abnabooks Chapter 2534 The Most Precious Characteristic
Chapter 2534 The Most Precious Characteristic
Chapter 2534 The Most Precious Characteristic
When will it close? The guard looked at Xiao Ping, but she waved her hand: "Wait a little longer."
There was no sound from within the barrier, only the soft breathing of Ah Lian could be heard.
Xiao Ping had been observing her carefully, but couldn't see anything unusual.
"Alright, stop."
The guards then turned off the mechanism and stopped injecting smoke into the garden.
Too much smoking might backfire.
Xiao Ping then squatted down and softly called to the little girl on the ground, "A-Lian."
Her voice seemed to have a magical quality, relentlessly drilling into people's minds, making the guards and He Lingchuan nearby feel uncomfortable.
This is also a kind of magical sound power.
Everyone understood that this was one of the tricks the Heavenly Demon used to lure the physical body into speaking and inviting them to reside there. As long as the physical body agreed, whether it was intentional or unintentional, whether it was conscious or unconscious, it would imprint the Heavenly Demon's exclusive mark into its sea of consciousness.
Once this pass is obtained, the Heavenly Demon can descend at any time.
Even in her deep sleep, Ah Lian's brows were furrowed, as if she didn't want to answer, yet she had no choice but to respond.
Xiao Ping called out three or four times before A-Lian finally managed to say, "I'm here."
"Would you like to go outside the park? There's good food and fun, and you won't get pricked by needles or struck by lightning?"
Xiao Ping spoke these words not only slowly, but also with exceptional gentleness.
But after she asked, Ah Lian didn't react, just like before.
Xiao Ping called her twice more before she finally murmured, "I want my father to take me."
“Okay,” Xiao Ping said. “You say you agree first.”
Ah Lian didn't reply, but her breathing became heavier.
She slept even more soundly.
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Ping's eyes as she pointed to the second mechanism on the wall: "Open it."
The guard hesitated for a moment.
Xiao Ping flicked him away, sending him flying ten feet away, and then personally pressed the second mechanism.
With a whoosh, a bolt of lightning, thicker than a bucket, flashed through the barrier and struck A-Lian precisely.
The little girl was jolted awake and burst into tears.
That one strike alone shows she's extraordinary. An ordinary child struck by such a powerful bolt of lightning would be reduced to charred remains; where would they get the strength to cry?
Ah Lian's cries were powerful and penetrating.
Just then, a figure flashed behind them, and someone rushed over, raised a hand to turn off the mechanism, and shouted sharply, "What are you doing!"
This man had handsome eyes and a long beard, and appeared to possess an air of otherworldly refinement. Upon his arrival, the guards bowed even lower.
"Master Duan!"
Ignoring Xiao Ping's reaction, Master Duan swept his sleeves and rushed into the barrier in two steps.
He clearly had a pass; the barrier didn't stop him at all.
Just as he was about to pick up A-Lian, the little girl rushed into his arms, her eyes swollen from crying.
"Father, Aunt Xiao hit me!"
He Lingchuan already knew who the visitor was.
Duan Heyun, the leader of the Lotus Valley Demon Puppet Experiment.
This person can be considered a top expert in the study of human demon puppets, whose technical reputation far surpasses that of Dong Rui, referring only to the reputation of his technical abilities.
Interestingly, she called Duan Heyun "father" but referred to Duan Heyun's wife as "aunt".
Upon seeing that A-Lian's hands and neck were blackened and flesh was torn open, Duan Heyun angrily exclaimed:
"What did she do to offend you? Why did you have to resort to such a cruel method?"
Before Xiao Ping could speak, A-Lian hurriedly complained, "Aunt Xiao hates me! She bullies me when Father isn't here!"
Duan Heyun gave Xiao Ping a cold look, indicating that he at least agreed with the first part of the statement.
Xiao Ping moved her sleeve and veins bulged on her neck, but she still suppressed her anger and said, "God Helu specified that she should be used as a shell, so we must mark her today! But she pretends to be stupid and refuses to agree."
"Helu God?" Duan Heyun's expression changed. "There were already several skins prepared for Him here, why is Alian being used?"
“We tried two bodies today, but neither was suitable. The bodies collapsed too quickly.” Xiao Ping’s tone was businesslike. “As you know, the old body of Helu God’s avatar was about to break down and wouldn’t last much longer, so He designated A-Lian.”
“If you don’t believe me,” she said, tilting her chin back slightly, “you can ask God Helu yourself.”
Helu God?
He Lingchuan followed Duan Heyun's gaze and saw a person strolling along the forest path.
From a distance, he looked alright, but as he got a few steps closer, people could see that his skin was yellowish and covered with small scales, his nose was a bit flat, and his mouth was a bit big.
He Lingchuan grasped the key word in Xiao Ping's words: "clone".
This is an incarnation of the god Helu.
Furthermore, she said that the physical form of the incarnation of the god Helu was about to decay, and this was not an exaggeration. The yellow-skinned person possessed by the god Helu had black spots on his neck and the back of his hands, which, in Dong Rui's words, was "black rot".
The divine bodies researched by the Heavenly Palace have undergone many iterations. The "chosen ones" selected from ordinary humans are too fragile and difficult to bear divine power. They easily collapse soon after the gods descend.
The divine body has undergone numerous improvements, the most important being the significantly increased strength of its raw material base. As long as the gods control the scale of their descent, they can remain in the human world for a considerable period of time.
However, new problems have arisen. Such bodies do not collapse overnight, but some will slowly deteriorate over a period of time. The demon puppeteers have not yet figured out the real reason and can only attribute it to the fact that the body and soul are not quite compatible.
After all, the secrets of body and soul are too profound for even gods and immortals to fathom.
In short, the time for the God of Helu to take on this form is running out, and He is in a hurry to change to another one.
His appearance confirmed to He Lingchuan and the others that the incarnation of the god Helu was indeed in the Lingyun Palace and was playing a crucial role.
This may be the key reason why they are trying to sabotage Yanxia Bay.
"Your Majesty!" Duan Heyun said solemnly, "A-Lian is not the most suitable body for you. I will search within the Spiritual Essence Palace for the most powerful one..."
Helu interrupted him: "Why? To whom do you intend to leave Alian? Or do you simply wish to keep her as she is?"
Since He resides in the Lingyun Palace, it is impossible for Him to be completely unaware of what is happening below.
Everyone in Lotus Valley knows that Duan Heyun has a special relationship with A-Lian.
Duan Heyun took a light breath: "The Divine Lord's insight is astute as ever, so I'll say it again! I truly don't want her to become a mere shell so early. Of all the embryos we've cultivated using fragments of the Hidden God Lord, A-Lian is the only experimental subject with intelligence surpassing that of a human!"
Not only He Lingchuan, but everyone else in Doukou Garden was shocked, except for Dong Rui, whose expression was solemn:
"really!"
He had guessed it beforehand, but hearing Duan Heyun say it himself still shocked him.
A-Lian's appearance is no different from that of a human child, even more exquisite and adorable, yet she is purely artificially cultivated, using the Hidden God Lord as a base. This demonstrates that the Heavenly Palace's level of divine body cultivation far surpasses the information possessed by Cang Yan and Ling Shan!
The Heavenly Palace's secrecy was truly remarkable, which made the importance of the intelligence that Mei Wu Niang sent back at all costs even more apparent.
(End of this chapter)