I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 154 Really Like Dabai
Even if others see the "焛" character seal, they may not be able to draw the final conclusion.

But Bai Xuan is different.

He's lived too long and has too much experience.

Because this sect was one of the religious traditions he had destroyed with his troops.

Back then, as the vanguard of the Great Qin Black Ice Guard, their cavalry traversed mountains and rivers with ease, and they went on to sweep through the martial arts world.

The First Emperor of Qin's several tours of the world were essentially aimed at gathering the scattered dragon energy of the world to reshape the complete dragon vein, and also at destroying some disobedient lineages.

Because they are quite dangerous.

This soul-shifting technique is a typical evil practice.

The means of transferring one's soul is the key to immortality, but it does not mean true immortality. Just like the old insect of the Matou family, who lived for five hundred years, although he survived for a long time, his way of life has been distorted and his soul and will have been worn away. He was just living for the sake of living.

Transferring one's soul comes at a price. Constantly exchanging bodies means constantly exchanging souls with others. This process can be addictive. If it continues a thousand or ten thousand times, the original impurities will overwhelm the total amount of one's own soul, resulting in inevitable deterioration and even corruption.

At that time, in order to maintain the integrity of their own souls, devouring the souls of others will become an instinct or even a desire.

Therefore, it is dangerous.

Bai Xuan thought that his lineage had been completely destroyed, but he never expected to see it again many years later.

However, its lineage seems incomplete.

The Rashomon soul-shifting technique is just one of the many inherited techniques. Simply knowing how to shift a soul is not enough; there are also a series of other techniques such as soul fusion and separation, which are used to delay the side effects of soul shifting.

Of course, the soul-shifting technique itself is already a rather evil method in the ancient tradition, and its practice of going against the heavens is rejected by most sects and orthodox schools.

"How did you find out?" Su Wuwo asked in a low voice. "This is not even recorded in the Fuguang Sect."

It's right that there's no record of it.

At that time, the Fuguang Sect and the Xingyue Sect had not yet separated.

Bai Xuan immediately shifted the blame to his past life: "I have the sword immortal inheritance of Bai Wuming."

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that it wasn't really a big secret.

It's normal for Bai Xuan to have received the inheritance; if he achieved this through talent, that would be incredible and worth dissecting.

Bai Xuan: These people actually accepted it like that? Don't you know that Bai Wuming and the Spring and Autumn Period are more than 500 years apart? Do you have some unrealistic and overly high expectations and fantasies about a terrestrial immortal? Is he capable of traveling through time and space and doing everything in his power to come to your side?
"Soul-shifting magic? Unheard of... Your words alone are not convincing enough." The speaker was none other than the Iron-Blooded Yama, who had been observing the whole thing. Her question wasn't meant to undermine him: "You must have some other evidence, right?"

Bai Xuan nodded: "That's for sure."

He pointed to the fourth corpse on the ground and asked the coroner, "Do you remember when we discussed the strange way the fourth corpse died?"

The coroner quickly replied, "I remember, all the bodies showed no signs of resistance except for the fourth body, which showed signs of resistance, and there was a note inside the body that said 'I'."

Bai Xuan said, "Based on my reasoning, let's briefly sort out who this deceased person actually is."

"Because of the existence of the soul transfer technique, none of the dead here are the original bodies of the deceased."

"The first victim was a peasant woman; the second victim was a merchant; the third victim was a wandering swordsman from out of town; the fourth victim was a schoolteacher; and the fifth victim, who was also the most recent victim, was the prefect of Langya Prefecture."

"That's how it appears on the surface, but in reality, we need to move the order of the deceased forward."

"The first victim was a peasant woman, but the soul inside her was that of a merchant; the second victim was a merchant, but the soul inside her was that of a江湖人 (jianghu person, a person who travels the martial arts world); the third victim was a江湖人, but the soul inside his body was that of a schoolteacher; the fourth victim was a schoolteacher, but the soul inside him was..."

"Prefect of Langya." Lin Jiaolu nervously gripped her sleeve.

"So the fourth victim showed signs of resistance because he was actually the prefect of Langya. Even though he had lost all his cultivation, he still retained powerful instincts... When he realized that he was about to die, he grabbed a page and swallowed a word."

Bai Xuan took out a piece of paper from the documents: "—Me!"

"This 'I' doesn't refer to anyone's name."

"It simply expresses one meaning."

"—The murderer is 'me'."

"I killed myself."

"Prefect Lin killed himself."

Lin Chongxiao's eyelids twitched violently. He had initially thought that this "I" referred to Su Wuwo... After all, swallowing the word "I" would just mean "no self," right?

Prefect Lin was also an insider of the Lin family and did know of Su Wuwo's ​​existence; it now appears to have been a serious misjudgment.

But who could have imagined at the time that it would be such an absurd answer?

"Then who was Prefect Lin who died here?" Xi Qingqing asked, pointing to the fifth corpse.

“It must be Madam Liu.” Su Wu had figured everything out: “Of course, it could also be someone else… Perhaps there was a sixth corpse hidden there, but in the end, that soul was transferred to Madam Liu’s body, which also proves that Madam Liu has been murdered.”

Bai Xuan gave a brief summary.

"The biggest weakness of the Soul Transfer Technique is that it can only transfer the soul, but cannot take away the cultivation level... The strength of the target fluctuates greatly. It is relatively easy to possess an ordinary person, but it is very difficult to possess a strong person. Therefore, it is necessary to approach the target in an intimate manner."

Su Wuwo's ​​fingers stiffened: "In other words, when we see a corpse, what's inside isn't actually the original soul. The original person may have already died a long time ago?"

Bai Xuan nodded: "That's right. Once this soul-shifting technique is used, it's impossible to allow the original owner of the body to survive. Once you take over this body, it will become very easy to do whatever you want."

Su Wuwo held his breath.

In other words, the body he brought back from the grassland was just an empty shell.

The real little girl had died long ago.

He suddenly understood many things, such as the little girl's whereabouts and the huge vortex he felt he had been caught in along the way.

If from the very beginning, a trustworthy person is not worthy of trust, and a familiar exterior already conceals a different soul...

"I see."

He slowly read aloud, "I see."

Bai Xuan sat in an armchair, which rocked back and forth, his voice rising and falling. "I didn't understand at first. All you had to do was gouge out the eyeballs, why did you have to fabricate the Jiao Rong case?"

"But now I understand, this is also a move aimed at the Lin family."

"The more the Jiao Rong case spreads, the greater the panic it creates, and the easier it will be for Su Wuwo to find out."

"The Lin family has identified the murderer as a member of the Fuguang Sect, and they will certainly be wary of Su Wuwo. Once he loses patience and chooses to take action, there will be no room for maneuver between you. This move will likely ignite a battle for the Earth Ranking between the two of you."

Lin Chongxiao remained silent.

As the head of the Lin family, he naturally couldn't stand idly by and watch Su Wuwo act recklessly.

The mastermind behind it all didn't expect that Su Wu had lost so badly that he simply gave up and did nothing, deciding to exchange his life for the peace of the Lin family and the rebirth of the Fuguang Sect.

This method was originally considered somewhat extreme self-destructive.

Instead, it evaded the schemes of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Of course... because Su Wuwo was determined to die, Lin Chongxiao originally intended to kill him as well.

"The mastermind misjudged Su Wuwo's ​​mindset."

"He probably still sees you as the young man from over a decade ago."

"Little did you know, more than a decade of self-cultivation had already changed you."

"Your slacking off has actually delayed his plans to some extent."

Bai Xuan said this, and Su Wuwo smiled bitterly to himself. There are advantages to giving up, at least you won't cause trouble. It's just that he didn't understand this when he was young.

"However, this only delays the problem and does not solve the fundamental issue."

"Because up to this point... they are still all hidden pieces that are out in the open."

"The real target of the mastermind behind the scenes is still the foundation of the Lin family."

"The only way to shake the Lin family, this behemoth, is to dismantle it from within."

"Therefore, He set his sights on Lu Shu."

We went around in circles, but eventually we came full circle.

Everyone looked at Lu Shu, whose eyes were bleeding profusely. This time, their gazes were no longer friendly, but scrutinizing and questioning.

"Everything outside is just a facade in the end."

"Whether it's the Northern Zhou, Emperor Fu Guangzong, the struggle for the Earth Ranking, or old grudges, the truth and the falsehood are all for this trick of switching the beams and pillars."

"From the very beginning, the initial goal was to replace Lu Shu."

"Of all the major moves, only this one is truly a fatal blow."

"Once she possesses Madam Lu's body, she can take over the position of the matriarch of the Lin family. In addition, the head of the Lin family is henpecked and almost completely obedient to her. She has plenty of ways to plant spies little by little and slowly dismantle this thousand-year-old noble family."

This time, even Lin Chongxiao himself had no intention of refuting it.

He loved Lu Shu very much, as everyone in Langya knew. As the mistress of the house, Lu Shu had almost unlimited power, but she just never used it.

Moreover, Lin Chongxiao's management skills for the Lin family business were far inferior to Lu Shu's.

If the matriarch is replaced, the consequences will be unimaginable at best, and at worst, it could lead to the destruction of the clan and the extermination of the family.

Bai Xuan continued.

"Although in the end, He did take over Madam Lu's body, He was in such a hurry because there wasn't enough time."

"Because all the preparations were rendered useless."

"Half of the demonic cultivators in the Avici Dungeon were released and quickly suppressed."

"The faceless and formless man failed to assassinate Lin Jiaolu."

"Nurhaci failed to exhaust Lin Chongxiao's strength and was repelled prematurely."

"Su Wuwo is just sitting here doing nothing, not even investigating anything, just deliberately delaying the time."

"The expected major unrest did not occur."

"The repeated failures made Him realize that the probability of success was becoming increasingly slim."

"I think He must be very anxious."

"He had no choice but to take a desperate gamble and come directly to see Lu Shu to perform the soul transfer."

"They even went so far as to put on a show in front of everyone."

"The purpose was to make the Lin family head kill his own wife without knowing it."

"In this way, it can also plant a seed of inner demons in him."

"When the time is right, we can reveal the truth at the crucial moment, break down the Lin family head's defenses, and make him lose his composure."

"At that time, by possessing the body of the Lin family, one can leap to sixth place on the Earth Ranking and obtain the other party's unparalleled cultivation."

"Such a scheme can be described as taking an unconventional approach, proceeding cautiously step by step..."

Bai Xuan clapped his hands expressionlessly.

"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant."

I want to applaud you.

"Although it's a parasite, it does have some skills."

(End of this chapter)