late for you to regret now... I can take you away from here right away."

Song Jiang sighed after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "Forget it... You should know that this is my fate. I know you have spent a lot of time to help me find a solution, but this is not a multiple-choice question, and I am the only answer. But I still want to thank you for trying to change my fate, so no matter what happens next, I will not blame you."

Song Jiang's words made Meng Zhe feel a deep sense of powerlessness. He didn't know how to break the situation. If he had to sacrifice himself to unlock the seal, he would definitely not hesitate... But the problem is that the sacrifice is now Song Jiang, and he has already died once before to unlock the seal of the magic stone! Why is it that when things have developed to this point, the sacrifice is still him? ! No one is destined to be the one to be sacrificed? !
Song Jiang knew that Meng Zhe was in trouble, so he gently broke free from his hand, and then climbed onto the boulder with great effort. This time he directly cut the artery on his left wrist. Blood instantly splattered on the boulder, and soon flowed along the cracks to cover the entire boulder.

After seeing this scene, Song Jiang finally felt relieved. In order to prevent the blood from flowing out of one hand from being insufficient, he immediately cut the artery at the wrist of the other hand, then sat down helplessly, slowly waiting for death to come...