Chapter 279: Ancestor of the Gu family
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
This was the voice of Purple Eye. It was completely different from Yunbao’s childish voice. She sat on the sofa and looked at everyone with a mature and cold expression, as if she had thousands of years of experience.
Gu Lin immediately realized what had happened and asked, “Did that ancestor descend?”
Purple Eye looked at him and nodded. Then, she maintained her arrogant appearance and did not say anything else.
As the eldest son of the Gu family, Gu Lin had heard from his father that there was an ancestor of the Gu family who was a cultivator. Because of her outstanding talent, she became a lord not long after and laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Gu family.
This ancestor left after the Gu family got on the right track. She traveled around and saved countless fortunes. Later on, she passed away for some reason. In the end, she left her last words that she would never enter the reincarnation cycle and protect the Gu family forever. One day, she would return to the world.
Every successor of the Gu family had to wait for her return. Of course, Gu Lin, as the future head of the Gu family, was the same. He thought that he would never live to see this ancestor and he had to pass this mission to the next generation like those predecessors.
He did not expect this ancestor to appear beside Yunbao. However, she had always protected Yunbao and did not appear. He did not expect her to be willing to appear this time.
Gu Lin kowtowed to the ancestor and said, “Gu Lin, the heir of the Gu family, greets the ancestor.”
Purple Eye raised her hand and said, “Get up. I don’t have a physical body now. I can use Yunbao’s body to appear. I don’t deserve such a big gift from you.”
Gu Lin lowered his head and said, “No matter whose body you are in, you are the ancestor of the Gu family. the Gu family has been waiting for you for thousands of years.”
Although the other young masters did not know the exact situation, they still knelt down with their big brother. When they heard him address Yunbao as an ancestor, they understood what had happened. The soul of an ancestor had attached itself to Yunbao.
Gu Jia probed, “I wonder why Ancestor called me back?”
Purple Eye nodded and said, “I want to tell you that this matter is not simple. The energy required for the soul exchange spell is very huge. Even a sorcerer who has cultivated for a long time would find it very difficult to do it.
Moreover, two people who exchanged souls appeared at the same time. I think this is not something a sorcerer can do. I’ve been dead for a thousand years, and my memories are very blurry. Just now, I remembered something.”
At this point, Purple Eye paused for a moment. Gu Lin quickly brought the tea over and served it. “In the family records, you like to drink tea. Take this cup as our filial piety.”
Purple Eye took the tea and looked at Gu Lin approvingly. She was so tactful and eloquent. With such a master in the Gu family, there was no need to worry for at least three generations.
After drinking the tea, Purple Eye continued, “When I was still alive, a group of sorcerers appeared. They believed that only having a powerful soul could they be truly powerful. The physical body is only a temporary residence for the soul. As long as you can ensure that your soul is not destroyed, you can always use another person’s body to live. However, this requires the soul to be powerful enough to seize the body. The method they used was to cheat others’ souls to nourish themselves.”
Gu Jia said impatiently, “Since such people existed a thousand years ago, why haven’t we heard of them till now?”
Purple Eye smiled. “Because I had already eradicated them a thousand years ago. I also burned the blueprints of the arrays they studied, so the sorcerers of later generations did not know about this spell. However, these two recent events are exactly the same as a thousand years ago, making me suspect that someone had discovered this method again.”
Gu Tang, who had been listening, asked, “Ancestor, can this method really allow the soul to live forever?”
“No one among them has done this. Moreover, even if they succeed, they will pay a painful price. Nothing in the world exists forever. Since they have already died, the best place for their souls to reincarnate is to reincarnate. If they forcefully stay in the world, something will be taken away. I dissipated my cultivation in exchange for a chance of survival. Then, I slept for thousands of years before staying.” Purple Eye sighed.
Everyone felt sad when they heard Purple Eye’s sigh. She had slept in the darkness for more than a thousand years just to protect the descendants of the Gu family.
Gu Jia understood the main point. “So, these people might be an organization that specializes in tricking people into exchanging souls and signing an agreement. This way, they can take the souls away..”