Journey to the End of the Night Chapter 1640 - 991: Six Consciousness_2

More terrifying and shocking was that in the chest of the woman slumbering within the crystal, there was a vast hollow of crimson emptiness.

Like cold branches entwined, crystals spread out from the hollow in her heart, connecting to a heart-shaped Puppet Stone core.

However, that Puppet Stone core didn’t operate or glow like an ordinary Puppet Mecha, its surface marred with aged scars and cracks, severely damaged.

Jiushijiu sighed lightly, lowering his eyes, his thick lashes covering his gaze.

She reached out towards the crystal, and the surface, which seemed hard as an amber fossil, was penetrated by her without hindrance, as if through the surface of shimmering water.

As she grasped the gray and worn core, it was as if a certain vibrant energy was injected into it, causing a buzz, and ripples spread across the liquid inside the crystal.

Suddenly, a faint golden glow flowed over the core’s surface.

And the woman, who lay dormant like a corpse, seemed to be summoned by some force, awakening faintly.

She opened her eyes, looking through the thick light and shadow, at Jiushijiu’s young, proud, and beautiful face beyond the crystal, her gaze inexplicably tinged with a sorrowful melancholy.

Jiushijiu nonchalantly withdrew her hand, her palm covered with a light layer of purple toxin intent, quickly suppressed and dissipated by her power.

Slowly rotating her wrist, she calmly said, "The six Divine Talismans within the Scale Stone left by the Master have awakened."

Within the massive crystal, the ripples suddenly became chaotic and violent.

Jiushijiu lightly tapped the crystal with her finger, and the chaotic ripples seemed to be smoothed by an invisible force.

"Calm down first, with your current physical condition, you can’t withstand such emotional turmoil."

The woman within the crystal slowly raised an arm, her fingertip touching Jiushijiu’s through the crystal.

Without moving her lips, her voice echoed like consciousness itself within the space.

"The Evil God within the Ten Directions Sword is not destroyed, why would Fang Geyu choose this moment to inherit the six Divine Talismans.

Her Lifebound Talisman Spirit feeds the Jiyuan, and acting at this time, isn’t it just empowering the Jiyuan?"

Jiushijiu raised her eyes, looking calmly at her, her dark eyes reflecting an odd light: "Six Consciousnesses, if I hadn’t witnessed it myself, I wouldn’t believe it, the master before dying...

left the six Divine Talismans as a legacy, but perhaps they were intended for someone else?"

The woman within the crystal suddenly widened her eyes, the words hit like a silent thunderbolt, making her expression exceedingly grave.

"What do you mean? The six Divine Talismans... the master didn’t leave them for Fang Geyu?"

"No need to worry." Jiushijiu’s expression remained indifferent, her voice equally so: "The six Divine Talismans are merely temporarily placed with him.

Once the Golden Immortal auction is over, I’ll use Golden Immortal Feng Xu’s hand to lure the Dragon Fish Whale and find the Silver Gate. He will no longer have any use, and I will personally end him."

Hearing the words "personally", the eyes of the Six Consciousnesses trembled slightly, and she asked in a low voice: "Who is the person you speak of?"

Jiushijiu slowly said: "The Crown Prince of the Central Netherworld, Baili An, also Fang Geyu’s beloved."

The woman in the crystal evidently never expected upon her awakening to receive such successive shocking news.

Her fingers trembling as they touched the inner wall of the crystal, and her voice echoed with a slight unsteadiness in her breath yet was exceptionally sincere: "Do not harm him!"

Regarding such merciless commands, Jiushijiu was not angered, merely slowly narrowing her eyes.

"Six Consciousnesses, you seem to not have the qualification to negotiate terms with me. If it weren’t for me extracting the Emperor’s secret treasure from Xianling City, do you think you could still be standing here speaking to me?"

Six Consciousnesses looked on with a desolate gaze, shaking her head: "Do not be so cruel to that child, the shadow of Jiyuan haunted her like a nightmare for over a decade.

I can’t imagine what immense courage and determination it took for that child to live as an ordinary person, to dearly love someone like that.

What you’re doing will only cause her suffering greater than death."

Jiushijiu’s eyes, almost unaffected by the passage of time, were calm to the point of cruelty:

"Human sorrow and joy are incomprehensible, let alone I am but a heartless Puppet. My actions are governed only by goals and outcomes."

She raised her gaze to the woman within the crystal, "Six Consciousnesses, you and I both originate from Yinghuo, yet you are a unique anomaly among Puppets.

To rashly violate the taboo and awaken consciousness and feelings is in my eyes a self-inflicted trouble, for it is the interference of human emotion that led you to this end."

Speaking this, Jiushijiu sighed gently and continued: "Rationally, you cannot thwart my plan, and you must admit, the outcome brought about by my plan is undoubtedly the best ending.

But from an emotional perspective, you worry my methods are too ruthless and domineering, causing her sorrow.

This makes me wonder whether you wish to preserve Fang Geyu’s life or let her relish in joy, even just once."

Six Consciousnesses was rendered speechless by her questioning.

The azure light cast Jiushijiu’s skin in a snow-white hue within the endless dark, surrounded by dancing golden talismanic light spots, suspended in mid-air.

Reflecting this massive and somewhat terrifying crystal, it was as if interwoven from death into a painting of intense colors.

Her eyebrows showed even more cold indifference: "Attachments become burdens, indeed human hearts surpass any bitterness in the world. From one thought arises endless calamity.

Human emotions merely cloud our correct and calm judgment, causing you to forget that you can’t have both fish and bear’s paw.

This ambivalence, wavering back and forth, wanting everything, do you know what enemy you truly face? It is the Evil God Jiyuan!"

The light in Six Consciousnesses’ eyes dimmed bit by bit as she spoke, trying to squeeze out a barren smile from her face marked by the Witch Plague, it carried an indescribable taste of sorrow and suffering.

"This time, may I go first?"

Jiushijiu’s face remained calm, devoid of joy or sorrow, those eyes finding almost no trace of superfluous emotion, yet with the immense crystal wall, stirred slightly like ripples...

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"It seems... I may have caused some troubles for City Lord Fang."

Baili An suppressed the peculiar emotion in his heart, though he found the day’s bizarre occurrences incomprehensible.

But faintly, he felt... everything that happened today seemed related to the plum-viewing woman who came every year during his childhood.

Observing the thick layers of snow sealed like mountains on the Scale Stone, Fang You’s dim gaze flickered slightly, but the emotion soon vanished, a forced smile on his face, stepping forward with a welcoming smile.

"What are you saying, Young Master Ji, you are incredibly gifted, awakening the six Divine Talismans in just one day, bringing great feats to our Shifang City. Today, the Sea God Festival is profoundly honored by your presence. Troubles are out of the question."

Baili An had no intention of further entanglement with Fang You, his mind full of doubts, eager only to return to the golden carriage and ask Fang Geyu about the origin and story of these talismans.

And that late Lord Xue, what kind of person was she really?

He even suspected that back when his mother was close friends with Lord Xue, she might not have known her true identity and background.

If not, why would he and his mother come to Shifang City, yet his mother never mention anything about Lord Xue?

If that truly is the case, why did that woman who carried the plum blossoms every winter in his childhood have such a purpose?

Baili An gave a deep bow to City Lord Fang, exchanged brief pleasantries, and was about to leave when the ground suddenly rumbled with the intensity of an earthquake.

Next, the massive altar seemed to separate from the earth, with the entire platform edge cracking apart, an enormous divine power descended from the sky, lifting the entire altar suspended into the air.

In front of Baili An appeared a great spatial barrier, isolating him from the outside world, making it impossible to leave.

"You may leave, but I’m afraid those six Divine Talismans must stay with me."

A figure descended from the sky at this moment, steadily landing on the Scale Stone.

The newcomer was dressed in plain clothes with a purple crown, surrounded by a dazzling aura of immortal energy, possessing the imposing stature of a mountain, with an immortal mark faintly glowing between the brows, a unique sign of the Golden Immortals above!