in the edge

Chapter 607 Remnant Soul
For Wenquxingjun, capturing Carpenter Li alive was just an accident.

He was just an ordinary mortal. Even if the other party had some special relationship with the extraterritorial demon, it was far from the time when he needed to take action personally - even the so-called Forgetful Land was something that he could easily wipe out by sending a powerful man there.

Therefore, even though he knew that the extraterritorial demon had been involved with some mortals in the past, Wenquxingjun never thought of wiping him out like that. After all, as the old saying goes, misfortune should not extend to one's family. If he really took action against some powerless mortals with his status as a powerful person, how would other powerful people view him?

You have to know that all the powerful people were once mortals before they became powerful. Everyone has relatives and friends. You can eradicate the extraterritorial demon today, but do you have to eradicate other people's roots tomorrow?

"I set it up for myself..."

Before, when he thought of this, Wenquxingjun even couldn't help but sigh like this.

If he was just an ordinary powerful person, it wouldn't matter if he did this, but now he needs to unite other powerful people, he needs their strength to work together for the great cause, which in turn requires a higher moral standard for him - even if he is acting, he must act in a way that other powerful people can trust.

After all, if he only relied on himself, even if all the Wenquxingjun were added together, it would actually be difficult to complete a real conquest of foreign lands.

Therefore, Wenquxingjun originally planned to ignore this matter. As long as the extraterritorial demon did not seek anything from these mortals, he would not deliberately do anything to these mortals - of course, necessary surveillance was still necessary, after all, these mortals had already entered his sight.

Then he discovered that these mortals were actually taking the initiative to contact the demon from outside the realm.

Although the method was extremely crude and even seemed a little ridiculous, it was still an active contact after all - so Wenquxingjun simply sent out another of himself, ready to raze this so-called Forget-Sorrow Township to the ground, and by the way, try to use this method to stimulate the extraterritorial demon and make the extraterritorial demon stand up himself.

But who could have imagined that the other self he sent out not only failed to carry out his orders, but even brought Carpenter Li all the way back to the Wanxing Alliance.

This is completely different from what he wanted.

"So, what's going on?"

Wenquxingjun frowned and looked at the other self who had returned.

"This is different from what we agreed on. How do you do things?"

"There is no hierarchical relationship between us. It is not your turn to tell me what to do."

The other Wenquxingjun sneered.

Obviously, what the current Wenquxingjun just said did not sound very pleasant to other Wenquxingjuns.

This also made the original body of Wenquxingjun take a deep breath. On the one hand, it was naturally to calm his emotions, and on the other hand, it was naturally to adjust his state - when facing other selves, he should be a little more cautious, and even treat them as those powerful people outside, and consciously unite these other selves.

Otherwise... just like what the other self in front of me said, there is no hierarchical relationship between them.

The person who knows himself best is himself, and the person who is most dangerous to himself is also himself. Just like he killed the previous Wenquxingjun and achieved the position, God knows how many other Wenquxingjuns are secretly eyeing his position, wanting to kill him and become the real Wenquxingjun.

"So...what's going on?"

This time, Wenquxingjun showed a kind smile to his other self.

This is certainly not true kindness, but even if it is just superficial kindness, it can greatly reduce his cost of self-management.

How to get along with yourself is really a science.

"So what happened? Is there something wrong with the person you captured?"

"You'll know just by looking at it."

The other Wenquxingjun said excitedly and tried to pull him out.

This surprised the real body of Wenquxingjun. You know, he knew himself well enough. He has always been a serious person. Showing excitement is a kind of incompetence for him. This also made him curious. What kind of thing could make him, who is always calm, show such emotions?
Soon, he saw the problem.

That is the wooden man in front of you with half of his body burned black.

"Isn't this just a puppet? It's not even made with craftsmanship."

When seeing the so-called problem, the real body of Wenquxingjun did not notice anything wrong at first.

"It's just this kind of thing... okay, this puppet moves and talks, it does... wait."

The real body of Wenquxingjun suddenly frowned.

At this moment, like other Wenquxingjun, he also noticed the subtle but extremely obvious abnormality.

"This……"

Feeling the strange feeling in his heart, the real body of Wenquxingjun flew down from mid-air and began to look carefully at the wooden man in front of him.

This also made the wooden man even more panicked.

"You...what are you doing!?"

The wooden man, Carpenter Li, tried to raise his hands to block the scrutinizing gazes.

"What on earth are you doing! You, how could you ..."

Carpenter Li was so scared at this moment, because he was not normal when he came up - he originally thought that he could summon back his good bear brother, but who could have thought that a white-haired old man in a wide robe and big sleeves would come down and beat him up, and even catch him to the sky.

If it were just that, it would still be within Carpenter Li's understanding. After all, he had seen this kind of beating and catching people before.

But he had never seen such a scene before.

There were dozens of them, all looking exactly the same. Their looks were exactly the same, and their gazes at him were exactly the same... As the number of identical faces increased, Carpenter Li even felt his brain trembling.

Although it is hard to say whether a wooden man has a brain, the fear is real.

So Carpenter Li naturally fainted.

Carpenter Li fainted, but the Wenquxingjun would not give up the opportunity to observe, especially Wenquxingjun himself. As the last one to come, he was the one who watched the most attentively.

It’s just because the aura of this wooden man that does not belong to this world is really too obvious.

Just like these Wenquxing Gods.

Although they always claimed that this was the aura brought by holding the magic weapon, only the Wenqu Star Lords themselves knew that this was not just a matter of holding it - all the Wenqu Star Lords were the products of the magic weapon. Maybe the first Wenqu Star Lord could not be considered one, but where was the first Wenqu Star Lord now? No one knew, even the Wenqu Star Lords did not know. The current Wenqu Star Lords had become a huge aggregation called "Wenqu Star Lords". They did hold the magic weapon, but it could also be said that the magic weapon created them.

But now, they were shocked to find that the wooden man in front of them had the same aura as them.

"This……"

Wenquxingjun wanted to go forward and touch the wooden man, but was pulled away by himself.

Obviously, in the eyes of these Wenquxing Gods, the wooden man in front of them has become a special and relatively precious material.

And there’s only one of this thing, and it doesn’t even look very sturdy. If you really break it, where can you find another one?
"Let's take a look first to see what's going on..."

In the end, it was the real body of Wenquxingjun who made the decision.

"Just use your senses to see. Do you really have to touch it with your hands?"

After reaching a consensus, these Wenquxingjuns began to do things in an organized manner - after all, the reason why there was no progress after watching for a long time was not because the Wenquxingjuns really couldn't see anything, but because they were even holding each other back.

Now that they have a unified statement and are no longer constrained by each other, they can naturally exert their full strength.

So, in just a moment, they had already discovered the strangeness of Carpenter Li.

"This... seems to be a remnant soul."

Wenquxingjun frowned slightly.

"It looks like a crude resurrection ceremony... This person should have been dead, but someone called him back from eternal slumber. And this mortal's desire to survive was strong enough, so it was barely completed..."

The boundary between life and death may be an insurmountable chasm for others, but for the powerful ones, especially those of the level of Wenquxingjun, it is not that difficult to understand.

But that’s where the problem lies.

This resurrection ceremony was only completed with difficulty.

"The ritual was too crude, and we didn't even find the original body..."

Another Wenquxingjun strokes his beard.

"It's more like a forced application of mental and willpower. Someone used these powers to change reality and forced the remaining soul into this wooden body... Was it that demon from outside the realm who did it?"

Yes, this is the judgment of Wenquxingjun. With just one glance, he has roughly guessed the whole process of the incident and even guessed who did it.

"But... that outer demon seemed to have stuffed the wrong thing in."

In the end, it was the current form of Wenquxingjun that made the final judgment.

"That extraterritorial demon did summon the souls of the dead, but this soul, it seems, it doesn't seem to be..."

The real body of Wenquxingjun did not say the last words.

But the other Wenquxingjun had already understood the meaning of the words.

It was true that the demon from outside the territory had captured the remnant soul through some crude means, but the remnant soul that was called back was not the original deceased person - this may not be accurate enough. After all, strictly speaking, this remnant soul is indeed the original deceased person, otherwise the demon from outside the territory should have discovered that he had put it in the wrong place long ago, and this wooden man would not have been able to survive until now.

To describe it in a truly precise way...

The relationship between this remnant soul and the original body is more like the relationship between them, the Gods of Literature, at the moment.

They are all Wenquxingjun, every one of them is Wenquxingjun, but all of them have their own ideas and their own style of doing things - and the same is true for this remnant soul and the original body, except that the difference between the two sides is probably not as big as that between the Wenquxingjun, so the extraterritorial demon has never discovered it, and even thought that this was a complete resurrection.

But in the eyes of the Wenquxing Gods, this is not a complete resurrection.

The original person was eventually replaced by another self. Although to outsiders, the other self is still myself, but in my own eyes, the other self is definitely not myself.

"No wonder it feels so familiar..."

At this moment, Wenquxingjun nodded one after another. They finally found the source of this familiar feeling.

It turns out that the way this wooden man exists is similar to theirs. No wonder they all felt that there seemed to be something different about this wooden man when they saw him.

"And from this perspective, the special abilities of the pair of demon soldiers...seem to be explainable."

Thinking of this, Wenquxingjun even extended this idea to the pair of eyeball magic soldiers.

They had discussed before, why the eyeballs of the alien demon had such power, and could even reflect another holder like a mirror - you know, they had seen some other demon soldiers, and the power of those demon soldiers was far less terrifying than this pair of eyeballs. This ability to directly summon another self... How did the alien demon do it?
But now, they already have the answer in their hearts.

It turns out that the demon from outside the domain really did this kind of thing, directly summoning another residual soul and stuffing it into the body of the wooden man... Should I say it is indeed the demon from outside the domain? This method is really cruel!

"No...it's different."

Just when the other Wenquxingjuns were discussing, the real body of Wenquxingjun suddenly shook his head.

"It's different...completely different!"

As if discovering something, the real body of Wenquxingjun hurriedly moved forward and carefully touched the body of the wooden man on the ground.

"It's totally different, it's not like that at all!"

"Tell me what you found!"

The other Wenquxing Gods began to feel dissatisfied; they hated this kind of suspense the most.

"This...is not our form of existence at all."

Touching the wooden man on the ground, the real body of Wenquxingjun frowned.

"This wooden man himself is a magic weapon!"

(End of this chapter)