First Kill of a Fortuitous One, the Taste of an Enlightened King Realm Remnant Soul
First Kill of a Fortuitous One, the Taste of an Enlightened King Realm Remnant Soul
When Lin Qiuhan learned that Lin Tian had “come back from the dead,” she froze for a moment, then quickly realized this must be the faked death Gu Gongzi had spoken of.
She had kept clansmen watching Lin Tian’s corpse closely, reporting to her at all times.
So Lin Qiuhan’s expression was icy with fury, and she immediately went to find Gu Changge to explain the situation.
These days, she told Gu Changge about everything—she had already come to rely on him completely.
“Since Lin Tian has come back to life, this is the perfect chance to go see just what manner of being he is, and why he would seize someone else’s body...”
Inside the great hall, Gu Changge pondered briefly before speaking to Lin Qiuhan.
Of course, at this moment, he couldn’t help feeling rather intrigued inside.
After all, he had waited a full three days for this moment of Lin Tian’s “resurrection.”
A good show was about to begin, and Gu Changge naturally wouldn’t miss it.
After tonight, the last remaining value of Lin Tian as a leek would be squeezed dry by him.
A mighty expert reborn through Body Possession?
If you’re going to possess a body, why must it be a good-for-nothing’s? Wouldn’t possessing a somewhat normal person be so much better?
“Mm, I’ll listen to whatever Gongzi says.” Lin Qiuhan nodded.
Soon, Lin Qiuhan and Gu Changge arrived at the dungeon. The Lin Family disciple guarding the place still looked somewhat terrified, badly shaken.
“Greetings, Xiaojie. Greetings, Gu Gongzi...”
After bowing to the two of them, he quickly left the area, feeling a constant chill down his spine.
How could someone dead for three days suddenly come back to life?
“Don’t spread word of this matter for now,” Lin Qiuhan said to the departing disciple.
After all, resurrection from the dead was far too bizarre, troublesome to explain, and she didn’t want to attract too much attention.
Inside the dungeon, Lin Tian felt uneasy as he watched Lin Qiuhan and Gu Changge approach, but his face still wore an expression of confusion and bewilderment.
Fooling Lin Qiuhan would be simple—combined with the memories in his mind, he just needed to avoid revealing any flaws.
After all, this older sister of his was actually quite innocent and kind-hearted.
But facing Gu Changge, he had no confidence.
This man surnamed Gu was simply too mysterious. To deceive him would absolutely require far more effort.
There was even a chance he’d slip up and be seen through.
Even though Lin Tian had been battle-hardened in his previous life, he couldn’t help feeling uneasy at this moment.
“Jiejie, why am I here?”
“I remember I was in class at the academy before... how did I wake up and end up here...”
“Who is this man? I’ve never seen him before...”
Then, Lin Tian spoke, his voice puzzled, his expression carrying just the right amount of confusion and bewilderment.
“Playing amnesia, huh?”
Seeing this, Gu Changge sneered inwardly, though his expression betrayed nothing.
He didn’t make a sound.
After all, having Lin Qiuhan personally tear away Lin Tian’s disguise was better than him, an outsider, doing it.
If he hadn’t guessed wrong, the original Lin Tian’s final attachment and obsession lay with Lin Qiuhan.
If he were hated and loathed by Lin Qiuhan, the original Lin Tian would surely be unwilling to accept it...
After all, the biggest problem with the Body Possession route was resolving the original owner’s obsession.
If the obsession couldn’t be resolved, it would naturally conflict with control of the body.
Tsk.
This way, it became a complete dead knot—one that simply couldn’t be untied.
The last two hundred Fortuity points on Lin Tian would naturally fall smoothly into Gu Changge’s hands.
And incidentally, he’d complete the Fortuitous One kill mission.
After all, the kill-drop rule triggered when Fortuity hit zero came with an extra Heavenly Gift, which Gu Changge was very much looking forward to.
As for the matter of siblings turning on each other, he believed that with Lin Tian’s obsession at work, it was simply impossible.
Lin Tian could never do anything to harm Lin Qiuhan.
“At this point, what are you still pretending for?”
Looking at this face identical to her younger brother’s yet somehow aged, a trace of heartache flashed across Lin Qiuhan’s face, but it quickly returned to ice-cold hatred.
“Jiejie, what are you talking about? Why can’t I understand what you’re saying?”
Hearing this, Lin Tian froze, asking with a bewildered face, looking completely as if he couldn’t understand a word she said.
He looked around, somewhat frightened.
“Jiejie, you still haven’t answered my question. Why have I been locked up in a dungeon...”
Lin Qiuhan’s expression was icy. She said nothing, and nothing about her changed.
If not for Gu Gongzi’s earlier warning, she might have been deceived by the current Lin Tian, believing he truly didn’t know what had happened these past days.
When seizing a body, one could devour the other party’s memories.
That way, faking amnesia was all too easy.
“Jiejie, I really am your little brother Lin Tian. How can you not believe me...”
“Do you remember when you were six years old, Father scolded you, and you ran to me to complain...”
Yet no matter what Lin Tian said, Lin Qiuhan remained unmoved, her expression only growing colder and colder.
If he hadn’t said anything, that would have been fine—but the more he said, the more sorrowful and pained she felt, involuntarily recalling the past.
“It’s backfiring...” Lin Tian quickly noticed something was wrong and inwardly cursed his luck.
Especially seeing Gu Changge’s intrigued, amused expression, Lin Tian’s heart kept sinking.
He couldn’t fool these two at all.
Had he barely escaped one calamity only to fall here today?
He was truly unwilling to accept this.
And at this moment, he could already sense Lin Tian’s obsession rejecting him, filled with boundless venomous resentment toward him.
His remnant soul began to tangle together with Lin Tian’s obsession.
“Shut up!”
Lin Qiuhan finally couldn’t bear it anymore. Her eyes reddened as she shouted in fury and ice-cold rage, “You truly deserve to die!”
“Jiejie...”
Lin Tian’s gaze went vacant for a moment, and he couldn’t help murmuring, “Why? I never harmed you... I never even had a thought of hurting you...”
“Why are you treating me like this?”
Right now, even he couldn’t tell whether he was the Heaven-Slaying God King or that good-for-nothing youth Lin Tian.
The remnant soul and the obsession of the two had become inseparably entangled.
<*Ding!* Lin Tian has suffered a backlash from the obsession and lost control of the body. Fortuity points reduced by two hundred. Fatums increased by one thousand.>
“Notice: The current Fortuitous One’s Fortuity points have reached zero. Kill-drop rule triggered.”
And at this moment, hearing the System’s notification in his mind,
Gu Changge also knew the time was ripe. Revealing a somewhat gentle smile, he softly comforted Lin Qiuhan, “I know you can’t bring yourself to do it. Let me be the villain instead. You go out first for a while.”
“Mm.”
Lin Qiuhan was moved. With reddened eyes, she quickly left the place.
Although she very much wanted to kill the person before her, facing a face identical to her younger brother’s, she truly couldn’t bring herself to strike.
After Lin Qiuhan left, Gu Changge clasped his hands behind his back and approached Lin Tian, saying indifferently with a faint smile, “Do you know why I didn’t have your body cremated or buried?”
“You knew I was faking death? You surnamed Gu, who exactly are you? What is your goal?”
Lin Tian couldn’t help shouting in a low voice, at this moment like a wild beast.
“Goal? What goal could I have? Weren’t you the one who kept trying to kill me?” Gu Changge said nonchalantly, his eyes gradually turning deep and dark.
Within his pupils, billions of black demonic lights seemed to surge.
He stared straight at Lin Tian.
“Who exactly are you? How can you have such methods...” Lin Tian couldn’t help feeling terrified. Meeting Gu Changge’s gaze, he felt as if he were falling into an abyss of darkness.
His entire being was about to be devoured by a vortex of darkness.
This young man surnamed Gu carried an incomparably terrifying Demonic Energy about him. Behind him, billions of demons seemed to dance wildly, bringing calamity upon all the heavens.
Even in his previous life as an Enlightened King Realm existence, he had never witnessed such a dreadful sight.
Lin Qiuhan actually trusted him so much—this was far too dangerous!
Thinking of this, Lin Tian’s heart ached faintly once more.
How he hated this!
“A dead man—why does he need to know so much?”
Gu Changge looked at Lin Tian coldly, his palm covering the space between his brows.
“What Demonic Arts are these... ah...”
Lin Tian was utterly horrified and couldn’t help crying out miserably.
Gu Changge’s palm pierced through his Knowledge Sea. Pitch-black radiance bloomed, like a black Grand Flask, rising and falling within, capable of devouring the heavens and swallowing the earth!
Weng!
The next moment, black light flashed, and a terrifying devouring force came from the flask’s mouth.
Lin Tian’s remnant soul instantly vanished within it, and everything returned to dead silence.
“So his previous life was at the Enlightened King Realm. But the taste of this remnant soul is quite good indeed.”
Gu Changge couldn’t help closing his eyes, softly sighing in admiration.