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Chapter 1042 - 804: The Dead Seed Left by the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Roots?!

Chapter 1042: Chapter 804: The Dead Seed Left by the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Roots?!

"Is it pollution or some other issue?" Wang Zijia asked subconsciously.

"Consider it poison," Bai Liang replied accordingly.

"Poison?" Wang Zijia exclaimed in surprise.

Bai Liang nodded and said, "Yes, a peculiar type of poison."

"Even Fellow Daoist calls it peculiar? May I have a look?" Wang Zijia whispered, then said,

"Since Fellow Daoist has come to me, it seems that the Pill Pavilion has not found a solution. Thus, the problem is obviously extremely thorny, so I need to see the specific situation before we can continue this discussion."

Bai Liang nodded again, stood up, and said, "Then I must ask Friend Chi Yang to come with me, as the Patriarch can no longer travel easily."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia stood up, and after the two exchanged a courtesy, Bai Liang led the way deeper into the building complex.

They stopped only when they arrived at the very heart of the Bai Family’s territory, before a mountain.

At the foot of the cliff, there was a huge stone cave.

Bai Liang guided Wang Zijia through various formations until they finally entered deep into the mountain belly.

Inside, the space was divided into many palaces, and they eventually came to a vast Great Hall where they finally saw their target.

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In a strange Great Hall, an ancient tree seemed to run through the whole mountain body, growing within it.

The upper part broke through the Great Hall, leaving only the tree roots and a section of the trunk about ten meters long inside the hall.

The Great Hall was entwined with countless tree roots, and within the vast trunk, one could clearly see an old figure, half-embedded in it.

The moment Wang Zijia saw him, he paused in astonishment.

This image seemed so familiar!

Almost at the same time Wang Zijia saw the figure, without waiting for him to remember why it was familiar, the green crystal from his Chaotic Sea of Knowledge that had been unresponsive since it entered his body suddenly flickered with a faint light.

It was also in that instant that Wang Zijia understood the reason for the familiarity.

When he last met Ling Jingzi’s remnant spirit mechanism, it was within a special realm, and wasn’t Ling Jingzi embedded in a tree just like the scene before him, with even only a vague outline remaining?

Moreover, Wang Zijia was dumbstruck to discover that the person in the tree had a facial appearance and aura about seventy percent similar to Ling Jingzi’s.

This sudden discovery startled Wang Zijia.

"What do you think, can you solve this poison, Fellow Daoist?" Bai Liang asked at this moment.

Wang Zijia did not speak, but his pupils sparkled with golden light, staring intently at the person in the tree.

Inside was a middle-aged man who was not in slumber; he had been observing Wang Zijia as well since Wang Zijia had come in.

"Have we met somewhere before?" the man looked at Wang Zijia for a moment before suddenly asking.

Wang Zijia was startled once more and, looking at the face that was seventy percent similar, said vaguely, "The Fourth Epoch? The Dao Court? Or the Yaoshan Realm?"

The man heard this but shook his head in confusion, as if he felt that Wang Zijia looked familiar but had no memory of it.

Bai Liang was startled at this and then his expression darkened.

Wang Zijia looked at the man in the tree’s confused expression and, seeing Bai Liang’s dark face, said with some puzzlement, "Fellow Daoist Bai Liang, who is this?"

"Our clan’s vein-opening Patriarch!" Bai Liang replied accordingly.

"Bai Kuncheng Fellow Daoist?" Wang Zijia asked in astonishment.

Bai Kuncheng, the Bai Family’s earliest ancestor to rise to prominence, one of the four Profound Immortals, a figure from the early era of the Rebirth of Spiritual Qi.

According to the messages from the Taiching Palace, this person had been recuperating from some injuries and had not appeared for tens of thousands of years.

"Exactly!" Bai Liang nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia’s brow furrowed and he said, "If I remember correctly, and the Sect records are not mistaken, Bai Kuncheng Fellow Daoist didn’t look like this, right?"

Bai Liang replied with a grim tone, "That’s why I said the poison is somewhat strange. Initially, the Patriarch was just in an incorrect state, but in recent years, his appearance and aura have begun to change, more and more like becoming another person."

At this point, he looked at Wang Zijia and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you know someone with this appearance?"

Wang Zijia was shocked upon hearing this. Does this mean that Bai Kuncheng, after being poisoned, was gradually changing into this? Even feeling familiar with him?

This is a whole different level of body seizure, isn’t it?

So that’s how it is, no wonder Bai Liang suddenly looked so grim!

They must have known about the change in appearance before, but today was the first time they realized it was even affecting the Patriarch’s consciousness!

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Thoughts flashing rapidly through his mind, Wang Zijia shook his head and said, "I wouldn’t say I know him, but I indeed have seen someone who looks very much like Bai Kuncheng Fellow Daoist now, someone who left a very deep impression on me."

"Who? Someone from the Fourth Era Taoist Court?" Bai Liang and Bai Kuncheng both asked at once.

Wang Zijia glanced at Bai Kuncheng and said, "I think we should first take a look at your problem. I’m afraid that if I speak now, your condition might get even worse. Some things, once disturbed, can easily lead to accidents."

Bi Gan survived so long without a heart, who knows how long he could have held on if nobody had spoken about it!

Bai Kuncheng appeared taken aback, while Bai Liang’s expression changed again.

Bai Kuncheng was obviously being twisted into another person by something, and it had even reached the point where it was affecting his consciousness.

Well, maybe before Wang Zijia’s arrival, Bai Kuncheng did not know the influence had reached his consciousness when he asked Wang Zijia if they had met before.

Under these circumstances, if Wang Zijia mentioned Ling Jingzi’s revered name, he really feared that the other man might suddenly become Ling Jingzi himself and come back to life!