Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way

ly surprising either.
There were stranger things than this.

For example, there was the Heart of Heaven Pill that was meant to heal injuries to one’s mind.
If the alchemist placed just one additional stalk of green chiretta during the pill refining process, it would become a Mind Declining Pill, which was a pill that even immortals didn’t dare to consume.

Also, if one killed an Origin Core stage cultivator and took his dantian out, then washed it with Holy Soul Water before giving it to a cultivator at a lower cultivation level, the cultivator could refine it and his own dantian would reach a very early Origin Core stage.

“Who could be behind this?” murmured Gu Suihan as he observed the white nephrite jade bottle and the reddish pill inside closely.

Several possibilities appeared in his mind, but he eliminated them one by one.

Nan Xingyuan? She wasn’t that bold and didn’t have the resources nor the connections needed to plant such a thing within Fortune Court.

The Way Seekers Alliance? Miss Mo?

Gu Suihan frowned.
This was possible, but not very likely.
If she wanted to make things difficult for him, she wouldn’t stoop so low.
She had plenty of disciples at her beck and call anyway.
She could have easily found herself another Li Xianlong.

He wasn’t like the main character of a game who went around finding trouble for himself all day, making the gods angry, offending all the humans, and viewing the world as his enemy.
In fact, Gu Suihan had joined the Seven Kill Sect for less than six months and the only people he had offended were the Way Seekers Alliance.
To be more specific, he had only offended one Nan Xingyuan.

As for the rest…he really hadn’t actually offended them.

“Disciplinarian Zhang.” This name suddenly popped up in his mind.
But he quickly threw that thought out as well.
Disciplinarian Zhang could have summoned him directly and dealt with him in any way he wanted.
Why bother going through the trouble of doing something so stupid?

Since he couldn’t figure it out, he decided to put this matter aside for the time being.

He flung the bottle into his magic storage bag, then looked at the broken knife he had taken out of the secret realm back when he first joined the sect.

This thing had been with him for a long time, but he hadn’t seen anything else in it, so he had just left it aside all this time.
He had even forgotten about the spirit inside it.

“Squeak or something,” snapped Gu Suihan impatiently as he slammed the knife against the floor a few times.

“Squeeeak!” The poor knife was rudely awakened and quickly did as his evil owner instructed.

Gu Suihan didn’t do anything even after the knife had squeaked in reply.

The room remained silent for a long time.

When the spirit was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from waiting for a response, Gu Suihan suddenly said, “Do you want to become a human? I’m talking about becoming a real human.”

“Wh-what do you mean?” The spirit was a bit confused.
It understood what Gu Suihan’s first question meant, but what was the second statement about? What did he mean by “a real human”?

Gu Suihan smiled mysteriously.
“A real human – an ordinary person with desires, emotions, friends, family, love, joy, and sadness.
But on one condition.
That is, I will wipe out all your memories.” He paused, then emphasized his main point, “I will wipe out everything.
You won’t just lose them.”

“What do you want to do?” The Spirit tried to find out what Gu Suihan’s plans were before making a decision.

Gu Suihan didn’t respond to that question either and went on to the second option the spirit had, “The other way to become a real human is to replace the soul of an existing person with you.
But you’re just the spirit of a non-living thing, which means that your soul is made from only one component, unlike a human soul that has three Hun and seven Po.
In that case, I’ll have to separate your soul into ten parts and insert you piece by piece into the body.
It’s not a very dangerous process, but it’ll hurt.”

“Separate…my soul…?!” The spirit’s voice began to tremble and stutter when he heard what Gu Suihan said.

“Well, there’s one more option.” Gu Suihan clicked his tongue and said a little reluctantly, “I can draw you out from this broken knife and cut your ties to it completely.
But that way, you’d become a wandering spirit and you won’t be able to become a human anymore.”

“I’ll think about it,” said the spirit quietly after some time.

Gu Suihan glanced at the broken knife on the floor for a moment, then went on to do other things.

He had good reasons why he wanted to remove the spirit from inside the knife.

After that duel with Li Xianlong, all his weapons were broken and he needed a new one.

This broken knife had been made from Dragon-Marked Gold.
It no longer carried any spiritual power and the magic formation runes carved into it were almost beyond repair, but it was a very suitable weapon right now, given Gu Suihan’s current level of cultivation.

The Clacker’s Hipster Hideout

Today’s snack recommendation: Salted Egg Potato Chips.
So expensive, but so tasssstyy.
Also, heart attack in a bag.
I warned you.
MSG: *****

White Nephrite Jade.
White nephrite jade is more common and has a slightly waxy, somewhat oily appearance (therefore, the Chinese name for it is 羊脂白玉, which literally means ‘mutton fat jade’) whereas jadeite is rarer, more dense and harder with a more vivid, translucent quality.
The antique white jade mined in China for thousands of years is white nephrite jade – white jadeite wasn’t known in China until the 18th century when it was introduced from Burma – now Myanmar.
So, the next time you read about those ‘jade beauties’ with ‘white jade skin’ or ‘white jade arms’…honestly, this is what they had in mind. *Clacker cackle*↩