The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

412: Blood Sacrifice Technique

They were fine with waiting as long as they could enter the moon.
What mattered was going in and killing the czar so the curse could be lifted.
None of them wanted to turn into a man or a monster of neither genders.

They returned to the city gate to wait for the red light to appear.

Feng Wu yawned as she leaned on Ming Xi’s shoulder.
Her eyes became a little moist from the yawn and she had to blink the tears away.
Afterwards she pulled out a chicken leg and happily gnawed at it.
For her, eating was more important.

The king’s spirit attendants talked nonstop as they investigated the bones.
Sometimes they would circle around Feng Wu before making a circuit back around the bones again.
The adventurers weren’t able to see them before, but now that they could, the spirits were becoming a pain in the behind.

“Wait, be careful.
There might be a trap for us in the moon.” Rui Baby flew over and whispered in Feng Wu’s ear.

“What do you mean?” asked a confused Feng Wu.

“You fool! You didn’t think to wonder that Small Jade’s appearance was too obvious? She keeps saying how the czar harmed all of them, but have you heard her curse him even once? Instead she keeps addressing him respectfully as her king.”

Feng Wu was simple, but she wasn’t stupid; it was just that she didn’t often use her brain.
Now that she was thinking about what the baby said, she easily connected the dots.
She nodded in agreement as she stared at Rui Baby in admiration.

Rui Baby was amazing.
Why didn’t she think of it?

Rui Baby enjoyed the star struck look on Feng Wu so he decided to share some more of his discoveries with her.

“Another thing.
Didn’t you think it was strange how apart from Small Jade none of the other spirits talked? All they did was surround us.

When we entered the palace, Small Jade appeared, but all the other spirits lingered outside.
And it wasn’t that they didn’t want to go inside, it was because there was a protective barrier keeping them out.

So the question is, why can Small Jade and the king[notes] enter but the other spirits can’t? If the enchantment blocked the cursed, then Small Jade should have also been blocked from entering.

The curse is still there, even if her change was only partially completed.
It’s reasonable to assume she shouldn’t have been able to enter, and yet, she not only entered, but was able to talk to us for a reasonable amount of time.

Another point, if Small Jade can pass through the barrier, then the other spirits shouldn’t be able to bully her.
After all spirits don’t need to eat, so if she wanted to, she could have just stayed inside the palace.
None of them would have been able to bully her then.

The strangest thing of all was how what she said didn’t match what was written in the diary.
Several people entered the city after her, so their changes should have been even more incomplete if they started at all.
She says she was stuck midway after death because she died before completing the transformation.

If things are really as she says, then the transformation should have stopped, but she never mentioned the others who came to the city after she did, the people who should have presumably not been changed.

There are so many suspicious points and you guys didn’t even notice.
Just. . .  I’m just too amazing.” Rui Baby felt his IQ was just too dang overpowering.

Point after point, Rui Baby showed how Small Jade was suspicious.
He didn’t if know the smarter people of the group, like Ming Xi, Caesar, Ze Ye, LeChen and Zi Cheng had noticed it as well or not, but he did know for certain the foolish Feng Wu would not have.

“These bones are the result of sorcery.
You don’t need to investigate anymore.” The king saw Ming Xi inspecting a bone intently in his hand, so he stepped forward to explain.

“Sorcery? Do you know how they died?” Ming Xi turned to look at the king.

The king saw Ming Xi’s respect for him, so he was inclined to help.
He was in a good mood and so didn’t mind sharing more information.

The adventurers were very interested so they perked their ears to listen.
On the other hand, while Feng Wu was looking at the king, she was also biting into her chicken leg with relish.

The others looked at her enthusiastically eating her chicken, then they turned to look at the pile of bones, then back to her.
How was she able to eat without feeling sick?

They felt sick just watching her eat.
Now wasn’t the time to wonder about Feng Wu though.
Those who had been looking at Feng Wu turned their attention to the king and what he had to say.

“They died as a result of the Art of Reincarnation Through Blood Sacrifice.”

“Art if Reincarnation Through Blood Sacrifice? What is that?”

The group looked at each other.
It was the first any of them had heard of such an art.
Based on the name, they had a suspicion what it was, but they weren’t completely certain.

The king didn’t bother leaving them in suspense and instead told it to them simply.
“In our era, it was an expressly forbidden spell that gave the spellcaster a chance to be born again.
It worked by absorbing the blood and essence of those sacrificed, and forcing their souls to dissipate.
It was a most cruel and evil technique because it destroyed all chances for the souls to reincarnate.

The spellcaster then has the opportunity to take over the victim’s body.
He can do it if he successfully overwhelms and overpowers the victim’s spiritual sea.

You should be extra careful upon entering the moon.
That man sealed himself inside and has been waiting thousands of years, waiting for that one specific person that fits his criteria to come along.
If he succeeds in overwhelming you, I don’t think I have to tell you what will happen.”

“So, then, the czar isn’t really dead?” LeChen asked confused.

“In a sense you can say he is dead, and in another sense, you can say he is alive.”

“What does that mean?” LeChen was not any clearer.

“Once this type of heaven-defying spell is cast, the spellcaster can forcefully remain in the world as a walking corpse, a person without a pulse or heartbeat, even after death.
He must remain in the red moon.
Leaving the seal of the red moon would cause his body and spirit to suffer a serious decline.
When that happens, you won’t have to exert any effort to kill him, he’ll likely die on his own.”