Chapter 21: Sealing the Mountain for a Century, Reviving Lin Chaoying? ( Part 2 )
As Li Mochou spoke, she sidled up to him, her jade-like hands mischievously wandering.
*This behavior so early in the morning—Wang Xuan felt like he’d struck gold.*
In another tomb chamber, Huang Rong was busily preparing breakfast.
Though the ingredients were simple and there were no spices, her skillful hands turned them into something appetizing.
Granny Sun, assisting nearby, was dumbfounded.
*She couldn’t help but feel ashamed.*
*Was what I made before even considered food?*
*Over the years, Miss Long has truly suffered living with me in this tomb.*
Also helping was Hong Lingbo, who looked around but couldn’t find Li Mochou.
“Sister Rong, have you seen Master? She was just here.”
Huang Rong didn’t like being called “Madam,” so she had asked Hong Lingbo to change how she addressed her.
As for whether this messed up the generational hierarchy with Li Mochou—well, each to their own!
“Don’t worry about her. She’s probably off sneaking a snack somewhere. She’ll come back when she’s full!”
Hong Lingbo didn’t quite understand Huang Rong’s words.
*Is there food hidden somewhere else in the tomb?*
When Xiao Longnü woke up on the cold jade bed, she found Wang Xuan watching her.
Recalling last night’s events, her pretty face flushed.
“Don’t keep staring at me!”
Her shy demeanor nearly drove Wang Xuan wild again.
“Madam Guo and the others are almost done with the meal. Get up quickly, or your senior sister will tease you!”
Hearing this, Xiao Longnü hurriedly sat up.
*A thought crossed her mind.*
*Did Huang Rong and Li Mochou hear last night’s noises?*
After all, the tomb’s interconnected design amplified sounds, meant to detect intruders instantly.
But in this situation, it felt a bit awkward.
Because of this thought, when Xiao Longnü followed Wang Xuan to meet the others, she kept her head down, her gaze darting away, avoiding eye contact.
In all these years, the Ancient Tomb had never been so lively.
Lin Chaoying, as the sect’s founder, left behind a heart technique emphasizing a clear mind and few desires.
Speak less, move less, eat less, think less!
In short, conserve physical and mental energy however possible.
Sometimes, Xiao Longnü wouldn’t say three sentences in a day.
After Li Mochou left the Ancient Tomb, it had just been her and Granny Sun.
Many things didn’t need words—a single glance conveyed their meaning.
So, even though Huang Rong’s food was delicious, Xiao Longnü only ate a few bites before putting down her chopsticks.
“What’s wrong? Not to your taste?”
Huang Rong asked immediately.
*Is my cooking not good?*
Hearing Xiao Longnü’s words, even Huang Rong was surprised.
At this moment, Li Mochou said meaningfully:
“I bet Junior Sister ate too much last night!”
Huang Rong instantly got it!
*You sneaky glutton, how dare you talk about others?*
Xiao Longnü paused, noticing Li Mochou glance at Wang Xuan, and finally understood.
Her face turned bright red with embarrassment, and she hurriedly got up to leave.
Seeing this, Li Mochou grinned ear to ear.
“Long’er has thin skin. You two shouldn’t tease her!”
Huang Rong felt wrongly accused by Wang Xuan’s words. *How is this my fault? I didn’t do anything.*
Later, in the tomb chamber housing Lin Chaoying’s coffin, Wang Xuan found Xiao Longnü sulking alone and said:
“Do you want to see Lin Chaoying?”
Though he had become the “Dragon Knight” as he wished, Wang Xuan still addressed her by name.
Xiao Longnü, hearing this, was puzzled.
“Perhaps I have a way to revive her!”
Seeing Wang Xuan’s serious expression, not joking, Xiao Longnü’s eyes widened.
Revive someone dead for decades?
How could that be possible!
She was just a pile of bones—how could she be revived?
Most people hearing Wang Xuan’s words would think he was mad!
In this low-martial world, reviving someone dead for decades might be a pipe dream, an impossibility.
But in the cultivation world, methods to revive the dead were as numerous as hairs on an ox, countless!
Let alone reviving the dead—even cultivators at the Tribulation Crossing stage could reflect the heavens, resetting entire worlds!
In short, in the cultivation world, nothing was impossible!
If you thought something was impossible, it only meant your level was too low, your understanding too limited!
*Xià chóng bù kě yǔ bīng!*
“What needs to be done?”
Looking at Wang Xuan, Xiao Longnü finally spoke.
“I’ve mastered a secret technique that can restore Lin Chaoying’s spirit!”
Wang Xuan began to explain.
And this secret technique came from Xiaolongnü herself—his reward from yesterday’s daily sign-in!
The reward was called the Divine Soul Codex!¹
According to legend, in ancient times, there was a group of people who considered the physical body a burden, so they specialized in soul cultivation and pursued it by any means necessary.
Later, these cultivators began calling themselves the Soul Clan.²
Although they lacked physical bodies, they could still reproduce—naturally, their offspring existed only in spiritual form.
Though the Soul Clan’s unconventional cultivation was rejected by orthodox immortal sects, their expertise in soul studies ranked among the highest across all sects.
The Divine Soul Codex was the culmination of the Soul Clan’s research over countless years, revered as their most sacred treasure.
And among its teachings was a soul-condensing technique that even low-level cultivators could use.
Thus, Wang Xuan wanted to try using it to resurrect Lin Chaoying.
“Of course, there’s one condition to this technique,” Wang Xuan explained to Xiaolongnü. “The soul of the deceased must not be completely destroyed.”
In folk belief, there’s the concept of the Netherworld — that after death, the soul either becomes a wandering ghost or is dragged away by Ox-Head and Horse-Face to the underworld.¹