Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Chapter 106 Different Paths, Different Meanings

Many alchemists in the Northern Underworld Empire concluded that Bai Qingjue was born weak and difficult to cure, and therefore predicted that he would not live past the age of twenty. However, they did not know that Bai Qingjue's weakness was because his soul was formed from a wisp of extremely strong soul power.

The owner of that wisp of soul power was the last bloodline from the Land of Vanishing Gods, a true god.

That wisp of soul power came from the Land of Disappearance to the Land of No Return. After being weakened layer by layer, it found a body that could barely withstand it. However, the difference between the body and the soul was too great, which led to the body becoming weak.

Ordinary people cannot see the ways of the gods, so no matter who comes to diagnose, they can only tell the Bai family that the person is "congenitally weak" and cannot be cured. They can only take good care of themselves and wait to die.

Bai Qingjue's soul came from a god, so his spiritual root was naturally extraordinary. Even though Chang Heng possessed the power of a divine descendant, she couldn't directly withstand it, let alone when she was seriously injured and had to refine it.

Even without Rong Shu, Bai Qingjue, having regained her memories, could still refine it. However, after refining it, she would still need someone to look after her to prevent any unforeseen circumstances. But if Bai Qingjue were to dig out her spiritual root and refine it herself, she would undoubtedly die.

He couldn't guarantee Changheng's safety afterward, nor could he send her out of the snowfield, not to mention that all of this depended on... regaining her memories.

If Rong Shu hadn't appeared, he wouldn't have been able to regain his memories.

He needs Rong Shu's help.

Fortunately, Rong Shu was willing to help him.

"Rong Shu." Bai Qingjue called out when she saw that Rong Shu hadn't immediately taken his soul after digging out his spiritual root, reminding him, "It's time to separate my soul."

Rong Shu looked at Bai Qingjue, used his power to support the spiritual root, and sent the translucent white spiritual root covered with a faint icy aura away a little. Then he raised his hand to form a hand seal, and the chains formed by demonic energy intersected and passed through, trapping Bai Qingjue inside.

Bai Qingjue frowned upon seeing this: "Rong Shu, what are you doing?"

Rong Shu stood outside the sealing formation, looking at Bai Qingjue: "You said you hate demons, hate being lied to, and I have both, but brother, I have no choice."

When he learned that he was a demon, he was more afraid than anyone else.

His brother is the last bloodline of the Land of Vanishing Gods, and bears the heavy responsibility of finding the gods. It is said that the gods disappeared because of the Heavenly Demon, so his brother hates the demon race very much.

If only he were just a descendant of gods, but unfortunately... he has demon blood.

His brother hated demons so much that he was afraid his brother would abandon him if he found out, so he hid and lied. But the truth eventually came out, and when his identity was exposed, his brother indeed abandoned him.

Bai Qingjue looked at him: "No choice?"

"Then why are you unwilling to wash away that half of your demon bloodline?" Bai Qingjue looked at Rong Shu: "I asked you before, and I could help you wash away that half of your demon bloodline if you were willing, but you were unwilling."

"You followed Wu Wangsheng, wreaking havoc across the Nine Regions and Eighteen Continents, becoming a little demon king feared by all. Now you're telling me you had no choice?"

"Little Demon King?" Rong Shu chuckled. "This is the first time I've heard my brother call me that."

Bai Qingjue frowned: "I have no intention of arguing with you about the past. You may take my soul."

“Brother, it’s not only your soul that can refine spiritual roots.” Rong Shu said with a smile, “I can too.”

"Although I did not wash away the half of my demonic bloodline as my brother wished, I did not abandon my divine bloodline either." Rong Shu raised his hand and began to separate the power of his demonic bloodline, leaving only his divine bloodline.

Seeing this, Bai Qingjue instantly understood what Rong Shu was trying to do: "Rong Shu, are you crazy!?"

Rong Shu possesses both divine and demonic bloodlines. Back then, he was unwilling to wash away his demonic bloodline, but today he is willing to shed it. Once he abandons his demonic bloodline, he will only have divine bloodline left.

His spiritual root does not reject the bloodline of the gods, and Rong Shu, who no longer has the bloodline of the demon race, can use his own soul power to refine his spiritual root.

"Rong Shu, stop!" Bai Qingjue said urgently, looking at Rong Shu who was being stripped away. "You are bound to Wu Wangsheng. The descendants of the gods cannot kill you, but if you voluntarily abandon your soul, you will definitely die. Don't you want to leave this place?"

Rong Shu did not answer, and Bai Qingjue became even more anxious: "Rong Shu, the sealing formation is about to collapse. You will be able to get out soon. If you abandon your soul now, you will really die here and never be able to leave again!"

"Brother, can I really leave?" Rong Shu endured the pain of being separated and looked at Bai Qingjue, asking each word carefully, "Will you let us leave?"

As the demon bloodline was gradually stripped away, Rong Shu's appearance became clearer.

So real and vivid, yet about to disappear.

Rong Shu looked at Bai Qingjue, wanting to laugh, but he was in too much pain, and his laughter looked like he was about to cry.

“Brother, you won’t let us leave.” The red in Rong Shu’s eyes faded rapidly, returning to the color of an ordinary person’s eyes: “Rather than being sealed here for who knows how many years, I’d rather die.”

"Rong Shu, don't you have anything you want to do?" Bai Qingjue looked at his increasingly transparent body, feeling difficulty breathing, and asked almost pleadingly, "Don't you want to return to the Land of Vanishing Gods? Don't you want to go home?"

"Home?" Rong Shu shook his head: "Brother, I have no home since the moment you abandoned me."

"Rong Shu!"

Seeing Rong Shu completely abandon his demon bloodline and become transparent, Bai Qingjue cried out in anguish, "Brother, please, don't die..."

"It was my brother's fault!"

"Rong Shu, it was your brother's fault, please don't do anything foolish..." Bai Qingjue pleaded, "If you live, wait for your brother to come and take you away, okay?"

"Brother, it's too late." Rong Shu looked at Bai Qingjue's pained expression and slowly closed his eyes.

Brother, I'm sorry, I'm going to lie to you again.

The almost transparent soul enveloped the spiritual root, and flames rose up, beginning the refining process.

"No!"

The moment the flames rose, Bai Qingjue was overcome with grief, blood continuously flowing out, but he couldn't care less about anything else and forcefully used his power to break the sealing formation.

Those dormant memories resurfaced with the ever-growing flames.

"Master, who is this child?"

"This is a child of the Rong family, a family of Rong, alas..." The old man sighed, "They all sacrificed themselves, leaving only this child. The Rong family head entrusted this child to his master."

"They've all sacrificed themselves, doesn't that mean he has no family left?" The child looked at the innocent infant in the swaddling clothes and felt sorry for him.

He had no relatives either, so he knew that feeling.

The old man patted the child's head: "Qingjue, we can be his family. From now on, I will be his master, and you will be his senior brother, which means you will be his elder brother. Is that alright?"

Bai Qingjue looked at the adorable baby and nodded: "Okay, then I will be his older brother from now on."

The old man smiled and replied, "Good boy."

"Master, what's my younger brother's name?"

“Rong Shu,” the old man said, “Rong is the Rong of the family head, and Shu is the Shu of different paths.”

"Little Rong Shu." Bai Qingjue poked the baby's face, overjoyed: "I am your older brother, my name is Bai Qingjue."