Chapter 1130: What Is the Price?
Shi Hengbo looked toward the totems representing the Great Witches and said, “Your progress is very fast.”
The last time Qi Xuansu came here, he had wondered why Shi Hengbo’s remnant soul was preserved inside the Longevity Stone Heart. Did the forging of the Heart require living sacrifices? Or had Shi Hengbo once been the Heart’s master, so upon death, the Heart retained a fragment of her soul?
When Qi Xuansu asked this previously, Shi Hengbo replied that she was merely a remnant soul split from her true self and did not possess complete memories. Thus, she was unable to answer his question.
Qi Xuansu had no choice but to let the matter rest.
Now, Qi Xuansu approached the question from another angle. “Senior, if you are a second-generation Daoist disciple, who was your master?”
Lineage and parentage were memories that would last, as it was ingrained like instinct, impossible to fully sever.
As expected, Shi Hengbo answered directly this time. “Master Yao.”
The answer seemed obvious. A first-generation disciple with the Yao last name who was deeply tied to the Ancient Witches. This confirmed Qi Xuansu’s guess that Shi Hengbo had been the disciple of Elder Yao, and that the Longevity Stone Heart was crafted by Elder Yao as well.
At the very least, Qi Xuansu’s Longevity Stone Heart originated from Elder Yao. The Li family’s version was clearly different, likely a later-generation Longevity Stone crafted by Donghuang.
Qi Xuansu continued, “In your memories, who was the Grand Master at the time?”
Shi Hengbo cast him a glance. “The Holy Xuan, of course. Is there anyone more suited for the position?”
Qi Xuansu cleared his throat. “Of course not. What about the Earthly Preceptor? Was it Earthly Preceptor Shangguan or Earthly Preceptor Yao?”