Turning around upon hearing the sound.
We saw Old Mo enter the shop.
Yunxia Gu did not answer.
Xia Qiuxi replied:
"Just arrived not long ago!"
"It's good you're here, let's listen together about your martial uncle's dream message!"
The Uncle Master spoke.
Hearing this, Old Mo was startled again.
"Martial uncle's dream message?"
"Yes, my master appeared in my dream last night."
I spoke again.
Old Mo seemed surprised, his eyes wide:
"Martial uncle, what did he say?"
I organized my thoughts and continued:
"My master said that besides being an underworld official now.
He also told me that a major obstacle in my destiny has arrived.
In three days, I must go to Black Water Mountain, where there is something that can resolve my life curse."
As I spoke, I pulled open my clothes.
Revealing my left chest.
Upon it, a fire cloud mark had appeared.
Old Mo and Xia Qiuxi clearly did not know what a "life curse" was.
But Old Mo vaguely recalled that the water ghost Hei Tou had mentioned something similar before.
He remained silent, watching me.
Yunxia Gu was greatly astonished after hearing this:
"You have a life curse on you?"
The Uncle Master frowned:
"Life curse, whose life curse are you referring to..."
"Mine and Qing Dai's."
The Uncle Master knew who Qing Dai was.
Hearing this now, he drew a sharp breath:
"You and she, surprisingly, have this kind of connection."
Previously, both my master and Uncle Master had only thought that my relationship with Qing Dai might have been one of karmic debt from a past life.
That was why Qing Dai had intervened to protect me.
But now, hearing of the life curse, it could only shock them.
Although life curses were rare.
And required nurturing one soul with another, they had heard of them before.
They knew some details.
Only Old Mo and Xia Qiuxi, after hearing this, spoke:
"What kind of curse is a life curse?"
Xia Qiuxi asked.
"Yes! What is this life curse?"
Old Mo also looked at me in surprise.
I did not answer.
Instead, Yunxia Gu beside me slowly spoke:
"It's a blood curse of sacrifice, requiring the sacrifice of one's own life to nurture another soul with one's own spirit.
It is only used when absolutely necessary, when the target's soul is on the verge of dissipation.
A forbidden spell."
Yunxia Gu said calmly.
The Uncle Master, after hearing this, nodded slightly.
However, after hearing this, I was struck as if by lightning.
"What? It requires sacrificing one's life?"
I exclaimed in shock.
Qing Dai had not mentioned this detail last night.
She had only lightly said that she would use her soul to nurture it...
Beside me, Xia Qiuxi and Old Mo were wide-eyed.
Looking at me with shock.
Yunxia Gu and the Uncle Master, seeing my astonishment, seemed a bit surprised.
The Uncle Master then said:
"You didn't know that a life curse requires sacrificing one's own life?"
I shook my head:
"I didn't know. Last night, I heard my master mention it.
It was then I learned I had a life curse, and it had manifested."
"Then, do you know your past relationship with that girl?"
Yunxia Gu pressed.
At this crucial juncture, I had nothing to hide.
Because there was no outsider here.
I took a deep breath and recounted what I knew, roughly.
I also described the scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood I had seen in my dream, and the moment of my death.
Old Mo and Xia Qiuxi listened, their mouths slightly agape, very shocked.
They hadn't expected me to have such karmic connections from a past life.
The Uncle Master and Yunxia Gu sighed after hearing this:
"Alas! Another devoted girl."
"Little Qin! Over two thousand years!
These are debts.
How will you ever repay them!"
Yunxia Gu, Xia Qiuxi, and Old Mo all looked at me in silence.
Perhaps they were shocked by what had happened to me.
Or perhaps they were moved by Qing Dai's ten lifetimes of waiting and self-sacrifice.
Hearing these words, I sighed.
I had no idea how to respond.
It was Xia Qiuxi at this moment who interjected:
"Master, Uncle Tang, then how can this life curse be broken?"
This time, it was the Uncle Master who answered:
"Soul Stone, a very special treasure.
Since the old fool said there was one on Black Water Mountain.
And he even appeared in a dream, he must have obtained some information down there that we don't know.
Then for this trip to Black Water Mountain, we must pay more attention to this item."
The Uncle Master said gravely.
Old Mo nodded vigorously after hearing this:
"Needless to say, Brother Qin's affairs are my affairs.
But Master, I'm just curious.
Martial uncle is dead.
He's down there.
How does he know things in the human world?"
The Uncle Master shook his head:
"Who knows! Perhaps he glanced at the Book of Life and Death, or maybe he pried information from some underworld official.
But what the old fool says can be trusted.
Little Qin!
Since it's your master who sent the message.
Then Uncle Master will definitely do his best to help you obtain the Soul Stone.
To break this life curse of yours."
"Thank you, Uncle Master."
I said respectfully.
The Uncle Master nodded:
"Alright, stop talking about everything.
We still have some time.
We can prepare a bit.
But for now, let's first go to the South Mountain Cemetery.
To offer incense to your master.
Then you can return the Nine-Section Whip.
The magical artifacts of the Mother of Boundless Mother are not to be taken lightly."
Hearing the Uncle Master's words.
I nodded again.
Then, without further hesitation, I left the Wanshou Hall.
Returning to the shop, I got the Nine-Section Whip.
I called out to Xiao Mei and then walked out.
Xiao Mei, seeing me about to leave, became unhappy.
Saying she wanted to follow.
I had no choice but to bring her along.
Then the group of us headed towards the South Mountain Cemetery...