Chapter 386 Living Soul Garden <TOC> Chapter 388 The Naked Female Ghosts
Translator: SumTLMan
It seemed that he could only choose one.
Either purify his soul or set things back on track.
“What consequences will I face if I change the rules set by Black Castle in the past?”
It took the High Priest a long time to shake his head and say: “I don’t know.”
“Let me ask you in another way, if I choose to change the selection location, what changes will happen to your race?”
The High Priest still shook his head.
“Didn’t you say you were looking forward to the reform?”
High Priest: “Your arrival is a variable. The change in the selection is also a variable. When multiple variables accumulate, it may just open the door to reform.”
The High Priest’s tone reminded Angel of someone – the prophecy apprentice who always wore a white bear costume, Hobson.
Since the High Priest didn’t know the consequences, Angel could only think for himself.
Weighing the pros and cons.
First, let’s talk about his gains: he can purify his soul and make it more refined. This is indeed attractive to Angel, but in fact, there are other methods to purify the soul, such as using potions.
What Angel is more concerned about is: what impact will purifying the soul have on the Gravity Veins in my soul?
At present, Angel cannot mobilize the Gravity Veins in his soul, and even if he does, he needs to consume a lot of soul power, which he cannot bear at the moment.
If purifying the soul can slightly solve the problem of Gravity Veins, or even extract the Gravity Veins from the soul, Angel is willing to give it a try.
Thinking of this, Angel asked: “You once said that the gray breath in my soul also needs a rain. So, what effect will choosing to purify my soul have on that gray breath?”
The High Priest was silent for a moment: “The gray breath in your soul is the condensation of the laws, right?”
Angel nodded.
“Ordinary soul purification has no effect on the law veins in your soul. But the treasure has been nourished in the Soul Source and has also been tainted with a trace of the Living Soul Law’s breath, which should make the law veins in your soul clearer and more condensed.”
Make the law veins clearer and more condensed? If it’s just this, Angel feels a bit tasteless, tasteless when eating, but a pity to discard.
In terms of his “gains” alone, it seems to be average at the moment.
Angel tried to analyze from the “loss” perspective.
Speaking of drawbacks, Angel wasn’t quite sure either. He didn’t know how seriously the people of Black Castle regarded this matter, and the High Priest was also unclear about it.
However, it wasn’t impossible to make a guess from indirect clues, such as knowing the value of the Soul Bead, which could provide some insight.
Angel: “You have a grand festival once a year, which means that the main purpose of the annual Holy Castle festival is actually for the Soul Beads refined from the secret treasures?”
The High Priest nodded in agreement.
“What is the Role of the Soul Beads?”
“Before Lady Isabelle left, I heard her say that the Soul Bead is an extremely special and precious soul-related resource, which can not only be used as energy to promote the growth of the Soul Source but can also be directly absorbed as a supplement to soul power without being rejected.”
After a pause, the High Priest suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Angel’s chest: “The broken soul in your pocket can also be gradually repaired by absorbing the Soul Bead.”
…
Broken soul?!
Angel slowly took out Toby, who he cherished and valued, from his breast pocket.
“You said his broken soul?” Angel pointed to Toby, who was breathing steadily and showing normal vital signs, and asked word by word.
The High Priest asked back: “Isn’t he your magical pet?”
Angel shook his head: “He’s not my magical pet; he’s my… best friend.”
The High Priest looked Angel up and down, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: “Best friend, he seems to be very important to you.”
“Why do you say his broken soul?” Angel asked again.
The High Priest: “He has been unconscious for a long time, hasn’t it?”
“More than a week.”
“I can sense his soul; he’s a unique soul not inferior to yours. Huh…no, his soul is even more promising than yours.” The High Priest suddenly said: “Wait, he’s in the shape of a bird, but why can’t I sense the feeling of a bird’s soul? Does he really exist in this world?”
The High Priest’s words made Angel somewhat impressed. He was almost able to analyze Toby’s origins just by observing his soul.
Seeing that the High Priest seemed to have a tendency to continue talking to himself, Angel quickly said: “You haven’t said why he’s a broken soul. Also, why has it been unconscious all this time? Isn’t it in the process of advancing?”
“Advancing? Perhaps that’s one way to put it. He has been unconscious all this time because his soul is confronting a wave of angry emotions.” The High Priest paused: “If he can defeat this wave of anger, he might be considered an advancement.”
“However, as far as I can see now, the angry emotions have already invaded his soul and are slowly consuming him. If he cannot make up for this defect, he will soon become a puppet of anger.”
The High Priest rambled on, but Angel was utterly baffled.
The soul confronting angry emotions? If it were some strange soul trying to wrest control of Toby’s body, Angel could accept that, but what was this about angry emotions?
The High Priest was unable to answer that as well: “I don’t know what that ‘anger’ represents, but he is indeed being devoured by an emotion with intense ‘rage.’ The soul is already fragmented at this point.”
“How can we wake him up?” Angel focused all his attention on Toby at this time, casting all trivial matters aside.
“I’ve said before, as long as he can overcome the anger, he can not only wake up but also advance, as you’ve mentioned. However, it appears that his soul has been consumed for a long time and has suffered significant damage, making it difficult to defeat the anger.”
Angel’s eyes narrowed slightly, and his thoughts raced.
“So, as long as we replenish the soul, he can overcome the anger?”
The High Priest: “Replenishing the soul merely provides him with the strength to defeat the anger. Whether he can triumph in the end still depends on himself.”
“You mentioned earlier that a Soul Bead can restore his fragmented soul.”
The High Priest nodded, seemingly seeing through Angel’s thoughts: “I know what you’re thinking. Even if you choose not to alter the selection location, the Soul Bead obtained in the end will not be enough to repair his soul.”
Angel recalled the day before yesterday when Toby sleepwalked to the temple on the mountain peak. He initially thought it was the Source of Law tempting him, but now he felt that perhaps Toby was just sending out a distress signal.
“There should be a Soul Bead in the temple on the mountain peak, right?”
The High Priest’s face showed surprise: “How did you know?”
Angel explained Toby’s sleepwalking incident from the day before yesterday, and the High Priest suddenly realized: “It seems he was indeed sending you a distress signal. Actually, there is no Soul Bead on the mountain peak. The Soul Bead is placed in the heart of the sacred mountain. He probably stopped at the mountainside because it was the closest location to the Soul Bead.”
“Give it to me, and I can trade with you.” Angel paused: “You name the price.”
The High Priest shook his head: “The Soul Bead inside the sacred mountain was left by Lady Isabelle, containing not only her image but also a trace of her consciousness. It is extremely important to the Queen. Not to mention retrieving it, merely approaching the place would alert the Queen.”
“I can assure you that even if you steal hundreds or thousands of Soul Beads, it wouldn’t enrage the Queen as much as taking that one Soul Bead would.”
If what the High Priest said was true, Angel believed it. Given Isabella’s obsessive devotion to her teacher, she was capable of doing such a thing.
Even hundreds or thousands of Soul Beads couldn’t compare to one with a trace of Isabelle’s consciousness.
Hundreds or thousands of Soul Beads?
Angel suddenly thought of something: “Were you hinting at me to steal the Soul Bead from Black Castle?”
The High Priest shook his head calmly: “No, I wasn’t.”
Angel didn’t want to argue any further: “Are there many Soul Beads in Black Castle?”
“Isabelle is a soul wizard, she needs to use Soul Beads.” the High Priest explained.
From this single sentence, Angel understood the High Priest’s intention. Although Isabelle had left the Southern Region, it did not mean she was dead… Considering Isabella’s obsession with Isabelle, it was possible she hadn’t used any of the collected Soul Beads for a thousand years.
Angel looked at the soft lump in his palm, and a touch of warmth flickered in his eyes.
Toby was the only thing he was unwilling and reluctant to let go of in the Wizarding World.
Angel looked at the High Priest: “Can the selection be postponed?”
The High Priest nodded: “Yes, but it must be done before the day after tomorrow night at the latest.”
“Alright! Let’s postpone it to the day after tomorrow night.” After a pause, Angel looked at the High Priest: “What does the Soul Bead look like? What are his characteristics?”
“You’re going to Black Castle?”
“Yes, I must go.” Shadow had said that there were no wizard-level opponents in Black Castle at the moment, and Isabella was not there either, making it an excellent opportunity.
Even if he failed, it would be fine.
But if he didn’t go, and Toby was consumed by anger, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.
The High Priest pondered for a moment and roughly described the appearance of the Soul Bead. Finally, before Angel left, he pointed at Toby: “If his self-preservation instinct is still there, as long as you follow him, you may find the Soul Bead faster.”
Angel nodded, then reached out his hand toward the High Priest.
An illusory aura enveloped the High Priest.
“Just in case, as long as you don’t mention me, everything will be normal. The effect will disappear after three days.” Angel said and then turned to leave.
The High Priest watched Angel walk away and sighed softly. When he arrived, he thought the unexpected visitor would choose to purify his soul in the end because he understood the greedy nature of wizards. So he had already instructed the priest to prepare for the selection at the Centennial Hall.
He didn’t expect such a significant twist in the end.
As the High Priest sighed helplessly, Angel’s voice suddenly drifted in the wind.
—”If I can return successfully in three days, I owe you a favor.”
Chapter 386 Living Soul Garden <TOC> Chapter 388 The Naked Female Ghosts