"Is... this... okay...?"
"Perfunctory!!"
"Completely perfunctory!!"
"I'm an ancient divine artifact, and you're treating me so perfunctorily!! I'm the Soul-Locking Pennant, and you want me to bask in the sun. Isn't that the same as exposing my corpse!!"
Shen Qing scratched her head helplessly, at a loss.
"I've done as you said. You can't be exposed to the sun, and you always complain about being in the dark. What else can I do? I'm afraid you'll get moldy."
The word "moldy" was always on Ling Zhou's lips. He said that the Ling family was located in Guangfu in Lingnan, where the climate was constantly humid. If things weren't placed carefully, they would easily get moldy.
Ling Zhou always told Shen Qing in her spiritual sea to take out the books in the small wooden house to dry them in the sun to prevent them from getting moldy.
Once Shen Qing's clothes got wet, he would also ask her to dry them immediately, or they would get moldy.
The remaining dry rations also had to be properly sealed, or they would get moldy.
Over time, Shen Qing picked up this catchphrase from Ling Zhou. Whenever she thought something was placed in a dark corner, she worried it would get moldy.
Although she didn't really like the Soul-Locking Pennant as a magical artifact, she couldn't bear to see it get moldy.
"Moldy?? Have you ever seen a divine artifact get moldy? I think it's your brain that's moldy!!"
The Soul-Locking Pennant said angrily. It only regretted that it didn't have hands now so it couldn't point at Shen Qing's head and scold her.
Seeing that the Soul-Locking Pennant was extremely angry, Shen Qing didn't know what to do. She could only compromise and ask, "Then what should I do? I've come this far. You're not going to refuse to recognize me as your master, are you?"
The Soul-Locking Pennant hadn't seen anyone like Shen Qing for tens of thousands of years. It couldn't reason with her. It seemed like she was pretending to be stupid on purpose.
But since they had reached this point and she had passed its test, it could only reluctantly recognize her as its master.
The Soul-Locking Pennant could only say reluctantly, "I'm really out of luck. Fine, recognize you as my master then!"
Hearing this, Shen Qing immediately smiled, "A divine artifact that can voluntarily recognize its master is a good divine artifact. The Soul-Locking Pennant is also a good one."
Good divine artifact...
The light dot paused for a moment, feeling something strange in its heart.
For tens of thousands of years, it had been in contact with wronged souls all year round, suppressing hundreds of ghosts, and dealing with the ghosts in the underworld all day long.
So the orthodox cultivators disdained to associate with it. It was snatched away by the demonic cultivators and gradually became a supreme treasure in the demonic realm.
It had heard others praise it for being powerful and terrifying, but it never thought that one day it would be praised as good by a young girl.
But after hearing the word "good", the Soul-Locking Pennant seemed to hold its breath and wanted to scare Shen Qing on purpose.
"Do you know my origin? Do you know what consequences you'll face after recognizing me as your master?"
Shen Qing thought for a while and remembered that in her previous life, the Soul-Locking Pennant was also taken away by Lin Yibai. But the book didn't mention any bad consequences for Lin Yibai after getting the Soul-Locking Pennant.
"What will happen? Will you eat me?"
The Soul-Locking Pennant paused. It thought it was redundant to share its past with this young girl. Just as it was about to be emotional, it was choked back by Shen Qing's words.
After holding back for a while, the Soul-Locking Pennant decided not to say too much to Shen Qing, lest it would be angry to death.
"Alright, alright, get out of here quickly!!"
But Shen Qing was still a bit uneasy and continued to ask, "You won't capture my soul and make it work for you, will you?"
Without saying a word, after a flash of light, Shen Qing found herself back in the real world. She was holding the Soul-Locking Pennant in her hand, and the discomfort on her body had completely disappeared. Xue Ling was standing behind her in surprise.
When the other disciples saw Shen Qing open her eyes, they all paused for a moment, and then burst into enthusiastic cheers and applause at the same time.
Hong Chaoyang even covered her mouth, and tears welled up in her eyes, "Shen Qing, you did it!!"
Shen Qing took a moment to recover. Looking back, she saw Ji Chongming's soul body looking pale and at a loss.
"Master!!"
Shen Qing shouted into the air. Hearing Shen Qing's call, Ling Zhou looked a bit smug. He turned to Real Person Honghua and said, "Uncle, look, my disciple is calling me. Please excuse me."
Real Person Honghua, who had been worried all along, finally let out a sigh of relief. He waved his hand impatiently, "Go, go."
Ling Zhou floated all the way to Shen Qing. When Shen Qing saw Ling Zhou, her eyes suddenly lit up. She pointed at Ji Chongming's body.
"Master, disciple has cleared the obstacles for you. This body is yours."
Ling Zhou curled his lips in disgust. He didn't like Ji Chongming's all - black crow - like outfit. But thinking that his own physical body was still in the Demon Abyss, he had no choice.
"If I had a choice, I'd really dislike this body. It's so ugly... But, forget it..."
When Xue Ling saw Ling Zhou's disgust, she nodded in agreement.
Shen Qing knew that Ling Zhou was disgusted, but she still comforted him kindly, "Master, don't worry. When the time is right, I will definitely help you return to your own body."
Ji Chongming now finally understood why Shen Qing was so determined to take away the Soul-Locking Pennant. It turned out that it was to control his soul.
Moreover, the tone of these two people was full of disgust for his body, which made him extremely崩溃, "What's ugly about me!!"
"This is my body. What do you want to do with it!!"
Seeing Ling Zhou slowly approaching his body, Ji Chongming got anxious. He wanted to take back his body, but when he flew halfway, he found that he couldn't move at all.
Shen Qing held the Soul-Locking Pennant and raised her eyebrows at him proudly, "I have the Soul-Locking Pennant in my hand. Do you think you can escape?"
So Ji Chongming could only watch helplessly as Li Xian removed all the talismans from his body, and then Ling Zhou's soul body gradually merged into his own body.
When he opened his eyes again, Ji Chongming's core had been replaced by Ling Zhou. Ling Zhou raised his hand, tried to move, and then slowly landed on the ground. There was a trace of nostalgia in his eyes.
"I haven't felt this kind of solid footing for so long. It's still so reassuring."
Bi Luo was placed in the space of Shen Qing's spiritual sea by Ling Zhou. He didn't plan to take it out for the time being. It would be bad if Bi Luo appeared and his identity was recognized, after all, he was now the Demon Lord Ji Chongming.
Shen Qing nodded in satisfaction. Seeing that Ji Chongming's body didn't reject Ling Zhou's soul and could move freely, she finally felt relieved.
I have to say that after changing the soul, Ji Chongming's unruly face looked much calmer and gentler.
"Aaaah, I'm going to kill you all!!"
Shen Qing thought Ji Chongming's voice was too noisy, so she used the Soul-Locking Pennant to imprison his soul and then slowly dragged him in front of her.
"Don't you always miss your little Bai sister? I'll grant your wish and let you reunite with her.
"You two will experience that kind of despair and unwillingness again and again in the dreamland I've created for you. Every time you die, your soul power will be weakened. I'll just wait and see when you'll disappear between heaven and earth."
After saying that, Shen Qing activated the Soul-Locking Pennant and dragged the despairing Ji Chongming into the dreamland.
The dreamland would make them love and kill each other. Every time they got a little bit of sweetness, the pain would backlash against them a thousand times over.
For all eternity, without end.