Chapter 659: Xu Qing's Forgotten Realm

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In the highest hall of the Reverse Moon Palace, the captain's voice was filled with confusion, bewilderment, and tension, with clear signs of anxiety.

"How can this be? Our past life body is already incomplete! Little Ah Qing, do you know how important kidneys are to a man? My kidney! Am I no longer a complete person? Most importantly, the one I lost was incredibly important and precious, something I painstakingly refined in my past life." The captain, who had transformed into a small totem on the main door, looked grief-stricken and gritted his teeth, as if he had lost his beloved.

"Some despicable scoundrel must have coveted my precious kidney, put it on themselves, and then went on a rampage. How hateful, how hateful, how hateful!"

"If this matter can't be resolved, it's one thing if it only affects me, but it will impact our crucial mission! My past life body cannot be missing any part!" The captain was clearly anxious.

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing's expression became a little strange. His mind immediately recalled the Mud Fox he had encountered in the Western Canyon. At that time, the Mud Fox had mentioned having a kidney and had even shown it to him... Thinking of this, Xu Qing hesitated slightly before speaking in a low voice to confirm.

"Senior Brother, how many kidneys did your past life body have?"

"How many? I'm human, and my past life body was human. Don't humans usually have two? Do you have four?" The captain glanced at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing ignored the captain's gaze and patiently asked another question. "Can you sense the other one?"

"Yes! The other kidney is in a divine fruit cave in the eastern region. Although it has become fertilizer, I can clearly sense it." After speaking, the captain reacted, his eyes glowing intensely as he looked at Xu Qing with both apprehension and expectation. "Little Ah Qing, are you asking me this because you've seen my kidney?" Xu Qing remained silent, carefully recalling the day the Mud Fox had taken out that kidney. His contemplation made the captain increasingly nervous and restless.

"Senior Brother, was the kidney you lost golden, crescent-shaped, and did it have some runic markings on it?" Xu Qing looked at the captain, who instantly became agitated, his totem form trembling as he exclaimed, "That's right, that's right... It was golden! Little Ah Qing, you've seen it!" Xu Qing thought for a moment and then told the captain about his encounter with the Mud Fox.

The more the captain listened, the more his mind wavered, finally taking a sharp breath. "You mean that Mud Fox wanted you to eat my kidney to nourish your body?!"

"I didn't eat it!" Xu Qing said calmly.

"You might as well have eaten it! That way, I could still retrieve it! What do we do now?" The captain let out a long, complicated sigh, feeling a mess inside.

"Furthermore, Little Ah Qing, this Mud Fox is not simple. The fact that I can't even sense my kidney when it's with her already indicates that she is extraordinary. There's no such entity in my past life memories. According to your description, she was sitting in a shrine—that's the setup for a deity." Xu Qing's gaze sharpened; he had already sensed the Mud Fox's mysterious nature back then.

"Also," the captain said, "she could produce so many things and claimed the kidney was a gift from someone else. If that's true, it further proves that this fox is anything but ordinary. Perhaps, this... this is a god, sigh!" The captain again showed grief and indignation. "If it really is a god, where did she come from, and why would she take my kidney? Sigh, it's all my fault! I refined the kidney too well back then, and it actually attracted a god's covetousness!" The captain's heart was a mix of emotions: helplessness, indignation, and even a touch of pride, as he ultimately looked at Xu Qing with hopeful eyes.

"Little Ah Qing, why don't you... really..." Before the captain could finish, Xu Qing immediately interrupted him. "Senior Brother, if one is missing, then it's missing. Don't you still have another one? In my heart, you're still a complete Senior Brother." Saying this, Xu Qing was about to leave; he knew what the captain was trying to do.

"Wait, Junior Brother!" The captain, even more anxious, quickly called out. "Junior Brother, this concerns our great mission! Why don't you make a sacrifice? If that Mud Fox is truly a deity, I don't think you'd be at a disadvantage!" Xu Qing ignored him and walked towards the divine platform, preparing to leave.

"Little Ah Qing, this concerns all beings in the Great Moon Sacrifice Domain! Most importantly, this concerns my future! With one of my kidneys in the hands of someone whose origins are unknown, it's a huge hidden danger. Moreover, without this kidney, I'll be incomplete and won't be able to fully summon my body back into place." The captain was anxious, his voice hurried. Such grief and indignation rarely appeared from him.

Xu Qing knew Senior Brother was truly flustered, so he hesitated, recalling the scene with the Mud Fox earlier. He had a faint feeling that the other party seemed to intentionally take out that kidney and let him see it.

"Little Ah Qing, that Mud Fox most likely intended for you to know, but she didn't have any malicious intent towards you at the time. She probably expects you to go find her again... Never mind. If you truly don't want to, then let me, your Senior Brother, bear all this suffering. It's just that the promise I made to accompany you in this life might not be fulfilled." The captain sighed deeply, his expression filled with dejection.

Xu Qing nodded upon hearing this. "Alright, thank you, Senior Brother." Saying this, he stepped onto the divine platform. The captain was stunned for a moment, then quickly chuckled and spoke, "Junior Brother, actually, that's not what I meant. I think I can still be saved." Xu Qing, who had walked onto the divine platform, gave the captain a helpless look.

"I'll go try."

"Junior Brother, my good brother!" The captain was so excited and felt incredibly relieved by Xu Qing's agreement, believing that as long as Xu Qing was willing to help, he would surely get his kidney back.

Xu Qing sighed, returned to reality, and found himself in the back room of the pharmacy, just as he was pondering how to deal with the Mud Fox situation. A sudden blur appeared in Xu Qing's eyes. He frowned and rubbed his temples. "How exactly do I trigger this Intent of Oblivion?" Xu Qing closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then once again sank into a state, seeing his Nascent Soul and the divine finger no longer touching, but now separated by some distance.

Xu Qing pondered for a while, then decided to try again. So, he controlled his Nascent Soul to continue walking towards the finger and touch it, and his expression blurred once more. Time passed like this, and Xu Qing continued to study the forgotten memories. Each time his Nascent Soul touched the finger, bad luck and misfortune intertwined. Xu Qing would remain bewildered until the two separated after a period, at which point Xu Qing's clarity would return. Meanwhile, everyone in the pharmacy seemed to be acting as normal.

Only the Young Lord's expression grew stranger day by day. At that moment, he was sitting there, holding a teacup, looking at You Jing. Ning Yan was wiping the floor, Ling'er was doing accounts, Wu Jianwu at the doorway was loudly reciting, Li Youfei was holding his sword and observing everyone who came and went, and You Jing was still there, except Ning Yan was still wiping the floor and boiling water every day as before. "Seven or eight times would be enough, but today he has wiped the floor over fifty times, yet he doesn't seem to notice." Ling'er's calculations were also a side note, and she had calculated them again and again. Several lines of Wu Jianwu's poetry this period had been repeated multiple times. Li Youfei, standing still, didn't show much. But he was completely unaware of all these abnormalities. As for You Jing, she was very confused, because she found that the water was always boiled, and the Young Lord's teacup was mostly full, so she didn't need to do anything.

However, unlike the others, after sensing something was wrong, a struggle appeared in her eyes. The next instant, her entire body trembled, and she looked at the people around her with hurried breaths. "What's going on?!" You Jing's expression became serious. She looked at the Young Lord, and finally her gaze fell on Xu Qing's cultivation room in the back. "A strange power emanates from where that boy is, making me lose my memory!" This sent a shock through You Jing's mind.

"This is your ninety-fifth awakening these past few days. The later it is, the slower you wake up," the Young Lord spoke calmly. As for the others, none of them had woken up even once. "However, that girl Ling'er is unusual; she has woken up fifteen times." You Jing gasped. Such eerie events, coupled with the Young Lord's revelation, made her heart pound. The others, hearing these words, also froze and paused.

Ning Yan's eyes widened. He looked at the floor, then at the rag in his hand. "I've wiped the floor countless times these past few days!" Wu Jianwu was also stunned, finding it incredible that he had repeated his poetry. Ling'er's mind trembled! Li Youfei was bewildered! You Jing couldn't help but whisper, "Senior, is this caused by Xu Qing's cultivation?"

"Exactly. This is the initial manifestation of the Intent of Oblivion. He's already on this path. Every time he studies, everything around him will be affected and experience memory loss, just like him." The Young Lord drank the water in his teacup. "And your current memories, once that boy Xu Qing finishes this cultivation session, he will forget his research, and you will also forget all of this." Everyone gasped, and Li Youfei, trembling at that moment, suddenly spoke, "Senior... I... I often find things missing from my person. Is my Young Master refining pills again recently?" The Young Lord looked at Li Youfei and nodded. He had forgotten that what he thought was his first refinement, he had actually already refined from Li Youfei hundreds of times.

Upon hearing this, Li Youfei's body went limp, and endless dread rose within him. The Young Lord's gaze fell outside the main door, and he spoke calmly. "A guest has arrived." Wu Jianwu at the doorway instinctively perked up and looked towards the street, where an old man quietly entered. The old man looked solemn and utterly serious, with an air of rigidity. After appearing, he took a few steps to the outside of Tiannan Pharmacy, bowing deeply inside with an expression of reverence, as if on a pilgrimage. "Tian Nanzi of the Reverse Sun Palace requests an audience with His Highness, the Young Lord!" This Tian Nanzi was none other than the Fourth Palace Master! This was his first visit since arriving at the Bitter Mountain Range. He had originally intended to come see the Young Lord sooner, but in the past seven or eight days, besides his cultivators setting up camp, he had suddenly accumulated a few more matters.

The origin of these matters came from Master Dan Jiu of the Reverse Moon Palace. Seven days ago, he had gone to the Moon Palace and, after seeking an audience outside Master Dan Jiu's temple, finally saw a statue of Master Dan Jiu. So, he politely and sincerely invited the other party to sell him more Misfortune-Dispelling Pills and left the Reverse Moon Palace's sound transmission method. Master Dan Jiu agreed. And every day thereafter, Master Dan Jiu transmitted messages to him multiple times, sometimes seven or eight times a day, sometimes dozens of times, telling him to come collect the medicine. Although he didn't understand why there were so many transmissions, each time he received the pills, it greatly invigorated him. Many of his subordinates, who had strong curses, had their crises resolved, and their injuries stabilized under his personal intervention. This was why he had been delayed, and today he was finally free to come for an audience.