Chapter 2491  A Proposition

"I see… Perhaps we"ll just have to think of another solution to it." Lin Mu said after listening to it.

He could tell that Xukong was simply trying to be cautious. And while Xukong had confidence that he could protect Lin Mu himself, there was no limit to what the Celestial Soul could do damage others around him.

Even if it simply detonated, it could potentially destroy a lot of the Rust Sky World. Not to mention, the Soul could also take over other"s body.

"What about the Saintess?" Lin Mu thought next. "She"s a Celestial too thus keeping it with her would be the better option. She might even be able to destroy the Soul inside too." He proposed another option.

"That"s the best option so far." Xukong agreed. "The restrictions in her power would also not apply if what she was dealing with was another Celestial." He added.

"That"s perfect." Lin Mu was relieved now.

"Tsk~ Tsk~ Tsk~" It was now that a disapproving sound was heard.

"Huh?" Lin Mu was surprised. "Who?" he became alert.

He looked around but there was most certainly no one other than him on the Crow"s Nest.

"What is it?" Xukong asked.

"I heard something." Lin Mu replied, narrowing his eyes.

"~Sigh~ Why would you destroy a perfectly good soul?" The voice spoke clearly this time.

Lin Mu"s eyes went wide as he felt a familiarity in the voice. Xukong showed no reaction though, which meant that only Lin Mu could hear it.

"Lin Mo." He remembered the voice he had last heard from twenty five years ago.

"You can hear him?" Xukong was alarmed now too. "Correct." The voice confirmed. "It"s nice that you haven"t forgotten about me. I"d be sad if you did." He added.

"How could I forget about it… you certainly made it hard to do so." Lin Mu replied.

"Hahaha, that"s good. It would be bad if I didn"t make an impression." Lin Mo spoke openly this time, Xukong being able to hear him too. "What do you want?" Xukong questioned. "Same as before." Lin Mo answered. "To help." "Help? How?" Lin Mu asked, being wary of the man. "Relax, I won"t harm you." Lin Mo replied. "I am you after all. It won"t benefit me either." He stated casually.

"Why should we trust you?" Xukong spoke. "We don"t even know what you really are." He added.

"Haha, Senior Xukong… How coy…" Lin Mo spoke in an amused tone. "You"ve already thought about it deeply haven"t you?" He had several guesses about Lin Mo, but none of them seemed to fit the bill. Even in the long life that Xukong had lived, Lin Mo seemed to be a rather unique existence.

"You"re self aware and separate consciousness from Lin Mu." Xukong replied. "Why don"t you tell us yourself?" he lightly taunted.

"Yeah, tell me." Lin Mu demanded. "Like I"ve said before, I am simply you, or rather what you could be." Lin Mo said mysteriously. "What I can be?" Lin Mu furrowed his brows.

"I am you, without your inhibitions." Lin Mo spoke.

"I am you without your limits." He said, his voice getting more and more excited.

"I am you who knows of their superiority."

"I am you with great dignity."

"I am you who have embraced the truth."

"I am you who was born to rule." Lin Mo finally said, his voice having become almost maniacal.

Lin Mu grew silent after hearing that. He was feeling uneasy due to the man"s words. But this wasn"t because they were coming from Lin Mo, but rather because deep down, he felt a faint resonance with them.

A gut deep feeling that told him all this was true.

Xukong who heard it, was also perplexed and wary. His mind ran at the speed of lightning as he tried to figure out Lin Mo"s ident.i.ty.

"He"s not a Heart Devil nor a Heart Demon. There is no presence of them in Lin Mu"s body. He"s acts like a foreign soul but hasn"t harmed Lin Mu. He has the powers of the Devil Path and appeared when Lin Mu used the Murdering Heart Sutra… just what is he?" Xukong still could not understand it.

~Sigh~

"Let it be for now." Lin Mo knew that it was not a matter that could be accepted easily. "Let"s focus on the task at hand. You wish to destroy a perfectly good soul?" he questioned.

"If it is a Celestial Soul, it is far too dangerous to let it be," Lin Mu replied.

"Only in the ways that you can think of," Lin Mo scoffed. "I can help you deal with it. Plus… It will be of benefit to you too." He added.

"Deal with it? Can you even do that?" Xukong knew of Lin Mo"s ability to consume souls, but to use them on a Celestial Soul was still quite surprising.

"I can… I can do a lot of things you all don"t know of," Lin Mo said, in an amused tone. "And by benefits, I don"t just mean power. We won"t be able to get much from that soul anyways. It has depleted most of it by now." He revealed.

"You can sense that?" Xukong hadn"t expected that. "I can. That container may as well just be air to me." Lin Mo chuckled. "But yes, absorbing it will be no problem."

"What is the benefit, then?" Lin Mu couldn"t help but ask.

"While we might not get power from it, we can get something that can be a lot more valuable… it"s memories." Lin Mo answered. "Think of it… Don"t you wanna know why Yao Changying needs it? Don"t you wanna know how it ended up here?" he propped.

"That…" Lin Mu couldn"t let go of his apprehension yet.

"It will not harm you, don"t worry." Lin Mo stated. "I"ve helped you before a couple of times, too." "What do you mean?" Lin Mu asked, knowing that he didn"t mean the escape.

"Who do you think saved you from the impact of the Chimeric Fiend G.o.d"s Karma?" Lin Mo asked with a chuckle.