Chapter 511 - 266: Negotiating with Demon Venerable
"Jiang Wan?"
Zhuge Xuanji waved the sleeve of his worn-out Taoist robe and asked with a smile, "Why do you firmly believe that Jiang Wan will be resurrected?"
He poured out all the divination sticks from the bamboo tube, randomly stirred them, then snapped one of them and looked at Li Guanshi as he spoke:
"The soul returns to the nether world, the body enters the earth, the passing of a person is like the running out of lamp oil, dark and never bright again. Even if magic defies heaven and brings one back to life, it’s merely a ship of memories moored on the shores of the void. Taoist Li, you should see through this more than anyone."
Li Guanshi lightly lifted her delicate fingers, brushing a stray strand of hair from her forehead, and smiled, "I used to think the same, but now I have some new thoughts."
Zhuge Xuanji suddenly realized, "Have you met the Esoteric Sect’s Mother Buddha?"
Li Guanshi spoke indifferently, "I asked her about matters of the Living Buddha’s relics and reincarnation. Although she too said that reincarnation is nothing more than memories and emotions, aren’t memories and emotions the essence of a person?"
Zhuge Xuanji shook his finger:
"You are all wrong. The Esoteric Sect’s Protector Deity is the Esoteric Sect’s Protector Deity, Zhang Yunwu is Zhang Yunwu, Jiang Wan is Jiang Wan...
Of course, you won’t believe what an old Daoist like me says. Soon, that boy Zhang Yunwu will be replaced by the Esoteric Sect’s Protector Deity; then you can see for yourself, who he really is?"