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Chapter 218 - The Nascent Soul's Fate
🕑 Added 2025-01-14 07:00:07 +0000 UTC"No, no, no! Lord Leyvi, I never thought you were stupid. You are the smartest, the most handsome, the greatest, the best man in the world! You have many outstanding wives—that's proof of your greatness. Please show mercy to me, Lord Leyvi. I will listen to whatever you say!"
The Nascent Soul's voice was desperate, its words tumbling out in a panicked stream. It clung to any hope of survival.
Leyvi was stunned. Why is this thing so scared? I'm just asking a question, you know. Why do you have to sound so desperate? You were going around possessing people. Show the dignity and the fearlessness of a villain!
Hmm... since his sea of consciousness was greater than the Nascent Soul's, maybe it would be fine if he let it stay here for now. It used to be a Nascent Soul expert, so maybe it could be useful somehow.
"Alright. If your behavior is good, I might let you live." Leyvi's voice carried an air of authority, a clear warning to the Nascent Soul that its survival was conditional. He hoped his firm tone would be enough to keep it in line for the time being.
"Thank you, Lord Leyvi, thank you, Lord Leyvi!" The Nascent Soul felt very relieved at the mercy it had just received. It must do anything it could to please Leyvi so it could survive. Even though its pride was deeply wounded, self-preservation trumped all other concerns.
"So, what's your name?" Leyvi asked. He didn't even know what gender the Nascent Soul was, as it didn't have a human form.
"Lord Leyvi, my name is Fantylia."
"Fantylia? Are you a woman then?"
"Yes, Lord Leyvi."
Leyvi immediately went into deep contemplation. Should he inform Anda about this? If he told her about the Nascent Soul, there were two highly possible outcomes.
The first outcome was that she might try to help the Nascent Soul rebuild her body and let her serve him. The second outcome would be to obliterate the Nascent Soul without mercy since she had tried to harm them.
Which one was it?
After some thinking, Leyvi decided to tell. Keeping it a secret might be dangerous if something unexpected happens. After all, he still didn't know the full extent of what this Nascent Soul could do.
"Alright, Fantylia. I'm going to tell Anda everything about you, and if she decides to kill you, I can only offer you condolences."
Fantylia's Nascent Soul form almost dispersed when she heard that. She had been very relieved after escaping death a few minutes ago, but now her life was suddenly on the chopping block again. The cycle of hope and despair was taking its toll on her fragile form.
"Please, Lord Leyvi! Please give me a chance! I swear I won't betray you at all. I can become the Leyan Family's slave! Please don't kill me!" She was begging desperately again.
She had heard about Anda's ruthlessness toward her enemies. Nala brought up the story about Anda torching many despicable men during their trip to Mercenary City a lot. She would burn them to death with her Fire Concept until half of their charred bodies remained.
A Nascent Soul entity like her, being subjected to that, would experience the most painful agony. Just the thought of it almost made her Nascent Soul collapse from fear.
Leyvi felt taken aback. Was Anda really that scary? A Nascent Soul cultivator losing her mind like this at the mention of his wife—what a weird sight.
"Hmm... well... I'll put in some good words for you with her, but there's no guarantee."
"Thank you, Lord Leyvi! Thank you!" Fantylia sounded thankful, but her mind was still fraught with dread due to the uncertainty.
Soon, Leyvi returned to the mansion and looked for Anda. She was in the middle of practicing her alchemy, but not in seclusion, meaning it was fine to disturb her.
After some time, Anda managed to find a good moment to halt her alchemy and meet with Leyvi in her room.
After Leyvi told her what had happened just now and how something had tried to possess him, Anda's expression changed drastically. Her demeanor, usually calm and composed, shifted to one of urgency and concern.
"Leyvi, are you alright? Did you successfully fend off the possession? I didn't expect it would go after you. I should have informed you about it first." Anda checked all around Leyvi's body restlessly.
"Eh? You know about the situation?" Leyvi was surprised.
Seeing Leyvi safe and sound, Anda calmed down and quickly explained what had happened during the meeting last time and what she and Layla had done to prepare countermeasures.
She thought the Nascent Soul would stay in Dorin's body obediently and continue biding its time. Who would have thought that it would learn about Mr. Bison's Heavenly Diamond Lord Body and covet it?
It even went after her husband after failing with Mr. Bison. Unforgivable! Anda clenched her fists, her aura flaring slightly as her anger surged.
"Where is that Nascent Soul right now? Where did it run to? We need to let Layla know so that we can hunt it. A loose Nascent Soul going around possessing people like that needs to be stopped." Anda seemed determined to kill it.
Fantylia, looks like you have no luck. You have enraged the Queen of Panda, Leyvi said inwardly. He had prevented his thoughts from reaching Fantylia so she didn't hear them.
"Uhh... actually, that Nascent Soul is still in my sea of consciousness. For some reason, she is afraid of me and keeps begging me to spare her life." Leyvi didn't hide anything.
"What? Spit her out right now! We need to kill it immediately! I'll trap it in my firebox and burn it to death! Wait, what did you say? She's afraid of you? That's a Nascent Soul, you know." Anda went from urging him to kill it to feeling disbelief.
She's in my sea of consciousness, not in my mouth. What do you mean spit? Leyvi thought.
"Well, why do you think I'm fine now? The Nascent Soul is just the size of my fingernail in there. So weak. I can't believe it managed to possess Dorin for two years." Leyvi shook his head.
"Huh? It was that small?" Even Anda felt confused. Shouldn't it be way bigger than that?
Wait a minute. Didn't Big Sister Bulan say that only a spiritual touch expert could force a Nascent Soul out of the body? Spiritual touch is an upgraded version of spiritual sense. Since Leyvi can subdue the Nascent Soul in his sea of consciousness easily, doesn't that mean he would be a spiritual touch expert in the future?
Anda got into deep thought and recalled that none of Leyvi's benefits were related to or influenced his spiritual sense. Does this mean that even without the talent bead, her husband would be a talented spiritual sense cultivator? No wonder he had such an abnormal spiritual sense all this time.
"Hahaha!" Anda suddenly burst out laughing.
Leyvi was dumbfounded. Why is she laughing suddenly? Wait, don't tell me...
"Anda! Get a hold of yourself! Don't get possessed! Fight it!"
Leyvi quickly entered his sea of consciousness to check on Fantylia.
Eh? She's still here. Then who possessed Anda? A panda ghost?
Leyvi returned to reality and saw Anda had stopped laughing.
Leyvi patted his chest. "Whew, I thought you got possessed by a panda ghost for a moment. Why were you laughing like a villain?"
"What do you mean, villain?" Anda glared.
Leyvi patted his chest again. "Whew, it really is Anda. You didn't get possessed by a panda ghost."
Anda rolled her eyes. "I'm laughing because even without the talent bead, you actually have great talent. But the irony is that it might never be discovered because it was locked behind multiple levels of requirements first."
"Great talent? I have great talent? Oh, are you talking about my thick skin? Hahaha! I do have the great talent of being a thick-skinned guy. Maybe only Nala can match my thick skin."
Anda was speechless. Who considers having thick skin to be a talent? Her poor husband grew up with average aptitude, so even now, he doesn't think he has any talent.
Suddenly, Anda didn't feel like explaining anymore. Leyvi is a lucky guy. Even without knowing it, she believed that Leyvi would somehow become an expert in spiritual touch in the future. For now, she would try to find more information about spiritual touch with Layla's help.
Thinking about the Nascent Soul in Leyvi's body, Anda used her ability on Leyvi for confirmation.
Anda felt surprised. The odor she sensed from Dorin's body last time had indeed emanated from Leyvi this time.
But what surprised her was that the circumstances this time were completely opposite of what had happened with Dorin and the Nascent Soul.
When she sensed Dorin last time, the Nascent Soul's odor overwhelmed Dorin's. But now, the same Nascent Soul's odor was just like a speck of dust compared to her husband's.
Anda smiled widely.
Hmph... A mere Nascent Soul wanted to compete with my husband? Don't you know that he is someone even a Soul Transformation expert has set their sights on?
"Leyvi, since the Nascent Soul is powerless inside your sea of consciousness, don't let it out, and don't even interact with it. Just let her stay there, contemplating life. Maybe we can find a way to exploit her later. Many things are dangerous at first, but people eventually find ways to make use of them."
Anda smiled mischievously with a hint of devilishness at the end of her sentence.
Leyvi sweated. Oh no. This is the making of a panda villainess! Both of his guesses were wrong!
Fantylia's fate might be worse than he thought!
