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Chapter 336 The special soul of a creature in the civet world?

If there is any place in the Kingdom of Ed that is forbidden to humans, even an old farmer in the country will tell you a name out of the blue:
Mary's Forest!

This is the most famous haunted forest in the continent.

It is said that more than 300 years ago, the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Aide led 1000 elite soldiers to pass by here and camped for the night. As a result, more than [-] soldiers died mysteriously that night.

They either hit a tree and committed suicide, or drew their swords and killed themselves, or jumped into a lake and drowned...etc., there are many causes of death.

The same point is that before they died, they all looked extremely frightened and kept shouting words like "Mary" and "Mary" that resembled personal names.

Since then, the terrifying legend of Marie's Forest has completely gone down in history.

The passage of time, more than 300 years, has not diluted this legend.

The passage of time has made this forest's reputation even more sinister, and casual people dare not approach it.

……

……

"Um, Miss Samantha, I think you could use some relaxation."

Five days later.

Mary's Forest, Periphery.

Between the lush trees, a group of six people walked forward slowly.

To be precise, three people, two demons and a cat.

They were Qilin, Joseph, Samantha, Irena, Catherine, and the little white cat Lulu, who had been traveling for five days straight from the Rhine town.

at this time,

Samantha's pretty face was a little pale, with a look of fear. She clutched Qi Lin's right arm tightly with both hands. She looked around as she walked, as if she was afraid that something "dirty" would come out of the nearby bushes.

From the moment she stepped into Mary's Forest, the purple-haired witch seemed extremely nervous and scared.

She originally followed Joseph at first, but this middle-aged wizard always deliberately scared the young girl. He would suddenly scream while walking, and then look at Saman who was frightened and crying. Shah laughed.

After Samantha was so frightened that she cried three times in a row, she turned to Qi Lin's side and followed closely, not daring to fall behind.

"I really don't understand."

Qi Lin looked at Samantha next to him and said in surprise: "At the burning ground in St. George's City, you were not even afraid of being burned to death. But here, you are actually afraid of a ghost that you don't even know is real? And? You are a wizard. As a seeker seeking truth, why are you afraid of ghosts?"

"This, this is Mary's Forest!"

Samantha's voice trembled and she looked around in fear, "Mr. Qi, you are the son of the devil from another world. You don't understand how terrifying this place is..."

"I think I should understand."

Qi Lin shrugged and said helplessly: "In the past five days on the road, especially at night, you have told me more than 30 ghost stories derived from Mary's Forest, from the mass death of Emperor Ed's army, Then to the incident of the caravans who got lost and accidentally entered this place and went crazy, I feel that I have a deep enough understanding of this forest."

"So, it's normal to be afraid, but it's abnormal for people like you and Deacon Joseph to not be afraid!"

Samantha said as she hugged Qi Lin's right arm tightly.

"Hey, hey, Samantha, please pay attention to me!"

When Irena saw this, her eyes widened immediately, "I just said what I said, why did I hug you?!"

"Then can I hug you..."

Samantha immediately let go of her hand, walked to Irena, hugged Irena's right arm, and said pitifully: "Miss Irena, I am really scared..."

"you……"

Irena was speechless and said helplessly: "Hey, Samantha, you are a wizard with magical power after all. Are you afraid of ghosts? What's so scary about this thing? I really don't understand."

"That's it."

Qi Lin smiled and echoed: "You are just...huh?!"

Before he finished speaking, Qi Lin suddenly stopped and looked at the woods ahead, with a slightly stiff smile on his face.

He saw a figure in a white dress floating through the forest.

Although the white shadow disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it had never appeared before, Qi Lin knew very well that with his physical strength at the peak of the fourth level, there was no way he could be dazzled.

Mary's Forest...

Qi Lin frowned slightly.

So there are really ghosts in this forest?
And that white shadow is Mary?

"Qi, Mr. Qi, what are you looking at?"

Samantha held onto Irena's right arm tightly and looked at the woods with a horrified expression, "Did you, did you see something?!"

"correct."

Qi Lin nodded, and then whispered in Samantha's ear: "I just saw Miss Mary. She said that the ones she likes to kill the most are those who are so scared as soon as they enter the forest and keep holding other people's arms. female……"

"Ahhhhh!!!" Samantha screamed, immediately letting go of Irena's arm, and subconsciously wanted to run to Joseph.

However, remembering that Joseph had just scared her three times in a row, the purple-haired witch quickly changed her target, picked up the little white cat, fell to the ground, and cried loudly.

"Meow."

The little white cat held tightly in her arms looked hopeless.

"Deacon Joseph."

Qi Lin did not scare Samantha anymore, and instead walked to the middle-aged wizard and said in a deep voice: "I just saw a white shadow floating over. I shouldn't be mistaken."

"you sure?!"

When Joseph heard this, he was surprised at first, and then he actually smiled and said with a smile: "It's interesting, but it's a pity that I didn't see it. I really hope that in the following days, I can also bump into ghosts. Speaking of which, Mary Wood has been famous for more than 300 years, and I have always thought that there must be a reason for this. If...if there really are ghosts in Mary Wood, then this will be a discovery of epoch-making significance."

"Ah?" Qi Lin was a little surprised, "An epoch-making discovery? Why?"

"Because the existence of ghosts can prove the existence of souls."

Joseph looked emotional and said: "It's embarrassing to say that we wizards rely on magic and spiritual power to perform magic, but we don't know where the spiritual power comes from.

A few people think it comes from the brain nerves, while most people think it comes from the soul.

But to this day, we have not been able to effectively prove the existence of souls, so if ghosts really exist here in Mary Forest, then I will be very excited, even if it is worth being killed by ghosts. "

"what?"

Qi Lin was stunned.

Wait, wait, so according to what Joseph means, the aborigines of the civet world, even to this day, are still not completely sure of the existence of the soul?

This thing is a bit outrageous.

As Joseph himself said just now, in addition to requiring magic as the energy base, the use of magic also requires a certain intensity of mental power to be successfully released.

And where does "spiritual power" come from?
It comes from the soul!

The higher the strength of the soul, the more powerful the spiritual power can be released!
Therefore, in the world of heaven, all civilizations that have mastered magic have basically determined the existence of souls early on. This is almost inevitable for the development of magic.

But the civet world is not yet certain?
"Forehead……"

Qi Lin looked at Joseph in front of him and said hesitantly: "Mr. Joseph, may I ask, what was Mr. Li Haoran Li's view on the 'soul' matter back then?"

"Well, he said 'weird'."

Joseph thought for a while and said: "Back then, Mr. Li claimed that the creatures in our world are very strange, whether it is humans, civets, or other animals, their body structures are very weird, and their souls are hidden very deep, almost It cannot be detected by normal means.

He also said that some ordinary soul attack methods cannot attack our souls.

In general, Mr. Li is a strong supporter of the ontology of the soul.

He firmly believes that there is a soul in our body. He believes that every living thing has a soul. However, on the other hand, Mr. Li cannot provide strong evidence to prove the existence of soul in our body... Ha, soul. Things are really interesting. "

When Joseph said this, he shook his head and laughed.

"Um……"

Qi Lin fell into deep thought.

In other words, the creatures in the civet world are actually somewhat special in their soul structure?Is that why the existence of the soul cannot be completely determined to this day?
Forget it, I can't figure out anything now even if I'm messing around, so I won't think about it for now.

After he went to the headquarters of the Wizards Association and obtained the research notes left by Li Haoran during his lifetime, he should be able to understand something.

"By the way, Mr. Qi Lin, do you think the soul exists like Mr. Li?"

At this time, Joseph looked at Qi Lin in front of him, smiled and asked.

"of course."

Qi Lin nodded and answered truthfully: "In your words, like Mr. Li, I am a firm supporter of the ontology of the soul. The soul definitely exists. The body is just the shell, and the soul is the core. The real decision Who we are is not this body of flesh and blood, but our thoughts, and thoughts come from the soul. It’s just that, as Mr. Li said back then, your souls may be somewhat special, which is why it cannot be detected... …”

"Nonsense."

Suddenly, a rich old voice sounded from the distant woods.

Qi Lin and Joseph quickly followed the sound.

Not far away, a strong old man more than two meters tall, wearing a linen short-sleeve and carrying a giant sword slowly walked towards him, "The soul does not exist at all, and the same goes for ghosts. Everyone says that Mary's Forest is haunted. However, I have lived here for more than eight years, but I have never seen any ghosts. People's fear comes from the unknown. People outside have no idea of ​​the real situation here, so they can only make random guesses and spread rumors."

Qi Lin noticed that he had a pair of dark red cat eyes, which seemed to contain fierce flames.

"who are you?"

The old man looked at Qi Lin and others and said in a deep voice: "The rumors about Mary's Forest are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. No one should choose to travel to Mary's Forest."

"Are you...Mr. William?!"

Joseph looked at the old man and asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)