“This is the Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method. For the past hundred years, you have never cultivated by harvesting human essence, making you a perfect Yin Body. This boy is a Yang Body, so he is perfect for Possession.”
“You will now refine a Soul Shifting Spirit right here in this human pig soul shifting array and exchange souls with this boy!”
Liu Lu’s voice was beyond doubt. Rose wanted to say something, but Liu Lu cut her off first.
“What? You don’t want to Ascend with me?”
“Or perhaps, you want to stay in this broken cave for the rest of your life?”
“If you fail to exchange souls successfully, then it must be because the Materials used for this human pig soul shifting array are not good enough. I will refine you into a human pig and try again!”
Her voice carried a chill, and the terrifying aura of an Instant sixth-rank expert was revealed, bringing Rose endless pressure.
Rose nodded timidly and absorbed Liu Lu’s Mind Transmission Spirit.
Immediately, the method for refining the Soul Shifting Spirit and how to use the Possession technique appeared in her mind.
Liu Lu threw her a bag of Materials.
“Come, open the furnace, refine the Spirit.”
Rose could only take out the Materials for refining the Spirit, walk over to Changqing, and begin refining according to the steps.
The so-called joint Ascension was just pleasant-sounding words; in reality, they both understood that Liu Lu was merely using her as a test subject.
After some manipulation by Rose, not long after, a ray of light flew out from her body and landed on Changqing.
Then, Rose fell straight to the ground like a puppet.
Conversely, Changqing, who was bound by the snake coil, began to struggle violently, twitching in agony.
Liu Lu’s expression, for once, revealed a hint of tension, but then she saw Changqing stop struggling, open his eyes, and his expression was clearly different from his previous despair, turning into one of utter shock.
Seeing this, she hurried over and probed.
“Rose, has it succeeded?”
“Changqing” looked at Liu Lu with some confusion. At this moment, Liu Lu had already loosened the snake coil binding him. He looked at his hands, somewhat at a loss, and then at Rose lying on the ground.
“Did I… succeed?”
Liu Lu immediately struggled to hide her excitement, but out of caution, she still asked the “Changqing” in front of her some secrets of the Hehuan Sect from back then that only she and Rose knew.
“Changqing” answered them one by one.
“Hahahahaha, it’s done, it’s done! Immortal Ascension is right before my eyes!”
With that, she casually tossed “Changqing” and the unconscious Rose, who was lying on the ground, aside.
Liu Lu pinched her fingers to chant a spell. In the glazed pond, countless venomous snakes formed a large bed, carrying Luo Hongyan to her.
Luo Hongyan had long since fallen into a coma, not moving at all.
Liu Lu, with slightly trembling hands, took off Luo Hongyan’s clothes and gently caressed Luo Hongyan’s jade-like body, as if she were facing a flawless work of art.
Finally, she removed Luo Hongyan’s mask and gazed at her exquisite beauty, utterly mesmerized.
“Such a beautiful body, finally it’s mine, finally it’s mine!”
She pulled out a magnificent brocade robe from among the snakes and carefully put it on Luo Hongyan, her expression fanatical, like a queen’s coronation.
“I’m about to become an Immortal, become an Immortal! Lingyu Wenyong! I will definitely make you regret this!”
After speaking, she pinched a seal with her fingers, and countless Imperial Spirits flew out from her body, circling around the two of them.
A circle of flames Rose around the two, isolating everything else.
“The Qi of Qiankun, seven are those who nurtured me, the Dan Yuan silently nourished, its wonder lies in diligent rest…”
Within the flames, Liu Lu trembled frantically. Her head seemed to have a spring, shaking so rapidly that it created afterimages, and the entire hall was filled with her mad laughter.
“It’s done! It’s about to be done! I’m about to succeed!”
Outside the flames, Changqing rubbed his back, which was a bit sore from being thrown by Liu Lu, and sat up.
Rose beside him seemed to still be in a coma. Changqing stepped forward and patted her shoulder.
“Get up, this old snake is completely insane now and won’t notice us.”
But Rose seemed not to hear at all, still lying on the ground, completely unresponsive.
Changqing shrugged indifferently and looked at the strange phenomenon within the flames.
Luo Hongyan was lying on the snake bed at this time, while Liu Lu was like those shamans on Earth performing strange dances, frantically circling Luo Hongyan.
It could be said that she had gone mad to a certain extent; her head, mouth, hands, and feet were all doing their own things, forming a bizarre spectacle.
Within the flames, although Changqing could not clearly see Luo Hongyan’s face, her beauty, set against the magnificent brocade robe, left even Changqing somewhat in awe.
“What a pity…”
Just as he was sighing, a loud bang suddenly came from within the flames.
“Bang”
The entire hall shook slightly due to the violent explosion.
Instantly, countless blood splatters, along with red and white matter, scattered throughout the hall, even splashing onto Changqing’s face.
The flames were still burning. Luo Hongyan lay on the snake bed, while Liu Lu stood upright beside her, motionless.
Her shoulders were empty; there was nothing there.
What had just exploded was her head.
Rose finally stood up at this moment, looked at the scene in the flames, and let out a long sigh.
She walked over, ignored the flames, and expressionlessly kicked Liu Lu’s body to the ground. Liu Lu’s corpse rolled like a rotten log all the way to Changqing’s feet.
“You can find the Hundred Flowers Token yourself.”
Changqing cupped his hands, “Then I congratulate Fairy Rose in advance on ascending to the position of Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect.”
Rose was his ally, and this was part of Changqing’s plan.
The two had already conspired in advance to put on this show of Soul Exchange and Body Seizure.
Although he hadn’t anticipated that Liu Lu would recognize the characters on his token, it didn’t matter much.
In his previous life, Changqing knew that Rose never cultivated by harvesting human essence, so there was an eighty to ninety percent chance she was still a Yin Body.
And why Liu Lu would teach him the Hehuan Sect’s Cultivation Technique was obvious.
He was a Yin Body, Rose was a Yang Body, and both practiced the Hehuan Sect’s Cultivation Technique. He had long anticipated what Liu Lu wanted to do.
Based on his memories from his previous life, Changqing knew that Rose coveted the position of Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect very much. This covetousness was less about greed for power and more about hatred for Liu Lu herself.
Making her betray Liu Lu was not difficult; the difficult part was how to make her help him.
So Changqing revealed his and Luo Hongyan’s plan in its entirety to make Rose believe that cooperating with him could indeed kill Liu Lu and help her ascend to the Sect Master’s position.
After all, of the Four Guardians, only she remained. With Liu Lu dead, she would be the only one who could be the Sect Master.
And all of this had been planned as early as when Changqing tricked Liu Lu into making the other three Protectors into human pigs.
His planned ally was never Luo Hongyan, because he didn’t understand Luo Hongyan and had no trust in her whatsoever.
He was too weak and could lose his value and be abandoned by others at any time.
But he understood Rose. Rose was a typical opportunist; she would help whoever could win.
Instead of believing that Luo Hongyan would be merciful and take him with her to escape after obtaining the Hundred Flowers Token, it was better to believe in the exchange of interests with Rose.
“Why do you think I would help you?”
“Because you want to be the Sect Master, and also, you must want to obtain that Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method, right? I hid the truly translated version. As long as you help me kill Liu Lu and obtain the Hundred Flowers Token, I will tell you where the true Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method is hidden before we leave.”
This was the exchange of interests between the two, and also his value to Rose.