Chapter 116 Dreaming of the Broken Swords
Chapter 116: Dreaming of the Broken Swords (Thirteen)
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[Jin Chen: (Sighs) You are indeed a meticulous person... No wonder you dare to take the initiative to take on such a complex and difficult task of repairing "Han Dynasty Brocade" at such a young age.]
[Jinchen: (with complicated eyes) You guessed right... Before you, I indeed brought several other cultural relic restorers to Lanke Mountain... hoping that they could help me collect enough five-colored silk.]
[Jinchen: But I’m afraid the result is very obvious——]
[Jinchen: (pursing lips) They... without exception, they all failed.]
As the young man spoke, the corners of his lips were stretched into a straight line, and his brows, which were already furrowed due to his worry about the madness of "Eulogy for My Nephew", were now furrowed even tighter.
The mountain breeze brought with it the mist and blew up his clothes. You watched Jinchen slowly lower his eyelashes, as if he was lost in some unpleasant memories.
[Jinchen: No one can get rid of all obsessions... Many people didn't even get to meet the souls and monsters with obsessions, but were deceived by the group of strange beasts in the back mountain who were the best at making up stories.]
[Jinchen: Although the strange beasts raised by the mountain master in the fairy mountain will not eat people, the souls of mortals are often bewitched by the strange beasts, and sooner or later they will have some problems... In short, it has been almost fifty years since I first tried to lead the restorers into this realm, but still no one can solve my difficulties.]
Jinchen said with a wry smile.
[Jinchen: (with a bitter smile) There were two restorers... who even accidentally made the damage to my body even worse, almost destroying my nearly 100 years of practice.]
The more the young man spoke, the paler his face became. Looking at his melancholy expression, you wanted to say something to comfort him, but for a moment you didn't know how to start.
However, the Han Jin spirit standing in front of you seemed to not care about those things at all. He just looked up at the sunny day obscured by the mountain mist, and then turned to look into your eyes very seriously.
[Jinchen: (seriously and solemnly) It can be said that, ____, you are my only hope at the moment.]
[Jin Chen: -- Bringing a living soul here from the human world is always a very exhausting thing. Even though I have been practicing Taoism for more than a thousand years and my Taoism is not low, I cannot endure such a thing.]
[Jin Chen: So, you may be the last restorer I can bring back to the Lan Ke Secret Realm in this century... If you still can't help me restore the body, then I'm afraid...]
——If I’m lucky, I can control the damage to the original Han brocade. After surviving this century, I can still look forward to the next century.
His luck was bad, and the speed at which his body was destroyed was out of control. He would most likely die - at the very least, most of his body would be destroyed.
Jinchen didn't say the last two sentences explicitly, but you could easily hear his implied meaning from his gradually lowered and drawn-out ending tone.
Your eyes flickered, and your originally relaxed mood was suddenly clouded by the pressure.
However, even so, you still continued to ask about the whereabouts of those restorers.
[You: (frowning) So that’s how it is… Then, Master Jinchen, where are those restorers who also entered this Lan Ke Secret Realm before?]
[You: (persistently asking) Where did they go? Especially those few restorers who were bewitched by the strange beasts...are they all okay?]
You asked, and since it concerns your own safety, your tone could not help but be more urgent. When Jinchen heard this, a trace of obvious embarrassment and avoidance flashed across his eyes. Seeing this, you unconsciously curled up your fingers that were originally hanging on both sides of your body.
[Jinchen: (slightly guilty, vague) They... of course they have returned to where they came from.]
[Jinchen: (voice getting smaller and smaller) It’s…it’s that, a few restorers were too deeply bewitched by the alien beasts, and they may have had some mental problems after returning…but this is not a big problem, once they return to the official human world and are completely out of the influence of the alien beasts, they will gradually return to normal!]
Jinchen made a solemn promise, but for some reason you didn't dare to believe what he said.
Your intuition tells you that the fate of the restorers who have been bewitched by the strange beasts will definitely not be as simple as temporary insanity.
So you frowned and organized your words carefully, and after a while you spoke again after careful consideration.
[You: (Carefully testing) Master Jinchen, are you sure that those restorers were simply temporarily affected and mentally ill?]
[You: (hastily added) Of course, Master Jinchen, I am not asking you this because I do not believe you. It is just that you know that I am just a mortal being, and I really do not understand these things that are beyond my knowledge.]
[You: (persuading) Besides, you can’t extradite other souls to Lanke Mountain in the short term. To be safe, I would like to know more about the situations I might encounter in the next period of time so that I can make more preparations.]
[You: So, why don’t you be frank with me right now… Is the alien beast’s temptation really that easy to deal with? Or is there something else going on?]
After you finished speaking, you carefully stared at Jinchen's eyebrows, afraid of missing the slightest emotion that flashed across his eyes.
Jinchen's expression changed several times as a result of what you said, and finally froze in a state of confusion and helplessness.
You watched him purse his lips until they turned white, then he lowered his head in frustration and let out a long sigh.
[Jinchen: (frustrated and confused)...You are really perceptive.]
[Jin Chen: (helpless) Well, I was afraid you would be frightened, so I didn’t intend to tell you about this matter... but now.]
[Jinchen: In fact, being bewitched by a strange beast and becoming temporarily insane is the most common outcome for an ordinary person like you, and it also has the least impact on your normal life.]
[Jinchen: The more troublesome thing is that some strange beasts can completely disrupt a person's mind... and the out-of-control and mad monsters like the one in "Sacrificial Essay to My Nephew" can even beat a person to death if they are angered.]
[You: (exclaiming) Frightened to death? ? !]
You were frightened by these words that only existed in novels and exclaimed with your hands covering your lips. Jinchen's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
[Jinchen: Yes, your soul will be scattered - then your body will also fall into a deep sleep and become a "vegetable" until your organs all fail and you die.]
[Jinchen: So, you must remember not to offend that crazy man without permission... Also, you must take the treasure that I gave you before you set off.]
[Jinchen: That thing can really save your life at a critical moment——]