CH 378

378: Pain of the Soul

The cave looked dark from the outside, but now that they were walking into it, it wasn’t completely dark. A few green flames gave off light as they fluttered through the air, but their presence was frightening.

Dark caves, floating ghost flames, this was standard fare for horror movies!

Zo swallowed and followed closely behind Feng Wu.

There was only one passage through the cave. “Ah!” The cries felt closer and clearer now that they were inside.

“Let’s go!” Feng Wu walked directly through the green ghost flames.

“Wait!” Zo grabbed Feng Wu before taking out a light item from his space ring.

The cave immediately became brighter, but their backs would be chilled every time a cold breeze blew in from behind them into the cave.

Unexpectedly, there were no bones inside, only a bunch of green flames. The number of green flames increased as they walked farther in. It was scalp tingling. Those faint of heart would have fainted already.

Feng Wu considered the ones screaming to be like her friend Big Bear, so she kept walking forward even though both Zo and Rui Baby both felt they were heading toward danger. It was like the voices were telling her they were in a great deal of pain and they needed someone to save them.

Feng Wu felt she could save them, so she kept walking without hesitating.

At the end of the passage they came upon a stone gate two meters high. The sounds were coming from behind the gate. The closer they got, the clearer it became and they more painful it was to listen to.

Zo felt like scum. Such a painful cry made his heart hurt and brain feel like it was going to explode.

Feng Wu saw the blood vessels in his eyes pulsing red so she immediately closed off his five senses and put him to sleep. She found a place and laid him down before proceeding.

She knew the person she wanted to find was behind the gate, so she reached out to open it.

Rui Baby knew he couldn’t stop Feng Wu. He had already decided to go with the flow; if worse came to worse, he’d just run away.

That was the only way he could comfort himself.

Feng Wu opened the door and the scene she saw imprinted itself in her mind. Thousands of nimble souls were chained together as a wicked white flame burned them, causing them unspeakable pain without harming their spirit form.

Many had already turned into resentful spirits that only harbored hatred inside. Only a few still clung to human reason. Perhaps, this was its own kind of pain for them.

The cries she and the others heard were from these spirits. They roared and screamed in agony at a pain that seemed never ending.

“Is this the place that creates the evil spirits? Good if so. We can solve the problem right here.” Rui Baby didn’t expect they would be so lucky. The spirits that would turn into evil spirits were right here.

“Strangers, little girl, you are lucky to make it to this place alive.”

Feng Wu looked to the source of the voice that had floated to her ears. She found a man dressed in gorgeous Chinese clothes, even more beautifully made than the ones on the corpses from earlier. He wore a crown, symbolizing his right to rule, on his head. He was different from the souls around him who had lost their ego.

Although his soul had evil spirit and resentment, he was still cognizant of himself.

“You are the owner of this tomb?” Though it was a question, Rui Baby spoke in the affirmative.

“Oh? Even a rui beast has come. I never thought I’d see a rui beast after dying.” The man looked in surprise at Rui Baby.

“You’ve seen other rui beasts?” Rui Baby asked curiously.

“I have. I have seen one. That rui had powerful healing abilities. Any injury, he would be able to heal it. He was a kind thing. He helped our nation a lot.”

The man had been speaking while being burned by the fire, however he didn’t make a single sound of pain. Even Rui Baby was impressed. This was the first guy he ever met who could endure that kind of spiritual pain and still retain his ego.

“You’re talking about my aunt!” Rui beasts clan members were a small bunch. They had gone into hiding deep in the spiritual world ever since humans got the idea of using rui beasts in contracts. Only a few magical beasts could even locate them.

“Millie is your aunt?” The king was surprised to meet a descendent of his friend.

“That was my aunt. I never expected the friend my aunt never forgot was you. She still thought of you even upon her death.” Thinking about his aunt made Rui Baby a little sad.

His aunt Millie was kind and sweet. Amongst all the rui beasts, she was not the smartest, but she was the kindest. She wouldn’t have died at the hands of the Shura[notes] in order to save a bunch of weak humans otherwise.

According to their people’s age, she had been very young, just barely an adult. Everyone in the rui clan felt her death was a great pity, probably because it was such an unworthy death.

Because ruis were smarter than others, they saw things very clearly. But even then you didn’t have to think that hard to realize there was only one life. She could have returned to the spirit world but chose to die with the humans. As smart and wise as she was, it was hard to understand why she did it.

“Is Millie dead? I didn’t expect her to be. That fool, I told her to return to the spiritual world, but she never listens. . . ” Upon hearing his friend was dead, the young king grew sad.