Chapter 371: Chapter 371
This also explained why Matsumoto Mina had Li Tianyao’s blood.
Li Yanluo and Li Tianyao both possessed Immortality. They had been together for so long, so it made sense that Li Yanluo could find the place where Li Tianyao was isolated.
"Is Matsumoto Mina actually Li Yanluo?" Yan Niannian asked.
An Yan nodded. "Yes!"
After answering, An Yan called Zhang Xuebin. "Matsumoto Mina’s crimes should be enough to get her a life sentence in our country, right? The kind that means life imprisonment?"
Zhang Xuebin was at a loss for words.
The main issue was that Matsumoto Mina was not a citizen of their country, and Japan had been relentlessly trying various methods to get her extradited. Just today, the higher-ups seemed to have softened their stance, apparently planning to use Matsumoto Mina to gain some advantages, and were thus considering her release.
But now that his young master had spoken, he could only say, "I will do my best to push for that outcome."
"Good. Thank you for your hard work!"
An Yan hung up the phone.
But she knew in her heart that this hope was probably slim.
She had originally thought Matsumoto Mina was an ordinary person; after finding Li Tianyao, she could just kill her with a single strike and be done with it.
Now, she had to adjust her plan.
Because Li Yanluo could achieve Memory Rebirth! Even if she was killed, she could still find another body to continue her evil deeds!
But even so, what of it?
The vengeance for her father’s murder—this was an irreconcilable feud!
The hatred from her husband being stolen—this was an irreconcilable feud!
Li Yanluo, no matter how capable you are this time, I will tear you to shreds!
That very night, An Yan collected all of Li Biotechnology’s materials on Memory Rebirth.
She would ensure Li Yanluo had no more chances to be reborn!
The materials showed that Memory Rebirth could not be explained by current science.
Buddhism states that life is continuous and unending; birth is the process of the spirit attaching to the body, and death is the process of the spirit leaving the body. After death, one enters the cycle of reincarnation within the Six Realms of Existence and the Three Worlds. If one performs good deeds in life, they may be reborn in the Heaven Realm or the human world after death. However, if one commits evil acts, they might be reborn as an animal or even be sent to hell. Buddhas, due to their abundant good deeds and their efforts in guiding both themselves and others to enlightenment, achieve eternal life and are Buddhas in every existence.
This concept was different from the Memory Rebirth experienced by Gu Shifang and Li Yanluo. They had completely transcended the hypothetical cycle of good and evil; their rebirth was merely a change of physical shells.
So, the problem An Yan now faced was:
How could they be prevented from switching bodies? How could their souls be trapped within one body and be completely annihilated?
An Yan thought about the method she had used to isolate the effects of Li Tianyao’s blood from the blood of other animals.
If I used this method to imprison Li Yanluo’s soul within her current body, could that prevent her from being reborn?
Theoretically, this method was feasible, but in practical terms...
Blood is visible, tangible, and has volume.
An Yan’s fingers trembled lightly; two Spiritual Energy Clusters nimbly hopped around her fingertips!
Little Squirrel sat to one side, its eyes fixed on the two Spiritual Energy Clusters, its eyeballs swiveling left and right. It was just waiting for An Yan to miss catching them, so it could pounce and gobble them up!
Although this Spiritual Energy was the same as what its master provided from the Raw Stone, the Spiritual Energy dancing on the master’s fingertips seemed especially delicious.
"Go do your homework!" An Yan turned its little head to one side.
Little Squirrel fell silent.
Homework? What homework? I’ve already grown up! I’ve mastered three thousand characters!
It’s been almost two years! For these past two years, I’ve been forced to study every day, and I finally learned it all.
Shouldn’t I be able to play however I want now?
Little Squirrel was angry! It bared its tiny teeth and flopped onto the ground! It played dead!
An Yan was amused by its reaction. But she had things on her mind right now and no time to play with it. She simply moved her fingertips, drew a Transfer Talisman, and sent it to the grass outside!
After seeing Little Squirrel leave with a confused and sulky expression, An Yan stared at her own fingertips, lost in thought.
An Yan’s eyes shone slightly.
A Transfer Talisman could move Little Squirrel to another place, a Silencing Talisman could make a person unable to speak, and a Binding Talisman could make someone unable to move.
So, was there a Talisman that could trap a soul within a body?
Yezi nodded excitedly at the concept of the Talisman Technique.
Immediately after, An Yan once again felt the influx of knowledge! Vast amounts of information about talismans suddenly appeared in her mind! She could even infuse Spiritual Energy into paper, transforming the paper into the likeness of a person! This paper person even had a tactile sensation. Before the Spiritual Energy was depleted, it was identical to a real person!
An Yan tried to make it speak and was absolutely thrilled by the result. The paper person could speak according to her thoughts, and she could even fine-tune its vocal timbre!
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An Yan even began to imagine surrounding Li Yanluo with eight or ten copies of herself and subjecting her to death by a thousand cuts.
Just as she was lost in this thought, the paper person slumped softly to the ground. The Spiritual Energy was spent!
An Yan roughly estimated that sustaining a paper person’s free movement for ten minutes would require about one hundred Spirit Stones. And one Spirit Stone was equivalent to around one million Z country currency!
So, the idea of using eight or ten paper people to fight was just wishful thinking.
It was simply too costly in reality!
After abandoning this idea, An Yan continued to immerse herself in the ocean of knowledge about talismans.
Talismans also had different grades: Upper, Middle, and Lower Grades. The grade depended on the strength of the person drawing the talismans. Generally speaking, the stronger the person, the higher the grade of talismans they could draw.
And An Yan... Uhm... The Silencing Talismans, Induction Talismans, Transfer Talismans, and so on that she had drawn before were all merely Lower Grade!
To draw higher-grade talismans, the most crucial element was Spiritual Energy. An Yan was not lacking in Spiritual Energy because the large tree would feed back a portion of the Spiritual Energy it absorbed to her. Initially, she didn’t know the benefits, but later she realized that this Spiritual Energy circulated within her meridians, nourishing her soul!
She couldn’t draw high-grade talismans because she had always used her own Spiritual Energy to draw them, instead of harnessing nature’s spiritual energy! And truly effective talismans must resonate with nature.
An Yan closed her eyes and tried to use her own Spiritual Power to sense nature’s spiritual energy.
As the saying goes: Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows Nature!
To resonate with nature’s spiritual energy, one must gain nature’s recognition. But An Yan cared about too many things and had too strong a sense of purpose; moreover, her body contained Spiritual Energy that did not originate from nature. So, it wasn’t that nature’s spiritual energy didn’t accept her, but that she couldn’t accept nature’s spiritual energy!
What should I do now?
A thought suddenly surfaced in her mind: When you’re not accepted by a group, what you need to do is not to give up your own excellence, but to strive harder, so hard that the group has to look up to you and follow you!
An Yan was rendered speechless.
There was some logic to it, but it felt principle was pushing her down a lonely path!