I Know What Sort of Man He Is
Nobody would believe someone had providence over another’s fate, especially coming from someone claiming to be from the future. However, a true friend from the future wouldn’t lie.
“Scram.”
Mu Yu reluctantly showed Ku Mu the jade piece Chen Tiandao entrusted him with. “The formation in this jade piece is called Soul Fixing Formation, a formation you invented. You can see the soul hibernating in there.”
Mu Yu bit down on his bottom lip as he transferred soul energy into Soul Fixing Formation to reveal his adopted father’s damaged soul. “The soul you see is my dad’s soul. You will be convinced I am telling the truth once you see for yourself. If you wish, you can vent on me, but, please, please do not damage it for it is incredibly important to me.”
Ku Mu’s astonishment over what he saw was written on his face. Upon clasping the jade piece, Mu Yu caught his hand and pleaded again, “You can do as you please with me, but do not damage it.”
“Take it back if you don’t want to let me look.”
Nobody wanted to see their death for it rendered them bereft of hope for the future; it was not uncommon for people to give up if they were suddenly told they were going to die in two years’ time.
Of course Ku Mu could make out the situation inside the jade piece once he injected it with his green energy when he was an authority on formations. It, nonetheless, took him a while to accept.
“How did he die?”
“You believe me now?”
“How did he die?”
Mu Yu gyrated his lips. “He gave his life to protect me.”
Ku Mu tightly clutched the jade piece as he passed it back to Mu Yu and shut his eyes to resume meditation.
Opening his eyes once the sky was black tranquillity married to poetry of stars, Ku Mu inquired, “Is he really so important to you?”
Mu Yu raised his chin. “He’s my father, and I’m his son.”
Several hours later, Ku Mu questioned, “You came here because you wanted to save him?”
“Walk-in Heart Genesis can repair his soul, which is why I want to find its whereabouts.”
“You’ve had the perfect opportunity to take it from here all this time.”
Mu Yu let out one big sigh. “The version here isn’t effective. Plus, I have no idea how to use it. I want to know where you placed it last.”
“I won’t forgive you, and I won’t treat you as my son. Therefore, I have no reason to help you.”
“I’m doing this for your future self!”
“He is he, and I am me. You’re not my disciple or my son.”
“Regardless, I implore you to help me by telling me where you put it last.”
“How are you going to revive him after you repair his soul, using Ju Mang’s Life and Death in the Blink of an Eye?”
“You knew?”
“Not until you grabbed my hand. In that moment, I sensed the existence of Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation within you. I’ve heard about the elemental demons’ spirit lords, and you can manipulate wood,” clarified Ku Mu, casting his gaze onto the wooden bed on the ground.
“I will defuse Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation.”
“Do you know what the Heaven-Shrouding Bloody Guardian Formation on you is for?”
“My Dad’s life force flows in my blood to protect me from Bai Jie.”
“You have no clue what its ability is, then. Once you know what sort of formation it is, you won’t want to resurrect him.”
“No obstacle can stop me.”
“Even if it will cost you your life?” Ku Mu looked up at Mu Yu’s stunned countenance, then continued, “Forcibly transferring one’s life force to the body of one who is about to die is a formation that is manipulating fate. Fundamentally speaking, you are borrowing his life force to live on when you should be dead. If you revive him using Life and Death in the Blink of an Eye, that means you are returning his life force to him. Consequently… you will die… Still want to revive him?”
Mu Yu raised up the corner of his lips. “My life never belonged to me in the first place. Dad deserves to live more than I do. It is only right for me to return what is his.”
Ku Mu looked into Mu Yu’s eyes, searching for doubt, deceit, hesitation, but Mu Yu didn’t sway as the blades of grass by the riverbank did. “I refuse to help.”
“Why?! You know I’m not lying now, don’t you?!”
“He wouldn’t let you go through with your plan.”
“You’re the one who said you’re not him. How do you know whether he will approve or not?!” Mu Yu jumped up and flipped out.
“Though I am not him, I know what sort of man he is.”
“You know what sort of man he is…” Though he was shaken for a moment, Mu Yu found his resolve again, locking his eyes back on Ku Mu. “You don’t know him. If nothing else, you don’t know me! You can all try to stop me, but none of you will be able to!”
Mu Yu headed into the woods and lied back on a tree branch, spacing out. “I want Dad to see this full moon and these twinkling stars again. I won’t falter!”
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