Wanxi Rebirth - Chapter 71

“What did you see in those cycles of reincarnation? You seem so unwilling to let me know.”

After leaving the bridal chamber in the warm spring of her consciousness sea, Qin Suoliu leaned close to her ear and asked while the snake’s mood was good. “Is it related to me? Did I suffer?”

Yue Tingxi had already guessed she would keep digging, so she deliberately sighed. “Yes. I suffered while alive, and even in death, it was tragic.”

“Your family destroyed, your life ruined, and even I couldn’t save you?” Qin Suoliu continued.

“…Not entirely.” Yue Tingxi didn’t want to mention it and answered vaguely.

Sensing her discomfort, Qin Suoliu stopped pressing, though she couldn’t help but complain: “Why do you think you can bear everything alone?”

“You have the nerve to say that? You’re the same!” Yue Tingxi snorted. “You made a private agreement with the World Consciousness, became its pawn, and planned to walk the path of the Underworld alone, didn’t you?”

Having been raised by the Qingyu Mountain people and spent a long time with Chan Ying, her tongue was never gentle when teasing.

“I’ve learned to share the burden with you now.” Qin Suoliu hugged her neck, begging in a coquettish tone. “They say couples should ‘share joys and sorrows, advance and retreat together.’ Will you let me take some of the burden too?”

Yue Tingxi shivered from neck to body, almost falling for it—but her willpower was now strong enough, and she quickly realized, “Fine. The truth that Gray Moth scanned will be yours.”

This likely concerned the ultimate mission that the World Consciousness had withheld from Qin Suoliu. Since she had already agreed to act as the World Consciousness’ pawn together with Qin Suoliu, and had been entangled through eighty-one cycles of reincarnation, even if Qin Suoliu tried to secretly leave her behind when facing the final enemy, the World Consciousness would surely pull her in to participate.

She calculated this quietly. Though she didn’t say a word, Qin Suoliu seemed to guess her thoughts.

Still, she would not allow Suoliu to pretend to be optimistic—since they had agreed to act as pawns together, no matter the truth, it had to be shared.

They stayed in Yue Tingxi’s consciousness sea all day. Finally, Gray Moth finished scanning and flew out from the thin mist, perching on Qin Suoliu’s fingertip.

Exchanging a glance with Yue Tingxi, Qin Suoliu stepped out of the warm spring, changed into a formal purple robe, and sat cross-legged on a newly built small platform beside the spring, gesturing for Yue Tingxi to sit as well. Then she closed her eyes, allowing Gray Moth to release the information.

[The following information is currently useless but, as it is carried by an intruder, it is preliminarily judged to originate from their organization. Please keep it in mind.]

A long list of information followed, with illustrations corresponding to each entry—endless to the eye.

Yue Tingxi, now with a higher realm of awareness, instinctively searched for the item she most cared about. Soon, she found it:

[“Beloved Wife” Label: SSS-level control artifact, only effective on female characters. Once attached, the host can command the character to perform all actions consistent with the public stereotype of a ‘beloved wife,’ excluding any sexual behavior. Violation results in severe punishment for the host. Please use at the appropriate time to enhance mission efficiency.]

[Special restriction: If the mission is set in an ancient fantasy world, it can only be used on female characters whose cultivation level does not exceed the host’s.]

Reading the detailed description of what had made her a “puppet” for five years, Yue Tingxi inhaled deeply, her soul feeling icy.

It was not puppetry sorcery, but it produced the same helplessness.

A tiny paper, when attached to the body, could make her fall into an unimaginable hell in this life, suffering the most inhumane, undeserved disaster.

And the intruder carried over a thousand such artifacts!

She vaguely understood why the World Consciousness repeatedly rewound time.

Each time the intruder carried out a mission, they used these artifacts to improve efficiency, consuming many when facing strong enemies.

Yue Tingxi also realized why the World Consciousness could finally destroy the intruder’s means after eighty-one reincarnations. She recalled the concept of “Nine-Nine Returns to One.”

“Nine-Nine Returns to One,” also called “Nine-Nine Returns to Origin,” means that after all experiences, everything returns to the starting point.

For the intruder, the “origin” likely meant that both their artifacts and memory residues from past cycles were completely reset. They would remain only as a mission executor, a possessed body, and a 7364 system that had already decided to rebel.

“The 7364 system never contacted Gray Moth or the World Consciousness in any prior cycle,” Qin Suoliu’s voice echoed in her consciousness. “In this life, after heavily restricting the intruder’s abilities, the World Consciousness first contacted my Gray Moth, initially only providing secret realm intelligence. It was more a test than cooperation.”

“In that case, the artifacts aren’t merely part of the intruder’s strength,” Yue Tingxi inferred. “Otherwise, why would the 7364 system wait until the end to rebel? If we equate the 7364 system with Qin Yin Guang or the World Consciousness, perhaps it feared the entity providing the intruder with artifacts and thus remained hidden, waiting for the safest moment to execute its true plan.”

“…Surveillance.” Qin Suoliu said two words. “No matter the faction, sending someone to execute tasks remotely requires monitoring to prevent them from going rogue or disobeying orders.”

However, they still couldn’t learn from past reincarnations why Qin Yin Guang or the World Consciousness would be connected to the intruder’s 7364 system.

They recorded the information they cared about in their consciousness while reviewing the intelligence Gray Moth compiled, ensuring that unless someone forced them to divulge it, it would remain secret.

During rest, Qin Suoliu again asked Gray Moth to use the “Isolation” spell to temporarily seal Yue Tingxi’s memories of past cycles.

The spell drained her immensely, causing pain in her soul and meridians, forcing her to withdraw from Yue Tingxi’s consciousness, taking several pills to continue sealing the memories.

Yue Tingxi also took two Soul-Purifying Pills to reduce her burden and strengthen the seal.

“You…aren’t curious?”

After all the reincarnation memories were hidden, Yue Tingxi couldn’t help asking.

“The intelligence from the memories is already in hand. Since you don’t want me to know, I’ll investigate it when you decide to let me,” Qin Suoliu deliberately left it open-ended.

She still felt those tragic pasts shouldn’t be known only by Yue Tingxi.

Yue Tingxi breathed a sigh of relief, understanding each had their own concerns. At least now, she didn’t want past memories to sadden Qin Suoliu, who had escaped being a “ruthless Daoist.”

Before they knew it, it was the expected departure day—they would first stop at the Cuishan Inn in Zhenyun Valley before entering the Ghost Domain Secret Realm.

They packed up and went to see the Qingyu Mountain elder.

Unexpected visitors were there.

When they entered, Lan Kongming was holding Qin Yin Guang’s hand, staring at the elder: “Since you are guarding Xishan, I want to temporarily entrust my youngest daughter to you, so she won’t secretly follow us into the Ghost Domain Secret Realm.”

“Tsk, that’s a bit much. Xishan isn’t a prison,” the elder frowned. “Doesn’t the Qin family have a room for a child?”

“Mother?” Qin Suoliu immediately stepped forward, but her eyes fell on Qin Yin Guang.

Lan Kongming hadn’t explained yet when Qin Yin Guang spoke first: “I want to go to the Ghost Domain Secret Realm too!”

“You’re not allowed!” Lan Kongming lightly tapped her head. “That place is deadly! What could a Golden Core child do there?!”

Qin Yin Guang flustered, hesitated, and finally looked at Qin Suoliu: “I’ll discuss with sister!”

Clearly stubborn, Lan Kongming wanted to intervene again, but Qingyu Mountain elder held her wrist: “Let the kids handle it themselves.”

Seeing Lan Kongming glare at her, the elder snorted: “Or do you think the children I raised are all foolishly throwing themselves to death?”

Taking advantage of her ancestor diverting Qin Suoliu’s mother’s “anger,” Yue Tingxi quickly pushed Qin Yin Guang into the treehouse for guests.

Indeed, Yue Tingxi had many questions for Qin Yin Guang—especially whether she was still an ordinary cultivator or guided by the World Consciousness.

Qin Yin Guang’s eyes were red, but once seated, she immediately explained: “Please take me to the Ghost Domain Secret Realm! Only I can do this… And I can now control Gray Moth to protect myself! I even asked Feng Qing to use wood-element spells on my vital spots—they were all blocked by Gray Moth!”

“Do you know Gray Moth’s true identity?” Qin Suoliu asked, “Or why you were chosen?”

“No. I don’t think I was chosen; I chose Gray Moth.” Qin Yin Guang shook her head. “Gray Moth can do many things, help a lot. When sister and Tingxi weren’t at the mansion, I secretly used it to help in many ways.”

She had silently eliminated countless assassins spying on the Qin family and helped the elders locate the “old lairs” of the Medium Masters.

To achieve this, she only needed to expend spiritual power and physical strength.

Ever since learning to read, Qin Yin Guang understood nothing comes for free—every action has consequences. Since she could manipulate Gray Moth effortlessly, there must be a deep connection.

“…So I proactively formed a blood contract with Gray Moth and understood what I truly am.”

After revealing this to the most trusted people, Qin Yin Guang seemed relieved and smiled softly: “After long observation, the World Consciousness was lonely and envied mortal life. So it split a fragment of its power, allowing itself to reincarnate in someone it wanted.”

“It was born as the Qin family’s second daughter, Qin Yin Guang, living a peaceful, ordinary life at first.”

“But one day, the world was suddenly invaded by an unknown force. She and another person were captured by that force.”

“The other, being the child of destiny, was forced to become a mission executor.”

“She, derived from the World Consciousness, accidentally gained certain qualifications and was made into a ‘system’ bound to the mission executor, forced to complete many horrid invasion tasks together.”

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