Master of Strange Dao

As before, Yu Ziqing quietly observed for a few days.

Gou Dan was reticent, very busy every day, reading, writing, helping with chores. Yet, he was still the same as before, slow to react, somewhat dull and slow to understand things.

Yu Ziqing quietly checked and found it consistent with his previous expectations; this was Gou Dan's limit.

Without opening his orifices, at this age, he was already in his smartest phase.

At night, Yu Ziqing stood by Gou Dan's bed, watching him sleep curled up, muttering in his sleep.

Some were subjects he learned during the day, struggling to recite and comprehend them.

"Mom, I will definitely try hard..."

Holding the Orifices-opening Pill, Yu Ziqing hesitated whether to give it to him or not.

It wasn't about grudges; he just felt that if Gou Dan were to awaken Qingping's consciousness, would he still be Gou Dan?

No, if he changed, it would only mean Qingping failed.

Yu Ziqing took out an Array Plate given by Yang and threw it on the ground, forming a secret chamber formation to seal the place.

With a flick of his finger, the Orifices-opening Pill entered Gou Dan's mouth, dissolving instantly and turning into saliva, descending into his stomach.

There was no flashing spirit light, but the pill liquid seemed like a spiritual spring, nourishing his heart orifices, gradually reopening his innately sealed heart orifices.

In a flash, Yu Ziqing detected a trace of imprint fragments emerging, fleeting.

Within a two-hour period, he sensed dozens of imprint fragments appearing and then completely disappearing.

This indicated that more fragments belonging to Qingping must have already converged.

In his sleep, Gou Dan slowly opened his eyes, dazed.

He sat up, looked around, and when he saw Yu Ziqing sitting there, it was as if he didn't see him.

He touched his arm, touched his face, and pinched himself hard, then began to laugh foolishly and soon covered his face and cried painfully while laughing.

"I... I really made it, I really became an ordinary person."

Upon hearing this, Yu Ziqing confirmed it was Qingping.

He observed the entire process, somewhat amazed. Throughout, he only detected his imprint fragments flashing in and out, without sensing anything related to a cultivator.

Even now, what lay before his eyes was still a bona fide ordinary person, devoid of any power.

There's no denying it; Qingping was indeed a genius.

This kind of transformation, Yu Ziqing had only heard of Yang succeeding.

And Yang never became a human again.

The human form Yang has now is actually the Demon Clan's transformation method.

Among other deans, the ones who knew assumed he was a Great Demon from Jinlan Mountain. The ones who sensed something amiss didn't ask more questions.

Yu Ziqing didn't rush to speak, allowing Qingping's uncontrollable bouts of laughter and crying.

He could even feel that it was at this moment that Qingping was truly alive, truly becoming a person who could laugh and cry.

Waiting for Qingping to gradually stabilize, Yu Ziqing finally spoke.

"Are you Gou Dan or someone else?"

Qingping looked at Yu Ziqing in surprise and then looked relieved.

"I knew it was you. The first question exceeded my expectations, yet I find it normal."

"Do you know what I want to ask?"

If it were before, Qingping would have thought Yu Ziqing was eagerly seeking to ask those secrets.

But now, touching the tear stains on his face, he understood Yu Ziqing wasn't primarily concerned with that.

He was just confirming whether he was truly Qingping or a real person.

This realization was something he never could have understood before.

"I know what you want to ask.

I am Gou Dan now, and I'm not just an ordinary possession.

Gou Dan was born with no orifices open, his body and Divine Soul intact yet weak, without self-awareness.

All my former body, power, everything, I abandoned.

All that remains is my completely and uniquely my own, complete consciousness.

We were all incomplete; it is now that we are finally whole.

Actually, I understand, no matter what I say, I can never completely deceive myself.

I owe debts I can't repay, so, I am Gou Dan.

I will, as a mortal, complete everything I should complete.

Study, start a family, care for my mother in her old age till her end.

Or, if my mother wishes, I will strive hard to find her Spiritual Medicine to extend her life and assist her cultivation.

Though I feel cultivation is too harsh, it would be better to live as a mortal.

Even being an ordinary mortal, I find it great.

At least, I am a person; I am just Gou Dan."