I was brought to the great hall of Magpie Mountain by Main God Ji.
Indeed, as he had said, the stone mirror that had been placed at the city gate had now been moved back and was placed in the center of the hall.
Using this young soldier’s body, I walked into the hall, but before the stone mirror could reflect me, I quickly dodged to one side.
My movement might have been a bit excessive.
Main God Ji turned his head to examine me.
Bearing Main God Ji’s gaze, I endured for a short while, but my tightly pressed lips finally gave in to the pressure. I opened my mouth: “No need to test.”
I admitted, “I am occupying this body. But I am not an evil spirit.”
To my surprise, when I voluntarily admitted this, Main God Ji waved his hand and directly closed all the doors of the great hall.
A faint light also flickered around my body.
I stared blankly at Main God Ji: “What technique have you cast on me?”
“A technique that isolates you from all external connections.”
“Huh?” I didn’t understand. “Why?”
“Afraid that the evil miasma in your body might alert the Evil God to the anomaly.”
I was startled, thinking that this was indeed possible.
Although Main God Ji had removed most of the evil miasma, and I had eliminated some, there was still a bit clinging to my soul.
The Evil God was so sensitive, and all the evil miasma in the world originated from him. If he discovered my existence through these traces, I don’t know if it would affect the future…
Cutting off my connection with the outside world was naturally the best option.
However…
“You believe I’m not an evil spirit?”
“We’ve met before, haven’t we?” Main God Ji answered indirectly, yet hit the nail on the head. “Miss Aju?”
I was speechless…
Main God, are you this perceptive and intelligent?
In comparison, Xie Zhuo seemed a bit slow, not recognizing me at all.
But Xie Zhuo’s understanding of this world was certainly not as comprehensive as the Main God’s.
I was curious: “How did you…”
“When we met, your kick against the evil spirit used Kunlun’s movement technique.”
Main God Ji was referring to the day we met when I entered that little girl’s body and kicked away the person who had turned into an evil spirit…
Just one kick in a moment of danger, and he remembered it…
“You saw it that day,” I rubbed my nose. “Today, you saw a soldier who shouldn’t know Kunlun techniques using Kunlun techniques, so you suspected it was me, right?”
“That’s one reason. Secondly, I know all the soldiers of my Magpie Mountain. Your tone and demeanor are too different from this original young man, even if he were possessed by evil miasma, he wouldn’t be like you.”
Yes…
I thought to myself, this young soldier of your Magpie Mountain certainly could scream a lot more than I…
“Previously, only that girl from that day made me have this suspicion.”
“Indeed, that was also me…”
“You admit it quite readily now.”
I remained silent for a moment: “Xie Zhuo mustn’t know.”
Main God Ji examined me: “What connection do you have with Young Master Xie Zhuo?”
I looked at Main God Ji. His eyes, when not filled with killing intent, always carried a hint of compassion. This gaze from a deity almost made me spill out all my suffering.
I wanted to confess my past, or rather, their future.
But I knew I couldn’t.
Telling him might affect the future, and I didn’t want to take that risk.
I could only conservatively let time proceed to the moment when Xie Zhuo and I separated, and then use all my strength to change things.
“I don’t want to deceive you, but I cannot tell you the truth,” I looked at Main God Ji and said honestly. “I can only tell you that I am not an evil spirit. My soul has come here with only one purpose…”
“I want to protect him.”
Our eyes met, and at this moment, I did not avoid his inquiring gaze. I was telling the truth, the most sincere words from my heart. I wasn’t afraid of any deity’s scrutiny.
After a moment, Main God Ji slightly shifted his gaze.
“How can you, as a soul, continuously borrow other people’s bodies?” he asked me.
I was somewhat surprised.
“You don’t know?”
The Main God Ji I met in the Undying City had, for so many years, continuously merged with others as a soul entity.