Xuanxia

Chapter 923: New Huo Yaer (Part )
"You came."

In the small courtyard of Qiluo Palace, seeing Fu Qingzhou's arrival, several people sitting around the fountain pool cast their eyes over at the same time.

In addition to the three "spiritual dragons", Changsun Jiansu, Gongyang Xunyan and other old acquaintances, Fu Qingzhou also saw Dong Qianran.

Dong Qianran's face was a little pale, without a trace of blood, and she looked quite weak. When she saw Fu Qingzhou coming, she smiled slightly.

"President Dong."

Fu Qingzhou quickly bowed and saluted.

He didn't know that Dong Qianran also stayed in Qiluo Palace.

"How polite."

Dong Qianran smiled and said, "Now that you have the ability of the cave heaven and are the special envoy of Mingjian Pavilion, you and I can call each other senior sister and junior brother."

"Yes, Senior Sister Dong." Fu Qingzhou readily followed suit.

Then he turned his gaze to the other people.

They sat around a round table. On one of the chairs at the table was a "living person" with his eyes open, but without any divine light in them. It was Huo Yaer.

There was also an object on the table, which was a Mingjian Shizhi badge made of black jade.

"As you wish."

A "spiritual dragon" spoke. Although the voice was processed, Fu Qingzhou still judged from the tone that it was Zhao Hao: "We went deep into the ancestral tomb and brought her out - but she is only willing to communicate with you."

Fu Qingzhou nodded slightly.

Before leaving the Northern Frontier Army and going to contact Huo Yaer, he gave Hong Ruohai a letter, in which he left his plan.

The plan was to send someone to the tomb of the founder of Qiluo Palace and bring out the soul of Huoyar from the tomb.

That was the young Huoyal, and it was also her only remaining goodwill towards Qiluo Palace and everything other than the Northern Barbarians.

Fu Qingzhou's plan is...

Take Huoyal to the Styx Valley, find a way to remove the spirit and soul in her body, then inject that wisp of soul into it, create a new Huoyal, and let her be the great shaman of the Northern Barbarians.

There would be no better choice than her.

What Fu Qingzhou wanted was never to wipe out the Northern Barbarians, but to assimilate them and use time and culture to erase this race - of course, only he and Hong Ruohai knew about this plan at the moment, and it was impossible for him to tell the Northern Barbarians.

At the moment, to put it bluntly... what he wants is peace.

Tiele must die, and Daiqin, the chief of the Feixiong tribe, will become the new Khan, and he will have Ayiguli by his side to act and supervise on his behalf.

But at the same time, the Northern Barbarians still need a great shaman.

It is unrealistic to immediately raze the ancestral temple and kill all the shamans. The northern barbarians' support for their beliefs is much stronger than their support for the regime. Doing so will only lead to a more intense backlash.

Fu Qingzhou thought about this for a long time and could only come to a conclusion reluctantly...

Someone still needs to be the great shaman.

However, he should be a person who has no hatred towards himself, Yan Guo, and the world, and does not have so many conspiracies and intrigues.

More importantly, after Huoyar's death, this person could take over his mantle without any objection from the Northern Barbarians.

After much thought, of course there was only one choice left.

"Let me do it."

Fu Qingzhou said as he walked forward to the only empty chair prepared for him at the round table.

After sitting down, he immediately grabbed the Mingjian Zhishi card.

No one knew better than him how suitable this black jade was for storing souls.

The moment he held the jade token, the voice of the girl in the ancestor's tomb came into his mind.

"You really did kill her."

The girl's tone was a little depressed and melancholy, but she was neither angry nor sad.

Fu Qingzhou knew that after so many years, she was no longer the same as Huo Yaer and had a completely new personality. The time she had spent in the ancestor's tomb was many times longer than the time she had as her original body. Naturally, she would not be angry or sad because of the death of her original body.

However, it is inevitable to feel a sense of melancholy as things have changed and people have changed, and as spring flowers bloom and autumn withers.

"Please forgive me for my position." Fu Qingzhou responded in his heart: "If I don't kill her, she will kill many people including me. For the sake of peace, I must do this."

"You asked me for help before, but I didn't help you at all." The girl asked, "So what now? What do you want me to do?"

"You are so smart, how could you not know?"

Fu Qingzhou asked back, then slowly said: "I just want you to take her place as the Great Shaman of Beiyi."

"I……"

The girl's voice was slightly cold: "I am not your puppet."

"you misunderstood."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "I don't need you to do things according to my wishes. You just need to do what you want to do."

The girl didn't say anything, but just conveyed a hint of suspicion.

Fu Qingzhou continued, "Although you are a completely different person, your origins are still Huoyal, and you are also a Beiyi. How could I let you betray your ancestors for me? I am not that shameless."

"I said, I am for peace. Beiyi and Yan State have been at war for too many years, and countless people have died on both sides. No matter which side, continuing the war is a bad thing."

"So, I just hope that you can continue to play the role of the Great Shaman as Huo Yaer and stop letting the war continue, that's all."

The girl was quite surprised when she heard this: "That's all?"

"Yes."

Fu Qingzhou said seriously: "That's all - of course, you can't reveal it now, you have to make everyone believe that you are the original Huo Yaer."

The girl was silent and didn't respond for a long time.

Fu Qingzhou did not force her to answer, but just put down the jade token and opened his eyes.

"how?"

Dong Qianran asked.

Fu Qingzhou looked at the three "spiritual dragons" sitting next to him. The three of them were motionless and in the same posture. Even the expressions under their masks were the same. Even he himself could not tell who was who.

It seems that they don't intend to let anyone know their identities except themselves.

"Let her think about it." Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Since she is willing to leave the ancestral tomb, she has made up her mind. The rest will be left to her to figure out."

He wasn't worried.

This is also the best choice for young girls.

She could leave the place that had trapped her for decades, return to the vast world, go back to her hometown of Beiyi, and do many things she had never done before...

"I, I don't really want to."

At this moment, the voice of the girl in the jade token came into Fu Qingzhou's mind.

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

But then, the girl's voice came again: "I...I don't want to get so old all of a sudden."

Fu Qingzhou was confused.

He looked at the jade token in his hand, then looked at Huo Yaer who was sitting opposite him.

He had seen the girl in the ancestor's tomb. Although several decades had passed, she was still beautiful, youthful, lively and lovely.

And Hoyal?

She was not ugly, just old, and it seemed that she had practiced various witchcraft and ghost arts, and had a sinister heart, so her face was extremely fierce and cold, and her old wrinkles and skin made her look very uncomfortable.

I thought about it countless times, but I didn't expect this...

Which woman doesn’t want to stay young forever?

What woman is willing to become an old woman overnight?
"that……"

Fu Qingzhou raised his head, looking a little embarrassed: "Is there any way we can make Huo Yaer... younger?"

(End of this chapter)