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Kong Ying and Zhong Wenxin arrived quickly, reaching the location after about twenty minutes.
"What happened?"
As soon as Kong Ying entered, she was startled by the chaotic scene. She knew that Fan Feng had a plan targeting Zhang Qi tonight, but she didn't expect it to create such a huge commotion. Just the sight of the large group of unconscious people, including Fan Feng, was enough to shock anyone.
"We'll talk about this later."
The Ancient Sorcerer turned to Zhong Wenxin and said, "Come with me."
Not knowing what had happened, Zhong Wenxin nodded and followed the Ancient Sorcerer into a quieter room.
"Sit."
Turning on the light, the Ancient Sorcerer pointed to a chair for Zhong Wenxin to sit down.
"Ancient Sorcerer, what's going on?"
Once seated, Zhong Wenxin looked puzzled, noticing the serious expression on the Ancient Sorcerer's face. She understood that something important was happening.
"I'll explain in a moment. For now, just relax your body and breathe in rhythm with my counting."
"Okay."
Zhong Wenxin nodded and began to slowly relax her body. Since she often practiced yoga and meditation, she quickly settled down.
Seeing that Zhong Wenxin had relaxed, the Ancient Sorcerer began to count the rhythm:
"One... two... three... Yes, just like that. Keep going: one... two... three..."
At first, Zhong Wenxin found it a bit strange because the Ancient Sorcerer's counting had an unusual cadence that affected her heartbeat. However, gradually she felt a peculiar magic in the Ancient Sorcerer's voice that reached deep into her soul, awakening her innermost desires and making her want to follow along.
Kong Ying stood aside, her eyes widening as she noticed that Zhong Wenxin, sitting in the chair, had gently closed her eyes, as if drifting off into a dream. Looking at the Ancient Sorcerer, she realized that he was merely counting a simple rhythm and doing nothing else.
"How... how did he do that?"
Hypnosis refers to a state of sleep induced by visual, auditory, or tactile stimuli on a person or animal. In the Western perspective, it is seen as a process where the hypnotized individual is guided to open their subconscious mind, often used to uncover deeply buried issues or even change behavioral habits. To Kong Ying, it seemed that Zhong Wenxin was currently under hypnosis.
However, what surprised her was that the Ancient Sorcerer could effortlessly induce this state in Zhong Wenxin using only words.
Previously, when her son Xiao Tongfang had trouble sleeping, she had looked into related matters and even invited some of the world's most famous hypnotists, but none could hypnotize others as quickly as the Ancient Sorcerer did—those hypnotists typically needed a long time to understand the background of the person being hypnotized and often relied on props like pendulums and required unconditional cooperation from the subject.
But the Ancient Sorcerer needed none of that; simply counting a basic rhythm was enough to put Zhong Wenxin into a hypnotic state.
In this regard, the Ancient Sorcerer was already one of the top hypnotists in the world.
Zhang Ying opened her mouth to speak but ultimately held back when she saw the Ancient Sorcerer raise his tightly clenched right hand, as if something were inside it.
With wide eyes, Kong Ying stared intently at the Ancient Sorcerer's right hand; she had to see what was inside.
"Ah..."
Kong Ying's eyes widened suddenly. As soon as she let out a startled cry, she immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth. The Ancient Sorcerer slowly relaxed his fingers, revealing what appeared to be a small figure made of transparent or condensed wisps of air, which bore some resemblance to Zhong Wenxin.
After swaying a few times, the small figure seemed to be drawn by something and slowly rose before diving into Zhong Wenxin's nose.
As the small figure gradually disappeared, Zhong Wenxin's body trembled lightly, and then her eyes slowly opened.
"What... what happened to me?"
Zhong Wenxin was momentarily stunned; she felt as if she had just taken a nap and woke up feeling refreshed. Beyond that, she had no recollection of what had just occurred.
"A small shadow just crawled into your nose."
Before the Ancient Sorcerer could respond, Kong Ying had already poured out all the details like beans from a bamboo tube. She had been holding it in; what had just happened was too incredible, and it was unbearable not to share it with someone.
"Ancient Sorcerer, really?"
Zhong Wenxin's face showed an expression of disbelief. A shadow crawled into her nose? Where was that shadow now? Inside her body? If it was inside her body, then where exactly?
Nodding, the Ancient Sorcerer said, "Yes, but that is not a shadow; it is one of your souls, to be precise, your spirit."
Before Zhong Wenxin and Kong Ying arrived, the Ancient Sorcerer had already figured out that the small shadow he had snatched back before the formation of ice and fire by the sun and moon was actually one of Zhong Wenxin's souls.
A person's soul consists of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits. The Three Souls refer to the Heavenly Soul, Earth Soul, and Life Soul; the Seven Spirits refer to the Heavenly Charge, Spiritual Wisdom, Qi, Strength, Central Pivot, Essence, and Heroic Spirit. The Three Souls and Seven Spirits are the foundation of human existence. After death, they undergo changes: the Heavenly Soul ascends and resides in the "Heavenly Prison"; the Earth Soul returns to the underworld for judgment based on one's actions in life; as for the human soul, it lingers around graves and belongs to "ancestral virtue," used for passing down generations.
As for the Seven Spirits, if a person dies, they disappear. When a person is born, these Seven Spirits coalesce.
In simple terms, for the physical body, the Three Souls are immortal. After death, they temporarily leave; when a new body forms, they return. The Seven Spirits can be extinguished; after death, they vanish as well. When a new body forms again, the Seven Spirits regenerate completely differently from their previous existence.
The shadow that the Ancient Sorcerer had captured earlier was one of Zhong Wenxin's Seven Spirits—her spirit. To refine the Thousand Soul Banner, Zhang Qi used his identity as a dance teacher to choreograph dances with special abilities to extract Zhong Wenxin's spirit from her Seven Spirits. Because her spirit had been nearly fully extracted, every time Zhong Wenxin performed one of Zhang Qi's dances, she would ultimately faint due to her spirit's diminished power. It was like a car that could only travel ten miles; if someone drained its last bit of fuel, it would naturally stall.
As for the skull that the Ancient Sorcerer had seen earlier, it was actually one of the Seven Spirits that had been extracted by Zhang Qi. However, so much time had passed that even if the Ancient Sorcerer managed to retrieve them, they would likely be useless since their original owner might have long since died or become a vegetable due to lacking their Seven Spirits.
Zhong Wenxin was fortunate enough to encounter him at just the right moment; one of her spirits had not been completely absorbed yet, which is why there was still hope. If it had been any later, even the Ancient Sorcerer would have been powerless.
After hearing the Ancient Sorcerer's explanation, Zhong Wenxin and Kong Ying were left speechless. Such matters felt too distant for them; it seemed like just a story.
After a long while, Zhong Wenxin let out a difficult sigh and said, "Is this... really true?"
It wasn't that she didn't believe the Ancient Sorcerer; it was just that such things were simply too unbelievable.
The Ancient Sorcerer naturally understood Zhong Wenxin's thoughts, nodded, and said, "Yes, to refine such a Thousand Soul Banner requires nine hundred and ninety-nine young boys and girls as Seven Spirits, and that Thousand Soul Banner is nearly complete..."
The Thousand Soul Banner had already been destroyed by the ice and fire formed by the sun and moon, and all the refining methods and effects related to it were naturally known to the Ancient Sorcerer; it was not a secret. However, before he could finish speaking, he realized something was wrong and immediately stopped. He glanced at Zhong Wenxin, and the Ancient Sorcerer's face suddenly turned bitter. It was clear that she had noticed the flaw in his words—her face had already begun to flush.
"This... I... I didn't mean to."
Young boys and girls, commonly referred to as virgins, meant that the Ancient Sorcerer's unintentional words implied that Zhong Wenxin was still a maiden.
Kong Ying also found it amusing, seemingly eager to stir up trouble, saying, "Hehe, so it really is true. I knew it! With your brows furrowed and not relaxing, walking with your legs tightly closed..."
"Kong Ying, stop talking!"
Zhong Wenxin glared at Kong Ying in exasperation, her pretty face completely red!
"Hahaha! Alright, I won't say anything more."
Kong Ying stopped teasing Zhong Wenxin, knowing that if she continued, her fate would be quite miserable.
With this incident interrupting the atmosphere, Zhong Wenxin could no longer stay. After agreeing with the Ancient Sorcerer to have a meal another day, she pulled Kong Ying away.
While Kong Ying and Zhong Wenxin could leave, the Ancient Sorcerer still had matters to attend to on-site!
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