Xuanxia

Chapter 1023 Counter-Plan
Fu Qingzhou did not let anyone know that he had returned to Beiyi.

Aiguli said a few words to her tribesmen, asking them to leave first, as she had some other things to do in the tribe. Now that she had an extremely high status, no one dared to question what she said, and so soon, only two people were left in the former site of the Sand Scorpion Tribe.

"Master Zuling."

Aiguli held the ink bead and asked carefully, "What do you want me to do?"

Fu Qingzhou pondered in silence.

He is still thinking.

The best way is to go to the Styx Valley, where the death aura is strong, and Ayiguli's Styx Nine Transformations Divine Art can be better displayed there, but it will take some time to get to the Styx Valley, and...

"Master Zuling."

At this time, Ayiguli asked tentatively: "How about I try to talk to it first? I can feel that although it has strong emotions, it seems to have calmed down a lot, and it seems that we can communicate..."

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "Okay, you try it first."

Aiguli nodded vigorously, quickly closed her eyes, and held the ink bead tightly in both hands.

Soon, waves of ghostly energy began to ripple around her body.

Fu Qingzhou's eyes were slightly stern.

The ghost energy on Ayiguli's body is not strong. She is only at the fifth level of Wuqiao now, which is far from those ghost cultivation masters in Xishuo Army. But the ghost energy on her body is extremely pure, and... there is not a trace of evil.

The ghost cultivators in the Xishuo Army were also ghostly, but they gave people a feeling of being eerie, terrifying, and fierce...

In contrast, when Aiguli practiced the Nine Revolutions of the Styx, the ghostly aura on her body was extremely peaceful, even with an indescribable mystery. Fu Qingzhou had only seen this feeling when the old ghost was performing at full strength.

Oh, no, Biyun before also gave him this feeling.

Sure enough, the pure Styx Nine Revolutions Divine Art is still very different.

Just at this moment, Aiguli opened her eyes.

"Master Zuling!"

She said in astonishment: "No, there is more than one soul here!"

"What?!" Fu Qingzhou was shocked: "What's going on?"

"I, I don't know..."

Ayiguli was startled by her appearance and responded nervously: "I tried to communicate with it and let it tell me what it could remember, but it just read a story like a girl named Qiuchan..."

Fu Qingzhou's eyebrows twitched slightly.

“But it doesn’t feel right to me.”

Ayiguli said, her voice gradually calming down: "It obviously has such strong emotions, but when it conveyed these stories to me, it was completely inconsistent with its emotions, so... I tried to go a little deeper."

"As I got deeper, I discovered... it was made up of at least a dozen different souls. Those strong emotions were all the resentment, pain, and anger they felt before they died."

She raised her head and looked at Fu Qingzhou solemnly: "Master Zuling, I don't know how this was done..."

"fine."

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes: "The person who did this is probably much more skilled in ghost arts than you are. It's even possible that it wasn't done by one person..."

He stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and continued to ask: "Are you sure that there is more than one soul here?"

"can."

Ayiguli nodded immediately and said, "Except for the memory of Miss Qiuchan, they can't even convey a clear memory picture... They were torn apart and reshaped by someone."

"What's the point of doing this?" Fu Qingzhou frowned and asked, "Tear it apart and reshape it..."

"Master Zuling, perhaps this is to make these souls forget their original selves?"

Ayiguli asked uncertainly: "This way, it will be easier for them to accept that I am Miss Qiuchan..."

"That makes sense." Fu Qingzhou nodded.

He also breathed a sigh of relief.

He reached out and took the ink bead from Ayiguli's hand and placed it in his palm. In fact, with his ability, he could also explore the memories in this soul, but he could see that this soul was already very fragile, and he was worried that his power was too strong and would destroy it.

That's why he wanted to find Ayiguli and use ghost magic to investigate.

Now that he was sure that this was not Qiu Chan's soul, Fu Qingzhou finally felt relieved.

He closed his eyes, and his consciousness surged into the ink bead.

The next moment, a large number of memories came flooding back to him - yes, those were indeed Qiu Chan's memories, when she was young, she practiced in Ziqi Xianfeng Temple, she followed Baihe Zhenren to learn the exercises, Baihe Zhenren took her down the mountain and taught her how to behave, she played and frolicked with her fellow apprentice sisters...

These memories seem to be played like a slide show, with no order of importance. If I had to describe it, it's like an extremely mediocre movie. The director roughly edited all the clips together. There is no transition, no beginning, no end, no detailed description, and everything about it... is without emotion.

It's all a running account.

"I see. What Ayiguli said is indeed correct."

Fu Qingzhou's mood at this time was very calm.

If he had risked immersing his spiritual consciousness into it without knowing that it was a fake soul and discovered Qiu Chan's memories, he would have been totally confused and might not have noticed that there was something wrong with this memory that was like a running account.

And when he tried to immerse his spiritual consciousness deeper, as expected, his overly powerful spiritual consciousness instantly exploded these pieced-together souls!
click!
With a crisp sound, the ink bead shattered suddenly, and more than a dozen puffs of smoke were released in an instant. They made low and sharp ghost howls. The strong emotions even made Aiguli unable to bear it. She covered her ears, her expression became painful, and she backed away repeatedly.

But then, Fu Qingzhou stretched out his hand, grabbed in the air, and caught the dozen or so residual souls in his hands.

Afterwards, he put his hands together and actually... started reciting Buddhist scriptures.

He was proficient in the four major sword techniques of the Jinchan Temple. When he was lurking in the Fanyin Temple before, he naturally learned some Buddhist scriptures. Now, at a time like this, it was perfect to use them to liberate the remaining souls.

"If in the future, there are people who lack food and clothing, and those who seek will not get what they want... or they dream of evil ghosts and their family members at night, or they travel on dangerous roads, or they have nightmares and travel with ghosts and gods..."

Hearing him reciting these Buddhist scriptures, Aiguli was slightly stunned, but did not say anything.

Soon, Fu Qingzhou finished reciting the sutra for rebirth, and the residual souls in his clasped palms turned into white mist and dissipated from between his palms. Those strong emotions turned into calm and no longer existed.

"Master Zuling, what is this?"

After Fu Qingzhou finished the salvation, Ayiguli suddenly asked: "What a strange feeling... Was that a spell you just chanted? I don't understand it, but just by listening, I feel that my cultivation is increasing. Moreover, some of the things I didn't understand in my previous practice seem to have some enlightenment..."

"Oh?"

Fu Qingzhou was stunned: "Buddhist scriptures can also have this effect?"

"Buddhist scriptures..." Aiguli pondered over these two words thoughtfully.

"If you need it, I'll get you some Buddhist scriptures later."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Right now, we have more important things to do."

After confirming that the fake soul was not Qiu Chan, he felt a lot more relieved. Most importantly, he could continue with the Yuan family's undercover plan... but he had to make some small adjustments.

The person who created this fake soul must have something of Qiu Chan in his hand, and it is even possible that he is simply restraining Qiu Chan.

But there is no need to rush.

Fu Qingzhou is still unsure of the other party's purpose in creating this fake soul, but it is obvious that this thing cannot hurt him...so the biggest possibility is that it is used to influence his mood, thoughts, and plans.

So, the best way at the moment is to keep the troops in place and respond to all changes with constancy. Only in this way can we lure out the people on the opposite side step by step and finally find Qiu Chan!
Secondly, Aiguli cannot be exposed for the time being... Almost no one knows that she can use ghost magic, so this trump card must be kept hidden.

Another point is that you must figure out how the other party can accurately locate you. This is also very important.

"Next, I want you to..."

Fu Qingzhou spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)