Chapter 2490 Celestial Soul
Soul Containers were items that could be found in the Mortal Realm too. Though they were something that were mostly used by those above the Nascent Soul realm as a means to preserve their life when they died.
They would let their Nascent Souls enter them to survive for longer periods. But it wasn"t a foolproof measure as the destruction of the container would also lead to the destruction of the Nascent Soul. As such, whenever something like this was used, it was usually kept secret.
"A Soul Container? But why can"t I sense it?" Lin Mu was surprised. "This isn"t just any Soul Container." Xukong replied. "This shouldn"t even be in the Immortal Realm." He said, his voice turning heavy.
Hearing that Lin Mu"s eyes went wide as a thought appeared in his mind.
"You mean to say this is from… The Celestial Realm?!" Lin Mu questioned in shock.
"Yes… The quality of this Soul Container isn"t something that can be made in the Immortal Realm. This was most definitely forged in the Celestial Realm." Xukong answered.
"Then the Soul inside it… Could it be from the Celestial Realm too?" Lin Mu questioned next.
It seemed the most obvious choice but it was also quite astonishing for something like that to be here.
"That"s hard to say." Xukong replied. "At least not without releasing the soul. But if that is done the consequences of it might not be good." He said wondering more about it.
Lin Mu went silent and thought about it for a bit and how it related to Yao Changying.
"Perhaps the Demon Punishing Spine Lash knows more about it?" Lin Mu wondered. "You can try asking." Xukong said.
"Yeah," Lin Mu quickly called out Xiao Yin.
~HISS~
She looked at Lin Mu curiously as he had a rather serious expression on his face.
"Can you ask the Demon Pushing Spine Lash if it knows more about the crystal it was protecting?" he asked.
"I can." Xiao Yin said before withdrawing the spine from her storage.
~CLACK~CLACK~CLACK~
The Demon Pushing Spine Lash waved in the air behind Xiao Yin, waiting to be commanded. Xiao Yin looked at her new weapon and asked her about the crystal. But after a few seconds she turned back to look at Lin Mu.
"It says that it doesn"t know about the crystal. It was only placed there to guard it and nothing was instructed to it other than that." Xiao Yin replied.
"Hmm… what about the people who placed it there, can you ask it about them?" Lin Mu asked next.
~HISS~
Xiao Yin nodded and questioned the Spine.
This time she talked for a couple minutes, making Lin Mu think that this might be a more positive response than before.
"The Spine said they were demons who placed it there." Xiao Yin answered making Lin Mu narrow his brows.
"No wonder there were the Wrathful Demon Statues there." Lin Mu muttered. "The Soul Container was "imprisoned" there." ~SIGH~
"Looks like my guess was correct. We shouldn"t destroy the container." Xukong replied. "Considering the fact that the Soul Container was just imprisoned and not destroyed, the Demons probably knew of it as a threat." He added.
"Yes… So whomever"s soul is inside it must be of some value to Yao Changying. And considering the Soul Container was made in the Celestial Realm, the background of that soul must not be simple either." Lin Mu reckoned. "We definitely cannot let Yao Changying get her hands on it then." "Indeed." Xukong agreed.
Lin Mu thought of other means that could be used to prevent this from happening. While keeping it in his ring was certainly an option, that didn"t mean that it would completely out of the option that the Soul Container could get out. Yao Changying could still threaten Lin Mu by taking others hostage to relinquish it. Lin Mu didn"t want something like that to happen, thus thought of other options.
"Destroying it would be the best option but we can also make it so that it"s simply beyond the reach of Yao Changying." Lin Mu thought of another choice. "Should we just throw it into the void?" he suggested.
That would most certainly make it very difficult for one to acquire it back as they would need someone with Spatial Skills to do that.
"I wouldn"t recommend that. If the Soul inside the Container is a threat, it means that the Soul Container might have been made to prevent it from acting out. If the container is damaged, it could very well be released. The chances of that happening in the Void are quite high." Xukong replied, but there was some apprehension in his voice. Lin Mu heard it and could feel that there was something that Xukong was not telling him.
"A Normal Nascent Soul wouldn"t be able to survive the Void, but since Senior Xukong said it can be a threat, it is most certainly not a normal one. This soul should also be very old and a Nascent Soul wouldn"t be able to live that long anyways." Lin Mu didn"t take long to understand it on his own. "Then this soul might belong to a Celestial too…"
~SIGH~
Xukong could sense an inkling of Lin Mu"s thoughts and knew that he had already figured it out.
"Yes, it is most likely a Celestial Soul too." Xukong confirmed. "No wonder… But why would you hide it?" Lin Mu was confused.
After all to him, Xukong had already revealed a part of the Celestial Realm"s secrets.
"It"s more to do with the characteristics of the Celestials themselves. The restraints do not allow me to reveal them still." Xukong answered. "If a Celestial Soul indeed manages to get free, it can potentially find its way out of the Void too. If not that, there could be its allies that can come to rescue it as well.
Since it was hidden in such a way, I wouldn"t put it out of the question that they probably didn"t want their allies to come and find the soul." He explained.